Fuuuuuuck...

Pretty much this. 

The Cleganebowl was the only storyline that worked. Arya’s almost did, had she died instead of magically surviving 17 different walls collapsing on her.

I am clearly not saying anything bad about Mr. Lee.

i think the westermarck effect comes into play, though, when you consider that they were raised as siblings. half-siblings, sure, and catelyn definitely tried to poison everyone against jon and make him feel like he wasn’t really part of the family, but they viewed each other as siblings nonetheless. it’s different…

But even Ned kept the secret about Jon! And he was still considered honorable by the show!!

Haha fair point!

ugh I know I was shouting about this. Marrying a first cousin has been totally normal for most of human history, and IS NORMAL IN WESTEROS! An aunt/nephew relationship is basically the same thing, but more of a remove. It wouldn’t be a problem.

Yea, I mean in the books Tywin was married to his first cousin and yet for some reason they act like that’s no big deal.

Gonna have to infuse some Essos blood to keep the family trees forking.

It’s been confirmed in the show now, but it still seems implausible to me that non-Targaryen nobility in this world would consider that incest. They’re all pretty keen on marrying within their social class, and there just don’t seem to be enough of them to get fussy about marrying non-immediate relatives. How many…

This sets the bar for ‘brilliance’ as so arbitrarily low, that just about any show could be interpreted as such. The fact remains that narrative foreshadowing is a key art of storytelling, and essentially, the show’s writers have been floundering and making very short term decisions since season 4. You probably loved…

Prophecies are purposely vague and nowhere does it say who will do the killing. Arya is a blunt object. I love her, but that’s what she is. We’ve seen nothing to suggest Dany or Jon is a better fighter. Dany and Jon especially Jon are still the reason that Arya was there. So is The Prince that was Promised necessarily…

When they have the “not today” dialogue, it was clear to me that Arya was going to kill the Night King. I mean like, it killed the twist to me.

The one issue I have is how heavily the prophecies are pushed in the books (consistent, multiple sources, etc). I don’t think the show spends that much time on them to begin with, though?

Man, if only that wasn’t a self-regulated board with no oversight whatsoever that was routinely ignored by consumers...

“For those in the first three rows, there are plastic ponchos beneath your seats.”

I’m not sure I agree with your theory but I do agree that the Night King is freaking smart and strategic. I think they are capable of much, much more than most people seem to think thus far. Why in the world would they not be able to build boats?

Um, he breached the wall when he had a dragon to breach it with. 

I understand that logic, but the precedent doesn’t matter unless more candidates follow Trump’s lead.  Every other presidential candidate in recent memory has released their returns.  Trump is literally unique in this regard, so the precedent only threatens him.