The Game of Thrones Thread (With Spoilers)

The unsullied are castrated, not true dickless eunuchs.

 

Apparently Greyworm was still able to thrust, and Messandei seemed OK with it. Maybe she got his mojo going...

 

He clearly has the beans even if he doesn't have the frank...

 

Well, I will have to watch again to confirm

 

@ultrabike : I just rewatched that scene, and he just lies on top of her. No thrusting to speak of. It was all oral, and the point goes to you!

 

They could have changed it for the show, but I'm fairly certain they removed the full set of twig'n'berries in the books.

 

*sigh*

The podcasts I listen to were obsessed with Greyworm's junk (or lack thereof), too. Worst scene in the episode and it seems to be all people want to talk about

Regarding Tyrion:

He was over his head across the sea...he didn't understand the people and, yes, his plans all failed miserably. He gets the Seven Kingdoms, though, and his plan wasn't bad at all. But, as we've seen in the past, cute plans don't always work...bad luck or a single misstep can send everything crumbling down.

The Euron thing had nothing to do with tactics, and everything to do with having no clue he was there. It's hard to plan for something you don't expect. And, there you have my biggest grips as of late...no WAY he built that many ships so quickly. But, at this point you pretty much have to suspend all notion of reality in regards to time, so whatever.

The Sansa/Jon stuff is just stupid. She's a spoiled brat...always has been and always will be. And, for whatever reason, Jon seems unable to communicate a coherent plan to his "co-leader" before making big announcements in front of all of the northern rulers. Thank goodness Jon is headed out the door. I'm hopeful that the Sansa/Arya/Bran reunion will be a little more interesting.

Speaking of reunions, I'm curious to see how the Davos/Melisandre meeting will go and what Dany will make of that.

Surprisingly, I've found the Sam/Oldtown stuff some of the more interesting bits. His conversations with Ebrose have been great, especially their episode 1 conversation which echoed today's political climate and "thinking" so well. The greyscale cure being banned had nothing to do with the difficulty of the procedure and everything to do with the fact that it's so contagious. I'm assuming they don't understand this fully, and have therefore banned it out of fear. If Sam knows what we know, he goes in there with a full HazMat suit on.

Anyway, I'm still enjoying it, but felt episode 2 was a huge step down and I'm afraid we'll be getting more of this. They're in such a hurry, they can't afford to really take their time with table setting and character development like they have in the past. Fingers crossed that they prove me wrong. Battles are boring and we're about to get a lot more of them.

 

LOL Da-Fuq? HA HA HA! I'll guess I will accept this idea!

 

Oh, sure she does, but her experience(s) have pushed towards the side of cruel and dishonest manipulation.

Jon was right when he pointed out that she almost admired Cersei in a way. And, her willingness to talk about kicking families out of their homes in the dead of winter with the child leaders right there in the room pretty much proves it.

But, it's hard to predict what she'll do because the show has done a pretty terrible job of giving her character any consistency. She does mind-bogglingly stupid things (like not telling Jon about the Vale coming to the rescue or undermining him in an important meeting) and then turns around and tells Jon he's a great leader and shoots Littlefinger down without giving him a chance to talk.

There's no telling at this point, and I'm honestly beyond caring about that particular character. Not that I ever liked her in the first place.

 

I think that at this point in the series we have had all the character development that we are going to see. The limited number of episodes left to go almost force D&D to push forward with more visual action driven episodes. I expect that the large roster of secondary characters and subplots will be whittled down considerably before the end of this season.

I would predict that all the internecine conflicts in the 7 kingdoms will be resolved this season with the fight of team Jon+Dany against the White Walkers being the main focus for the final season.

On the topic of Sansa, I agree that for most of GOT she has not been a likable character, but her story arc has provided a character that has actually developed and matured over time to someone that is no longer a naive, shallow person, but to someone that understands how the cruel world of Westeros actually works. I think she loves Jon, but now considers him as being somewhat naive in his decisions, based upon her experiences with the Lannisters and Boltons.

 

I think there is some foreshadowing that Sansa and Tyrion will eventually end up together by the end of the series. This would have a lovely sense of irony given how much she hated Tyrion when she was married off to him and in spite of her feelings, how much he loved her.