I think I’m repeating myself when I state that this season was by far the best of them all. A statement one usually makes after the current Game of Thrones season finale, but that’s it, the sixth installment took it out of the park.
So brace yourself, spoilers are coming, though Winter is already here.
Yes, our friend Jon Snow not only raise back from the death like the Azor Ahai prophesy chanted, but he manage to be the true King of the North, praised by all the houses with Stark’s loyalties.
The Starks are back, or well, what’s left of them. Rickon didn’t make it through. Bran is too busy killing Hodor, ruining lives and being the Three Eyed Raven, and Arya of course is on her assassin spread.
But still, Jon and Sansa managed to bring Ramsay Bolton to his knees, with some help from Little Finger. So… here we are, the Starks are back and yes, Jon actual name is Jon Targaryen Stark, confirmed on the season finale with Bran’s vision. One can wonder, would Bran keep quiet about that or will he let Jon know that he’s actually the one with a fair claim for the Iron Throne? We’ll see about that, I can picture Jon saying something like “I’m not interested”, hope he fights for it.
Jon praising and rising aside, this was a very feminist season. Queens all over the place, women of all ages kicking it. Not only Cersei is now the Queen of Westeros, after Tommen suicide, we also have Daenerys in alliance with Olenna Tyrell, the Sand Snakes of Dorne and Asha Greyjoy to take the seven kingdoms. But it’s not all royalty, Arya managed to have “no name” and became a skilled assassin, crossing out names from her list, ejem. Walder Frey (hell yeah!), Sansa is trying to be an “independent” woman with her killing Ramsay and all, and even a new little girl in town is raising eyebrows, Lyanna Mormont, toughest than most men in the North. We can also mention the poor girl that’s protecting Bran all over the place, while he still keeps killing people by stupidity. And don’t forget Brienne rescuing Sansa, though we actually don’t know where she went on that boat, hope she doesn’t get lost like Gendry.
Yet, this is the look overall of season six, but, where does everyone stands now? Let’s analyze a little:
The Lannister’s
Well, the Lannister’s are pretty much fucked up, if you’ll ask me. They’ve lost all allies. When Cersei decided to blow up the High Septon, with the Tyrell’s inside, Tommen then committed suicide and that’s it, no more Tyrell’s (Olenna) supporting Lannister’s. They’ve also lost the North, all houses are with the Stark’s again and there’s no more Frey either, since Arya killed him after Jaime Lannister left. So… what do they have? The Mountain. That’s it.
Hell is rising towards them, not only three Dragons, a fleet of more than a thousand ships, trained assassins jumping through walls (the Snakes), but I think that Cersei major threat it’s still Arya, she could infiltrate on Kings Landing and serve the wine she drinks. In fact, I think that Cersei final scene would be sitting across Arya in her room, talking with her and admiring who she has become, after all, Cersei and Arya are pretty much alike, but then, Arya kills her with wine I think. It’s ironic, the Queen Mother since season one has been always drinking wine and she’s too much of a big character to kill her ugly, she probably dies by wine.
There’s also a theory stating that Jaime would kill Cersei, but I don’t think so, in spite of the prediction she got as a child, she won’t be killed off by her brother. It’s only fair that Arya do it, two powerful women in a face-off. Though, Jaime’s corner would be a little trouble when he realizes that Tyrion is sailing with Daenerys, the look on his face it’s going to be EPIC.
The Stark’s
Jon Targaryen Stark is now the King in the North, as it should be. But it’s not that simple. Assuming that he found out that he’s the true King of Westeros, What will he do? Knowing him, he’ll probably decline. But still, plenty of cards playing here. They still have a snake Little Finger on Winterfell stalking Sansa, asking for retribution, one can only imagine what he’s capable of.
On Arya’s side, I still think she won’t came back to Winterfell until she finish her list with Cersei, so that’s why I’m not including her on this plot. Jon on the other hand, has the white walkers on his doorstep, so that’s more of a major concern for him than to ride off to claim the Iron Throne.
The Dragons
I think the actual key on Daenerys storyline is Varys. He put it all together for her: Tyrion, The Tyrells, The Snakes, though the Greyjoys came on their own. I still think that Tyrion is the missing piece on this puzzle, that the writers has to solve, it has to be revealed that he’s the Mad King only living son, half Lannister and half Targaryen. And I still think that Cersei knows this and probably, wicked as she is, she would reveal this to Tyrion when she sees him riding with the Dragon Queen, actually his little sister. I expand on this theory here.
Though the story of Daenerys Targaryen is something I’m not too thrilled about, she lost all the respect she had when she back off from the fight on taking Westeros and then flew off in her dragon leaving everyone behind. She kinda lost the fair claim of the Iron Throne when she did that, Jon Snow is more loyal than her and even Tyrion. But if this theory of the imp being half Targaryen came to be true, he’s the actual King. So, we’ll see…
The White Walkers
On the cold zombies end, it was pretty weak and weird this season, they’re even closer but did not appear on the finale, and that’s odd. They could rip off Sam’s end, which we actually don’t care about, being probably important to the plot that he has one valkyrian sword. Though it was interesting to be a witness on how they were born.
Season Six had many rises and several flaws, but still it was pretty good in argument. We saw some characters back like the Hound, others that died stupidly like Osha for instance. No one cared about Maergery, Tommen and Rickon’s deaths. With Ramsay justice was served. And don’t get me started with the “Hold the Door” situation… damn.
We can only hope that the two remaining seasons, with seven episode each, bring full closure to every storyline and character as they deserve. Writers cannot leave anything hanging, it has to make sense. That’s with Tyrion huh? Keep that in mind.
Winter is finally here.
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