Well, I was wrong with last week’s predictions about the penultimate episode of ‘Game of Thrones’… so far. Many of them could still happen in the finale.
But the big one that I got wrong was that Arya was going to die. She may yet; I don’t trust GRRM. But I was too specific in how it would happen. I thought she would be killed by the Mountain in an attempt to strike Cersei off her list. And her death would be the trigger Sandor Clegane would need to overcome his fear of his brother Gregor and kill him. In that fight, I figured the Hound would also overcome his fear of fire in finishing the fight.
In a way, I was right. But I never saw how Sandor and Gregor would finished the battle which is known online as the Clegane Bowl.
So now for the finale….
I’m still holding out hope that Jon Snow never changes his name to his birth name; that instead he takes Tormund’s offer to go back beyond the Wall and live among the Wildlings. That means he will Well, I was wrong with last week’s predictions about the penultimate episode of ‘Game of Thrones’… so far. Many of them could still happen in the finale.
But the big one that I got wrong was that Arya was going to die. She may yet; I don’t trust GRRM. But I was too specific in how it would happen. I thought she would be killed by the Mountain in an attempt to strike Cersei off her list. And her death would be the trigger Sandor Clegane would need to overcome his fear of his brother Gregor and kill him. In that fight, I figured the Hound would also overcome his fear of fire in finishing the fight.
In a way, I was right. But I never saw how Sandor and Gregor would finished the battle which is known online as the Clegane Bowl.
So now for the finale….
I’m still holding out hope that Jon Snow never changes his name to his birth name; that instead he takes Tormund’s offer to go back beyond the Wall and live among the Wildlings. That means he will foreswear his claim to the throne. But it won’t go to Danaerys; she proved herself unfit for rule now.
I think Tyrion will end up on the throne. And I think it will be reminiscent of how Claudius became the emperor – he was considered handicapped but would do in a pinch in chaotic times. Only later did he prove how capable he was to be the ruler of the Roman Empire.
The same will happen in this case.
After seeing that hate-filled glare which Grey Worm shot at Jon during the battle, I think he's going to try to kill the King of the North himself. His loyalty to Danaerys is absolute. But he'll fail and fall.
As for Dany? She’s over the edge and she has to go. She killed the people she was to rule, out of madness and spite. She killed kids! But even so, Jon might have resigned himself to stand by her because he loved her. However, I think she’s going to make the mistake of revealing one of her plans to Jon out of over-confidence. I think she still harbors a deep resentment for Sansa and plans to kill her as another traitor. Somehow Jon will find a way to kill her and Drogon as well. (Personally I’d like to think another cache of wildfire will ignite as Drogon flies over it, perhaps even triggered by Drogon’s dracarys and incinerate both him and Danaerys. It’s the romantic in me.)
Who am I kidding? I’m probably wrong. But no matter what happens, I’m going to strap in and enjoy the ride….
BCnU!
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