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When a familial monarchic dynasty is overthrown by rebellion, any remaining members of that family automatically lose any claim to rule by birthright. On the flipside, though, if we cknowledge that it was legitimate for a particular ruling line to be…

"Said" doesn't necessarily mean "spoken." Can be synonymous with "stated" referring to either oral or written statement.

Yes, they did wash up on the other side, but it wasn't a very big lake. Looked like the other end was only a few hundred feet away. Just questionable all-around.

(1) Doesn't everyone who dies north of the Wall become a White Walker?
So why not just backstab Drunk Guy, make him a Walker, tie him up and
skedaddle?

Under normal circumstances, Sam would probably have recognized the importance of what Gilly was reading, but I think he gets a pass here for being totally preoccupied, and justifiably so, with trying to stop the army of the dead.

Agreed. When a familial monarchic dynasty is overthrown by rebellion, any remaining members of that family automatically lose any claim to rule by birthright. On the flipside, though, if we acknowledge that it was legitimate for a particular ruling line to be overthrown by force, then we must also acknowledge that…

Yeah, that really stretched my incredulity. The fact that there was literally no one, neither Lannister soldiers no Dothraki, around the lake when they surfaced indicates that it must have been at least a couple of hours after the end of the battle. So i guess they both have superhuman breath-holding ability .

During "Hardhome" when Jon tries to retrieve the dragon glass, the White Walker who comes in to stop him walks through flames unscathed (and actually causes the flames to extinguish, iirc). But it's also possible that in-universe dragon fire is different than regular fire so there's some uncertainty.

LOL!!!

Great reference! +1

Yes, Valerian steel killing White Walkers is established. That's not a spoiler. Happened in "Hardhome" two seasons ago.

"Nothing about GoT is about "what's good for the people", who should definitely rise and kill all these assholes."
Lololol. Maybe not all of the lords and ladies need to die, but touché.

I think he's more of a Dr. Krieger type, minus the comedy.

I wasn't specifically rooting for any deaths in that battle, but I would have found any of them to be appropriate, except Dany.

Everyone else has already pointed out how great all the big moments in this episode were, so I wanna focus on something smaller. I really liked the way they paralleled Jon's refusal to bend the knee for Danaerys with Manse Raider's refusal to bend the knee for Stannis. That was a nice touch.

Agreed. If they had chosen to kill Bronn there, I would have considered it an acceptable death.

"Lady Lyanna Mormont, Bane of the White Walkers"
Totally stealing that.

This made me laugh harder than it should have.

I'm thinking "Grumpiest Old Men"

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