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Arroyo:
My monies on Dany taking the big fall, she has the makings of a martyr. Jon takes the throne reluctantly, and yeah I bet Brienne takes down Cersei.

Howard_Casto:

Theon was destined to die the minute he betrayed the Starks so many seasons ago. The only way he could truly be redeemed was to die defending the starks, which he did. If he could give his brother 30 more seconds of life by charging, that's what he was going to do. He'd been a coward in every battle thus far, but he stared death in the face and tried to kick his ass. Full redemption, arc completed. Could they have done it in the next battle? Sure, but then they wouldn't have had a significant character die during this battle and it made more sense to have him die now than someone like the Lannisters whom need to die (if they die) at the hands of Cerci. They are trying very hard to give us a satisfying end and that means giving the characters that are going to die a fitting death.

See what I like about GOT is that they do proper story telling. Something that has become a standard in modern television is the idea that anyone can die at any moment and that's simply not true. If it were reality that would certainly be true, but you are telling a story. That means people have to die to progress the narrative. I mean you can kill off a bunch of people for no reason and it'll certainly shock your audience, but after that wears off the same audience will find the deaths unsatisfying. Basically don't be like the walking dead. The irony of that is TWD killed off a bunch of their main cast only to have half of the remaining cast quit the next season, so they are screwed atm.

In a perfect world Tyrion would get the throne in the end... he's the only one who's been more or less moral throughout the show... at least when it comes doing what's best for the kingdom. John is probably destined to die. Anyone who gets a Christ resurrection tends to die or "go away" when the fighting is done. I would say that Danny would sit on the throne, but something about that isn't right.... probably the fact that she didn't even set foot in Westeros until last season. Jamie and Cerci are going to kill each other. Probably a similar fate for the hound and the mountain. I just don't see the show runners being brave enough to let Tyrion be the last man standing. Most likely Danny will get it after John dying and she'll let Sansa rule the north independently out of respect for him.

wp34:
I kept hoping Ned Stark would wake up in the crypt and start killing people. That would have been some next-level fan service.

wp34:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 02, 2019, 01:47:13 pm ---
Theon was destined to die the minute he betrayed the Starks so many seasons ago. The only way he could truly be redeemed was to die defending the starks, which he did. If he could give his brother 30 more seconds of life by charging, that's what he was going to do. He'd been a coward in every battle thus far, but he stared death in the face and tried to kick his ass. Full redemption, arc completed. Could they have done it in the next battle? Sure, but then they wouldn't have had a significant character die during this battle and it made more sense to have him die now than someone like the Lannisters whom need to die (if they die) at the hands of Cerci. They are trying very hard to give us a satisfying end and that means giving the characters that are going to die a fitting death.

See what I like about GOT is that they do proper story telling. Something that has become a standard in modern television is the idea that anyone can die at any moment and that's simply not true. If it were reality that would certainly be true, but you are telling a story. That means people have to die to progress the narrative. I mean you can kill off a bunch of people for no reason and it'll certainly shock your audience, but after that wears off the same audience will find the deaths unsatisfying. Basically don't be like the walking dead. The irony of that is TWD killed off a bunch of their main cast only to have half of the remaining cast quit the next season, so they are screwed atm.

In a perfect world Tyrion would get the throne in the end... he's the only one who's been more or less moral throughout the show... at least when it comes doing what's best for the kingdom. John is probably destined to die. Anyone who gets a Christ resurrection tends to die or "go away" when the fighting is done. I would say that Danny would sit on the throne, but something about that isn't right.... probably the fact that she didn't even set foot in Westeros until last season. Jamie and Cerci are going to kill each other. Probably a similar fate for the hound and the mountain. I just don't see the show runners being brave enough to let Tyrion be the last man standing. Most likely Danny will get it after John dying and she'll let Sansa rule the north independently out of respect for him.

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Tyrion is who I'm rooting for as well. Seems like they have been setting him up for a major redemption since last season. He's my favorite character from the books.

I agree something doesn't quite feel right about Dani getting the throne and/or Jon living.

BadMouth:
The next foreshadowing to play out will be:
"remember....if anyone ever hires you to kill me, I'll double their price"
The question is whether it applies to only Bronn or the whole golden company.

I guess in the next episode we will find out if Dany has won Sansa over or not.
There are still plenty of twists possible. Tyrion's "mistakes" could be a plan on his part. (they never showed the actual conversation between him and Cersei)
They've kept Varys under the radar so far this season, so there could be a reveal coming for him.

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