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GoT Afterthoughts ep. 08x01 ‘Winterfell’(Part 3)

Annnnd I’m back again! So where were we? Oh yes, back in Cersei’s boudoir...

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The first thing I noticed is Cersei is drinking wine again. I’m still not 100% sure she was pregnant to begin with, guys. They were very secretive and ambiguous about the whole thing if you think back on it — and those leaks about her miscarrying turned out to be a wash.

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Cersei is still salty about those damn elephants.

Same girl, saaaaame.

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Euron wants to know how he compares to her past lovers. She strokes his massive ego a bit until he brings up Jaime—still a tender wound, she warns him to tread lightly, then simultaneously insults and compliments him as he lays a possessive hand on her stomach and declares he’s going to put a prince in her belly. She promptly dismisses him.

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What’s striking here is that Cersei appears to be fighting off tears. Clearly, she didn’t want to sleep with Euron, but did so to keep him loyal to her. Love her or hate her, it’s sad to see her at such a desperate and low point where she’s basically whoring herself to keep an ally. Especially when Euron is such a wildcard, and now that he basically got exactly what he wanted—who’s to say he’ll stick around?

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But, if you believe in political!jon, this is quite the parallel to Jon essentially doing the same to hold onto a wildcard ally in Dany.

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I’m still not sold on a Cersei pregnancy/miscarriage guys...

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While Euron is distracted, Theon and what remains of the Iron Born loyal to them, free Yara. She promptly headbutts him for leaving her ass, then helps him up. Now they’re even. 10/10 realistic sibling behavior. lol

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Yara wants to head back to the Iron Islands, but senses Theon’s need to make amends to the Starks. She sends him to Winterfell with her blessing. I truly love these two as a strong family unit!! Gahhhhhh

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We drop back into Winterfell where Lord Royce greets Alys Karstark and her people. And why this is necessary got me like 👀. Almost as much as why Alys was cast as a tall, red-headed girl... perhaps to fake a death scene of another important tall red-headed girl with the battle of Winterfell right around the corner?

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Davos schools Tyrion and Varys on Northern stubbornness and loyalty. Then he proposes a marriage alliance between Jon and Dany if the world should survive. And fucken gag me, Dadvos... I expected better of you! lol I believe the words he uses are “a just woman and an honorable man.” And I’m sorry, it’s just hard for me to reconcile this statement with the same Davos who was extremely skeptical of the things Missandei was saying about Dany last season. Or the same Davos who looked extremely uncomfortable with Dany’s tantrum on the beach when she accused her hand Tyrion, of not wanting to murder his family... but, I digress.

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We end this scene on Varys’ ominous words, sure to leave a bitter taste in your mouth: NOTHING LASTS. Drop those truth bombs, Varys.

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A marriage alliance between a truly just woman and an honorable man is probably still in the cards... just sayin’.

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We drop down from the battlements where Dany and Jon are strolling amongst the battle preparations. Of all the things they could be talking about: the wall falling, the issue of food shortages, etc. Dany brings up Sansa, of course. (no love triangle brewing here folks, none at all).

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Dany licks her lips and looks around coyly, as if annoyed. “Your sister doesn’t like me.” — well neither did Bran really, or any of the northern lords, but it’s only Sansa’s name on Dany’s tongue—how curious. (Not really).

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Jon’s eyes shift nervously before he turns to face her and sighs (because I’m telling you, he knew this was coming and it’s no coincidence that he’s kept his mouth shut and stayed out of the conflict). “She doesn’t know you.” Truth. He attempts a joke at how Sansa didn’t like him much either when they were growing up, but Dany isn’t amused.

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“She doesn’t have to be my friend, but I am her queen. If she can’t respect me…” Dany leaves the threat and it’s implications hang in the air between them, her eyes narrowing dangerously.

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Dark!dany is here, y’all.

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I’m sure Dany stans and the jonerii are twisting themselves into pretzels to explain this away.

I mean, it’s not like Emilia herself didn’t warn us all that her character would be doing some ‘weird shit’ and we’d know when we saw it...

