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Game of Thrones“Oathbreaker”May 8, 2016
["400px"]So, aftermost anniversary we were teased in the previews that Game of Thrones was activity aback to the past, to the Belfry of Joy to finally affirm that theory — you know, THAT approach — already and for all. The Belfry of Joy, “R L = J,” you apperceive annihilation Jon Snow, THAT theory. I mean, now that Jon Snow is magically aback to life, we ability as able-bodied get on with it, and apprentice about who he is and area he came from and what makes him so special, right? RIGHT? Surely they aren’t activity to booty us all the way to the Belfry of Joy, the best advancing area in all of Game of Thrones history, and NOT acquaint us what happened there.
… They wouldn’t do that, would they?
On the Narrow Sea:
Oh, hey! It’s Sam and Gilly and Little Sam, bethink them? Able-bodied they are ashore on a baiter about in the Narrow Sea …
… but Sam doesn’t absolutely acquire his sea legs nor his flippie floppies, and he spends best of the cruise angled over a bucket. Gilly is afire to see Oldtown, but amid heaves, Sam is like, “Yeah, about that…” He explains that there’s been a change in plans: aback Oldtown doesn’t absolutely acquire an accessible aperture action for women and children, she’ll be activity to animate with his ancestors in Horn Hill instead. His father’s not a treat, but his mother and sister are aloof admirable and will be affectionate to her while he studies to become Jon’s Maester. Sam aloof wants her to be safe because she and Little Sam are the abandoned things he absolutely cares about. So she agrees to do whatever he thinks is best, calling him “the ancestor of [her] son.” Awww, that’s sweet. Factually inaccurate, but sweet.
Vaes Dothrak:
As for Daenerys, she’s brought to the Dosh Khaleen abode abode area the abode admiral is like, “WELL WELL WELL, LOOK WHO SUDDENLY WANTS TO RUSH.” As the added widow-sisters band Daenerys of her adorned dress and put her in some shapeless rags, the Aerial Priestess tells Dany that she remembers her: what with the horse affection and the bistro … so, what happened? Why didn’t she accompany them afterwards Khal Drogo died? Daenerys explains that she had chains to breach and dragons to raise, but the Aerial Priestess is unimpressed. Her abode as the added of a khal was actuality in the abode house; galavanting about in the alfresco apple like a nation-conquering amazon was carefully forbidden. Aerial Priestess afresh explains that the khalasars acquire appear calm for their anniversary convention to adjudge which cities to sack, what the activity of their abatement academic will be and whether or not Daenerys will acquire a bid to accompany Dosh Klahleen. So cantankerous your fingers, rushee, because a acceptable hazing is allegedly bigger to the added option.
Meereen:
So, do you bethink that one prostitute in Meereen who absolutely cuddled that one Unsullied to death? Her name is Vala, and Varys has her brought to the pyramid to ask her a few questions about working with the Sons of the Harpy. Aback she is afraid to discharge some capacity lest the Sons of the Harpy annihilate her, Varys offers her and her son safe access out of Meereen and a agglomeration of cash.
In addition room, Tyrion tries to argue Grey Worm and Missandei to comedy beer pong with him, but needs to acquisition bigger bubbler buddies. I am absolutely available. Eventually, Varys joins them and reveals that the bondservant masters in Yunkai, Astapor, and Volantis are costs the Sons of the Harpy, so Tyrion instructs Varys to accelerate the leaders of those cities a bulletin application his little birds.
King’s Landing:
Speaking of Varys’ little birds, it turns out they were children all along? And already Varys larboard town, Awful Maester Qyburn takes them below his addition by alms them sweets in barter for information. DO NOT TAKE CANDY FROM THAT MAN, CHILDREN. Cersei, Jaime and Frankenmountain access in Creepy Maester Qyburn’s chambers, area Jaime somewhat alarmingly teases Frankenmountain afore apprehensive why he hasn’t ashamed the Aerial Sparrow’s arch yet. Cersei urges patience: she is apprehension academic accuse to be brought adjoin her, so that she can avert herself via balloon by action application her Zombieguard acquaintance here.
In added news, Cersei would like Awful Maester Qyburn to accelerate spies to the North, Dorne and in the Ability (where the Tyrells are from, in case you, like your accurate blogger, had forgotten). Wait, are the accouchement his spies? How does Awful Maester Qyburn get an eight-year-old all the way up to the Arctic to spy for him? I’m actual abashed by these logistics.
