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Don't overthink it.
My exact thoughts as I read brew's post.Also, good call on the dragonglass, too. Those two events already have justified Sam being sent to the dusty library from hell. And yet I STILL hated them wasting so much time on Sam in the first episode; could have given at least 10 minutes to something more interesting without sacrificing the story line, IMHO.
Next episode should be interesting. It will be the shortest GOT episode ever (50 minute runtime), but will likely have the largest and longest battle in GOT history.
It's poor storytelling. If they spread it out so it takes a few weeks, fine. Instead, we go from Euron capturing the Sand Snakes to his parade through King's Landing to the other side of Westeros (the long way, by ship) in under an hour of screen time. And meanwhile, it seems like a day or two has passed for Dany. How long did it take for Ned and Robert to ride to King's Landing the first season? Seemed like it was weeks if not months. I don't know, it's just a frustration as they go further and further away from published canon they seem to leave more plot holes and time discrepancies.
You must have missed how long it took varys to cross the sea, twice. Or Dany and her army. Or Jon snow from Winterfell to Dany. Or Arya.Etc etcThe writers have stated that episodes aren't in a "next day" timeline. Whether between episodes or even during them
I'm good with Euron being better in combat than we'd think, since he seems to be the combination of Euron and Victarion, who was really the one that would crush some skulls for fun. Do we know if Euron was actually at Casterly Rock? If he sent most of the fleet ahead while he stopped at King's Landing it would make more sense from a timing standpoint. Think the Robert trips to/from Winterfell were supposed to be about a month each. But they were traveling with the King's procession, which would seem to be turtle pace.Glad the Sand Snakes are done. Not sure why they decided to expand upon them in the series and either minimize or not include the actual interesting Dornish characters. Kind of makes sense to do it in order to start to consolidate the plot, but a little disappointing that we may never hear from Dorne or the Stormlands again. Or the Reach, unless you could Randyll Tarly, who is pretty awesome.
I don't remember seeing any hints of a battle in the preview. What makes you say there'll be a battle?
OK, all that time has passed, so home Cersei's hair hasn't grown back?
Many of those are since they went ahead of book, but the problem here is that Euron was following Grey Worm. If it's one traveler, it's easier to suspend disbelief or accept their timeline didn't exactly match up. This is different. Grey Worm sailed to Casterly Rock. In that time, Euron met with Cersei, intercepted the Sand Snakes, destroyed half of Dany's fleet, sailed back to King's Landing, paraded through the streets, met again with Cersei, then sailed to Casterly Rock from an even further distance than GW, and arrived almost simultaneously.
Perhaps there was supposed to be an implication that they laid siege to the rock for a bit? That or euron wasn't kidding when he proclaimed himself "the storm" and can create winds to make his boats faster
Saw a clip of brienne and arya fighting. Sansa was watching and did not look too pleased
I wonder if Pod getting slammed to the ground is in losing to Arya.
Sunday's ep has leaked and is on the torrent sites.
You watch it yet? It's taking a lot of restraint not to