I mean, I did think theKong Wen wrote:Has anyone put any thought into the idea that the Umbers' "gift" might be part of a scheme rather than something to take at face value?Spoiler
"I think it's a little too late for Stoneheart at this point, too many years have past and Jon has already come back. I think she's more important for Brienne's and Jaime's arc than she is for Jon though" — She's important for their arc, but structurally/thematically she's an important foreshadowing for Jon.
Yeah I wasn't as into this scene as I was with the Greyjoys in the second episode, but I think it's just all set up right now until they can get Yara to take Victarion's role and Sam to get to Oldtown for the rest of it to fall in place.Kong Wen wrote:Max is great. I'm still finding Theon/Yara/everything about Pyke boring. Maybe new Greyjoys will make this more joyful, but I think my main problem with them is I don't see how they fit into the overall arc.
Yeah good to see that conversation. Between Jon, Sansa, Davos, Mel, Brienne, Pod and Tormond, they have a lot of "main" characters in one spot right now. I'm thinking we're probably going to see some of them split off soon.Kong Wen wrote:I'm glad we got to see some Davos/Stannis/Brienne talk. Davos is a good dude, and he doesn't know the details of what happened south of the wall quite yet. Hopefully Brienne has a good mind toward her oath to keep Sansa safe and doesn't muck things up on her Renly revenge tour.
It's funny that you say that, so far this season I've felt that the content has mostly been ADWD and AFFC but with different dialogue. Tyrion = Dany + Barristan (+ maybe Quentyn), Ramsay = Davos (Northern lords, Rickon), Jon = Stannis, Greyjoys, Sam (and possibly Jaime) are AFFC, Arya is a mix between ADWD, AFFC and her TWOW sample chapter, Dorne is undistinguishable. As the season moves forward though it's definitely going to be moving past the books (though I'd say more in its own direction).Kiwi the Tortoise wrote: I like that we finally go completely off the rails that books set up and it pays off.
Good call. Putting Theon back there is theoretically interesting (does he hope to lend support to the Starks if his sister wins the Seaweed Hammock?), but I'm not going to be engaged until stuff starts happening.The Shoemaker wrote:until they can get Yara to take Victarion's role
Davos at least is going to rally the troops. I doubt the whole crew will go with him. Brienne and Pod will stay with Sansa. I highly doubt Sansa will go anywhere with Littlefinger now that she has her posse around. Mel will go wherever the big guy goes.The Shoemaker wrote:I'm thinking we're probably going to see some of them split off soon.
lol, maybe that's his intention? He just learned about the Kingsmoot as he was arriving at Pike, so I don't think he has much planned out beyond wanting a place to stay.Kong Wen wrote:Good call. Putting Theon back there is theoretically interesting (does he hope to lend support to the Starks if his sister wins the Seaweed Hammock?), but I'm not going to be engaged until stuff starts happening.The Shoemaker wrote:until they can get Yara to take Victarion's role
Yes, but I think it's a bit too early to have 6-8 big characters wandering around together. My guess is Davos will take off, Brienne and Pod will take off, and Perhaps Littlefinger. But will anyone stay at the wall or is that story done for now? Maybe we'll pick up on Edd here and there.Kiwi the Tortoise wrote:I expect to see more threads moving together than apart.
We are currently in season 6 and I don't expect the show to run past 8, so we should see how pieces are moved into place.
