“(it happened to her ancestors, who had bigger, better-trained dragons),”

The North knows no Queen but the Queen in the North, whose name is Mormont:

But I think the real tragedy is that he’s one of the most glaringly innocent victim of the game of thrones the show has presented.

To me, Rickon felt like the writers said “we need to wrap up this dangling thread.” The show has never shied away from brutally treating it’s characters, so it wasn’t without precedent.

“When the writers go off book, the gods toss a coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land. Will it be Dorne or Hardhome?”

Trial by Combat or Judge by the Seven. Both are shitty options because being judged by the seven is like crap no matter how you play it especially when the Faith Militant is crazy. (Although, if they find Cersei guilty then Tommen isn’t king and it would de-legitimize the Faith Militant’s unification with the Throne…

I appreciated that development in the story and have to admit I didn’t foresee it. I always expected a trial by combat, but you’re right that Cersei blew it. It’s what we’ve come to expect of her—no subtlety at all—and what I’ve come to expect of the High Sparrow as a master manipulator and strategist. I wonder if the…

I posted this elsewhere but will copy

So, regarding Lady Stoneheart...

That is the Wildling way. They steal their wives. In their culture, since the women are also often warriors, a woman would never consider a man who without the strength to take what he wanted. Perhaps Tormund is smart enough not to try that shit with a southern woman. But I ship them hard.

The Hodor bit was GRRM’s idea. I watched the “behind the scenes” thing after the show and the directors said that they were shocked when he told them. So yeah, it'll probably be in the books!

Are all the Children of the Forest dead now!?

Did you not watch the behind the scenes right after? They say straight out it came from Martin.

OF course, “Hold the door.” is on everyone’s minds right now, it’s still burnt into mine and will be until the day I die. It was raw, emotional and tragic...but that Red Priest shaking Varys to his core and saying that he stands with the Lord of Light’s choosen...who was she talking about? Was it the Khalesi or was it…

I am 100% here for Tormund and Brienne. They are the perfect pair! A strong man who can kick ass on his own that isn’t threatened by an equally strong woman? Yassssssss. I really hope we get more of this before everything goes to shit.

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I think this opens the door to the Cold Hands plot, it just comes in much later, but how else do Bran and Meera get out of this?

I’m genuinely heartbroken and simultaneously floored by the tragedy and mastery of the Hodor scene. First, kudos to Benioff and Weiss for teasing it well a couple episodes ago—you could tell there was something melancholy about Bran seeing young Hodor before his affliction—maybe it was in the way Hodor’s and Three…

“The Children of the Forest appear to be extinct now.”

That was the part I was really hoping wouldn’t happen while I was watching the episode. I really wanted to see more of them, even if only one of them survived.

Yes, it appears that’s how they created the first one. We’ve seen the Night’s King is able to make more, so that is still unknown.

Bran HAS to be in the next episode. As much as Hodor’s sacrifice was noble, he only bought them maybe a couple hundred feet. Maybe 200 yards? She’s a thin girl dragging a 6' tall guy in a…

No. This is a reveal that works far better in cinema/TV than literature.