For the Watchers: Season 8 Episode 6 “The Iron Throne”

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*Spoilers for every episode of GoT ever*

Say what you want about the finale but I think we can all agree on one thing:  it certainly was a finale.  Dany’s time on the Iron Throne lasted an exhilarating 17 seconds before Jon Snow finally gave her the shaft for the first time this season.  Unfortunately for her, it wasn’t the shaft she wanted and she got stuck.  It was a hell of a 7.5 seasons for Dany, who went from liberating slaves from their chains to liberating women and children from their mortal coils.  In the end, she needed to go, and it’s a shame it had to come from her fuck buddy/nephew Jon.

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Also, Jon Snow just gets Ghost back?  After he didn’t even pet him?  Fuck that, Drogon should’ve lit that turd up.

Everything felt a little rushed: I would’ve liked to have seen some characters get a better send off.  Like, it would’ve been nice for Arya to have done something in regards to her interests.  She could’ve become a professional assassin or a consultant for the City Watch, since she has such a talent for spotting killers after they’ve already torched tens to hundreds of thousands of people.  But nah, like a Baby Boomer going through a mid-life crisis, she bought a boat and is all about sailing now.  And Jon goes north of the Wall where he’s exiled to appease…a dude that left for Essos?  And the North isn’t part of the Kingdom anymore?  Can’t he just like scoot back to Winterfell and hang out? And isn’t Davos married?  Like what the fuck must his wife think at this point…

Meanwhile, at the Afterlife…

Dany:  So I’m dead?

Varys:  I’m afraid so…

Dany:  So then, who’s on the Iron Throne?  Jon?

Varys:  A council of the Lords of Westeros have named Brandon of House Stark…

Cersei:  WHAT?!  THAT FUCKING TWERP?!

Jaime:  Should’ve thrown him out of two windows.

Dany:  And people are happy with this?

Varys:  Well, yes, basically, he’s way better than any of you…

Joffrey:  YOU FUCKING BALD DICKLESS BITCH I’LL CUT YOU WITH-

Varys:  With what?  We’re both dead, and I won.

Littlefinger:  Easy to say when your only condition for winning was “someone not crazy”

Varys:  You’d be shocked how hard that was.

Robert:  THEN WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME?

Varys:  This, like, basically exactly this…

Robert:  YOU CHOOSE A FUCKING STARK?  TOSSERS, THE LOT OF THEM!

Ned:  Suck it, Robert!  I waited 7 seasons for us to do something cool!

Robert:  IF I STILL HAD MY HAMMER I’D CAVE IN YOUR HEADS WITH ONE STROKE!

Oberyn:  Please, don’t talk about caving in heads…

Dany:  But honestly, what has he done to deserve it?

Robert:  DOES HE HAVE STRENGTH?

High Sparrow:  Does he have faith?

Littlefinger:  Does he have cunning?

Tommen:  Does he have a cat?

Varys:  No…he has wisdom.

Tywin:  Hey, that’s my line!

Varys:  Yeah, sorry, forgot about that…Gods there’s a lot of people here…

Jorah:  Dany, now that we’re dead, do you think we could…

Dany:  Oops, I think I see Drogo over there, sorry bud…

Jorah:  *jumps out ethereal window*

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Definitely not you…

Lastly, I would’ve liked to see the other Small Council spots filled, even if they were incredibly forced.  That being said, there’s literally only a couple characters with nothing to do that are still alive.  Yara as Master of War makes some sense, and it brings her into the fold.  But like for Master of Laws?  I don’t know…Yohn Royce?  Literally, after Yara and Royce, I’m going to blindly give Master of Whispers to the character with the highest episode count who:
A) Is alive in Westeros
B) Doesn’t already have a position they’re currently fulfilling
C) Doesn’t reside in the North or north of the Wall.
D) Is not Gendry, cause he blew the one secret he needed to keep immediately.

So who’s left after all of those qualifiers?  Ladies and Gentleman, your new Master of Whispers…HOT PIE!

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EAT MY ENTIRE ASS, CHAIR!

Quick Hits:

1) Drogon:  JON, WHO KILLED MY MOM?!
Jon:  Uh…it was…
Drogon:  WAS IT THE POINTY CHAIR?
Jon:  Uh yeah, the chair stabbed her.
Drogon:  FUCK YOU POINTY CHAIR!

2) Dany’s ability to project never ceases to amaze me.  She’s never needed a microphone to talk to her armies or even entire cities on a giant wall.  Although the Dothraki were probably just pumped they got to sack something again.

3) Somewhere, there’s a Lord in the Reach that’s pretty miffed he never got offered the Highgarden while basically every other menacing person got it dangled in front of them.

4) Yara:  Some of you are quick to forgive, but the Ironborn will not forgive-
Arya:  I’ll slit your throat.
Yara:  All hail King Bran, y’all can have the Iron Islands, buncha rocks anyway…

5) Gendry keeping the Stormlands is the biggest case of “no take-backsies” I’ve ever seen.

6) Poor Daario Naharis.  He could’ve at least been the head of the Golden Company, like if you had no plan for him, why not just add another layer of betrayal?  Plus, him fighting Grey Worm would’ve meant more, especially after their figurative dick swinging contest in season 4.

7) My man, Ser Podrick Fucking Payne not only managed to make it through to the end, but became a fucking Kingsguard.  No wonder Bronn wants the brothels back, there’s no way he’s getting any with that legend swinging that stick around.

8) Tyrion:  You’ll be joining the Night’s Watch again.
Jon:  But it’s not needed…
Tyrion:  But we need to exile people somewhere
Jon:  Fine, at least Sam will be there.
Tyrion:  Well, about that…

9) I know this ultimately doesn’t matter but like…who marries Sansa now?  I literally can’t name a living male Northman.  Literally every male Northerner that had a name in this show is dead or the King of Westeros.

10)  Overall, I’d just like to say, the ultimate winner of Game of Thrones has to be Tormund.  He got to fight everything he could ever imagine and won.  And though he never landed Brienne, he gets to spend the rest of his days getting hammered with his best friend, Jon Snow!

Thank you so much to everyone who read, liked, and shared this blog!  It’s been a joy to do it and I’m glad so many of you read them over the past 4 seasons!

Valar Morghulis

For the Watchers: Season 8 Episode 5 “The Bells”

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**Spoilers for this episode of Game of Thrones**

While watching this episode, I found myself reflecting on the series a lot.  The implications of what were happening were monumental, but I kept coming back to one conversation had between Varys and Olenna Tyrell in Season 3.

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At the end of this conversation, Varys says perhaps his most famous line of series.  “But he would see this country burn if he could be king of the ashes.”  Of course, in this scene he’s talking about Littlefinger.   While watching this episode, obviously my mind was on another person…

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Dany has gone full Mad Queen.  The revelation was a slow burn, unlike King’s Landing, which was more of a broil.  Her ruthlessness and paranoia had peaked in recent episodes with the loss or betrayal of the majority of her allies (and like, whatever Theon was).  Still, to see a character proclaimed ‘mother’ by the slaves she liberated turn into the worst war criminal in the show’s history is…well…at least a slight change.  But she has chosen fear over mercy, as she told Jon right after he refused to fuck her for the second time in as many episodes.  Like c’mon man.  Can’t you just throw a girl a bone when she’s down?  And I mean a bone.  Like fuck, man.  Literally.  At best, it shows her how love is better than fear and maybe thousands of people don’t die.  At worst, you have sex with a crazy cat lady whose cat is a fire-breathing weapon of mass destruction.

Meanwhile, outside of what was King’s Landing

Dany:  Phew, I’m beat, what a long day…

Tyrion:  A long d-  A LONG DAY?!?!

Dany:  Yikes, what’s up with you?

Tyrion:  YOU ROASTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALIVE!

Dany:  Can you believe this guy?

Jon:  YOU FUCKING BURNED THE WHOLE CITY!

Dany:  Why are you guys blaming me for something Sansa basically did?

Tyrion:  ARE YOU-

Jon:  My sister-

Dany:  Cousin.

Tyrion: -FUCKING-

Jon:  -did not just massacre untold numbers of innocent-

Tyrion:  -KIDDING ME?!

Jon:  …people.

Dany:  *fake cries with baby voice* Oh waah.  I’m all butt-huwt cause a wittle town wif some randos went bye-bye.

