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  • dornad@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    Things I liked

    • We got Rook’s Rest.
    • Even more young Rhaenyra! ~ Hi Milly!!!
    • Daemon is getting a crash course into Spooky/Mystic Westeros.
    • They spent all this time setting up Cole as a stone cold warrior… Only to have him shellshocked at what a Dragon vs Dragon war really entails. “What have I unleashed”
    • Alys Rivers for best new character of the season.
    • I love how disorienting the mystic scenes at Harrenhal are.
    • We have Muppets Tullys!
    • Clever bit of foreshadowing (for the end of the episode) with Alicent dropping the 🐲 figure

    Weird Things / Random Thoughts

    • Doesn’t appear they’ve added anything new this week to the opening credits. Still ends with the hanging of the ratcatchers.
    • War isn’t romanticized… we’re getting the futility of war. I’ve read before that GRRM writes conflict from an anti-war point of view. Could not be clearer now.
    • Was Aemond really going to double-dip into Kin-slaying ?
    • Do we prefer HOTD’s version of why Cole gains the Kingmaker moniker ? I think the book’s version makes more sense; he is a much bigger player in F&B.
    • Looks like we’re getting no differences in post Rook’s Rest Aegon from F&B.
    • Well done HBO… I can’t believe Criston Cole is likeable in this episode.
    • Alicent’s actions in being a horrible mother again are devastating.
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    • in F&B, was Rook Rest’s also a play from Cole/Aemond to drag one of the Black’s dragon out and “level the field”?
    • Alex@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      The Harenhall ghosts are certainly taking Daemon on a journey. The mirroring with Aemond as well is pretty on point.