What else is he supposed to do with a 'bastard' that his wife hates?
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Also now that I think about it, it really makes sense now why he never told Catelyn the truth. It wasn't just about her loathing of Jon making the cover story seem authentic. He knew his wife was a fucking idiot all along.
So do y'all think Tormund made it out somehow?
Little Finger wanted to use Brienne in one of his plots, he sees some angle can be exploited.
Sansa knows that although she doesn't know what Little Finger plots, Little Finger would not have spoken on getting Brienne involved unless it was for his own gain, and likely everyone else's loss. Especially because in her capacity Brienne could act as another advisors to the sisters, which could interfere with Little Finger's plots. All Sansa knows is that if Little Finger talks of Brienne, he intends to exploit her somehow so to protect her, Sansa sends her away (wherever that being is irrelevant). Really this was the most obvious bit in the last episode it came right after Little Finger mentioned Brienne, it should have been a red flag, it should have also been apparent that when Arya met Sansa the reception was warm, and the 180 degree turn in behavior was stifling and not natural, the most obvious piece of information was where Arya got that letter from. There's no way when Arya brought it to Sansa, that Sansa wouldn't have concluded where it came from, and there's no reason that Little Finger would have that note that was not nefarious in nature, in any way shape or form. It never made sense that Arya would actually go after Sansa, and it never made sense that either of the sisters couldn't rationalize the reality of the events as they unfold. Plus Bran can see everything, so there's that.....
Ned knew this was Lyanna's child though. He didn't have to set him up to the be heir to Winterfell, but he could have given him fair warning that the Wall was a penal colony. I know we needed Jon at the wall to make the plot work, but still. Seems out of character for Ned, if he went through all of this to save Lyanna's child only to let him go work in a permanent Alaska oil field.
Sansa and arya weren't working together until the final episode, after her talk with LF. There was no point in playing a game before then since they didn't learn anything new; she could have killed him long before for the same reasons. Sansa just eventually figured it out this episode.
Sansa and arya weren't working together until the final episode, after her talk with LF. There was no point in playing a game before then since they didn't learn anything new; she could have killed him long before for the same reasons. Sansa just eventually figured it out this episode.
Yeah, they wouldn't have gone through the trouble of keeping him alive north of the wall just to kill him off off-screen. Pretty sure he's up on the left side of the wall that didn't fall down.100% alive
I addressed this in my other post -- we got the entire Jon birth scene where Bran was watching. Down to Lyanna whispering his name to Ned. Bran would've heard that. It makes no fucking sense.He still thought Jon was the rape-bred bastard of Rhaegar Targaryen though, Lyanna didn't live long enough to say otherwise. He did his duty raising Jon, but keeping him around was a profound insult to his wife and a constant reminder of Lyanna being kidnapped and raped which led to his father and brother being burned alive. I'm pretty sure he secretly hated Jon even more than Catelyn did, but he never let it out to help keep the cover story intact.
Sansa sending Brienne away like a dog in the woods should have been clear she knew something.
I addressed this in my other post -- we got the entire Jon birth scene where Bran was watching. Down to Lyanna whispering his name to Ned. Bran would've heard that. It makes no fucking sense.
Speaking of Sam, I think his scene might have been my favorite. He just had that same wtf look we all have to Bran's retarded shit. It was perfect.
Are Tormund and Beric dead? Such bullshit.
Unless you see a main character physically die then they are alive. Basic TV 101