Zombie dragon! It hadn’t
occurred to me that that could happen, that the Night King could simply throw a
spear at a dragon and enlist the creature into his army. Not only will this
weapon be potent but seeing it in action will probably tear Daenerys apart. Now
everybody is screwed. (Unless
Daenerys cries on the dragon and her tears restore it with the power of love or
whatever.)
The whole sequence north of
the Wall was like Game of Thrones
showing it could be a better zombie show than The Walking Dead. The stakes seemed higher than anything in the
latter show, with the gang surrounded and freezing. The white walkers are
creepy in their silence. The bear attack was very jarring and the sight of
Beric’s flaming sword against the snow was beautiful.
I have two quibbles with
this scene. First, enough with the last-minute saves. Someone has swooped in so
many times to save the day, like in the Battle of the Bastards and the attack
on Highgarden. Just in this one battle, it happened twice, with the dragon
flying in and then Uncle Benjen saving Jon. It’s exciting but I don’t want it
to be overused. Second, will those men please
cover their heads? They have hoods built into their coats and they’re not using
them. Didn’t their mothers ever tell them that 90 percent of body heat is lost
through the head?
What a predictable disaster
this trip has been. The group did capture the zombie but at the cost of
one-third of the dragons. Tyrion did try to talk some sense into Daenerys about
not using dragon fire for every problem but this was one situation in which it
was appropriate since the wights are dead anyway so burning them isn’t inhumane.
But now they know they have to use the remaining two dragons sparingly and can’t
get near the Night King because he could easily zombify the other two. And then
where are they? What weapons do they really have?
I’m kind of torn on the
conflict between the Stark sisters. They were always different people on
different trajectories, and they’ve both suffered and changed so much that it
would have been unrealistic to see them giggling and braiding each other’s hair
or whatever. It’s frustrating to see Arya, who is no fool, fall for
Littlefinger’s letter.
Arya has been through a lot
and is right to be suspicious but nothing Sansa has done has justified the
threat of murder. Sansa was right that she was instrumental in taking back
Winterfell while Arya was off in Braavos. A long talk, as well as some kind of
therapy for the traumatized Arya, would probably clear up a lot of things
between these two. They need to hear exactly what the other has been through.
What does it serve to threaten your sister for allegedly betraying the family
when what’s left of your family is your sister, one checked-out brother and one
brother who may not come home?
Did anyone else think the
bag of faces looked a little ridiculous?
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