GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

I don't feel like they did a good job of showing it in the show, but I've always felt that LF got to the point he had succeeded so much in all his other absolutely fucking insane endeavors that he was on auto pilot at the end. It happens to a lot of greats, think they've gotten so big or so good that they can't fail in the face of a smaller challenge. I mean compared to helping orchestrate the death of the current king, setting off a civil war between two of the greatest houses, and rising from a grandiose pimp and information peddler, to the acting Lord of a powerful house with an as of yet unmolested military.... they should have done a better job showing him believe that playing some dumb northerners against each other was an easy layup beneath his time and attention. Some of that is there, him saving Sansa, and then her by turn not ratting him out, probably made him feel like he had more of a hold on her, especially after he can clearly see her starting to apply what he's been "teaching" her. Then you've got him trying to stir shit with the old raven's scroll, and really the big place that he failed, was in understanding who he was dealing with. Up to this point, LF has never really spent a lot of time in the North, and has moved into a culturally and politically different world. So I like to imagine, all cocksure and puffed up from a long running winning streak, he strolls into the North thinking it will be like taking candy from babies, only to discover that stubborn built in loyalty and honor that doesn't really exist in the South anymore. He got sloppy playing the game, and it only takes half a slip in Westeros to get fucked.

I think the whole Sansa being married off to Ramsay for reals in the show undermined a lot of that. I mean you take that betrayal away, and it would make way more sense to believe Sansa could be enthralled by him, but with that in there, only an idiot would assume she herself wouldn't cut his throat herself, which I was actually a little sad didn't happen. Keeping it as is, they should have cut out any contact between them after he gives her to Ramsay, until after the Battle of the Bastards. Much easier to have him tell her before he gives her away, to just send a raven, and he'll bring the might of the Vale to help her. Everything else plays out the same, then you have a much more believable environment for some intrigue to occur, and a much better route to the "surprise motha fucka!" execution. GIF for full affect.

Apparition said:

Huh? Littlefinger has known about the Army the entire time. He says to Tywin that dark forces were at work in Renly's death. He said he imagines Bran has seen things beyond the wall that most men wouldn't believe.

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He says to Tywin that rumors were of dark works. Idk if he actually believed in it himself. Stannis' ghost baby doesn't have much to do with the Night King's army tho. And yeah, he says that to Bran, but he says that after his writing went to shit, so doesn't that mean my half assed haywire brain theory still works?

I don't really believe it anyway, like I said. Was just an interesting thought for half a second.

Also, I'm both excited for the final season tonight, and worried as fuck they are just gonna hot rod this last season straight into the grave. The show definitely evolves over time, as it should, but I'm nervous they are going to rely to much on the flashy epic finale bits, and just slop the rest of it around because who cares, DRAGONS, UNDEAD, EXPLOSIONS!!!... cue Michael Bay and print. I mean essentially that is where the story is leading, and I want to see all of that, as long as they don't lead all of the story and character building they've done so far out back and shoot it in the process.

Sounds like maybe just one episode will be a huge battle. Not sure what they even fill the rest with at this point tho if so.

so this airs at 9pm pst? can I watch it earlier if I have hbo through amazon prime?