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Should we be afraid for PB's life? God that was weird. I never want to be in friggin Gunter's dreams. It is nice to see Prismo again though. Play that banjo Prismo!

Maybe? Meli seems to talk about them interchangably in the books. Although she seems to prefer to call him Azor Ahai. For instance when she is talking about the coming war, Aemon says she is talking about the war for the dawn and asks "where is the prince that was promised?" Mel then indicates that it is Stannis, and calls him Azor Ahai. She never refers to him as the PTWP, but by answering Aemon's question she is either indicating she believes he is the PTWP or is trying to trick Aemon (or others) with clever wording. Here's the appropriate passage from Samwell V in ASOS In the same chapter Aemon also accepts the fact that the PTWP should have a sword of fire (which is a part of Azor Ahai's prophecy and not explicitly mentioned in the PTWP prophecy) but thinks Stannis' does not meet the requirements because it gives off no heat. In AFFC Samwell mentions the PTWP (but NOT AA) and Marwyn echoes back the lines about salt and smoke and the bleeding star. Also later on in ADWD the red priest Benarro mentions that AA is also "born amidst salt and smoke." But he makes no mention of the PTWP. So it seems pretty likely that AA and the PTWP are the same guy (or girl), especially since aspects of their prophecies are similar. Specifically both are said to be born amidst salt and smoke and both are heralded by the coming of a red/bleeding star.

Thanks you're awesome too! Dany has no idea how to wield any of her assets. She ignores her councillors, she sends her army to be shock troops, she isn't using any of her huge amount of resources to build a navy to protect the city or (god forbid!) start planning an invasion of Westeros. She created probably thousands of useless mouths when she freed the slaves, and all she seems to be doing is sheltering them, she should be employing them. The strong she should have Daario (or Barristan before he died) training them to be actual enforcement agents (police) instead of using her Unsullied (military.) The masons and shipwrights should be producing ships because I assume she still has eyes on conquering Westeros. The smart she should be employing as tutors and teachers to educate the less educated slaves, teach them to read and write and do sums etc so they can be employed as scribes and accountants etc. She knows that Jorah was spying on her, I can't imagine she's stupid enough to think they gave up after he was discovered, and yet I don't see her developing her own intelligence network to find out what is happening in Westeros, or even in her own backyard in Yunkai or Qarth or Astapor. Again more opportunities for employment. And she could pay all these people with the money she is using to support them, instead of just creating the welfare state it seems like she is creating. Her city is going to eat itself to death eventually. Dany is a piss poor rular and a piss poor mother of dragons and a piss poor mhysa to the former slaves.

Slavery wasn't illegal until Dany came to town. If alcohol were to become illegal today, would it be fair for the cops to arrest you cause they saw you having a drink at the bar a week ago? Conversely slavery was very illegal in Westeros when Jorah decided to take up the activity. Ned is justified in humanely executing people by painlessly beheading them when they knowingly broke the laws that were widely known. Dany is not justified in cruely executing people by crucifying them and/or burning them alive and feeding them to her pets for going about their lives before she showed up and changed the rules. Also while I'm sure Ned would execute every slaver he came across and was sufficiently proven to be a slaver, thereby ensuring the law is universal and fair, Dany does not do this, seemingly executing people at random for crimes they may or may not have commited, and even knowingly admits her own ignorance of their guilt or innocence.

How do you know he's not really needed? He's gone off book so we have no idea where his story goes from here. I doubt he'll die though, the show needs villains.

That doesn't make it alright to punish people at random though. If I know 1 person among 5 is a murderer can I just pick 1 to punish and call it justice? That's what Dany is doing. Some of them are those people who crucified children. Most definitely, but not all of them. Look at Hizdahr himself, he's only the head of his family because Dany killed his father. I assume the same is true for 162 other masters. She didn't discriminate when she called all of the family heads in, she just brought them all in and then fed one to her dragons seemingly at random. What if that guy had only come to power because she had his brother executed? Should he pay for his brother's crimes? Dany doesn't do any investigation, and aside from the one episode she doesn't conduct trials or have any kind of due process. She does whatever the fuck she wants and calls it justice. Well it's not, it's tyranny.

So is your argument that the ends justify the means? That's a dangerous place to go to. Is it alright to kill an innocent for the benefit of others? Would you then be alright with Mel killing Gendry or Shireen if it helps Stannis save the realm? Or are you simply saying that Dany is less evil than Ramsay because her injustices are done with a greater good in mind?

They aren't designed for this kind of fighting. They're an army, not an enforcement patrol. I posted this elsewhere, but I'll say it again. The Unsullied are designed to be deployed as a phalanx in open combat. They use spears and shields and support one another to face armies with great discipline and great numbers. In close quarters against guerrilla forces they are not all that useful. It's essentially the same problem the USA troops had with the Viet Cong. The much larger better trained force is being reduced by being forced to fight on a smaller scale without the help of their superior numbers.

