Yup, Clegane Bowl is coming! Jaime very specifically hyped it with his line, “that is one trial-by-combat I look forward to watching.”
Jaqen*, and I think the one at Harrenhall is supposed to have died at a later point, no? Either way he’s such a mystical figure, it’s always felt implied to me that it’s probably not really the same guy, but it matters not because he is no one. It’s just convenient to call him Jaqen so we have a name for him and because it’s obviously the same actor.
Also folks, can we please stop misspelling Ramsay? It’s Ramsay, not “Ramsey” or “Rammsay”.
Well, don’t forget that her first act as head of her own diminished Khalassar was to step into the fire that was burning her husband’s corpse and a live witch, and to emerge the next morning from the ashes with three baby dragons. I’m going to say that that kind of thing takes you out of the standard career path.
I thought the way it works is normally the Khaleesi has no authority once the Khal dies, but in Danerys’ case the remaining Dothraki all made her their ruler when she emerged from the fire unburnt and with dragons. So she didn’t have to go to Vaes Dothrak unless she wanted to.
Of course, these other Dothraki don’t respect that.
And it appears that in Westeros dark hair is a strongly dominant trait. Enough so that Ned was able to piece together the truth about Joffrey’s non-Baratheon heritage based on his hair color.
There is no Jaquen, he is one of the many faces they use. If one of them was likely to be the same one she saved it would be the one that drank poison after being wrong about her last season.
It occurred that scene foreshadows Ned’s ultimate destiny: in his eagerness to to be valorous and noble he executes two men who are telling the truth about why they fled and about what’s coming. In King’s Landing he is so eager to be valorous and noble that he brings about the deaths of Rober and himself and, with some help from his wife, causes the wars.
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There is no Jaquen, he is one of the many faces they use. If one of them was likely to be the same one she saved it would be the one that drank poison after being wrong about her last season.
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I wonder what The-entity-with-the-face-called-Jaqen was going to kill in Westeros before they got sidetracked by the wars and captivity.
At that time it did not particularly matter who was killed so long as it was three. Apparently back home the faceless god is way more picky.
A line said in the credits years ago that I keep expecting to be in the “Previously on” scenes because it’s too important to leave hanging: the Lannister gold mines having stopped producing.
Can somebody please remind me what it is that Margery is accused of, btw?
It was just one deserter from the Night’s Watch, and Ned didn’t execute him because he thought he was lying. He executed him because he should have warned Castle Black.
I think the easiest explanation for Jaqen’s potential slip-up is that it would have been way too confusing if he was referring to both himself and Arya in the third person at the same time.
As perfect assassins, faceless men presumably CAN use standard pronouns when they need to. Maybe they prefer not to when referring to themselves, but they sometimes need to… otherwise imagine the chaos when the faceless men are all at a restaurant trying to decide who ordered which dish, or what have you.
I thought this was a big improvement over last week, which had left me somewhat worried about the season as a whole. The Arthur Dayne vs. 4 guys fight was spectacular and basically sold me on one-guy-is-so-good-he-can-take-on-four-at-once, which is usually ridiculous.
I also came up with the theory that the whole Rickon thing may be a long con… wasn’t Greatjon Umber killed at the Red Wedding? If so, it’s hard to see that house ever making peace with any Bolton, but Ramsay is stupid enough to believe that they would let practicality overcome their honor.
But actually risking Rickon getting tortured or killed is a HELL of a gamble. So fingers crossed.
I thought the scene with Tommen and the High Sparrow was quite interesting, actually. The Sparrow is a fascinating character, and it’s nice to see that Tommen really seems to be thinking about his arguments.
I don’t know if ZombieGregor is referred to as “Gregor” out in public. Just because no one on the small council is fooled doesn’t mean that it’s common knowledge.
In the TV show he wasn’t present at the Red Wedding. His son tells Ramsay he has died, which Ramsay would already have known if he had been killed at the Red Wedding.
That’s the thing. The war is over, so most of the Lannister army went home. The Lannister’s own men are now led by Kevan, I guess. Kevan ain’t all about kicking people’s asses and taking revenge.
Ah, that makes sense. I’m not sure why I assumed it would be a standing army. Still, the Sparrows don’t seem to be well-armed and there must be some sort of force in the city beyond the King’s Guard which is presumably rather small.
I don’t know, but Ser Davos covered him up way too quick. It’s bad enough they put a modesty cloth on him in the first place.
I’m really hoping it’s something like that; especially given Lord Umber’s dig at Lord Karstark.
Though if Arya doesn’t know that then she’s not lying when she claim’s him as a half-brother. And I don’t think the object of the game is for her not to lie; it’s for the Girl to be convincing enough for the Waif not to be able to tell if she’s lying or telling the truth.
Same here.
Though if Loras dies she won’t have that problem. I wonder if the High Sparrow is really going to make Maergery do a Walk of Atonement? Her sins aren’t sexual in nature like Cersei’s or the previous High Septon’s and I had the impression that Maergery was actually somewhat popular among the smallfolk (unless Cersei who is & was despised).
Yes, they’re the only things preventing an all out war between the Sparrows and a combined Lannister/Tyrell army. Small wonder the High Sparrow is drawing out everyone’s trials for as long as he can.