Situation

In this alternate timeline in Westeros, following the death of Queen Mother Visenya Targaryen, King Maegor has gone mad with paranoia and believes she was poisoned and in his madness he executes his remaining family: Alyssa Velaryon and her remaining children: Viserys, Jaehaerys and Alysanne, as well as his grandchildren from Aegon the Uncrowned (who he killed), Rhaella and Aerea.

He is now the last Targaryen up until his death in 48 AC where he was found murdered on the Iron Throne. But following his death Balerion the Black Dread now without a rider has embarked on a rampage across Westeros burning where ever he goes.

Unknown to Westeros until now, Aenys had a bastard child in the year 30 AC, that child is you and you were kept hidden from Westeros by being sheltered in Storm's End under the protection of House Baratheon.

Now with Balerion on a rampage, Lord Rogar Baratheon urges you to claim a dragon from Dragonstone and meet Balerion in the skies and bring him down for good.

Choosing your Mount

Now, every dragon on that list above is available with the exception of Balerion.

The dragon you pick will be scaled instantly to the size of Meraxes (Vhagar will also be Meraxes size) who is also available as she did not die in Dorne, due to the one in a million eye shot missing but hitting Rhaenys instead, additionally Quicksilver will also be available for selection as she managed to evade Balerion and escape to live another day, but Aegon was roasted alive by dragon fire.

So who are you picking?

If sansa were to marry someone ( non-canon) or to fall in love. Who will be the most suitable suitor?

The Game of Thrones series contains many life lessons. I was thinking about how to apply these lessons in my daily life and I was thinking about which character would be the most suitable for this.

I mention that I am a doctor, the 3rd in seniority and experience on the ward where I work, and here there are numerous power games between nurses, assistants, other doctors, even between the other two fellow doctors I work with and between all the medical staff and the hospital management.

Which character from the series would be suitable to inspire me taking into account that I do not have absolute power in the hospital, and so that I can manage situations as best as possible?

What did she really gain from helping them defeat the dead? The alliance with the Northmen? Please. No one recognized her efforts or the contribution of her army. All the credit went to Jon Snow and Arya. I’m not saying they didn’t deserve it, but you know what I mean.

Honestly, I’m glad she burned King’s Landing. That place was full of stupid people anyway. And I’m glad she’s dead too, at least now she’s free from the hypocrisy of Tyrion, Varys, Jon Snow, and those Northmen.

What should’ve happened is Dany going straight to King’s Landing from Meereen and destroy them. Let the North fail to defeat the army of the dead, and let the dead wipe out all those stupid, hypocritical houses and rule the realm, mother nature will be pleased. That would’ve been the best ending this show could give us.

I know we talk about the ending of season eight so much in this sub to some of you it might be growing to become a tired subject, but here are my two cents

So many times in many comment sections I've had conversations with many of you about the end of season 8 and as I grew to appreciate the many perspectives and opinions that have been shared regarding that ending itself and the execution of the events that led to it I may have begun to agree that Dany probably wouldn't have been the best option as ruler for Westeros after all.

It was time for a significant and obvious change in Westeros. Three hundred years prior, it had been a land governed by a handful of squabbling houses which because of said squabbles couldn't really advance their peoples in any remarkable way, and Aegon the first did a hell of a thing by uniting them all under one crown. But other than the fact that they were united in name under one crown, what good did Aegon's conquest actually do them? Much as he's a legendary character who is easy to love because of all the legendary tales about what a hell of a man he was, and hard to hate because his personal identity is never revealed to us, he was actually a tyrant.

He entered a land that was not his own and made it his own by burning a few thousand men and keeping the rest in line because they were intimidated by that first act. He married his sisters and his descendants followed suit in his incestuous ways allegedly to keep their line pure because they were as self-deluded as the rest of Westeros was that Targaryens were closer to gods than they were to men when they were just as diverse in their strengths and imperfections as everybody else.

