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[B-Dubs]

No gif of the Theon jump?

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[ComputerBlue]

Nah. It was appropriate. Dany isn't an idiot. Varys tried to have her killed.

He's been at arms reach of her for how long now? Months, years potentially?

It would have felt appropriate 10-15 episodes back.

 

[VaultBoy101]

Tyene dies, I'm rioting.

RIOTING.

 

[RDreamer]

Euron went around the world doing nothing else but work. He been doing this way longer than his brothers kids

I've been sailing literally 0 times and I could tell you that you surround your most important boat with the other boats. That's really not an excuse.

 

[Boke1879]

I think somebody from Dany's crew is leaking info. No way he should have known where that fleet was.

 

[bobbyrawlins]

Euron is the worst. His hammy as fuck acting breaks the immersion for me more than Ed Sheeran could ever hope to.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Bad Pussy.

She's alive though

 

[TTG]

Euron did the Sand Snakes dirty. Hung from and skewered on the ram.

There's not enough room on the show for all 3, so he killed the plain looking ones.

 

[Steejee]

where's bronn again?

i guess he'll just show up whenever jamie goes to fight somewhere.

Man, could you imagine if he were to hook up with the Brotherhood without Banners/Clegane? Celgane + Bronn dialogue would be legendary.

 

[darkwing]

I think somebody from Dany's crew is leaking info. No way he should have known where that fleet was.

Littlefinger and Olenna

 

[wesleyshark]

Yeah the only explanation is whatever Valyrian voodoo he's got. And that shit needs to get explained. The man is way too OP right now.

His power level is off the charts

 

[TyrantII]

So, like... I don't understand how Yara and Theon got so screwed there. I mean for one, they have the better ships. Even Euron said that. And for two, how shit are they that they're sailing in such a formation that Euron can hit the most important goddamned ship without any freaking warning at all? That's like painfully bad.

Don't over think it.

They're already geography issues with both fleets since Kings Landing is up the inlet from Dragonstone.

 

[ComputerBlue]

And the last persons to threaten Jon are now beheaded and hanged.

LF didn't threaten Jon though, to be fair this is one of the few times he didn't speak out of line.

He was really just speaking the truth, I loved your mom, I love your sister, your mom hated you, if only she knew the man you'd come to be etc etc.

 

[DangerMouse]

So guys is Jon right? I know folks will draw the Ned parallels, but I think he's in a very different spot. The threat he's talking about is significantly greater than whatever the Throne wars will bring. And like no one else gets it because except him, the Night's watch and the Wildings, no one else has seen it.

Yup. I completely agree.

His only bad move recently I think is really threatening Littlefinger without killing him. He doesn't know how big of a bastard that guy truly is. We know that won't work and will just make Littlefinger more likely to act, not that he wasn't going to anyway.

It's not registering with others besides those who have seen them how truly big of a game changer they are.

Nah. That was actually a really well-deserved inquiry.

Yeah, I thought their exchange was quite good.

 

[Nikodemos]

Don't over think it.

They're already geography issues with both fleets since Kings Landing is up the inlet from Dragonstone.

Didn't they sorta rejigger the geography for the series? Lke how they made everybody older?

 

[Ri'Orius]

where's bronn again?

i guess he'll just show up whenever jamie goes to fight somewhere.

Trying to enjoy the lands, wife and title he got as payment until the next time Jamie shows up to request "a little favor."

Dude wants to just retire. Which just goes to show that he's one of the smartest guys around.

 

[The One and Done™]

He's been at arms reach of her for how long now? Months, years potentially?

It would have felt appropriate 10-15 episodes back.

No. This was actually the first time they've met and could speak.

 

[Speevy]

I think they're setting up a season 8 thing where Theon rescues his sister.

He'll bring a pack of dogs because the ironborn are terrified of them.

 

[andythinkpad]

Even if Sansa did try to betray Jon, to what end? The new northern kingdom is still fragile, anchored by Jon. What is she gonna do side with Cersei? Which of the bannermen would follow? Thinking it through her options are kinda limited.

If Jon bend the knee to Danny, Sansa has perfect reason to betray him and claim the north.

 

[TTG]

I've been sailing literally 0 times and I could tell you that you surround your most important boat with the other boats. That's really not an excuse.

Forget all that, why not a send a dragon or two as escort? Burn their shit down before they launch a single fire arrow or whatever.

 

[Einchy]

Nah. That was actually a really well-deserved inquiry.

Yeah, anyone else betraying 2 kings like that and we'd hate them. Dany ain't no dummy so she knows that she has to keep an eye on him, but she also knows how much she has helped him, and could tell he was telling the truth at the end.

 

[ComputerBlue]

No. This was actually the first time they've met and could speak.

What are you talking about?

 

[DoomGyver]

Euron played a flute and went all Wind Waker on us.

 

[sangreal]

No. This was actually the first time they've met and could speak.

..... they just sailed from essos together

 

[Steejee]

Don't over think it.

They're already geography issues with both fleets since Kings Landing is up the inlet from Dragonstone.

I can actually buy Euron ambushing them in the middle of the night - Yara/Theon's fleet was probably not that big, since they weren't transporting an army just taking the Dornish back home. Euron clearly has some magic (Lightning + not aging [remember the old guy he killed? That was his *brother*] + giant fireballs, nevermind book stuff), so he had the firepower advantage from the getgo.

How Euron got past Dragonstone without being noticed is a far bigger problem (especially since he has to go back by it to return to King's Landing), but one the show will probably ignore. The one explanation I could think of is that he was already out at sea by the time Dany reached Dragonstone, and thus didn't get boxed in. That would doubly work since if the show applies some geography and he has to get past Dragonstone to get back to King's Landing you could write in something for him trying to avoid Dany's fleet.

