Well, it’s fair to say that no one was happy with this episode, “The Battle of Winterfell” (The Long Night).
The supposedly greatest battle of all time
was a PG-13 big disappointment for all.
First, the cinematography was awful, no
matter how HD was your TV, you could not see thing and they had the brilliant
idea of also throw fog on it.
It’s almost unbelievable that this much
character’s survived. It was extremely violent, even so, the walkers managed to
almost eat an entire meal on Winterfell’s kitchen so:
-How can you explain Ser Davos surviving?
-Grey Worm?
-Tarly?! All useless being attacked by a
hand full of walkers.
It is most believable that Jaime survived
with one hand than these people I’ve mentioned.
They survived; but Theon, Jorah, Dondarrion,
Tollet and Lyanna didn’t.
Really HBO? You make an unrealistic list of
survivors to a huge massacre that we were losing and manage to kill a little
girl smashed by a giant? It is somewhat disgusting.
We are all being so harsh with the Battle
of Winterfell because they made a huge build up for this one and it failed to
deliver in every single corner.
The only satisfying thing in the whole
episode was Arya Stark, for obvious reasons. Let us hope Daenerys stops saying “we
won”, nobody did nothing, Arya won the battle for everyone, while Jon was
screaming to the dragon.
Let’s hope they build Arya a monument, if
it was Jon who killed the Night King, the surely will.
Well, it is fair to say that actually happened what I predicted a month ago, the Night King was going to be finished on the third episode. But without any explanation of his storyline, the build up with him since season one is almost laughable at this point.
And is kinda ridiculous his arrogance since we don’t know really who he is and why the sadism.
Yes, it appears so. As stated before he
seems to be Missing in Action. He cannot be seen on the White Walkers lines as
they arrived to Winterfell on the second episode’s end. Not even flying with
Viserion.
Where is he?
Well, there is an interesting theory: This
battle is a decoy, for him to ride south to Kings Landing while Jon is fighting
in the North.
This theory goes very well with the fact that
there has been two premonitions on this matter:
One: Danny’s on the House of the Undying arriving to a snowy Throne. This could be seen as winter arrived to King’s Landing.
Two: Bran had a vision of a Dragon’s shadow flying over Kings Landing. At the time, we thought it was Drogon as usual leading the way, but this could mean something entirely different, like Viserion arriving with the Night King.
I’m almost sure that this is what’s happening
since is the thing that makes most sense of all, it is boring to think that
they all die in the North while Cersei is chilling with her troops down South.
I think she is taken by surprise, almost loses
all her forces and escapes, later to find herself in the midst of the ones that
survives the Winterfell battle.
It makes the story better at its core. Now there
is a fight for the Throne between the Night King, Cersei, Daenerys and maybe
Jon (Aegon).
I have more theories at this end, but for now, let
us stick to this one. He is going south and he does not care for Valar
Morghulis.
GAME OF THRONE‘s Season 8 premiered this week with huge ratings and mixed reactions.
For my part I was very pleased, because I know (and pardon my English), that shit’s about to hit the fan.
Just by the looks of it, Cersei wants her both siblings killed. Moreover, that is light compared to what is coming.
The second part of our GOT Special is no longer a Podcast; it will be this piece, talking about the many theories that stills surround the ending.
We have already talked our Three Dragon Heads one; you can read it here in English or watch it here in Español:
In any case, there is plenty of theories, one regarding predictions of deaths and other ones centered in major plot twists.
Let us begin.
The One with Arya Killing Cersei:
Arya serves the Many Faced God, which is why for her is easy killing people by pretending to be someone else. If she wants to kill Cersei, she will have to be someone else. There is two versions of whom Arya will become for this task:
One is Cersei’s maiden Bernadette; she kind of fades into the background and was in seasons 2,3,4,6 and 7, in the last one she was the one who interrupted Jaime and Cersei on her chambers. It had little but major camera presence on this scene what leads to suspect that that might be a hint of one of the faces that Arya might wear.