And this was the exact same reason Dany believed she was owed the crown. She had been unburnt and her calcified dragon eggs had hatched and her dragons grew to about the size of a small hill each and the fact that she could tame them and fly them had to mean she was somewhat of a deity, like the rest of her ancestors, and was a blessing to the rest of humankind. Not all that different from her brother, really. He was just stupider and she was gentler and wiser but just as impulsive and temperamental.

The truth is that she, like her ancestor Aegon, and like many other people who yearn for absolute power, even today, did not want to help anyone. She wanted to satisfy a deeply-rooted need for adoration and worship as all figures with god complexes do and helping people was a positive occupational hazard at best. It's why when the Westerosi did not seem as gladdened by her presence as she'd hoped they'd be, she burned them all. Concluded they were too simple, too 'shackled' to free through any other way if not cathartic cleansing by fire.

But with all that said, she did not deserve to die either. She was still gentle and caring for her friends and all her advisors. Her two closest friends died, Missandei a gruesome death, and Jorah in a war she did not want. Two of her dragons, which were like children to her, died after she'd stepped foot into Westeros. For all the promises of goodwill she'd come with, that was the thanks she got. Her ire was more or less justified. And after having been through everything she'd been through, she was essentially told she would not be accepted as ruler, because a son of her older brother, who had admittedly been through a lot but not nearly as much as she'd been through, was the true 'heir' to the iron throne. People who fight for shit will always be justified in their hatred of people who attempt to take said shit from them simply because they're 'owed' it by 'birthright'. And most MOST importantly, without Dany's dragons, the unsullied and dothraki numbers she brought, it's a sure fact that the Night King would've won, and every single Westerosi would've turned into a mindless frozen walker.

The thanks she gets? She gets murdered in cold blood by someone who, although a potential threat, she still very much trusted.

There were so many alternatives. Prison time? Drogon and her armies would've gotten in the way of that? Cool, kill Drogon--the age of dragons had long since passed anyways and her dragons were expected to be making a short-lived comeback--and face her few remaining Dothraki and Unsullied with the brunt of the Northern army and other remaining Westerosi armies.

What do you guys think? What are some alternatives that would've been better than death for Daenerys?

Season 3: Episode 5 - “Kissed by Fire”

Does anyone by chance have this wallpaper in 4k/8k? Probably not but i’m just shooting my shot here.

Did Gendry as the last living baratheon have any claim to the iron throne?

Legally/orderely speaking now, The last rulers were both lannisters, the conquerer dead as well as her bloodline thats eligible, legally, who has the best claim?

Robert was the last king that actually held peace for quite sometime and his child Gendry has the last of his blood, but he's a bastard, he'd need a king to legitimise him right, but his father didn't and the last 2 rulers wanted him rather dead.

The last ruler was btw a lannister, why didn't Tyrion inherit? He was only captured by the killed conquerer right, and they took her down so her words that were law are no longer, he no longer a criminal, he's a lord and last direct blood to Cersei.

it's disappointing that they only half-discovered democracy just to vote bran and then "shutup samwell, u do not dare to suggest that the people most affected by the rulers get to choose who rules them 🤨"

Watched S6 Ep 5.

OMFG. Hodor is the sweetest character . I can’t stop crying.

Will NOT say with whom, but been in a disagreement with someone about what Craster does with all his son’s. I have and do feel that he sacrificed all of them to the Night King. Does anyone think differently and why maybe I’m wrong.

Today after rewatching GoT, I decided on finally giving HOTD a chance and started watching, now I only watched episode one, so I’m still at the very beginning but somehow I struggle finding ANY joy whatsoever in watching, so I wondered whether I am alone with this or not

Except the end. I ignored this series for years and luckily I had no friends who watched it. Otherwise I would be spoiled. During the Corona period, I watched my favorite shows. At some point, I needed something new. So I decided on GoT because it's a big, popular series. During the Corona lockdown I was lucky enough to watch all seasons. At that time, I liked everything about the series. The brutality, the realistic portrayal of the Middle Ages, the characters and of course the Legendary music. Even the ending didn’t bother me that much.

But now the second time I notice a few things that bother me.

