Game of Thrones S7E02 Explained
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2017
- Can Varys be trusted? What’s Littlefinger up to? Will Randyll Tarly betray House Tyrell? Did Sam write ASOIAF? Does Daenerys’ battle plan make any sense? What does Nymeria mean to Arya? How has Theon changed?
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I like how pirates spend their entire lives hunting treasure but the real treasure is the time they spend together
"Alt Shift X liked this', lol
"the true treasure was the friendships we made along the way" hahahha
MrRrusiii one piece lol
haha what a fucking brilliant comment, legend
the actual One Piece is the nakama(friends) that luffy made on his journey
"... slayed some Freys, and met Ed Sheeran. How could she begin to explain all this trauma?"
This is priceless, thank you Alt
Thanks Karl!
Alt Shift X beautiful i love you dude
Melisandre did not suggest that both Jon Snow and Daenerys Azor Ahai/The Prince That Was Promised. Daenerys has a role to play, but Melisandre did not say that Daenerys is the Azor Ahai/The Prince That Was Promised. Carice van Houten says "I think she’s still on the path of Jon and just knows that they have to meet in order to ... God knows, but she’s on Jon’s track." www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-carice-van-houten-game-of-thrones-20170724-story.html It is possible Carice van Houten may be hinting that Daenerys is Nissa Nissa.
Nah. He just jumps the bandwagon on this one. I respect your videos, but man, Ed is just a human being. Stop that nonsense.
Karl Sæther best comment ever
"...and met Ed Sheeran. How can she begin to explain all of this trauma?"
whats with all this fucking hate towards sheeran ?
seriously whats wrong with you people
Just a joke, calm down XD
NakedAvanger he's a ginger... jk
NakedAvanger he's...not that great of a singer and his cameo was pointless and distracting
AmundsenKalmah idk man he deleted his twitter for a while because of all th scumbags attacking him for that
like... those people need some real problems in their lives
"... and met Ed Sheeran. How could she begin to explain all this trauma."
That is the best line in this entire video...
I felt the best line was "and Little Finger Slithered in...." Lol 🤣
VidyaSimran but petyr was actually in the room before jon
Yeah may be, but it's how Alt Shift X narrated it..... Lol....funny 😂
Creepy Peter thing is maybe the best
"Give your aunt a kiss."
-Daenerys Targaryen
Jon I'm inside you
Not anymore my lady
*And so they lived happily ever after....THE END!
GRRM: "What the fook have you done D&D?"
D&D: "The people loved it. Look at our TV ratings. Amazing right?"
gg
He knows nothing. And neither does she.
Valhalla when you steal this comment from the episode 3 trailer
When did Brienne realise Jaime was hitting on her?
When he asked: “Are you sure we’re not related?”
MeleDubs Good one
i think afterwards he says ''every lanister has been a pain in my ass''
thats not hitting on someone
kek
Heujer, you don't know what he does with Cercei ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Marten den Heijer it was a joke.
"punches a hole in the priceless historical artifact" Lmao
That scene made me cringe.
Hahahahahahaha! Exactly! I died!
Yeah that bit made me laugh too :D
My exact thought when he did that on the show
+El yeah like seriously that thing is a millenia old and of huge historical importance and they just shoot a fucking ballista bolt into it.
I like that idea at 8:02. That rather than just being some weakling first-born from a minor noble house, Sam is the author of all we've been reading.
Looks like he was right
That theory doesn't make much sense if you've actually read the books. Like, how would Sam know the intimate personal thoughts of every POV character? If the main books were framed as history books, like what Fire & Blood was, then it would make sense, but the main books aren't like that at all, so it makes zero sense that there would be an in-universe author.
@@HOTD108_ That's not how writing works exactly. The books are written from an Omnipotent pov but that doesn't mean that an In Universe author could Fill in the gaps in reasoning and what the people were thinking.
Greyworm is missing his worm and still gets laid. I can't even get a text back smh
Well, it's because he has a way of words. Such as:
"I go on patrol."
And yeah, that's about it.
camycamera and "I make joke" 😂
OK, I LOLed at that.
Alexander K. Did you get that from that tweet from the Arab kid 😂
because Greyworm don't let the Worm do the thinking for him
I still don't understand what Theon was suppose to do in the last scene.
