Game of Thrones Season 6 Ep 9
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shapinglightJust watched this and...
Spoilers
...I do hope this is the only time in my life I'm actually glad to see someone eaten by his own dogs.
Yay! The boring Boltons have been shuffled off the scene at last.
Of course, this being GoT, you then find yourself asking at what cost? Poor Rickon was killed (which, given that we hardly knew the character, was probably the least worst Stark-related trauma the show could inflict on us), lots of Wildlings died, including the giant, and it's obvious that Sansa's catalogue of horrible experiences have brutalised her to a great extent. Does this in some sense mean that Ramsey wins? I'm not sure. I'm just glad we can all forget about him now.
We can't, unfortunately, forget about Littlefinger, who is going to want some kind of reward for coming in and saving the Starks at the last minute. If he tells Sansa he wants her (which seems most likely), all I can say is, why didn't he keep her when he had her the first time?
As for Jon, he seems to have got through everything and stayed a nice bloke. Not a very bright bloke, given that he fell headfirst into Ramsey's trap, as Sansa said he would, but a nice bloke.
Other than that, in the ice part of the story, there's nothing much to say except battle. Big, big, battle. I did watch a lot of it with my hands partly over my eyes (as so often in GoT). I suspect it was actually quite realistic. And if the book series is (very loosely) based on the Wars of the Roses, then this battle was the Battle of Towton (for a description of which, I highly recommend Toby Clements' novel Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims. In fact, I just recommend it anyway).
The fire parts of the episode were somewhat less ambiguous, (once Tyrion had talked Dany out of wholesale genocide, that is - and it's worrying that he had to). The dragon CGI was great and I loved the Dany/Yara scene. I could 'ship those two, I think. If Yara and Theon's Uncle Urine does show up, I hope Dany gives him exactly the welcome he deserves. 'Course her Take the Seven Kingdoms project is still fraught with problems (physical and moral), but her scenes in the episode were quite satisfying this time.
So, last episode next week. Probably, most of it will be to do with Cersei's and Loras's trials (and note that Tyrion mentioned the wildfire again in this episode, just in case we'd forgotten about it) but I wonder what Ser Davos will do with his new-found knowledge of what happened to poor little Shireen? I wonder if we'll see any more of Sam and Gilly? Most of all, I wonder if we'll find out what's going on with Bran, Uncle Benjen and the White Walkers?
Just going to end with another no more boring Boltons yay! because you can't say it enough.
Yay!
Spoilers
...I do hope this is the only time in my life I'm actually glad to see someone eaten by his own dogs.
Yay! The boring Boltons have been shuffled off the scene at last.
Of course, this being GoT, you then find yourself asking at what cost? Poor Rickon was killed (which, given that we hardly knew the character, was probably the least worst Stark-related trauma the show could inflict on us), lots of Wildlings died, including the giant, and it's obvious that Sansa's catalogue of horrible experiences have brutalised her to a great extent. Does this in some sense mean that Ramsey wins? I'm not sure. I'm just glad we can all forget about him now.
We can't, unfortunately, forget about Littlefinger, who is going to want some kind of reward for coming in and saving the Starks at the last minute. If he tells Sansa he wants her (which seems most likely), all I can say is, why didn't he keep her when he had her the first time?
As for Jon, he seems to have got through everything and stayed a nice bloke. Not a very bright bloke, given that he fell headfirst into Ramsey's trap, as Sansa said he would, but a nice bloke.
Other than that, in the ice part of the story, there's nothing much to say except battle. Big, big, battle. I did watch a lot of it with my hands partly over my eyes (as so often in GoT). I suspect it was actually quite realistic. And if the book series is (very loosely) based on the Wars of the Roses, then this battle was the Battle of Towton (for a description of which, I highly recommend Toby Clements' novel Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims. In fact, I just recommend it anyway).
The fire parts of the episode were somewhat less ambiguous, (once Tyrion had talked Dany out of wholesale genocide, that is - and it's worrying that he had to). The dragon CGI was great and I loved the Dany/Yara scene. I could 'ship those two, I think. If Yara and Theon's Uncle Urine does show up, I hope Dany gives him exactly the welcome he deserves. 'Course her Take the Seven Kingdoms project is still fraught with problems (physical and moral), but her scenes in the episode were quite satisfying this time.
So, last episode next week. Probably, most of it will be to do with Cersei's and Loras's trials (and note that Tyrion mentioned the wildfire again in this episode, just in case we'd forgotten about it) but I wonder what Ser Davos will do with his new-found knowledge of what happened to poor little Shireen? I wonder if we'll see any more of Sam and Gilly? Most of all, I wonder if we'll find out what's going on with Bran, Uncle Benjen and the White Walkers?
Just going to end with another no more boring Boltons yay! because you can't say it enough.
Yay!
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Date: 2016-06-27 05:04 pm (UTC)(I know this is a very late contribution; my custom of only watching GoT on Friday nighs to mark the end of the working week means I'm always the last to know anything)
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Date: 2016-06-27 05:55 pm (UTC)You're right about Sansa. She really isn't a little girl any more.