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But Jon’s face here is strikingly similar to these various scenes...

And...

And...

Same. Ass. Energy. You do the math friends, but he’s certainly not looking upon her lovingly.

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Luckily for Sansa and Jon, the Dothraki steal Dany’s attention to inform her of the livestock count of the dragons’ current dinner menu: 18 goats and 11 sheep. Dany looks alarmed—the dragons are barely eating. Barely. Do you have any idea how many people that amount of livestock could feed?

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That’s why it’s really hard for me to not be critical of Dany’s character here. I realize she loves her dragons and they are her ‘children’, but in this moment she shows more empathy for the dragons lack of food (who truly can fly off and hunt) than that of the actual people who quite possibly could starve—and was irritated with Sansa for bringing it up.

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And I will show this fucken gif as many times as I want because it’s so important!!

Food is so important. Don’t let the antis try and tell you otherwise.

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Jon and Dany go to check on the dragons, and we have the scene we were treated to from the early released stills.

Jon asks what’s wrong with the dragons and Dany replies “they don’t like the North.” — and there is definitely a double meaning behind her words, as I don’t think Dany much likes the North, either. She climbs atop Drogon while Rhaegal expresses a curious interest in Jon.

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“Go on.” Dany encourages Jon. Not the brightest move to give your bf of 10 minutes the keys to one of your WMD’s, and especially since there are surely much more important things to be done since being made aware that the wall is down and your other child is now a flying ice demon, but hey, joy ride time you crazy Targ kids!

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So this must be the comedic scene the D’s talked about. I know everyone had mixed feelings about Jon riding a dragon, but I must say, I rather enjoyed this scene—except for the music, which for awhile seemed like a very jarring variation of the Truth theme. The music is very important in this show, so I’ll be curious to know when this pops up again, and where. Perhaps a dragon face off in another dance of dragons? Hmmm?

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Drogon takes the lead, and Dany seems rather amused at scaring the pants off of Jon when she nose dives Drogon into a ravine and Rhaegal follows. Oh, but what’s this? Jon has realized he can control Rhaegal on his own, and brings the dragon in for a landing. Dany—a bit surprised at this—follows suit. Girl, you should be worried.

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But she’s not, of course—at least not for long, because she’s busy being ‘twitterpated’ a’la a typical Disney flick, at the impressive place Jon chose to land—right beside an amazing waterfall. Props to loverboy, this is 10/10 primo scenery on the romance scale.

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I would like to take a moment here to be petty af and point out that it is Daenerys that says the “we could stay here a thousand years” line—not Jon. And who could forget his super-romantic and witty come-back; complete in his Northern drawl: “we’d be pretty old.”

and Dany’s expression says everything! lol This from Mr. ‘I’d like to see you in a silk dress so I can tear it off you’. Pretty weak, Jon. You’re losing romance points for that!

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Okay, but all joking aside, because I know a lot of my fellow Jonsas were probably a little put off by this scene; let’s break it down. After Jon’s crappy comeback, Dany moves closer to him, and he says something kind of flirtatious and sweet: “It’s cold up here for a southern girl.”

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This is actually a very Jon-like thing to say, and I could even see this kind of banter between him and Ygritte. It’s also a very ‘equal’ thing to say—here, where no one is around, and formalities aren’t necessary. After all, had he said, “it’s cold up here for a southern queen,” it wouldn’t have had the same punch, now would it?

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However, Dany has no interest in being Jon’s equal — even here, alone, her first instinct is to remind Jon she’s the queen: “then keep your queen warm” — not, “then this northern boy better keep her warm”, or “then keep your southern girl warm.” Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but that’s what hopped out at me.

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Now the kiss. Sigh. Yes, I’m not gonna lie, it definitely looks like Jon’s into it. But my darling Jonsas, before you’re ready to throw Jon under the bus (as I imagine quite a few of you did while I took an entire week to write up my recap) the parent reveal hasn’t happened yet! Simmer down and find your zen, Jon is not a northern fool!

