#NOTHING GENDER GOING ON IN OLDTOWN…..

[sare11aa11eras]

Alleras and Sam are very excited to be starting the new school year!!!!

[Image Description: Full-color drawing of two people to the knee. On the left-hand side is Alleras and on the right is Sam Tarly. They stand against a blank background. Alleras wears a light green cape over a dark green jerkin, brown breeches, and brown boots. He wears gold earrings with red stones in his ear lobes. He beams at the viewer and his left arm is around Sam’s shoulders. Sam is smiling but still looks a little anxious. He wears a long grey tunic with black decorations at the collar and dark grey pants. His right arm is behind his back and he waves with his left hand. /End ID.]

[stcneheartd]

(  summer bishil / cis woman + she / her  ) hear ye hear ye — the riverlands welcomes  RULING LADY VYSENA CARON  ( née hightower ) of  NIGHTSONG. king matthos baratheon is glad that  the  thirty - five year old  appears to be  pragmatic  and he shall overlook that it’s said they are also  manipulative, as long as they are glad to celebrate peace in the seven kingdoms. fortunately for them, matthos remains oblivious that they  aren’t  happy with his reign.

TRIGGER WARNING : parental death.

STATISTICS.

full   name  : vysena  caron née hightower.

birth name : vysena hatem jawahir.

nickname  : vy ,  lady vy .

gender   /   pronouns  : cis   woman   /   she  +  her

age  : thirty - five.

sexual   orientation  : bisexual.

romantic   orientation  : biromantic.

religion  : faith of the seven.

affiliation  :   loyal to house hightower, house caron, & house targaryen.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

face   claim  :   summer  bishil .

height  :   5′3″   /   161  cm .

eye   color  :   brown .

hair   color  :   dark  brown .

usual expression : often seen with a soft smile, keeps an open and pleasant demeanor.

distinguishing   marks   /   characteristics  :   nothing  of  note .

FAMILY.

parents  : hatem  ibrahim  jawahir   ( father † ) ;   sorsha  jawahir  née  osorio ( mother † ) ; uhtred hightower ( adopted father † ) ; aera hightower née tbd ( adopted mother † ).

siblings  : uthor hightower ( adopted brother ) ; tbd.

significant other : royce caron ( husband ).

children  : bryce caron ( son ) ; bryanne caron ( daughter ) ; braxton caron ( son ).

PERSONALITY.

mbti   type  :   intj .

enneagram   type  :   8w9  —  the  diplomat .

temperament  :   sanguine  -  melancholic .

OVERVIEW.

ONE   . she  is  born  in  the  blistering  sun  of  braavos. vysena would be their only child, the couple far more dedicated to spreading the word of the lord of light over bringing more children into the world. she would not remember much of them beyond their love of the red god. for she was too young when they passed and found herself in a foreign land as her parents had fallen upon the shores of westeros. TWO   . she was just another orphan of oldtown when the hightowers came across her. she would never know what they saw in her that day, but it was enough for them to give her a home, education, and even one day call her a daughter. while she was grateful to both lord uhtred and lady aera, vysena had always favored her new mother over the strict reigns of the father. THREE   . she would act like the perfection of a lady of the reach. rebellion for her came in the form of knowledge. quick wit and a lethal tongue were her preferred weapons; there was nothing like embarrassing a man and watching the slow realization of what transpired dawn upon his face. her cutting nature manages to catch the eye of a few— for she does not go without lovers in the reach. but their use does not go beyond keeping her bed warm. if they have any inclination of tying themselves to house hightower through her, it is swiftly put to rest. her fate lies in the stormlands. FOUR   . she marries into house caron of nightsong. it wasn't the house of her family's choosing, but that of matthos baratheon. but it would serve a purpose all the same. if she is to marry the lapdog of the king, then she would use it to her advantage and tug on the leash until the dog barked in her favor. FIVE   . affection creeps up on her. she doesn't expect to care for any caron beyond the children she must bear, yet she does. her good sisters earn a place in her heart similar to that of her hightower siblings. while her husband was entirely more complicated. she never imagined she'd grow to love him; there were times where she vehemently refused to allow herself to do so. but she does, a confession that only comes when he nearly meets his end. while love for the carons and nightsong has finally taken root, it does not— and will not— triumph over her loyalties to house hightower.

[jackoshadows]

The many similarities between Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth has already been discussed in detail.  For example, their relationship with their fathers. Both Selwyn Tarth and Ned Stark loved their daughters and yet in some ways wanted them to conform to societal norms. They both had the worst teachers in Septa Mordane and Septa Roelle - mentors who belittled them and made a dent in their self confidence. Are Septas the worst teachers to have for little girls in Westeros?

There are also parallels between Brienne of Tarth and Samwell Tarly.

But there are also parallels between Arya and Sam and I can’t help but feel that Jon’s empathy for Sam and his admiration for Sam’s ‘queer sort of courage’ comes from his love and admiration for his own little sister.

Arya and Sam’s inability to conform to societal expectations makes them feel like they don’t belong. And it is an inability, in that they both wish they could be different. Arya wishes she could be like Sansa. As I mentioned in another post, Arya is envious of Sansa, not jealous. The adults in her life, except her father, compare her to Sansa unfavorably. Her mother expects her to be Sansa so much so that at one point she wonders whether her mother will want her back the way she is. 

This sentiment:

It wasn’t fair. Sansa had everything. Sansa was two years older; maybe by the time Arya had been born, there had been nothing left. Often it felt that way. Sansa could sew and dance and sing. She wrote poetry. She knew how to dress. She played the high harp and the bells. Worse, she was beautiful. Sansa had gotten their mother’s fine high cheekbones and the thick auburn hair of the Tullys. Arya took after their lord father. Her hair was a lusterless brown, and her face was long and solemn. […] It hurt that the one thing Arya could do better than her sister was ride a horse. Well, that and manage a household. - Arya, AGoT

is similar to what Sam says here:

His eyes met Jon’s and darted away, quick as frightened animals. “I... I’m sorry,” he said. “I don’t mean to... to be like I am.” - Jon, AGoT

Both Sam and Arya don’t want to be the way they are. There is nothing wrong to be the way they are. But society makes them feel deficient and as if something is wrong with them. And it’s worth noting that Jon helps them both the same way. He gives Arya Needle and he convinces Maester Aemon to make Sam a steward.

“The collar is supposed to remind a maester of the realm he serves, isn’t that so? Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can’t make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.The Night’s Watch needs al sorts too. Why else have rangers and stewards and builders? Lord Randyll couldn’t make Sam a warrior, and Ser Alliser won’t either. You can’t hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn’t mean tin is useless. Why shouldn’t Sam be a steward?” - Jon, AGoT

It’s almost like Jon admires the people who go against the grain, because he recognizes their courage and understands that they are who they are and one can’t change one’s fundamental nature.

And I love that Sam and Arya meet in Braavos and Sam has the help of another bastard at Oldtown who is also curious and inquisitive like Arya and disguised as a man to do something denied to her because of her gender. Sam, Arya, Jon, Alleras, Brienne - what I wouldn’t give to have a meeting of these similar minds! It would be wondrous to read.

[nighttshade]

✧  ⸺  𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 .

(  ryan destiny  ,  twenty - eight  ,  cis woman  ,  she/her  )  it looks like CERYS TULLY , the LADY of RIVERRUN is prepared to play the game of thrones . you know , their SHREWD  &  VIVACIOUS side might help them along the way , but their MERCURIAL  &  MANIPULATIVE qualities won’t do them any favours . a little bird told me that they’re currently AGAINST the tyrell rule and that their loyalties lie with HOUSE TULLY .  hm , interesting . that same little birdy also told tales of carefully practiced  &  seemingly guileless smiles  ;  a room strewn with a strange combination of expensive jewels and ancient volumes  ;  a surprisingly warm and genuine laugh  ,  quickly smothered in shame . will they win , or will they die  ?

HELLO, hello ! my name is lia, and this is the first of my babies, lady cerys tully of riverrun ! i’m very excited to meet & plot with all of you <3

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑  𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒  .

NAME  :  cerysian  leontine  tully.

NICKNAMES  :  cerys,  rys,  ryssa.

OCCUPATION  /  TITLE  :  lady  of  riverrun.

GENDER  :  identifies  as  a  cis  woman  and  uses  she  /  her  pronouns.

ORIENTATION  :  identifies  as  bisexual.  

CURRENT  RESIDENCE  :  riverrun,  though  she  has  a  small,  hidden  keep  of  herself  as  well,  since  you  never  know  in  westeros.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘  .

POSITIVES  :  shrewd,  vivacious,  poised.

NEUTRAL  :  opportunistic,  guarded,  tenacious.

NEGATIVES  :  mercurial,  manipulative,  two-faced.

MORAL  ALIGNMENT  :  neutral  evil.  

HOGWARTS  HOUSE  :  slytherin.

ZODIAC  SIGN  :  leo  sun,  capricorn  moon,  virgo  rising.

𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃  .

