I am totally shipping Tormund and Brienne. Giantsbane no more.

Here's what I don't understand - has Margaery Tyrell confessed (as Cersei did), or had a trial that verified her "sins"? If not - then how come she's supposed to do the walk of atonement? And if that's just a ploy, made up by Cersei in order to get Tyrells riled up - seems like a feeble one, since upcoming public shaming of the queen would be unlikely to be kept a secret. It would kind of defeat the "public" part...

Did I miss something, or is this just lazy writing?

I don't think it's been announced or scheduled, but it's inevitable. That is part of the atonement process as outlined in the Seven Pointed Star.

I think they all know it will happen, but I think the lying part is that Cersei is hinting that Margaery is about to crack.

I do not think Margaery is going to crack.. She is a player and good at it. She has a plan.

Daenerys on the other hand, it is great to see her grow a pair and get back on course. It will be interesting to see how she handles her dragons being freed.

(May 16, 2016 at 9:37 am)pocaracas Wrote: Daenerys - the unburnt... that should mean something. Why do people with superpowers tend to forget them in the stories where they're placed? I'm almost sure she could have burned everything to the ground much much sooner.

IMHO, I think that initially Daenerys felt that she could take power and ultimately the throne without destroying everything in her path. The camp was her breaking point. She is learning and soon, I suspect, she will become as the others.

While we're talking about Daenerys' pyromania - what was that building made of? Old rags, soaked in gasoline? I guess Dothraki are not big on fire risk regulations. That was an accident waiting to happen...

Hey, it's TV. Anyway, a few pots of burning oil spilt and the silk, cloth, wood and some time lapse mixed in with movie magic. The doors were barricaded and strong, so within an hour or so, it probably would have come down just like that. Also, years of smoking within would have left the walls covered in oils.

(May 16, 2016 at 10:30 am)IATIA Wrote: Hey, it's TV.  Anyway, a few pots of burning oil spilt and the silk, cloth, wood and some time lapse mixed in with movie magic.  The doors were barricaded and strong, so within an hour or so, it probably would have come down just like that.  Also, years of smoking within would have left the walls covered in oils.

I know - I'm just being nit-picky for the sake of it, but... 

In an hour or so - you'd think that straw roof would have burned away and collapsed. Surely - before the strong wooden door did...

Also - if they were using burning oil to light the place (and it didn't look like they did - it looked like coals, or was supposed to, anyway) - they would have suffocated within an hour. Ever overheated a frying pan? I suppose they might have magic smokeless oils in that universe though. And anyway - smokeless torches and open indoor fires are a common trope in movies/TV, especially in fantasy. 

I don't know - the whole thing looked a bit "convenient" to me. As if the show creators were in a hurry to wrap sh*t up asap - just like they did with the Dorne plot. Which is understandable, since there are not that many episodes left in the run, what with the next 2 seasons being shorter.