His sister has a blade to her throat by their crazy uncle which gives the impression he'll just kill her if Theon does anything. All of their men are dead and their portion of the Iron born fleet is gone and we can clearly see at least 2 other Iron born with Euron in the shot.
Theon is outnumbered and literally only has the options of suicide charge(which will probably get his sister killed), surrender, or run.
I understand they wanted to make Theon look like a coward here but honestly in this situation what was the right choice?
Paintedawg I know, he was right
i just made a comment saying the exact same thing lmao. The main impact that scene had on me was that Theon made a smart decision and wasn't an egotistical dipshit. I'm gonna be super pissed if they have Yara be angry about it if he ends up rescuing her or something cause it was so clearly the right thing to do.
like best case, impossibly lucky scenario, Euron doesn't immediately kill Yara and even fights Theon one on one, i'm pretty sure it's been established that Yara is the better fighter out of the two anyway, so they'd both be captured or killed.
Paintedawg old Theon would've sacrificed himself anyways to try to save his sister, even if it was clearly impossible. The same way Jon tried to save Rickon.
Anyone not a coward would try to save their own sister regardless of the risk. Yes you can rationalise it all you want and say it was the right thing, but to non cowards it was the wrong choice. Don't get me wrong I am not having a go at cowards, and I have no problem with them. They were born that way. Different people have different traits and its just the way we all are. I know I will get flak for this statement, but the truth hurts. In this case it shouldn't, just accept who you are and get on with life.
Without a question or debate, he 100% made the right choice
Theon did the right thing.
The battle was lost, his uncle (the superior fighter) had his sister at his mercy, and charging in to be a hero would have done nothing but get him killed.
Ellaria, however, messed up badly by letting herself and her daughter get captured alive. Cersei is going to torture her daughter to death in front of Ellaria before it's her turn.
You are right Ellaria is no Marthell therefore the Dornismen will not come to her rescue. She highly overestimated her value here, that and Queen Cersei's cruelness...☠️☠️
I agree... I was hoping Theon would turn ninja and save his sister, but in reality they had already lost, one movement would have killed Yara, jumping in the water kept both of them alive, at least temporarily and he can regroup, tell what happened, get help, and potentially save them later.
Ms Pinetree The problem later when he comes back will be how to convince Yara than he didn't abandon her and chose himself over his sister
I think that this might be a mad king parallel. Perhaps Cersei will do something along the lines of what the mad king did to Rickard and Brandon Stark. Ellaria burned while her daughter tries to save her but kills herself in the attempt.
Yeah, I don't blame him at all.
honestly i get just as excited about AltShiftx episodes as i do for the regular GoT episodes haha
I heard that man. He's got solid content.
overtflow i look forward to this and The Normies Reactions hahah
overtflow I'm out here tweeting at him, asking when the Ep is out 😂
Марина Беляева ,
Same here ✌🏻
"Bad hombres" lol
"This week on Embarrassing Bodies..."
Lmaoooo
That was a hysterical parallel.
lol I lost it too..
Trying to make kings landing great again
I lost it at the part where you mentioned magic johnson in south park 😂😂
"This week on embarrassing bodies" that cracked me up hahaha
Sassy Alt Shift X is best Alt Shift X
Dragonfire can't melt steel beams
Brendon J-S so do you believe 911 was an inside job or not? Curious what side of the conversation people who keep making this joke are on.
Harrenhal was an inside job.
Jaqen H'ghar
Summerhall*
Jaquen H'ghar: Harrenhal WAS an inside job... the second time, in 120 A.C., by Larys "Clubfoot" Strong.
hell no lol most likely saudi funded terrorists but we looked the other way and invaded iraq instead
I was really sad to see Qyburn wreck Balerion's skull...historical artefacts are getting destroyed so much, now and throughout history, and it's sad.
Hardûn I don't think that was Belerions skull. They never said it was. Plus if the books are to be believed that skull was waaayyyy to small to be his.
Ezekiel Powell they did say it was balerions skull rewatch it
Hardûn They were first examining Balerion's skull but the weapon was pointed at another, smaller dragon skull.
