Game of Thrones: 6.10 - Winds of Winter

[Needle]

At first I really thought Cersei was preparing to kill herself and Tommen, what she actually did was so much better! I had time to think "who is king now" immediately followed by "not a king, a queen". Yet she has been so very worried about Margery being the "younger, more beautiful queen" but she is sadly mistaken because Dany is finally coming!

Dany is finally coming! Her giving the hand's pin to Tyrion was an emotional moment for me. He so deserves someone to believe in him.

Long days and unpleasant nights to you Septa Unella. I ALMOST feel sorry for her, but not quite.

Yep, yep!

Jaime, not sure about him. In the series he is even more devoted to Cersei, but I hope at least that this may be the last straw for him.

Arya!! I knew she was coming. Watching Jaime and Lord Frey talking I kept seeing the woman in the background. Odd? Betcha money that's her. Cheered out loud! Did she kill just to obtain a face? Maybe. But it was not a face Frey recognized, and he would have (because she was a pretty one) so I'm betting she brought some with her. To me, the highlight of an amazing show!

 

[Heather Myst]

I find it funny how the first three books of the series were my favorites but this season of the show was just awesome. It is going to be a long wait for season seven. Hopefully we get a book to hold us over before next season begins.

 

[Culhwch]

If Jaime has any honour left and more than two brain cells, he will ride to North and take his place next to Jon.

Yeah, not too sure Jon would be super keen to give a place to the guy who pushed his brother out a window.

 

[philzilla]

1. Not sure where Sam's story is going, the library looked dauntingly large, and he's not going to be able to sit around for 20 years reading up on stuff...

I agree, I've thought about this and the only reason he is there is to find proof of Jon's lineage. Unless you can become a maester in a couple of weekend seminars or he is going to discover another Wunderwaffe to use against the White Walkers (as if dragon-glass, dragon-steel and dragon-dragons wasn't enough), the only narrative purpose is finding out who Jon's mom and dad are, as it is officially, albeit secretly, recorded by the maesters.

I guess.

 

[Judderman]

Amazing episode and a fine end to what has been possibly the best season to date!

Although I think the ten episodes had some of the weakest episodes of any season this finale was perhaps the best of all. Great to see so many surprises. Maybe they could spread them out a bit more but that was awesome. Other than maybe the Red Wedding or the Tyrion murder this was the most impressive episode yet.

 

[Judderman]

It looked like Qyburn was handling the Little Bird Spy Network in the absence of Varys, although I don't know if that was authorized
Pycelle's assassination was brutal -- made even more so by children wielding the knives. Qyburn oversaw the event, but his "out with the old, in with the new" apology to the grand maester didn't do much to clarify the reasons behind the murder to me.
Presumably, Qyburn was acting under the direction of Cersei.

Qyburn had been asked by Cersei to get his own little bird spy network a while ago as Varys had left. Qyburn also has shown his dislike of Pycelle at least a couple of times.

 

[Judderman]

It will take some intervention from Euron for the Lannisters to have any fraction of a chance v Dany, Tyrells, Sand Snakes etc etc.

 

[Ed Ryder]

Top stuff all round! Can't wait for next season now!

Anyone else think that Bran could actually be the Lord of Light?

 

[WaylanderToo]

Yeah, not too sure Jon would be super keen to give a place to the guy who pushed his brother out a window.

can see Jamie taking the black though

 

[Judderman]

Oh yeah, what about the Lord of Light preachers in Meereen? Presumably we will hear something more from them? Otherwise seems a pointless introduction for them there.

 

[svalbard]

Did not expect most of that. It was a brilliantly shot episode from beginning to end.

Jon is King in the North. The White Wolf, a great title. How will Sansa take this. It will provide an interesting storyline for the next season.

Jon's parentage is confirmed at last. I wonder was the whispered words a confirmation to Ned that Lyanna and Rhaegar were married and that Jon is not a *******. That would make his claim to the Iron Throne the legitimate one.

 

[Ste-Pe]

Loved the whole thing, so much fist waving joy!

I'm guessing the whispered words were about the importance of hiding Jon, his father etc

If bran is Lord of light, my money is on the hound being Azor ahai. He travels north with the brotherhood without banners, gets to the wall and wakes the ice dragons sleeping inside it. But the wall collapses and the white walkers come through

Or sam in the citadel figures out where the horn is (can't remember the name of it, but supposedly mance had it, that could have brought the wall down), setting off on a mission to find it (along with jorah mormont who turns up at the citadel looking for a grayscale cure)

Sorry, rubbish theories, at least that year will give me time to think of better

 

[Mister_Oy]

Love it to bits - and had a 2nd watch last night. Oh my! REALLY glad we had the Tower of Joy stuff!

(along with jorah mormont who turns up at the citadel looking for a grayscale cure)

I wondered about Jorah - and THAT would be a logical lace for him to seek help!

 

[Young stormlord]

Cersei, you magnificient *******!...
Arya, you magnificient girl!...

That's all I am going to say about that.

 

[Koopa]

What is perhaps somewhat fascinating is that Jon title fits him so well, and not really because he's of Stark lineage. As a son of Lyanna (and even as a child of Eddard as he is believed to be) other people are ahead of him in the line of succession to the Stark lordship (or throne). But if Lyanna and Rhaegar married before he was born, that makes him the legit king of westeros (if you overlook the conquest). And as such he really is the King in the North. Cause really he is the king and he's in the north. He's been there for practically his whole life and as a sidenote: he has been fighting the war that matters for all of his adult life.

 

[Ursa major]

But if Lyanna and Rhaegar married before he was born

I suppose this might have been one of the issues dealt with in the words of Lyanna that we -- well you: I haven't seen the episode -- didn't get to hear.

 

[ctg]

I suppose this might have been one of the issues dealt with in the words of Lyanna that we -- well you: I haven't seen the episode -- didn't get to hear.

If you want you can always come to ours to watch the whole season.

 

[Judderman]

But if Lyanna and Rhaegar married before he was born, that makes him the legit king of westeros (if you overlook the conquest). And as such he really is the King in the North.

Though the whole thing with him being a ******* is that he is not legit. Who now can convincingly say that Rhaegar was the father, even if he was? Ned and Lyanna aren't around.

 

[Mister_Oy]

Though the whole thing with him being a ******* is that he is not legit. Who now can convincingly say that Rhaegar was the father, even if he was? Ned and Lyanna aren't around.

Sam - from that mahooosive library!

 

[Ursa major]

If you want you can always come to ours to watch the whole season.

Thanks.

But I can't take you up on your offer: I need the time between now and when the Blu-ray comes out to forget at least some of what I've been reading in the recaps. Obviously, the really big things will probably stick, but most of the episodes are not filled with those big things (which, though important, don't necessarily take up a lot of screen time).