Davos:  THAT WAS THE CITY I GREW UP IN!

Dany:  And it can be the city you die in too- hang on, here’s my boi.

Grey Worm:  KHALEESI!

*Dany and Grey Worm perform an elaborate handshake with multiple steps that goes on for a full minute.  Multiple high fives, couple booty bumps, a backflip, the whole 9…*

Dany:  Remember when the people were like “oh my god, scary dragon, I hope she doesn’t-”

Grey Worm:  And then…

Dany:  WASTED

*Both laugh while the others look on noticeably horrified*

Tyrion:  My brother was in there…

Dany:  Wait, you let him escape?

Grey Worm:  Dude, that’s fucked up.

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“…also, I fucked Brienne.  My b.”

Finally, we come to twincest couple of the year, Jaime and Cersei, getting a weird final moment together.  If you told me 5 years ago they would die together, I’d say that kinda made sense, especially if they killed each other.  But if you told me they died under the Red Keep while it was crumbling on top of them while Cersei begged for her unborn child’s life while Jaime bled to death from a wound inflicted by EURON GREYJOY….well, I would’ve still probably believed you and gotten really fucking mad that some time travel wizard used their powers just to ruin the show for me.  I liked late game Jaime a lot.  He used his powers of wit for good, was the straight man in a lot of great scenes with scene stealing characters like Tyrion, Olenna, and Bronn, and took Brienne’s virginity…which was a thing that certainly happened.  Cersei was the villain the show absolutely needed an episode after it lost Ramsay, and boy did she deliver.  Now its her time to step out of the way for the only villain that could eclipse her levels of monstrosity…and also, definitely, the last one.

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Do you know they bothered to name this dude?  Harry Strickland.  No, I didn’t just make that up, look it up, you’ll be the first person to care about him all day.

Quick Hits:

1)  Poor Varys lasted almost the entire show, always serving the realm from the shadows.  Its been a bad season for the dickless so far, with Grey Worm getting the best of the deal by only having to watch his true love beheaded in front of him.

2) Dany’s execution pronunciation of Varys was very matter-of-fact.  Felt like Anne Robinson from the Weakest Link.  “You are the weakest link.  Dracarys.”

3) Dany: This is the only thing left of Missandei, I want you to have it…
Grey Worm:  *throws it in the fire*
Dany:  Okay bitch-

4) The Queensguard was evidently more of a one-man team than the late-2000s Cavs.

5)  I can’t speak much to the Clegane Bowl because it speaks for itself.  It was perfect, from Qyburn getting hilariously dispatched to the Hound finally facing all his fears head on to consummate his revenge.

6) Euron’s the kinda guy that scores a hat-trick on a losing team and celebrates like he won.

7) Big ups to the dude that played the leader of the Golden Company that probably got a pretty decent pay day for a couple days of work.  I think they spent more time talking about the Golden Company than they did showing it get slaughtered.

8)  If you’re one of the few Dothraki that survived…you had quite the ride huh?  Went from serving under Khal Drogo, best Khal in the Dothraki Sea, to following some lady that willingly burned herself alive to hatch not 1, not 2, but fucking 3 DRAGONS.  THEN SHE WAS UNBURNT!  Then you languished through a bunch of slave cities, fighting here and there, until you had to take a wooden horse across the sea, before going to like the coldest place ever, fighting the literal dead with a flame sword, and then, after all that shit, you FINALLY GET TO SACK THE BIGGEST CITY ON THE CONTINENT!  Wooo, Dothraki, you the real winners.

I literally cannot wait to see what the last episode has in store…literally anything could happen in those last 80 minutes.  See you one final time, next week.

For the Watchers: Season 8 Episode 3 “The Long Night”

Thrones803Main*Spoilers through this episode of Game of Thrones*

All the chatter I’ve heard over this episode is pretty divisive.  I’ve heard people call it the best episode of Game of Thrones and I’ve heard others call it straight up bad.  I’ve heard people complain that they couldn’t see anything because of the darkness, and I’ve heard others say it increased the dramatic tension.  I’ve heard some people say there weren’t enough deaths and I’ve heard other people say not enough Brans died.  Okay, that last one was mostly me.  In the end, I’m personally just glad that the Ice Zombies are done and dusted.  Now we’re on to King’s Landing for what might be a triple-threat match for the Iron Throne.  While, currently, Dany and the North remain aligned, the next episode will be a big deal for them.  There’s multiple people that can be swayed to each side, and the fact that we get this kind of political intrigue instead of watching a bunch of frozen fucking dead dudes just ravage everything is just so goddamn satisfying.  Thank you, Arya, for giving me my last season back.  I always hoped Westeros’ favorite baby-faced assassin would get to play a prominent role, but I never thought it would be the MOST prominent role.  She fucking saved the entire world.  She told the haters and that twerp the God of Death where to stick it.  And it was with the pointy end. 

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So like…I guess they’re actually just going back to Essos now…huh.

Now, onto another big division, which was, well, the lack of deaths.  It seemed like many expected this episode to be a bloodbath.  And when it came down to it, the side of the living only had 6 named deaths.  And of those 6, only 3 see their names in the opening credits (Jorah, Theon, and the recently returned Melisandre).  Last week, out of the 11 predictions I made, only 3 of the people I spoke about had a greater than zero chance to die.  Of those 3, two did die (Jorah and Theon) while the other – Bran – stayed alive…well, like, however alive his witchy ass is these days.  But, even still, I’d still say I was wildly off. As I alluded to within the blog, I expected a ton of lesser names to die.  I mean, look at the classic signs!  Grey Worm and Missandei both talked about their retirement.  Survived.  Davos talked about how many battles he’s already lived through.  Survived.  Gendry and Arya fucking boned!  Survived.  I should’ve expected the rules of normal conventional storytelling don’t apply to Game of Thrones since they lopped off their main character’s head at the end of Season 1.  Look, I’m happy those people all survived, along with Podrick and Tormund.  Fucking unbelievable.  But to only kill Beric, Lyanna, and Edd seemed weak.  Though, I guess there’s still a lot of time left in the show, and plenty of more potentials deaths.  Still, I’d advise no more retirement plans or fornication until the show is over, just to be safe.  You especially, Podrick, keep that damn hammer in your pants!

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That statue has a better chance of killing a wight than Varys

Meanwhile, in the crypts…

Tyrion:  Gods, I should be up there!  This is ridiculous…

Sansa:  Tyrion, you’d get bodied, calm down and stay here.

Varys:  Yeah, Tyrion, its fine, just stay down here.

Tyrion:  Wait, why the fuck are you down here?

Varys:  Beg your pardon?

Tyrion:  Why is everyone else out there while you’re in here?

Varys:  Well, I’m not much of a fighter, so I came in with the women and the children.

Sansa:  Lyanna is both and she’s out there.

Varys:  Yeah, but, like, I have no dick…

Missandei:  Neither does Grey Worm.

Sansa:  Or Theon.

Varys:  I’m scared to fight!

Gilly:  So is Sam, and that bumbling sack of wet naps killed a White Walker.

Varys:  I’ve never killed anyone!

Tyrion:  You killed-

Varys:  Only in the books!

Tyrion:  Oh, for fuck’s sake.

Varys: What do you want me to do, snitch on the Night King?

Tyrion: …actually yeah, you got anything?

Varys:  He’s actually self-conscious about his height.

Tyrion: …

Before we go to quick hits, I’d like to touch upon the big deaths.  Theon and Jorah, both of whom had 8 seasons of storylines that came to a compelling close on Sunday, both went out in style, defending what their honor demanded.  Theon, finally atoning for taking Winterfell form Bran in Season 2, gave his life moronically bravely charging the fucking Night King before getting swiftly dispatched.  Though, honestly…I know Theon was never a noteworthy fighter, but pretty shitty to go out losing a spear vs sword matchup at mid-range.  Also, Jorah, after leading a charge at death itself, managed to use his last breaths defending Dany from a horde basically single-handed.  Dany had to put in a few weak-ass stabs because Drogon got his ass swarmed with wights like a bunch of angry remora on a whale shark (sorry, I’ve been watching a lot of David Attenborough ocean documentaries lately).  I always had a soft spot for Jorah, Lord Commander of the Friend-Zone, but he had some great scenes in the first season, and really came into his own with the bantering with Tyrion (still one of my favorite scenes) and his undying commitment to Dany.  And lastly, Melisandre, who really was a character I didn’t have any real care for (which is shocking for a red head), but she turned out to be a hugely impactful character within this series.  Admittedly she had one of the grossest child birth scenes in TV history and burned a child alive, but like, woo!  Sexy fire magic!

