Red Mosquito

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 9:20 pm**

tragabigzanda wrote:Is there any major house that would shift sides according to their loyalty to House Baratheon? How might Gendry's return be a device to shift larger alliances?

There are plenty of houses sworn to Storm's End, but the show doesn't seem to dwell too much on such things. Like how Dorne, who has a large army by Westerosi standards, basically disappeared earlier this season. Many died under Stannis of course, but we haven't seen Storm's End in seasons now.

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:03 pm**

There's power vacuums in the Reach, Dorne, and the Stormlands. They are essentially under Lannister control, but with the Tyrell/Tarly, Martell, and Baratheon lines all gone, there's no one to control the lower lords. I think because they decided to rob us of episodes these last 2 seasons, none of it will be addressed. Cersei doesn't really have a lot of friends or people she trusts that could rule over these places that would remain loyal

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:08 pm**

I thought Stannis left a ghost crew at Storm's End? I may be confusing it with the books by the way.

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:10 pm**

speaking cersei, my guess is

Spoiler: show: she's either not actually pregnant, or is pregnant with euron's kid

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:23 pm**

Yeah I don't understand why people are confused about Dorne. Their ruler was taken prisoner by the Lannisters and her heirs are dead and dying. You don't just go "welp, let's keep fighting how we were" when that happens.

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:27 pm**

Orpheus wrote:Yeah I don't understand why people are confused about Dorne. Their ruler was taken prisoner by the Lannisters and her heirs are dead and dying. You don't just go "welp, let's keep fighting how we were" when that happens.

Dorne is basically Iraq now, bra

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 10:54 pm**

Chris_H_2 wrote:speaking cersei, my guess is

Spoiler: show
she's either not actually pregnant, or is pregnant with euron's kid

or

Spoiler: show: qyburn unnaturally put a baby in her. that's my guess given that he was a part of the scenes that jamie and cersei had together.

Posted: **Mon August 14, 2017 11:00 pm**

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 12:39 am**

AndySlash wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:speaking cersei, my guess is

Spoiler: show
she's either not actually pregnant, or is pregnant with euron's kid
or

Spoiler: show
qyburn unnaturally put a baby in her. that's my guess given that he was a part of the scenes that jamie and cersei had together.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 2:06 am**

Simple Torture wrote:Will one of Jon's guys sacrifice himself to be turned into a wight? That'd probably be the easiest way to get one back.

Heh. Maybe The Hound will do it so he can reunite with his brother. (with sexy results)

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 2:14 am**

I liked the episode. It clearly felt transitional, but they are in the process of wrapping up the story so that'll happen. We've been with these people for 7 years and 80 hours, as Joey said. The motivations for their actions are all clear.

I have no idea why Gendry is back

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 2:28 am**

stip wrote:I liked the episode. It clearly felt transitional, but they are in the process of wrapping up the story so that'll happen. We've been with these people for 7 years and 80 hours, as Joey said. The motivations for their actions are all clear.

I have no idea why Gendry is back

fan service

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 6:03 am**

Orpheus wrote:Yeah I don't understand why people are confused about Dorne. Their ruler was taken prisoner by the Lannisters and her heirs are dead and dying. You don't just go "welp, let's keep fighting how we were" when that happens.

Dorne is as powerful as the North. It's difficult to see in the show, but we know there is a large ruling family there. It would make sense for them to still be a factor in the war. Even if it was Dany trying to convince them to keep backing her.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 7:28 am**

Mecca wrote:
stip wrote:I liked the episode. It clearly felt transitional, but they are in the process of wrapping up the story so that'll happen. We've been with these people for 7 years and 80 hours, as Joey said. The motivations for their actions are all clear.

I have no idea why Gendry is back
fan service

Possibly. Like Ruddo said, if he dies, then he is out of the way. Died like a hero.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 8:32 am**

The two seemingly plausible theories that I've seen are that

Spoiler: show: Jorah volunteers/sacrifices himself to become a wight, allowing for a weighty emotional moment with Dany which really seals her support for Jon's cause

or

Spoiler: show: The hound becomes a wight, and we somehow get Zombie Cleganebowl

The Brotherhood guys seem minor enough to be complete red shirts on this one.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 8:55 am**

I really liked that episode - somebody further up said we've had 6 seasons of development, I'm enjoying the more cinematic feel of this season - it's the third act climax.

That said, a lot of it is whooshing by.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 11:39 am**

ABNorman wrote:The two seemingly plausible theories that I've seen are that

Spoiler: show
Jorah volunteers/sacrifices himself to become a wight, allowing for a weighty emotional moment with Dany which really seals her support for Jon's cause
or

Spoiler: show
The hound becomes a wight, and we somehow get Zombie Cleganebowl
The Brotherhood guys seem minor enough to be complete red shirts on this one.

Both of those sound great.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 11:40 am**

Anders wrote:
ABNorman wrote:The two seemingly plausible theories that I've seen are that

Spoiler: show
Jorah volunteers/sacrifices himself to become a wight, allowing for a weighty emotional moment with Dany which really seals her support for Jon's cause
or

Spoiler: show
The hound becomes a wight, and we somehow get Zombie Cleganebowl
The Brotherhood guys seem minor enough to be complete red shirts on this one.
Both of those sound great.

I like both theories too.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 12:15 pm**

Superteam

Jon Targaryen confirmed

Jaime/Bronn/Tyrion love triangle

Davos Davos Davos

WARHAMMER

It was almost breakneck pace but like others have suggested, we don't need much more character study; most of these ppl are who they are and now we see how it plays out. Fun episode.

Posted: **Tue August 15, 2017 12:28 pm**

doone wrote:
Anders wrote:
ABNorman wrote:The two seemingly plausible theories that I've seen are that

Spoiler: show
Jorah volunteers/sacrifices himself to become a wight, allowing for a weighty emotional moment with Dany which really seals her support for Jon's cause
or

Spoiler: show
The hound becomes a wight, and we somehow get Zombie Cleganebowl
The Brotherhood guys seem minor enough to be complete red shirts on this one.
Both of those sound great.

I like both theories too.

Same

Though the first is way cooler, I think. Both are fun.

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