6x03 POST-Episode Discussion (airs 8th May)

Not sure I understand your definition of remember. I am aware of no memory of what it was like before I was born.
At least no physical cognizance of existence except that which I have learned since my name day.

HBO's viewer guide has always been skimpy about the features they have, besides Inside the Episode, they have only one video feature with an interview-narrative with Peter, Nathalie and Jacob, the other features are HBO prose interviews with Carice and Tom Wlaschiha, why couldn't those be live interviews?

Mace is there , but not sentence is uttered about his mission to the Iron Bank or Trant's murder.
Thinking about it since Cersei now had ClankingStein , fuck Trant.

From the novels (and the show still shadows the story) GRRM implies that the big factor will be Dany and the dragons plus some other magical factors like Valyrian swords and , I guess, dragon glass. Also that forces in Essos are worried too , seeming all of the Faith of R'hllor. The followers of R'hllor , seemingly, have seen this coming for a long time , one reason for getting involved with the Houses of Westeros , maybe Varys and Illyrio Mopatis. Illyrio seems to have been watching over the two Targaryens (maybe more so over Dany) than for reasons of gaining wealth. 
Lots of outside forces in play in mysterious ways.

I have seen several reviews of this episode that miss the shot of Dawn.
Looking at it again in a freeze frame the blade does look a bit strange , as if the lighting on the scene did not pick it up most of the time.

By the by Luke confirms it is Dawn:

I think most people are joking when they say Gendry is "still rowing" like Joe Dempsie did himself.

If only you knew how often that was presented as a genuine writing flaw of the show at the other forum.  I may have overreacted  without proper context, but let's face it: you all know me to be impatient and humorless. 

A theory I find super interesting if not extremely likely, is that the Faith Militant will put Gendry forward as the rightful king (assuming of course that he is one of them). Last time we saw Gendry in the books he was certainly angry and lost enough to become a Sparrow anyways. And it wouldn't take them long to figure out who he is. In the show he rowed to KL and so far that is where all the Sparrow action is in the show as well.

There's a good post a few pages back someone cross posted from reddit that explains in great detail how the Umbers can't be doing some sort of setup conspiracy. I'd go back and look for it but I haven't had my first cup of coffee yet so I am not fully functional for that sort of thing. 

The post's strongest argument against it would be why would the umbers risk Rickon's life like that if they believe he's the last living male heir to Winterfell? If they're right, and overthrow Bolton, Jon and Sansa are still going to hate them for putting Rickon there like that - and if they're wrong then they're definitely wrong and Rickon is dead and so are they because they will have lost the battle. It's far too big of a gamble with negative results either way for the Umbers to make a fake out like that. It's legit and the sooner fans face that fact the better. It's not going to end well for them. 

I would say what the Faith wants is a King who is nice and maleable, and firmly under the thumb of the Faith. For now they are content with Tommen because he can fit those criteria well. 

But if his parentage becomes a bigger issue, or if he dies, they will need someone else who they can control. Gendry is not exactly tame or stupid or easily manipulated, but by this point he may well be genuinely converted to the Faith, and he knows what he does not know, which makes him a good candidate for them.