Made me a little sad too :(
Qyburn is a terrorist.. :/
The dragon skull that was shot was thousands of years old... older bones are bound to be less strong
IT was aegons dragon so it was only like 300 hundred years old but yeah same thing.
lol
Not that they need to. This show is not on NatGeo. And apart from that, spikes and scales add defense as well. The scene made a point that this weapon has a chance.
It was over 200 years old, not 300. He was alive over 300 years before this scene.
Greyscale on the genitals must be pretty tricky to remove...
Awesome! Well worth the wait, and the Ed Sheeran bit was funny! :D
Thanks Shiera!
only replys to pretty pictures :P
Schwifty 😍
I really appreciate that you take your time to make a meaningful, quality video and don't just post a badly written, plain recap of the episode 2 hours after it airs like so many other people that make Game of Thrones content. Thank you.
"That's not me." and "That's not you." is a good point at Nymeria and Arya's scene connected. I wasn't even notice that. It was so deep. :')
Did Olenna intentionally frame Tyrion? She couldn't have known Joffrey was going to do what he did and assign Tyrion to be his cup bearer.
She did it together with little finger didnt she? He might've helped frame him, and she just knew or didn't care
Charlie Keane
Little finger framed tyrion. He hired dwarves to do the performance hoping Joffrey provokes tyrion. It works.
Well perhaps not entirely intentional, but she definitely took the opportunity once it arose.
i think little finger framed and but she went with it but with her motive just being killing joffrey so margaery wouldn't be married to him
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You are doing something right my friend
So long waited for your video mate. But you delievered once again. The review that was promised. Who agrees?
He cannot save Yara in that scene. He could only die, and risk her dying as well. The best shot for them is for him to run so he can save her some other way. There is no chance he could beat Euron in combat here, and even still, Theon pauses there trying to find something he can do. The best option is what he wants to do, run from being captured.
"... aaaand she met ed sheeran" xD
4:01 man that photo of rhaegar is so emotional.
He's beautiful af and this is coming from a guy. He seems like the perfect prince who would have been the best king ever by the way everyone talked about him on the show.
Derrick Johnson a *gay* guy
frank I think it looks more like Chris Hemsworth
I see ryan gosling
Something tells me Euron Greyjoy is gonna be the new Ramsay
Who himself was the new Joffrey.
Characterception
Ramsay is just a thug around the block compared to Euron
That seems to be the intention, but the show has really done a terrible job at convincingly establish him as such.
A lot of work went into this analysis. Thanks for sharing and giving us an insight into your theory about the characters. Brilliant video!
I would love to see how you edit all this together is so fascinating. You truly are a master of your craft.
Everyone's waiting for Alt's videos about GoT as much as the next episode of GoT.
Serpher so true! I have been all week for the notification...
All Shift X for the iron throne !!!
About Euron Greyjoy, the actor said he will make Ramsay look like a little kid. So maybe this dark god shit will enter the show?
Hopefully, but I have a feeling he's just trying to hype up his character.
Also, Euron is bound to get crueler and madder in the upcoming books, who knows what they will do with him on the show. :)
Nop
You are always so on point! And I like how you take your time, instead of uploading a day after the show airs!
Why do people constantly talk about the Burning threat instead of her asking to be told when she's doing wrong? Thats as important as the burn statement if not more.
Because people hate her and will go out of their way to say that she's the Mad Queen irregardless of evidence. As much as I love Alt Shift X, he mentions this theory in pretty much every single Episode Explained video he's done.
maybe because her fanboys think she is some kind of divine perfect queen with no similarity at all to her father
What she does is nothing new , and has nothing to do with the Mad King thats how targaryens counqer and rule with fire and blood.
It's because they love to hate on her!! She said she would burn him ONLY if he betrayed her! Didn't freaking jon also say in the first episode punishment for treason is death?? Like, come on people.
She has a thousand men at her disposal, she can easily just have Varys killed, instead she warns that he'll be "burned alive" by one of her dragons. That's hella extra.
8:29 You are wrong here i believe. Tyrion mostly says that burning down the capital with her dragons and then seizing them withthe Dothraki and Unsullied would not be wise, as that would only prove Cersei's point of this being a foreign savage invasion, which would lead to many Lords rebelling while the Red Keep is burned to the ground, and what good would there be to ruling over rebelling kingdoms in a pile of ash. Instead they will use the Westerosi soldiers to lay siege to Kings Landing.