1. Sam had way too much screen time. I know he had a role to play, but he could have at least developed.Because of him, Edd died
2. Jon: I understand that he tries to be an honorable man and always do and say the right thing.But please, why the hell does he have to tell Danny that he is Aegon? Why Jon? Ok he wants to say it why the hell before the battle in Winterfell 😂😂
3. Tyrion: After watching it a second time, I realized that although I like Tyrion, I now find him more arrogant than smart. What's the point of him encouraging Jon to kill Danny?! Yes, she killed innocents, who didn't in Westeros? Even Aegon the First. She went through a lot and always had her anger under control. In a war she didn't want, Jorah lost. Lost her best friend. And Cersei just didn't want to go. That's a war in Westeros. Completely normal in my opinion. How many innocent people suffered because of Baratheon's rebellion? And then a sermon about Bran being king. Omg and it's happening!:)
4. The truth about Jon: OK, Bran may know. Sam too, OK, I understand. But why the hell does Sam have to say it like that? Just to get back at Danny because his father is dead. .Danny was right to kill the Tarlys here too.
5. Danny: She was mostly right . With the Tarlys, with Varys.And even with Jon! I think she deserves to be a queen. She deserves all of this. It wasn't handed to her like many before her. But she really suffered hard, worked hard and took everything for herself.She lost her dragons, lost her best friends. Without Danny and her armies, Westeros would be lost.
6. Arya; my favorite :) I liked a lot of her storyline and how she became a real assassin

But overall I think the series is great. Always cool. Something special. My highlight of the final season is that all the heroes come together in Winterfell at the end and fight together.Since I now watch House of the Dragon and know how cool the Targaryen dynasty was, I am now on Danny's side I think Danny deserves it and Westeros should be ruled by a Targaryen:)

I always found this part (straddlin S2 and S3) confusingly portrayed.

At the end of S2, through the eyes of Sam who has been separated from the group, we see the Army of the Dead (or part of it) marching.

In S3 it is clear that the rest of the Nights Watch ranging group engaged them in battle. While many were killed, many also survive including every 'named' character.

So what happened? We saw at least 2 White Walkers in the group in S2. Were they killed? They had no Valyrian steel (whoops Mormont), although they had just found the Dragon glass. Nonetheless when Sam later kills a Walker it seems to be clear he is the first to do so.

So did they somehow escape? If so how!?

I wonder if it is clearer in the books. The battle is of course not shown on the show (presume Blackwater had taken all that budget).

Any thoughts appreciated!

in three weeks all seasons.. sat down on holiday and went through it all..

I barely watch any shows, but people way too often said "you must", but mostly what attracted me is convincing that "a lot of main/important characters will be dying left and right"..

So disappointed, mainstream show that people feel they NEED to watch to not be out of touch.. it was predictable, story bland and mostly stupid.. could write a book with what I hate, only thing that kept me on it is the anticipation in a hope of something legit happening, but never did.. at least Snow and Sansa if would have died, then I perhaps would change opinion, but them surviving it was a waste of time..

I'm gonna compare it to Vikings, since overall feel is similar of "old times", "story telling".. then it's nothing to compare, Vikings is just a brilliant show compared to this

Personally love how it turned out. Based it on something I saw online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzE7TYwAYq4

Let’s start with Tyrion’s trial and the moment he found her in Tywin’s chambers. She was calling Tywin "my lion," which she always used to say to Tyrion. That betrayal led to Tyrion killing her.

At the time, I thought Shae was just another whore who cared only about gold, like the one Tyrion fell for before who Tywin paid to do “whore things” because, in the end, a whore is a whore, and I assumed Shae was no different.

But then I was scrolling through my feed and saw an edit of Shae helping Sansa. She covered up the blood on Sansa’s bed to hide from Joffrey that she could now have children. Shae even threatened the maid to not say anything.

Looking back, Shae was great to both Tyrion and Sansa. Her care seemed genuine. So what really made her turn on Tyrion? Was it because she really was just a whore who’d do anything for money? Or maybe she misunderstood Tyrion when he told her to leave King’s Landing?