The Commentator

An approval from Stannis is not a sign of anything good. The execution was unjust and Jon made a tyrant of himself. The execution of the slavers who murdered the children was completely appropriate for the situation because what they did was an act of war against Dany and against the children. The masters used bad tactics to support a bad cause.

Peace with the Others require human sacrifice. As in giving them babies they can turn. Greensers demand human sacrifice but for their trees to feed on. The Starks were giving to both side before the Conquest. They were serving the WW and the GS. The Conquest brought the power of the dragons and that was a huge deterrent to the WW and the GS. The dragons kept the WW and GS from getting their revenge when humans stopped giving.

Reckon is going to be mental. A beast in many ways like his direwolf.

It’s good if Arya serves as a sad, even cautionary, example of what happens to those who seek and commit murderous revenge. Catelyn’s is a punishment more severe than death. Her soul dies with each Frey she murders. With Arya, it’s her sanity and humanity that dies with each murder she committed.

Jon Snow got killed because he was a fool who committed treason. Jon sucked so bad at his job, at governing even a tiny outfit like the watch. Bowen Marsh is a loyal, devoted man of the night’s watch and even he was desperate enough to terminate Jon’s reign. Daenerys is so much better at governing and leading.

The Tullys and the Starks were known rebels. Criminals.

There is a ceremonial side to the role. Age lends prestige rather than hurts in this capacity. A lot of the men likely die before reaching a ripe age. The Kingsguardship is an Order requiring total commitment. They serve until nothing of life remains. It is hard to accept given the modern relationship between employee and employer but it was a different time in a distant world. The Khal’s blood riders do the same. Dany’s bloodriders serve and protect her but to a level her husband never enjoyed.

Charging passers a toll for the use of a bridge which they invested in is not extortion. It is fair.

I would be accepting of this outcome. A handicap like Willas can overcome physical limitations. He seems the understanding and forgiving kind unlike Jon. He would be fine as the consort.

One of the worst sin. The FM violate the body of the departed.

Bran will live under the tree. I think Sansa, Jon, and Arya will die. Rickon will join the wildlings. Winterfell will burn down.

Most of the powerful houses got there through war and theft. The most prominent example are the Greyjoys. They murder and they steal. The Starks murdered a lot of families to get to where they could dominate the North. The Freys saw an opportunity given their location and built their precious bridge. They built the family wealth through hard work and smart investments. The earned their wealth. Walder was not above sending sons to the citadel to earn their way into the service of another household. He’s a much better father and head of the family when you put him beside Randyll Tarly, Hoster Tully, and Richard Stark. They are not known to provoke and start fights. It is the Starks who deserve most of the blame for the red wedding. Walder broke custom but it was mostly for his family’s survival. His family will pay but they don’t deserve to lose their wealth and none of them deserve to lose their lives. Petyr and Merrett are already murdered. No more of them need to die and become victims of the Starks in retaliation for the red wedding. It was a time of war. Robb broke his oaths. Tywin speaking for Joffrey laid out the conditions for a pardon. Walder did the prudent thing for his family. It was Cat’s stupidity and Robb’s deplorable conduct that got the Starks killed.

Well, Arya might escape a deserved punishment if she were run to the other side of the Wall to live with the Wildlings. She can live out her days until the madness fully takes hold.

Bad calls and perhaps tactical mistakes caused her reign to be brief but that war was easily winnable for Rhaenyra. It wasn’t mistakes at the beginning but bad calls later in the dance that brought her down. Preparations were not the problem. Sticking to the objective, staying consistent, and leaving personal feelings out of the planning would have given her what she wanted.