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How much experience do you have waiting for an event that has a reasonable chance of your death and you have no way to avoid it?

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I was at the Alamo in a former life.

Dany has gone from being one of my favorite characters to now being one of my least favorite. I hope she does not end up on the throne.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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How much experience do you have waiting for an event that has a reasonable chance of your death and you have no way to avoid it?

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I was at the Alamo in a former life.

Nothing like seeing the Texans afraid of the Mexicans!

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Originally posted by Angus the Kid:
Dany has gone from being one of my favorite characters to now being one of my least favorite. I hope she does not end up on the throne.

Yeah she's getting to be a real fun governor. She was fighting for her throne but also to help the world, now she's just focused on power.

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:

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I also liked finally seeing the payoff of Podrick's secret

Did I miss something? What was his secret?

I thought his secret was his sexual prowess (whores won't accept his money) which I didn't see revealed or maybe his not so bad singing voice.

I’m assuming he confused Podrick and Gendry.

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Originally posted by Angus the Kid:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
This is not generally how people spend their final moments on earth.

I disagree. EVERY time I've faced death on the eve of an endless winter AND on the verge of being attacked by a dead, zombie dragon and a 100,000 strong army of dead people, I spend my final moments in the exact same way.

And wine was ALWAYS involved. Lots of wine....

Giant's Milk

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Originally posted by ronnied316:
I’m assuming he confused Podrick and Gendry.

No doubt.

Ayra is now privy to the fact that Robert Baratheon was Gendry's real father which makes him the current rightful heir to the throne, after Joffrey and Tommen Baratheon died. That is of course if you discount the Targaryen's blood line to the throne.

Who sits on the Iron Throne at the end is the biggest red herring of them all, IMO.

No one will sit on the Throne. One might note that the only people left who give a shit about the Throne are Cersei, Dany and Sansa--and they care about it so much that they can barely set aside their lust for the Throne to confront an existential threat.

Indeed, the two people who have an actual legitimate claim to the Throne, Jon and Gendry, don't care. Tyrion doesn't care. Varys cares about the well-being of the realm. Even Jaime doesn't really care, although, like Dany, his whole upbringing was nothing but brainwashing to care about the Throne. Ned never cared either.

Everyone except the three women ceased caring about it--and even put aside their family strife--when they realized there was a genuinely important conflict.

I think Bran's conversation with Jaime was instructive: he reminded him how silly it was to worry about whether or not he tells anyone that Jaime pushed him from the tower when there's an army of the dead coming. Couple that with the shedding of old identities: Bran is no longer Bran, Jaime is no longer Kingslayer (he lost that with his hand), Jon is no longer Jon, etc.

As Tormund said, "Fuck tradition". The Throne is irrelevant at the end of the story.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
Who sits on the Iron Throne at the end is the biggest red herring of them all, IMO.

I'm telling ya, it's gonna be Ser Pounce.

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Originally posted by agony:

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
Who sits on the Iron Throne at the end is the biggest red herring of them all, IMO.

I'm telling ya, it's gonna be Ser Pounce.

Are you saying there will be herring on the throne for Ser Pounce to feast on?

The throne is the ultimate MacGuffin?

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Originally posted by jhe888:
The throne is the ultimate MacGuffin?

That is a fantastic observation. I wouldn't be surprised if the Iron Throne was the biggest MacGuffin I've ever come across.

Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

Supposed to be about 100,000 of them

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

Supposed to be about 100,000 of them

On foot. They've only ever shown a few mounted leaders, but the closing of the episode showed a dozen or so.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

Supposed to be about 100,000 of them

On foot. They've only ever shown a few mounted leaders, but the closing of the episode showed a dozen or so.

I think you guys might be confusing white walkers and wights.

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

At least every son Craster had, and you saw how many daughters he had....

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Originally posted by HuskySig:

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:

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Originally posted by rusbro:
Maybe this isn't a surprise to anyone else, but I was under the assumption there was only a handful of white walkers, since that's all we ever saw around the NK, but in the final shot of S8/E2, we see a bunch of them lined up on horses.

Supposed to be about 100,000 of them

On foot. They've only ever shown a few mounted leaders, but the closing of the episode showed a dozen or so.

I think you guys might be confusing white walkers and wights.

Yeah, I'm referring to the ones who seem be leaders/able to raise/command dead, ride horses, use special weapons, etc., not the zombie hords.