Wildfire. See also: Bran's visions.

I guess Jaime hedged his bets and allowed two plans to go forward at once (Brienne getting Blackfish and his forces to go North, and Edmure surrendering Riverrun) in hopes that at least one would succeed.

Seriously. I'm on team Man, Fuck Aaaaaaaaall Of Those Jerks.

That quick flash of Water Dancing Arya made me grateful that this was all ending and that she'd be going back to Westeros, at last.

I'm thinking this is more likely than anything else…though it's still kind of clunky since we don't have any reason to believe they've been corresponding.

Yeah, I'd assume they would have all heard of them, but that doesn't explain how they would have heard about the imminent threat (and also Southron Westerosi don't believe that the White Walkers are real anyway).

How do you think Beric and the Brotherhood found out about the threat posed by the White Walkers?

Yes, and upon rewatch, there's something OFF about her speech/mannerisms. (I swear I'm not usually very crackpot-y and I'm not trying to find some trick for Arya to get through this, it genuinely does all seem very strange!)

Forgive me for nitpicking here but…

I don't normally go for *TWISTS* but I kind of hope there is one here, because the way she was just kind of dilly dallying around without a care in the world doesn't track with Arya's history of suspicion and wariness and self-preservation.

Silver lining is that maybe Olenna's complete perfection and radiance can make Dorne SLIGHTLY more tolerable??

She has more pressing needs than a fighter—she needs a damn doctor. :(

I always get tripped up by that too. I ultimately think it was a hallucination, though.

My guess is that it's part leaning into her pious convert role, and part wanting to avoid getting pregnant just yet because she doesn't trust that Tommen is safe on the throne at the moment, and therefore being pregnant with his child would put her at risk.

I like this theory but there's one hole, to my mind.

In that moment she reminded me of Catelyn at the inn in season 1, when she gets all of those random bannermen to take Tyrion prisoner. Except Catelyn was much, much better at it. (Cat has the advantage of experience, I guess.)

I am a Wyman truther. I need to believe that he's coming.

Hoat has it correct, but I think that there's also a small faction that separates from the BwB once Beric is dead (for good) and they just kind of go around terrorizing the smallfolk for no reason.

Yup! GRRM read it at a convention last weekend. I've heard some stuff about it but haven't sought it out.

Three of my favorite surly dudes returned tonight—The Hound, Bronn, and The Blackfish. Is it my birthday?!??