Drogo

I find it even odder given that Randyll fought for the Daenery's father, the Mad King, during the Rebellion. He didn't hate Daenerys because she was a Targaryen, he hated her because she was a foreigner who consorted with former slaves and savages: There are no easy choices in war. Say what you will about your sister, she was born in Westeros. She's lived here all her life. You, on the other hand, murdered your own father and chose to support a foreign invader. One with no ties to this land. An army of savages at her back.

Her face lit up when she saw the dragons roll in. Arya probably fancies herself riding a dragon like her heroine Visenya Targaryen who she described to Tywin Lannister. While riding a dragon, projectile weapons are probably very helpful.

She really didn't, but she gave them choices; they weren't there for it. Also, Dickon is the only person to blame for his execution. Dickon: "You're going to have to kill me, too!" Daenerys: As the Breaker of Chains, Daenerys is not about keeping prisoners any more than she's about keeping slaves. She wants free men who will fight for her, as free men, and who want to live in the new world she plans to create. She says as much in the execution scene, where she tells Tyrion "I'm not here to put people into chains." Also, Randyll Tarly is a proud xenophobe. He only supports Cersei over Daenerys because Daenerys is foreign; he cares nothing for what Cersei did to the proud family he has served his entire life and worse, he led the attack personally on Highgarden. Boy, bye- you're not what we need in our new wheel-less world. BUT - Let's say they did want to take Lord Tarly and his heir as "valuable prisoners" (which, come on, can we really see Cersei trading *the women who killed her only daughter* for some shitheel who betrayed Olenna Tyrell and his stupid son with a stupider name? They're only valuable prisoners if the other side cares, and Cersei DGAF.) But let's say they did, here's the next issue: there were a significant number of other losing-side soldiers who refused to bend the knee who she would've also needed to imprison if she spared R&D's lives. So she's not imprisoning 2, she's imprisoning... 20? 50? Anyway, they all conveniently knelt after their leaders were seared to a delightful Medium Rare, and voila! No prisoners to worry about.

He probably thought his family and supporters would take his word for it. You know nothing, Jon Snow.

Gendry's a little rough around the edges. This sounds more like Podrick.

She did, but he'd already made the decision to bend the knee. He didn't lie, he said he gave up his crown to save the North, not to get Daenerys to agree to save the North. Being unified under a worthy leader is the best way to save the North. Robert: "Which is the bigger number, five or one?" Cersei: "Five." Robert: "Five. (*holds up fingers*) One. (*makes a fist") One army, a real army, united behind one leader with one purpose."

And whatever you do, you cannot give up on the gravy!

Not that I'm rooting for a Stark/Stark/Barratheon-bastard love triangle, but I did find it oddly convenient that when Arya told Gendry mid-flirt-session that he "didn't know any other rich girls" the scene cut directly to Sansa looking lovely by candlelight.

Question: "How are we going to feed the largest army the world's ever seen and two fully grown dragons?" Answer:

While it's not a competition for who's suffered more, Daenerys has been through some shit (including rape, trauma, and loss.) Sansa grew up in a home surrounded by people who adored her with her only real concern being stuck married to a Lord instead of a King. In addition to her sheltered warm childhood Sansa's had the Hound watch over her from Joffrey, Baelish evacuating her from KL and bringing her to the Vale, even Brienne and Pod sitting outside Winterfell while she was captive with the Boltons. She didn't earn any of their devotion herself: The Hound has a penchant for protecting young girls, Baelish was carrying a post-Catelyn torch for her, and Brienne swore an oath to her mother. Daenerys was on her own most of her life, with a creepy brother to remind her at every turn that she had but one very specific value and he'd let her be ripped to shreds if it meant he'd sit in the Iron Throne. She was obviously elevated by her marriage to the Khal, but she found a voice in a society that wanted none of it. Luckily for her, the "savage" wanted his queen to own her position and grow fierce and authoritative changing his own khalasar's practices to suit her preferences. But she lost her husband and child, and had the giant balls to walk into a burning funeral pyre, winning herself 3 dragons and her first personal supporters in the process... including Jorah, who had originally sworn his sword to her for treacherous reasons but because of her actions grew to admire and love her. She earned the Dothraki en masse in similar fashion. She gained the Unsullied army through her own cleverness and cunning. Daario Naharis fell in love with her beauty, spirit and diplomacy with his disgusting bros- killed them, and promised her the Second Sons. She freed the slaves and earned their devotion. She could have taken the armada she was offered and left the slaves to be reclaimed by their masters, but didn't. The ends justify the means for her, and she wants to make a better world without The Wheel that rolls over rich and poor alike. They've both had some help, but which of their counterparts hasn't? Be that at it may, I thought Daenerys was very patient and diplomatic with the Northerners, Sansa included. Only one of the two is Queen, and the other should probably check herself. Moral absolutism hasn't worked out for anyone yet, Jon being the only remaining possibility.. and his future's not looking bright ATM.

Dany: "The North is every bit as beautiful as your brother described. As are you!" Sansa: "K." That bit about whether she was their Queen now because Jon really wanted to save the North or because he was in love with her was master class projection. Clearly Baelish didn't ride the Knights of the Vale to her aid during the BotBastards because he thought Sansa would become a great leader, he did it because he was in love with her. Sansa's petty as hell. Careful on that high horse gurl, cause there's dragons up in here now and they can get a lot higher.

I hate to give him any credit, but Alliser Thorne said it best: Do you know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every clever little twat with a mouth. But if he starts second guessing himself, that’s the end. For him, for the clever little twats, for everyone. This is not the end. Not for us. Not if you lot do your duty for however long it takes to beat them back.

I love Sam 'The Wizard' Tarly as much as the next person, but his father was a dick and his brother was a fool. Daenerys considered sending Randyll to the Wall at Tyrion's suggestion when he wouldn't bend the knee, but he quickly told her she couldn't because she's Not My Queen. *You don't say that shit to a woman with dragons.* And IIRC stupid Dickon inserted himself when the death sentence had already been issued. There's just no reason for this episode to act like Daenerys should be ashamed of her decision to roast the Tarlys.

I don't see Daenerys as any more arrogant than any of the men who have pursued the Iron Throne before her. (At least not disproportionately to how much better than them she's doing.) She is the mother of dragons and the breaker of chains.

Only death can pay for life, and Drogon was born of his namesake Drogo's funeral pyre, who wasn't too keen on sharing Daenerys. Maybe he told the Great Stallion to fuck himself and came back to wait for her.

Or "Poor girl. The pox will get her within the year." "Which girl?"

She's going to need a father for that baby that isn't fighting for the other side.

The moment where Dany tells Jon that they can stay at the waterfall for 1000 years and no one will ever find them.. is just a little too sadly reminiscent of the Ygritte+John moment when she said she never wants them to leave the cave.

"You've ruined horses for me forever."

That Umber kid coming alive and screaming? Creepy. But nothing will ever be creepier than Bran Stark popping up everywhere to stare at people like a fucking dentist with the ether.

The things we do for love.

"There's no reason why I can't lose weight on my own in Ohio"... other than not doing shit for 44 years. Angela put on lipliner because she heard it makes you look 450 pounds thinner.

That's a hell of a parking job, doofus.

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