The flashbacks are cool, but are we supposed to know something from previous episodes that makes them significant. What is the significance of Bran knowing that Eddard didn't kill the mighty swordsman afterall? Other than Eddard is not the badass of legend, is there something in the previous seasons that would make this info relevant to Bran or important for Bran to tell someone else? Like, "if only Jon Snow knew his father wasn't such a baddass afterall. Or the Umber's might not have such fierce allegiance to House Stark if they knew ..." Or are all these flashbacks just for our sake, so we know more about Trident and TOJ like the readers?
Regarding whether the head of Shaggydog is big enough: I thought it was big enough. But I always thought the direwolves were disappointingly small in the show from what book readers said about them. fwiw: the TV show's direwolves are accurate to our fossil record of them. They are not that much bigger than current wolves. Here's some images Shaggydog and Summer Greywind Greywind's head on a stake Spoiler for size Spoiler
Yeah...I thought maybe there is stuff in the previous seasons regarding Eddard beating the Sword of the Morning...ie regarding the stories that Bran mentioned. Little stuff like that is something I miss or forget easily.
Yeah there's probably something about that in previous seasons, I don't remember either. I'm thinking/hoping that the flashbacks are leading to the revealing of Jon Snow's parents.
Considering how the show presented the flashback, it's funny that the books specifically mentioned Bran reminiscing about his father telling him that Dayne would have killed him had it not been for Howland Reed. I think the dialogue was specifically chosen to instill doubt in show-watchers about whether everything Ned Stark said was true Plain and simple, it's a set up for the Tower of Joy reveal ------ Here's a nice video depicting the main source of info about the Tower of Joy, Ned's feverdream Spoiler <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nqv-UtJQk5Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> No spoilers, as the show has presented pretty much everything in this scene and more
I don't think there was anything in the show about it. As the producers (or whoever the guys on immediately after are) said, it showed Ned Stark to be imperfect. I think that was purely the reason for that portion of the scene. To show he isn't always fully honest about everything, which obviously plays into the primary theory about Jon Snow.
Maybe this is more clear in the book, but the Church has the sympathy of the masses. An army can defeat the Faith Militant, but the populace would be outraged. I wouldn't think getting the King's order would be hard for Cersei. He doesn't know what to do and doesn't want to be in charge. He trusts his mother. And, he loves his wife who has been imprisoned. Cersei could easily say, 'Ok, here's the plan, we'll march in the army, kill all these bastards and get your wife back.' And he'd say okay. If Margaery ends up dying in the process, well Cersei never liked her anyway. That doesn't seem like a very sporting thing to do for a person who supposedly loves the gods and is trying to be good. Of course, people manage to justify all kinds of things to themselves.
Did anyone else who knows Tyrion's conversational ability and knowledge of the game, catch Tyrion finding out that Greyworm's loose lips are giving patrol information away to Missandei? Then he acts uninterested, and suggests a game, and Missandei says "my master" used to make us play games. Missandei revealed she considers herself a slave and not free. It also shows us that she is getting the information needed to murder the unsullied on their patrols. Tyrion is no fool and likely took this information into account, while acting the part of a clueless drunk who just wants conversation and games.
That's an interesting theory. Re-watched it just now and I don't get the feeling that that is what is happening, but I do like the idea that Missandei and/or Greyworm are behind the Sons of the Harpy.
I think that'd be a strong theory if the Varys sequence hadn't happened. It would make a hellva twist but both seem devoted to Dany since the start.
She was referring to her former male master who made her play sex games. I think you are reaching when saying she still considered herself a slave Not to mention both she and Greyworm have gone through a ton and put their life on the line numerous times for Daenerys. Them turning on her now doesn't make much logical sense, making them flip on her would seem more like shock value at this point
Theory (completely unsubstantiated of course) that I read a while back was that Missandei is actually one of those assassins like Arya and the girl that threw the snake towards Danny at Quarth. Its pretty far fetched but who knows.
I agree. From a show standpoint, it actually might be something that should happen just to spice up that storyline a bit. It would also tie into Dany being humbled this season. All her titles mean nothing, her "devoted" followers betray her, and in the end she is rescued by the man whom she dismissed. Khaleesi deserves a kick in the pants at this point.
