Did you notice that the NK had three javelins? One took down Viserion, one missed Drogon, and there was one more that his lieutenant was holding at the end… they knew the dragons were coming, and they knew how many.

Thats what i'm talking about!

Or what if, since we've seen the WW's since Season 1, well before the dragons were born, the Night King's growing strength is feeding the magic in the world. (but yes, i am so with you on the fact that this seemed like a major set-up. He wanted to lure the dragons north. he was ready for them, with weapons and salvage…

"killed while trying to do the right thing" has kinda been his raison d'etre the entire show.

same. making her hair a deformity from her childhood that somehow lasted forever, not a choice from her mission as an adult, to take out the "copies" — that was a huge misstep.

with you 100% on the "Dany is bad at strategy" point.

true, and she might also mean with the whole kind death for Olenna thing.

If Tyrion is her Hand and Grey Worm the commander of the army, I'd say Jorah is the equivalent of the commander of her Queen's Gaurd

I think his plan is generally "keep everyone else busy with each other" — his "end game" is to get Sansa to take over leadership of the 'north and use the north and the Vale to defeat Cersei and take the Iron Throne.

burning people alive after summoning them to court is different than burning people alive on the field of battle or directly after a refusal to surrender. I get your point, and I think that was partly the show's point with Tyrion and Varys's conversation, but she's not there *yet*

Exactly, there's not like, water coolers at the Citadel where folks stand around chatting about the latest news from the battlefield.

Feeling nervous for Jamie when I realised he basically took a meeting (which he didn't even set up), told his sister about it immediately, and she said "Don't ever betray me again" — he didn't do anything to her at all, and yet, she considers it a betrayal.

My questions about that at this point: Are they going to let the army of the dead make it to Kings Landing? Or will Cersei leave Kings Landing? Or will they have to deal with the NK first and then deal with Cersei?

He was a fool. He was one of the people who believes in the old stories of chivalry and knights. Remember, he didn't even know men shit themselves when they die in battle? He was a naive fool and he died as he lived.

Dickon and Randall were there to give Tyrion pause over Dany's methods and decisions and state of mind. Jon has a rather tenuous claim to being King in the North - he is a bastard, not a "rightful, divinely annointed heir" and was, actually, basically elected. In that case, the northern lords could say, we chose you…

That's what I'm saying! The enemy of my enemy, that type of thing.

I understand that, thanks. It matters to us, and it may well eventually matter in
the show. but I'm trying to explain why Sam didn't stop and realize
what he was hearing. He does not have the same base of knowledge about
this as the audience/readers.

I understand that it matters to us, and it may well eventually matter in the show. but I'm trying to explain why Sam didn't stop and realize what he was hearing. He does not have the same base of knowledge about this as the audience/readers.

Gendry has no claim, he's a bastard, and he doesn't want the throne. I understand what you see, but I think it's superfluous and the writers are not going to waste time on it.

I'd also like to think she can see the board clearly enough to realize, if LF were actually trying help Sansa hide this letter, he would burn it. Hiding it does not help Sansa.