Holy shit, thought she was just stabbed but that's way nastier.

She fell from the stool 18 inches to her death.

And also it shows her character legitimately when she makes rash anger-based decisions. I liked that she unleashed the Mtn on the sparrows after her exchange with Lancel, who she particularly has a grudge with.

I thought they were implying Drogon and Danni took care of the ships and now Danni was done and back in town and like "What the fuck did you do to my kingdom while I was gone, Imp?"

Yep. Cersei basically shot her Mountain wad.

True. But now it seems weird that last episode that dude or any other Tully soldier didn't raise an objection when Blackfish told the Freys they could go ahead and kill Edmure, no worries. I get that Blackfish was calling a bluff but still, that could be seen as him seizing actual title to Riverrun.

Did he in fact lose his life for good in the books though? I don't remember thinking that…

The Ghost of Riverrun. Over the next few years he'll live off rats and slink out from the shadows to murder the dozens of soldiers and relatives who betrayed him.

And have the Faith itself sit on the Iron Throne? Interesting.

True. I was hoping she'd return to Westeros as a faceless assassin and reject the life b/c her newest mark is someone like Davos, a name she doesn't know from her old life yet someone that 1) she'd respect and 2) would bring her back into Jon Snow's orbit. Then she'd be a sort of rogue faceless person wandering the…

"Is one of them brother banging, because Tommen might have a bit of a problem if she loses her trial."

Agreed. I just feel like this even somehow cheapens her inevitable bad-assery when she returns to Westeros. I don't believe that her skills physical or otherwise were improved at the House of B&W in Braavos. Compare her at the beginning of Season 5 taking that pigeon's head off to now. What did she absorb from…

Lol. I would just love an actual genuine explanation of that one point. B/c I don't think there is a legitimate answer, and it's shatteringly, disappointingly lazy writing.

So killing a faceless person, or surviving an assassination attempt by same, gets you into the club? Seems thin but I guess it's not insane. Still, I doubt that's the authorial intention or implication.

So sad that arguably the best character's story has been quicksanded for two years only to end in lazy hasty meaninglessness. Plus it undoes the whole mystique of the Faceless Men and makes Arya's connection with them pointless.

I'd just like the simple question to be put to D&D: What has happened to Arya or what has she done that she has "truly become no one"? I'd just like to hear the answer. What could it be?

I wish that were the case but it feels like the writers really just wanted a moment in which she's earned her degree from Faceless Man U only to turn it down. Because that builds her character. But what an awkward weak way to do it.

Except all you need to do to kill her is turn the lights out.

Did Varys even meet Dany?

Too easy. His character is genuinely more scary b/c he's a legit believer/fanatic.