NOTE  :  this  is  subject  to  changes  due  to  plotting  family  relationships.

 cerys  tully  has  always  loved  games,  but  most  importantly,  she’s  always  loved  winning  them.  she’s  a  strange  product  of  the  riverlands’  festering  anger  and  simultaneous  caution.  there’s  a  well  of  ambition  in  her,  wanting  for  glory  and  recognition,  but  she  is  also  riddled  with  wariness,  knowing  there  is  vulnerability  in  her  position.  she  schemes  in  the  shadows,  knowing  a  bold  move  will  only  get  her  one  thing:  death.  

 family,  duty,  honor  was  a  phrase  hammered  into  her  from  the  start  of  her  life  ���  but  honor  was  the  only  one  that  never  really  stuck.  cerys  doesn’t  believe  in  honor  ᅳ  or  rather,  believes  that  honor  can  be  sold.  she’s  always  heard  the  stories  about  house  tully’s  efforts  in  the  siege  against  queen  daenerys,  and  she’s  heard  of  the  aftermath,  too.  there  is  a  bitterness  in  the  rivermen  about  their  lack  of  recognition,  and  that  though  she  won’t  let  anyone  know,  that  bitterness  sticks  to  cerys  like  a  fly  trapped  in  honey.

 all  that  being  said,  cerys  did  not  have  a  particularly  unhappy  childhood.  she  had  a  lovely  smile  and  made  friends  with  surprising  ease.  poised  and  ladylike,  but  adaptable  to  speak  with  smallfolk  just  as  easily  as  fellow  lords  and  ladies.  cerys  had  an  air  that  drew  people  in,  and  made  her  a  loveable  sort  of  person.  as  a  child,  there  was  nothing  exactly  special  to  her  aside  from  that  (  sure,  she  was  the  first  born  child  to  the  lord  paramount  of  the  trident,  but  she  wasn’t  particularly  fierce  nor  was  she  vicious  like  the  way  people  often  spoke  of  many  other  highborn  heirs  ).  

 therefore  it  was  a  surprise  to  many  when  the  maester  started  complaining  about  cerys  constantly  stealing  his  books.  hungry  for  knowledge,  the  young  tully  girl  was  smart  as  a  whip  ᅳ  and  incredibly  eager  to  learn  even  more.  she  was,  of  course,  indulged  (  as  a  child  of  nobility  often  is  )  but  quickly  outgrew  the  knowledge  available  at  riverrun,  too.  as  an  incredibly  special  favor,  she  spent  almost  a  year  at  the  citadel  in  oldtown,  studying  everything  ᅳ  from  rare  folklore  to  recountings  of  old  battles  to  the  workings  of  their  world,  whatever  she  could  get  her  hands  on,  cerys  took.

 in  a  way,  her  time  at  the  citadel  signaled  a  change  in  the  girl,  cerys  felt  like  she  had  gained  all  these  tools  at  her  disposal  now,  this  knowledge  she  could  wield  the  way  knights  wielded  their  swords,  something  that  she  could  translate  into  a  way  for  house  tully  to  gain  the  glory  they  were  denied  so  long  ago.  aside  from  her  knowledge,  she  started  to  hone  her  social  graces  too  ᅳ  knowing  the  way  her  smiles  charmed  and  her  words  won  people  over.  at  the  same  time,  this  brought  out  the  more  negative  aspects  of  her  personality  as  well.  cerys  came  to  see  kindness  as  a  strength  only  when  it  was  wielded  in  her  favor,  not  just  as  kindness.  

 over  the  years,  cerys  found  herself  a  true  player  in  this  game  ᅳ  an  underestimated  one,  but  that  is  what  she  considers  a  strength.  a  pretty  face  hiding  a  calculating  and  tactical  mind,  very  much  like  her  mother  in  that  aspect.  she’s  carefully  looking  for  new  alliances,  beyond  the  tyrell  rule  (  or  even  some  unhappy  under  it  )  and  this  time  ᅳ  she  refuses  for  the  tully’s  to  be  left  behind  again.  

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘  .

 unlike  myriah,  cerys  is  going  to  be  incredibly  easy  to  get  along  with  for  most  characters,  though  most  of  it  will  be  pushing  more  towards  a  “  false  ”  energy  instead  of  something  genuine.  she’s  very  much  the  silk  hiding  steel  trope,  putting  on  this  face  of  kindness  &  a  gentle  nature,  someone  easily  walked  over  ᅳ  when  in  reality,  she’s  pushing  in  a  different  direction.  the  truth  is,  there’s  some  of  that  actual  kindness  left  in  her,  but  on  god  she’ll  bring  hell  on  anyone  who  would  try  to  manipulate  that  in  her.

[trinuviel]

Azor Ahai, The Prince that was Promised and the Red Sword of Heroes (part 1)

(The Prince that was Promised. Art by Marco Caradonna)

The idea of a Chosen One, a hero destined to save the world from evil is a very common trope in fantasy fiction. This trope appears in George R.R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire where prophecies speak of The Prince that was Promised (tPtwP) and Azor Ahai (AA) come again. However, nothing is simple and straightforward with GRRM.

Firstly, it is unclear whether tPtwP and AA refer to the same person. Many readers assume so and GRRM encourages the assumption by having Melisandre using the two titles interchangeably when she declares Stannis Baratheon the Chosen One.

Secondly, when it comes the the prophecy of tPtwP, the reader is never presented with the full prophecy and the exact wording beyond a few clues and sentences scattered throughout the books. In contrast, the reader is given much more information on the prophecy of the second coming of AA as well as more clues that may lead the reader to identify which character is supposed to embody Azor Ahai come again.

Trying to identify who is The Prince that was Promised and/or Azor Ahai come again has become a fun pastime for fans of the series. There are many interesting theories and candidates (see fx @westerwoman who makes a case for Jaime Lannister as AA/tPtwP). However, it is pretty much universally agreed upon that Melisandre is wrong and that Stannis Baratheon is not the Chosen One. So who is? We really won’t know until the series is finished. However, that should deter us from analyzing the text and make an educated guess.

Shall we begin?

First off, I believe it is important to cast doubt on our assumptions – and one of the most common assumptions is that tPtwP and AA refer to the same person. I’d argue that text both encourages this assumption while at the same time seeding confusion about the issue if it is read closely. I have come to believe that this is intentional on the part of the author and that this assumption that tPtwP is the same as AA may very well be a red herring. The figures of The Prince that was Promised and Azor Ahai come again are both introduced separately in the second book of the series, A Clash of Kings – tPtwp in one of Daenerys’ chapters and AA in one of Davos’ chapters. In A Storm of Swords, the third book of the series, Melisandre implies that the two are one and the same when she calls Stannis Baratheon “the prince that was promised, Lord of Dragonstone and chosen of R'hllor.” (ACoK, Davos IV) The story of Azor Ahai originates in Asshai and is closely connected to the cult of R’hllor as the Red Priests believe that AA will be reborn as the champion sent by their god to defend the world against darkness. Melisandre calls Stannis both Azor Ahai reborn and The Prince that was Promised in A Storm of Swords.

The Prince that was Promised and Azor Ahai reborn are the subjects of two different prophecies, one from Westeros and one from Asshai. The question is whether these two prophecies refer to the same person. It is therefore important to take a closer look at the text. When are the two terms used? What is the wording of the prophecies?

THE PRINCE THAT WAS PROMISED

The Prince that was Promised is the subject of a prophecy that a wood’s witch spoke to Jaehaerys II Targaryen. She foretold that tPtwP would spring from the line of Aerys and Rhaella Targaryen and thus King Jaehaerys decided to wed them to each other (A Dance with Dragons, Daenerys IV).

The Prince that was Promised in first mentioned in A Clash of Kings when Daenerys Targaryen has a vision of her dead brother Rhaegar with his son Aegon in the House of the Undying in Quarth:

"He has a song," the man replied. "He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire." He looked up when he said it and his eyes met Dany's, and it seemed as if he saw her standing there beyond the door. (ACoK, Daenerys V)

Is this a vision of the past? It appears so but if so, then it may be a misleading one. Rhaegar’s son Aegon was killed during the Sack of King’s Landing. If Elia’s son Aegon “was this prince that was promised, the promise was broken along with his skull when the Lannisters dashed his head against a wall” as Jorah Mormont replies to Dany’s retelling of her visions (ACoK, Daenerys V). Rhaegar also mentions the Song of Ice and Fire. What does it mean in this context? It could refer to a war between the magical forces of Ice (White Walkers) and Fire (Dragons). A poetic name for an ugly conflict, like the Dance of Dragons was the poetic name given to the ruinous civil war among the members of House Targaryen. However, the song of ice and fire could also refer to Jon Snow as the child of a Targaryen (Fire) and a Stark (Ice). This interpretation would have a larger weight if Jon’s Targaryen name is indeed Aegon in the books as well as the show.

The prophecy of tPtwP is mentioned again in A Feast for Crows, the fourth book in the series.

“No one ever looked for a girl. […] It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. Rhaegar, I thought … the smoke was from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of his birth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King’s Landing on the night Aegon was conceived, and Rhaegar was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet. What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years. Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The dragons prove it.” – Maester Aemon to Samwell Tarly, (AFoC, Samwell IV)

What is going on in this passage? Aemon realizes that there has been an error in translation – in the original prophecy? Did the wood’s witch speak the entire prophecy or just the part about the line of Aerys and Rhaella? Which language is the prophecy written in? One would assume it was written in Valyrian since the show made a point of emphasizing that the word for prince in Valyrian has no gender. Still, we know neither the age nor the wording of the original prophecy. Maester Aemon says that Daenerys’ dragons proves that she is tPtwP – but does he say that because the prophecy mentions the hatching of dragons? Or is it because the prophecy is linked to House Targaryen and they symbolically think of themselves as dragons? We do get another tidbit of information. One line of the prophecy goes like this: “born amidst salt and smoke.” It also contains the mention of a “bleeding star”.

