Oh, I would love a Valyria spin off. So mysterious and fascinating!

IIRC the big reason that the only dragons for several centuries have been those associated with the Targaryens is the Doom of Valyria wiping out everything including the dragons there. But that might just be in the books?

I'm secretly hoping that one of the statues or eggs or something at Dragonstone will hatch or come to life or whatever it takes to keep Drogon company. Lord of Light should be good for that. Bringing back Jon for who knows why and Berric Dondarrion a kajillion times so he could eventually protect a girl he'd never met the first time he died, one dragon doesn't seem like too much to ask.

I recently read the Fire and Ice 'history' that GRRM wrote, which is kind of his Silmarillion for Westeros, and there were cases of dragons doing quite well going feral... also they can live for hundreds of years. At least in book history.

The World of Ice and Fire? Did you enjoy that? I don't usually do the pseudo-reference works but I read Fire and Blood without really knowing what i was getting into but I liked it.

I really liked the finale. It was slow but it worked for me.

It should have been a longer season for sure. But for me, at least, it stuck the landing.

I am wondering about the Dothraki. They aren't exactly disciplined. Are they just pillaging know Westeros now?

Heh, we didn't see them leave, did we? Hmm

I posted this on FB but I think it's notable.

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I wasn't as disappointed with the GoT finale as some people.

However, tell me where the lie is in my scorecard:

Number of women who wrote an episode of Game of Thrones: 2 women wrote four episodes of the entire run of 73 episodes. (Jane Espenson FTW!)

Number of women who directed an episode of Game of Thrones: 1 woman directed 4 episodes of the entire run of 73 episodes

Male characters who committed horrible acts who had redemptive arcs: Tyrion, Jaime, Theon, Jorah

Female characters who were empowered who had to die horrible deaths: Cersei, Daenerys, Ellaria, Oleanna, Margaery, Caetlyn

Female characters who had to die because they were "crazy bitches": Cersei, Daenerys

Female characters who were killed because they were "whores": Ros, Shae, Tysha (Tyrion's first love)

Male characters who survived who went to whorehouses: Bronn, Tyrion, Podrick

To be fair, male characters who were castrated (stem and root): Varys, Theon, Grey Worm, The Unsullied (frankly an incredibly stupid idea for soldiers).

(For those of you unfamiliar with the history of castration, it's been fairly unusual to "dock" or cut off the penis as it leads to constant urinary tract infections and piddling in your pants. Historically they just take the testicles. Yes, I'm saying GRRM has a fucking issue that Freud would be delighted to discuss.)

What theodosia said.

Also I see that having a dribbling eunuch in the house would be messy and unsuitable.

To be fair, male characters who were castrated (stem and root)

To be fair, I'd argue that an obsession with dicks is not counterindicated by an all-male writers room.

To be fair, I'd argue that an obsession with dicks is not counterindicated by an all-male writers room.

That's true. But most guys obsessing about dicks don't want them cut off.