Thats stupid of Tyrion , no Lord would have the power to rebell against Danny and nobody would even try because they would shit in there pants.Tyrion tiers to get his Methods approved by his enemy by safing as many people as possible and be on the good side of the Lords but thats not how to counqer a Kingdom and it will never work out that way, just look how Aegon counqerd westeros nobody tried to rebell after her claimed the Iron throne with fire and blood. Before Danys dad went crazy he was a good and just ruler some hated him some loved him but everyone respected him out of fear and thats what Dany needs.
Like every human ruler uses fear to control the people
it's actually very intelligent, what's the point in ruling a wasteland? CONGRATS you're a ruler of essentially nobody because you killed them all for the power rather than strategising then she would go in head first lose a dragon or 2 and end up with nobody left to rule over.
The 1. Time Dragons came people did rebelled for quite a long time. Agon needed alot of time, lost several fights and was much smarter in diplomatics....
Dany just going there would be stupid, the lennisters leave the city going to castely rock, all of westeros has now a reason to fight against dany and another mad targayen.
And, dont forget, cercei has dragonfire.
Dany attacks with the dragons, she left with most soliders, the civils are still kept in the city the dragons burn something and cercei lets dragon fire explode.
Now dany gets the blame, a million people die and noone will be willing to follow dany. Yes some might have to much fear, but we know that dragons can be killed from history, we know that targeryans lost fights in the past (even with dragons).
skirmish fights, fights when it rains - than you can beat her and the dragons.
Excellent analysis, as always! I so much appreciate all the work you put into these. I look forward to these as much as I do the show.
Outstanding videos Alt Shift X. I've watched many all week but I'm just going to wait for yours going forward!
Arya will kill Littlefinger and uses his face to control the Knights of the Vale. Sansa said "NO ONE can save me!" NO ONE is Arya!
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I love Arya but i would be devastated if she kills Littlefinger. Hes an amazing character and deserves so much more than what the show has done with him recently. Arya killing him honestly just feels like giving the "fangirls" what they want. Btw love the name fam
He has to die sometime and why not at Arya's hands? Who else would you want to kill him?
Would be a bit too easy
It's game of thrones
TGTDestiny Arya killing Littlefinger would actually make a lot of sense in the books. With the faceless men, Arya goes through rigorous training, most of it being the "lying game" you very briefly saw on the show. Littlefinger constantly lies to work his plans and it would make sense that a faceless man would be the one to catch him at it after all the training. In the books, LF is charming and his motives are always hidden. While nobody trusts him on the show, he is respected in the books. So that's what it would take to expose him.
I was hoping that LF would make it to S8, or even endgame, because his character might be self-serving but is probably the most intuitively intelligent and ironically honest about their society. All of his dialogues are pure gold. He is a favorite of mine and I'll be extremely sorry to see him go, but it does make sense in the storyline.
9:34-9:51
THIS GUY GETS IT!!
Dude you're legit. The fact that you give out the shout outs to the people who helped you is amazing. Much respect. But great video dude and keep up the good work.
My last name is Martell. I'm thinking of maybe naming my future daughter Elia. Is that too nerdy or do you guys think it's a nice enough name that it's okay?
how about Ella?
Do it :) Robert Williams named his daughter Zelda... So why not?! 😋
Just if you name your son Karl
Pretty late, but F U C K I N G D O I T
Just keep her away from anyone named Greg 😉😂
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First Brandon, then Ned, and then Jon .... Putting LF in his place must be a Stark tradition by now.
I'm loving Sam's arc. Since he met Gilly he grew so much, so wise and brave. I hope he ends alive lol
Thank you the video, as always
I look forward to your recaps as much as the episode themselves good job!
Absolutely brilliant summation, as is usual for you. I love how you whittle down the excess and get right to the heart of everything. Your videos are always an exceptional pleasure to view, keep it up.
Just read a great theory on reddit, that Jon is not Azor Ahai, but actually Lightbringer and Rhaegar was Azor Ahai.
Really interesting:
www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/6pxyrv/everything_rhaegar_is_azor_ahai_jon_snow_is/
There were three attempts to create the sword according to legend.
" He labored for thirty days and thirty nights until it was done.
