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2. Blackfish and the Freys and the whole Riverrun will be interesting especially with Jaime headed there

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Remind me why this is important? Just to show the Riverlands the Lannisters run ***?

And who was the nephew? I've completely forgotten that.

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The nephew was Lord Edmure Tully he is Lysa and Catelyn's younger brother. He was the one married to Roslin Frey at the Red Wedding and the Freys have been holding him prisoner ever since as a protection from retaliation. Robb was supposed to marry her remember, but they pressured Edmure to do it instead hoping to appease the Freys with that because Robb already married Talisa.

I'm not sure how important it is by itself, but with the Riverrun army under the Blackfish (Brynden Tully - uncle to Catelyn and Lysa) and the Vale army under Littlefinger basically....they are planning to attack the Freys and/or Winterfell together to take the north. Jaime is being sent there with a Lannister army though to take back Riverrun. So its just looking like a big showdown, everything amassing in the north. So presumably the Freys will use Edmure as bait, trade or somesuch in the attempt to take back Riverrun.

BEN ****ING JEN

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Ah yes. Sorry. It's been forever since I read the books and I only seem to recall random details.

For some reason, I had in my mind that the Blackfish and the nephew were both the same brother to Cat.

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So......ummm........maybe there might be room for lady stoneheart still?????

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I hope so. Imagine the convo between her and Sansa:

Sansa: "Hello mother. After multiple defilings and exposure to the biggest *******s in Westeros, I've decided being a lady is ****ing overrated."

LS: "garglegarglegargle"

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So......ummm........maybe there might be room for lady stoneheart still?????

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I hope so. Imagine the convo between her and Sansa:

Sansa: "Hello mother. After multiple defilings and exposure to the biggest *******s in Westeros, I've decided being a lady is ****ing overrated."

LS: "garglegarglegargle"

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Only conversation I care to hear from Stoneheart is "Any last words, frey?"

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So......ummm........maybe there might be room for lady stoneheart still?????

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I hope so. Imagine the convo between her and Sansa:

Sansa: "Hello mother. After multiple defilings and exposure to the biggest *******s in Westeros, I've decided being a lady is ****ing overrated."

LS: "garglegarglegargle"

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Mother, maybe you shouldn't have repeatedly abandoned your kids. **** you.

Already mentioned, but biggest things for me:

-Drogon is effing huge
-Definitely potential for Lady Stoneheart
-It did seem like Benjen knew more about Bran's destiny, so hopefully we get more before the season is done
-Arya is effing done with that part of her story. Let's see what happens next. Where will she try to go first?

Arya ----> Danaerys? ? ?

So, Yara and Theon are replacing Victarion in the show it seems.

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So, Yara and Theon are replacing Victarion in the show it seems.

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Already mentioned, but biggest things for me:

-Drogon is effing huge
-Definitely potential for Lady Stoneheart
-It did seem like Benjen knew more about Bran's destiny, so hopefully we get more before the season is done
-Arya is effing done with that part of her story. Let's see what happens next. Where will she try to go first?

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Wouldn't say she is done yet, that blonde girl has been sent to kill her.

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True, but I just really don't see her dying at this point. What if she were to kill the Waif which satisfies the "one way or another, a face will be added to the hall" thing, and they still let her join for some reason? That'd be a twist I wouldn't see coming.

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So a fat guy slowed down with a woman and a baby steals a priceless Valyrian sword and is somehow going to get faster to the citadel than his pissed of warrior father, who will likely chase him to the ends of the earth to get such a valuable relic back? And when his father with a bunch of warriors at his bag catches up with him, how exactly is Ser Piggy going to stop him?

I do not mind the show going off on a tangent. I really object to half assed plot development.

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Maybe he meets a Maester that knows a trick or two to help...I'll admit that I was kind of thinking something similar though. He knows where he is headed assuming he still goes to the Citadel. If he isn't going there, his prospects still aren't good for the reasons you mentioned.

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So now that Jamie is no longer in the Kingsguard, does he become Lord of Casterly Rock?

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Good question, I was never clear if he renounced all claims, and Uncle Kevan is Lord?

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Good question, I was never clear if he renounced all claims, and Uncle Kevan is Lord?

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In the books Cersei is Lady of Casterly Rock. She would be ahead of Kevan...Many of the Lordships do not follow Salic Law, unlike the Iron Throne which passed over female heirs a few times starting with after Jaeherys I the Conciliator

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The freys mentioning the brotherhood without banners and a plotline focusing on the Riverlands now....

