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This x10000 People always use George's Aragorn quote to say that George is "subverting tropes" but what he really meant was that he wished Tolkien showed what happened after Aragorn ruled. Martin is using several of the tropes of fantasy he is simply injecting them with realism just as you described with Ned. Ned's death wasn't groundbreaking in the epic fantasy genre, the father figure dying to make way for the younger characters is one that has been done to death, it's just that in this story we actually are inside the father figure's head seeing his conflicts, struggles etc.

I think the character outcomes will be the same Dany dying, Sansa becoming Queen of the North, Bran becoming the elected monarch etc. But I think the road to those outcomes will be different. I could see Dany burning KL but I don't think it will be the way it occurred in the show, that is, when the city had already surrendered. I could see it happening from the second Dance between herself and Faegon, and her eventually dying when she goes North to aid in the fight against the Others. I also don't see Sansa going through some of the useless show plot points such as being raped by Ramsey or being in a "catfight" with Dany.

I dont get why people are complaining, it was a great episode. And to be fair, there is no point in complaining about the changes in the show at this point, that ship sailed ages ago. I have no problems with the changes as long as I am entertained and I have been fully entertained by this episode I love Missandei and Grey Worm, D and D are doing a good job at fleshing out all the characters in Dany's camp. Also Sansa owned this episode, loved it! MTE Agreed, I dont get the complain of Missandei an Grey worm.

I agree I took that episode to be a double meaning for the CotF and the child Drogon eats.

No Bran today :crying:

\it's not their fault, TV viewers don't get to read characters minds so dialogues are the only way to show what characters are thinking.

MTE I didn't even know what was going on luckily I have already read the books

Well I dont think he can do anything now tbh the rights have already been sold and GRRM has little control on the storyline of the show.

I dont think they will let him kill her, it might be one of the changes of the show. If they let him kil her they will probably make shae do something terrible so the audience sees that she deserves her death

It could be Balerion but the scene of a destroyed KL makes me think its future rather than past.

But KL didnt exist when Aegon conquered the seven kingdoms Also attached is a scene of a destroyed red keep

I think some of Bran's visions were of the future, probably referring to Drogon flying above King's landing.