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And for you antis lurking around: NO. This doesn’t negate political!jon. Not even a little bit. If political!jon is true, then he’s doing exactly what he committed to do—keeping Dany happy and keeping her North. The unfortunate trade-off is, she’s now their queen.

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But what do we have here? Drogon seems a little restless, and Jon immediately breaks the kiss, and casts nervous eyes in the dragons direction. (Gods yes, this is so romantic). Dany laughs it off and tells Jon not to be afraid, pulling him back into the kiss. But while she’s all oblivious and lost in the kiss, Jon leans her body sideways and opens his eyes to eyeball Drogon, who’s giving him a look like ‘bitch, I know who you are, and I know what you’re doing. Watch your back.’

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Is it a wonder why every single Jonerys love scene has been interrupted by weirdness? Bloody birth flashbacks, creepy brother voice-overs, no first kiss, growling stink-eyed Drogon... it’s almost like they’re trying to tell us that this isn’t really a romance.

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And this is where I leave you, for now. The last part will follow shortly, and NO, I won’t break my future recaps into parts. I only did it this way because myself and half my house are sick.

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Leah's Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Notes

Brienne has spent her entire life being mocked in both battle and romance, and now the man who she loves looks her in the eyes and tells her he will make her a knight of the seven kingdoms. We see the moment she lets her lifelong walls fall to believe him. That smile when she stands a knight of Westeros, that pure joy, wrecked me. (Jaime + Brienne forever. They both about to die.)

Some people were upset about the pacing of the episode. I adored it. Last season was all high stakes all the time, with no moments to breathe. Next week, almost everyone we love will die. So in this episode, they let no one die. It was a spectacular goodbye full of small, precious moments. . People are really raising a stink that Arya Stark had one of the only consensual, woman-driven, non-manipulative, non-incestuous sexual experiences we've seen on this show? Losing her virginity to the man she's had a crush on since season 2, and all on her own terms? After flirting via knife-throwing? It was fantastic.

Samuel Tarly is my sleeper-sleeper pick to kill the Night King. It's more likely to be others. But Sam was the first to kill a white walker, and I can't help but feel that all that teasing sets him up for a major Neville Longbottom moment.

Any time there's a song in GOT, pay attention. "Jenny's Song" is in the books. Duncan Targaryen: true heir to the throne before the Mad King. Gave it all up to marry Jenny of Oldstones. Then died in a fire at Targaryen palace Summerhall that also killed the king and Kingsguard commander. Rhaegar was born there on the day of the fire, which is why Maester Aemon thought he was the Prince Who Was Promised (foretold to be born "amidst salt and smoke"). But Rhaegar said the prophecy was about his son. Our Jon.

So we hear this song just before Jon tells Dany he's the true heir, just before the big battle, just before we discover the identity of our Prince who will defeat the darkness. Both show signs of being Duncan, but the song isn't about him. It's about Jenny, dancing in the ruins, and her lost love, mourning, and madness: she lets the ghosts spin her in those old dead halls, "never wanting to leave."

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Game of Thrones S8E2

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GoT S07E05 Thoughts

Fuck me. 

This might have been my least favourite episode to date and we had Gendry!!! Okay, in all fairness, it wasn’t a bad episode. There was just one particular conflict that I am not looking forward to seeing continue. 

And no, it’s not Jon3rys. I couldn’t give two shits about that right now. 

But let’s begin, shall we? 

For anyone who still believes Dany to be a good person, I honestly suggest going to an optometrist or retaking high school English because how much more obvious can this show get? I didn’t get to write down her full speech, but following this:

“I’m not here to murder...”

With this: 

“Bend the knee and join me or refuse and die”

You’re kind of a hypocrite and a really obvious one at that. War is horrible, I get it, and good people do atrocious things in war, but that’s why we, as modern somewhat enlightened (although questionable) human beings, have war trials. People may die in war, as that is inevitable, but there are certain acts that no decent human should perform even in the midst of war. 

