I've been kinda feeling like I'm watching mostly to see if they can stick the landing with all the crazy threads and hints and corners they've painted themselves into -- I'm glad it's finally building to SOMETHING rather than just aimlessly wandering around every corner of Westeros (both this season and hopefully next), but I find I'm so so uninvolved in the cast of thousands and spend at least half the time eyerolling at the main characters...

Oh, look. Blue-eyed dragon. Oh, look, more incest. Oh, look, Cersei is manipulative and Jaime is stupid.

(Although I do apparently care deeply that GILLY READ THE THING NOT SAM YOU DO NOT GET TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS SAM I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT.)

(Although I do apparently care deeply that GILLY READ THE THING NOT SAM YOU DO NOT GET TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS SAM I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT.)

ARGH YES THIS. STUPID SAM.

And seriously, Jon Snowgarryen does not deserve the Iron Throne no matter who his parents were. He makes terrible choices. The first thing he did as King of the North was run off on a shopping errand and then bend the knee to Dany so he could get in her pants!* He should definitely not be in charge of all Seven Kingdoms!

*Wondering how Westerosi Urban Dictionary defines "bend the knee". Assuming it's something Littlefinger had on the menu at his old brothel.

The smart move for Cersei at this point would be to marry the Night King and get herself a zombie ice dragon to ride so we could have Ice Queen vs Fire Queen in the final showdown. Sure she'd be dead, but at least she might win.

Golden Company - isn't this where Da'ario went? I can't remember if he's still alive TBH.

Theon - do. not. care. Conversation between Jon and Theon about which of them has made worse choices in life? Amusing as fanservice, but OMG DO. NOT. CARE. ABOUT. GREYJOYS.

I really want to see the alternate season 7 of GoT, where all of the character's actions in the finale made sense based on their actions in the rest of the season's episodes.

This season was not strong with the continuity of characterization, no. Or logic, or actual sense. But like I said, the finale gave me what I wanted for the only characters I'm actually invested in, so I'm (mostly) happy.

(Well, the other characters I'm invested in are Brienne and Tormund, but I don't expect the writers to actually do anything with their throwaway interactions.)

Oathkeeper. Brienne has it. And, yes, last we knew, Jaime has Widow's Wail.

Aha! Thank you!

(Although I do apparently care deeply that GILLY READ THE THING NOT SAM YOU DO NOT GET TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS SAM I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT.)

Yes, that I do care about and could not find the words. These are good words. Cosigned.

Yeah, totally predictable at this point, though I'm still mostly enjoying it. Except for Theon. Fuck that guy.

I liked it way more than y'all. The Littlefinger comeuppance was a long time coming and I loved that Gillen got to play the hidden scared shitless part of Littlefinger.

I like Jon not because he makes good decisions (although I still thing the wight grab was good and served its purpose) but because he tries to be a good ethical person no matter what his circumstances. Some characters want to be rich,some to be powerful, some to right wrongs, but Jon wants to be a good person because it is the right thing to do. That's a tough thing to dramatize but I think they are doing pretty well.

I'm with Scrappy and Jilli. And especially with Scrappy on Jon.

I'm a little amused by how shocked other parts of the internet are about Dany and Jon, though. For one, hello, Cersei and Jaime. And two, these two are not quite as closely related. Maybe the difference is the Lannisters (or most of them) are seen as inherently bad and Dany and Jon are supposed to be good.

One little thing I didn't like was what looked like jealousy on Tyrion's part. Unless I misinterpreted it. He doesn't know Jon's lineage, so it's not like he was reacting to that, and he's already talked to her about the strategic uses of marriage. I guess I'm just a little tired of every man falling in love with her.

I'm kind of shocked that people are shocked at Dany/Jon (the don't-call-me-Dany thing was funny). Is that not obviously where we've been headed all along?

I'm not sure what that Tyrion reaction meant but I didn't take it as jealousy. Some kind of political concern, maybe. Maybe he knows that if she's happy she's more in danger of dying? I think he ships them, though.

I think that by making them a romantic couple it definitely means Jon will die before the end of the series. So Dany can carry his child to term when she takes the throne.

I'm trying to think who will Die By Narrative Arc before the end.

Certainly Cersei and Jaime will both die. I think Brienne lives on - probably heads the Queensguard. Jorah dies. He has to.

Varys and Melisandre die - she foretold it.

I'm trying to think who will Die By Narrative Arc before the end.

The fact that this is now possible shows how significantly the show has diverged from the books. In some ways it's an improvement because it means the story might actually go somewhere, but I do kind of miss the feeling of "this character can't die they're too importa - OH FUCK!!!"