It was weird and almost cruel to Brienne’s character. Like if that was the plan all along from the writers - to have Jaime run home to Cersei and die with her, or run off with her, or save her or whatever - why even include the storyline where he is happy with and sleeping with (and maybe even cohabiting with)…

And apparently it only occurred to Jaime that he wanted to go back to Cersei once Sansa taunted him about it (Sansa is basically responsible for the deaths of both Varys and Jaime). I didn’t think Jaime was sincerely still in love with Cersei because it didn’t make any sense at that point. Guess I shouldn’t have…

how stupid the show has become.

As always, I am hesitant to reply to comments with the knowledge that the Kinja system elevates Staff contributions and thus the comments themselves, but I want to address this since I’ve seen it pop up a couple of times in my notifications.

The complaints have more to do with the fact that they undid his arc so sloppily and swiftly, and in a way that doesn’t make sense given what they’ve shown us of the character. It would be like if at the end of Endgame, Bucky just shot Cap in the back and then had the writer be like “What?! He’s a brainwashed Hydra…

Too often, people use GOT’s “trope subversion” to had-waive away bad writing. If they weren’t going to give Jaime a full redemption arc, then fine. But the way they progressed his story made no sense.

Martin’s subversions have purpose, thematic heft, and a reason for veering beyond “Ha! You didn’t expect THAT, did you?!” Jamie’s behavior here is pure subversion for the sake of subversion, with no greater thought or purpose behind it. That’s why people aren’t happy with it, not because it surprised them and they…

I still think he will choke her out in the books. They copped out this time 

So what is Albert saying, that everyone should have taken the Cersei route and what? Ignored the Night King? The only reason Cersei could do nothing was that everyone else was doing the work for her. And given there are three episodes left, it is foolish to think she is somehow going to be proven right when all is…

“Cersei was right! That’s the main takeaway from “The Long Night,” the deliriously silly and nonsensical third episode of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, which aired last night. “

But Beric doesn’t bring people back. He GETS brought back.

He’s the... backee?

Beric doesn’t know how to revive people, that was Thoros of Myr that knew how to revive him. 

That will be particularly funny if the Hound is upset about being brought back to life, and Beric isn’t alive to listen to his venting.

Whither Kat Dennings?

I had been arguing earlier that Bran would sever his arm so Arya could disguise herself as him to kill the Night King, but the mention of Lady Stoneheart got me thinking. Beric Dondarrion created her, and he’s still around on the show. So maybe the reason is to revive somebody who dies in this battle. If the ambush in…

Yeah, that was a nice little moment. It goes back to when she was playing the “game” with Jaquen. She said the Hound was on her list, Jaquen hit her. Something like “you lie to yourself” or something. Even he knew (from her body language/gestures) that she didn’t want him dead.

And zombie Summer!

More horrible stuff to ponder:

1 - We’ve been getting teaser shots of Arya running through the crypts looking terrified for awhile now.

2 - Arya and Gendry are near the forge when the horn blasts sound.

3 - In the preview of episode 3, Dany says, “The dead are already here.”

It’s been bothering me all night. I think the…

You think that’s bad, just wait until they show zombie Hodor. 

This episode is how I’m going to remember these characters. I’ve been waiting for Book Jamie and Book Brienne to reach some sort of ending, and I think the show nailed it. I teared up a bit (a lot).