However, when he went to temper it in water, the sword broke. The second
time he took fifty days and fifty nights to make the sword, even better
than the first. To temper it this time, he captured a lion and drove
the sword into its heart, but once more the steel shattered. The third
time, with a heavy heart, for he knew before hand what he must do to
finish the blade, he worked for a hundred days and nights until it was
finished. This time, he called for his wife, Nissa Nissa, and asked her
to bare her breast. He drove his sword into her breast, her soul
combining with the steel of the sword, creating Lightbringer"
Here are three attempts:
1) Aemon said, that at first Rhaegar thought he is the prince that
was promiced. He died at the Trident. "When he went to temper it in
water, the sword broke".
2) Later he started to think his son Aegon is the one. But Aegon was
murdered under Tywin's orders, who wanted revenge on Aerys. Lion's
heart.
3) After Azor Ahai (Rhaegar) pierced Nissa-Nissa (Lyanna) with his
sword true Lightbringer was created. It killed Lyanna but her blood, her
soul and her strength went into the stell.... Lightbringer is Lyanna's
son - Jon Snow. He is The Prince That Was Promised and his song is The
Song of Ice and Fire. And Azor Ahai is nothing more than his father. "
"Lightbringer" in Latin is Lucifer. We saw him as the fallen angel/falling star/meteor in the show. Historically, it's the meteor that brought about the little ice age during medieval times which was followed by famine and disease across Europe. Or, it's Jon Snow, sure, for the show.
Didn't Jon's actual mother die while giving birth to Jon? That might indeed make this an interesting theory.
Juan Greco Arya is no one
I like the one that says Jaime Lannister is Azor Ahai.
Wow that's actually really good. That's totally something GRRM would do.
embarrassing bodies reference got me
I love your videos
you give light in a very interesting way
keep up the good work !
I was just waiting for this video. Can it BE more precise? Great Job doing a video on each episodes. Keep up the good work.
Yara is in DESTINATION FUCCCCKED
She´s a little horny and whiny bitch that deservs to be thrown into the cells for some time. If I were Theon I would simply leave her at that very moment, after all she has done.
Now I wanna see an Ozzy Man Reviews x Alt X crossover vid
Ca11mero "After all she has done" ?!? Like, trying to save him ?
Mathildae- most of the posters here are either stupid or unethical.
Why would the sand snakes talk about the mountain? Last I heard they were certain the mountain died from the poison. Also isn't he now technically the silent Robert Strong?
more D+D writing in books a King guard brought the head of Mountain and Tyene confirm the poison that Oberylyn used and that no one can't recover from. Everyone call this ghost Robert Strong, but everyone notice that he doesn't eat, shit or sleep.
In the books he is presumed dead, and he is referred to as Ser Robert Strong, but in the show, he is referred to as Ser Gregor, so he is believed to be alive in the show.
Canadian Muffin but didn't the sand snakes say he was surely dead in the show?
I don't recall that ever being said unless I am misremembering.
Been watching your videos since last season. This is by far the best GOT channel. Thanks for all the hard work for these clips! Alt-Shift-X is the man!
Great videos man. Always excited to see them posted.
Most aren't going to notice, but this was a beautifully written, crafted summary of the episode, with a pacing and thematic escalation that makes it a joy to watch all on its own. Kudos to a particularly good summary video, in this growing ecosystem of got review videos.
Brian Price Oh, we do notice. And we expect nothing less from Alt :)
I agree that this is probably the best summary I've seen!!! I love how the book knowledge is tied to the show so masterfully.
Because this particular video is so well done, most viewers I meant will get lost in the content, and not in specifically pointing out the craft, was my point.
Its the content that matters, in the end.
The vid misses a couple of points on strategy, For example, the decision to go for Casterley Rock makes sense because Tyrion does not know that the gold mines have run out. So its actually a worthless target, but Tyrion (and therefore Daenerys) do not know this, whereas Cersei does.
And the decision to sail past Dorne also makes sense, before sending part of her force back there.
The best got review vids on the net...easily.
"This week on Embarrassing Bodies..."
Hahahaha! I love the increasing amount of irreverent references and deadpan comments. Especially this one, as only UK viewers of Channel 4 would know what it's refering to. Good work, keep it up!
I'm an American and I've seen the show on Netflix. Some of the stuff that's wrong with these people is horrific though, like the little girl with the potato feet.
