Whats Margaery's play by letting Loras/Cersei stand trial before the seven? Since trial by combat is outlawed, theres no way Loras is going to be acquitted. Has house Tyrell sacrificed Loras to ally with the Sparrows? Maybe they feel that he is a ponce who is dispensable along with Cersei.
The episode 9 preview shows Jon's army getting clobbered by Ramsay. Thats a crap way for Jon to finally meet his end.
Doesn't really apply to Arya's case but I know of a real world case where a fat guy got stabbed in the abdomen by a knife that was something like 5 inches long. However, he was so fat that the blade was mostly in his fat and only barely made it into the abdominal cavity. Consequently, none of his intestines or other major organs or vessels were damaged, so they basically all they had to do was sew him back up (after they took a look inside). The funny thing is when the paramedics picked him up he was just sitting there upright looking fine, but with a deep stab wound.In Arya's case, it may be that she was stabbed with a very thin blade almost like an ice pick. I'm not a doctor, but I can imagine that with very fine perforation wounds, your intestines might be able to heal the damage themselves. Not anywhere near as fast as they seem to indicate, but it might be theoretically possible.
A plausible theory is that Arya got healed by drinking from the pool in the House of Black and White, same pool she drank from to get her sight back.
Per a review on Youtube from New Rockstars: The camera showed large droppings of blood leading to the pool and it lingered on the pool. Then when the camera panned towards the faces on the wall, it shows small blood droppings leading to the waif's face.
Whats Margaery's play by letting Loras/Cersei stand trial before the seven? Since trial by combat is outlawed, theres no way Loras is going to be acquitted. Has house Tyrell sacrificed Loras to ally with the Sparrows? Maybe they feel that he is a ponce who is dispensable along with Cersei.
The episode 9 preview shows Jon's army getting clobbered by Ramsay. Thats a crap way for Jon to finally meet his end.
Im expecting Knights of the Vale to swoop in and make quick work of Ramsey's army. My only question is what is Littlefinger going to want for doing so?
The problem isn't the show writers. It is GRRM. The guy is a prolific creator of pointless story arcs that ultimately go nowhere. The show creators have to work with that and it can't be easy.Considering how the writing has gone with Arya's character this season, I fully expect Littlefinger to help Jon/Sansa win back Winterfell and then promptly retreat back to the Vale and promise to aid them further on with no strings attached re: support of the Vale army, possibly semi-retire as an honest, profitable, brothel owner and perhaps treasury to the kingdom.
Im expecting Knights of the Vale to swoop in and make quick work of Ramsey's army. My only question is what is Littlefinger going to want for doing so?
like arya/faceless menThe problem isn't the show writers. It is GRRM. The guy is a prolific creator of pointless story arcs that ultimately go nowhere.
The problem isn't the show writers. It is GRRM. The guy is a prolific creator of pointless story arcs that ultimately go nowhere. The show creators have to work either that.
I thought when he met Sansa at the brothel, he told her she should call on them herself? He had already gotten lord asperger's to agree to help her.I'm expecting Knights of the Vale to swoop in and make quick work of Ramsey's army. My only question is what is Littlefinger going to want for doing so?
The way I have heard it: When the show developers met with GRR about making the series, he first off made themThat's what I've heard (I'll never read those crappy books) so it makes sense--but in this case Arya's story for the last ~1.5 seasons is already beyond the books, right? Isn't it fair to say that from here on out the plots are more heavily weighted to the show runner's influence?
Doubt it. Ultimately he told them the direction and where he thought she should go and how long it would take.That's what I've heard (I'll never read those crappy books) so it makes sense--but in this case Arya's story for the last ~1.5 seasons is already beyond the books, right? Isn't it fair to say that from here on out the plots are more heavily weighted to the show runner's influence?
like arya/faceless men
I thought when he met Sansa at the brothel, he told her she should call on them herself? He had already gotten lord asperger's to agree to help her.
Seems like he would want to kick some sparrow ass back at KL. They shut down his best biz, and threatened him. He may see the opportunity to climb that ladder he talks about, a few more rungs, by helping the Lannisters and/or Tyrells.
I am bummed Theon's sister announced they were going to see Danny. It would be much more epic if Theon showed up at Winterfell. He and sis could sneak in with some men, save Rickon, and capture the keep, while Ramsey is directing the battle against Jon. It would not surprise me if Jon plays that gambit using the 62 Mormonts. If they are half as skilled as Jorah, they are elite fighters.
I hope they do not have Arya magically show up in time to help. That would be the Fonzi is wearing his leather jacket while water skiing part of jumping the shark. Jaqen announced she is now no one i.e. graduated? Having her use the faceless men skills to penetrate the Bolton defenses and rescue Rickon would not be cool at this point.