Samwell mentions the prophecy and its possible connection to Daenerys Targaryen to Maester Marwyn at the Citadel in Oldtown:

“Born amidst salt and smoke, beneath a bleeding star. I know the prophecy. […] Not that I would trust it. […] Still…” - Maester Marwyn to Samwell Tarly (AFoC, Samwell V)

However, Marwyn still decides to travel to Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen.

It is important to note that we don’t know the entire prophecy, its source or its exact wording! I think that this is no coincidence that GRRM has withheld this knowledge from the reader.

So what do we know about the prophecy of Prince that was Promised?

The hero can be either male or female.

The hero is born amidst salt and smoke.

The hero is born beneath a bleeding star.

The hero comes from the line of Aerys II Targaryen and Rhaella Targaryen.

The song of ice and fire belongs to the hero.

It may involve dragons.

AZOR AHAI REBORN

According to the red Priests of Rh’llor, Azor Ahai was a legendary warrior that fought the Long Night with a burning sword called Lightbringer. It is a legend that spread west from Asshai.

How long the darkness endured no man can say, but all agree that it was only when a great warrior—known variously as Hyrkoon the Hero, Azor Ahai, Yin Tar, Neferion, and Eldric Shadowchaser—arose to give courage to the race of men and lead the virtuous into battle with his blazing sword Lightbringer that the darkness was put to rout, and light and love returned once more to the world. (The World of Ice and Fire, Yi-Ti)

Azor Ahai is a figure of myth, a myth that has spread across the continent of Essos and its hero has acquired many different names (and perhaps the story has acquired a number of narrative variations as well - fx in Yi Ti it was a woman with a monkey’s tail that defeated the darkness. (tWoIaF). According to the priesthood of Rh’llor, 5000 years ago, Azor Ahai is prophesized to be reborn to lead the fight against the darkness once again. Melisandre connects Azor Ahai Reborn intimately to her own religion. She calls him the Beloved of R’hllor, the Warrior of Light, the Son of Fire.

Let’s have a look at what is said about Azor Ahai reborn in the books:

“She talks of prophecies … a hero reborn in the sea, living dragons hatched from dead stone … she speaks of signs and swears they point to me.” - Stannis Baratheon to Davos Seaworth, (ASoS, Davos V)

“In ancient books of Asshai it is written that there will come a day after a long summer when the stars bleed and the cold breath of darkness falls heavy on the world. In this dread hour a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword. And that sword shall be Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes, and he who clasps it shall be Azor Ahai come again, and the darkness shall flee before him.” – Melisandre, (ACoK, Davos I)

“It is written in prophecy as well. When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.” – Melisandre, (ASoS, Davos III)

“Benerro has sent forth word from Volantis. Her [Daenerys] coming is the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy. From smoke and salt was she born to make the world anew. She is Azor Ahai returned… and her triumph over darkness will bring a summer that will never end… death itself will bend its knee, and all those who die fighting in her cause shall be reborn…” Haldon to Tyrion Lannister, (ADwD, Tyrion VI)

So what do we know about the prophecy about Azor Ahai reborn?

The hero is (re)born in the sea.

The hero will hatch living dragons from dead stone.

The hero is (re)born amidst/from smoke and salt.

Then a red star bleeds a warrior will draw a burning sword (Lightbringer) from the fire.

The warrior who wields Lightbringer will be AA come again.

The hero will make the world anew with a summer that never ends.

The people fighting in AA’s cause shall be reborn.

With the knowledge we have, we can see that the two prophecies overlap when it comes to the Chosen One being born amidst salt and smoke. A bleeding star is also involved. I find the wording about the “bleeding star” interesting. The prophecy of tPtwP says that the hero will be born beneath a bleeding star whilst the prophecy of AA says that a warrior will draw Lightbringer from the fire when the stars bleed. What I find interesting is that that difference in wording suggests two different things:

The hero is born beneath a bleeding red star.

Lightbringer is forged when the red star bleeds.

These two things aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. Indeed, the forging of Lightbringer can be interpreted as a rebirth if we combine these two utterances about AA: “…when the stars bleed […]a warrior shall draw from the fire a burning sword” and “When the red star bleeds […] Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt.” So you could argue that the forging of Lightbringer marks the birth of the hero/warrior. It is not a literal birth but a symbolic one. However, the wording of the prophecy also suggests that the hero wielding Lightbringer may not the same as the warrior who forge it. I won’t claim that is what will happen but I’ll simply point out that the quote from ACoK (Davos I) can be interpreted in this manner.

Are tPtwP and AA reborn the same person? I think that there’s sufficient overlap between what we know about the two prophecies to say that they probably are. Especially if the prophecy of tPtwP originally came out of Old Valyria (that would suggests that it is migrated from Asshai).

So who is Azor Ahai and the Prince that was Promised? That will be the subject of the next installment.

[admittedlynotspartacus]

“Game of Thrones” Season VII: Episode 2 - A Foreign Invasion is Underway

Guys. Sam's acne treatment. The fury of Freddie Mercury. BARACK. AND MICHELLE. Y'all stepped it up. Let's talk about it.

DRAGONSTONE

Lightning. Thunder. And then, in the uppermost window of Dragonstone - THERE’S A LIGHT.

It’s D-Baby. She’s doing her usual thing of staring moodily out of windows of castles which she’s decided to post up in instead of, you know, TAKING THE THRONE. But then P-Dinky is like, “We’re not gonna stay here long.” And we’re all like -

But before she ducks outta here, she turns to Varys and does a dramatic recitation of his Wikipedia page and opens up the library on him without mercy.

Luckily, he passes the test with flying colors and receives a full fucking pardon when he’s like, “I listened to Robert. I listened to your daddy. But you’re the voice of the people, so ya know what -?”

There is no time for revels though, because Melisandre has warped back here and is notable for being the only lady who didn’t get the memo about wearing black this season.

Anyway, she starts spewing her usual “Prince That Was Promised” shit. And D-Baby’s like, “But I’m not a prince!” And Michelle is all, “WELL TECHNICALLY, IT’S A BAD TRANSLATION THAT ACTUALLY MEANS ‘PRINCE’ OR ‘PRINCESS...’”

And we’re all like...

While at the same time being like, “Like, what is gender, amiright?”

#TheRealPrinceThatWasPromised

WINTERFELL

So Melisandre’s told D-Baby and co. about J-Snow, and they’ve dispatched a raven summoning him. But Sansa smells fish and is like -

But we’re all at home like -

And meanwhile Davos is still like -

KING’S LANDING

Cersei’s with a bunch of Tyrell bannermen giving a really inspirational speech about how they shouldn’t back D-Baby that basically boils down to -

And they’re all like, “Yeah but dragons.” And Maester Frankenstein is just like, “Don’t worry guys...

And we’re all like, “Ohmigod I wonder what it is!!!!” And he takes Cersei down to the dragon lair to show her and we’re like, “Ohmigod we’re gonna find out this episode!” and then he whips the cloth off it and it’s A... giant... crossbow...

And at first I’m like, “Well, now wait a second. Maybe crossbows don’t exist yet in this world.”

Aight, N.V.M.

OLDTOWN

One time I went on a 7 hour kayaking trip and didn’t bring sunscreen to reapply. There were blisters. There was pus. And yet it was not one percent as bad as what has happened to poor Daddy Mormont, who basically looks like this -

Sam thinks he can cure him, but National Treasure Jim Motherfucking Broadbent is like, “You know not the ways.” Even though Sam has clearly risen up the ranks so much that NTJMB and he are already like -

NTJMB is even asking Sam for thoughts on his new book about the last six seasons of the TV show we’ve been watching. And Sam’s like, “I don’t like the title.” And NTJMB is like, “What would you rather call it?” And we’re all thinking -

And he doesn’t. Yet. Instead he goes to Daddy Mormont and he’s like -

Except less chill because he’s got a paint chipper, some rum, a hope and a prayer.

What follows is the grossest Thrones scene since Grand Maester Pycelle farted last year. Because Sam’s gotta get all this shit off Daddy Mormont by morning, but Daddy Mormont can’t scream. And there’s A LOT OF THIS SHIT ON HIM. So it basically is a combination of -

and -

DRAGONSTONE

The gang’s all here and they’re all pissed at D-Baby. Yara’s like, “We gotta attack NOW!” Mama Sand is starting a #NeverLannister movement, and D-Rigg is just like, “Hey, member Margaery?”

And then P-Dinky - remember him? He used to be the best character? - actually gets to talk and he’s like, going on about how Cersei is going to win banner-men over by appealing to their nationalism.

So in honor of Made in America week, he’s not outsourcing their plan to attack the cities around King’s Landing. Until he gets to his own home city and he’s like, “Dothraki and Unsullied, you dudes are taking Casterly Rock.”

Everybody’s V impressed at his sacrifice but also that D&D actually fucking let him drive a scene, so they’re all like -

Except D-Rigg still seems a little huffy, so she and D-Baby have a private conversation where D-Rigg is basically like, “You’re standing strong and tall. You’re the bravest of them all. If on courage you must call, then just keep on tryin’ and tryin’ and TRYIN’. Be a lion.”

