GoT Episode 8..4 - Game of Thrones
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shadowkatGreat 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.
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.
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Date: 2019-05-09 11:31 pm (UTC)Never give it to one who does.
That's a common trope in stories, and a common thing we want to believe... but it's also a non-sequitur. It lead to the first generation of American leaders steadfastly pretending they had no interest in governance and only had the positions thrust upon them... while their friends secretly flooded the town square with leaflets that make modern tabloids look polite.
Whether someone wants to lead, is less relevant than what that person would do with power. Jon Snow, whom Varys currently favors - is someone Varys admittedly thinks is weak. Which may be the point - that Varys cannot imagine there not being a king, and so prefers a king that will listen to him.
Jon does mean well. He's not hungry for power, for power's sake. But then what? He wanted to unite people, but he wasn't good at managing competing interests among those factions - even during an existential crisis, when it's usually easier.
Oddly, Daenerys became popular in Essos by telling the dispossed "Throw down your masters, follow me if you wish" promoting people and giving them a lot of autonomy. Had she, instead of going into the field against Cersei - flown across the continent visiting cities and towns and asking them to turn against Cersei (who is cruel, tyrannical, turned religious fanatics on the population, and bad with money) this would have made her very popular. As much as the Dragons, this is how her Ancestors conquered the continent.
But also, absent a montage, the show doesn't really have time to play that out in such a short episode order. She completely abandoned that approach once she left Essos. The show never explained why?