That horn is broken IIRC, Jon already tried to sound it and he had no luck. Also in the books Sam takes the horn with him to Oldtown, and the show also seems like it is sending Sam to Oldtown based on the foreshadowing in the most recent episode. Doesn't seem like he'll be able to do anything at Jon's funeral.

These one time magical events are getting to be very common.

Why would fire resurrect Jon? He burned just like any normal person when he fought the wight to save Mormont.

That's an interesting take. I just thought he was using it to deliberately antagonize. He's taking their rallying cry and mocking it. Ramsay doesn't seem the type to try and placate Sansa or pretend they are on the same side. He's the type to push her until she breaks. Bringing up what Theon did to "Bran" and "Rickon" and deliberately skirting the issue of what his own father did to Robb and Cat, is his way of pushing her mentally.

This is my thinking too. Sometimes people leave and never come back. Especially if they leave to go into a frigid wilderness populated by hostile native tribes, some of which are cannabalistic, and ice zombies. If we never see Benjen again I don't think that's a dangling narrative.

Brienne might be a bit too large to be the Ghost in Winterfell. "Who's killing people!? Perhaps it's that impossibly large woman who recently arrived!" I'm actually hoping it's Theon. It was unlikely in the books, cause he was much more physically destroyed, but Show!Theon could do it.

The show has really downplayed the resurrection by R'hllor. Sure we got a tiny bit of Beric, but he's been largely phased out. I'm not sure if show watchers even remember him. With the removal of Lady Stoneheart it might just be confusing if Mel ends up resurrecting Jon.

You think? I always likened it to Gangrene. Especially with the eagerness to go to amputation as a cure. I suppose the tranfer vector and the eagerness to quarantine the Stone Men does liken it to Leprosy/Hansen's Disease though.

Exactly. Not everyone gets it and, in the books atleast, children are more susceptible to grey scale. So there'd be a higher chance of Shireen getting it than anyone else, cause IIRC there are very few children at Dragonstone beyond Shireen

Yup. In fact in the scene directly following that DA Robert Sean Leonard even specifically asked him "How's life in Brooklyn?" And I answered "Hilarious and awesome!" on his behalf.

So the Ice King apparently evolves into some manner of snow bat? No that's not terrifying at all. I guess PB also is currently tracking everyone in the kingdoms with those teeth implants and in the future she puts all the Candy People into hibernation too in the Candy Golems. She is starting to get more and more despotic in an attempt to keep them all safe eh? A fun episode all in all. I actually find these ones less weird that stuff like Chips and Ice Cream.

You mean dippin dots.

I thought it was just lawyering. Since he was trying to explain away the semen stains, that's the same as admitting there were semen stains. Even if the investigation turns up none, the prosecutor can still bring up his confession in which he admitted to there being semen stains, and then he can undermine the explanation, without bringing up the fact that there was no semen. e.g. DA: In your interview with the police you claim your semen was planted on your daughter's clothes didn't you? Defendant: But- DA: Yes or no please. Did you claim your wife planted semen on your daughters clothes in an attempt to frame you? Defendant: Yes but-- DA: Thank you. Now you also say that she hadn't been home in days. How could she have possibly done this? She clearly couldn't have! Did she really plant your semen on the clothes or is that a lie?! Yes or no!? Defendant: It- DA: Yes or no sir! Defendant: Yes but- DA: Of course it's a lie! You lied about the semen, and you lied about the rape, and now you're just trying to cover your own tracks aren't you!? Defendant: NO! DA: No further questions. It would be up to the defense to clear up matters. But it seemed like his defense attorney was not only in the DA's pocket but she also thought he was guilty.

They're also patently useless in guerilla warfare like the Sons of the Harpy use. That's how the Dornish countered Aegon's fully grown dragons. Unless you want to massacre an entire army (Field of Fire) or torch a castle (Harrenhal) dragons are not useful. If your enemy strikes from the shadows and then runs back into hiding there's not much your dragons can do. Unless as you suggested she wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater by burning Meereen.

Ellaria is clearly the leader of that faction, and she seems to want to chop Myrcella into tiny tiny bits and mail her back to Cersei one piece at a time. I suppose they could do a complete turn, but I don't see any reason to speculate that they will. Personally I think Trystane will be filling Arianne's place as Queenmaker and Ellaria and the Sand Snakes may be filling Darkstar's role.

I never bought the Tyrion Targaryen theory. The books go out of their way to emphasize that Tyrion is the most like Tywin out of the three Lannisters. And it's not like Jon where there are several clues to his "true identity." All there is are little throwaway lines about Aerys coveted Joanna. Tyrion's angst at never being accepted by his family and also being the most like his father, especially the parts his father values in himself and also still being tied to their fortunes and legacy is part of what makes his character sympathetic. It's not as interesting if he's not a Lannister IMO. Also I like the love story between Tywin and Joanna, since that is one of the few things that humanizes Tywin. Her being raped and concealing that from Tywin, or worse yet willingly sleeping with Aerys taints that horribly.

Very unreasonably. He got a sword to the chest and there was a lot of blood. He's almost certainly done. Grey Worm is visibly breathing at episode's end, Barristan is not.