And D-Baby’s just like -

And then. My dear dear friends. It’s just Barack. And Michelle. Alone. Barack’s headed out, Michelle is staying behind. It’s now or never.

And Barack just starts on his usual -

But Michelle is not having it. She’s like, “THIS is the moment.” 

And then she’s like -

And then she fucking just goes for his pants but he’s like, “Stop.”

And she’s like, “Yo, lemme at that D.” But he’s all, “You don’t understand. Six inches forward and five inches back, I got a - I got an angry inch.” And she’s just like -

And suddenly, it’s just like ASS! BOOBS! ARE WE GONNA SEE HIS STUMPY-STUMP OHMIGOD I HOPE NOT!

And then she lays back like -

But instead he’s just like -

And we’re all just like -

WHEREVER ARYA IS

Arya is full of reunions this week, because at first she’s eating at this inn when who should pop up but fucking HOT PIE! Also revelation that Hot Pie totally looks like Dustin from Stranger Things.

Oh, he FOUND the chocolate pudding. He found it so hard. So they’re like chilling and she’s like - 

When Hot Pie acts like the greatest GPS ever known to man and reroutes her to Winterfell by telling her the Boltons are dead. And just like that -

But first reunion #2. Because we get some creepy POV shots on Arya camping in the woods, plus some growling and snarling. And her horse is acting CRAY. And I’m thinking, “Oh fuck. Ed Sheeran and his bros are back to fucking rape her, QUICK TURN IT OFF!” But lo and behold - it’s a bunch of wolves! Which is still bad until one is like -

But it’s not gonna eat her or catcall at her, because it’s her old wolf, people! So Arya is like, “Come with me, Nymeria.” But Nymeria is like -

and she peaces out. Leaving Arya alone to be like, “I see the same sky through my eyes as you see through yours, but we’re worlds apart. Worlds apart.”

WINTERFELL

More RuPaul - Michelle Visage shenanigans as J-Snow finds out about the dragonglass on Dragonstone and is like, “I’m going.”

But Sansa still smells fish and is like -

Which then gets everyone to turn on J-Snow, so he’s just like, “You know what? Fuck this. You be queen.”

But of course Sansa’s just like -

Meanwhile, Littlefinger is still being a creep.

THE SEVEN FUCKING SEAS

All right, so here we are with the fucking Sand Snakes.

Yo I know, I know, but spoiler alert they’re gonna die soon, so it’s all okay. Just first, we have to listen to them have one more dumbass scene where the One Who Showed Her Boobs is like -

And Whale Rider and The Other One are like, “Mama! Mama! Mama!” And I’m just like -

But then we go to Yara and Mama flirting while Mama like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’s Theon into getting them drinks. And then she’s like, “Aren’t you gonna protect your sister?” And she starts like getting close to her and touching her legs. And then she literally says, “A foreign invasion is underway.”

But alas, the invasion is cut short, because the ships are being attacked! And it’s like fire! Storming! UNCLE FREDDIE MERCURY!

And lemme tell ya, he is READY TO GO. It’s just like axes and blood and stabbing. And we’re all like -

And I’m especially like, “Uncle Freddie Mercury, find the Sand Snakes. Kill them.”

But Yara finds The One Who Showed Her Boobs first and is like, “Yo, I’m still trying to fuck your mom. Go protect her.” And The One Who Showed Her Boobs is just like, “Got it.” But the other ones aren’t so lucky. Because first he comes for Whale Rider.

And then without missing a beat he goes for The Other One!

And then Freddie’s backup boys find Mama and The One Who Showed Her Boobs and Mama’s just like, “Kill us. Get it over with.” And again, I’m just like -

But of course, it’s Game of Thrones and we can’t have too much of a good thing.

Anyway, it’s full-on Yara vs. Uncle Freddie Mercury time, and meanwhile there’s still these like mystery fire cannons shooting off.

But THERE’S NO TIME FOR LOGIC! Yara’s about to get her throat slit when Freddie’s just like - “LITTLE THEON!!!”

And Freddie’s like got an axe to her throat, and Theon could just like... run at her? I guess? And do something? And then Freddie LEGIT Virginia Woolf’s him. Like -

And Theon’s just like -

BOOB COUNT: 1 BODY COUNT: 2, plus a lotta extras in that last scene (Rest in Eternal Misery Whale Rider & The Other One) EPISODE GRADE: A-

SER POUNCE’S STRAY THOUGHTS

I just don’t believe for a second Varys is going to stop conspiring behind people’s backs just because Daenerys made him swear an oath.

After so much hype about this Prince that Was Promised prophecy, it was just a BAD TRANSLATION? I dunno, guys.

I gotta say it, I was Team Sansa for such a long time, but she’s being quite the killjoy this season. And there’s nothing I hate more than being on Team Jon. That said, nothing she’s doing is really stupid. She’s being rightly cautious, but because we know Tyrion and D-Baby aren’t trapping them, it’s creating an interesting conflict for us.

Dickon joins the latest Thrones characters recast over the season break. No more Cormac from Half-Blood Prince.

They love saying “the wars to come.”

I’m so not about Diana Rigg dying, but I fear it is coming.

So just to be clear, the plan was to use Yara’s fleet to transport Ellaria back to Sunspear and get the Dornish army. But now, the fleet has been taken (right?) and Ellaria has been abducted. So none of these armies are technically in the control of Daenerys anymore.

Emmy campaign for Barack please.

So I think it’s safe to say that we can add another Samwise-Samwell parallel in that at the end of all this, Sam will document all these events into an essentially in-world Song of Ice and Fire book.

I’ve loved this Arya plot this season. I thought for sure she was headed down a path into ice-cold vengeance biddy, but this rediscovery of her early days is really lovely and unexpected.

Maisie Williams is so good.

Do we think Littlefinger knows about Jon’s parentage?

It seems as though Yara is still alive.

Two Sand Snakes down. One (and Mama) to go. But you gotta figure Cersei’s gonna take care of them next week. Dreams really do come true.

NEXT WEEK: Freddie Mercury is the champion, Casterly Rock invasion, and J-Snow and D-Baby together at last. Will they fuck?

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Name: Elliot Tucker Bones Age Range: 23 Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him Occupation: Manager at OldTown Coffee Status: TAKEN by sam

You were left all of the responsibility of your family’s coffee shop when your older sister left town without saying a word. It wasn’t what you wanted to do, it never had been, but there was a part of you that just couldn’t tell your parents that you didn’t want to do it. That all of their hard work in building up the shop, making it a family business, had been for nothing. So you work for your father, learning the ropes from him, and practice your music secretly away from them. When your best friend mysteriously died in a motorcycle accident as he tried to leave town, it only made you more afraid for your future, and you found that having security in owning the shop might not be as bad as you had made it out to be.

Avery: Your older sister. Your family always thought they would be the one to inherit the coffee shop, and you always thought so too. When they went away to college, and left all of the responsibility on you, it was a shock to everything you had planned in your life. But you’ve never been quite as brave as they always were. Sef: You look forward to working early shifts, because it means you’ll get to see Sef. Over the years, you’ve found a comfort in this routine. In seeing them walk in, sharing the same banter you always do, and both going about your separate ways. Over the past few months, you’ve been wanting to ask them if maybe they wanted to be friends outside of their morning routine, but you can’t. You’re too afraid of rejection.    

faceclaim: Jack Kilmer

tw: familial tensions

There is a quiet boy with a sunken face and straggly blonde hair that falls messily over his eyes who always stands behind the counter of OldTown Coffee with a stained, tattered apron and an empty look in his eyes. He will still smile politely as he serves you the latte you ordered, but it lacks sincerity, and as he mumbles a quiet “enjoy” before returning to the register, he sounds just as distant as the glint in his eyes suggest.

Elliot Bones had not always been so withdrawn from his life. On the contrary, his childhood could be remembered as mostly warm, fond memories. Learning to ride a bike with the help of his sister, reading the Harry Potter series on the window sill of his parents coffee shop, splitting a kit-kat with his best friend on the top of the monkey bars. Save for the dark mysteries held by the town in which he grew up, Elliot was the product of a loving home.

That is not to say everything was always picture perfect for the Bones family. In fact, by the look of their home, things were not picturesque in the slightest. Owning the local coffee shop meant that the recession had hit them hard. Weeds had overgrown across their lawn, the paint on the porch railing was chipping and peeling, exposing rotted wood that would give out with a solid kick. They could no longer afford small luxuries — premium channels, new clothes, a movie on the weekend. And as money becomes tight, relationships can become tense. Such was the case between Elliot’s parents, and though he was only thirteen at the time, there were many nights he spent, leaning against the railing of the staircase, listening as his parents argued in the kitchen about where they should put their money. How can they invest in a new espresso machine when they have their kids to think about? How can Avery consider university when they are supposed to take over the shop? How will they manage to pay off next month’s mortgage when they’ve barely made ten sales this week?

It is a burden, to be young and therefore helpless, but old enough to want to do something. Elliot had grown up with a natural instinct to want to help — it was a quality that could be seen in him even as a child. When he was seven years old, he found a bird with a broken wing and insisted on nursing it back to health with the help of his mother. But when you are thirteen in a town like Sallybrook, you do not have many options on ways to make extra cash. So Elliot assisted where he could — he washed the dishes without being asked to, he tried his best not to fight with his sister when he could help it, and he hardly ever talked back to his parents, even when he wanted to. With a sister whose goal seemed to be to defy their parents, Elliot strived to keep the peace.

