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Originally Posted by IMDABES
Evidence this season that Dany is going to die, possibly earlyish next season,
- Randall Tarley saying he wont bend the knee to a foreign invader, specifically mentioning that he valued that Cersei has at least "lived in westoros all her life". Jon won't have this issue
- Drogon showing Jon quite a bit of affection, I would think if he was going to ride rheagal this scene would of been with him? Only way he rides drogon is if dany dies.
- Tyrion & Dany 5 min convo out of the blue about the line of succession if Dany dies.
- The probably 4 or 5 times it was mentioned this season how vulnerable Dany is on top of Drogon.
These hints are what this show does, Jon's resurrection, Jon being targ, they aren't clever about it.
I'll admit a couple of those examples might be a reach, but Tyrion and Danys decently long convo (for this show this season) about her line of succession seems like a huge sign.
Agreed that Dany will die, probably not until the very end of the show though. The vision scenes from (I think?) Season 2 were suggestive. Dany is in a shattered Red Keep, reaches out to touch the Iron Throne, but pulls back. Then she travels into another room where Drogo and her son are alive and well.
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Originally Posted by 4thstreetpete
Anyone else think Arya is setting up Littlefinger by playing his game right now? She's been trained to be an elite assassin, too good to be outfoxed by him. Maybe all this is a ruse to set up LF like how she did it to the Waif. Arya turning on Sansa so abruptly seems fishy to me.
Yeah. I've thought that Arya will kill Littlefinger since before the start of the season. Arya's arc is sort of a monomyth variant, where she has traveled to strange lands and learned powerful new skills. In the monomyth, the next step is for her to return home and put those powers to work in service of her family and friends. Her power is as an assassin, therefore this will involve her killing someone. The tension between her and Sansa increases the catharsis of this moment. I don't think the slaughter at the Twins counts, since that was neither at home nor in service of anyone living. That was her own personal revenge.
I'm less clear on where Sansa's story is going, for a little while I thought we might see a heel turn, but I'm not so sure about that now. Her arc is loss of innocence, which could go in all kinds of different directions.
Edit: Also I thought Littlefinger's death was going to be this season, but I guess not now. Instead they probably end on a cliffhanger of maximum tension between Arya and Sansa, to be resolved next season. I have to also say that part of the reason I thought Arya would kill Littlefinger, what put the idea in my head I guess, was the promo picture of Arya holding the dagger. That doesn't seem super relevant now, but I haven't changed my mind.
Last edited by ChrisV; 08-17-2017 at 09:12 PM.