Posted on 06/29/2016 7:04:29 AM PDT by Enterprise
The opening scenes of the show depict Cerci getting ready for her trial before the seven septons. Now we knew that she would never stand trial didn't we? Well, we weren't disappointed. (I wasn't at least)
Loras confessed to everything. The deal was that he would be released after Cersi's trial, but Margaery didn't know that he would have the star carved into his forehead.
Meanwhile, Pycelle gets lured off and meets his end at the hand of the children while Qyburn looks on. Pycelle was a go along get along guy. He should have kept his mouth shut, but he stepped in it by criticizing Gregor Clegane, and by his inability to suppress his dislike of Cersi. Bye bye.
Because Cersi and Tommen weren't in attendance, and the High Sparrow sent Lancel Lannister to fetch them. Lancel saw a suspicious child and followed him. While this is happening, Clegane is forcibly preventing Tommen from leaving for the trial. Margaery understands that something is wrong, deadly wrong, because Cersi and Tommen aren't there. She tries to get the High Sparrow to evacuate the Sept, but the old jerk is so full of his own righteousness and religious authority that he can't conceive of the scope of treachery that Cersi is capable of. Lancel follows the child undergroud and gets stabbed. He sees the light of candles and crawls towards them. To his horror, the candles are burning down and are about to touch off barrels upon barrels of wildfire, stored conveniently below the Sept of Baelor, where the trial is being held. Too late though, as the fire ignites, disintegrating him, and blowing up the whole Sept. AWESOME! (Lancel's religious journey toward the light ended in a very BRIGHT flash!)
Poor naive Tommen commits suicide. In this I was sympathetic. He loved Margaery. He was a young boy who fell in love with a beautiful girl. And he knew that she was suddenly gone forever. The grief he felt was overpowering.
I liked Margaery, and I know she wasn't perfect either as she did her share of scheming and plotting. Too bad she couldn't get out of the Sept. Her dad was an affable old duff, but not too smart. Loras - who cares. The High Sept - ADIOS MOFO! I thought of him as a disgusting, icky old creep, something like Pycelle.
One reviewer I read noted that later, when Cersi takes the throne, that there were a LOT of new faces since the former elites went up with the Sept.
Littlefinger tried to baffle Sansa by declaring he wants to sit on the Iron Throne with her by his side, but by now she has wised up considerably, and she shut him down. Stupidly, he steps in it again by telling her that the North would back her, but not Jon. At the meeting, the North backs Jon, with the help of a rousing speech by little Lady Mormont, and Littlefinger looks like the loser he is. Sansa gives him a death stare. Littlefinger, the definition of slime and ooze.
So we have Walder Frey all happy and blustery at getting Riverrun back. He's happy with his alliance with the Lannisters, and boasts that when they put their swords through the hearts of their enemies, "The Freys and Lannisters send their regards."
Jaime pours a little cold water on Frey's happiness by reminding him that he couldn't hold Riverrun, and that if the Lannisters have to keep bailing him out, then who needs him?
And Arya. Love her. She serves Walder Frey a meat pie which contains he two sons. As he begins to grasp the horror, she unmasks herself and tells him who she is, and that the last thing he will see is a Stark smiling down on him as he dies. Frey is speechless. Literally, because Arya cut his throat the way her mother's throat was cut.
And speaking of last things someone sees, Cersi had promised Septa Unella that the last thing she would see before she dies is her face. Unella is under the impression that she is going to meet her god. Cersi explains her that it won't be today, or tomorrow, and introduces her to Gregor Clegane. Cersi mocks Unella with "confess," and "shame." As she leaves Unella is screaming, and we have to use our imaginations as to what exactly Clegane is doing.
Davos outs the witch's past atrocity of burning the daughter of Stannis alive. Jon banishes her and promises to hang her if she returns, and Davos tells her he will kill her himself if she returns.
Varys appears to help forge an alliance between Olenna Tyrell and Ellaria Sand. It was fun watching Olenna smack down the Sand girls. She told one that she looked like an angry little boy, she told one to shut up, and told the third not to speak.
Daenerys basically told Daario adios. Tyrion tells Daenerys he believes in her and said he would pledge his sword, but he doesn't have one. But he pledges his counsel, now and always. She appoints Tyrion as "Hand of the Queen." He kneels. I give Daenerys credit for understanding his value.
