Game of Thrones: experts speculation [SPOILERS!]

Unless they went the same route they've gone with Yes the Hound's brother and just cast another dude.  Pass him off as Maybe the Hound for however the long he might be Maybe the Hound and then after some time either declare Yes...the Hound, or No...Some other Guy!

I'm pretty sure that the final scene of Episode 10 will be a shot of Lady Stoneheart turning to the camera. People are assuming that Brienne has to be there for the reveal, though it doesn't necessarily have to go that way.

I don't know why anyone who is already aware of Lady Stoneheart being a thing would assume that Brianne is there, since that's not how it happens in the book at all.  

Random Freys are the vehicle through which we learn of Zombie Mom Stark, which I think still works well enough unless the show decides that they don't want Brianne to be about for like two seasons.

Looking at the epilogue, she's described as a woman the Frey kid knows to be dead, having seen his brothers slit her throat and dump her naked body in the river. That's so explicit they might as well have said her name. Since when was there any mystery whatsoever as to who she was?

Right, the Alchemist. Err, who was he again? My copy of A Feast for Crows is literally ten feet away from me right now but I'm seriously intimidated by the idea of flipping through a book the size of a concrete block.

Anyway, I'm liking how much more time we get to spend with Oberyn Martell in the show. In the book he was mysterious and badass for like five minutes before getting his face punched off by The Mountain That Rides. I'm not entirely sure what sort of man the book version was, but this guy on my TV, I see where he's coming from.

Ohhh. Yeah, I remember the character now but I forgot that he had a nickname. Pate the pig boy's killer, right? I'm kind of bad at keeping stuff straight in this series.

Arrrrroooooooooo! Oh ow my feelings! 




Do you think Arya will leave him for dead? It was my impression from the book that leaving him was an act of cruelty or revenge, denying him the mercy of a quick death - in the end, she still hated him. But in the show they seem to have forged a real bond. So yeah, clearly they need to leave his death a mystery, but how? Will she be unable to kill him? Or will they let her feel and express that depth of hatred?

You're probably right. This will be the season of our favorite characters proving that they too can be cruel:  Arya abandons the Hound, Tyrion strangles Shae.

Actually they did address this. While Barristan was technically part of the Small Council due to his position, Robert never fully trusted him and did not invite him to most of the meetings. I think Barristan in season 3 is more distrustful of Jorah due to his slave selling history. He is not sure of his motivations. Also Jorah was spying for Varys. Robert had to know due to the pardon, but Varys liked his secrets so it is unlikely all of the small council knew exactly who the spy was.

The timing and the rationale is off from the book. In the book Dany forgives him after Meereen but his attitude is not remorseful and she has to banish him or appear weak. I think this way works as well.

Either way he is off to Volantis a broken man. Setting things up this way seem to indicate that he will meet up with Tyrion sooner rather than later in Season 5.

Yes, which is why I was surprised the show writers were able to make the change and still have it work fairly well

So, where are they sending Sweetrobin? Because.... they can't send him somewhere where the leaders are loyal to the Lannisters, right? He knows that Sansa is at the Eyrie. And he's a blabbermouth. And basically this whole sequence in the Vale kind of shocked me. In a great way! But, I really have no idea where they are going with sending this kid away.

From the non-book thread: "Since there are two episodes left, I'm hoping that...Tyrion runs away with the circus"

I am so holding my tongue, but it is hard. I am amazed at how close some of their speculation is. Several have already guessed Jamie breaking Tyrion out.

🐍 huss 🐍 Oh alright. I looked at it and it looked like two non-book readers, one making a joke, the other pouting out it is kind of a dear specific joke, neither realising this is the actual plot. It is true sometimes people speculate too suspiciously close to the books - I have seen way too many non book readers say they deduced Lyanna Starinwas Jon's mom (how the fuck do they know who that is?) or that Olenna murdered Joffrey to be naturally suspicious but this looked innocent to me.

Someone followed that up with, "He should escape with those dwarves who were at Joffrey's wedding."
I was just like, "How could someone even guess that?"

Anyway, I know a lot of people have hurt feelings about the mind blowing ending to this week's episode so here's a picture of the Red Viper and the Mountain bro-ing out at the beach.