Dennis Kwok They broadcast that show in Spain as well...
not only uk viewers, it was broadcasted in Australia before. as the utuber is aussie, probs why he added the reference
Always a pleasure to see that you have uploaded a video. Awesome Cheryl/Archer reference XD.
By far the best breakdown on youtube keep up the good work
Random Character Monologue:
Varys: Should I tell her I am a Blackfyre? Maybe a long lost cousin... Nah she wont burn me.
Daeny: Damn, I am about to win. Then everyone will know how bad I am at Governing. I need to prolong the war.
Qyburn: I stole this design from a book. I hope Cersci doesnt know how Merexes died.
Randyll Tarly: Huh, crucify slaver, should try that sometime. I like this Daenrys already. Now, where is my sword.
Arya: Oh right, I really should read some of the letter when I stab the Maester and stole his poison.
Nymeria: No eat tiny hooman. Tiny hooman good. White one north, asshole. No going.
Jon: Should I kill him? Maybe I should, I dont think the Royce like him. So I can kill him right? Nah, I have to leave. Sansa can kill him.
Melisandre: If you think you are the prince that is promised, finish Cersci and head north with me already.
Euron: Oh shit Theon jumped and I am now horny. Yara, been there. Oberyn's sloppy second. Hello, corpse ladies.
"This week on embarrassing bodies..." Hahaha!
Your vids are always worth the little wait. Keep it up
I watched a few of your videos these days. I really love your sarcasm and irony!
Meeting Ed Sheeran
"all of this trauma"
Damn, alt, you fast.
Look forward to these videos after every damn episode!!! Thank you for the work u put into these !!!!!
I love your work and really appreciate the insights that you provide. Thank you.
One thing that REALLY bothered me is how Arya didn't know anything about what had happened in the North. She masqueraded as Walder Frey, ostensibly for a few weeks, to plan a feast and get from Riverrun to the Twins. Roose Bolton helped orchestrate the Red Wedding and was an essential ally to the Freys. Surely there would be much discussion around the family and its head about how Roose, his wife, and his half-Frey heir were murdered and Ramsay was deposed by the Starks, who the Freys would be very nervous about coming back into power. I accept that news travels slow in Westeros but Walder Frey would be one of the first to know about these developments.
People have also tried to rationalize this to me by saying that the timeline isn't strictly linear and that Arya's storyline may be behind that of Sansa and Jon but I don't buy it. Brienne rides for Riverrun only after Jon receives a letter from Ramsay indicating that Roose is dead; Walder Frey would have gotten word as well that his co-conspirator has just been "poisoned by his enemies." Once Brienne gets to Riverrun she explains to Jaime, who later feasts with the Freys, that she wishes to convince the Tully forces to help Sansa retake Winterfell. At this time there's also a Valemen army garrisoned at Moat Cailin (north and worryingly close to the Twins) with unclear intentions at least from the Frey perspective. Also, even if Arya were uncharacteristically oblivious, she still should probably be working under the assumption that Jon is still in the Night's Watch, Sansa is in Lannister custody in King's Landing AND Bran and Rickon are somewhere but maybe still alive. Arya, at the very least, should know that Roose was dead and that the Starks were attempting to retake Winterfell and would probably at least would be curious about the status of the 4 family members that weren't beheaded or murdered at the Red Wedding.
Yes, but the scene dramatically shows Arya's choice to forego killing and reunite with her family. It's a significant moment in her character arc, after several seasons of viewers wondering how her dark path has really affected her. Plus, it gives Maisie's acting a chance to shine, and we get to see Hot Pie one last time. I can see why they wrote that in instead of her learning about Jon off-screen as Walder.
Yeah it's cool thematically, but the show still needs to make sense logically, and quite frankly it hasn't done that for a while. Like it's almost unbelievable with some of the plot that's been going on these past few seasons.
Alex Miller I'm pretty sure Arya (wearing Walder's face) tells the Frey family something along the lines of "I know it must be weird that i am holding two feasts in one night" meaning that the scene takes place the same night that Arya kills Walder
He/She says fortnight (two weeks) and (getting a bit nerdy here) you can tell from the settings that the first feast is in Riverrun and the second is at the Twins.
