TNTW

So many things...Did Bran manipulate everything to become King? And if he did, why? Because he saw that he was the best option for a better future? For someone who didn't want it, he seemed pretty happy about it. Or at least as happy as UnBran gets.

 I think Sansa meant the Northmen wouldn't kneel again....unless it was to her. I got the feeling she wanted the crown, and was really not ok with Bran being chosen. But after everyone else said aye, she decided being queen of the North would have to do. Really still don't like her character. Don't know if the character is supposed to be a smug bitch, but she rubs me wrong, lol. Sorry to all Sansa fans, but you can at least be happy about her outcome.

Jon is, and has always been, my favorite. And I still don't know what the hell is going on. His arc thrown out the window in favor of other characters, unless his arc really was only about playing a role in driving Dany over the edge and then killing her? Is he really in the night's watch, or is he now a wildling? This is a big question for me. Truly in night's watch means end of the Targaryen line. That makes me sad. If Jon is able to marry and have children, I would be ok with his ending. I hate not knowing what happens next, lol. Extremely frustrating.

I need the books. I need answers lol.

I believe I read they really wanted Tyrion to have a big role this episode. Mission accomplished and Peter D was really good. Some beautiful scenes. But overall I was underwhelmed. Found it pretty boring and anticlimactic. Too many things just didn't make sense. They pounded a square peg into a round hole too many times in an attempt to wrap things up.

So, unless Sansa has kids, House Stark is dead. I hope Jon was abandoning the wall, bc him being the last Targaryen really bugged me. So the end of possibly Stark, Targaryen, Tyrell, Bolton, Karstark, Umber, I can't even remember them all, and what about Tarly? 

There are just too many things that don't make sense! So many questions still. So much I don't understand. And never will bc they just left us hanging. They may have wanted to tie up the loose ends, but they failed.

2 minutes ago, Butterwell said:

Really? I burst out laughing at the Throne room scene with Jon and Dany, I thought it was so bad. I’ve seen better acting on Days of Our Lives.

I didn't feel much about it, but I don't blame the actors for that. I think they did the best they could with what they were given. Too much of this episode was kinda corny. Like low budget B movie corny. 

Just now, CrypticWeirwood said:

He really does. Like a giant among men.

Perhaps Kit too, not sure. Kit was very good. So was his love.

The acting was great, as usual. Have absolutely nothing bad to say about the acting.

I thought the acting and music were great. Emilia has improved so much as an actress, as have many of the others who were young and inexperienced a decade ago.

My favorite shot of entire episode was right before Cleganebowl, when Drogon could be seen thru collapsed roof. Loved that.

I've worked thru the stages of grief. I finally made it to acceptance. What do I win? (Besides my sanity)

I have always been Team Jon. I always just wanted him to be happy in the end. But I don't understand why so many who feel the same seem to dislike Dany so much. He obviously loved her, but just could not get past incest. Understandable. But even I got irritated with him this episode. The honorable fool really does need to learn to lie sometimes. I believe his rejection of her was the proverbial straw. Mass destruction may have been avoided if he had played that better. He should have seen that she was on the edge and reacted accordingly. But that's not Jon. Sigh.

If I hadn't read every available book a half dozen times, and watched every episode a half dozen times; if I wasn't so emotionally invested in so many characters, I would be loving this season. It's entertaining. 

Rewatching. What the heck happened with all the dead that were in room with Milasandre and the Hound? Did they not rise with the rest of the dead? Not all of them could have been already dead wights. So many questions still.

We are going to get a tragic ending. No less cliche than happily ever after. Just hoping they close plot holes in finale. That's best we can hope for now imo.

4 hours ago, Stark_in_Winterfell said:

We complain about the story. But the special effects are fantastic! The dragons are beautiful! The battles are absolutely stunning to watch.

Everything was great, honestly. I loved the episode for all that. Just hate the way to story is being forced to unfurl.

8 hours ago, Jabar of House Titan said:

It's another plot hole.

No one who gets as angry as Daenerys did stays that angry for that long. Like it would have made more sense for her to carve a fiery path for the Red Keep, light the bitch up and let that be the end of it.

She was going to kill innocents anyway if she had just captured the Red Keep.

Human shields remember.

True, but not to kill them just for the pleasure of it, which is what they made happen. War is always going to result in innocents dying. But generally not because they were targeted.

I'm ma d we never found out what Varys heard in the flames. That's irritating.

2 minutes ago, HellasLEAF said:

I do get ignoring the bells and flexing some muscle, destroying some of the city.  She needed to truly show power and have fear to rule even in victory. 

But it felt a littler ridiculous that she was torching everything for what seemed like an hour straight.  Just wasn't believable.

That was the biggest mistake in what was a pretty epic episode.  

She should have just destroyed the Red Keep. That would be understandable. But to have her kill innocents, just bc, was bull crap. 

The brilliant Tyrion sent his beloved brother to his death, to try to save his sister who has caused him nothing but misery. That part was ugh. But when Tyrion talked about ringing the bells, saving the people, even if it cost him his life, that was better.

Everything was great except for the total destruction of my every hope and dream thing.

Wonder what Dany whispered to dead Jorah? Probably never find out.

When Jon was trying to get to Godswood and went by Greyworm. Wow. He was making some moves~ poetry in motion! That was what I expected from all unsullied, always.

I was disappointed that we did not see fight btwn Jon and NK. I had no problem seeing what was going on, plenty bright enough on my TV. Confused and disappointed by some of the plot decisions, but loved all the action.

One thing to keep in mind~ the show is called GoT, that is their primary focus. Books obviously ASOIAF, that is endgame. Or at least I hope that is why we have seen things play out the way we have..... Otherwise will be very disappointed.