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Dan uses the Riker maneuver. Am I weird for thinking about a potential Dan-Abby romance in the future?

The Seven Soldiers was something I thought was a definitely possibility for a future season. Justin, the Shining Knight, went looking for them and he, Starman, and Stripesy were members of the group (which included the Green Arrow in the comics....Stephen Amell in a cameo showing off a lighter version of Oliver Queen who fits this show's tone?).

My theory is that the Gambler and the Crocks were killed because they were going straight and could have known stuff about Icicle, Dragon King, and Ultra-Humanite that could have derailed their plans. Also, Gambler discovered Icicle's camera feeds. It looks like Dragon King in the gorilla body killed Gambler at the behest of Icicle. Ultra-Humanite needed the entire season to bond with the staff. Also, Icicle's plan was to have UH run for president in Starman's body, so he needs to be surrounded by his supportive friends as props. Dragon King was alive because he had experimented on himself so much that he could survive being stabbed. They even said that they weren't sure if he could be killed because of that. Grannie Ice was just a one-dimensional character who was evil to the core. Rick and Beth were not shown dating, but there were clear signs they could go in that direction. It seemed like Icicle was kind of stuck in the petroleum jelly. I would guess Artemis took some time to make sure he was live, track him down, and come up with a plan that would end him for good. Beth previously used combat mode in fighting Grandpa Icicle in the throwdown at the Mahkent house.

He wanted the flash drive so he could access the school server to change his grades because he thought he would have gotten A's if he hadn't been so busy pledging the fraternity.

It's possible that the Gambler and the Crocks were killed because the Ultra-Humanite and the ISA weren't the enemies they were alleged to be and could have spilled the beans on a plot to make Icicle look good to the JSA. The season feels like it should end with Icicle being killed (again) and almost everyone is being set up to potentially fill that role.

I don't know if I can explain how personally inspirational I have found this season, both because I can't find the words and because it's a subject best not talked about this forum. I'd like it if they showed that Mon Mothma truly loves both her daughter and her husband and has a good relationship with them, but is willing to sacrifice them for the good of the Rebellion. I need to get the soundtrack if they have that funeral music on it.

Are you perhaps not American (Canadian?) and not aware that kids usually turn 18 during the senior year in high school in the US?

I was under the impression that the wound itself wasn't the issue, but the ensuing infection and fever that they weren't sure he would survive.

Imagine how that ending would be if they had found a way to work in the claim of the book that Arrax was faster and could have out-flown Vhaegar if not for the storm. Maybe if he had bragged that Arrax was the fastest dragon alive to comfort his mother when being sent on his mission, with someone ominously pointing out that was true only if the weather was good. Then, he finally gets free of the storm and sees open skies where he has the advantage before--BAM--it's chomping time.

No, offering terms instead of trying to kill the Blacks was what Alicent won by getting to Aegon first. I'd like to think she asserted dominance by making Otto go to Dragonstone knowing that this is the kind of message that can get messengers killed.

International law is really a set of gentleman's' agreements. There are no war crimes if there are no international treaties or laws against them.

129-131AC. Aegon III was born in 120 in the books.

I think the motivations of Rhaenys become clearer. She is ultimately loyal to Corlys and it's not her place to pick a side. She might try to influence him, but it is his decision. She goes where he goes and she knew him well enough to know that he wasn't guaranteed to be with the Blacks instead of the Greens. She didn't roast the Greens and she didn't bend the knee to Rhaenyra because she didn't know yet which side Corlys and, thus, she would support.

I hope the look on Rhaenyra's face at the end means that she ends up being responsible. I feel like that would be the better story.

I was ready to root for Aemond being a badass finally getting revenge for his eye, so I'm kind of disappointed that Luke Strong died because Aemond couldn't control his dragon. He'd still be alive if he'd just given up his eye like a good little bastard.

Graham and Ryan had plans to investigate weird stuff after parting with the Doctor, so this was part of it.

This episode feels like the direction Rian Johnson was trying to pull Star Wars towards.

The theory would be that one reason to build the Dragonpit would be to be able to contain the dragons inside and they didn't think in three dimensions, so didn't make the ceiling strong enough. It's not hard to imagine the Dragonpit being constructed by a paranoid Targaryen who wanted to be able to prevent dragons from being used against him.

Even before Aemma (and Baelon) died, Otto was anti-Daemon. That's why Daemon kept being moved around to various posts, ending up in charge of the City Watch. There's a real possibility that Otto was once a reasonable man who was against Daemon being heir for the good of the realm, legitimately fearing another Maegor the Cruel, that he was desperate to remove Daemon from the succession by any means necessary. Maybe he only went off the rails once he had the opportunity for a royal grandson, but was decent before that.

I think people are obsessing too much about the people killed in the dragonpit. Assume that the regular way out was barred, so that Rhaenys can either escape through the floor as she did or else not escape at all. Should she flee or remain a prisoner? What if there was no way for her to leave without causing even more collateral damage?

This is what the book says: I interpret it as her accepting certain death and going out in a blaze of glory because fleeing wasn't a realistic option or else she's really, really dumb to embrace a fight she can't win when she has the option of running away.

Maybe he's going to have sex with other women. Perhaps Mysaria after having her send Blood and Cheese to the Red Keep.

The play in the street that Daemon had Rhaenyra watch gives a clue as to how the smallfolk might react to a cockless monarch. The feelings of the smallfolk are not wholly irrelevant. If they were, someone like the High Sparrow could never rise to power.

Ladd is obviously going to be part of an ongoing storyline delving into Kilbride's past. The guys in the vault were the diamond brokers.

Well, yeah, but so was Ned Stark. She's just more likely to keep her head through the first season than he was while being one of the more honorable characters in this drama. I think it's been consistent, but I've considered Alicent more likeable than most of the players on the other side.