But putting everyone’s needs above your own can eventually take a toll. You begin to lose sight of who you are. The goals and aspirations you once had begin to intertwine with the expectations that others have of you. You look in the mirror and your reflection stares back at you — but something is missing. Something has been taken from you. And yet you give, you give, you give…

Elliot found solace in music, which he shared a common passion for with his best friend, Matt. Matt had introduced him to everything he knew — Talking Heads, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison. The pair spent their lunches on the bleachers of Sallybrook Public High School, with an ear bud in one ear as they discussed their plans to start a band in the future, and tour the states, leaving behind Sallybrook for good. Matt had always seemed like the only one who got it. They didn’t have to talk much to understand each other, and Matt taught Elliot how to write about his feelings in lyrics, poetically, without ever explicitly saying what he means. It became a hobby, a fun pastime to write and write and write and know that he was the only one who would ever truly know the meaning behind these words, the rest was up to interpretation for the world. The world, of course, being his bedroom, seeing as he saw the disapproving looks his parents gave his sister due to their passion for art, and was not sure they would be much more approving of music.

Elliot’s fate had been sealed by the time he was a senior in high school. His sister, selfishly, had run off to art school, knowing fully well what she was leaving behind. The coffee shop. In a disappointing turn of a events, for both Elliot and his father, it seemed that he was now expected to manage the coffee shop. Though OldTown Coffee had always been a large part of Elliot’s life, never in his eighteen years had he imagined taking it over. Something about Sallybrook had never felt quite like home, and accepting the responsibility of the family business meant that he would be staying in Sallybrook a lot longer than planned.

Nevertheless, Elliot accepted the responsibility. He could not bring himself to disappoint his parents as his sister had, and for that he began to resent her. How was it so easy for them to let Elliot shoulder the burden of the family business? How was saying no something that seemed to come so naturally to Avery? He became the manager upon graduation, and each shift since then seemed to leave him a little bit emptier than the shift before. Time seemed to slow down with each passing day, and each day became more unbearable. When Matt decided to leave for California, he promised to reach out for Elliot as soon as he was settled. Part of Elliot felt comfort in the thought of that, and he spent his shifts day dreaming about running away to the west coast, abandoning the family business, studying music. But a knot in his stomach would always form, a lump in his throat that he could not swallow at the thought of disappointing his parents, of deserting their dreams in chase of his own. He was not selfish, he never had been.

Matt’s body was found along with a totaled motorcycle the morning after he had left for California. Elliot had not been alerted, but rather learned this from murmurs of customers at the coffee shop, stealing glances back at him as he had stood, hands shaking behind the register. Matt had been the one who understood, he had made up for the courage that Elliot lacked. After he was gone, Elliot had never felt more like the shell of who he once had been, and he no longer dreamed of California. OldTown Coffee, as mundanely routine as it may be, was safe. Though the smile never quite met his eyes, Elliot had begun to find comfort in his repetitive routine. As much as he resented his sister for leaving, his parents for burdening him for this responsibility, and his best friend, for dying — he had managed to find the light in OldTown Coffee. Perhaps there was something good to come out of it, someone he was supposed to meet, someone who might help him feel alive again.

[tragicbooks]

The 5 nicest things that happened on this week's 'Game of Thrones.'

Welcome to “A Song of Nice and Fire” Upworthy’s weekly series recapping one of the most brutal shows on TV. Since brutality is not really in our wheelhouse, Eric March has taken it upon himself to dig deep, twist and turn, and squint really hard to see if he can find the light of kindness in all the darkness. He may not always succeed, but by gosh if he won’t try his best.

Here’s what he found on this week’s "Game of Thrones."

If seven years of bumping around Westeros has taught me anything, it's that the game giveth, and the game taketh away. No more so than for those of us who recappeth the game on the internet.

Poor snowy horsemen. Image by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Last week was full of human kindness. This week, not so much. So ... I'm going to do things a little differently.

I'm going to summarize the down and dirty of what happened in each location. Then, I'm going to give the nicest person in that location special props. An award, of sorts. Named after the kindest, gentlest soul ever to visit there.

Let's give this a shot, shall we?

Dragonstone

The episode opens just a few days (weeks? months? What timescale are we operating at here again, anyway?) into Daenerys' triumphant homecoming to Dragonstone, where she and Varys are just not getting along.

The spymaster tries to whisper sweet, manipulative nothings to the breaker of freaking chains to no avail because, of course, there's the tiny matter of Varys trying to have Dany killed way back in season one. Varys does manage to slip back into the dragon queen's good (or, let's be honest, medium) graces by playing the complete and total honesty card and declaring his loyalty to the continent's smallfolk, a concern Daenerys purports to share, even though she will shortly be raining dragonfire down on a fair percentage of them.

"So. Who saw Spider-Man?" Image by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later, Melisandre shows up for some light exposition about gender neutral pronouns in high Valyrian, and Dany's 4/5 badass female war council hash out their battle plans for taking back the Seven Kingdoms. Could Tyrion's encyclopedic knowledge of the Casterly Rock sewer system finally be about to pay off?

Perhaps not if Daenerys heeds Olenna's advice to "ignore all men."

On the eve of battle, Missandei and Grey Worm decide they can't hide their terribly hidden feelings from each other anymore. What follows is about as tender a love scene as we're likely to ever get on "Game of Thrones," which means...

The Shireen Baratheon Award of Generosity goes to: Missandei and Grey Worm: She for teaching a eunuch how to love and he for apparently being the only man on either continent who's heard of cunnilingus. I mean, do the women have to put it in a raven, guys? This isn't rocket science.

Winterfell

In response to an invitation from Tyrion, Jon and Davos discuss plans to meet up with Daenerys and her dragons — and Sansa is like, "You guys."

Then, Jon tells all the northern and Eyrie lords about his plan to get down with a Targaryen restoration — something none of them are particularly stoked about, given Dany's focus on killing lords and masters and the human burning that happened during the last go-around — to save the world from the White Walkers and Sansa is like, "YOU GUYS."

Unlike previous iterations of the Stark-men-go-nobly-unto-their-certain-doom show, both Jon and Sansa sort of have a point here. Sansa is darn sure correct that Jon is way too trusting of some self-appointed queen whose dad killed their grandpa and uncle only, like, 15 years ago. But Jon really has seen the White Walkers, and they really are scary, and they really do need the dragons to re-dead them. Anyway, the whole thing ends with Jon naming Sansa temporary Warden of the North in his absence, which is something his dad/secret uncle never would have done.

Somewhere in there, Jon grabs Littlefinger by the neck in the crypt, because Stark men grabbing Littlefinger by the neck always seems to end well, and tells him to lay off Sansa, which will definitely happen because Littlefinger respects the wishes of others, especially Stark men who grab him by the neck.

Your hilariously empty threats give me life. Image by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Finally, Jon trots off toward his destiny and Sansa manages to give 'em a lil' wave goodbye.

But her eyes are still clearly screaming, "YOU GUYS!!!!"

And the Maester Luwin Medallion of Ultimate Kindness goes to: If you think about it, it was really nice of the tombs of previous generations of Starks to provide a hard surface for Jon to strangle Littlefinger on. Even if it was short-lived and Jon will likely live to regret it before too long, boy did Littlefinger have it coming.

Oldtown

Deep in the stacks, Archmaester Ebrose and Sam argue over the title of Ebrose's Westerosi history thriller about all the wars we just saw happen over the previous six seasons — Ebrose thinks it really needs to pop, while Sam thinks it should be more "poetic." (If you were ever wondering if HBO and George R. R. Martin haggled over "Game of Thrones" versus "A Song of Ice and Fire," for the series title well ... now we probably know.)

Image by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Meanwhile Jorah is no longer zombie-handling Sam from the confines of his cell — instead, he's sitting in a dank room receiving a depressing prognosis and contemplating suicide-by-sword.

It's a relief, then, when Sam approaches him with a tray full of sharp metal implements, a jug of rum, and a plan to cure him by straight-up carving the disease off Jorah's body. It's a gross process, made all the grosser by an end-of-scene match cut between Jorah's gooey back knifings and a bowl of creamy soup hundreds of miles away. I mean ... GOSH.

And the Little Sam Prize for Pure Goodness goes to: Sam. Obviously. For literally scraping the leprosy off Jorah's back. Come. On.

The Riverlands

Fresh off a righteous around-the-fire chill session with Ed Sheeran, Arya catches up with Hot Pie (Hot Pie!) who gives her a killer pie crust tip and fills her in on the goings-on with her surprisingly alive siblings, which gets the tiny assassin sidetracked on her mission to kill Cersei and points her north.

Image by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later on, trying to warm herself with the world's most pitiful fire, Arya finds Nymeria! Her direwolf! And asks her to come back to Winterfell with her! And because this is "Game of Thrones," she does and they live happily ever after!

Just kidding. The direwolf unceremoniously trots in the opposite direction. Because, as Arya realizes, "that's not her." (Not, as in literally not her, but as in that's not her style to come along. Apparently, this was a reference to a line from season one? Gotta stay past the credits, I guess.)

And the Brienne of Tarth Honor of Heartwarmingness goes to: Hot Pie, for giving Arya his secret pie recipe. First brown the butter, before slaughtering your enemies' family members and baking their digits into the filling. Gonna stow that one away for Thanksgiving.

