how marvelously and daringly she acted out of self-preservation.

The subtitles said, after the whisper, that “Robert will kill him” if he finds out “You know he will”. Hence why she needed Ned to promise to protect him. Robert Baratheon was known for his hatred of anything and anyone Targaryen. A son of Rhaegar would be a direct threat to his claim as the Usurper. He would’ve…

And as we saw last week, she now has experience removing faces. She's basically an unstoppable assassin now.

“Oh, Daenerys will win the Game of Thrones”. “No, Sansa will sit in the Iron Throne”. “Of course not, Jon Snow will be the King”...

“Welp.” - Mace Tyrell

GRRM has stated the timelines are not linear. He has also killed many characters rather unceremoniously in the past. Show!Doran was never implied to have been doing the plotting Book!Doran was. Arya knows how to change faces. The mad Queen makes narrative sense.

Little Lady Mormant is SUCH a badass

Arya has already used other faces though. She did it when she killed Meryn Trant.

And who in the North would follow a lowborn Southerner who grabbed Winterfell from the last known Stark heirs, especially if he killed them? He can’t hold the North with only the knights of the Vale. At best the other houses in the North would go home for the winter and tell him to go fuck himself, if not try to…

Remember when one of the Frey boys repeatedly stabbed Talisa’s pregnant belly and another slit Catelyn’s throat? Remember Walder’s smirk as he watched them and Robb die? They deserved every bit(e) of Arya’s cruel revenge.

Lovely, lovely psychopath.

Lady Mormont has command presence in spades.

I vote Sansa as Queen, with Lady Mormont as Hand. And Brienne as Lord Commander of the Queen’s Guard.

Let’s all take a moment to recognize:

Just give Lady Mormont a few years

“Lady Mormont speaks harshly. And truly.”

Fuck, yeah, Lady Mormont! New favorite character. Well, yeah, I loved her from her first appearance, but that dressing-down of her elders? Best scene with a child actor I've seen in *ages*.

Beautiful and haunting soundtrack thus far!

Lyanna Mormont is going to get ALL OF THE SONGS written about her one day.