GoT Episode 8..4 - Game of Thrones

[shadowkat]

Great episode, except for one thing...



They killed another dragon. Honestly, I do not care if they kill all the humans, I want the dragons to survive.

If they don't kill off Greyjoy in the next episode, I'm going to be annoyed.

Also beginning to think Jamie may kill Cersei after all -- although I think it's a better twist if Ayra kills Jamie and does it, or Ayra kills Garren and does it.

Brienne: Don't leave stay with me, Jamie. You're a good man.
Jamie: No, I'm really not. (lists all the hateful things he's done for Cersei, then leaves.)

ME: Brienne, seriously, you chose the wrong guy. Again. There was a perfectly good wildling man who liked you.

Honestly it was hard to care. We all knew he'd leave for King's Landing eventually.
And I can't say I was shipping Brienne and Jamie..actually I was sort of shocked by it. Seemed sort of out of character for both of them. I was shipping Brienne with the wildling guy. Thank god - they chose not to show us their sex scenes. I'm guessing the actors have a nudity clause in their contracts? Also is it just me or are all the sex scenes somewhat awkward this season...and subdued?

Dany: Don't tell anyone you are my nephew. We'll be fine.
Jon: I don't know if I can do that.
Dany: You'll ruin us.
Jon: Oh, I can trust my sisters.
Dany: Not Sansa.

Dany is not dumb. Jon however...

Ghost will survive -- thank you, Jon for sending Ghost with the wildlings, wise move.

I adored Tyrion and Varys' discussion. They aren't wrong. But I do wish that not all the strong female characters in this story were a wee bit on the deranged side, and worshipped at the altar of the vengeance god, so heavily.

I do however agree with Varys -- give the power to the person who does not want it.
Never give it to one who does.

Oh dear, half of King's Landing is going to burn in the next episode, I also think, Greyjoy will lose his fleet. I know Dany and company will win, because they lost the first battle. It's going to go down pretty much the same way the Night King battle did -- with the Starks taking out Cersei.

Comments

[shadowkat]

Even at work -- all my co-workers are Ayra and Dany. No one wants Jon to win.

[anoyo]

LOL. That's so weird! It can't be an age gap thing, since the folks I know run the gamut from teen to seventy, and definitely folks in each sect want Jon to win. I am 100% positive Arya won't sit on the Iron Throne. Like, if she wins, she'll either knock everything down or give it to Jon or Sansa. And I just feel like, at this point, Dany winning wouldn't be ~wild~ enough for the writers. (I personally have always wanted Bran to win. I mean, I realize he's not even really in the game, but it's true. I love Bran.)

[shadowkat]

No, it's not an age gap thing -- the co-workers I spoke to are between the ages of 25-40. And on my flist - they are between the ages of 40-70.

I think it's just personal preference.

My prediction is it's going to be Sansa. Everyone in King's Landing will most likely die. Sophie Turner already stated that fans would not like the ending or be satisfied by it -- which leads me to believe it's not a happy ending.

Jon winning is expected and predictable. Dany winning -- doesn't track --- she will go insane. It was clear from Episode 4 that Dany was going to go insane like her father before her. She's pretty much lost everything -- if you think about it. Both her dragons were killed, she has one left. Her most trusted advisors and aids have been killed in front of her eyes -- and she couldn't save them. The man she loves -- she can't have. And the army she cared for -- has been decimated. Dany and Cersei are two sides of the same coin.

Jon and Urine Greyjoy are equally paralleled here. And I think they are both dead - most likely casualities of the battle.

Leaving Sansa in Winterfell to sit the Iron Throne, with Tyrion and Varys as her advisors. I despise Sansa, but she is by far the cleverest and smartest of the bunch. She knew how to play Tyrion, and she's been very good at playing Jon.

Bran doesn't want the throne...he lives in the past. He just wants to sit and float around. So, yeah, he'll survive and be another advisor.

[anoyo]

Maybe no one sits on the iron throne, and it just sort of gets destroyed. That would be sort of charming.

[shadowkat]

I'd actually prefer that. Nice.

At this point -- I'm not expecting much. As long as Cersei, the Mountain, Qyburn, Urine Greyjoy - all die, and the dragon and Ghost live, I'll be happy. ;-)

[promethia_tenk]

*raises hand* I don't like either of them, so this is about the best outcome I can think of.