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.
I didn’t start watching until the last episode in year three. So I had to binge watch the first three seasons, and I read the books. Welcome to the throne room!
Every time one of Cersei’s kids died — and her own machinations and poor decisions led to each one — Cersei doubled down on ruthless power mongering.
Your description of Dany’s surface plot makes George R. R. Martin a piss poor writer, which he most definitely isn’t.
Dany absolutely makes piss poor decisions no matter what the situation.
She went into a tent to seek aid from a woman of a people the Dothraki pillaged, raped, and enslaved instead of seeking aid from the women traveling with her. The mage/”healer” most likely performed an abortion, as abortion is alluded or outright mentioned for other female characters, i.e. tansy tea.
This “girl power” thing is a false premise. There’s a huge difference between a strong female lead and advancing an agenda.
The TV version of the Kingsmoot was a simplified version of the book Kingsmoot, Victarion/Yara/Asha merger withstanding.
How would you cinematically demonstrate mind control? Unless your debate premise is Dragonbinder isn’t an enslavement/mind control device, I don’t see how anyone who read the books could justify a bunch of people nodding for Yara and then instantaneously supporting Euron.
Quote: “The TV version of the Kingsmoot was a simplified version of the book Kingsmoot, Victarion/Yara/Asha merger withstanding.”
I got that. I read the books and realized fairly quickly that the show was carving off vast amounts of the books and leaving them on the floor. So far, and I say so far, the horn has been left out.
I watched the Kingsmoot again and again and the logical conclusion to reach from the SHOW is this. Euron wins (he doesn’t in the books, by the way) because he is the only credible male with a claim that comes forward. He also makes a good case for himself while ridiculing Theon. At the end of the scene he says that his neice and nephew stealing ships won’t help them. He says this not because of some unseen, unintroduced horn but because he has just ordered (on screen, part of the scene) a massive fleet to be built.
I have no doubt that Euron will turn up. Perhaps with the horn (that needs to be introduced and somewhat explained next season). My guess is that he will 1)intercept Dany at sea; or 2)realize he was too late and ally with her enemies to cause havoc.
The show reflected the same actions as the book. You don’t “see” Euron killing his brother, but that’s what the show displayed. In the book, you “see” what Dragonbinder’s effects are, and in the show, you “see” the same effects but not the actual item.
My premise is Euron’s campaign speech in the show was so incredibly dumb (”I killed my bro! I’m your king!”), there’s no other rational explanation besides Dragonbinder’s usage to achieve that result.
As for Euron, his show geopolitical position is incredibly weak. The only prediction I can offer is history repeats itself.
Quote: “The show reflected the same actions as the book. You don’t “see” Euron killing his brother, but that’s what the show displayed. In the book, you “see” what Dragonbinder’s effects are, and in the show, you “see” the same effects but not the actual item.”
Umm, they showed Euron throwing his brother off the bridge. So yes, you do see it.
He finds the way to defeat the white walkers for Jon.
His true reward. Tee hee.
Jon came back from his own “magic or destiny.” The witch was as surprised as everyone else that Jon came back to life. There is something about Ned’s bro being alive to save Bran from white walkers and Jon.
Yes, but do not know if his supernatural visions and mission will preclude him from becoming heir. Sansa, her unborn son with aunt Ayia will eventually rule. Scouring out all bad traits Bolton in the lad. His true spirit will be a Stark.
You don’t “see” Euron killing the current occupant of the Seastone Chair in the book, only in the show. Apologies if that wasn’t clear.
Littlefinger isn’t too happy about no reward. Whatever he’s plotting, he doesn’t realize that the Starks will soon have Arya back with the training of the Faceless Men.
I guess I’m not very observant, but I just realized that not all ships in the final scene had Targaryen sails.
There were also ships in that scene with sails that had the colors of Greyjoy, Dorne, and Tyrell. The Dornish sails are fairly easy to spot, but the Tyrell sails (green with a large, gold flower) go by fairly quickly.
Sansa’s playing LF like a fiddle.
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