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7 minutes ago, sweetsunray said:

Hate the Freys. But it is the legal defense that the Freys use: loyal to my regional liege or loyal to my monarch... Monarch trumps liege.

Because Olenna isn't the monarch of Westeros. Her legal power is lower than that of Cersei

So, should we condone the torturous murder of questionable morals because he refuses to bend the knee as POW? It sure doesn't make Dany righteous.

Would it? What was Dany's tactic? She had certain regions accept her, but intended to make no move whatsoever against KL, as if it were states electing her to be president, and that the vote was enough, against an enemy who had proven she has no problems in blowing up the capital's sept and almost the complete house in it. How was Tarly secure that Dany would win, especially after Euron took out Dorne. Olenna isn't a military leader. For Tarly there's one mad queen on the IT who still has a considerable army somehow (just accepting the show facts here, though I'm the first to say that the Lannister army shouldn't be as large anymore), Dorne is out, the RL are out. And the North and the Vale is with a third king. All that Dany truly posessed was Dragonstone, nothing else. Then she comes with her Dothraki and dragons to lay them to waste, which is impressive, but does not seem to plan to occupy the territory, nor is she in a position to do so. 

I'm not being silly. There aren't many players of the GoT who demand their POW to bend the knee as long as the war isn't won yet. Robb didn't. Not even Tywin did that (though he used lesser men to torture his POW). The moment that Dany made it a bend the knee to me here right now to her POW, she made the mistake of creating a situation where Tarly could dare her to kill him. Putting him in a dungeon was exactly what she should have done, not even giving him the choice. 

I don't care one jot about the Tarlys. I care about someone proclaiming themselves as the leader who is the best choice because she will make a better future, and then pretty much does what Joffrey would do.

Jon executed people who were part of his command and mutineered against his command.

Ned executed a deserter.

Robb executed a man who swore allegiance to him and murdered POW in their jail cell for crimes they didn't commit.

 

Agree with you 100%, although your arguments (based on the institutional norms and historic precedents of Westeros) may be lost on people who just think "Tarlys bad people -> executing Tarlys good".

Book Randyll Tarly is also quite a character (Tywin-lite, basically), so it's nigh impossible to imagine him coming to such an end without repercussions for the executioner.

Gave it a 4/10.

Very choppy and no rhythm, as mentioned by prior posters.

Red Toast makes no sense (how did Arya make it work logistically?), but I will let that one slide.

Cringe-worthy dialogue with Jon-Sansa and Cersei-Jaime. Cersei-Jaime is actually one of the deepest and best-written relationships in the book that D&D just butchers. Inexcusable.

The Hound and BWB scene, heavy-handed but at least respectful. I also appreciate the gravedigger shoutout.

The closing scene on Dragonstone is, well, what you'd expect with Emilia Perpetually-Constipated Clarke.