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I'm pretty sure its been shown that Seers of any kind can see into the future. That's why Jojen Reed set out to find him in the first place. Because he saw Bran in a vision, that he needed to take him north of the wall to what ended up being the cave with the three-eyed-raven. I would expect that the three-eyed-raven would have more control of what they can see than simple Seers.

I saw a comment on twitter that sent my cold-addled brain into a torrent of terrible thoughts. The comment was essentially, "couldn't Bran have mentioned something about this mass murder that Dany was going to reap on King's Landing?" That got me thinking again about Bran as king. About how he's too neutral and would let bad things happen. He wouldn't interject to course correct when it meant saving lives and whatnot. He's an observer and a living history document basically. He also seemed to know exactly that he was set to be king. "That's why I traveled all the way here." So he let thousands of innocents die to turn Tyrion and Jon against Dany, the latter killing her. Without that, he wouldn't be king. Did he keep that to himself because it was "destiny" or because he wanted to be king. Then it gets worse. Root-dude said that he was the three-eyed-raven for a thousand years, yes? So does that mean that Bran the "broken" basically, got his way being king and will live for a thousand years as an omnipotent ruler that will out-live generations of people. Plus, he would always have knowledge if anyone, literally ever in the whole world, didn't like him ruling and wanted him ousted. He's an opportunistic, cold-blooded, almost immortal tyrant. Is Bran the villain here?

Oh my goodness. Old Town is super far southwest. How in the world did Sam/Gilly travel from one end to the other like that? Crazy. I (like above) thought it was east and north of KL. Don't know what my obsession is with thinking all important areas are in the same exact areas. Same. I've been dying to look at a map for 8 years.

@gingerella I remember thinking Dragonstone was west until Dany landed on it. Then I figured it had to be east and north of King's Landing but fairly close. I couldn't tell you jack-you-know-what about Essos locations. I knew Braavos and Pentos were coastal. Figured it was a separate island because of the whole "crossing the narrow sea" bits. Does anyone else feel really dirty looking at all this? It's like a peep show that I shouldn't be watching.

That map has just proved how stupid I am when it comes to geographic nuance in conversation applying to where I presume they are physically. 1) Is King's Landing it's own kingdom? Is there a name for it, or just King's Landing? Wait... it's not a kingdom because of the Iron Islands. So KL is huge and is basically Washington DC. Yes? 2) I thought Riverrun is where Casterly Rock actually is. In retrospect I see why that was wrong. Also, the twins... not hard to avoid using that bridge in my opinion. If you're marching from Winterfell, just take a hard right at Moat Cailin. Problem solved, Robb.. I thought that river would be much harder to avoid based on the way they were talking. 3) I rarely thought of what areas were west. Don't know why. Maybe because I thought the Eerie, Storm's End and Casterly Rock were all north of King's Landing on the east coast. 4) I get why White Harbour is the route south. Lots of sense.

Oh my goodness, the continuity! Thank you @gingerella and @Anothermi for venting some of my frustrations as well. The winter throne room to summer dragon pit chats makes no sense. Winter can last years. I highly doubt it's been years since the death of Dany. A few months maybe.

