Sunday, April 14, 2019

It finally has arrived! Game of Thrones Season 8!!!

I do my best to be as quiet as possible about events like these but I had to wait for almost two years to reach this point. Tonight is the final season of GOT and it should be monumental!!! Potential Spoilers Ahead!! Things I would like to see in the season:

Arya Stark versus The Mountain Zombie: This could happen. Have some Lannister people kidnap Sansa and drag her down to King's Landing by boat. Cersei knows who killed Joffrey but it would be fun to kill another Stark anyway. Arya follows the boat down to KL and becomes very faceless in the process. She first finds Ilynn Payne in an eatery and takes over the serving girl role. The poisoned wine disables him quickly but kills him slowly enough so that Arya can jeer in his face.

Sansa is told to demand Trial by Combat by people loyal to the Starks. Ser Robert Strong stands ready to do Cersei's bidding but most people laugh at the spare person clothed in black who represents Sansa Stark. Only their eyes can be seen but when ordered to remove the head covering, the person gives the impression of serious damage to their face and throat so that they hide and are silent.

The laughter dies down after the black clad Bravosi styled fighter damages Ser Robert Strong's armor in several places. He traps the black clad fighter in what assuredly appears to be the end but there is now no more laughter. Ser Robert Strong has a rent that covers his whole chest plate and even knocking down the black clad fighter doesn't slow them down. With dagger and a rapier like sword, the black clad fighter reduces Ser Robert Strong's armor to ruin. A devastating dagger strike disables Ser Robert Strong's sword hand. There is no showmanship or mockery here. The black clad fighter retrieves their dagger (sunk into Ser Robert Strong's right inside wrist) and then launches a final attack. The dagger is shoved into the chest plate rent while the light sword is shoved up from under the chin and out the top of Ser Robert Strong's head. White fluid gushes out of him and the sound he makes hitting the ground is loud.

Sansa is released as the black clad figure stands before Cersei Lannister. There is something wrong with the black clad figure. Their posture is one of defiance versus humility but before anyone can react to that, the figure removes their head covering. It is Walder Frey...

"Do you remember giving us and the Bolton's gold to turn on the Starks? We did as you said but we missed the younger Stark daughter. She has a message for you but since she killed me and my whole male line, she decided to give you the message herself!"

Walder Frey's face is peeled off to show Arya Stark

"I am Arya Stark of Winterfell and the North Remembers. House Stark also remembers and with Illyn Payne and The Mountain dead, you are the last person I will kill. You will not escape me!" Arya detonates a smoke bomb and disappears behind it. She finds her ay back to the ship headed north with Sansa Stark aboard...

Who will eventually gain The Iron Throne? (If anyone is left alive.)  The only two people fit to rule Westeros are ones that don't seek the throne in the first place. Jon 'Snow' (Targaryen)  is one while Tyrion Lannister is the other. Neither are full of themselves and have remained grounded throughout the series. Neither Daenerys (Too polarizing and would rule through fear) and Cersei (Absolutely insane and power mad) are unfit for the task. Even with The Night King headed south with his Cold Walker army Cersei Lannister decides to hire The Golden Horde to protect her throne emplacement but it remains to be seen how that will go over. Jaime Lannister may be a Lannister but he stands by his word

More fun with Arya Stark  I would like to see her dagger take out at least one of The Night King's contingent.

The Unsullied -  While no good in close quarters fighting, The Unsullied can create a strong shield wall as needed. If they could do so against the cold walkers, perhaps the Westeros soldiers behind the shield wall can kill the Cold Walkers. The defenders also have to be ready to put down anyone slain since they will reanimate as a Cold Walker. Archers with dragon glass arrows will be of use but they will have to be protected at all costs. The armored knights will have the best chance against the Cold Walkers if they are unmounted.

Conclusion  If this is supposed to go down like The Wars of The Roses it would be the Brother of a King versus a son of another. Gendry might be a legitimate Baratheon (Son of a former King) while Cersei is the mother of a former King and Queen in her own right. Since neither Gendry nor Cersei can really fight directly, who will their proxies be?

A Jaded Bard

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