At the end, the fleet of Daenerys is sailing with its troops and horses. Yara and Theon are sailing with Daenerys after having pledged their support with the understanding that Daenerys will support them in defeating their treacherous uncle Euron. As the fleet sails, the dragons fly combat air patrol overhead. Must wait until next year now.
wow that’s weird ...
how did I get it into my head he brought the horn to the kings moot and had it blown when he put forward his claim to the throne.
Is that something I read? lol
Ah found it !
quote “A Feast for Crows
Euron Greyjoy brings what he claims to be a dragon horn he found amongst the smoking ruins of Valyria to the Kingsmoot when the ironborn are electing a new king. The horn’s noise silenced all and ended the possible fight between the supporters of Victarion and Asha Greyjoy.
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Dragon_horn
“He detained people who had committed serious crimes until they were ready to admit their crimes and accept punishment.”
.. and denied them food and water, denied them any visitors, and had them beaten until he coerced confessions.
Dany will over throw Cersi & sit on the iron throne, until she allies with the north in the war to defeat the ice zombies. A dragon experience will reveal to Dany Jon’s bloodline & legitimate heir to iron throne.
Jon will not remain as king of the north, as not legitimate stark line of succession. Sansa will have a baby boy. Bran will return to Winter-fell tell revelations to family.
Jon rightful heir to iron throne, Dany will support him as legitimate heir to iron throne. They are related and will not marry. But Jon will return to the wall. The death experience and war has changed him. Like his uncle (Ned’s bro).
Tyrion will be head of Lannisters and inherit lands. Remain hand of the King to Dany.
Cersi & Jamie will both die.
Ayia(sp) will run out of names to seek revenge and return to Battle the zombies with family. Develop deep love & raise Sansa’s baby as heir to Winterfell - redeems her. Sansa can not love the baby, will not for many years.
After victories iron throne appeal is hollow for Dany.
... and mismatched eyes. One of his eyes is purple, which is the color of Targaryen eyes.
Excellent analysis and forecast!
Also, what happens to Sam?
Why would they show him entering the Citadel library (with the easter egg of the astrolabe hanging from the rafters that is a match to the astrolabe shown in the opening credits) if they didn’t intend to complete his storyline?
Arya’s face when she killed Ser Meryn Trant in the brothel looked around ~10 years old. She was roughly the same size as Arya.
LOL, love the graphic. Of course Siri watches Game of Thrones.
opps forgot Sam!
I agree, his eventual fate is BIG. I suspect he will end up being a Hero and lord of his lands in the end.
“You mentioned 6 bastard names.
There are 7 kingdoms/Houses.
I wonder if Fire/Flame could be the bastard name of a Targarion. “
I forgot Pyke, that is the bastard name for the Iron Islands. The Targaryens had no special name for their bastards, they would take the bastard name of whatever region they grew up in. For example, Bloodraven (the three-eyed raven on the show), was a Targaryen bastard whose real name was Brynden Rivers.
Some of the Targaryen bastards did get legimitized though, and then chose other names, one of those was Daemon Blackfyre. If any Blackfyres are left though, they are probably in exile in Essos.
I suspect something Bran does will bring down the wall.
Sansa did promise Littlefinger that if he brought the knights of the Vale he would be rewarded. She didn’t specify how he would be rewarded, but she just seems to be dissing him now.
Yes, and he also said to Jon Snow “every dwarf is a bastard in his father’s eyes”. However, Tywin denied repeatedly that he hated Tyrion because he was a dwarf, and always said he thought he wasn’t really his son.
I think Tyrion just didn’t want to consider that possibility, since being a Lannister was the only thing that got him any respect at all in his world.
“That would pretty much rule out Tyrion...”
Well, Tyrion strangled Shae, so it’s not an impossibility. He might have to surprise Cersei in bed and hope she is wearing a sturdy necklace though...
“Sansa will have a baby boy.”
... and he’ll be the spitting image of Ramsay Bolton :)
Bran is “marked” by the Night’s King. It was that mark that broke the spell of protection in the Three Eyed Raven’s cave. I think that same mark will break the spells that protect the Wall when Bran passes through underneath.
That’s right, I forgot about the eyes, that purple eye is a pretty big clue.
They pretty much set it up that he’s going to at least allow the White Walkers to follow him through the Wall if he passes through it with that mark on him.
In the books there is also the “horn of Joramun” which supposedly can bring down the wall, but they didn’t really introduce that on the show.
Yeah, he’ll get “rewarded” alright... the proper “reward” for arranging her father’s death, I hope!
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