They had to be dealt with through violence at some point. It was just a matter of when/how.

save this shit for twitter?

Something tells me Dany's alliances aren't going to be as neat and tidy as she'd like. Writers will find some way to mire her in more diplomacy.

That's the one part of the show that was lagging behind the books.

The fact that he was a competent commander is what made that horrible writing. If he was an emotional impulsive mess, then it would have made more sense.

The only part of that sequence that didn't exactly work was Lancel being paralysed from the waist down from one stab wound. Like I don't know if that kid cut his spinal cord or what.

Well the thing is that the Sept & Sparrows were insufferable. When Cersei talked about protecting her son from disgusting hypocrites, she was 100% on point. As the audience you wanted to see them die.
Cersei did what she and the Tyrells planned to do before Margary made a pact with the High Sparrow. The only…

such a good point

Also she's not pledged to the Night's Watch.

Only thing about Arya is that Lord Frey doesn't necessarily know what she looks like. So it kind of robs that scene of drama.

Not really. Because in the books you relate to her, but more through the cynical prism of Westerosi politics that Martin sets forth. You get why she behaves the way she does, and it seems misguided. The show makes her look like a victim.

It definitely was. They clearly planned out the sequence very carefully. It was the Red Wedding 2.0, with the same idea of The Rains of Castamere to hammer home the drama—-except this time they crafted a whole non-diegetic piece.

The show did make her out to seem more innocent than she is in the books though.

The show made her way more sympathetic than the books.

I think it was the best. The opening segment was the truest to the feeling of the books the show has ever gotten, and it was new material. Basically the whole time I was reading Book 5 I was thinking "whats happening at King's Landing?" and thats what this episode gave us.

how meta

Bran didn't fall because of Cersei though, perse.

It strikes me that Tommen died the same way Bran was nearly killed by Jamie—-falling out of a window. There's a bit of poetry there—-worth noting for when Jamie confronts Cersei.

You don't think it's a big deal that the Lord of the Light is actually real and resurrecting chosen individuals?

Well it seems like it would be scary to be raped by him in particular if you were a young girl. But that nun wasn't exactly dainty.