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Great fucking match, the refs disgraceful at the end. Tuchel played it all to one card and it blew up in his face. Vinicius is currently the best player in the world, he was immense in this match.

Great Houses do not store food for all the smallfolk, they store food to get as many smallfolk as they can, the rest of the nobles too. Besides the fact the for most of the South the unnatural winters are never that bad. But i still don't know why you think Aegon is going to solve that crisis. King's Landing is a narrow path, Oldtown is on the wrong side of the map... ofc it's easier. And Oldtown have yet to be attacked so its defenses are intact. What has that to do with anything? It's not like Dany is not going to come without supply lines ready anyway. If Dany wants to attack King's Landing, hitting the city with all hre might is the best chance and the quickest way, and at this stage and with winter there, it's all about speed. Sounds like an overcomplicated plan. No, it's not. You can be a reader and not being interested in books about mlitary strategy. You do not need to be a reader to be advised on those things, both Victarion and Barristan. If only there was a dude with naval experience leading a fleet to her aid.

Nah I'd prefer a Real-Borussia but all in all, it's a great night for football.

Doing the same her father did to solve the Crown's previous financial crisis. Either paying the debt herself or simlpy forgiving the money the Crown owes House Lannister.

To feed their own demesne, not the whole country. Does she? Why? Btw King's Landing is far easier to access than is Oldtown. Mmmm okay.

What stored food? The Vale's? She wants to be in charge of the entire continent.

Don't know how's that possible with the Lannisters and Euron still running amok and the North being its own separate theater. Young G ascension will not stop any wars, unless plot, it'd simply mean new alliances are made, whatever the Riverlands are still burning either way. I simply do not know why people sincerely believe Aegon has the capability to solve Westeros' huge problems by himself.

So it is not crossing "the poisoned waters". If there are Dothraki willing to follow Dany to that end, it is obvious that they would have left quite a few of their traditions behind. How small or how big Rhollorites zeal on Westeros will be remains entirely on how many will accompany her. If she's bringing them in the thousands sure Fremen mania, but a dozen priests are not going to do nothing Dany does not condone.

All the more reason to leave Westeros to its fate. The reason why Dany felt it was her obligation to help slaves and the reason why Dany'd feel it's her obligation to help Westeros are quite different, one it's moral the other is duty. As Westeros queen to be, it'd be her duty to help Westeros, but Westeros isn't a country of slaves so she'd expect the country to give her her dues. What Dany might do to help the people of Westeros without expecting reward is to change the system of serfdom that is in place in the country for something less, even if slightly, oppresive, a la Aegon V but with tools to back up her demands.

If she leaves for Westeros in order to help them, she's risking that same thing again. I suppose the answer to this has already been said but i agree with what's been written. Lords and smallfolk alike can choose her as ruler and demand her protection or they can reject her and do their own thing. But the belief that they ought to get the best of both worlds because Westerosi are so cool is baffling. It is not villanous for Dany to claim the throne after risking everything to save the continent, another matter entirely is whether her quest in Essos could survive without her but depending the casualties she suffers, she might need Westerosi help to keep her victories in the East anyway. But it's absolutely hilarious to expect someone to die for you and then, after they have saved you, claim you don't even like them in the first place so they can go now...

Indeed, waiting is even vital imo because it allows her dragons to grow. So yeah, it basically dooms Westeros but it might pretty much be Humanity's best shot. So her leaving early with still infant dragons would be solely in benefit of the Westerosi, so it's kinda bizarre to expect her to just to fuck off after it's all said and done.

I'm sorry but these two statements contradict each other. She should leave everything to help Westeros, ignoring Astapor, for whatever length of time is necessary to help defeat the Others but after she's bled... she should pack to Essos, with a much diminished army and who knows if she'd still retain any dragons, because if not she's not learning nothing from Astapor and it's villainous? Obviously the sentiment is not without precedent, the show did just that but we all kinda agree S8 is nonsense so why go there?

She's going to feed her army with whatever food remains. It's not like Westeros has a choice on the matter either if it wants her help to defeat the Others either. So the question is... Does it really matter if she brings her army whether if it's for an invasion of if it's for help, and she stays later?

Carletto is a terrorist.

When discussing Mereen there hasn't been a shortage of people that straight up advocated for keeping slavery in the worst cases or a a "gradual reduction of it" (never giving a timeframe) because people would die and using violence means hypocrisy yadda yadda yadda. There's some of what you're saying but i think that much like Martin and his over the top "realistic" depictions of the middle ages, most of us fans have taken the stance, consciously or unconsciously, that the most cruel and amoral the better while also adhering for certain planetos beliefs (Fans almost inmediate dislike for any bastard not named Jon for example). Slavery just becomes the weirdest hill to play pretend being Machiavelli but...