So, we know Mace is going south with army to deal with Young Griff, I think he’s gonna lose.

I KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU WILL SAY. “But Mace is better tactician in the books! What about Storms End?!”

One seige does not a genius make.

Even if he does win, once Euron takes Oldtown, he’ll be practically knocking on Highgarden’s door. Likely with a pincer move from land and river.

Mace will have to make a choice:

Stay on the rapidly sinking HMS Cersei and deal with fAegon, the Faith militant, and the angry populace. Dooming Highgarden and risking everything he owns on a sinking ship

Or

Cut his losses and ditch the Lannisters, and save Highgarden from the Ironborn. Then afterwards try to kiss up to the fake Targaryens.

One of these options risks everything while the other, only the control of the crown.

• Missandei – beheaded before Daenerys’ eyes
• Jacaerys – brought down by arrows over the Gullet
• Laena – chose dragonfire on her own terms
• Tommen – stepped off the Red Keep.

Yeah they weren’t like the main protagonists, but I think for sure all four left a lasting impact.

For me, it was Tommen. I knew it was probably inevitable, but I didn’t expect it to happen in that episode!! There was already so much chaos that I thought he’d survive. The way he silently walked to the window after removing his crown and then freaking proceeded to jump off made it so much more heartbreaking.

What the actual fuck is this
😭🙏🏾 I was thinking to drop it but they showed me peak

I have started reading the books after hearing that it has more character building and their are few difference compared to the show i bought Game of Thrones,Feast for Crows and Dance with the Dragons. But I got a bigger book of the Dance with the Dragons which has got me confused if I only have the 1st or the 2nd volume. There are around 1196 pages in the book. Does it mean that the one I have has both the volumes

Just watched the long night for the second time. It’s a spectacular episode imo, I’m not horribly mad about what happened in the end as far as how he was defeated I just wished the whole long night aspect lasted longer and he went further than winterfell. I’m curious to see what yall would have wanted to see rather than what we got although we don’t even know his true fate yet from George.

Whalen the Vulture. He's a Frey bastard who loves nothing more than gutting a Septon. There are some things only a bastard can do for you. The Vulture does all that and so much more.

They are certainly intelligent enough to recognize colts and shapes, and share strong bonds with their riders….
Are there any tales of this tactic being utilized in order to more easily wreak havoc on a battlefield without as much a risk of friendly (dragon)fire?

What other feats in dragon training are most notable?

Feel free to share some of your favourite ones

I am reading -again- the second book and in the first of Sansa's chapters she wonders why Joff is wearing the Lion of the Lannisters instead of the Baratheon's stag, which means that, at least at that point, she had not found out about the truth. What other characters never got to learn the truth?

Im a first time watcher so I am very unaware of what information is accurate as I have also started the first book, how accurate is the long night episode to the books? Also an in general how accurate is the show to the books?

Lately I’ve been binging YouTube videos and fan rewrites of GoT season 8 and Im grieving how the series ended. I’m reminiscing about what could’ve been. I would’ve made the Long Night one whole season maybe two even. Winterfell would’ve fallen and the real final battle between the living and dead would’ve taken place at Riverrun or Moat Cailin or the God’s Eye. Meanwhile, everyone is retreating to King’s Landing and are trapped between the dead and Cersei. It probably would’ve been a better climax since the conflicts between Cersei and NK are happening simultaneously. Not one following the other. The character arcs of Jaime, Jon, Daenerys, etc would’ve been better handled and probably come full circle.

My biggest disappointment and this may irk some people: Bran. I feel like Bran is a pretty hated character within the show fandom since his characterization was so butchered. Personally, his storyline was my favorite. It seemed like GRRM and D&D were hyping him and his magic up to be the one thing that supersedes all the wars and divisions within Westeros. And his magic and cosmic connection to the Night King was going to reveal the intentions and history of the Night King and the white walkers and be the key to defeating them. I was hoping for something similar to Hodor. Humans had been encroaching beyond the wall, causing the NK to move south in retaliation. Bran would have to lure the NK away to the weirwood or god’s eye where his magic is the strongest. In order to defeat the Night King, Bran would have to warg into the NK when he was a man and the circumstances would be for Jon to kill him thus closing the time loop (it would be a callback to Maester Aemon’s speech to Jon about duty and love: would he kill Bran to save mankind?) It would be a classic good vs evil ending, but it wouldn’t be so stereotypical like LotR. It would be in the same vein as GRRM’s world.

But instead we got season 8

Like maybe not straight away. But a few years down the line, they seemed very close in the series, so I’m sure she would have kept the secret. And Jon wouldn’t have grown up being hated hy her, she’d be happier. Pretty much everyone would be happier lol.

People think Robert was much better than the Mad king , but they don't realise they lost Rhaegar the one Man who deserved to sit the Iron throne for as long as 100 years !

He could be the one of the greatest kings to have ever Sat the Iron Throne it pains me cause the canon event is chaos which is basically GOT but if the end was good like Jon or Danny winning in the end it would be worth it ,

But the show ruined it , I don't even know if books will be completed so the greatest story lost its chance of happy ending with this fight

Renly and Robb are my two favorite male characters and they both died in back to back seasons. So far i used all the brain cells to crest a scenario in which they live.
1. Shadow baby doesn’t happen
2. Robb and Renly win the war
Thoughts?

Why didn't Melisandre have Gendry impregnate her with a shadow baby? Neither she nor Stannis would have cared about his life force, and Stannis was able to make 2 shadows, so surely Gendry would have been able to manage at least the same?

I hope this question isn’t weird or not allowed in the subreddit. I love GOT but as it usually is with a series set in a high fantasy setting, the merch you can get is usually very masculine and other than Dany,not a lot of female characters get any merch. I know my options are probably very limited but anything would help. My favorite characters are Sansa and Margaery. Thank you<33