I know I’m quoting Wikipedia here, but whatever: 

Examples of war crimes include intentionally killing civilians or prisoners, torture, destroying civilian property, taking hostages, perfidy, rape, using child soldiers, pillaging, declaring that no quarter will be given, and serious violations of the principles of distinction and proportionality, such as strategic bombing of civilian populations.

Do you think a man as concerned with portraying war as a clusterfuck of morally grey characters would place an entitled figure with weapons of mass destruction which she uses indiscriminately, who commits war crimes, as the main protagonist? Do you think that is a good conclusion? And this is simply going by this episode and not the mess Dany made in previous seasons. 

She had Randyll and Dickon Tarly as her prisoners. There was no need to execute them, or at least no need to execute both of them. If she wanted to make an example, she could do so with Randyll, but fine, let’s concede the fact it had to be done. She burned them. A slow, horrible, agonising death. She could have beheaded them, as was customary in Westeros, but no, she chose to burn them because you know why? She likes it. She’s done it before. Burning her enemies gives her great satisfaction of her power, but also it spreads fear into the hearts of everyone there because she knows it’s the only way to get them to submit. 

If she allowed them the third option of becoming a prisoner of war, she knows they’d choose that over her. She even says so to Tyrion, because guess what? The people of Westeros doesn’t like or want Dany as their queen. Cersei may be a Grade A Bitch, but she’s the bitch they know. She doesn’t have dragons to burn those who defy her at her will. Yes, she’s powerful and could still easily execute people at a moment’s notice, but they’ve seen her humiliated and frightfully human when she was made to walk naked in shame through the streets of King’s Landing. She is human and she can fall. To them, Dany wields her power like a god and not the kind they worship out of love but out of fear. What kind of ruler is that?

And let’s talk about execution in general here. We’ve seen a lot of it over the seasons, and what we always come back to as a code of honour and true morality in this grey world is this quote from Mr Honour himself, Ned Stark: 

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”

Mr Honour Jr aka Jon Snow lives by this rule like a life motto. If he must sentence a man to die, he will swing the sword himself, and throughout the show, we’ve seen Jon do this and we’ve seen how this weighs upon him, though the culprits may be deserving. Yes, people die in war and Jon has killed on the battlefield for survival, but executing someone is a deliberate act. It’s taking the life of a human while they are powerless to stop you. Jon doesn’t take any pleasure in it. 

But Dany... She’s executed people left, right and center. Burning them in the most unnecessarily cruel way because she can and because it instills fear. Feeding them to her dragons which is even worse. That’s not at her hand. That’s cowardly and sadistic. 

You know who else rules through fear? 

“The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.” 

Cersei bloody Lannister. 

Yeah, let that sink in. And let’s move on. 

Jon meeting Drogon. I hated this scene, although I see how it’s important in establishing Jon as a Targaryen. I didn’t like it mostly because I was still reeling Drogon burning the Tarly’s alive, and yet right after, they have Jon bonding with Drogon like some special moment. But do you think Jon would even touch that dragon if he knew the horrors Dany had made Drogon do? Or the fact that she just executed Jon’s best friend’s family in the worst way possible? Yeah, Sam hated his father, but he didn’t hate his brother. And no matter what animosity there was between them, Sam is a good person and he would still be devastated by this. Not to mention we weren’t given all those Dickon scenes where the man acted with honour, kindness and bravery, just to dismiss him as another faceless enemy of Dany’s. He was Sam’s brother and so much like Sam in a way. I think that’s what made his death in spite only knowing him for 2 episodes so heartbreaking. Also, why this meeting between Jon and Drogon made me angry and disgusted. 

Of course, it also establishes some Jon3rys bonding, although more so on Dany’s side. Let’s face it, the Dragon Queen wants familial Dragon D. Her heart eyes for Jon throughout this episode was at least 100x more convincing than previous episodes between them. Jon, on the other hand, has moments where he does seem to think Dany is alright, but I still don’t see the same level of affection on his end at all. As always, he has a one-track mind and that’s the war up North. 

