Another stellar episode. This season is shaping up to be the best since season 2.
About Hodor. I wasn't all that affected by his death. Don't get me wrong, the entire sequence was well shot, well acted, well directed, and well executed. But Hodor, as a fairly minor character, never really connected with me, so I wasn't all that devasted. Besides that, in a series that routinely brutally rapes, maims, and mutilated it's characters, it's not hard to become desensitized to it all. Hell, being ripped apart by wrights is damn near a peaceful and quiet death next to having your dikk cut off by Jeffrey Dahmer Bolton....
Speaking of the dikkless, Theon putting all pride aside (the ONE thing that directly led to his demise) and publicly supporting his sister Yara at Kingsmoot was a cool moment of further redemption for him. I kind of think the show is dropping the ball on Euron a bit because in the books he's MUCH more brutal, manipulative, and cunning than the show is giving him credit for. I think the show writers probably thought he was too close too Ramsay- like but they've so far stripped him of what made him interesting. He literally shows up, MURDERS the King (again the taboo against Kinslaying really doesnt apply to show-verse) and brags about it. Why would the people have any trust in him over Yara? Even his plan to marry Dany didn't seem like it was "enough". Hopefully it comes out that he at least has the Dragonhorn..
Arya is totally going to tell the Faceless God to kiss her ass after learning that the cult she's joined is basically a high priced assassins for hire league. And she's totally gonna kill the Waif lol.
Sansa is really trying to play the game, I don't think she should've sent Breanne away however, it would've been perfectly acceptable to send Podrick as an emissary. And I'm still iffy about why she didn't tell Jon about how she got the information from little-finger..... But I understand...
Little-Finger DEFINITELY has something up his sleeve. I don't buy his puppy eyes for a second. Simping is for Ser Jorah and Jamie. Whatever "love" Little-Finger felt for anybody died with Cat. Dude is playing a LONG con.
Varys, quite understandably, hated magicians and fanatics. But he thought it was gonna be one way....
And the priestess of the light proved it was another
Bran's old bored ass is like that kid who doesn't want to take a nap and ends up sneak ordering over $500 worth of shyt from PPV and your cable gets cut off
. Dude just COULDNT chill with the time hopping for a few hours and let grandpa Raven get some Z's... Jon's the only Stark who ain't reckless with his direwolf. The direwolf community looking at the Starks REAL funny in the light...
Dany sending Ser Jorah on a quest to find a cure for greyscale was ALMOST heartbreaking, but seriously, this dude need to find another chick to simp. You ain't NEVER gonna get it like En Vogue said homie. I almost halfway expected her to say that when he returns she'd marry him to give him extra incentive, but nah, Daario already told him "ya bytch out here choosing breh, and she AINT choosing you
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Next week's predictions.
-Cersei and Jamie's plan backfires massively and The Sparrow gets another W
-Dany finally shows up back in Mereen and wants to quickly put an end to the revolt, so she agrees mostly with Tyrion's plans, except she wants the Slave masters killed.
-Arya refuses to kill that actress and turns on the Faceless Man, maybe she kills the Waif.
-Jeffrey Dahmer Bolton pops up to remind everyone how horrible he is by doing something sickening to Rickon
-Bran and Ole girl are saved by Cold Hands, who turns out to be Benjen Stark
- Sam shows up back home with Gilly and stands up to his father. I don't know how this particular storyline plays out but Sam is DEFINITELY going to man up on his pops.
-Jon decides he wants to be named a full Stark and have the Northern houses follow him. Sansa refuses to legitimize him, leading to a temporary rift.