I love this and hope its true. Drogon would probably take her back to Valeria if I were to guess. Poor Drogon. Last of his family. Wonder if Jon and Drogon will ever connect again. I do wonder why Drogon didn't rip him to pieces. Another speculation for another day. Overall, this ending was okay. Some good, some bad. The good: 1) Jon didn't fail up to being King! While re-joining the Night's Watch seemed so backwards when they said it, it made sense by the end. Tormund told him that he belonged north. He has the respect of northerners and wildings. I believe he can find love again and start a simpler life, which is what he always ultimately wanted. Ghost is happy to have him back. 2) Sam as Maester in King's Landing. This fits his character arc nicely. I wish we could have seen the new baby, but that's a quibble. 3) Sansa gets to rule the independent north. She looked grand as the new queen. I do hope they consider a name change. The North is a little on the nose as a country name. 4) Arya the adventurer. May she discover what's west of Westeros. 5) The callback to Tyrion asking Bran what is story was earlier in the season. It was a throwaway scene that makes much more sense now. 6) Having Tyrion be Hand to Bran-the-Broken seemed to be the only mildly satisfying conclusion for him. His council will be a handful. 7) Brienne finishing Jamie's legacy in the book. The bad: 1) Bran as king. I like the idea of a more neutral king/queen, but Bran is almost too neutral. As the three-eyed raven, he sees the world and lets it happen around him. Would he ever interject when people are going in the wrong direction? This decision wasn't terrible by any means, but it didn't feel good in my gut. 2) Bronn as Master of Coin? He would be more fitting as Master of War. 3) The disservice A Show did to the Dany plotline. I was never a fan of her ending up on the throne, but the story was not told in a satisfying way. Jon told Tyrion in this very episode that (major paraphrasing alert) "being born with a last name doesn't turn you evil otherwise I'd be evil." It's like the show was unintentionally mocking us. I will have a difficult time with this turn of events for years. 4) The immediate aftermath of Dany's victory didn't sit well with me. She has her WWII speech in front of the cheering Dothraki and stomping Unsullied. They are all about her plans to save the 7 kingdoms. Then Tyrion publicly shames her and throws down his hand pin. She arrests him. How much time passed before Jon went to visit him? 10 minutes? 5 days? Timelines have always been an issue, but it changes the context of her murder and Jon's choice to murder her. If it was 10 minutes, her oogling the throne would make sense, but her hoards wouldn't have jailed Jon, they would have killed him on site. Then the Dothraki and Unsullied peace out back east. 5) Easteros is going to be back under slavers control and everything reverts back to normal. Nothing in these worlds has massively changed aside for a smattering of females allowed to make decisions (Brienne and Sansa mainly). Magic is gone except for one dragon wandering about on his own. Its a very hallow end.

The only thing that could redeem Jon's "failing up" would be if he made Sansa the Hand of the King. She's certainly earned it. She's proven to be the smartest person still alive at this point.

Would just like to remind everyone. HBO would have given them 10 seasons with 10 episodes each. They CHOSE to end it exactly like this. With ham-fisted character developments and turns that feel forced and non-nonsensical at the same time.

The day went better for those with property on the south side of King's Landing.

While I'm sure the outcome would have remained the same regardless, I'd like to express some confusion over the initial tactics of this attack. So the scorpions (giant, dragon-killing cross-bows) were on the edges of the wall and on the boats. Instead of broaching the attack from the side, she decides to dive bomb them from the angle they're all set at. Wouldn't it be better to come in at a low angle, so that these ship shoot them and possibly hit their own ships? Also, since 200 or so existed, why didn't more try to shoot the dragon? Only Euron's ship did more than once. She didn't have to dodge much. Then poof. All destroyed. Once again, Jon Snow is failing up. Consistently, making the wrong choices only to be rewarded for it. What a bumbling fool. I'm sure he'll be instantly forgiven for supporting a mass murderer during this siege. Because why not? A Show is determined for Jon Snow to be the perfect leader. He's awful. Sansa for Queen!

Wow. Just wow. The breaker of chains becomes the murder of innocents after a few measly years. Good thing Jorah was dead so he didn't have to see this catastrophe. Also, how dare a show make me feel bad for Cersei dying. Shame!

It truly is the future. Crazy!

This is kind of my point. A show is literally saying the people aren't likely to follow a woman... traditionally. With leaders like Dany, Lyanna Mormont, Cersei, Elyria Sand, and Sansa to demonstrably prove that theory false. There's been indication in the show that men get station before women. Sure. But there's been zero saying that when necessary (no men), woman are very much expected and respected enough to take the job. The writers could easily make an argument for Jon vs Dany. There's plenty to favor Jon over Dany for without bringing gender into it. It's not as though he's her younger brother, so they argue man vs woman. They do discuss both (vs and woman = bad), but the latter was completely unnecessary and only helps the arguments of mouth-breathing apes that need to feel superior to women at all costs in the real world.

I'll also touch on the anti-woman conversation between Tyrion and Varys. That conversation was so incredibly tone-deaf to the seasons upon seasons leading up to this moment. NOW, you're worried about a woman ruler? Yet, that didn't bother you for seasons of A Show. Especially, with modern politics going the way it is. I'm so incredibly disappointed that my 2nd favorite character, Varys, was given such abhorrent material to work with. I felt very uncomfortable watching this because of how all the neckbeard douches who watch this show will see that conversation and agree with it. The scene with Bronn was completely out of place. Why was Bronn even given this role this season. They couldn't find anything better for him to do? I hope he shoots them both with arrows. This Lannister sibling rivalry is so overdone. It's not amusing, intriguing, or entertaining. The Stark siblings are 100x more interesting. Even with coma-brain-Bran. I wish we got that reveal of Jon's parentage on screen.