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If they really wanted to have covert product placement they should have just introduced a character whose family sigil was suspiciously similar to the Starbucks mermaid. Lord Howard of House Schultz.

 

VARYS IS A MERMAN CONFIRMED. This is now all that matters about the episode.

 

Rhaegal was also the more injured of the two - would be an easier shot for Euron.

 

The ambush definitely surprised the hell out of me, so it worked on me. I missed the exact beginning of how it played out because I was sightseeing trying to figure out where they were exactly. I'm assuming his ships were behind some low rocks but he could see the dragons and took the shots at the exact right time. Once he shoots he tips his hand and gives his position away, so it's all about that first volley . Once they know he'd there all bets are kinda off as far as evading And dodging . It looked to me like Dany was about to fly right in and attack based on anger and emotiom but realized it was a suicide charge.

 

I wonder how Drogon is going to go. They could really lean into the Dany/Cersei connection again and have this death come from a more internal place, like Tommen versus the previous two.

 

Just went back for the cup. It’s so much funnier on the big screen in context. This poor goof is going to be in every clickbait blooper list for all eternity now.

 

it really wouldn't have been hard to paint out had they noticed in post.

 

Where are people seeing the article that states it's product placement? I haven't seen that anywhere. I have seen, that apparently the David's are literally making a cameo in that scene- they're speaking to Jon. LMAO- imagine the showrunners being so into their onscreen cameo they didn't notice the coffee

 

I'm pulling for Rhaegal to somehow overcome his injuries and swim to the shore and start a new peaceful life tending to a flock of sheep or capybaras. Maybe he'll have a wounded raccoon friend that he tenderly nurses back to health while he goes "coo, coo." But in the end, they shoot him. But he teaches us about things.

 

Oh no, I’m just joking about the product placement thing. People love to go super conspiracy theory about anything involving ads lately, so claiming that they’re actually super geniuses who left it in so everyone would be talking about Starbucks the next day seems like something that could happen.

 

Me thinking about Rhaegal today and how happy/excited Drogon looked when he saw his brother flying again

 

It was sad, but Ghost’s treatment was the saddest part. It was almost Li’l Brudder level.

 

The Starbucks cup is definitely funny, but I mean they are only human. It's kind of amazing that iPhones and stuff don't slip in with them shooting that in 2018 and all .

 

The funniest part is that it’s right in front of Dany and those jokes about her name on the cup have been around for a long time. The memes will flourish.

 

Stuff like that happens in movies and tv shows literally all the time. How many times in period pieces do audiences notice anachronistic things that were accidentally left in the shot and nobody working on the film/show knew? Of course it's very funny but like the people having serious freakouts over it need to get over themselves.

 

Does anyone else feel super weird whenever Dany calls the dragons her literal children

It makes me think of a rich suburban mom who treats her handbag dog better than actual people

 

Someone is definitely writing a thinkpiece on it as we speak.

 

Dogs should be treated better than people

 

Absolutely 100% and honestly I feel very strange with how fans of the show are as protective and emotional over them, Ghost, etc...

 

Somebody literally posted a tweet a few pages back where the person said the cup as proof that they "don't give a shit" anymore. Like jfc.

 

It's mainly funny to me because it is literally RIGHT THERE but I did not notice at all during the episode . I was sucked in to the show and what was going in .

 

I mean, for a show that you can say hasn't been great at nuancing much, Dany's relationship with the dragons as her "children" has been well explained

Officially the strangest take I have seen in this thread yet

 

It helps that the lighting is so warm and within the period of the show, which also makes it funnier visually. If it was in a more naturally lit scene it would have stood out more and maybe been caught.

 

Yeah that “they don’t give a shit” tweet sucks. Guess Peter Jackson didn’t give a shit about Fellowship when that Jeep drove by in the background in one scene

They all care a lot and it happens sometimes. I’m paraphrasing but Scorsese said that the emotion/character/theme of a scene matters more than continuity, which he thinks some directors overrate. Obviously he wasn’t talking about a Burger King bag showing up in Silence or something but the essence of what he was saying stands.