Near the end of season 1, I started this thread, asking for predictions from non-book readers about what would happen in the final episode of season 1, and in season 2. Interesting to read back in retrospect…
So, we’re now just over a week out from the start of season 3. The current state of play:
-Arya has escaped from Harrenhal with Gendry and Hot Pie, and got a coin from Jaqen, who turned out to be a magical-face-changing-assassin. Valar Morghulis!
-Bran and Rickon escaped from Winterfell with Osha and Hodor, are heading out with two direwolves to parts unspecified
-Theon and his buddies had captured Winterfell, but were surrounded and besieged. He gave a rousing speech about how they would fight until the last man, but Dagmer knocked him unconscious. Later on, Winterfell was seen to be burned/sacked.
-Robb got himself married, is still the king of the North, but some of his followers are upset because Catelyn asked Brienne to take Jaime to king’s landing, hoping to get her girls back
-Stannis lost the big battle, but still seems to believe in Melisandre and her fire/shadow-baby magic. Davos’s boat got blown up by the wildfire, a plan hatched by…
-…Tyrion, who saved king’s landing for the Lannisters, but then was attacked by Ser Mandon of the kingsguard, got a big scar on his face, and is now out of power, because Tywin is now the hand of the king. Varys came to visit him, continues to be his usual mysterious self. Shae is still with him. Bronn helped win the battle, I don’t think we saw him after that.
-The Tyrells are now in favor with the Lannisters… Loras helped win the battle, and Margaery is now engaged to Joffrey…
-…leaving Sansa no longer betrothed, but still a hostage, and she’s being hit on by Littlefinger, who has been made lord of Harrenhal.
-The Hound got freaked out by all the fire at the big battle and ran off
-Cersei is still a bitch
-Jon Snow killed The Halfhand in order to gain the trust of the wildlings, and is being taken to meet the so-far-unseen Mance Rayder, along with Ygritte
-Sam and the rest of the rangers are seriously surrounded by some serious zombies, horse-zombies and white walkers
-Danaerys went to the house of the undying, found her dragons, and toasted up a magus. Then Jorah and the rest of her retinue locked Xaro Xhoan Daxos in his empty vault, and pillaged his belongings, hoping to buy a boat
-Ned is still dead
Phew! You don’t realize how much is going on until you type it all out like that…
So… what do you non-book-readers think is going to happen next?
Jon Snow went on a scouting mission led by Quorin Halfhand to check on the massive wildling army. They got captured and the Halfhand commited suicide by Jon in order to let him ingratiate himself to the wildlings so they would take him in.
I understand that you’ve specified non-book readers, but considering that it’s all written down, aren’t TV-only predictions especially useless? I’m honestly asking.
Mainly, I’m curious. I know what’s going to happen, so I can’t put myself in the mindset of someone who doesn’t… but it’s interesting to see what people predict based on the information they already have.
I think it’s just for fun. I’ve read all the books; Mr. Athena hasn’t read any, but is very much into the show. I love when he comes up with predictions.
I’m not sure if we’re allowed to mention anything in the Season 3 trailers, so I’ll spoiler the relevant bits (it doesn’t say anything that you can’t see if you watch the trailers that are readily available all over the web).
His latest, after seeing a preview where
Jaime and Brienne were fighting
Jaime is going to kill Brienne before they get to King’s Landing.
King Dickhead is too busy getting up to who-knows-what depravity with his new squeeze and refuses to take his job seriously. Much tension between his highness and Grandpa Hand and Uncle Imp.
Bronn sings! Again!
Varys makes more droll asides about his absent gonads.
Jamie and Brienne have a wacky adventure and bond over their shared enthusiasm for killing the crap out of people. When they get to King’s Landing they hit the tavern and pick up some girls.
John Snow breaks his vows, especially the boring one (repeatedly!).
Is the pirate still alive? He seemed fun.
Sansa wins the admiration of the society ladies by inventing a new fashion. They call it the Sansa-belt.
The world’s greatest safecracker realizes his lifelong ambition by breaking into the toughest vault in Quarth. To his disappointment, it only contains the remains of a small woman, inside the remains of a large, well-dressed man.
Best of all, Hodor says “Hodor!” and/or “Hodor?”. Which, inexplicably, is still terrifically amusing to me.