The high seas.

Below deck, all is smooth sailing in the Iron Fleet on its way to collect the Dornish army. The Sand Snakes lay in their hammocks fantasizing about the various Lannisters they're going to whip/throwing star to death while Yara and Ellaria get to know one another a little-to-a-lot better.

Of course, then Uncle Euron ruins the moment when he comes flying in like the lead singer of Rhode Island's third best Iron Maiden tribute band and spoils everything, slaughtering various extras and the two Sand Snakes you probably didn't care about, while taking the one Sand Snake you also didn't care about but at least definitely recognized, Ellaria, and Yara hostage. Confronted by his father's brother holding his sister at ax-point, Theon takes a deep breath, screws his courage to the sticking place, and ... bravely jumps into the sea.

Oh well. You'll get him next time, Theon.

And the Ser Davos Seaworth Herald of Compassion goes to: Random piece of shipwreck, for holding Theon afloat after he abandons ship. Perhaps he doesn't deserve it — he sexually harassed his sister, killed two innocent farm boys, and sold out the entire North to a crazed serial killer — but hey, everyone deserves a 27th chance. Right? Way to come through in the clutch, hunk of driftwood!

Random Acts of Niceness

It was cool of those wolves not to eat Arya's horse, who was definitely like "screw this" throughout that entire scene.

Varys is a "small-d" democrat? Could we be headed toward a revolution of the Westerosi political system? Five years from now, will we be arguing about Pentosi interference in the Targaryen-Lannister election?

Ser Davos knows how to read! All those lessons with Shireen finally paid off. Thanks, Shireen! Wonder whatever happened to that scamp.

That's all for now, folks! Join me next week when hopefully Daenerys and Jon bro out over their vinyl collections, the Night King helps paint the Wall a lovely burnt umber, and Randall and Dickon Tarly's father-son road trip back to Horn Hill ends in a tearful game of catch.

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The 5 nicest things that happened on this week's 'Game of Thrones.'

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Welcome to “A Tune of Pleasant and Fire” Upworthy’s weekly collection recapping one particular of the most brutal displays on Tv set. Considering that brutality is not really in our wheelhouse, Eric March has taken it upon himself to dig deep, twist and change, and squint really hard to see if he can locate the light of kindness in all the darkness. He could not normally triumph, but by gosh if he will not try out his greatest.

Here’s what he found on this week’s "Video game of Thrones."

If 7 years of bumping all over Westeros has taught me anything, it's that the activity giveth, and the activity taketh away. No a lot more so than for all those of us who recappeth the activity on the internet.

Inadequate snowy horsemen. Impression by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Very last week was comprehensive of human kindness. This week, not so a lot. So ... I am likely to do issues a very little in a different way.

I am likely to summarize the down and dirty of what occurred in each individual place. Then, I am likely to give the nicest individual in that place specific props. An award, of kinds. Named soon after the kindest, gentlest soul ever to take a look at there.

Let us give this a shot, shall we?

Dragonstone

The episode opens just a couple times (weeks? months? What timescale are we operating at below yet again, anyway?) into Daenerys' triumphant homecoming to Dragonstone, the place she and Varys are just not receiving alongside.

The spymaster tries to whisper sweet, manipulative nothings to the breaker of freaking chains to no avail since, of course, there's the little subject of Varys striving to have Dany killed way again in time one particular. Varys does manage to slip again into the dragon queen's superior (or, let's be sincere, medium) graces by enjoying the finish and overall honesty card and declaring his loyalty to the continent's smallfolk, a worry Daenerys purports to share, even however she will soon be raining dragonfire down on a reasonable proportion of them.

"So. Who observed Spider-Male?" Impression by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later on, Melisandre displays up for some light exposition about gender neutral pronouns in high Valyrian, and Dany's 4/5 badass feminine war council hash out their fight plans for using again the 7 Kingdoms. Could Tyrion's encyclopedic understanding of the Casterly Rock sewer procedure finally be about to spend off?

Probably not if Daenerys heeds Olenna's information to "dismiss all adult men."

On the eve of fight, Missandei and Grey Worm choose they cannot disguise their terribly hidden thoughts from each individual other any more. What follows is about as tender a really like scene as we are probably to ever get on "Video game of Thrones," which signifies...

The Shireen Baratheon Award of Generosity goes to: Missandei and Grey Worm: She for educating a eunuch how to really like and he for seemingly getting the only gentleman on possibly continent who's read of cunnilingus. I signify, do the gals have to set it in a raven, guys? This is not rocket science.

Winterfell

In reaction to an invitation from Tyrion, Jon and Davos explore plans to satisfy up with Daenerys and her dragons — and Sansa is like, "You guys."

Then, Jon tells all the northern and Eyrie lords about his prepare to get down with a Targaryen restoration — anything none of them are particularly stoked about, supplied Dany's target on killing lords and masters and the human burning that occurred through the very last go-all over — to conserve the environment from the White Walkers and Sansa is like, "YOU Fellas."

Contrary to earlier iterations of the Stark-adult men-go-nobly-unto-their-certain-doom display, equally Jon and Sansa type of have a stage below. Sansa is darn certain correct that Jon is way way too trusting of some self-appointed queen whose dad killed their grandpa and uncle only, like, 15 years back. But Jon really has seen the White Walkers, and they really are scary, and they really do need the dragons to re-useless them. Anyway, the total issue finishes with Jon naming Sansa temporary Warden of the North in his absence, which is anything his dad/solution uncle never ever would have carried out.

Somewhere in there, Jon grabs Littlefinger by the neck in the crypt, since Stark adult men grabbing Littlefinger by the neck normally seems to conclusion nicely, and tells him to lay off Sansa, which will undoubtedly materialize since Littlefinger respects the needs of other people, particularly Stark adult men who seize him by the neck.

Your hilariously empty threats give me daily life. Impression by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Finally, Jon trots off towards his future and Sansa manages to give 'em a lil' wave goodbye.

But her eyes are still plainly screaming, "YOU Fellas!!!!"

And the Maester Luwin Medallion of Best Kindness goes to: If you consider about it, it was really great of the tombs of earlier generations of Starks to offer a hard surface area for Jon to strangle Littlefinger on. Even if it was shorter-lived and Jon will probably live to regret it before way too lengthy, boy did Littlefinger have it coming.

Oldtown

Deep in the stacks, Archmaester Ebrose and Sam argue above the title of Ebrose's Westerosi heritage thriller about all the wars we just observed materialize above the earlier 6 seasons — Ebrose thinks it really desires to pop, although Sam thinks it need to be a lot more "poetic." (If you were ever wanting to know if HBO and George R. R. Martin haggled above "Video game of Thrones" compared to "A Tune of Ice and Fireplace," for the collection title nicely ... now we probably know.)

Impression by Helen Sloan/HBO.

In the meantime Jorah is no longer zombie-managing Sam from the confines of his mobile — instead, he is sitting in a dank area getting a depressing prognosis and contemplating suicide-by-sword.

It truly is a reduction, then, when Sam ways him with a tray comprehensive of sharp metal implements, a jug of rum, and a prepare to heal him by straight-up carving the disorder off Jorah's system. It truly is a gross course of action, manufactured all the grosser by an conclusion-of-scene match slash between Jorah's gooey again knifings and a bowl of creamy soup hundreds of miles away. I signify ... GOSH.

And the Little Sam Prize for Pure Goodness goes to: Sam. Definitely. For practically scraping the leprosy off Jorah's again. Occur. On.

The Riverlands

New off a righteous all over-the-fire chill session with Ed Sheeran, Arya catches up with Warm Pie (Warm Pie!) who offers her a killer pie crust suggestion and fills her in on the goings-on with her remarkably alive siblings, which gets the little assassin sidetracked on her mission to eliminate Cersei and factors her north.

Impression by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later on on, striving to heat herself with the world's most pitiful fire, Arya finds Nymeria! Her direwolf! And asks her to occur again to Winterfell with her! And since this is "Video game of Thrones," she does and they live fortunately ever soon after!

Just kidding. The direwolf unceremoniously trots in the reverse course. Because, as Arya realizes, "that's not her." (Not, as in practically not her, but as in that's not her design to occur alongside. Evidently, this was a reference to a line from time one particular? Gotta continue to be earlier the credits, I guess.)

And the Brienne of Tarth Honor of Heartwarmingness goes to: Warm Pie, for supplying Arya his solution pie recipe. First brown the butter, before slaughtering your enemies' loved ones members and baking their digits into the filling. Gonna stow that one particular away for Thanksgiving.

The high seas.

Underneath deck, all is clean sailing in the Iron Fleet on its way to obtain the Dornish army. The Sand Snakes lay in their hammocks fantasizing about the various Lannisters they are likely to whip/throwing star to demise although Yara and Ellaria get to know one particular a different a very little-to-a-good deal better.

Of course, then Uncle Euron ruins the second when he arrives flying in like the guide singer of Rhode Island's third greatest Iron Maiden tribute band and spoils almost everything, slaughtering various extras and the two Sand Snakes you probably did not care about, although using the one particular Sand Snake you also did not care about but at the very least undoubtedly acknowledged, Ellaria, and Yara hostage. Confronted by his father's brother holding his sister at ax-stage, Theon takes a deep breath, screws his bravery to the sticking spot, and ... bravely jumps into the sea.

