WWJD??

yeh Dany Logic. lets trust this dwarf i've never met before but throw Jorah to the pits...poor mormont

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Haha right! I'm pretty sure that was the point Tyrion was trying to make during their boat ride that got him punched in the head by Jorah wasn't it? 

Speaking of, Tyrion's been smacked or punched quite a bit since his arrival to Essos - damn! 

So Jorah's going to fight at Daznak's and it looks like he lives - YAY!

An aside: I just found out with my last post I became a Sweet Summer Child. I feel all grown up now! (Though Old Nan would disagree!) The downside to that is that I've been sitting here on my computer for hours at a time while everything else I need to be doing just piles up. Oh, well - what's more important, right?

I think I'm correct that Peter Dinklage continues to be the first actor listed when every show begins, and I just believe he'll be around until the very end. We know he befriended Jon in the beginning, and I believe he truly considers Jorah a friend now, after getting to know him, and that that is why he was so anxious to get out of his chains when he saw Jorah go into the pit.

I think that when Dany learns Tyrion offed Tywin, she'll slowly begin to trust Tyrion. Tyrion has been able to reason his way out of all the sticky situations he's been in thus far, so I think he'll be at least partially successful in pleading Jorah's case with her. I'm also putting lots of reliance on the expression that crossed Dany's face when she realized it was Jorah before her - and then her anger kicked in, but that's just her way of covering up the hurt at being betrayed. She'd called Jorah her best friend when he'd offered to stand 1:1 for her outside of Meereen (just watched the video of Dany's best moments), and he's the only one who's been with her from the very beginning, birth of dragons, etc.

PS - I think he makes enough progress in regaining Dany's [tentative] trust to be allowed to fight again, but then I wonder what happens to him (and everyone else) once Dany rides off on you know who.

i think thats definitely the case in the books. but with the show...i don't think jorah sent any letters after the dothraki sea

How far along do we all think his greyscale will have advanced by ep. 510? I think that would be a good last scene for him this season, to look at his arm and see it's spread even further across his wrist or maybe even his hand? Poor chap.

I do agree with others that he really is a desperate sadsack sortof guy but still, I sympathize with him based on the strength of Iain Glen's performance and just the sheer amount of shit that fate's thrown at him. Particularly with him having found out about his dad's death hours after getting greyscale. I mean THAT's shitty luck, man.

BTW, how much of Jon Con's role do we expect him to take on? Maybe he'll sail to Westeros before the rest of Dany's people, potentially even without Dany's permission because he thinks that'll impress her (as fAegon intends to with his invasion). A lot of people speculate that Jon Con will bring a greyscale epidemic to Westeros, so since they've given the disease to Jorah instead and cut the other fellow, I guess that means he could be the show's patient zero then....

I definitely sympathize with Jorah, or more accurately, pity. Glen really brought the character to life and made him much more likable, especially in season 5. When ADWD Tyrion thinks you're feeling too sorry for yourself, you know you're in trouble. Plus he has one of the best voices on the show, I could listen to him speak all day long.

So after Dany leaves, the three military forces in Mereen will be the Unsullied controlled by Greyworm, the mercenaries controlled by Dario, and the Sons of the Harpy who are aligned with, if not controlled by, Hizdahr. Greyworm and Dario seem to have a good working relationship. I doubt Missandei likes Dario much, but she probably believes that he follows Dany sincerely. Anyway, the mercenaries and Unsullied will probably continue to operate as a unified force for now.

Tyrion will assess this and make himself indispensable to Dario, Greyworm and Missandei while they deal with the SotH. Since Jorah is the only person Tyrion trusts in Mereen, Tyrion brings Jorah back into the inner circle. By the time they all meet back up with Dany, Jorah is firmly re-entrenched, Dario and/or Missandei have betrayed Dany, and Dany is ready to forgive Jorah's transgressions.

I don't see Jorah's story as particularly pathetic within the framework of GoT. Joer Mormont seems to have a more pathetic legacy. Joer presided over the final rotting out of the Night's Watch. Led the Night's Watch to devastating defeat north of the Wall rather than staying in a defensible position. Was killed by his own men. Lost his only son to exile, had to give his family sword to his steward. Tywin, for all his intelligence, seems to have set the destruction of his own family into motion and was murdered by his own son. And none of the Stark kids seem likely to ever experience romantic love. And people like Ros and Sandor only ever wanted a tiny little slice of the world that didn't hurt.

Jorah isn't ever going to get what he wants - happy marriage to the woman of his dreams. But nobody in this story gets what they want. Jorah hasn't had a particularly bad life. He had a good family, he married a beautiful woman, he got to see the world and go on adventures, he heard the singing of baby dragons, he is respected as a skilled warrior by whomever he meets. He's never been rich and he had to wear the same shirt for 5 years, but he rarely goes hungry.