“If you think this has a happy ending…you haven’t been paying attention.”
Which makes it even sillier not to explore the marriage idea further by Varys. I mean he just jumps to knock her off. These are supposed to be best schemers in the show, right?
Once Grey Worm and Missandei started planning to buy a beach condo in Narth in episode two, I knew one of them (but not both) was a goner. It just took one more episode than I expected.
Ocean is still a big place. WWII German U-boats knew where shipping originated and where it was to arrive and still had a hard time finding that shipping (they did, of course, but it was a lot harder than you might think). But TV so they get a pass on reality to some extent.
Thing is, Euron is near mystical in his ability to intercept ships and they never seem able to see him coming. I mean, if he can intercept so well then presumably he can see them and if he can see them then they can see him. And in this case, since they had air cover, the idea Euron could sneak up on them, in daylight, under clear skies, is beyond ridiculous.
Dany was flying on Drogon. Also, we are told dragons are very intelligent. They are not mindless drones circling the fleet.
You do realize this isn’t the last episode?
Beeeecaussse this is drama and not a random RPG encounter?
“Roll to see who dies guys.”…oops sorry Dany.
To be fair, Theon was able to sneak onto one of his ships in the middle of his fleet and rescue Yara, his most valuable captive, so he’s not infallible.
Sorry, but this kind of thing, and Euron’s ability to be wherever he needs to be, has to be forgiven. Screenwriters are creative people, but they have to write about people who are not them and whose experience they cannot possibly fully understand. They cannot write geniuses, except for geniuses to have brilliant plans that always work. Varys is portrayed as the best schemer in Westeros. Euron is the greatest naval mind in Westeros. It’s really difficult to get their shit to work without just making it work because they are geniuses at what they do best.
The ballistas did more damage to those ships than actual cannons would have. Holy moly those are some magic arrows.
Yes, the only people who really understand war on the seas are the Greyjoys, so it would make sense that they would totally dominate everyone else tactically and only be a threat to each other.
Thats because he activated the plot invisibility spell. 
BTW where is the Theon Sister? Why wasnt she and her army going with them to the island??
Yeah. I have a group that comes over to watch and that scene had pretty much everyone blurting out that one or the other (or both) are dead.
I’m just not really getting why Cersei & Co. got Missandei? I mean, Missandei is ultimately just a functionary. A translator. Did Cersei somehow know Missandei is important to Daenerys?
All that got shot to hell when they ran out of source material. IMO.
Stannis destroyed the Greyjoy fleet when they rebelled against Robert. The Reach, the Stormlands, and the Crownlands all have a ton of prime harbors. THere’s no reason the Greyjoys, in canon or in meta analysis, would dominate everyone so easily. It’s just for storytelling purposes.
Which is why last season was so disappointing and this season isn’t anything great.
A) They may be the best at fighting in the open sea but that doesn’t mean ships cannot see them before they are in the range of ballistas (maybe 500 yards on a good day).
B) Dany & co. have air support. Something no one else has. A HUGE advantage.
Edit: ooops forgot books dont exist.
I do. There are two left, and the preview for the next episode doesn’t look any more eventful than this one.
That leaves one episode for a main character bloodbath? I don’t think so. Even Tyrion didn’t die and he should have looked like this.
IMO if your last name isn’t Lannister and you’re a main character, you’re probably pretty safe.
King’s Landing is not gonna burn, but I bet Euron and his boats do.
As far as I can tell those ballistas don’t have night vision sights on them. What she should do is wait until nightfall then hit random towers with sneak dragon attacks out of the darkness. But that won’t happen
Forgot to mention the “Mouth of Sauron scene homage”…at least the initial shot.
Even without night vision, shooting at muzzle flashes is not a bad way to take out people shooting at you. A dragon letting loose will take out one ballista but all the others will fire in that direction. Since Dany usually does stupid things, don’t be surprised if she loses her last dragon with exactly this idea.