And I’m sorry but Dany’s attraction towards Jon seems to predicate on her notion that he’s as heroic and powerful as her. I get that he is and that’s a wonderful reason to fall in love with him, but it’s still falling in love with the idea of him and not who he is, because who Jon is, isn’t that person. He doesn’t want to be a hero or to be powerful. I know Show Jon doesn’t go into this, but Book Jon wants a family, to settle in Winterfell and live peacefully and honourably like his pseudo father. But Dany will never know that about him because she doesn’t know him. Take her asking Jon about whether he got a knife to the heart, the wonder and awe in her eyes as she asks him. She wants him to be just like her (or her delusional perception of herself as some kind of prophesised princess that was promised). Jon is who she thinks she is and she’s attracted to that, which is basically some Game of Thrones version of Narcissus. When she realises he’s a Targaryen, she’ll feel threatened more than relieved she’s not alone, because if she thinks he’s her then she’ll think he wants the Iron Throne and he’s a threat to her ambitions. 

There’s a reason why after all that Gilly discovers the Rhaegar and Elia annulment (which btw is such bullshit but whatever). Jon has more right to the Iron Throne than she does. 

What’s funny about this episode that even Dany’s Second Biggest Fan struggles to support her. Yes, he still will, but that entire conversation he has with Varys just sounds a lot like he’s trying to convince himself that ‘yes, all rulers burn their prisoners like a sadistic pyroqueen, and yes, Dany is so not like her father’. And the fact that her own loyal subjects are questioning her? Yeah, tell me again how she’s a hero. 

Now onto the main reason why I hate this episode: StarkBowl. But oh ho, not Jon and Sansa StarkBowl but Sansa and Arya. 

I’ve always loved Arya. She was my favourite character for so many seasons, until I fell madly in love with Sansa, although Arya remains in my Number 2 spot. But this episode, I felt such a burning anger towards her. After all they’ve been through, everything Sansa’s endured, Arya would still hold her accountable for the beliefs Sansa held as a young child. She’s changed and grown so much on account of her experiences yet she will not lend her own sister the same courtesy. It pisses me off because what Arya is doing (judging and accusing Sansa of things she didn’t do or for who she was when she was a child) is exactly what Anti-Sansa’s have been doing for years. And her own short-sighted, ignorant inability to grasp that this woman before her is not the same Sansa she once knew has now led her to being manipulated and conned by Littlefinger. 

What I can only hope is that Sansa is smarter than Littlefinger. Bran wouldn’t give Arya the dagger if he foresaw Arya using it on Sansa. And I feel like it is so uncharacteristic of Arya, who has longed for so long to be reunited with her pack, to suddenly break down by childish prejudice at the first miscommunication. Sansa is far more cunning than anyone gives her credit for and I feel that this could all be a long orchestrated con on Littlefinger himself. Arya’s not that stupid. I refuse to believe she’s stupid enough to underestimate LF that way and let herself be manipulated so easily. I feel like perhaps that fight between Sansa and Arya was for LF’s benefit because it felt so contrived, so out of nowhere. I know this speculation is also heavily biased by my refusal to believe that the Starks would fight amongst themselves after all they went through, but I do believe that LF will die this season. It won’t be at Sansa’s hand but it will be because of Sansa’s machinations. 

Now, onto Gendry!!!!!

The happiest part about this hell episode because fuck, he’s so hot still. That cropped hair, those muscles, that smile... Yeah, swoon. He’s also hilariously bullheaded (very like a Baratheon) when he ignores Davos, hits those soldiers with his hammer and immediately tells Jon who he is. 

In fact, there was this instant spark of chemistry between Gendry and Jon in their first meeting. 

“You’re a lot leaner.”

“You’re a lot shorter.”

The gentle ribbing of two strangers is adorable, but it also reminds me of Ned and Robert’s first scene together:

"Your Grace.” "You’ve got fat.”

Now the parallels of Jon as Ned is nothing we haven’t seen before. Gendry as Robert is newer, and Jon and Gendry together as Ned and Robert is so satisfying to watch. It also makes me, a trash shipper, so happy because you know if Jon is being paralleled as Ned in this episode, you know who is being paralleled as Cat? 