The other and darker one is Jaime Lannister. It would be poetic but awful and I really hope they do not go there. In spite Jamie pushing Bran from the tower might lead to Arya wanting to kill him, he redeemed himself on the show in many ways and if Arya kills him for this, it’ll officially make her the villain and it’ll ruin her for us.
But still is a good chance, it’s the one that would really harmed Cersei, being mad but in love with him, excited that he’s back, mixed feelings and then “he” strikes and then she finds out that Jaime was dead all along.
This would fulfill in a way the prophecy that a sibling kills her. However, we know Jaime is not capable of doing so… it will be Arya with Jaime’s face.
Stating all that, even though we know Cersei deserves what is coming for her, she is pregnant and I do not know if that could change things in the end. We will have to wait and see.
The One with Bran being the Night King:
People on Reddit are obsessed with Bran being the Night King and it does not make any sense. In addition, Isaac, the actor who plays Bran, confirmed that he is not the Night King.
Leaving that behind, we do not have a background story for the Night King since he was created for the show and it doesn’t have anything to do with his version on the books. The only thing we know from the show’s Night King is that he was created by the children of the forest to protect them from the first men, and then they turned on them for unknown reasons, which led the children of the forest to join forces with the first men and push them to the other side of the wall.
We do not really know what their purpose to invade, what motivates them is. We only know that the Night King stares at Jon Snow, maybe it is a tiny reference of rivalry with the Starks (as in the books) or maybe something to do with Azor Ahai.
The One with Daenerys dying fighting the White Walkers:
When Dany was in the House of the Undying, she was presented with a premonition. She had to choose between the snowing Iron Throne or a door that led her beyond the Wall and into a tent where she found her dead husband Khal Drogo and their unborn child.
The Spider said, while staring Jon and Dani “nothing lasts”. This premonition could be interpreted that she backed off from the Throne and went to fight in the North with the Night King, where she is doomed to die and reunites with her death family.
It is an awful but realistic ending for her. Moreover, it is not only my idea; she is losing strength on the story while Jon gains momentum.
The One with Arya Fighting and Dying by the Night King’s hand:
I really, truly hate this theory. I think Arya and Tyrion should survive everything, kill the rest. Still… there is a chance that Arya is the only Stark sibling that dies on this battle, we can see her running frightened on the first trailer.
People are saying that she dies with needle on her hand and reincarnates on Nymeria. For my part, I say that she is the one that takes down the Ice Dragon; with the spear, she made Gendry make her. That’s why she gets the Night Kings fury and maybe dies at his hands, with Jon watching (it’ll be a tragedy, I hate it).
The One with the Seven Kingdoms being dissolved:
Jon, a.k.a. Aegon Targaryen, is the last Targaryen alive and true heir to the Iron Throne. With Daenerys dying, he could fulfil his destiny. However, Westeros will be very different after the war with the dead.
This could probably lead Jon to dissolve the Seven Kingdoms and dedicate only to rule his one; it will be smaller kingdoms again.
Probably Tyrion survives the war and is by the ruler’s side advising, as the last of the Lannister alive.
There are more theories, one is that Sam Tarly survives and writes the Songs of Ice & Fire, Sansa survives the war as the Queen in the North and many more. Nevertheless, the ones I have stated, are the ones that could kill us all of a heart attack.
That is why I keep saying; enjoy the first episode, which was fun and playful.
Los arcos de una historia son algo que no deben ser tomado a la ligera, sobre todo en lo que a construcción de personaje significa.
En el penúltimo episodio de la quinta temporada de Game of Thrones se rompe uno de los arcos de personaje más fuertes de esta serie de televisión, por eso recomiendo que si no han llegado a este punto de la historia, no sigan leyendo. SPOILER warning.