Quick Hits:

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“MAYBE IF I SHOUT AT IT, IT WILL GO AWAY”

1) You know a part of Jon Snow thought he scared that dragon to death.  He was probably walking around all cocksure like he saved the day before he saw Arya over that pile of ice.

2) Overall, bad night for Jon Snow.  Dude just rode a dragon like shit, almost got smoked like 10 times, and then got bailed out by his sister.  Dany probably wishing she didn’t friend-zone Jorah right about now…

3) Jorah:  I’ll lead the Dothraki charge to break their lines and destroy the Night King!
Dany:  And if that does not work, I shall ride Drogon and have him breathe fire on the Night King!
Jon:  And if that does not work I will lure the Night King to Bran and destroy him with my Valyrian steel sword.
Bran:  And I’ll send birds after him.
Jon:  What…what’s that gonna do?
Bran:  Oh, he’s gonna be so pissed.

4) I’d like to quickly pour a couple out for the other dead.  Lyanna Mormont was a fucking beast in every scene she was in, and this was no different; absolutely legendary way to go out.  Edd was made into quite a nice little character slowly but surely from Season 2 on.  I figured he’d be going out in this episode, but his death still stung.  Beric I thought I could care less about, but at least they made his death plot relevant, which was a nice touch.

5) Curious to see what happens to Sam now…like there doesn’t need to be a Night’s Watch.  And Jorah doesn’t need his sword.  So like can he go be mayor of Tarlytown?  Dany can be like “Hey Sam, here’s the Reach, sorry I cooked your family medium-well.”

6) Arya with that Julian Edelman adjustment. Not crazy to say that the Night King blew a Falcons’-esque lead.

The next three episodes are now seemingly taking shape, with a few big questions remaining.  Does Daenerys have enough strength left to take the Iron Throne?  What will she do about the North?  What sides will Jon, Tyrion, and Jaime ultimately pick?  So many questions that we finally will get answered in the coming weeks, and I can’t wait!

For the Watchers: Season 8 Episode 2 “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”

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*Spoilers for Game of Thrones through this episode*

This episode was a delight for the longtime viewers of Game of Thrones.  We rarely see anyone relaxing in this show, and with a season jam-packed with action to come, it was a breath of fresh air to take one last look at the path we took to get here.  I don’t have a ton to say about it, cause it mostly speaks for itself and there weren’t a lot of plot relevant details (besides the little chestnut of Jon telling Dany he’s the real heir to the Iron Throne BUT ANYWAY).  So instead, lets take a moment to predict how each major player will fare in next week’s battle, while taking some time to relive some of the best deaths over the course of the show:

**A quick warning: I speculate on the characters’ chances of survival of the next episode (with no insider knowledge)…but if you want remain completely blind to any speculation, please steer clear of the next section.**

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I just found the picture that made him look the tallest…short guys need to stick together.

Jon Snow

Guys, its Jon Snow.  He might not be the tallest guy that’s fucked Dany, but he can swing a sword.  He’s gonna be riding a dragon during the battle, and then a dragon is gonna be riding him after the battle.
Chances of death: 0 Karl head stabs out of 5

Daenerys Targaryen

I mean she might lose a dragon, but her plot armor is still too thick to catch the big L in the sky this early in the season.
Chances of death: 0 Dracarys out of 5

Tyrion Lannister

There’ll probably be a tense moment where he almost dies, but I don’t think he’s quite done.  Feels like he needs one more confrontation with Cersei…
Chances of death: 1 potty-time pot shots out of 5

Jaime Lannister

Biggest hand on the chopping block…Jaime checks a couple of marks with his redemption arc damn near complete and his having only one hand.  On the other, golden hand though, Bronn has been hired to kill him and chances are Bronn won’t be here for this episode…so by order of Checkov’s assassin…I give him:
Chances of death: 2 off-hand eye stabs out of 5

Sansa Stark

Sansa’s not fighting, so that’s a plus, but more than likely the dead are going to breach the walls, so I’d certainly say its possible she’s in the crosshairs.  Plus, she’s a Stark for god’s sake, it’s a miracle she’s alive right now anyway.
Chances of death: 2 hungry hungry puppies out of 5

Arya Stark

Arya in a battle sequence is going to be weird.  Sure, she’s killed a ton of people before, but we’re talking about assassinations.  That being said, she can obviously throw a dragon glass dagger on a frozen rope, so if someone’s gonna destroy the Death Star with one shot in the Godswood, it’s probably her.
Chances of death: 2 fine little blades that I can pick my teeth with out of 5

Bran Stark

Fuck Game of Thrones for making Bran the funniest character.  It fucking pains me.  This kid super fucking sucked for 6 seasons (remember when he was just gone for all of season 5?) and now he’s a one-liner machine.  Well, on the plus side, he’s probably a gonna eat shit next episode.  And since he hasn’t really killed anyone on purpose, his death clip will be someone’s death that he caused:

Chances of death: 4 HOLD THE DOOR HOLD DOOR HOLDOR HODORs out of 5

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At least one person isn’t lacking motivation.

Meanwhile, in Winterfell…

Sam:  Do you think we’re gonna survive the night?

Grey Worm:  I have confidence that we will not fail.

Davos: I haven’t died so far, no reason to believe I’ll start now.

Sam:  Yeah, but that’s a logical fallacy…

Davos:  What the fook is-

Tormund: Boys, the best way to live past this battle is to have a reason to live on the other side!  Fat crow, what’s your plans after this battle?

Sam:  Well, I assume Gilly and I will return to Castle Black to-

Tormund:  Dead.  Davos?

Davos:  Well, I’m sure Jon will need advisors after-

Tormund:  DEAD.  Next?

Grey Worm:  Missandei and I will go south to-

Tormund:  FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU’RE SO DEAD!

The Hound:  I’m going to kill my brother in one on one combat in a fight everyone will remember for the rest of their lives.

Tormund:  See, this guy’s gonna fucking make it.  Next?

Gendry: Well, considering I just-

Tormund:  Dead, the lot of ya! Fat eunuch, dead!  Sad crow, dead!  Sansa’s fat uncle, dead!  Patchy McFlame Sword, dead!  Anyone else?

Podrick:  I’ll probably stay under Ser Brienne…

*Tormund gets close*

*Tormund gets even closer*

Tormund: *with his lips basically touching Podrick’s ear*   Fuckin’ right.

Brienne of Tarth

Speaking of Brienne and reasons to live…I’m very worried about Brienne.  She’s done everything.  She returned the Stark girls, she’s been knighted, she’s reunited with Jaime…not much to keep living for.  Though she does have Jaime and Tormund willing to die for her, so hopefully she can squeak by.  Plus, she’s so fucking good with a sword, I’d like to see her in Dany’s Queensguard if it ends up like that.
Chances of death:  2 quick deaths? out of 5

Theon Greyjoy

Let’s see…tragic figure that’s only remaining duty is to protect what the entire army of the dead is targeting…yeah that’s a 10-4 good buddy.
Chances of death: 5 I could watch this death 100 times and still laugh out of 5

Jorah Mormont

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You’re gonna make a man withstand this just to kill him off a season later.  And in this context, that man is me.  Fuck this scene.

Jorah’s got a Valyrian steel blade now, so I expect him to be quite active in the fight.  He also has a chance to protect Lyanna Mormont in battle, which feels like some good full circle character work.  Jorah actually strikes me as one of the only people (besides the obvious next one) that still has some reason to live afterwards.  He’s a trusted adviser and sword to Dany, and he could also follow his father’s footsteps (and dying wish) to live out his days on the Wall.  I don’t necessarily know what purpose the Wall would serve anymore, but like, convicts need to go somewhere, right?

Chances of death: 3 man, Jorah doesn’t have that many badass kills out of 5

The Hound

I don’t know if Winterfell will hold.  I don’t know how many inside its walls will die.  I do know one thing.  One way or another, the Hound is gonna end up at King’s Landing to fight his fucking brother once and for all.
Chances of death: 0 you’re shit at dying, you know that? out of 5

Quick Hits:

1) I would’ve loved for Tormund to try to sing a song that just immediately started with him saying the C-word only to get immediately cut off.