Cersei, Jaime and Frankenmountain then march into a babyish board meeting, aloof as Maester Pycelle is indulging in a little bluster about Qyburn and Frankenmountain and how they allegation to abort “the beast.” Aback he realizes Frankenmountain is in the room, Pycelle lets out a diminutive alarm fart.
~poot~
Also in appearance at the activity is our admired Lady Olenna Tyrell, Queen of Thornes, who explains that she’s there to altercate the Queen’s imprisonment — the REAL queen, hunty, the one affiliated to the king. She knows how confusing familial relations can be for the Lannisters.
Jaime and Cersei appeal a bench at the meeting, aback Jaime is the Aristocrat Administrator of the Kingsguard and all. But aback they bang themselves bottomward and appeal to apperceive what the King’s Hand, their Uncle Kevan, affairs on accomplishing about Myrcella’s afterlife and the actuality the Sand Snakes acquire taken over Dorne, Uncle Kevan’s like, “SMALL COUNCIL OUT,” and they all get up and scurry out of the room.
Meanwhile, Tommen pays a appointment to the Aerial Sparrow to appeal that Cersei be accustomed to see Myrcella. The Aerial Sparrow explains that she can’t until she stands trial. He afresh gives Tommen a continued canon assignment on the Mother, and the ability of the Gods, and how we acquire to let them assignment through us or something.
Braavos:
Even admitting Arya is aback in the Abode of Black and White, she’s still dark and still actuality baffled about the arch by the Waif. The Waif demands to apperceive who The Babe was afore she arrived, and Arya tells her about the Stark family, all of whom may be comatose now for all she knows. The Waif afresh demands to apperceive about The Hound, whom Arya claims is comatose (O RLY? R U SURE?). Arya tells the Waif that The Hound had been on her list, but she took him off of it because she both capital him comatose and not dead.
The role of Schrödinger’s Cat will be played by The Hound.
The Waif asks for the added names on the list, and all that abide are Cersei Lannister, Gregor Clegane, and Walder Frey. The Waif and I acquire this to be an clumsily abbreviate account so Arya asks her who abroad The Waif thinks should additionally be on it. Maybe a b-hole who keeps hitting her about the arch with a pole? Hmm?
After added training, Arya is assuredly able to area off the Waif’s blows, which is when Jaqen H’ghar arrives and offers to accord her her afterimage aback if she tells him her name. When Arya sticks with the “No One” routine, Jaqen H’ghar brings her to the adulteration able-bodied and offers her a drink: if she absolutely is No One, she has annihilation to fear. So Arya drinks, and her eyes appear back, and aback asked for the UPTEENTH TIME who she is, she replies, “No One.” But seriously, dude.
Winterfell:
Over in Winterfell, Smalljon Umber, arch of the Abode of Umber, shows up to insult the Boltons and the Karstarks for a few moments afore allurement Ramsay for help. Seems Jon Snow’s been absolution Wildlings through the Wall, a accomplished lot of them, and Smalljon can’t annihilate them all on his own.
Smalljon explains that he’s absolutely air-conditioned with Ramsay murdering his ancestor — whatever, Ramsay’s father bare some killing. Aback Ramsay’s like, “He was berserk by our enemies,” Smalljon is all, “Sure, whatever, ok. The point is: Wildlings.” Ramsay demands that Smalljon affirm adherence to him: booty a knee, kiss his hand, something. But Smalljon is like, “What, booty an adjuration like your dad did to Robb Stark? NOPE. Instead, I’ve brought you a present…” And in are marched two hooded abstracts who are appear to be OSHA and RICKON STARK and OMG, THEY CUT OFF SHAGGYDOG’S HEAD. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The Wall:
So, Jon Snow’s naked and animate and Davos and Melisandre are both like, “NO WAY.” Way! Melisandre asks Jon what was on the added side, but Jon Snow’s got some disappointing news for her: a accomplished lot of nothing.
["400px"]Melisandre is audacious and pretty abiding that this agency he, not Stannis, is The Prince That Was Promised.
Davos shoos her abroad to explain to Jon that he was comatose — for like, a continued while — but he’s not now, so he should use his time to action for as continued as he can.
Jon Snow puts his furs on and active out to say hey to the Night’s Watch and Wildlings, who now anticipate he’s a god. As they accost him, Tormund and Edd accomplish fun of Jon Snow’s faculty of amusement and penis admeasurement because the undead adulation annihilation added than a acceptable peen joke.
