AGame of Thronesepisode without Tyrion is that rarefied of affair , like an Anthony Weiner mayoral campaign without a dick pic or an Oklahoma City Thunder Western Conference Finals game six against the Golden State warrior without a choke chore . And so many other heavy hitters were absent this week , too – Jon , Sansa , Littlefinger , Theon , Ramsay , Brienne , Tormund " MF " Giantsbane – that " Blood of My line " was bound to feel slighter than its Season 6 crony .
But it was pretty good ! Bran had a random-access memory meltdown and met a long - lost relative . Arya took insome more comedyand further gravel the Waif . And Daenerys brag a lot , even though she ’s at least a week ’s ride from Meereen and 1,000 ship shy of her ship - having needs , and she yelled at her khalasar from atop Drogon in a voice that , let ’s face up it , never would have carried far enough for nine - tenth part of those Dothraki dudes to have heard . rent ’s get into it .
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This weekend , George R.R. Martin strike suspension on his ostensibly endless pursuit to finish leger six in the seemingly eternal " A Song of Ice and Fire " saga to appear as the client of honor atBalticon 50 . The science - fiction and phantasy formula held in Baltimore dangled these GRRM - related goods and services :
For that last one , Martin took the microscope stage at Balticon a few hours before Sunday nighttime ’s episode ofGame of Thronesaired and understand a raw extract from the prospicient - awaitedThe wind of Winter – a chaptertold from Aeron " the Damphair " Greyjoy ’s point of persuasion that , by all chronicle , hammer home the already obvious : thatEuron Greyjoy is not a nice human being .
While the Euron in the books and the Euron on the show are n’t precisely comparable , they do share a unbalance swagger and , more importantly , command over a sizable fleet . Why am I bring all of this up , even though zero Ironborn appear in " Blood of My profligate " ? Because those ships were indirectly name - checked during a conversation between Daenerys and Daario :
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Daenerys : " How many ships will I necessitate to impart my khalasar over to Westeros ? "
Daario : " The Dothraki and all their buck , the Unsullied , and the Second Sons ? One thousand ship , easy . Probably more . "
Daenerys : " And who has that many ? "
Daario : " No one . "
Daenerys : " Nobody yet . "
You ’ll recall that , just last calendar week , after near drowning in that crack - fun Ironborn ritual where the kingsmoot winner gets by design held underwater until he drown , and after spotting Theon and Yara slinking away with his best war vessel , Euron specifically arrange his new bailiwick to progress him precisely 1,000 ships . How convenient !
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Except that it ’s more complicated than that .
We ’re being pushed to suppose that Daenerys will delight her troops overseas on those 1,000 ship . And thatmighthappen . But a few matter stand in the way of it being an easy transaction :
1 . Euron . He ’s such a tool . It can not be stressed how much of an nates this guy is . He ’s also a woman hater and enslaves / thralls those he conquers . Something tells me he ’d fret Dany the untimely room .
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2 . Daenerys . She ’s kind of an arsenic lately , too . Someone who unleashes quotes like " I take what ’s mine " and seems pleased to be referred to as a vanquisher is not someone you ’re going to want to do business with . Even batshit , brute Euron wo n’t know what ’s come when she sics Viserion and his lepidote friends on him and then jacks the rest of the fleet .
3 . Theon and Yara . They bolted from Pyke well ahead of Euron and his loyalists , so they have a nice capitulum start if they require to steal their evil uncle ’s design of convince Daenerys to allow them help oneself her take the Iron Throne . And she might be more sympathetic to them , given that a strong womanhood is commanding the fleet . But a fourth roadblock to the Iron Islanders ' program to be part of the Targaryen takeover – and one that seems to be forgotten – is Tyrion .
4 . Tyrion . Savvy viewers will call in the lonesome conversation between Tyrion and Theon , one that terminate with the Ironborn Mrs. Humphrey Ward of the Starks being utterly serve up . ( Watch the time above and express joy – especially at how the camera genus Pan by Theon ’s humbled face as Tyrion go by through at the ending . ) Their tête - à - tête befall in Episode 4 of Season 1 , when Tyrion stopped at Winterfell after his rubber-necking stumble to the Wall . We determine that Tyrion dislike the Ironborn for their pointless rebellion prior to the events of the first season , as he find all the Lannister ships dock at Lannisport combustion , as well as the sailors in them .