Alex Miller Ah my bad english isn't my first language so i wasn't aware of the true meaning of the word...
Two Nymerias in one episode - One didn't hang around too long, unlike the other!
As always, an entertaining, informative, excellent recap. Can't wait for the next.
My weekly date with youtube. So much fun looking forward to your video after every episode. Keep up the great stuff! Peace!
You know, I think that story with the Sand Snakes is interesting, how they become so consumed by vengeance that they ultimately become monsters themselves. It's kind of a loose adaptation of the Lady Stoneheart-Brotherhood w/out Banners storyline in the books. Or rather, it's inspired by that anyway. Of course, I don't think that's really what the showrunners were intending when they were writing the show!Dorne plotline, but that's a good way to interpret the show!Dorne story and it does fit in thematically with ASOIAF, which is a sort of anti-war story after all. Really tragic when you think about it... Good point.
Euron was a total badass in this episode!!!!!
The Un Und Unly it looks like they mixed him with victarian
I really enjoy the serious way you deliver jokes.
You say something ridiculous and carry on like you're having tea.
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I might be remembering wrong but wasn't the reason they were going to seige King's landing with the Reach and Dornish army to avoid the lords and common folk hating Dany for using a unsullied/Dorthraki army.
Edit: Also if the lords and common folk in King's Landing see two of the most powerful people in the realm supporting her wouldn't that potentaly cuase unrest in King's landing that could cause the common folk to rebel and kill cersei and then surrender to Dany, I mean come on Cersai was hated before blowing up the Sept now I would guess people only follow her because there wasn't any other choice.
Isn't it a bit late to question Varys's loyalty? When I wathced it I was like: "Really? Now? Why did you take him with you if you don't trust him?" This convo should have happened back in Meereen, she let him stay there and go with her to Westeros and she just remembers now that he plotted against her and her father... Lol.
he was not in meereen when dany was there he left for Westeros
This is why I don't understand why they made him teleport in the season 6 finale. They should have kept him at Dorne. Why did they show him behind Daeny on the boat?!
It bothers me because we have never seen D and Varys interact before.
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Finally someone who appreciates the love scene of Missandei and Grey Worm!
In Arya & Nymeria scene, did anyone notice that other wolves were in colors of other direwolves. There was a black one (Shaggydog), a white one (Ghost) and couple grey ones (Summer, Lady, Grey Wind)....
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i love how Dany haters constantly ignored her words about "if i'm failing the people, you will not conspire behind my back,you will look at me in the eyes as you have done today, and tell me how i'm failing the people.' And how the hell shouldn't she question Varys? If you guys were in her position, having such a guy with notorious history with rulers, and were not stupid, you would act the same. but sure, go ahead with the whole 'She will become the Mad Queen!', 'She is villainous!' lol ^^
Good Night people "hate" Cersei because she's a well written character, he goal is to be hated. The general consensus is Cersei is a great character that people love to hate, like Ramsey Bolten or Joffrey.
People hate Dany because shes almost Mary sue teir and hasnt really earned anything she has
The moment you mentiom sexist misogynist I discredit your arguement because youre appealing to emotion. Get out of your worthless sociology courses and take something useful instead of spouting rebranded Marxist dogma. No longer class warfare, but gender and race warfare
I read her phrasing as a little odd, but that it fit better in the context that if Varys betrays her according to their new promise to tell her how she's failing, that she will kill him. I felt that was a much better way, but the way the video was cut made it seem much more abrupt and disjointed, which leads to confusion.
I'm not going to pass judgement on who is the best ruler though. I'm just going to say that all 3 appeal to me in one way or another.
The Big Fish how did Dany not gain everything she has? Dragons are her merit first and foremost, unsullied are her merit. Lol, you mean to throw out emotion but this is literature. It is meant to be emotional for the reader, hence you have heaps of fragile men being threatened by what Dany represents
Emilia Clarke's acting is fine. She correctly shows that Dany still has a lot to learn about Westeros and how to rule (which is hardly surprising - she has grown up and learned to rule in very different cultures, in Essos).
She is unfair to Varys - he never betrayed the Mad King (at least in the TV series) and he chose to work for Robert Baratheon rather than lose his head - the same sort of choice Dany has made a couple of times. He gave her whatever help he could.