 

[Valtýr]

A lot of people need to learn to respect the fiction. When Euron says he's the best sailor in the world, the show is telling you that this is the truth and that's the reason he can do things that may not make sense. We don't need to see how he got the jump on Yara's fleet. it doesn't matter. They could spend time explaining it but the result is the same.

 

[Kave_Man]

Didn't they sorta rejigger the geography for the series? Lke how they made everybody older?

They don't see too far off. Just based on the intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXakDTue4NY

 

[Loxley]

So, like... I don't understand how Yara and Theon got so screwed there. I mean for one, they have the better ships. Even Euron said that. And for two, how shit are they that they're sailing in such a formation that Euron can hit the most important goddamned ship without any freaking warning at all? That's like painfully bad.

Yeah, that whole bit didn't feel earned at all, just that the writers needed Euron to capture Yara and Ellaria right quick and didn't have time to come up with a sensible way for him to do it, so they just have him and his entire armada appear out of thin air. I get that a thick fog was covering Euron's ships so they were well hidden, but still, it was way too convenient.

But I get that the show has to start just getting a fucking move-on already, so I'm not too bent out of shape over it.

 

[DangerMouse]

The only dog she needs. Hope they fight the white walkers together one day.

Man, we NEED this.

 

[Einchy]

They don't see too far off. Just based on the intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXakDTue4NY

Some dude on Reddit did a massive post about how insanely large that area is. Like, we think it's not that big, but it's actually really far apart. So it's not really not crazy that they wouldn't run across each other.

 

[BeforeU]

Dany was horrible to Varys at the start of the episode, she's turning into a meany.

What you talking about. I am surprised that it took her this long to confront. Any sane person would think twice trusting him after what he has done.

 

[Speevy]

Yeah, that whole bit didn't feel earned at all, just that the writers needed Euron to capture Yara and Ellaria right quick and didn't have time to come up with a sensible way for him to do it, so they just have him and his entire armada appear out of thin air. I get that a thick fog was covering Euron's ships so they were well hidden, but still, it was way too convenient.

But I get that the show has to start just getting a fucking move-on already, so I'm not too bent out of shape over it.

Euron is supposed to be like the demon pirate from hell. He's a fucking sorcerer.

 

[Obliterator]

If Jon bends the knee to Dany I'm done

 

[VaultBoy101]

Bad Pussy.

She's alive though

I know. I just can't fathom anyone actually caring.

 

[Ponn]

Even if Sansa did try to betray Jon, to what end? The new northern kingdom is still fragile, anchored by Jon. What is she gonna do side with Cersei? Which of the bannermen would follow? Thinking it through her options are kinda limited.

It's funny GoT have us trained to look for betrayal everywhere even when it makes no sense.

 

[Einchy]

I heard Nymeria left the show after she saw what the Direwolves got paid when compared to the dragons.

 

[ComputerBlue]

What you talking about. I am surprised that it took her this long to confront. Any sane person would think twice trusting him after what he has done.

If you kept reading my posts you'd see what I was talking about.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

I did particularly enjoy Ayra's and Tyrion's reaction to Jon Snow being the new king of the North.

 

[XenodudeX]

How the hell did Euron know where they were going? Somebody is leaking shit.

 

[Netherscourge]

I still don't understand how Euron could rebuild his fleet, sail all the way around Dorne and get to Kings Landing before Theon and Yara join Dany at Mereen and then Dragonstone.

Based on this map:

He'd have to be right behind Theon and Yara's fleet when they first left the Iron Isles. Sailing all the way south around Dorne and then back up the Narrow Sea.

But didn't he have to rebuild his own fleet first? How did he do that so fast?

Cersei and Jamie talked about Dany's fleet BEFORE Euron showed up, so they were already on their way to Dragonstone when Euron walks in to the throne room.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I demand a 2 hour Master and Commander level treatise on how that fleet could ram another fleet at night.

 

[SDBurton]

The only dog she needs. Hope they fight the white walkers together one day.

Man, we NEED this.

I'd probably cry if we got this.

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Rewatching the episode, and god do I love Tyrion bringing up his past encounter with Jon Snow. Was literally fist pumping when I first saw that.

 

[jayr281]

ABANDON LIFE

Damn that gif is 40 mb lol

 

[The One and Done™]

Yeah, that whole bit didn't feel earned at all, just that the writers needed Euron to capture Yara and Ellaria right quick and didn't have time to come up with a sensible way for him to do it, so they just have him and his entire armada appear out of thin air. I get that a thick fog was covering Euron's ships so they were well hidden, but still, it was way too convenient.

But I get that the show has to start just getting a fucking move-on already, so I'm not too bent out of shape over it.

You know nothing of ship battles. Euron had a Legendary ship. Yaras ship didn't even have acceleration.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

The attractive Sand Snake.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

I know. I just can't fathom anyone actually caring.

I kind of cared for their sisterly relationship with each other as they're all from different mothers and put together to be assassin team thing.

 

[Valtýr]

But didn't he have to rebuild his own fleet first? How did he do that so fast?

I mean we saw his fleet last episode. It was done before this season started.

 

[FiggyCal]

I still don't understand how Euron could rebuild his fleet, sail all the way around Dorne and get to Kings Landing before Theon and Yara join Dany at Mereen and then Dragonstone.

Based on this map:



He'd have to be right behind Theon and Yara's fleet when they first left the Iron Isles. Sailing all the way south around Dorne and then back up the Narrow Sea.

But didn't he have to rebuild his own fleet first? How did he do that so fast?

The Iron Islands is nowhere neer Essos by sea...

 

[Speevy]

How the hell did Euron know where they were going? Somebody is leaking shit.

Missandei

 

[Crossing Eden]

Damn that gif is 40 mb lol

40 mb of the biggest jobber in the show.