Just really curious in general who the viewers are that have still been liking Dany for the last few seasons. She’s been a pill. A murderous and narcissistic pill, increasingly neurotic and monomaniacal, demanding of fealty. And tonight—with no fully trusted advisers left beyond maybe Grey Worm—she made herself the law…

Honestly, I couldn’t agree more. This is where Dany has possibly been headed for a long time now, and I struggle to see how it can’t be seen as earned.

Federer was still dominating in 2009, but he came into the FO as the #2 seed, not #1. But to me, there’s just not much comparison between the fields they faced in 2009 and 2017.

Rafa looked great, but it’s really hard to over-exaggerate how easy his draw was. He faced zero players ranked in the top 25, and only two players ranked in the top 50. Much more of a cakewalk than Federer’s FO. When Soderling beat Rafa in 2009 (and subsequently lost to Federer), he was ranked higher than anyone Rafa…