2) I like to picture a world where Arya is trying to kill White Walkers, but can’t because they refuse to say their names to her and she just storms off miffed.

3) Arya:  So, how was it for you?
Gendry:  Good.  Really good.
Arya:  Really good?  Even a smith’s apprentice can do better than really good.  What did I look like, what did I smell like, how did I-
Joe Dempsie:  All right, I think we’re done here.

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This was the least distressed picture I could find of Meera Reed.

4)  I hope Meera Reed is okay.  I live vicariously through her being over Bran’s bullshit and I’m glad she didn’t return to Winterfell, but I’m sad she’s not in this season.  It would be funny if Bran survived and she just came in during the aftermath and started kicking the shit out of him.

5) Speaking of Bran, Tyrion asks for his life story and it is presumably told…yet the next time we see Tyrion, he’s talking to Jaime?  With no comment about Bran’s story?  What?

6) Jon: My mother is Lyanna Stark, my father is Rhaegar Targaryen.
Dany:  OH MY GOD
Jon:  I know, it’s a lot to take in…
Dany:  I can’t fucking believe it!
Jon: Dany, it’s fine, we can share the Iron Throne, and we can…
Dany:  I SLEPT WITH MY FUCKING NEPHEW!
Jon:  Well, yeah, but like, that’s not really a problem for-
*Dany vomits all over the goddamn place*

Hope you enjoyed levity of this episode cause you’re gonna be bringing your tissues to the next one.  See you then!

 

For the Watchers: Season 8 Episode 1 “Winterfell”

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I’m back on my bullshit for the final season, and goddamn it feels like forever.  The last time Game of Thrones was on TV there was a solar eclipse across America, people were listening to “Despacito” unironically, and I hadn’t even started grad school yet.  That said, because of grad school, most of these blogs are gonna come on Tuesday this year since I have class on Monday.  Now that we got all the housekeeping out of the way, lets hit ’em with that spoiler alert like you read about:

*Spoilers for Game of Thrones through last night’s episode*

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“Alllllways watching…”

I fucking loved how they set the table last night for this season.  Game of Thrones has traditionally had issues early in the season before it starts ramping up.  Fortunately, this season they don’t really have time for that.  They have basically two episodes before the shit hits the fan and they start cranking out movie-length episodes.  This week was absolutely chalk full of meetings, reunions, and characters catching up.  It’s honestly so weird to see so many characters in one place.  Going so many seasons just begging the plots to converge and now they finally have and boy is it…AWKWARD.  This is an episode where an estranged husband and wife meet for the first time since the wife left her husband at his double-nephew’s wedding where said double-nephew got horrifically murdered with the husband taking the blame and being sentenced to death…oh and also, the husband’s family basically killed the wife’s parents and brother.  Yeah, this was like the fifth most awkward interaction of this episode, next to Dany thanking Sam by revealing she char-broiled his brother and father, and every time Bran was on screen.

Meanwhile, in Winterfell

Arya: Yay, all my friends are back!  This is great!

Jon: Sis! I haven’t seen you in forever!  How have you-

Bran:  You are not her sister.  You are not my brother.  You are fucking your aunt.

The Hound:  Who the fuck is this kid?  Shut your mouth you little-

Bran:  Your brother is an undead nightmare that serves Cersei blindly.  Killing him will give you no joy as he fails to realize the significance of your fight.

Gendry:  Bran, could you just like, not be a little shithead for just one-

Bran:  Gendry lost his virginity to a witch-lady that later resurrected Jon Snow, making Jon the second little prick she’s risen.

Jon:  That’s it, you’re dead, I’m gonna throw you off the tallest tower.

Jaime: Pffft, good luck.

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“Just because I went a whole season as No One doesn’t mean getting passed by doesn’t hurt…”

Moving on, I’m also curious as to whom Arya will impersonate this season and with what purpose.  I mean fuck, she already did a great job of not being seen in the beginning of the episode and she was front fucking center the entire time.  Anyway, it appears that she won’t do anything until after the inevitable Winterfellmania III, but who will it be?  Clubhouse leader is obviously Littlefinger, but like…there’s still probably a lot of people that can still die.  Personally, the most effective might be say Euron Greyjoy or Qyburn…but like, wouldn’t it be kinda funny if she just did like the Mountain?  Like, smash cut to Cersei asking for the Mountain to follow her to her chambers and its just a 4’10 Mountain with a comically over-sized armor…I’d be 100% in.

Quick Hits:

1) They didn’t waste any time catching Jon up to speed with his origin story.  Though, you know, maybe it shouldn’t have been a surprise since he, I don’t know, became the second living person to ever ride a dragon. And he also rode Rhaegal (a-heyoooo)

2) Tyrion saying the Lannisters and the North “haven’t been friends in the past” is like saying Ilyn Payne gave Ned Stark a bad haircut.

3) Yara: We need to take back the Iron Islands

Theon: But I need to fulfill my character arc by saving Winterfell for the Starks.

Yara: Didn’t you already do that?

Theon: Not really, but I sorta won the Royal Rumble…

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“Fuck, I knew I was forgetting someone…”

4) Jaime is like the guy that goes to a high school reunion that thinks its gonna be great catching up with old friends, and then sees no one forgot he ruined prom by putting a giant turd in the punch bowl.  And yes, in this metaphor, Bran is the turd.

5) Bold strategy by Cersei to pay Bronn up front to hunt his two best friends that have joined an army with two dragons.  If this wasn’t a TV show, he might just piss off for a month in the south and then see what the fuck happens.

6) Y’all, Winterfell has a LOT of fat that’s gonna get trimmed off.  Like, if you know someone as like “grumpy old guy” or “sarcastic Night’s Watch dude”…I wouldn’t like their chances.

7) “Well, at least only the little boy died” -most viewers, probably

8) Dany:  We could go into this cave, no one would hear us…
Jon: Oh, I’m pretty sure they’d hear you.
Drogon:

Drogon

That’s it for this week, hope you enjoy next week’s episode for Jaime Lannister’s “Aw, shit, I killed a lot of y’alls friends, dangit, my bad” apology tour!

For the Watchers: Season 7 Episode 6 “Beyond the Wall”

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*Spoilers for Ballers…just kidding.  Fuck Ballers.*

Well, I hope y’all are happy.  Everyone was bitching and moaning about the dragons being unstoppable.  Well, you’ve gone and done it.  The White Walkers went and added an ace to their rotation at the deadline.  Now it’s 2 dragons vs 1 (not to mention the Night King has a rocket for an arm), and what already seemed like impossible odds are getting stacked even higher against the living. But fear not, for even as things looked bleak after this week’s devastating turn, the living still have one thing up their sleeve. No, not high quality banter – movement! Those warm-blooded fuckers just zip around the continent all day! Need a sprinter to the Wall? That’s 10 minutes. Raven going south? Give it half a ‘sode. Dragon needs to fly in to save the day? That’ll probably be a cool quarter-hour.  And boom!  You’ve now traveled like 400% farther than any of the ice zombies have in the past 3 seasons.  Look, I get the timeline being punted for more action and plot movement, but can I just be expected to believe that Euron can traverse the seas at will, or that Jon can run back and forth thousands of miles in a few episodes, and that Dany and Drogon can just instantly be any- WHO CARES MOTHER FUCKERS WE GONNA HAVE DRAGON ON DRAGON COMBAT *in two years* HOLY SHIT WOW OMG WOW!!!

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“Oh, have you come to stab me in the back?  That’s the only reason I think you’d have for walking behind me.”

Then, we come to the Stark girls.  And boy does Arya let Sansa have it.  Arya is absolutely right!  Fuckin’ Sansa, trying to betray her family!  Where does she get off? Arya would’ve never betrayed her family!  And sure, obviously Sansa didn’t want Ned and Robb to die, but she could’ve done something about it instead of sitting idly by!  It’s not like Arya just watched her father’s execution, and did nothing.  Nor did she get kidnapped by the Lannisters.  She deffo didn’t use the 3 Jaqen H’ghar executions to not kill Tywin, Cersei, Joffrey, Jaime, or even the Mountain.  And certainly, she didn’t intend on leaving her name behind to become a faceless assassin overseas, severing all ties to her family and her house.  Oh wait, that’s right, she totally did all of that.  But if you wanna threaten to cut off your sister’s face and make it a mask to do Sansa puppet shows with yourself, be my guest.  And why did you just hand Sansa the knife after threatening her? You think Arya left the room for dramatic effect and then walked back in and was like “actually, I need that, I’m gonna go kill some White Walkers”? I’m sure that knife will be useful at some crucial moment later for Sansa but shit, Valyrian Steel is at a premium right now! At least give it to Podrick, he might trip and hit something with it.

