By using the hieroglyphs from the Children of the Forest as a means of convincing Dany that their forces are more effective in tandem, Jon offers a third option for saving all of human existence: Rather than rewrite the rules of or be beholden to the ones that reside in this world’s collective memory, why not replace those traditions with ones long forgotten and use ancient wisdom to preserve the future?Ĭontinued on next page: Let’s talk about that remarkable dragon ambush.
In case a small tidbit of Naath culture didn’t get this idea across, Jon and Dany’s journey into the cave of dragonglass did the same. But instead of the show using her linguistic abilities as a means to toy with the audience’s perceptions of an ancient prophecy, Missandei’s dismissal of the concept of a bastard seemed like a refutation of the blind adherence to tradition and the past that’s hamstrung most of this world’s characters in their times of need. Once again, Missandei strikes as the arbiter of semantic truths. Read More Lena Headey is the Best Actor on ‘Game of Thrones,’ and Season 7 is Finally Proving It The knowledge of a thousand timelines has turned him into something of a White Walker himself: His aloof scenes with Sansa in “The Queen’s Justice” felt inert as a result, even with true-to-character performances from Isaac Hempstead Wright and Sophie Turner. Bran’s stoicism as he retreats further and further into his role as the Three-Eyed Raven is going to make for some dramatically quizzical interactions. Weiss, writers of both this week’s episode and last week’s, also find another corrective in the continuing Stark family reunions.
Not merely skipping over the events of “ The Queen’s Justice” with some shortcut Tyrion voiceover, it showed that dispensing with the Tyrell stronghold was only the beginning of their coming fight.ĭavid Benioff and D. Finally reintegrating the sorely missed Bronn into the aftermath of the all-too-easy Highgarden siege, Jamie’s caravan not only showed the logistics of transporting a historic debt’s repayment back to King’s Landing, but provided a narrative thread between that and the Iron Bank business back home. From the outset of Sunday’s “The Spoils of War,” this seemed like an installment that would avoid the missteps of its preceding weeks.
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