Oh nicely. You can expect to get him next time, Theon.

And the Ser Davos Seaworth Herald of Compassion goes to: Random piece of shipwreck, for holding Theon afloat soon after he abandons ship. Probably he does not are entitled to it — he sexually harassed his sister, killed two harmless farm boys, and marketed out the overall North to a crazed serial killer — but hey, everybody warrants a 27th possibility. Right? Way to occur as a result of in the clutch, hunk of driftwood!

Random Acts of Niceness

It was great of all those wolves not to eat Arya's horse, who was undoubtedly like "screw this" all over that overall scene.

Varys is a "little-d" democrat? Could we be headed towards a revolution of the Westerosi political procedure? Five years from now, will we be arguing about Pentosi interference in the Targaryen-Lannister election?

Ser Davos appreciates how to examine! All all those lessons with Shireen finally compensated off. Thanks, Shireen! Speculate whatsoever occurred to that scamp.

That's all for now, folks! Be part of me next week when hopefully Daenerys and Jon bro out above their vinyl collections, the Evening King helps paint the Wall a lovely burnt umber, and Randall and Dickon Tarly's father-son highway trip again to Horn Hill finishes in a tearful activity of capture.

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It’s funny, but I say this as a hardcore Jon Snow fan.

Jon is often held up as an example of someone who climbs the ladder based on merit despite being descended from two magical bloodlines/dynasties and having famous parents. And his story is about achieving great things as just a bastard instead of doing it by virtue of belonging to one of the big noble houses.

And it’s true. I don’t disagree with this. I have argued on this basis several times myself. Jon achieves a lot as simple Jon Snow by being able to analyze a situation from different perspectives - ‘We look up at the same stars and see such different things'  helped by his upbringing as a bastard (and Arya being a fellow outcast)  that allows him to look beyond rigid thinking.

But I think that we also need to acknowledge that Jon was brought up as Ned Stark’s son in Winterfell - with all the advantages that this gave him. Jon himself was confronted with this privilege when he goes to the wall.

Donal Noye leaned forward, into Jon’s face. “Now think on this, boy. None of these others have ever had a master-at-arms until Ser Alliser. Their fathers were farmers and wagonmen and poachers, smiths and miners and oars on a trading galley. What they know of fighting they learned between decks, in the alleys of Oldtown and Lannisport, in wayside brothels and taverns on the kingsroad. They may have clacked a few sticks together before they came here, but I promise you, not one in twenty was ever rich enough to own a real sword.” His look was grim. “So how do you like the taste of your victories now, Lord Snow?”  - Jon, AGoT

Jeor Mormont selects him as his steward to groom him for leadership because he is Ned Stark’s bastard and has learned from the likes of Ned, Rodrik Cassel and Maester Luwin. Unlike say Pyp and Grenn. Jon had a big advantage over his fellow brothers on his way to the top. And even then, he didn’t get elected as LC based on simply merit - Samwell Tarly had to step in and manipulate the older candidates and brothers in the final push for votes.

He is able to help Stannis with the Northern military/political campaign because he had the same teachers as Robb Stark. He gets House Thenn because Alys rides to the Stark at the wall. He is able to convince the mountain clan leaders about letting the Wildlings come this side of the wall because he is Ned Stark’s son and therefore would chop off the heads of child hostages if necessary.

In fact, Daenerys is often disparaged for getting wins because of her magical lineage and dragons - but she starts out  much more disadvantaged than Jon Snow or any of the Starks. She did not get the education that Jon did. She was on the run for most of her childhood. Jon had Ned as a father and Robb, Arya and Bran as siblings. Dany had Viserys. Her rough childhood was her teacher. She learns from her experiences.

She gets married off to Drogo at 13, is raped and at one point it’s so bad that she wants to die. But ultimately, she takes control when they have sex, learns to ride horses better by herself, uses her social capital to make her situation better, uses the power she has a Khaleesi to help captured slaves like Mirri Maz and convinces Drogo to attack Westeros for her. She learns military tactics from the Dothraki and the Unsullied, reads the books given to her.  All without dragons or a privileged childhood or being taught by Maesters.

Similarly, Daenerys does not have any special capital being a Targaryen in Meereen - her dragons are still not grown and she has them chained up. Her politicking and dealing with economics, agriculture, famine, insurgency, sickness etc. has nothing to do with her being a Targaryen. Ruling a city state is harder than being Lord Commander of a military organization.

And just like Dany has her dragons, the Starks have their direwolves and Jon Snow is a powerful warg.

So while I love, love, love that Jon as a character is an intelligent, proactive, self-confident go-getter who wants the best for himself through merit and is able to see beyond houses and class divide and gender, keep in mind that all our main characters are from noble houses and therefore start out from inherently advantageous positions compared to the smallfolk. ALL of them.

All of the characters that GRRM sees as his underdogs (cripples, bastards and broken things) - Jon, Dany, Arya, Bran,Tyrion etc.- have both advantages and disadvantages and achieve things because they want more than what Westerosi/Essosi society has allowed for them and denied to them.

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The nicest things that happened to Jon, Dany, and Arya on this week's 'Game of Thrones.'

Welcome to "A Song of Nice and Fire," Upworthy's weekly "Game of Thrones" recap series. When we decided to recap of the most brutal show on TV, we realized that brutality is not really in our wheelhouse, so we tasked writer Eric March with hunting for the good, kind, wholesome GoT moments like a needle in a haystack. Here's what he found.

I see you giving me that side-eye, The Hound. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

OK. Let's do this.

Frankly, I don't blame you for being skeptical. I was, too, when I first sat down to write about all the nice things that happened in the Season 7 premiere of "Game of Thrones." Everything about it seemed impossible (other than coming up with a snazzy, punny series title).

Trying to find lovingkindness in a show known for epic backstabbing, front-stabbing, and all-sides-stabbing is like trying to find new-wave music on "Empire," conservative opinions on "The Daily Show," or whatever doesn't happen on "Suits" on "Suits" (I don't watch "Suits").

Niceness just doesn't seem to exist in Westeros. And where and when it does, it's really not the point.

But I'm going to make a good-faith attempt. And miraculously, there was plenty of charity and goodwill to come by in last night's "Dragonstone."

Indeed, the seventh season premiere of "Game of Thrones" was practically overflowing with decency, tenderness, and respect.

You just have to squint at it the right way.

Perhaps after a glass of Arbor red or two.

Pretty weak episode. Too much niceness, mostly. #GoT

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) July 17, 2017

The parade of benevolence began right away in the cold open, where Arya Stark, disguised as the (actually now) late Walder Frey, serves the entire Frey family a lovely meal. How nice! Sure, the meal was actually vengeance for the deaths of Arya's mother and brother who were murdered by Frey at the infamous Red Wedding, and yes, the Freys' murdered relatives were (per last season's finale) most likely the primary protein on offer, and, OK, yeah, the wine was definitely poison, but a house's gotta eat, and what is she, stone-hearted? Some sort of Stonehearted Lady? C'mon.

She threw them a dinner party. That's nice!

You're welcome. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later, Arya does guest-star Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran) and the Assorted Lannister Soldiers a solid by not slitting their throats (at least not before the camera cuts away — a man cannot simply assume) after they offer her a bite of rabbit as well as several humanizing character anecdotes.

Not bad for some improvised mercy from the world's tiniest assassin!

Down at King's Landing, Jaime respectfully gives the equilibrium-challenged Euron Greyjoy props for burning the Lannister ships during one war or another, while helping plan a marriage of convenience for Cersei.

When it's going great. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Following some perfunctory bad-guy-on-bad-guy sizing-up, Greyjoy leaves, promising to return with a gift for Cersei that he hopes will persuade her to marry him. It's a little less genuinely nice and a little more Nice Guy (TM), because she did say no (a tactic? Possibly), but still. Crossing my fingers for an Edible Arrangement.

Up north, Jon takes pity on the funny-looking children of the less-than-perfectly-loyal Harald Karstark and Smalljon Umber by not taking their castles away and giving them to random other people, much to Sansa's chagrin and Littlefinger's ever-squirrely "I told you so."

Jon then pulls his sister aside for a post-meeting debrief and actually appears to listen to her, which is far more considerate than Ned or Robb Stark were to any female human before they were de-headed. And hey, Jon is also persuaded to throw out thousands of years of male-dominated military tradition to conscript women into his ragtag zombie-fighting army! Whether it's out of desperation or the memory of being on the business end of Ygritte's bow and arrow is debatable, but Lyanna Mormont is into it, so I'm calling it a nice win for Westerosi gender parity (yasss kween #feminism #ladycasualties).

Perhaps the only nice thing about the montage of Sam's drudgery in Oldtown is that it doesn't go on forever, even if it does feel that way.

No, thanks to whatever sound designer brought that visceral grossness to life. (Seriously.) (SERIOUSLY.) (OK, but actually respect and good work.)

Yeah, me too, Sam. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Yet in between cleaning bedpans and dishing out curiously similar-in-appearance soup, Sam does manage to figure out where all the dragonglass in Westeros is (shockingly, the one place on the continent with "dragon" in the name) and courteously send Jon a letter about it.

Also that one archmaester believes Sam about the White Walkers! That's nice of him, and really nice for Sam, even if the archmaester won't do anything about it. "The Wall has stood through it all, and every winter that ever came has ended," he reassures Sam. And if "Game of Thrones" has taught me anything in six seasons, he's definitely right, nothing bad will happen, the Wall will definitely continue to stand, and all will be well.