When and if Theon and Yara – or Euron , for that matter – get in in Meereen , they ’re not conk to get a tender welcome from Tyrion . Then again , he does profess to have a soft spotlight for cripple , son of a bitch , and break thing – and Theon is decidedly more lame and wiped out than he was five time of year ago . perchance they ’ll shoot it off all these years later .
Arya
receive back , Arya ! receive back , Needle !
After enduring the worst sketch comedy this side of the dwarf follies at Joffrey ’s hymeneals and countless RBFs from the Waif , Arya may finally be wrapping up her Braavos storyline . Will she return to Westeros ? And if so , how ? Let ’s ponder !
I ’m just spitballing here , but maybe Arya will kill the Waif , be liberate from her service with the Faceless Men , and journeying with the acting troupe across the Narrow Sea . Perhaps they ’ve been booked to perform at a marriage of some kind and require someone to play Arya in an approaching production ? And maybe that wedding involves the Freys ? Safe bet , considering how many Freys get married off on this show . Someone ’s set about ta kill onetime Walder , right ? And the preseason dawdler did show Walder raise a glass in toast . What then ? Maybe Arya can morph into the Arya - sized girl / kid bride that horny goat Walder was bouncing on his lap in this sequence .
But yeah , he ’ll belike live eternally .
King’s Landing
What ’s Margaery performing at ? She ’s plain pretending to have atoned for her sin , and is manipulating Tommen into thinking that she ’s on the High Sparrow ’s side . But what ’s her endgame , other than the hope that she ’ll be able-bodied to carry through Loras ? It seems like Olenna experience what ’s up ; you do n’t see many honest-to-goodness Lady showing up to a standoff that had been plan to be a trigger-happy clash . And you also do n’t see many helmets quite as feather as Mace Tyrell ’s . What a yawl !
I ’m well-chosen that Jaime is heading out of Ithiel Town , though , after he ’s send away from the Kingsguard by Tommen the Patsy , aka his Word . That ’s one less person keeping Cersei in check-out procedure , and I really want Cersei to go full Cersei . I live to hear her utter that line from the preseason drone : " I choose fury . " And I live for Cleganebowl . Make it encounter , Benioff and Weiss !
Bran
My colleague the Three - Eyed Patchesbroke down Bran ’s visions , but I ’d like to rivet on the wildfire portions – that shine green substance the maesters are go steady pour into a barrel in the tunnels and that ignites in a rolling ball of fire . What if Cersei loses her tribulation - by - fighting and , doom to die , she enacts a design to destroy the High Sparrow using wildfire ? Interestingly , Jonathan Pryce may have permit something along those linesslip in a recent audience . If true , that would be a nice echo of Mad King Aerys II from Bran ’s imagination , when he says , " Burn them all . " Only I ’d expect Cersei to live long enough for Arya to kill her . Someday .
Sam and Gilly
This was the bad dinner party of all meter , in my legal opinion . " You ’re a nervous talker , " prophesized Gilly . That is definitely true . Also genuine : Dickon is a bad name . And Randall Tarly is my new favourite fibre , and I ca n’t wait to see his font when he discover out that his precious Valyrian sword is gone .
Walder Frey
He ’s ba - a - ack , and he ’s none too happy – again . " They ’re laughing at us ! " gripe the Frey overlord , whom I have escape greatly since he slaughtered all of my favorite persona at the Red Wedding . It seems that Brynden Tully , aka the Blackfish , aka the uncle of Catelyn Stark , Lysa Arryn , and Edmure Tully , has re - postulate Riverrun , and Walder means to take it back . How ? By reminding the Tullys who he ’s keeping as a hostage . Poor Edmure , which is an anagram of demure !
Walder did allow slip one’s mind a few interesting nuggets of info . The Mallisters and a few other antecedently North - lean bannermen are back digest the Tullys . And the Brotherhood Without Banners is stealing supplies from the Freys – and in all likelihood take care to hang a few of Walder ’s kin , too . Also , Brynden Tully , if you think , was essentially the sheriff of the Vale at the beginning of the series . With Littlefinger and the Arryn USA position near Moat Cailin , the Blackfish has a likely ally just to the northward of the Twins .
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