Speaking of her hair, I realized during the dungeon scene, with her new hair and outfit, who Cersei reminded me of...
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Yeah, really not digging the hair this season.
Interesting...hadn't noticed that before. Good catch! She may be keeping her hair like that to "honor" her sons, but yes I believe there is some foreshadowing going on with that.
I actually like the hairstyle. It looks good on Lena Headey.
I was just amused by the similarities with Sela's appearance, especially with the lighting and framing of the shot in the dungeon.
I was just amused by the similarities with Sela's appearance, especially with the lighting and framing of the shot in the dungeon.
Actually, I kept thinking that Emilia's look this season would've fitted perfectly into Rivendell as an Elf in the Middle-Earth saga.
Loving this season so far. Even with stuff moving at such a rapid pace, there are still lots of tiny things to catch. It was such a small thing for example, but look at how LIttlefinger reacts when the Winterfell Maester says that his predecessor kept copies of all the raven messages (r-mails?). Could be nothing, but could also be SO telling.
The entire meeting of J + D went about as awesomely as you would expect. It was this show's closest thing to an actual trial, with the two parties posturing, measuring responses, and using advocates and witnesses for their arguments. Every other "actual" trial or hearing in this show has been a sham presentation or ridiculously one-sided, a formality ahead of a trial by combat. This was like watching an engaging courtroom scene. Awesome.
And I'm not worrying about the time compression, but I must say that it's rather jarring compared to previous seasons. It's basically like the writers declaring they were done with taking whole seasons to get from one place to another, and have instead embraced aJack Bauer-esque "24" level of ease in navigating the kingdoms of Westeros. Not complaining, though. It's building a momentum in jumping form one major event to another without hours of horseback conversations to weigh it down!
Mark
The entire meeting of J + D went about as awesomely as you would expect. It was this show's closest thing to an actual trial, with the two parties posturing, measuring responses, and using advocates and witnesses for their arguments. Every other "actual" trial or hearing in this show has been a sham presentation or ridiculously one-sided, a formality ahead of a trial by combat. This was like watching an engaging courtroom scene. Awesome.
And I'm not worrying about the time compression, but I must say that it's rather jarring compared to previous seasons. It's basically like the writers declaring they were done with taking whole seasons to get from one place to another, and have instead embraced aJack Bauer-esque "24" level of ease in navigating the kingdoms of Westeros. Not complaining, though. It's building a momentum in jumping form one major event to another without hours of horseback conversations to weigh it down!
Mark
Yeah, I noticed that glance the second time I watched the episode. Usually Baelish is much more subtle than that, but like you said, it could also be nothing.
Lots of questions come to mind about Danys new military situation after the loss of her fleet. What does she do next?
Does she stay on Dragonstone? She doesn't control the seas so probably couldn't get her troops back to the island and she couldn't be resupplied. That sounds like a precarious situation. She'd have to count on her dragons to hold off an invasion.
Does she leave Dragonstone? If so, where does she go. Does she change her mind and rollover KL with everything she's got? Does she head North and regroup in, say, Winterfell?
I'm wondering if she won't go with Jon Snow to the North. Gives her time to regroup in a relatively stable place. Jon certainly wants her as an ally too.
Does she stay on Dragonstone? She doesn't control the seas so probably couldn't get her troops back to the island and she couldn't be resupplied. That sounds like a precarious situation. She'd have to count on her dragons to hold off an invasion.
Does she leave Dragonstone? If so, where does she go. Does she change her mind and rollover KL with everything she's got? Does she head North and regroup in, say, Winterfell?
I'm wondering if she won't go with Jon Snow to the North. Gives her time to regroup in a relatively stable place. Jon certainly wants her as an ally too.
References to Littlefinger's unique dagger, perhaps, and its involvement in the assassination attempt against Bran at Winterfell and its later involvement at putting Ned to the sword down in King's Landing. Perhaps Arya finds these letters, sees the dagger and assumes Littlefinger was the one pulling the strings behind the fall of House Stark. She wouldn't be far off wrong.
Enjoying this season a bunch, especially with Dany loosing, and she usually does so well at war. Hopefully, if Grey Worm can't hold the Rock, he burns it to the ground. It'll be a sign to the rest of Westeros that the Lanisters aren't that strong. Seeing Jon and Dany together was neat too. They didn't make Jon subservient to her either, holding his own even with dragons flying around outside. I can't wait to see how they get out of this one, if they do. This is Game of Thrones. We might not get a happy ending.
He went through a lot. He saw that his father lied about how the last dragon died, Jon's parentage, he killed Hodor, and witnessed his sister's rape. He's all sorts of messed up.I see Bran is doing the "I'm a mystical character now so I don't have to talk to you normal humans in normal human way."
That sort of shtick works when the character's supposed to be removed from normal human contact for decades/centuries/millennia... but was a bit weird and out of the blue considering he managed to form complete sentences and not be a creepy bugger right up until last week.
Don't forget, the Unsullied had to travel there too, then attack, and take the castle. If it took a day, Euron would have the time to catch up.Euron's fleet sure get around alot. He destoryed two fleets, each of them on either side of Westeros. Looking at the map, his fleet moved fast.
Yeah, Bran is still a child by most normal standards. Children are resilient to trauma (in many cases) but being plugged into something like the TreeNet and witnessing these things might be sending Bran into a dissociative state so he can cope with the visions. Becoming detached from mundane reality and those who live within it (like how he is acting) would explain the odd personality change.
The timeline issues don't prevent me from enjoying the show and especially the last episode - but it's simply more noticeable this season. That's all I'm saying. Someone posted the distances between the Inn and Winterfell on the one hand, and King's Landing and High Garden on the other. Okay, but Arya has a horse, the army moved on foot, so the distances are quite relative.
I was talking to a friend who said that because of Arya's actions at the Twins, Arya is beyond redemption and will most certainly going to die because of it. My friend said no else has killed 50 people at once. I pointed out that Cersei's toll when blowing up the Sept of Baelor was much higher, and also Daenerys had 163 of the Masters crucified.
I also pointed out that Arya has never killed an innocent person only people who have murdered/hurt others and that Arya has now chosen to return to Winterfell rather than to continue seeking revenge.
So folks, do you think Arya has gone too far down a dark path or not.
I also pointed out that Arya has never killed an innocent person only people who have murdered/hurt others and that Arya has now chosen to return to Winterfell rather than to continue seeking revenge.
So folks, do you think Arya has gone too far down a dark path or not.
I think if the writers wanted to show that she was beyond redemption, she would have either killed the Lannister soldiers who befriended her (many would forgive her, as Ed Sheeran was in their number!) or would have had her go to King's Landing to kill Cersei even after hearing that her family was back in Winterfell. That she returned to WF suggests to me that she retains her humanity.
Of course, the "it's not you" line to Nymeria could mean that she also realises that a happy family life isn't for her either.
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