Yes, that’s right. Strong, confident Sansa, who was called only Lady Stark in the Great Hall meeting. 

I know I’m crazy but I’m still not worried about Jonsa. That scene in the Great Hall just kept making me think of Sansa as Penelope. She’s there holding onto Winterfell for Jon’s return as he gallivants off on his many missions and overcomes his many trials. She’s there, always loyal and true to him, and maintains his kingdom for him. 

Boatbang may happen (likely), but Odysseus also slept with Calypso, before ultimately returning to his lady love. I believe the same will happen for Jonsa. 

Also, who thinks Cersei’s not actually pregnant? I think she’s beginning to question Jaime’s loyalty and needs to firmly hold him in place. And I think when he finds out she’s not after all he’s done for, all the sinful things he did, it might make him plunge that sword into her heart prophecy-style. Or not a sword. I don’t know. 

But that’s it for me. My head hurts. My heart hurts. And I maintain that I hate this episode because fuck StarkBowl. And fuck disrespecting Sansa like that. 

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got [1/?] - in which Dany is a problematic starbucks costumer.

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What you missed on 7x02 of Game of Thrones

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Game of Thrones S07E04 Recap [part1]

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Game of Thrones ‘The Spoils of War’

This episode was epic beyond words. I was not expecting that at all. I am completely blown away. Wow.

The episode starts off with Jaime and the Lannister army after their triumphant win at Highgarden. They've got a wagon full of gold. The Tyrells were one of if the wealthiest houses. Bronn, being typical Bronn, doesn't just want gold, he wants a castle too. But he doesn’t get a castle, yet. Jaime promises that one day he’ll get one. Now their priority is getting the farmers to hand over all their food.

Cersei had promised the man from the Iron Bank that they'll pay in full. And once Jaime returns with all the gold, she will come through with that promise. The crown won't be in debt anymore. Which will be the first time in probably hundreds of years that the crown doesn’t owe any money.

In Winterfell, Littlefinger gives Bran his dagger. The dagger that was supposed to kill him. Catelyn stopped the assassin from killing him, and then she went in search of who it belonged to. She found it belonged to Tyrion, and then all hell broke loose. Wow major throwback. But why would he give it to Bran? What is his reason for doing that? Surely he wants something in return? He says he will do everything he can to protect the Stark children. I still don’t trust him.

“Chaos is a ladder.”

Then Bran, knowing everything, says one of Littlefinger’s most iconic lines. He’s understandably taken aback. That was actually brilliant. I love all the callbacks in this episode.

Meera. She deserves the world. She’s leaving to go home to her family. Maybe this means we’ll get to meet her father?? Anyway, Bran says he doesn’t need her anymore. And he says ‘thanks’. That’s all. This girl dragged you all the way beyond the Wall, was forced to kill her brother, Hodor and Summer died for you, she almost did too, and all you have to say is thanks?? I get that he’s not really Bran anymore, but poor Meera. She deserves so much better.

Arya returns home!! I’ve only been waiting for this since S1, but it gave me chills! It was everything I wanted. The guards don't recognise her and won’t let her in. Just like in S1 when she tried to get back through the gates to Kings Landin, and the guards wouldn’t let her in because they assumed she was just a beggar.

She asks to see Maester Luwin, or See Rodrick, but of course they’re dead. She’s been gone for so long. She really has no idea how different things are. They let her in, and keep an eye on her while they go tell Sansa. But she runs off in true Arya style.

Sansa finds her in the crypts. Of course that’s where she’d go. They have a beautiful reunion! The two sisters hug. They never really got along as kids, but they’re still family. They obviously love each other. Arya tells her that being Lady Stark suits her. She says that she was mad when she found out Joffrey died, because she wanted to be the one to kill him. She lets slip about her kill list, which Sansa awkwardly brushes off. Oh Sansa, you have no idea.

