Very intense episode last night. You knew that Euron and Yara would cross paths at some point, but even still that was a pretty wild battle scene; Theon morphed back into Reek but I can’t imagine that’s the last we’ll see of him treading water among the wreckage (maybe Gendry rows by and picks him up?). **I have to think that Varys tipped them off after the opening confrontation with Dany - Euron could very well have been heading towards Dragonstone anyway but it seemed too coincidental to just have them show up and attack, and also take Ellaria as “the gift”. **
I thought Arya was going to encounter White Walkers when her horse was spooked and you could suddenly see her breath. She had the best line in the episode when she was at the inn talking to Hot Pie: “You’ve been baking pies?” “One or two”.
It was a little strange at first to see many of the characters from the different storylines throughout the series finally come together. I joked to my wife during Dany’s strategy meeting that is like a meeting of the Justice League.
I hope that is true. Otherwise we are left with one side having perfect scouting and the other side being fuckall stupid.
Yeah, this was the one plot point last night that was just waaay to convenient, to have the two armadas meet up. I hope Varys or the old Tyrell woman had a hand in it.
The storyline is moving so fast in these episodes, I can tell it is losing story quality.
As each season goes on, the more and more I dislike Dany. At the core she is an entitled, megalomaniac, petulant tyrant and conquer. I think she’s a bit of a sociopath also. My guess is that at the end of this series, Dany is dead. I don’t think we’ll see the story end with Jon and Dany living happily ever after, either together or separate.
I also think the White Walkers may not end up being all bad. There is more to their background and motivations. As we’ve seen time and time again, there are no true bad or good people in GoT. There always seems to be two sides of the coin and I don’t think we’ve seen the other side of the Night King’s coin.
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Only up to this part of the thread, but yes, am pretty sure Dany will end up dead. I think it would be good to see Jorah do it, given their complicated relationship and that he is a true man of honour who will do what he thinks is best. I think we will see a bit of a descent into darkness for Dany. She has the trappings of a tyrant in the making.
What some mistake for leadership is really just demagogy. Which is usually not a good mode of leadership given what it led us to in the 20th century (and hopefully doesn’t lead us anywhere in the 21st century).
