Good points about Arya and Sansa and I too hope the ending brings great things for Arya but also Sansa for everything she endured. She went from being a fragile pretty royal girl to a strong seasoned woman not to be taken lightly. She witnessed first hand the ugliness within the royal families; something that didn’t exist in her own Stark family that she saw or was too young to understand. The Starks didn’t have a Cercei type that I know of.
There is a theory Sansa is pregnant with the evil bastard Ramsay Bolton’s seed and Littlefinger is manipulating his way into marrying her and pretend the kid is theirs together. Littlefinger’s ambition for stature and power of the throne is unequaled in this story line I think. Probably because he wasn’t born a royal. Quite the ladder climber. Isn’t he a land and castle owner now given to him by the first Lanaster boy king? Maybe even a duke. From commoner, to business man to brothel keeper to Duke and land/castle owner. Soon to be King of the North maybe. I guess that would leave Jon and Dany to rule from the Iron Throne but which one will rule? There can be only one ruler. One will have to take a back seat to the other if that is indeed how it plays out. When the finale happens; what happens to the dragons? Do they have a few eggs that sit for centuries until needed again?
Bran continues to be more and more distant as if he is transitioning from human to magical tree/raven creature who observes but doesn’t interfere except in small ways such as giving the Valyrian steel knife to Arya. I have a feeling that knife has a very special purpose ahead of it that only Arya with her special skills can manage to use it for. Maybe she will kill the Night King with it.
At some point we saw the Children of the forest, who lived forever until they got killed protecting Bran. It’s thought a few survived and still live in the deep caverns in the North. They created the White Walkers to fight the men at the time because they never did have large numbers or strength. Later on the men and the Children made a pact and lived side by side for thousands of years. I guess the White Walkers go dormant for long periods of time until “triggered” like a snowflake. Pun intended considering they are frozen beings.
I assume Sansa will come out with a story-book happy ending, though have no real idea what that could be and, given the authors' penchant for killing off some nice characters, wonder if they won't wreak revenge against somebody like, say, Arya?
So why is my first thought, after seeing Gendry again: Arya?
Anyway, thanks for the info on "children of the forest", I'd never picked up on any of that.