Meanwhile, beyond the Wall…

Jon:  Hey Jorah, you want your sword back?

Jorah:  My dad’s sword!  Wow, I haven’t seen that in-

Jon:  Yeah, he gave it to me, after I saved his life.  A wight was trying to kill him and I threw a lantern at it.

Jorah:  Quick thinking, I’m sure he was glad-

Jon:  I burned my hand half-off doing that.  But, that was nothing compared to coming back from the dead.

Jorah:  Not sure how that’s relevant, but-

Jon:  ‘Course your father was betrayed by his own people too.  I wasn’t there that time, because I was being held captive by the Wildlings.  But I later killed every person who betrayed him.

Jorah:  And I thank you for it!  Now if you could just-

Jon:  He changed the pommel to a wolf.  Said it was a gift or something.  Something about me having it forever because his son brought shame to his house.

Jorah:  I admit, I’ve made mistakes, but-

Jon:  But here, you have it.  I’m sure he would’ve forgiven you for selling people into slavery.  I’m surprised Dany did, since that’s like her whole thing.  She told me that while we were escalating the clear sexual tension we both have.

Jorah:  *sulks*

Jon:  I’ll just use these daggers against the White Walkers.  I’m one of the only people that’s killed one ever, and it was with that sword, but I’m sure you can do the same.  Sure, I’ve only fought with that sword for seven seasons, but I’m sure I’ll do great with these daggers.

Jorah:  Daggers killed you once.

Jon:  What?

Jorah:  I said, “keep the sword” emo dick.

And now to something I was gonna do last week, but it’s still been on my mind.  Here’s my ideal beyond-the-wall crew if I could choose any living character:

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Ah yes, the Core F- wait, get out of here Jorah!  No one wants your whiny leper ass in here!

1, 2, 3, and 4) Tormund, Jon, The Hound, and Gendry
Yeah, I’m not an idiot, they got most of this right.  Tormund is a great fighter, is used to the conditions, and is hands down the funniest character on the show right now.  Jon is basically batman at this point, complete with brooding and dead parents.  The Hound is the dour muscle always good for a one-liner.  And then there’s Gendry, the prodigal son, back from obscurity and ready for his starring turn.  Good core four right there.

5 and 6)  Brienne and Podrick
Brienne’s inclusion is obvious.  She’s the best fighter and her one-sided sexual tension with Tormund is possibly the best in-joke in the series.  Podrick’s been known to shine in big situations, and nothing is bigger than his dick this situation.

7) Bronn
Oh you gotta be fucking with me you put together a Suicide Squad that didn’t include Bronn?  That dude was made for this type of shit!  Why not?  Don’t tell me he’s too far away, mother fuckers are beaming-up-Scotty all over the fucking continent.  You could have literally just thrown him in the Eastwatch jail and have him been like “my last company behind bars was a lot more easy on the eyes!” and everyone would’ve been on board!  HBO fucked up.  Bronn is wasting away on a garbage team.

Quick Hits:

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RIP Season 4 – Season 4 Gone, but not forgotten.

1) Thinking of potential others to go beyond the wall made me feel bad Oberyn couldn’t be there.  And now I’m upset it didn’t happen.  He would’ve reminisced about killing the Mountain with the Hound, gone shot for shot with Thoros…hell…he probably would’ve fucked Tormund!

2) Tyrion:  You’ve been known to lose your temper…
Dany:  Name one time.
Tyrion:  When you burnt Dick-
Dany:  BITCH I’LL ROAST YOUR ASS TO GLASS AND USE YOUR LITTLE BOOTS AS PARCHMENT WEIGHTS!

3) Let’s re-imagine the scene where Edmure misses the boat before the Blackfish hits it, but this time it’s just Bronn missing shot after shot with the ballista before the Night King just hits the dragon with an ice spear.

4)  Jon:  Uncle Benjen!  I haven’t seen you in like 6 years!  We have so much to discuss!
Benjen:  No Jon, you need to ride to safety!
Jon:  Get on the back of the horse, and ride to safety with me!  There’s plenty of room and there are literally dozens of in universe examples of two people riding on a horse.
Benjen:  Nah

5) I like that everyone shits on Gendry.  It’s like they all silently agreed to not be the bitch of the group and chose the one that wouldn’t stop complaining and being weird.  Just like real life.  What, no, I’m not speaking from experience!

6) It’s good to see Littlefinger back to his usual ruses.  It was like seeing an old friend.  If that old friend was a borderline-pedophile that was plotting to murder a girl and take over the world.

7)  You think that wight that was oh-so-conveniently left standing after the White Walker died has an explanation?  Like did he just get lost?  “Shit, is that my White Walker?  Fuck, they all look the same.  Is that racist?  Whatever, I’ll just follow that one…fuck, that wasn’t him.  Where the fuck am I, and who are those- WHAT THE FUCK YOU PUT A BAG ON MY HEAD YOU SHIT BIRD!

8) Jon:  Thanks, Dany.

Dany:  WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU LITTLE BITCH?

Jon:  I’ll bend the knee.

Dany:  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE being called Dany? Best of all my 40 nicknames, frankly.

9) I don’t know what makes me more sad:  that Tormund isn’t going to see Brienne back in Winterfell, or that he and the Hound can’t spend a whole season just backpacking through Westeros bitching at each other.

10) Is it just me, or was it not super clear where the third dragon went after the battle?  I think it’d be great if the dragon was just gone until next season, when it comes out of nowhere and burns Cersei to ash.  Then, after it lands, it takes off it’s mask and Arya was really the dragon the whole time.

For the Watchers: Season 7 Episode 4 “The Spoils of War”

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*Spoilers for everything*

Quick Disclaimer:  I have not (and will not) look up any of the leaked spoilers for the end of this season.  Any predictions or speculation on my part are just that, and not from some spoiler-related knowledge.  Please know that this blog is a safe space for everyone who is caught up to the current episode, and even if I were to learn of spoilers to this (or next) season, I would not share them here.

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Seriously, just go watch Black Sails.  I’ll wait.

 

Welp, we’re already over halfway done with the season (by episode count), and it’s not slowing down anytime soon.  This week we received a Hardhome-esque impromptu battle that proved exactly how shitty it is to fight a dragon.  To no ones surprise, dragons live up to expectations and basically eviscerate everything in their path, including the mighty ballista that shoots one large arrow while the person shooting it is almost certainly dead unless they still have a storyline to tell.  The biggest upset of the night was probably that nobody died.  Like look at Bronn!  This dude is literally too funny to kill off yet.  Cause that’s the only explanation I have for why he’s standing today.  I’m also surprised Dickon Tarly survived, especially after hearing his sob story about how hard war is.  Poor Dickon.  Billy Bones from Black Sails would’ve had none of that shit.  Seriously.  Please go watch Black Sails.

Also this week, we finally got the Stark reunion everyone was waiting for, even if Sansa must be thinking she’s been taking crazy pills.  Think of this:  You’re Sansa.  You’ve spent the last six seasons watching traumatic thing after traumatic thing happen to you.  Your dog got killed because your sister’s dog bit the dude you had a crush on.   Then it turns out that dude is a major sadist who executed your dad in front of you while also beating you and threatening to kill you multiple times.  You are under threat of imminent death during the Battle of Blackwater, which results in the family holding you hostage (and responsible for all your troubles) winning.  You get forced to marry into said family, right before they massacre your house’s forces including your brother and mom.  You escape, only to be sold to a somehow even worse sadist that does unspeakable things to you.  When you finally escape that you barely survive and still have to overcome enduring a major battle where your family’s forces barely survive.  And somehow, after all that, YOU ARE THE WELL ADJUSTED MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY.  Not only that, everyone else in your family basically got super powers, and you’re stuck in middle management.  I’m not gonna blame her when she goes evil in three weeks.

Meanwhile, in that area that’s about to be fucked up by a dragon…

Bronn:  You don’t pay me enough.