Arya is also reunited with Bran, which is just as awkward as Sansa’s reunion with him. He knows that Cersei is on her kill list. He gives her the Valyrian Steel dagger. Bran has no need for it. That’s going to be very useful for her.

“Are stories aren't over yet.”

It was so heartwarming seeing the Stark kids back together. They haven’t seen each other since the beginning of the show. I got very emotional seeing them hanging out together. Brienne sees them, and she knows that Catelyn would be proud. She kept her promise. They’re back together now, and they’re all safe.

Arya and Brienne have an epic fight. They’re pretty well matched. Arya has some serious skills! That was such a cool scene. Brienne asks her who taught her how to do that, and she replies, ‘no one’. Which is entirely true. She learnt a lot from the Faceless Men. Arya looks up at Littlefinger, like she wants to get revenge on him. He’s not on her kill list, but I hope she does kill him.

I can’t even imagine what is going through Sansa’s mind. Her family are all insane. She’s the only normal one. First Jon died and came back to life. Bran is the ‘Three Eyed Raven’ and knows everything and told her she looked beautiful the night she was raped. And now Arya comes back and has a kill list and mad sword fighting skills. And is a face changing assassin, which she doesn’t know yet. She must think everyone around her is going crazy.

At Dragonstone, Jon takes Dany into the cave where all the dragonglass is. She wanted her to see it before they hack into it. It really is beautiful. She looks around in wonder. She had no idea any of this existed. Then he takes her further into the cave, where there are all these cave paintings. It depicts the Children of the Forest and the First Men, and their common enemy the White Walkers. Even back then they managed to set aside their differences to fight together. Jon tells her they need to do the same if they want to survive. She agrees. If he bends the knee.

He’s not going to. He has too much honour to bow down to a foreign Queen. He’s so much like Ned. He would do anything to protect his honour. But as Dany points out, isn’t their survival more important than his pride? She’s right. And in fact Jon said the exact same thing to Mance Rayder before he was burned alive by Stannis. His fate may very well be the same as Mance’s if he keeps being stubborn.

We all know that Jon has a thing for caves, so I was half expecting something to happen between them in that cave. There was some serious sexual tension in that scene. They way they were looking at each other. The way Jon took Dany’s arm and led her deeper into the cave. When I started watching this show the incest disgusted me. But now seven seasons later, I ship an aunt and nephew togehter. What has this show done to me?

Dany is informed that they won at Casterly Rock. But, she lost the Martell’s, the Greyjoy’s and the Tyrell’s. She’s lost half her allies. Dany is mad. Really mad. And she partly blames Tyrion. It was his idea to send her armies to Dorne and Casterly Rock. She wants to fly her dragons to Kings Landing and burn the city to the ground.

Jon, of all people, is the one to calm her down. He points out that she mad the impossible happen by bringing dragons back. Her followers believe in her. They believe she can build a better world. But burning cities to the ground isn’t the best way to show that. That would make her no different than her father, the Mad King. He threatened to burn cities to the ground, and that caused a rebellion against him. He lost supporters, and lost his life. If Dany lets her anger get the better of her, then why should anyone follow her?

“I've noticed you staring at her good heart.”

Yep, Jon has been staring at her ’heart’. Even Davos can see their chemistry. And he also corrects Jon’s grammar. ‘Fewer’. He learnt a lot from Stannis. They run into Missandei, and have a slightly less awkward conversation than last episode. Where Missandei is from, Naath, they don’t have marriage, so the concept of a bastard doesn’t exist. Davos tries to get her to admit that Dany may have freed her from slavery, but she’s still a slave to her Queen. Umm, not sure what he's trying to prove. Dany doesn’t keep slaves. They’re all serving her because they want to. It’s their choice. As Missandei says, she could leave tomorrow if she wanted, no questions asked.

Then a reunion I hadn't even thought about. Jon and Theon. The Greyjoy ship, the one lone ship that survived it seems, arrives back at Dragonstone. Jon and Theon grew up together. But he betrayed Robb, and took Winterfell, and Jon believed for a time that he killed Bran and Rickon. Jon says the only reason he doesn’t kill Theon right then is because of what he did for Sansa. Serious tension here.

