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Originally Posted by CPHoya
So the upshot then is:
- Dany has no more boats, and now has to have the unsullied abandon Casterly Rock and hike back home or they'll just die uselessly in THE ROCK.
- Tyrion seems to now be (partially) responsible for getting owned by Euron and now getting owned by taking Casterly Rock for no gain, which is to say he's now 0-2 on the season.
- This means Dany kinda has some dragons and some Dothraki dudes who will probably be GREAT in the winter. . .
- Speaking of Tyrion, how does he not realize that Casterly Rock is useless?
- Jon gets his glass, seems not to have realized the dragons might also have utility against MEN MADE OF ICE. No one is surprised by this failure.
- SAM saved Mormont, who will return to Dany and say - what, exactly, that we care about? It's not like he knows anything useful, or am I forgetting something?
- Dorne is finally done(ish). Really don't care about them at all.
- The Lannisters, by taking Highgarden, now have $$$$$$$$$ again. Chase a check, etc.
- Bran sucks.
- Bankers are the worst.
- Winterfell is basically a siegefort and they have no chance of repelling the Lannisters in open battle, so unless WINTER IS COMING it's GG for Sansa and her scrappy army of guys who play the game the right way.
- Bran, theoretically, has some interesting things to say to Jon about who he is. Seems like Mr. I See The Future might have ANTICIPATED that Jon would not be at Winterfell when Bran got there.
- Also seems like Bran should be able to tell people whether winter is like, here, or not.
- Is Ghost even alive anymore?
Agree with most of this, but re the bolded, we know it's winter because of the white raven thing. Plus the North is now covered in permafrost.
I also agree with Jim about the dragons, what's the point in having them if you're never using them? Climb aboard and fly around the realm and be seen and generate some BUZZ and build your brand, Blondie. Sitting in the throne room telling visitors how awesome you are isn't gonna win any wars. Also, yeah Euron got the best of Yara and the Dornish, that's cool, but you have THREE DRAGONS. There is no reason that Euron has a single serviceable ship at this point in the story. Dany desperately needs a Secretary of War to run this because Tyrion's knowledge is limited there.