Jaime:  Here’s a bag of gold.

Bronn:  I want that huge castle.

Jaime:  You don’t want that.

Bronn:  Yeah I do.

*Thousands of Dothraki and a dragon suddenly appear, and are pretty ticked off*

Jaime:  Hey, let’s take these guys.

Bronn:  No way you fucking idiot, let’s leave.

Jaime:  We could do that, or you could fire that huge arrow thing at a literal flying dinosaur that shoots fire.

Bronn:  Aight, but I better not drop the gold I was just complaining about.

*Bronn drops all his gold*

Bronn:  Motherfucker.

*Bronn methodically kills a bunch of dudes, gets on a giant crossbow he’s presumably never used, aims it, and hits the dragon in the shoulder*

Bronn:  Fuck yeah.

*The dragon is barely phased by this and shoots fire at Bronn*

Bronn:  Motherfucker.

*Bronn looks and sees Jaime, who’s clearly seen all this shit, looking at the dragon*

Bronn:  Fuck you dickhead, let’s leave now.

*Jaime takes a spear and starts heading right for the dragon*

Bronn:  Motherfucker.

*Bronn dives and saves Jaime, presumably pulling him from the sea*

Bronn:  I want that fucking castle.

Jaime:  How about two bags of gold?

Bronn:

Bronn

Now, it’s time to play “What’s Littlefinger Up To?”!  Get your bet slips ready, cause we’re about to figure out what Game of Thrones is doing spending at least a few minutes on Littlefinger each week without any idea of a plan past “One day Sansa will love me.”  Tonight’s best predictions are as follows, which will you choose?

  1. Littlefinger is waiting for Sansa to snap.  Once she fully embraces the Dark Side, she will see that he is the ultimate partner and confidant and they will rule together.  This process is to be accelerated by continuously putting more Starks near her so she gets overwhelmed by incompetence and bad decisions.
  2. Littlefinger gave Bran the dagger so he could give it to Arya.  Then Arya is going to use that to kill Cersei.  With Cersei dead, Jon will marry Dany, and be king and queen.  When that happens, he can kill Dany and Jon, and then, since he’s married to Sansa at that point, succession will pass to her.  I think.  He didn’t work that part out yet.
  3. Littlefinger can’t find his way out of Winterfell.  He’s been stuck in the castle for months now, and doesn’t know how to get down from the balcony.  He can make it to the crypts, but he can’t seem to find a way to the courtyard.  He wants to ask for help, but at this point it would just be embarrassing.
  4. Littlefinger is waiting for Sansa to remarry.  During the wedding ceremony, he’s planned a big, romantic gesture where he speaks up during the “speak now or forever hold your peace” part of the ceremony.  He later realizes his fatal flaw that Westerosi weddings don’t have that part of the ceremony and he’s actually just a huge idiot.
  5. Littlefinger captures Sansa, and brings her to King’s Landing.  After being formally presented to the Queen, Sansa and Littlefinger meet privately with Cersei where Cersei mocks Sansa while she’s preparing to kill her.  Suddenly, with a stunning level of grace, Littlefinger stabs Cersei in the heart.  Littlefinger rips off his face to reveal Arya Stark and while everyone goes apeshit over Arya killing Cersei everyone forgets how Game of Thrones ruined one of their most intriguing villains by writing him into a corner and making him a plot device.

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I’m gonna kick you in your cripple dick so hard you’re going to choke on it.

Quick Hits:

1) Bran:  I’m the Three-Eyed Raven.

Arya:  I’m a faceless assassin.

Jon:  I got some weird glass and I’m gonna bang my aunt.

Sansa:  I’M GOING TO BE QUEEN OF THIS FUCKING ICEBERG IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO YOU WEIRDO FUCKS

2) I’ve never felt so connected to a character as I did with Meera Reed just exasperatedly exclaiming “THAT’S IT?” to Bran this week.

3) Jon:  Follow me into this cave!

Dany:  Why?

Jon:  This is basically the only move I know.

4) I demand an alternate version of Game of Thrones where Gendry is in charge of Euron’s ships and he gets so lost he accidentally takes over Meereen.

5) Davos:  Hey gorgeous, how’s it hanging?

Missandei:  Hopefully not at all.

Davos:  Wait, what?

6) They shouldn’t have bothered to cast Randyll Tarly when I’m sure they could just use the dude that played Roose Bolton and no one would notice.

7)  Theon:  Hey Jon.

Jon:  I’m gonna rip your throat out and shove it into the hole where your dick used to be if you ever fuck with me again.

Theon:  Nice to see you too bro.

8) Those two guards remembered the names of Rodrik Cassel and Maester Luwin longer than most people who have watched the show.

9) Cersei:  I wanna hire sellsword companies from Essos to beat Dany.

Iron Bank Dude:  Okay, but I should let you know that one of them is probaly being run by her ex-boyfriend, and that seems like it would be a major conflict of interest if-

Cersei:  Don’t care, just buy them.

10) Podrick to Brienne:

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That’s all for this week, stay spoiler free, and remember, I cannot stress this enough, watch Black Sails.

For the Watchers: Season 7 Episode 3 “The Queen’s Justice”

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*You already know I’m gonna spoil everything*

Story arcs are named traditionally due to rising and falling action.  The levels of intensity build until a climax, at which point everything dies down.  However, the term could easily be mistaken within a long form storytelling standpoint to mean the ups and downs a character or faction face during the story.  Such is life on Game of Thrones.  Last week, for 45 minutes or so, everything looked peachy.  Dany had all the strength in the world, Jon Snow had just found out about the dragon glass on Dragonstone, and hundreds of years of there being no cure for advanced Greyscale were wiped out by Sam having the bright idea to use gloves while removing it.  But this being Game of Thrones meant everything was going to go downhill.  Sure enough, just about every ally Dany has is now dead, captured, or trapped.  And she can’t use her dragons because that would end the show early it’s too dangerous for her to go into battle.  On the bright side, this means some good things should start happening!  Like Jon getting new weapons for his army, Theon redeeming himself, and Arya finally finding someone that loves her that doesn’t die or run away from her immediately.

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“I saw his dick once.  Had a nice girth.”

Speaking of Jon and Dany, they met each other for the first time in the series this week.  This is significant for many factors, but obviously the most important one is to determine whether or not they bang.  It’s weird cheering for an aunt and nephew to hook up, but that’s what a lot of people are doing right now.  Frankly, it would be pretty pedestrian for this show.  And let’s face it, it’s not like Jon Snow is off to a good start.  He made three critical errors right off the bat.  First, bringing Davos as a wingman did not work out.  Dude makes Bran look suave.  Second, he spoke way too long about zombies.  Believe me, I’ve been there.  Talking about what you would do during a zombie apocalypse when first meeting a girl is not the way to go.  Third, he refused to get on his knees for her.  That’s just not the Jon Snow I know.  The one I know seems to know a thing or two about getting his knees.

Meanwhile, in Winterfell…

Sansa:  Bran!  I’m so happy to have you back!

Bran:  I am not Bran.

Sansa:  Uh, what?

Bran:  I’m the Three Eyed Raven.

Sansa:  Bran, I know you had a lot of messed up shit happen to you, but you don’t need to make yourself into some fake emo persona.

Bran:  I can see everything.

Sansa:  Like what?

Bran:  I saw your wedding…

Sansa:  Uh….

Bran:  And your wedding night…

*Sansa makes that face you make when you drink tequila*

Bran:  That was pretty messed up.

Sansa:  YEAH THANKS FOR REMINDING ME YOU LITTLE SHIT

Bran:  You looked pretty.

Sansa:  OH MY GOD FUCK RIGHT OFF YOU SOFT DICK PSYCHO

Bran:  I’m sorry that happened to you.

Sansa:  Why don’t you just tell me what’s happening so we can be safe?!

Bran:  Why bother?  It has to happen anyway.

Sansa:  No it doesn’t!  Just tell me what’s going to happen!  Will the Night King come?  Is Littlefinger going to kidnap me?  Do Brienne and Tormund ever get together?

Bran:  I don’t know.

Sansa:  Why not?

Bran:  No one understands me.

Sansa:  I’m done.  Enjoy your bullshit face tree.

*Sansa leaves*

Bran:  Oh and Jon’s a Targaryen.

Olenna
“I’d ask for you to lend me a hand, but then you couldn’t jerk off.”