So......ummm........maybe there might be room for lady stoneheart still?????

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People will lose their **** if that happens

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Brienne is heading South to meet with Blackfish.
Jamie is leading the Lannister army to take back the riverlands from Blackfish.
Mention of brotherhood without banners.
Cat Zombie is definitely happening.

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Ian McShane is playing the Elder Brother and Thoros of Myr will make a reappearance...will be cool to see the Cat Zombie

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/29/11808242/game-of-thrones-season-6-recap-benjen-stark

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Interestingly, though, Martin appears to have privately debunked this theory, so far as it related to his books. A manuscript of the most recent book, A Dance with Dragons, stored at Texas A&M's Cushing Library contains some handwritten margin notes between Martin and his editor Anne Groell. And when Groell wrote a comment asking, "Is this Benjen? I think it's Benjen," Martin responded to her with a simple "NO."

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Any of you checked this out at Cushing?

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Interestingly, though, Martin appears to have privately debunked this theory, so far as it related to his books. A manuscript of the most recent book, A Dance with Dragons, stored at Texas A&M's Cushing Library contains some handwritten margin notes between Martin and his editor Anne Groell. And when Groell wrote a comment asking, "Is this Benjen? I think it's Benjen," Martin responded to her with a simple "NO."

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Any of you checked this out at Cushing?

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it is no longer available for viewing (for now) after this was discovered.

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So a fat guy slowed down with a woman and a baby steals a priceless Valyrian sword and is somehow going to get faster to the citadel than his pissed of warrior father, who will likely chase him to the ends of the earth to get such a valuable relic back? And when his father with a bunch of warriors at his bag catches up with him, how exactly is Ser Piggy going to stop him?

I do not mind the show going off on a tangent. I really object to half assed plot development.

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Okay so it seems like you're a fairly level headed book reader, and I pretty much agree with much of what you have said after this comment, but this comment seems like complaining just to complain. I don't know what you wanted of this scene since its not in the books might not ever be.

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Already mentioned, but biggest things for me:

-Drogon is effing huge
-Definitely potential for Lady Stoneheart
-It did seem like Benjen knew more about Bran's destiny, so hopefully we get more before the season is done
-Arya is effing done with that part of her story. Let's see what happens next. Where will she try to go first?

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Wouldn't say she is done yet, that blonde girl has been sent to kill her.

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True, but I just really don't see her dying at this point. What if she were to kill the Waif which satisfies the "one way or another, a face will be added to the hall" thing, and they still let her join for some reason? That'd be a twist I wouldn't see coming.

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Arya's story is a GRRM can't figure out WTF to do with it story. She's not going back to the Faceless Men. All of this BS in Bravos was just fluff. She'll slip back to Westeros and do something semi-important.

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So now that Jamie is no longer in the Kingsguard, does he become Lord of Casterly Rock?

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This is setting up well to my theory that Jamie will impregnate Brienne, later die, and ultimately Brienne will sit as Regent of Casterly Rock while her son from Jamie grows up. We shall see.

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So a fat guy slowed down with a woman and a baby steals a priceless Valyrian sword and is somehow going to get faster to the citadel than his pissed of warrior father, who will likely chase him to the ends of the earth to get such a valuable relic back? And when his father with a bunch of warriors at his bag catches up with him, how exactly is Ser Piggy going to stop him?

I do not mind the show going off on a tangent. I really object to half assed plot development.

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Agreed, just can't see where taking Heartsbane is going.

My guess is that in taking the sword, Sam has decided to head north.

Maybe not, who knows. That move was just such nonsense.

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So a fat guy slowed down with a woman and a baby steals a priceless Valyrian sword and is somehow going to get faster to the citadel than his pissed of warrior father, who will likely chase him to the ends of the earth to get such a valuable relic back? And when his father with a bunch of warriors at his bag catches up with him, how exactly is Ser Piggy going to stop him?

I do not mind the show going off on a tangent. I really object to half assed plot development.

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Okay so it seems like you're a fairly level headed book reader, and I pretty much agree with much of what you have said after this comment, but this comment seems like complaining just to complain. I don't know what you wanted of this scene since its not in the books might not ever be.

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It's a valid point from a book reader. Randal Tarly is one of the most powerful men in Westeros. He is essentially the Supreme Commander of all of King's Landing military and acts as both a general and provincial governor. The sword is actually a big ******* deal, such to the extent that he would have Sam hunted down to the extreme to get it back. Like a really big deal from a book reader perspective.