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Kinda pissed we didn't get some real heavy hitting Starks coming out of those Crypts tbh

 

Look, I just don’t want to get yelled at again! That plot was honestly the only thing that I truly took issue with last night.

 

Also how gut-wrenching is it to have both Jorah and Beric go to say something on their deathbeds just to not be able to say it and stop breathing. Savagery for everyone.

 

I was expecting a big twist where we find out the Night King took his dragon and the Walkers to King's Landing instead, which in retrospect would've been much better strategically on his part. The wights obviously were doing their job, and their defeat was only possible because the NK was there to kill. Though, I suppose he didn't see wars in the same terms as humans, and he just wanted to kill Bran as soon as he could.

That was one of my favorite scenes, along with their earlier exchange. It would be kind of funny if they end up together, though I'm not convinced Tyrion survives, as much as I love him.

 

Would’ve been hilarious to see Sean Bean bust out of a tomb headless, then reach inside the hole, grab it, and stick it on.

And you all thought the showrunners wrote some bad stuff.

 

Why did NK want Bran so badly? So he could have a raven on his squad?

 

I swear one of the wights looked like John Cleese, and I immediately started picturing a Nearly Headless Nick coming out to fight.

 

So opinions, are we getting a “here’s how I did it” scene with Arya or will we never see her perspective?

 

I will cherish every single scene we have with that ice dragon.

 

The Hound picked her up and threw her like a bag of potatoes. This is my headcanon and literally nothing is going to change my mind.

 

We already know how she did it, she stuck him with the pointy end

 

As an episode of TV that was awesome. Extremely entertaining and very well done. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.

As a battle though, I had a LOT of questions. Biggest one for me was, did The Dothraki just charge forward on their own when they got their swords lit, or was that the plan??? I know they were prepping Winterfell quickly and with little preparation, but a lot of that strategy seemed EXTREMELY questionable to me, and I'm not an expert on tactical medieval ground combat or anything.

They also made some very surprising decisions in the overall narrative that I did not see coming. I absolutely did not think they would take out the Night King at this point in the season and have Cersei be who they are taking on in the final few episodes. I would have bet everything they were going the other way. That said though, I FUCKING LOVED that it was Arya that did it and that caught me completely and totally off guard. The White Walkers being a complete and utter non-issue was also very surprising.

I have not read the books, but I am extremely curious whether this was in any way remotely close to where he was going with the story. I also wonder whether he is ever going to finish the actual books.

 

So, back in S6 I believe, Bran encountered the Children of the Forest who told him what they did to him and why they did it. They looked at man as we are, destructive. Like a plague, I can’t remember the exact play by play but upon killing the man who became the Night King, they realized they created something much worse that they couldn’t undo. The explanation of how the 3ER came to be I don’t think was fully explained, but that his purpose is to “know.” Kind of like a The Giver situation. He keeps the memory of the history of man alive. The Night King, ever since, has walked beyond the wall building an army of the undead to bring about the long night and wipe out humanity. Bran, being the only one who could see into the past and future, and also the only one with full knowledge of him, poses the biggest threat. With Bran gone, the history of man in Westeros goes with him. Ever since he caught Bran watching him while warging and marked him, he’s been tracking him down ever since.

 

I feel like fan theories were way more interesting than what we got with the Night King.

 

TOSS ME!

(Don’t tell the elf.)

 

If he would’ve walked up to Bran, and they’d of revealed they were one in the same like many thought, then I’d of asked @EASheartsVinyl for that club. Would’ve been such a punch in the face after that whole episode and really wouldn’t have made much sense.

 

You have my club.

Today is officially LOTR day in this thread.

 

I would KILL to know Rian Johnson's Night King theory and where he would have gone with that character.

 

When he came out of it I half expected him to be like, “Hi! I’m here! I was definitely watching the battle and not people having sex! That is super not a thing that I would do right now!”

 

Us.

 

He 100% would’ve made The Night King a nobody throwaway, and Bran would roll of out Winterfell with the dead, leading them.

Ending shot: Gilly goes to the casino.