Quickly, a farewell to one of my favorite characters.  No, not Tyene Sand’s tits (RIP)!  Olenna Tyrell was one of the best people to pop up in a scene.  Anytime she was on camera, I always got jacked up.  Probably the only character that could absolutely guarantee that a good line was coming.  Forever throwing shade and crushing one-liners, Olenna went out like everyone would’ve expected, getting the last line and the last laugh.  Thank you Olenna.  You always hated everyone the most.

Quick Hits:

1) Davos might not be a great wingman, but he can still spit game at Missandei.  Then again, he’s losing out there to a dude with no dick, so maybe that’s not a W.

2) So Sam wanted a reward for saving Jorah.  I’d say rewriting some books is a huge reward when you were cleaning up shit and cutting flesh off a leper.

3) Melisandre: You’re going to die in Westeros.
Varys:  *running away* DANY!  THEY MADE PEOPLE SLAVES AGAIN I GOTTA LEAVE THE CONTINENT RIGHT NOW!

4) I like to think that Bran isn’t devoid of social skills, but instead his actor is just got so fed up with how bad his character was, he refused to act this season.

5) Jon Snow:  “She eying me like White Walkers don’t exist./Girl, I know you want this di-“

6) I don’t know why Cersei doesn’t want to marry Euron right now.  Dude can evidently be anywhere just about instantly.

7) Dany:  Do you believe the White Walkers are real?
Tyrion:  I trust him.
Dany:  And did Davos say he took a knife in the heart?
Tyrion:  Well, he’s obviously lying, that’s crazy.

8) Jaime: I figured we poison you.
Olenna:  Oh cool.  I was gonna go out like Tommen, but might as well go out like your other two kids.

That’s all for this week, hopefully we can look forward to some happier times ahead, but knowing this show they’ll probably just kill Bronn and look at the camera and yell “Fuck you.”  Enjoy your week until then!

For the Watchers: S6E10 “The Winds of Winter”

*Spoilers up to the current episode of Game of Thrones*

The first three seasons of Game of Thrones treated the last episode like an epilogue.  Episode 9 got all the glory and episode 10 reacted to it. That all changed in Season 4, when Tyrion killed Shae and Tywin.  Then, they upped the ante by having Jon Snow be stabbed to death by a prepubescent boy.  But then to the shock of literally no one, they brought him back to life.  So, you can’t fool us again, Game of Thrones.  We know who has plot armor and who doesn’t!  What are you gonna do now, huh?  Well, evidently the answer to that question is basically kill off EVERY OTHER FUCKING CHARACTER.  After Ramsay died in the last episode, I said this show was going to have an antagonist problem.  Sure, they hinted at Cersei turning King’s Landing into her own personal Nagasaki, but even then, a lot predicted that taking things that far would immediately lead to her death, either by wildfire or by Jaime.  Not only is she still alive, she turned back into that cruel sadist she used to be and painted a bulls-eye on her back when everyone was looking for a target.  Now instead of Dany going toe to toe with cat-loving turd Tommen, we get the real clash of Queens we’ve all been waiting for.  With her plans literally out the window, Cersei has nothing left but a vindictive streak and perhaps a desire to prove herself.  This gives us a very tasty tinder box to watch develop in Season 7.  And another worthy antagonist for us to wish dead.

Speaking of the dead, there were no lack of casualties this week.  Seriously, the list of named characters killed off in this episode was eleven.  ELEVEN.  Those are Bran Stark numbers, and he didn’t even kill anyone!  The only Stark that died was in a flashback (good on ya, Starks, can’t even stop from dying when you’re not dying).  Here’s a quick breakdown of how I felt about all eleven, from least to most in amount of care:

These are the guys in the pies.  One of them was in Harry Potter and the other was in Doctor Who.  Yes, I found that on IMDb.

11 and 10)  Lothar Frey and Black Walder

AKA the Frey goon squad.  They’re equally as recognizable as pies.

9) Kevan Lannister

I literally forgot he was dead until I was preparing this blog, so that pretty much sums it up.

8) Lancel Lannister

I mean, when this guy showed back up, they did all but hold up a picture of him from Season 2.  He was that forgettable.  Plus, he lacks the hustle and awareness that makes a good role player.

7) Grand Maester Pycelle

This dude managed to have a horrific death that still made me laugh out loud when he bitch-slapped a kid.  However, he was docked points for not being a peacock.

6)  Mace Tyrell

RIP Peacock man.

5) Walder Frey

Walder Frey was basically that wine we have tucked away from some random year our friend that knows wines said was good.  That bottle of Johnny Walker Blue we secretly hope our asshat friends don’t drink while we’re away.  His death was inevitable, it was just a matter of when we got to savor it.

4) Tommen Baratheon

During the moments before his self-defenestration, I found it crazy that the Boy Blunder was going to ax himself.  But it made perfect sense, as it created the villain in Cersei this show desperately needed for Season 7 before the loath-able sideshow we’ll have to endure in fighting the White Walkers.  Kid had great form too, 100% DGAF.

3) Loras Tyrell

Loras has been a bust for the last two seasons, but he was a dope swordsman with great hair.  Plus, he was the heir of House Tyrell, and dammit that used to mean something!

They wouldn’t have needed those eye-rocks for his wake.  You know, if his body wasn’t instantly incinerated.

2) High Sparrow

I do not like the High Sparrow.  He’s basically a monotonous professor, mixed with a confirmation class teacher, with a dash of Charles Manson.  My amount of care is less dictated by how much I enjoyed the character, and more by the facts that 1) I’m am relieved he is out of the picture, 2) he made way for a much more intriguing villain, 3) I don’t have to see that weird blankless stare through my soul anymore.

1) Margaery Tyrell

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOkay so it’s not like, the biggest deal that she died.  Arya was probably the only non big three (Jon, Dany, and Tyrion) person that could’ve died that really would’ve deeply bothered me.  But everything about me wanted Margaery to run when she smelled a load of bullshit.  I was incensed at the assclown star-heads that blocked her way…even though I now know she would’ve needed Varys levels of traveling speed to get out of the way of that blast.  I’ll miss Margaery Tyrell and I’ll miss Natalie Dormer…but evidently not nearly as much as Tommen did.

Meanwhile, in the North:

Jon:  Lords and Ladies, we need to unite to fight the White Walkers…

Yohn Royce:  And why would we do that?

Lyanna Mormont:  Are you fucking kidding me Royce?

Royce:  I beg your pardon…

Lyanna:  Pardon this dipshit. *wanker gesture*  Get your head out of your enormous ass and pledge to Jon Snow.

Wyman Manderly:  My Lady, you mustn’t…

Lyanna:  The fuck you say Manderly?  Your triple chin trying to dribble out some horseshit?  I have 62 fucking men.  Six.  Two.  And they were all behind Jon Snow the entire time.  And you, the human embodiment of a KFC Double Down, just sat there on your bean bag chair ass doing dick all with your army.

Wyman Manderly:  Please, I just didn’t want my family to-

“Oh this?  This is just how many seconds I’m giving you before I show you your tonsils.”

Lyanna:  To what?  See what a competent lord would do?  You’re like a manatee that’s washed ashore, but with less practical purpose.  In fact, if you were a manatee, I wish you’d be back in the water so you could get hit by a boat.

Cley Cerwyn:  Okay, I’ve heard about enough…

Lyanna:  And YOU, Cerwyn!  The only thing you’ve ever handled properly was your own dick after it took you months to find it.

Cley Cerwyn:  Stop it, you’re being mean!

Lyanna:  What’re you gonna do, go run and tell daddy?  Oh, that’s right, he was flayed alive in front of you.  And guess what, he STILL has thicker skin than you.

Robett Glover:  That’s it!  I’m ending this right-

*Lyanna stands up and just starts repeatedly, unceasingly kicking Lord Glover in the balls*

Jon:  So…what do you say?

Everyone:  …the King in the North?

Lyanna:  *kicks Lord Glover in the balls again*  I can’t hear you.

Everyone:  The King in the North!

And finally to the Tower of Joy.  So Jon’s a Targaryen.  But he’s still half Stark, which explains why he’s chronically inept.  Overall, it’s still a monumental revelation regardless of how telegraphed it was.  Though, don’t expect that to become common knowledge anytime soon.  I mean, this is Bran you’re counting on with this information.  Kid’s about as clutch as a brain tumor.  Even if word got out, if Dany gets push back from the Seven Kingdoms, Jon being family isn’t gonna look super hot.  The only good thing is the Targaryen’s love incest as much as they love lighting shit on fire, so Jon and Dany could make a power couple bigger than Jay-Z and Beyonce.  But with dragons.

