Oh yes I envisioned a consort, not a king.
Dany is "god-touched" and super charismatic; I don't think she has to worry about internal challenges to her sovereignty.
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Dany is "god-touched" and super charismatic; I don't think she has to worry about internal challenges to her sovereignty.
Dany could easily throw away tradition on that front just as easily as the Targaryens threw away so many other Westerosi traditions. She has dragons, she gets to make the rules. I only see her taking a King (or Consort) if she is in fact fertile again (which the show hasn't touched on as a possibility). She certainly doesn't need it for political reasons, even if Jon is an appropriate incestuous match to bring back the Dynasty.
[not serious] Judging by what I've seen, Flower of the Poppy can probably cure infertility, missing hands and other bits, spinal cord injury and facial disfigurement as well as dwarfism. [/not serious] If red priests and priestesses can summon daemon spirits and bring people back from the dead, perhaps they could also have a go at fixing Dany.
Bran is legally considered dead, no? Who knows at this point for a fact he survived the burning, who is alive and south of the wall? Sam, Jon, Theon, and people Theon told? The world considers him burned by Theon.
I originally heard just ten episodes each for seven seasons. Looks like they are doing the Breaking Bad/Sopranos style split last season, only this time not calling it one season.
Better than an actual split season. 13 is more than the 10 we've gotten in a standard season, and I imagine we may be in for a few longer-than-average episodes in there.
As far as Bran, the people who matter know he is alive. Sansa was responsible for taking back Winterfell though, so the people may not be too concerned over such a detail and I doubt Bran is going to show up demanding the throne either way.
As far as Bran, the people who matter know he is alive. Sansa was responsible for taking back Winterfell though, so the people may not be too concerned over such a detail and I doubt Bran is going to show up demanding the throne either way.
That's the same way it was for Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Sopranos had a standard 13 episode season, last season was split 12-9. Breaking Bad had a standard 13 episode season, last season was split 8-8.
Sansa and Jon know Bran's alive and would never try to deprive him of his title. But he's completely MIA and nobody knows where he was going or where he is. Sam knows he's headed north, I don't remember if he told Jon, but that information places him anywhere in a huge land area full of things trying to kill him. If he shows up on Winterfell's doorstep, he's the Lord of Winterfell. Short of that, he's dead, and Sansa gets the title.
Sansa and Jon know Bran's alive and would never try to deprive him of his title. But he's completely MIA and nobody knows where he was going or where he is. Sam knows he's headed north, I don't remember if he told Jon, but that information places him anywhere in a huge land area full of things trying to kill him. If he shows up on Winterfell's doorstep, he's the Lord of Winterfell. Short of that, he's dead, and Sansa gets the title.
I Have just watched this and John Snow needs to watch the vikings, when someone is shooting arrows at your army you get your men and women together and make a shield wall.
Didn't the Romans also make a shell of overlapping shields for protection? I think there was a fancy name for it, IIRC it had a top and side protection...
Jon Snow, through his unadvised actions on the battlefield, has pretty much disqualified himself from leading armies and the Kingdom. I would not be surprised now if he finds redemption in giving his life for the final time in some heroic act by the end of the next season.
"Testudo", meaning "Tortoise." The formation would completely cover themselves front, top, sides and rear with overlapping shields. Just like a turtle shell.
Did Jon's army even have shields? I don't think I saw any!
Maybe Jon will do the same for Sansa.
Is Game of Thrones responding to early criticisms about the treatment of female characters by altering the story, now that they are free of the books, by including less nudity and sexual display and by compensating toward a Kingdom ruled by women to unrealistically impose modern sensibilities upon what is essentially medieval times? Or is the contrast indeed where Martin was headed; without the abuse at the beginning, the win wouldn't be as sweet at the end?
Opps yes Jon.
Actually I think the episode shows Sansa was more capable than we thought - she had forces available which she held back because she knew what would happen.
The Stark's effective army is one loyal to her (via little finger) not Jon.
And you don't think the plan would have changed for the better if they knew that army was waiting in the wings? Jon was there to save Rickon first and foremost. He made the dumb decision he did because it was literally the last chance he had to achieve that goal and it was pretty clear either way in that moment they probably wouldn't take Winterfell no matter how well the battle played out.
It is tough to enact a successful battle strategy when you do not know the total forces at your disposal.
Jon is just an idiot as a commander. His army though smaller in size had a forest behind them. This would have negated all of Ramseys cavalry and pikemen and made the archers less effective. He did have the low ground which is always a bad thing but he also should have been aware of the grounds around the castle since its where he grew up! A poor commander indeed.
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