Yep.

The Blackfyre rebellion was several generations prior to the current events, why would they introduce it at all? It has no relevance to what’s happening in the here and now, outside of (maybe) Faegon in the books, and he isn’t even a character on the show.

Is it possible Howland told Meera (or Jojen, and he told Meera at some point) about Jon’s parentage? That way they could play this angle without introducing Howland as an actual character on the show, since B&W have traditionally condensed down narrative to fewer characters when it makes sense.

In the books, Aerys the Mad King was very interested in Joanna Lannister, Tywin’s wife. He specifically requested for her to stay at court after she showed up to present the twins when they were 8 or so. Around the time Tyrion would have been conceived. Given Aerys’s nature, the theory is that he raped Joanna and…

Yeah, as much as I like Jamie and Bronn as characters, and enjoyed their interactions, their Dornish adventure just seemed like something to take up time. Like. we need to do SOMETHING with Jamie since his Brienne arc was over, hey let’s send him off on a buddy road trip! But I disagree with your Hardhome assessment.…