Finally got to watch and get caught up. Some random thoughts.
The episode is called Oathbreaker, but who broke their oath? The most obvious to me was Roose Bolton. It also stood out that the Umber refused to swear any oath to Ramsay. Northerners take their oaths seriously, his refusal matters. I agree with the others that it seems awfully convoluted to have Rickon kept prisoner but it also sets up a lovely long con. The North does have big non-dire Wolves, hopefully that wasn't Shaagy but this show's been hard on kids and dogs. But I have hope. Dammit, at some point the North has to Remember!
Loved the TOJ scene. Show is a visual medium and the two handed sword fight demonstrated Dayne's skills better than anything they could have done straight from the book. And as to L+R=J, it occurred to me immediately reading Game for the first time (19 years ago, lol). Maybe because I'm a woman, but (childbed) fever, a bed of blood and weakness - until the last couple of centuries childbirth was the main thing that young women died of so it was something I was thinking about. Ned's agony over his promise - combined with Ned's disgust at how Robert had celebrated the murders of Rhaegars other children back in Kings Landing - made it seem blindingly obvious to me. And he never once thought of Jon as his son, only his blood. If it turns out not to be true than most of Ned's memories and flashbacks from his POV in Game of Thrones are completely pointless.
I'm pretty much Bored. Now. with Aryas entire plot but I liked the Waif knocking her down for lying when she said she had 4 brothers. Hey, it's not a lie if you believe it!
Mereen is so lame. Tyrion and Varys are great but the entire Slavers Bay plot is such a beating.
Am I the only one that finds the idea of a Dothraki Horde riding into Westeros completely preposterous? I know they're fierce fighters but they wear bikini tops! It gets cold in Westeros. They are raiders, not soldiers. A tactician like Randyll Tarly with his full army (which he has) would utterly destroy them. And assuming they survived that, I don't like unleashing an army of rapists and child slavers on the citizens Dany hopes to rule. The Dothraki are basically the Ironborn with more personality. Hopefully Drogon just eats them all.
Speaking of Randyll Tarly, I've long though he had a bigger role to play in the books going forward from a strategic standpoint; he's generally known as the best general in Westeros. Sam is one of GRRM's favorite characters and he's basically headed home. And Tarly has a Valerian Steel sword. I'm curious if that plan starts to come together at all. The only point plot wise of sending Sam to the Citadel is to learn about dragons and walkers; he obviously won't make Maester before the shizit hits.
"My Watch has ended." Honestly didn't see that coming.
The episode is called Oathbreaker, but who broke their oath? The most obvious to me was Roose Bolton. It also stood out that the Umber refused to swear any oath to Ramsay. Northerners take their oaths seriously, his refusal matters. I agree with the others that it seems awfully convoluted to have Rickon kept prisoner but it also sets up a lovely long con. The North does have big non-dire Wolves, hopefully that wasn't Shaagy but this show's been hard on kids and dogs. But I have hope. Dammit, at some point the North has to Remember!
Loved the TOJ scene. Show is a visual medium and the two handed sword fight demonstrated Dayne's skills better than anything they could have done straight from the book. And as to L+R=J, it occurred to me immediately reading Game for the first time (19 years ago, lol). Maybe because I'm a woman, but (childbed) fever, a bed of blood and weakness - until the last couple of centuries childbirth was the main thing that young women died of so it was something I was thinking about. Ned's agony over his promise - combined with Ned's disgust at how Robert had celebrated the murders of Rhaegars other children back in Kings Landing - made it seem blindingly obvious to me. And he never once thought of Jon as his son, only his blood. If it turns out not to be true than most of Ned's memories and flashbacks from his POV in Game of Thrones are completely pointless.
I'm pretty much Bored. Now. with Aryas entire plot but I liked the Waif knocking her down for lying when she said she had 4 brothers. Hey, it's not a lie if you believe it!
Mereen is so lame. Tyrion and Varys are great but the entire Slavers Bay plot is such a beating.
Am I the only one that finds the idea of a Dothraki Horde riding into Westeros completely preposterous? I know they're fierce fighters but they wear bikini tops! It gets cold in Westeros. They are raiders, not soldiers. A tactician like Randyll Tarly with his full army (which he has) would utterly destroy them. And assuming they survived that, I don't like unleashing an army of rapists and child slavers on the citizens Dany hopes to rule. The Dothraki are basically the Ironborn with more personality. Hopefully Drogon just eats them all.
Speaking of Randyll Tarly, I've long though he had a bigger role to play in the books going forward from a strategic standpoint; he's generally known as the best general in Westeros. Sam is one of GRRM's favorite characters and he's basically headed home. And Tarly has a Valerian Steel sword. I'm curious if that plan starts to come together at all. The only point plot wise of sending Sam to the Citadel is to learn about dragons and walkers; he obviously won't make Maester before the shizit hits.
"My Watch has ended." Honestly didn't see that coming.
