I didnt think it was dumb, I just thought it was lackluster. what was dumb about him showing up?Yeah and Benjen showing back up was dumb too.
I mean that's the problem tho. If they hadn't told me that was brand uncle, I wouldn't have ever realized it.
Also the Boltons confirmed finding his bodyHound didn't have a death scene. No one was shown to kill him, he was left very injured andpresumablydied. He certainly would have if Meribald hadn't come across him.
Stannis was killed 'off camera' but they showed Brienne swinging her sword at him. She clearly wouldn't have done that just to hack off his foot or something. I don't get all the speculation that he's somehow still alive. It makes no sense why Brienne would spare him, and then go around telling everyone she specifically killed him. The director of that episode just chose to do it off screen, to leave it more to your imagination. Speculating that there was more hidden meaning is definitely getting into LOST territory. The producers have control over the broad strokes of the show, and will clearly intervene for certain things if they need to, but each episode's director can do things their own way and people read too much into the tiniest detail.
Benjen was never confirmed as killed, he was just MIA for so long everyone assumed he was dead.
wasnt stannis cut in his femoral artery in his last scene?So it's safe to assume Stannis is alive? Maybe his wife and heir too? How about Shireen? I mean where does it stop, if GRRM wants us to belive Benjen, John Snow, The Mountain, The Hound were all dead only to find out they weren't. What's the sense in writing these stupid fucking death scenes
Thoros is showing up this season so there is another character for you, oh also Edmure showed up and he hasnt been in the show for multiple season a long with BlackfishI mean that's the problem tho. If they hadn't told me that was brand uncle, I wouldn't have ever realized it.
And it doesn't change anything either way. It could have been some random ass ranger or some local dogooder fighting a crusade against the dead for all it matters.
Bringing that character back adds nothing. I mean it has to be someone that rescues those two, sure. But who doesn't seems to matter at all. So that's kinda dumb and throwaway. It's like, hey remember this guy? Yeah. He was cool wasn't he. Yeah. Cool. Ok then. Cool.
A good story doesn't make you think, yeah, so?
Blackfish was in a previous season?
Character sprawl, man. I guess it's better than introducing new ones.
not to nitpick, but jon snow was the only on on your list to actually be dead. hound was still alive when we last saw him and mountain was dying until qyburn did his frankenstein experiment on him, i dont think there was ever a point when he was actually dead.This season is bringing back everyone from early episodes
-Forgotten
Edmure
Thoros
Blackfish
Frey
Benjen
Rickon
Osha
Possibly Serio
-DEAD
Snow
Gregor
Sandor
Possibly LSH