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  1. Yeah, loved the grail scene. Also, Glover looks a lot better clean shaven, even as a villain he was cool. That Pycelle beard makes him haggard and petty imo.
  2. Also, Pycelle (Julian Glover) was in Troy, and also Donovan in Indiana Jones Last Crusade.
  3. Rory Mccann was Craterus in Alexander.
  4. I think you either stand or kneel on the hard floor, and take the discomfort in order to show deference to the gods.
  5. Now I remember, doesn't the Iron Throne still owe Tywin Lannister 3 million gold dragons (from the scene where LF explains to Ned about Robert's debt). So while the High Garden loot paid off the IB debt, does Bran now owe Tyrion (as Tywin's heir) 3 million gold dragons? No wonder he got the Hand position.
  6. If he could hold it, then Bronn really won the Games of Thrones. This is not even a bittersweet ending since it's all sweet and no bitter for Bronn. Everyone else has suffered traumatic losses while he gained everything. Not only does he get to tax Oldtown, he'll now own all the best property in KL. This level of fan service is outrageous.
  7. He's the new Mance I suppose, King beyond the wall in all but name. Maybe he will check out Night King castle to make sure its truly over.
  8. Good point! I just rewatched that scene and saw the green shoot, guess this is what happens when star wars tv show takes away D&D's patience to do justice to 8 years of winter hype. Also, if you are referring to the Faceless Men, I don't see them as reliable debt collectors. I read that they sometimes set exorbitant fees (i.e. 2/3 of Waif's dad's wealth) or weird prices like if a Lord wanted the heir of another Lord killed, he would have to pay them with the life of his own heir. So I doubt the IB would want to get too close to the Faceless Men. They want reliable, affordable, no nonsense and business like mercenary companies like GC that will bow to their economic power. Money is only as powerful as whatever it can buy, and Essos armies (other than Unsullied which IB can't have) seem to be on the weak and small side while the Dothraki are too wild to contract with. I feel that at this stage, the IB has run out of rival princes to back.
  9. Thanks for your reply, and I agree with you completely that the IB business acumen is poorly represented in the show, and that the worst winter ever plot has been thrown out the window. Maybe D&D was hoping that the death of Night King would be interpreted by us to mean early spring? My opinion is that it is a confidence trick the IB are pulling off. They've spun such a big tale about how they could always fund a rival prince that they cannot simply write off losses without looking weak and causing a bank run. They must collect or appear to be collecting or else everyone would call their bluff and not pay them. In the past, the threat of the Golden Company showing up is probably enough, but with them gone, the IB has no one dependable left to enforce its orders.
  10. Also, is it possible that with the Golden Company defeated forever, the Iron Bank would have received the final nail in the coffin and would fail soon? My theory is that when the Iron Bank rep went to Cersei for immediate collection, it was a sign of desperation. Previously (in the show at least), Westerosi lords always went to Braavos to negotiate, not the other way around. Moreover, in the books, it is mentioned that Dany's liberation of slaves is felt from Westeros to Asshai, so it's fair to say that even though Braavos does not deal in slaves, the disruption of such a big part of the old economy could have resulted in an economic domino effect that ended with the Iron Bank holding a load of bad debts across multiple sectors. Moreover, the show seems to imply that the bank is corrupt and invests in slavery in secret. With the Golden Company (mentioned in the show as the bank's preferred agents for violent debt collection) no longer available, could the Iron Bank be facing an existential crisis? Especially considering that even Kings Landing and its merchants are gone too.
  11. Thanks for your reply! You bring up a great point on the ending mess D&D left us with. Also what are your thoughts regarding Bronn's military strength? All I can figure out is that he probably commands the Lannister Garrison left behind at High Garden when they took it (assuming Daenerys didn't rectify that after the Gold Road battle). Don't think he could hire any more as the Tyrell life savings went to the Iron Bank/GC and the harvest burned by dragon fire. Considering that he was part of the force sent by Jaime to requisition the harvest, I bet all the smallfolk farmers and Highgarden gentry hate him. Thus, how is Bronn going to assert his authority against the prestigious Redwyns and Hightowers? I read elsewhere on this forum that Hightower army could be 10-15K and Redwyne fleet is 200 ships. Plus, since he was part of the force that killed Olenna Redwyne, I could see some discontent there. I feel unless Sam is willing to persuade whoever rules Horn Hill now to lend him the remains of the Tarly army, he's finished. Frankly, no matter how much Bronn goes about being a "hard bastard", I just don't see him as Lord Paramount. Realistically, he needs Tyrion's patronage and protection, and anything other than a holdfast sworn to Casterly rock, a lannister cousin wife and elevation to vassal Lord would be out of his practical reach. I feel that D&D should have cleared this up since The Reach is the one region that matters the most now that the Lannister mines are dry.
  12. I was kind of hoping that Arya would be taken out by the Night King during her jump, and that would spur Jon into super Azor Ahai rage which allows him to cut towards the Night King for one almighty boss fight.
  13. Does the ending mean that Iron Born will get to raid the North for the foreseeable future as Yara's promise to Dany could now be null after her death, and the North is independent and not under the King's peace? I doubt Bran could protect his sister even if he wanted considering his nonexistent armies.
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