Elsewhere, holed up in a foreboding-looking abandoned inn with Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr, The Hound does kindness about as well as The Hound can do and holds a funeral for the previous tenants of the place — an unfortunately dead and be-skeletoned father and daughter.

Sure, the fact that he stole their silver way back in Season 4 is why the pair starved to death in the first place, but this is "Game of Thrones," not "This Is Us," and feeling really really bad after half-knowingly condemning someone to a slow, painful death earns you a solid 4/5 on the Westerosi "Man's Humanity to Fellow Man" Scale. Even though The Hound couldn't remember the proper burial rites, the fact that he buried them at all wasn't just a nice thing to do, but a nice bit of continued character growth for a man once defined solely by his size, distinctive scars, and curious aptitude for piercing body parts with sharp metal objects.

Good gazing, everyone. Let's take 10. Photo by Macall B. Polay/HBO.

In the final minutes of the episode, Daenerys and Tyrion finally arrive at the ancient Targaryen fortress on Dragonstone (finally!) to catch up on six years of silent walking, gazing, choral "oohs," and purposeful sand-feeling. Their scenes were so brief and largely visual that there's not much to say here. I guess it was nice of the Unsullied to hold open a series of large doors for Daenerys as she strode majestically up the mountain toward her destiny? That was cool of them.

Whoo, we made it! That's it for week one. See you next week, when hopefully Jaime gives Cersei a puppy, Jon and Sansa watch old home movies together, and the Wall definitely doesn't come down. That's ridiculous.

Random Acts of Niceness:

It's nice to see that Cersei, Dany, and Sansa's clothes have gotten a lot more practical now that their plots don't revolve around looking cute for some dude.

Hey, Arya left those serving girls alive thanks to some clutch ironic performative sexism! Score one for innocent bystanders.

Good on probably-Jorah's arm for not giving Sam grayscale! (I think.)

Oh yeah, Bran! Meera apparently dragged him about 150 miles through the freezing tundra while he presumably pontificated wizardly about the Long Night the whole damn way. That is A+ forbearance.

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The nicest things that happened to Jon, Dany, and Arya on this week's 'Game of Thrones.'

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Welcome to "A Track of Great and Fireplace," Upworthy's weekly "Game of Thrones" recap collection. When we determined to recap of the most brutal exhibit on Tv, we understood that brutality is not seriously in our wheelhouse, so we tasked author Eric March with searching for the fantastic, type, wholesome Received moments like a needle in a haystack. This is what he observed.

I see you providing me that facet-eye, The Hound. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Ok. Let's do this.

Frankly, I do not blame you for staying skeptical. I was, much too, when I initially sat down to produce about all the awesome matters that transpired in the Period seven premiere of "Game of Thrones." Everything about it seemed not possible (other than coming up with a snazzy, punny collection title).

Seeking to find lovingkindness in a exhibit acknowledged for epic backstabbing, entrance-stabbing, and all-sides-stabbing is like making an attempt to find new-wave music on "Empire," conservative viewpoints on "The Each day Clearly show," or what ever won't happen on "Fits" on "Fits" (I do not view "Fits").

Niceness just won't feel to exist in Westeros. And wherever and when it does, it really is seriously not the point.

But I'm likely to make a fantastic-faith attempt. And miraculously, there was loads of charity and goodwill to arrive by in final night's "Dragonstone."

In fact, the seventh time premiere of "Game of Thrones" was practically overflowing with decency, tenderness, and regard.

You just have to squint at it the right way.

Most likely soon after a glass of Arbor red or two.

Really weak episode. As well much niceness, largely. #Received

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) July seventeen, 2017

The parade of benevolence started right absent in the chilly open up, wherever Arya Stark, disguised as the (basically now) late Walder Frey, serves the entire Frey family members a attractive meal. How awesome! Guaranteed, the meal was basically vengeance for the deaths of Arya's mother and brother who were being murdered by Frey at the infamous Crimson Marriage, and sure, the Freys' murdered family members were being (per final season's finale) most very likely the major protein on offer you, and, Ok, yeah, the wine was unquestionably poison, but a house's gotta eat, and what is she, stone-hearted? Some form of Stonehearted Girl? C'mon.

She threw them a evening meal bash. Which is awesome!

You might be welcome. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Later on, Arya does guest-star Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran) and the Assorted Lannister Troopers a strong by not slitting their throats (at the very least not in advance of the digital camera cuts absent — a gentleman are not able to only assume) soon after they offer you her a bite of rabbit as nicely as a number of humanizing character anecdotes.

Not bad for some improvised mercy from the world's tiniest assassin!

Down at King's Landing, Jaime respectfully offers the equilibrium-challenged Euron Greyjoy props for burning the Lannister ships all through just one war or one more, while serving to program a relationship of usefulness for Cersei.

When it really is likely excellent. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

Pursuing some perfunctory bad-guy-on-bad-guy sizing-up, Greyjoy leaves, promising to return with a reward for Cersei that he hopes will persuade her to marry him. It really is a very little much less genuinely awesome and a very little extra Great Person (TM), because she did say no (a tactic? Maybe), but continue to. Crossing my fingers for an Edible Arrangement.

Up north, Jon can take pity on the amusing-wanting youngsters of the much less-than-properly-faithful Harald Karstark and Smalljon Umber by not having their castles absent and providing them to random other individuals, much to Sansa's chagrin and Littlefinger's ever-squirrely "I explained to you so."

Jon then pulls his sister apart for a submit-meeting debrief and basically appears to pay attention to her, which is far extra thoughtful than Ned or Robb Stark were being to any woman human in advance of they were being de-headed. And hey, Jon is also persuaded to toss out countless numbers of a long time of male-dominated military services tradition to conscript ladies into his ragtag zombie-preventing military! Whether or not it really is out of desperation or the memory of staying on the business close of Ygritte's bow and arrow is debatable, but Lyanna Mormont is into it, so I'm calling it a awesome gain for Westerosi gender parity (yasss kween #feminism #ladycasualties).

Most likely the only awesome factor about the montage of Sam's drudgery in Oldtown is that it won't go on eternally, even if it does truly feel that way.

No, many thanks to what ever seem designer brought that visceral grossness to existence. (Very seriously.) (Very seriously.) (Ok, but basically regard and fantastic get the job done.)

Yeah, me much too, Sam. Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO.

However in concerning cleansing bedpans and dishing out curiously comparable-in-overall look soup, Sam does take care of to figure out wherever all the dragonglass in Westeros is (shockingly, the just one area on the continent with "dragon" in the name) and courteously deliver Jon a letter about it.

Also that just one archmaester thinks Sam about the White Walkers! Which is awesome of him, and seriously awesome for Sam, even if the archmaester would not do anything about it. "The Wall has stood as a result of it all, and every wintertime that ever arrived has finished," he reassures Sam. And if "Game of Thrones" has taught me anything in 6 seasons, he is unquestionably right, practically nothing bad will happen, the Wall will unquestionably continue on to stand, and all will be nicely.

Somewhere else, holed up in a foreboding-wanting deserted inn with Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr, The Hound does kindness about as nicely as The Hound can do and holds a funeral for the preceding tenants of the area — an sad to say useless and be-skeletoned father and daughter.

Guaranteed, the reality that he stole their silver way back again in Period 4 is why the pair starved to demise in the initially area, but this is "Game of Thrones," not "This Is Us," and sensation seriously seriously bad soon after 50 percent-knowingly condemning anyone to a sluggish, agonizing demise earns you a strong 4/five on the Westerosi "Man's Humanity to Fellow Gentleman" Scale.

Even although The Hound could not bear in mind the correct burial rites, the reality that he buried them at all was not just a awesome factor to do, but a awesome bit of ongoing character growth for a gentleman as soon as described exclusively by his dimensions, distinctive scars, and curious aptitude for piercing system pieces with sharp metal objects.

Superior gazing, absolutely everyone. Let's just take 10. Photo by Macall B. Polay/HBO.

In the ultimate minutes of the episode, Daenerys and Tyrion last but not least arrive at the ancient Targaryen fortress on Dragonstone (last but not least!) to capture up on 6 a long time of silent walking, gazing, choral "oohs," and purposeful sand-sensation. Their scenes were being so short and mainly visible that you can find not much to say here. I guess it was awesome of the Unsullied to keep open up a collection of significant doors for Daenerys as she strode majestically up the mountain towards her destiny? That was great of them.

Whoo, we produced it! Which is it for week just one. See you next week, when hopefully Jaime offers Cersei a pet, Jon and Sansa view aged home films together, and the Wall unquestionably won't arrive down. Which is ridiculous.

Random Acts of Niceness:

It really is awesome to see that Cersei, Dany, and Sansa's garments have gotten a large amount extra simple now that their plots do not revolve about wanting cute for some dude.

Hey, Arya remaining those people serving women alive many thanks to some clutch ironic performative sexism! Score just one for innocent bystanders.

Superior on in all probability-Jorah's arm for not providing Sam grayscale! (I assume.)

Oh yeah, Bran! Meera seemingly dragged him about a hundred and fifty miles as a result of the freezing tundra while he presumably pontificated wizardly about the Extended Evening the whole damn way. That is A+ forbearance.

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