Dany needs to tone down on the anger and think a bit more from the perspective of others, or she may not last till the end.
"People like to hate Dany because she's a woman in a powerful position"
haha, jesus.. you people are everywhere :/
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The writers of the show have no idea what to do with Littlefinger, so they are making him into a stupid villain that they can kill off at the end of the season. Littlefinger was not this stupid/pointless in the books
Matthew Marshall He's not stupid or pointless in the show. He started the War of the Five Kings. I think he still has a role to play this season as well. Creating conflict between Jon and Sansa isn't stupid or pointless. Conflict between them makes the Great War against the Walkers even more of a challenge and therefore Littlefinger is a serious problem. And I don't think he's stupid for trying to manipulate Sansa. It fits with his character pretty well.
Yes, he started the war of the five kings, as he did in the book. Besides that I don't see his motive. What is the point of him making the conflict between Jon and Sansa if it just makes the Great War tougher? Why would he ever want to make conflict against the white walkers tougher? If that's the role he's playing this season that makes him just some villain for the crowd to root against just so he is killed at the end of the season, making the crowd happy. In the books he does manipulate Sansa, but with some purpose not yet revealed yet. Here he is just manipulating her to create conflict between her and Jon, like you said, and to be a complete creep, to make the crowd hate him and Sansa seem like a strong woman.
This theory assumes that he's on the side of the White Walkers.
Why the fuck?
The climb. All there is is the climb, he's said what he wants himself.
Littlefinger's whole thing is creating chaos, as a ladder that he can climb. He doesn't know what's going to happen next, any more than anybody else does. But he knows that the more chaos he creates, the more opportunities will arise for him to step one more rung up the ladder.
Scenario: Let's say Littlefinger succeeds in driving Jon against Sansa, creating two opposing factions in the North. He still sort of controls the knights of the Vale, remember? He could easily align himself with Cersei to help her defeat the North, and in return she might offer him a position of even more power, getting him that much closer to sitting the Iron Throne.
He doesn't care that the Great War is coming - we don't even know if he believes it's true. He'd align himself with the Night King if it would get him on the Iron Throne. Unlike Daenerys, he wouldn't mind being King of the Ashes. He's like The Joker in The Dark Knight - "Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it."
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MrTheBest247 maybe if they introduced him earlier in the series. There isn't enough time left to unravel that particular Euron subplot.
You forgot to mention that the people on Euron's ship have their tongues cut out, thus the ship is called The Silence. Also you can see some of his crew cutting the tongues of their enemy to replace the men they lost during the fight. Theon saw them cutting the tongues and got PTSD or something because he also had parts of him cut off.
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Thats not the worst part.... When they were at dragonstone chatting bollocks, Euron Greyjoy sailed past them to go to kings landing to speak with Cersei. He has a chat with her for 5 minutes and then sails his bloody fleet back to dragonstone.... lame.
The other purpose for Grey Worm/Massandei is that Grey Worm is almost certainly going to die.
*So much for that idea.*
@@starhunter9085 .... don't remind me of that atrocity.
I love watching your GoT analyses; Top notch work, as always!
I love these videos!! Great job!!
Euron attac, Theon didn't protec
but most importantly, yara got rec
It does seem a shame that geography is going out the window for the sake of drama.
I feel the show is losing it's coherency, and that future plots are becoming too obvious in an effort to wrap up quickly.
We really need an unexpected good-guy character death to remind us that this is Game of Thrones and not the Lord of the Rings... Who will it be?
Jim Lumsden it just doesnt feel as real its moving too quickly
fu k well what are they supposed to do with only 7 eps a season?
Jim Lumsden Daenerys Targaryen
Jim Lumsden same
while i agree, you have to keep in mind that it is still a fantasy story. thing thing with the start is we didn't know who all the main characters were its like we got to see the story before the story. i Do love big twists E.G when rob died that was fantastic. but can you imagine how shit it would be if for example Danaerys got this far and just died? her entire army would disintegrate dothraki gone unsullied gone tirion with noone to lead dornish gone Tyrells would still give cercei a go. its too anti climactic YES i agree the story has become a little predictable but its bang smack at the climax of the story this is what happens. imagine if arya went through all that effort trying to gain the power of faces (im going to call it) then died at the twins, THAT WOULD BE SHIT
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