The Arya arc itself isn't pointless. She's now a trained assassin badass and might still possess the ability to change her face at will. That's a big game changer and will hopefully be used as such. It's many of the connect the dots pieces within that arc that don't add up. Her being a Faceless Man is good, all the details about how she became a Faceless Man are where the story went off the rails.
As for GRRM, we don't know which arcs might be meaningful later in the story. Many of the minor characters introduced might be throwaways and some might be critical pieces in the endgame. That's not the point here. The issue many of us have is how completely and catastrophically the writing has imploded now that they're away from the books. It's not that GRRM is introducing new characters and *might* be clogging things up with storylines that go nowhere. It's that the writers are completely trashing the older, important characters whose storylines are definitely going somewhere. They're writing the characters so out of character it would be like having Homer Simpson a dimwitted nuclear powerplant employee in episode 1, a successful neurosurgeon philanthropist in episode 2 and a female golf pro in episode 3. It's all complete bullshit now and that isn't on GRRM. It's the showrunners.
Again, you aren't thinking about this correctly. The problem lies with GRRM, the characters aren't consistent in anything they do.
Could Arya have ever left the Starks? How could she not leave the Faceless men eventually, and how would she have done it without them putting an eternal bounty on her head.
The wounding? They needed to bring her to crisis. The stupidity? Nothing more than a little girl acting like a little girl because that's what she is. She isn't a faceless assassin, she is fallible. The healing properties of milk of the poppy? She could have slept for days, or weeks, for all we know. Time isn't consistent on the show either. Look at Littlefinger traveling from the Vale, or Brienne going all of the way down to Riverrun in a quick time, meanwhile everything else moves fast or just sits around.
Edmure said he has been in the dungeon for years. *years*. How long is that? 5 years? 10 years? We have no concept of that.
This is GRRM's ridiculous timing / story lines / prolific creation of characters and arcs.
She wrote Yohn Royce. He told her in season 4 he would protect her.I believe Littlefinger promised Sansa directly he would protect her. Her note she wrote has been analyzed all over the web, and indicates she is calling in that favor:
Since everyone is sensitive to spoilers, guess I'll wrap it:
[ ] you promised to protect me, it reads. Now you have a chance to fulfill your promise. [ ] Knights of the Vale are under your command. Ride north for Winterfell. Lend us your aid and I shall see to it that you are [well/properly] rewarded.
That doesn't explain how she healed so quickly BEFORE getting to the pool.
She basically got stabbed but a long thin knife multiple times in the abdomen, but then just got her skin sewn up by the actress, slept a while on opium and then was OK enough to defeat the Waif.
Again, you aren't thinking about this correctly. The problem lies with GRRM, the characters aren't consistent in anything they do.
Could Arya have ever left the Starks? How could she not leave the Faceless men eventually, and how would she have done it without them putting an eternal bounty on her head.
The wounding? They needed to bring her to crisis. The stupidity? Nothing more than a little girl acting like a little girl because that's what she is. She isn't a faceless assassin, she is fallible. The healing properties of milk of the poppy? She could have slept for days, or weeks, for all we know. Time isn't consistent on the show either. Look at Littlefinger traveling from the Vale, or Brienne going all of the way down to Riverrun in a quick time, meanwhile everything else moves fast or just sits around.
Edmure said he has been in the dungeon for years. *years*. How long is that? 5 years? 10 years? We have no concept of that.
This is GRRM's ridiculous timing / story lines / prolific creation of characters and arcs.
I believe Littlefinger promised Sansa directly he would protect her. Her note she wrote has been analyzed all over the web, and indicates she is calling in that favor:
Since everyone is sensitive to spoilers, guess I'll wrap it:
[ ] you promised to protect me, it reads. Now you have a chance to fulfill your promise. [ ] Knights of the Vale are under your command. Ride north for Winterfell. Lend us your aid and I shall see to it that you are [well/properly] rewarded.
Considering how the writing has gone with Arya's character this season, I fully expect Littlefinger to help Jon/Sansa win back Winterfell and then promptly retreat back to the Vale and promise to aid them further on with no strings attached re: support of the Vale army, possibly semi-retire as an honest, profitable, brothel owner and perhaps treasury to the kingdom.
Wasnt the letter really the one she wrote to Riverrun/Tullys?
Wasnt the letter really the one she wrote to Riverrun/Tullys?
I do not think Littlefinger has any plans of heading back to the Vale if he does come to the rescue, unless it is just to bide some time. He has always had a vendetta to "screw them all", to put it politely, and has large ambitions.
Brienne was long gone when she wrote the one for the crow, we just do not know where the crow was headed.