Stupidity is clearly sexually transmitted in Westeros cause Talisa dicked up saving this Frankenstein fuck’s life

  1. Seriously though, I wish I was the one guy who hadn’t read/thought of the R+L=J theory and was just like “OH SHIT SON” during that reveal.
  2. I mean, if Natalie Dormer was the only girl I had ever hooked up with and she died, I might jump out a window too.  The things Tommen does for love…
  3. Daario:  What will you do without me?
    Dany:  Probably rule Westeros and perhaps fall in love with my nephew.
    Daario:  And that’s what you want?
    Audience:  FOR GODS SAKE, YES!
  4. Never have I ever wanted someone to have a threesome more than Bronn in that scene where clearly someone was gonna get got.  Please Bronn, go fuck those two gorgeous women and get the fuck out of this room!
  5. Benjen:  I gotta go.
    Bran:  But you just got here?  Why even come at all?
    Benjen:  Cause fuck book readers.
  6. Hey, when you look at the back of the Mountain’s head, it doesn’t look so bad.
  7. Isn’t it weird that the only person championing a woman to lead the North is a former brothel owning wifeslayer and the person that convinced everyone to let a man lead was a 10-year-old girl?
  8. I hope Tommen at least fed Ser Pounce first…
  9. Euron:  Excuse me, which way is Meereen?
    Gendry:  Dude, I have no idea where the fuck I am.
  10. Qyburn went from being introduced with his throat slit to being the person crowning the Queen.  He’s doing this show backwards.
  11. Game of Thrones by Disney:
    Sam:  I’m to be the new Maester!
    Receptionist:  Right this way!
    Sam:  Are these all books for me?
    Receptionist: *singing*  I can show you the world…
  12. Season 3:
    Melisandre to Arya:  “We will meet again…”
    Season 6:
    Jon Snow:  Get the fuck out, Melisandre.
    Audience:  NOOOOOOOOOOOO
  13. It makes sense that Olenna would go to Dorne since it’s basically the Florida of Westeros.  She’s relocating to retire in a state of crazy wack jobs that somehow have a huge amount of influence on who the next leader will be.

Thank you to everyone that read this blog during the Game of Thrones season.  I appreciate you.  Hope you all keep reading whatever the fuck I write about next.

For the Watchers: S6E9 “Battle of the Bastards”

*Spoilers for everything up to this episode of Game of Thrones*

There’s a lot of gut-wrenching twists in Game of Thrones.  So many that viewers of the show are often primed for suffering before it happens, like a Wal-Mart employee on Black Friday or a Cleveland Browns fan.  Every moment of this episode I kept thinking, “Here it comes.”  Even when Littlefinger showed up to save the day, I half expected him to stab Jon or set Winterfell on fire while pissing on the arrow pin-cushion that was Rickon Stark.  Hell, I wasn’t even sure that those dogs wouldn’t attack Sansa instead of Ramsay.  Cause that’s the kinda fucked up shit we’re used to.  Instead we got something worse.  Wholesale victory across the board.  Sure, we were due for a win.  But it feels like there’s a shoe that’s going to drop.  Like Littlefinger tries to marry Sansa, or Dorne comes back into the fray, or Cersei loses her trial and then tells Qyburn to go under the city and use all the- sorry, I’m digressing, you get the picture.

Hey, that’s not fair, get down or I’m telling!

There was a little less of a close call in Essos.  Dany is basically playing on easy mode at this point; it’s not even fair.  Just whips out her Game Genie and summons dragons at will. And by the time she gets to Westeros, she’s probably not going to face much hostility.  After her dragons stop by Euron Greyjoy’s armada for a quick brunch, they should get to Westeros with a lot of sympathetic houses.  Yet again all too easy.  I haven’t seen a fight this one sided since Shireen vs. fire.  And now she’s got the Greyjoy’s!  Though, then again, everything shitty happens to the Greyjoys.  Shit, those boats are gonna sink aren’t they?  Can somebody get the Dothraki some floaties, please!

Meanwhile, in Winterfell…

Jon:  Okay, that about wraps up the reconstruction.  We just put up a shitload of new trees in our god garden-

Sansa:  Godswood.

Jon:  Whatever, and we’re good to go!  Now, to start, like, governing and shit.

Sansa:  Cool, let me know if any lords have come to swear fealty to me.

Jon:  Whoa whoa whoa, who died and made you queen?

Sansa:  Rickon.  That happened like, yesterday.

Jon:  Right.  But I’m like, super cool.  All the girls love me, guys wanna be me, and I’m basically the best swordsman in this show.

Sansa:  What about Brienne?

Jon:  I said swoardsMAN!

Sansa:  *rolls her eyes basically forever*

Jon:  Point is, I should be the lord.  I’m in the show way more and-

*Bran enters Winterfell*

Jon:  OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!

Sansa:  BRAN!

The Entire Audience:  Oh no…

Bran:  Hey guys, I’m back to rule and stuff.  Also, I killed basically everyone with me, except for Benjen, who is dead.

*Dead Benjen waves*

*Silence*

Bran:  Where’s Rickon?  I sent him and Osha to the Umbers for their safety…

*More silence*

Bran:  Oh, also, I had the craziest dream right before I got here, where the Night’s King and I were holding hands as I walked into Winterfell.  And now here I am!  Isn’t that great?

Jon:  You know what, maybe Sansa should be in charge…

He was a lovable goof…

Before we wrap up today, I’d be remiss if I didn’t address the death of Ramsay Bolton.  As many who read this blog know, I’ve championed Ramsay as one of my favorite characters ever since his appearance in Season 3.  Villains are often the most interesting characters since they are unpredictable and can have unusual personalities.  From the start, Ramsay was a charismatic, ruthless sociopath who sadistically laughed his way to the top of the villain hierarchy in a show that has had quite a few memorable antagonists.  He’s killed his father, his step-mom, his half brother, Rickon, Osha, that old lady helping Sansa, a shitload of Ironborn, and Theon’s penis.  Not a bad scoreboard.  As this show shifts from a buch of lovable goofs just hacking off heads to a dreary ice zombie dirge trudging toward inevitability, I have to say I’m going to miss the son of a bitch.  There was even a part of me that was hoping those dogs would just lick the blood off his face and go back in their cages…what’s that?  Just me?  Fine, I knew he had to die and it was a satisfying way to see him go.  May you terrorize and torture people in the fictional character hell where you belong.

Quick Hits:

“Christ, okay, here’s Rickon, just stop glaring at me!”

  1. Should’ve let Lyanna Mormont lead that charge.  Whole army would’ve run in terror.
  2. A Westeros version of the Hangover with Tormund, Bronn, and Podrick.  You’re welcome, Earth.
  3. To all arrogant villains in a surrender negotiation: if the supposedly weaker side requests YOUR surrender, and you don’t have a surprise up your sleeve, you should probably refrain from laughing in their face.
  4. I like the lingering shot on the Arryn’s Banner like 50% of the audience knew who they were.  Better off having a picture of a moon and a door, or a 14 year old kid breastfeeding.
  5. RIP Rickon.  He was a Stark to the end; running in a straight line like an idiot and dying after accomplishing nothing.
  6. I’d love to see the look on the gravedigger’s face when he sees Wun Wun’s body.
  7. The opening credits would’ve spoiled Littlefinger saving the day if literally everyone didn’t see it coming.
  8. I’m glad the Harpies went out doing what they loved…stabbing former masters for no discernible reason whatsoever.
  9. The fuck did Davos think happened to Shireen?  She died of old age?
  10. Hey, Stark Army?  I don’t wanna tell you who to be, but if you see yourself getting surrounded by a phalanx, may not be the best plan to bunch up and wait.
  11. Ramsay:  “Their army’s gone.”
    Bolton Soldier:  “What about the Vale’s army?”
    Ramsay:  “Hey…shut up.”
  12. Quick breakdown of the best archers on the show: 1) Anguy, 2) Ygritte, 3) Ramsay, 4) Blackfish, 5) Olly, last Edmure.  Shame only the last one is still in the show.