6x06 POST-Episode Discussion (airs 29th May)

Wow so much good discussion happened this morning and I MISSED IT! I had insomnia long after going to bed last night because I drank coffee during the episode and was super hyper. I should know better than to do that haha!



Warning! Wall of Text Incoming! I can't help it, I have so many good things to reply to from y'all. I love reading your intelligent speculation. What a grateful relief from the rest of the internet!




I agree that there is currently no really good villain. We know Ramsay's days are now numbered, Euron hasn't done anything impressive yet (other than drowning) and the Night King seems to be going rather slowly southward after his detour to destroy the Three Eyed Raven. He's a scary villain but he doesn't speak so it's hard to have a connection to him. James Faulkner as Randyll Tarly was one of the most menacing men I've seen since we were first introduced to the steely eyed Charles Dance as Tywin way back when. I want more of this despicable Tarly but I have a feeling we won't see him again until much later if at all. He won't be a reoccurring villain since he serves no purpose other than to antagonize Sam and hate wildlings. 

The only other 'villain' atm seems to be the High Sparrow and lets face it, we're kinda half rooting for him to actually help destroy King's Landing with his crusade. He's antagonizing the Lannisters and the Tyrells so that's good fun. I think that story is going to get good in the next few episodes now. 

Yes! I meant to talk about it last night but there were so many other things to discuss. I like the crown inside the star, that's a great touch and they focused on it specifically as Jaime was making his angry face. He knows he's been beaten and he has every right to be pissed because he was left out of the decision entirely and he's the freaking Lord Commander of the Kingsguard! The High Sparrow coached Tommen into excluding him on purpose. Well played slight there meant to get rid of Jaime who is a threat.



Agreed, this was a sort of "You can't fire me, I quit!" moment for Jaime. They purposely excluded him from the decision to turn the Kingsguard into a mockery religious bodyguard group and Jaime didn't even know about it. That's some fine backstabbing right there from the High Sparrow. The parallel between Jaime and Ser Barristan both throwing their armor/cloak on the floor of the throne room was fantastic. (Someone needs to add that to our parallels thread)



Dany's riding of Drogon in 5x09 was nowhere near hideous levels but this scene with tiny Dany on Drogon was perfectly done special effects. Season 4 Children of the Forest and fireball battle against janky looking skeletons ... now THAT was hideous. They've improved their CGI tenfold - I love the new look of the wights and the CotF. I'll agree Dany flying on Drogon was a bit fakey looking at Daznak's though his fire breathing and ground combat against the Harpies was well done.



Yep, this is the common theory I think a lot of us are making now. It makes sense wildfire would be a key component in fighting massive hordes of undead. The three dragons will be important fire support from the air, but wildfire thrown at the oncoming wights (or dropped from dragonback!!) would be devastating. The problem is making sure it doesn't get out of control and burn up the humans too. 

I do support the theory that 3ER may have had something to do with Aerys and "Burn Them All!" and the repetitive vision flashes for Bran seems to support that strongly. Bran will probably already know this and maybe talk about it later when he's more fully aware and capable of talking to Meera and Benjen.


I think poor Bran is in a very semi-catatonic state. He keeps slipping back into vision mode and it's got to be taxing on his brain.  I think they will address Hodor/Summer though, just didn't happen with the bigger reveal of Benjen and the urgency of his warning for them as the immediate threat. 


Yeah that's pretty cool, Jaime is now doing what his Father wanted all along. Forced to finally give up the Kingsguard by his own son (who is a puppet of the High Sparrow) and go to war as Commander of the Lannisters - the irony is strong.


Yep ... I think Bran's screwed up in the head right now, literally. He can't think straight yet with all that "uploading" going on from what the 3ER left him with all rushed at the end there. He'll come around soon. It's kind of like Jon is right now - scared and muddled about how to move forward next. 



I do think Daenerys will probably go out before the great ending of the saga and she'll go out doing what she does best... riding Drogon. As much as I love her and the Targaryens, I never supported a full Targ restoration to the Iron Throne. I think in the end there won't be an Iron Throne and only those who survive the great White Walker apocalypse will carry on to reform a new 7 Kingdoms that hopefully work in harmony but independently ruled. 



Exactly! I have long suspected the "bittersweet" ending of the song is that the two most beloved 'heroes' will probably die in sacrifice for the greater good. But as I said above, I'd much rather seen 7 independent Kingdoms ruled by the 7 best candidates of the 'young people' who survive. Obviously I'm rooting for Sansa to carry on the Stark dynasty in the north.  


I thought you might feel opposite about that one, so I'm glad we do have that common thought in the back of our minds. Sad but true most likely. I don't know about Jon being king though. I get the feeling his undeath experience is going to make him want to sacrifice himself some way too in the end of it all. But for good, not to come back again. 


I'm not sure how I feel about this theory though now that we've seen how the White Walkers are made and now Benjen/Coldhands thing ... I wouldn't be surprised if Jon does eventually become some sort of half ice half man thing because the Night King tries to turn him into one and it fails (because Jon's been resurrected by the Fire God?) and somehow Jon destroys the Night King and himself in the process. That would be epic.