It's the same reason why none of Jaime, Bronn, or Dany were wearing helmets during the "Loot Train Attack". But it's still ridiculous.

Ha. As things have worked out Jon's death and resurrection seem to have mostly been a justification for getting him out of the Night's Watch. So why couldn't the revelation of his royal parentage be primarily an excuse to get him out of being King in the North?

I suppose I should say she's self-serving more than opportunistic, as I don't think she switches between the two frames in a consciously cynical fashion. But the basic point is that Dany is driven by her own conception of justice, not by a rigorous respect for and adherence to the old order. She will overthrow the…

It's like the Winterfell set is full of automatons that only move when the cameras are rolling…

Wholly? I am not so sure about that. But sure, she's willing to opportunistically deploy that stuff when formalism is on her side. But when has she ever allowed herself to be constrained by such formalism? Was she the rightful, hereditary ruler of Mereen? Or anywhere else she conquered? Dothraki law and customs don't…

But that is pretty explicitly not why Olenna, Ellaria, or Yara joined up with Dany. Olenna and Ellaria were out for vengeance against Cersei for the death of their loved ones. And there is no evidence that the remainder of people in those lands who don't have those personal motivations continue to support Dany in…

Yeah, undoubtedly this is much better. But it's still not actually good.

Yeah, accept Dany's entire claim to the Iron Throne is that she's the only rightful ruler as a Targaryan.

Yeah, it's definitely interesting for historical reasons. And it underscores the unreliability of these sorts of public legends about even relatively recent events. But it just seems like it doesn't (or shouldn't) do much for the plot going forward, and is an odd thing to focus on at a point when they are seriously…

Seems pretty useless to me! Why would anyone in-universe care at this point who has a rightful blood claim to the Iron Throne? Seems like that went out the window several wars, assassinations, and massacres ago. As Missandei explained, none of the people trying to help Dany claim the throne are doing it because of the…

It's nice that Bran sent a raven to Jon about the Army of the Dead and Arya coming home. But couldn't he have added "PS: You're a secret Targaryen- DON'T BANG YOUR AUNT!"?

But he already got burned throwing the lantern at the wight back in season one. Also, as I understand it the "unburnt" thing is specific to Dany. Other Targaryens have died by fire, including (sort of) her brother- it was molten gold in that case, which is similar in principle.

And yet that seemed weirdly plausible. The lords of the North do seem to be a fickle bunch of assholes. There's probably a reason Ned almost never left after he got home from Robert's Rebellion.

It's hard to take all of the drama in Winterfell seriously when Bran is just sitting there and could explain everything in thirty seconds. "Sansa wrote that under duress. Littlefinger planted it so you would find it. Also, Littlefinger betrayed father and got him killed." Then he could go back to shrooming or whatever…

I get that having Targaryen blood could be important magically, especially for dragon-related reasons. But why would it matter if his parents were married? Did Drogon check for a marriage license before he let Jon touch him?

Which is why I don't get the point of the show emphasizing Jon's legitimacy. Like, who would care? The remnants of the Lannister/Tarly army? The Golden Company? The Dothraki? The Unsullied? Euron? Littlefinger? There is no one of significance left who is making their decision based on bloodlines. I guess the…

I laughed much harder at that than any of the intentionally set-up jokes. I was waiting for Jon to say "Life. Don't talk to me about life."

Felix finally admitting that they live in Canada was the most shocking thing in the episode.

Clarke's stated reason was that he is an experienced engineer. That seemed like an excuse to keep him in the show, but now that Raven and Monty aren't coming maybe they really do need his skills. That said, I would still kick him out just to keep the peace, as he is inevitably going to start some shit. And Octavia…

This show tends to take a binary approach with the adult actors anyway- they're either heavily featured in an episode or do not appear at all. Like the island lab episode where Abby was mysteriously asleep off-screen the entire time. So it wouldn't be that hard to have Jaha pop up occasionally. That said, my best…