didn't see that, but that is weird, as it was not portrayed that way on the show. It smacks of JK Rawlings' post story filling in of plots and character traits for some of her Potter universe that was weird as it was not in the books..like "we meant for her to be jealous, so we are telling you instead of it being…

Even in the books, Dorne is badly written and handled. I always thought a strong editor would have cut everything but Oberyn and his sister, as that was really the only important character as to the whole narrative. The whole thing is basically a digression and wasted time.

They did point it out, but they pretty much just legitimized him and Sansa did so privately too. As the oldest Stark, she probably can legally now too.

I would assume her kids were Lannisters, she was the queen before, the Baratheons are dead, so she is left. Jaime could probably claim it and have a better claim, but we know he wouldn't. Tyrion too, but same thing. It is might makes right. Plus, I assume she will ally with the Iron Islands and Euron next season.

Agree 100%. The Lady Stoneheart stuff is dead. If she killed the Freys there is no reason for LS to exist. That was her entire point in the books. Arya cutting Frey's throat was 100% direct evidence the Stoneheart stuff will never be on the show. In the books, the Brotherhood was killing Freys and her enemies…

eh, its not surprising. He is a male heir and in this world, they do get priority.

well, that was the point of Littlefinger's conversation with her. She had to act right away if she wanted to play the Game of Thrones and she refused. She cannot blame Jon as the North declared for him, he did not make himself king. But he said if you want to be in charge,, he will declare for her, but she had to…

That was handled perfectly. It really made it hit home much harder how he just walked right over the edge, no hesitation at all..just, I'm done.

Well, there is her speech to the Dothraki and her admission she felt nothing about Daario, which was rather odd. If they were going "all good" with her, I thought that was a strange piece of dialog, as you would assume she would be sad about breaking up with him, but they made sure to say she was not for a reason. I…

I always thought Cersei had shades of Snow White in that prophey..the whole "mirror, mirror on the wall thing." That prophesy was so vague I think she would naturally be against any woman who was younger and prettier than she was just out of fear maybe this is the girl. She had every reason to be against Margaery…

I agree the books are much more darker about Dany and her motivations. On the show though, it would almost be out of character for her suddenly to be an avenger mass murderer who slaughters that it would probably cause a viewer revolt.

Well, the hole in your theory is that is basically what she did with the Faith. She sacrificed too much to say "I surrender" and hope Dany forgives everything she did. She can now add mass murder to her list and there are so many people who want her dead now, she would basically just be killing herself. If she…

It could be argued if Stannis cut a deal with Robb and the Greyjoys instead of seeing them as "usurpers" they all would still be alive. That was even Mellisandre's flaw was her vision for Stannis blinded her to political realities and really everything she did for him was borne out of necessity since he refused to…

I loved the whole sequence. The High Sparrow could not ever know about the wildfire, that is way beyond his knowledge. Margaery knew something was up, but not what. I could see the High Sparrow thinking, even if something was up, what could Cersei possible do? Tommen commanded the army so its not like they were in…

um, I think you are going to be disappointed. We are at the end basically. The complicated and shifting alliance thing was great, but we are very far along to suddenly make Jon and Dany enemies and have them fight. The Walkers will be pouring in next year and what you want just doesn't seem to be in the cards. …

sums up a lot of what Martin does in two sentences..lol

He will ally with Cersei since he has nothing to offer Dany now. I disagree he will fight them before they land in Dorne..why exactly would he do that? He still thinks she will marry him and they are not enemies yet.

He was on the small counsel and shut her out of power. I saw it as "cleaning house". I noticed Qyburn has the hand of the king medal on him when he crowned Cersei, so he is now her hand. He was originally on her side and switched to her son and Kevan, so I can see why they wanted him gone.

yes, I really do not get this at all either. Yara and Theon had nowhere else to go, and Dany needed ships. Dorne and Oleanna have a shared enemy. They make it out like it all came out of nowhere. The reviewer makes it sound like we needed some kind of huge Paris-peace talk thing to be believable. It was plenty…

Agree. Nitpicking about travel times is one of the worst "fantasy/sci-fi" nerd tropes there is. We are way beyond drinking in the scenery and fleshing out small characters. The story is in its last act and it seems the critics still want the leisurely pace and double-crosses of the first three seasons. As I said…