So, Theon has come to ask Dany to help get Yara back, but Dany is gone. She’s not there. So where is she?

Cue, the Lannisters getting ready to head back to Kings Landing. The gold made it safely back. So I suppose Cersei paid the Iron Bank all their debts. But they still need to get the rest of the wagons full of supplies back before nightfall.

Suddenly, they hear a rumbling sound, getting louder by the minute. Jaime, Bronn and Randal Tarly get their armies into line, ready for the attack. Then we hear the Dothraki screams getting closer. It was intense. I was shaking at this point. They get in formation, ready to block an attack.

Bronn keeps telling Jaime to head back to Kings Landing. It’s too dangerous for him here. But he refuses to leave. He wants to fight. But then they hear the dragon roar, and in comes Dragon, with Daenerys riding on her back.

With a simple ‘dracarys’, a whole lot of Lannister soldiers are burnt alive. The Lannister’s are no match against a fucking DRAGON!! It was fucking insane!! They didn’t stand a chance against the Dothraki and a fire breathing dragon! The horses were going down. The people were going down. The Dothraki and Drogon were owning this battle. The way the Dothraki ride their horses and stand up, and then jump off and attack was just epic! They had no fear.

My favourite shot was when Drogon was flying along wiht a steam of fire coming out of his mouth, burning everything in his path.

Jaime orders Bronn to go get their secret weapon, as Dany starts burning the supply wagons. Jaime was so close to being hit, but he somehow managed to get out of the way just in time.

Bronn is kicked off his horse, and his horse gets it’s leg chopped in half. He almost stupidly risks his life to get his gold, but he makes it to their secret weapon. The giant crossbow. They were not expecting this attack, so I didn’t think they’d brought the crossbow. But I guess they knew the Tyrell’s were allied with Dany, so they brought it just in case.

Bronn aims and shoots, and I was so scared that Drogon was going to die. But thank god he missed.

But then he hits Drogon, right in the neck. It injures him, and he’s falling out of the sky. I was so worried that he was going to die, and Dany was going to go down with him. But thank god he found his footing. He found his wings, and landed safely on the ground. He destroyed the giant crossbow and burnt it. Dany tries to pull the giant arrow out. Drogon is in pain. It injured him, but he’ll be okay won’t he?? He better be.

Tyrion is there, overlooking the battle. He sees Jaime. And comments on how stupid he is. Yes he did something so stupid!

Jaime grabs a spear and starts charging right towards Dany! What a fucking idiot. Probably the stupidest thing he could have done at that moment. Did he really think he was going to get a clear shot at Dany?? Of course Drogon is going to protect his mother. He’s about to burn Jaime, but Bronn (I think, but maybe it was Dickon?) pushes him out of the way and into the water. And I guess we’ll have to wait to see what happens. Lets just hope his solid gold armour doesn’t make him sink to the bottom.

I can just imagine what was going through Jaime’s mind. He killed the Mad King because he threatened to burn the whole city down. And now he sees his daughter riding around on a dragon, burning his army to the ground. He wanted to kill her before she did anymore damage.

That was EPIC!! This episode honestly left me speechless. I can’t even put into words how incredible it was. I think that battle tops Battle of the Bastards for me. I mean, we have a Lannister army, against the Dothraki, who are foreign savages form across the sea. Plus a fire breathing dragon. It was just so cool!

And unlike the other battles on this show, I didn’t know whose side I was on. I think I was leaning slightly more towards Dany, but I didn’t want Jaime and Bronn to die. It was such a conflicting battle. And for moment I legit thought that Jaime might die. I’ve waited so long to see a dragon battle like this. I’m blown away!

That episode was completely unexpected. I did not see any of that coming. As this was the shortest episode of the season, I thought maybe it wouldn’t be as good as the rest, but boy was I wrong! We got another Stark reunion and an epic battle! Best episode of the season so far, and one of my favourite episodes overall. This show continually blows me away. If this episode is anything to go by, the rest of the season is going to be insane.