FastestTurtle

Hubby said the same thing. "Isn't that stag carved from WOOD? Why wouldn't it burn?" "Because D&D said so."

At the first peek of the eyes of Benjen I was so excited--I recognized the eyes! Unsullied Hubby couldn't understand. He barely remembered Benjen from season 1. He also barely remembered Walder Frey, but only for causing the Red Wedding. Heck, he didn't even remember whose wedding it was, and couldn't recall who is Blackfish (at the repeated mentioning of his name) or who is Edmund Tully (when shown on screen). It was a good five-minute refresher on Riverlands story/history. Did Theon + Yara steal enough for Dany? I remember Euron told the Ironborn last episode to build 1000 ships. Did the Ironborn have 1000 ships to begin with?

This is the first episode in a long time my Unsullied husband and I did not need an in depth discussion or reminder of who's-who or how it differs from the books. "Let's show viewers all these characters from 3 seasons before!" I believe this is what he said. (He also smirked about the odds of the following characters surviving this season: too-slow Tommen, Rickon, Sweet Robyn.) I like the Jon-Sansa reunion even if it's not mind-provokingly twisting plot. The whole Stark family near-misses thing has gone on for too long; it'd be cheesy whether they meet or not. The reunion fits the show arc if they want to bring any kind of conclusion or finality with the remaining 2.5 seasons. And it's the reunion of the most distant Stark child to Jon-the-bastard. Both had been through a lot to see their own childish arrogance. Shipping Brienne x Tormund. 'Nuff said. I totally forgot about Brienne witnessing Renly's death until the three-way meeting between Davos, Mel and Brienne. So Mel killed Renly and Davos aided her. Mel killed Shereen and Davos was about to find out. Brienne killed Stannis.... things sure get awkward when they're all kind of about to get on the same side. How the hell did LF get the news Sansa escaped on his way back to the Vale? (Is that the Vale?) What does he have to gain to get the Vale's army north to fight the Boltons? Oh and hi, Sweet Robyn, glad you finally showed up! Why doesn't Varys say *anything*, not even when there were only the four of them? I can't believe the queen of roses is so easily provoked by Cersei, even if her family's heirs are in danger. Cersei's proposal smelled fishy even as far away as Winterfell. The Lannister family feud between Kevan and Cersei has not been given enough screen time in the show for development. Unsullied husband barely knows who is Kevan and does not understand why Cersei and Kevan are at odds this season. I don't get what the HS is getting at. His monologues are boring and highly seducing for a person with his supposed persona. Either it shows he's a highly political savvy person just using religion to his advantage to gain power, or... I don't know what. The Margery scenes feels like the final nail to my theory women are more resilient than men in the show universe. "The men just fight and kill and fuck and get killed," Unsullied husband agreed.