Si, Stannis Baratheon no es un Jon Snow. Eso lo tenemos claro, utilizando al nuevo Lord Comander de la pared como la única referencia de “corazón puro” que aun sigue intacto en el show.
Dicho esto, Stannis era el segundo en ese top de valores, hasta el domingo pasado. Sin explicación alguna Weiss y Benioff decidieron darle un giro incoherente de º180 al personaje, destruyendo totalmente lo que venía en construcción desde la primera temporada.
A pesar de lo que yo sospechaba, ellos hicieron lo contrario. Yo sabía que dado el nivel de drama y violencia en Game of Thrones, no se dibuja la línea al momento de asesinar menores de edad, no hay línea existente en esta serie. Los personajes al principio eran lo que en teoría mantenían dibujado el criterio a manejar, aunque también, si agarras a un pobre perro y lo caes a batazos constantemente, el resultado es Reek. De eso estamos claros. Más de un personaje en la serie ha recibido esta cantidad de golpes y ha sufrido grandes cambios. El único que parece evolucionar dentro de estos cambios, es Jon Snow, los demás van y vienen como un bote en mar picado.
Sin embargo, Stannis parecía uno de los pocos personajes pseudo oscuros que iba a evolucionando en su eje, hasta que decidió quemar viva a su hija Shireen.
¿Justificación? La loca de Melisandre dice que el Lord de la Luz necesita no se cuantos litros de “sangre de Rey”. Ah ok, al bastardo le pegamos sanguijuelas, pero a la niña la quemamos viva, que no se pierda ni una gota.
Originalmente, lo lógico es que Shireen iba a ser sacrificada, no se justifica sino tantos minutos en pantalla de un personaje que a pesar de ser tierno, no tiene el más mínimo propósito en la historia. Lo que no resulta lógico es que Stannis se nego rotundamente, le queman tres tiendas y dale, a quemar a la niña.
Eso no tiene sentido. Destrucción total de personaje, su arco borrado con un dedo. Stannis no debía estar ahí, la idea es que Melisandre buscara apoyo en la madre y sacrificara a Shireen sin la presencia del Rey. Davos no estaba, obviamente el implicaba un problema. Yo imagino que si regresa, adios Stannis. Sería algo lindo de ver.
Stannis no es el único personaje desdibujado en la historia de Game of Thrones, hay varios que puedo recular:
– Shae en los libros era fría y calculadora, no amaba a Tyrion, su destino se lo busco. En cambio Shae en la serie estaba enamorada del enano y quería escapar con él. Era un personaje completamente distinto, lo que no justifica su giro de º180.
– Daenerys va y viene con su moral de ejecutar gente. Que si regaño a mis dragones, que si los mando a comer personas sin juicio. También puede estar justificado al ser una Reina que no tiene idea de lo que hace.
– Littlefinger sigue siendo un gran misterio, regala la llave del Norte a los Bolton, le ofrece su cabeza a Cersei, le ofrece la cabeza de Cersei a los Tyrell. Lo están haciendo tan retorcido, que da miedo que lo pierdan en la historia del personaje.
Por otro lado hay que dar crédito a los personajes que en el show han encontrado su verdadero espacio y han evolucionado:
– Sansa era justo y necesario que desarrollaran el único sobreviviente de los Starks, ya que Arya no existe y Jon está muy ocupado.
– Varys tenía un plan desde el principio y fue empujar para que la reina Dragón este donde le toca, un personaje muy fuerte que esperamos regrese pronto.
– Jon Snow por supuesto que se ha mantenido en su eje, nada lo tumba al Lord Comander.
– Ser Jorah Mormont, más fiel que un perro. No hay que decir más.
– Cersei Lannister, no hay forma que a la leona la separen de sus críos y arranque cabezas, se ha mantenido así desde el primer minuto de la serie.
Y pare de contar…
Aun así, las brechas de personajes, es lo que arruinan una historia. No se como piensan remontarlo Weiss y Benioff, pero esperamos lo hagan bien y pronto.
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