CrypticWeirwood

It was that truncated scene with Tyrion and Bran in E2. You know, that one with the Vulcan mind meld which Tyrion came out of saying that he thought they’d win when before he’d been so dour.

Sure it does. Loads, even. His POV is the first opening one in Book 1 Chapter 1. Read that chapter carefully again. It's Bran’s journey that's the archetype, the monomyth, the hero's journey. Not Jon’s. Bran’s.

In-universe people, or us outside looking in? The latter is obvious from reading Book 1 Chapter 1. As for the former, we'll have to see what George devises to get us where he plainly means to go.

Do you have a link to them doing or saying this?

I did feel for Tyrion. The despair he felt was palpable when he realized that his final betrayal and caused his siblings' death (certainly Jaime's at least), and likely caused his own as well. Your heart went out for him, more than for Jon and Dany. All his scenes were convincing and moving for me.

Some "missing" answers and explanations may have been left out not because of any sort of rush to the finish line, but instead because they wanted to reserve those reveals for either these HBO prequels or for George's unpublished volumes (Winds or Dream) to avoid spoiling any of those too badly. Or both.

That it was George's ending not HBO's was my guess as well, but I can't say why I think that beyond simple hoping. What sorts of things made you think this was the George ending not the company one?

Which of these are you thinking was just a 1? ____ Cinematography ____ Lighting ____ Visual effects, including CGI ____ Production design (unified visual appearance) ____ Opening and closing title sequences ____ Sound editing and mixing ____ Original musical score ____ Costume design ____ Make up and hairstyling ____ Writing ____ Directing ____ Leading actor (Kit Harington) ____ Leading actress (Emilia Clarke) ____ Supporting actor (Peter Dinklage) ____ Supporting actress (Sophie Turner) ____ Ensemble cast (everybody as a team)

Thanks, care to elaborate? If that's too much trouble, you could give individual 1–10 ratings to these: ____ Cinematography ____ Lighting ____ Visual effects, including CGI ____ Production design (unified visual appearance) ____ Opening and closing title sequences ____ Sound editing and mixing ____ Original musical score ____ Costume design ____ Make up and hairstyling ____ Writing ____ Directing ____ Leading actor (Kit Harington) ____ Leading actress (Emilia Clarke) ____ Supporting actor (Peter Dinklage) ____ Supporting actress (Sophie Turner) ____ Ensemble cast (everybody as a team) Those don't necessarily have to “average out” to your final rating.

“You get a crown and you get a crown and you get a crown!” Bran is King of Westeros. Sansa is Queen of the North. Jon is King Beyond the Wall. Only Arya didn't get crowned. A Time for Wolves indeed.

Her vision at the House of the Undying was a true one. She has joined her husband and child.

When their bodies fail them, greenseers go up into the undying weirwoods and become the old gods. They never die. But Bloodraven stuck around for a successor. He watched Ned's birth and Bran's birth. He may have also tried with Euron but failed. Euron turned to the dark side via Shade of the Evening, not the light side of the weirwood paste.

What's the connection between Bran the Breaker and Bran the Broken?

Not Darkstar?

You've asked a very important question. That was no accident. They've left it open for a reason. But far be it from me to say what the answer to your question is. I can't say, and can only conjecture wildly.

Dany killed them all, not Bran. Fire destroys, cold preserves. The blind Targaryen knew everything.

Bran was in a hurry to get her to the Isle of Faces. Do you really think Drogon wouldn't have killed his mother's killer? Nissa Nissa

He really does. Like a giant among men. Perhaps Kit too, not sure. Kit was very good. So was his love.

Jon was sent to the Night's Watch. Everything north of the Wall is his to range as it pleases him. The perils are banished, and summer is coming.

How did Bloodraven need Bran for his warging powers? Like Bran, Bloodraven was a greenseer, infinitely beyond a mere warg like the rest of the Stark children (including Jon).

Bide: the Butterfly God shall have his due.

The Targaryens are over. And the Last Greenseer certainly won. He served a higher cause than family loyalty.

This is an awesome ending. They've laid many, many Easter Eggs for the bits that they'll save for Martin to tell. That way they haven't spoiled the books. The whole Drogon bit of not harming Jon but destroying the Iron Throne instead and then winging Dany's cooling body away are Easter Eggs. Bran was just being cagey saying he'd find Drogon. He knows perfectly well where Drogon is. We don't, but he does.

We should have known. Maester Aemon the blind Targaryen saw everything. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king. and "Oh, I think that Lord Tyrion is quite a large man," Maester Aemon said from the far end of the table. He spoke softly, yet the high officers of the Night's Watch all fell quiet, the better to hear what the ancient had to say. "I think he is a giant come among us, here at the end of the world." Tyrion answered gently, "I've been called many things, my lord, but giants seldom one of them." "Nonetheless," Maester Aemon said as his clouded, milk-white eyes moved to Tyrion's face, "I think it is true." For once, Tyrion Lannister found himself at a loss for words. I'm so much happier with this than with Tyrion's execution. This was a happy ending, or as close as you can get. Bittersweet, if you would.

He's now a free man.