Later, Jon has Thorne, that little weasel Olly and the blow of the traitors strung up in nooses. Jon Snow then personally cuts the braiding to adhere them because spiral those guys. And with that, Jon Snow takes off his adorned Aristocrat Administrator covering and easily it to Edd, because Jon Snow has HAD ENOUGH. His watch is over and he is out the door.
BOYS, BYE.
Beyond the Wall:
ALRIGHT. SO. Aback Above the Wall, Bran and The Three-Eyed Atramentous are on addition one of their eyes quests, this time in Dorne, face- to-face with a adolescent Ned, Lord Howland Reed and some added Northern men as they access at the Belfry of Joy. It’s the aftermost days of Robert’s Rebellion, and the belfry is attentive by a few actual Targaryen Kingsguard, conspicuously Ser Arthur Dayne, accepted to be the greatest swordsman of the time.
Ned tells Ser Dayne that the Mad Baron and Rhaegar Targaryen are both dead. Why has Dayne been dark out here in the average of boilerplate instead of attention his prince and king? Ser Dayne explains that his prince ordered him to stay there. Aback Ned asks area Lyanna is, Ser Dayne announces that “it begins.” Objection, non-responsive.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT, and it’s true, Ser Dayne absolutely knows his way with a sword, killing about all of the Northerners single-handedly. But aloof as the knight is about to annihilate Ned, Howland Reed sneaks up abaft him and stabs Ser Dayne in the neck. And afresh Ned chops off his arch with Dayne’s sword, The Brand of the Morning, because that’s Ned’s thing: he chops off heads.
Just then, there is a woman’s scream from the tower. As Ned goes active up to investigate, The Three-Eyed Atramentous declares to Bran they’ve apparent abundant and it’s time to go. Bran and the admirers are NOT AMUSED, and Bran calls out to his father who seems to hear … something.
And with that, The Three-Eyed Atramentous atramentous blocks Bran and the admirers and we are all back in their basis cave, area Bran is HELLA MAD. His ancestor heard him! The Three-Eyed Atramentous insists that Ned aloof heard the wind: “The accomplished is already accounting and the ink is dry.” The Three-Eyed Atramentous warns Bran again that he can’t breach in the accomplished too long, lest he get stuck, but Bran’s like, “and that’d be worse than acceptable an old man trapped in a tree?” The Three-Eyed Atramentous promises Bran he will not be in the cavern forever, but afore he can leave he allegation apprentice “everything.”
So, like Bran and all of the book-reading audience, I’m not a little balked that we didn’t get to see what is in the tower. As we discussed aftermost week, Game of Thrones‘ best accepted theory, “R L = J” is that Jon Snow was built-in in the Belfry of Joy, the adulation adolescent of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, and that Ned Stark claimed him as his adulterated to assure him. This makes Jon a Targaryen, and possibly one of the “three active of the dragon,” with a affirmation both to the Arctic and to the Iron Throne. However, this approach is still absolutely counterfeit in the texts and show. Though we inched afterpiece to it actuality appear this week, I should acquire accepted bigger than to anticipate they were aloof activity to acknowledge the accuracy about the best important Game of Thrones theory this aboriginal into the season.
So what’s activity to appear the abutting time we see this tower (whenever that will be)? My best assumption is that Ned and Howland Reed will access the Tower, acquisition Lyanna post-birth and dying, and she will accomplish them affirm an adjuration to her that they will protect Jon and never acknowledge to ANYONE his accurate appearance — which would advice explain why Ned never told his wife the truth, alike admitting it collection Catelyn to abhorrence (and mistreat) poor Jon.
What is additionally absorbing to agenda about this arena is that Howland Reed is a key allotment of it. Howland is Ned’s best friend, but we’ve never apparent him on the appearance (or in the books*) save for this scene. He, actuality the abandoned added actuality animate who knows the truth about what happened in the Tower, has some role to comedy in the revelation. Will he be the one to acquaint Jon Snow who he absolutely is?
*UPDATE: I’ve aloof been abreast by my nerdier-than-thou bedmate that there is one added arena in the books with Howland: “FYI, Howland Reed does acquire addition arena in the books — he is the kid who gets set aloft by bros at a clash and is dedicated by Lyanna and Brandon Stark. That’s how he and the Starks become BFFs.” So there you go.
Also important to agenda about Howland Reed is who he is accompanying to: he is the ancestor of Meera, Bran’s accompaniment above the wall. I would be behindhand if I didn’t acknowledgment this theory, admitting I don’t believe it myself, but there are some who admiration if Lyanna didn’t accord bearing to twins, a boy and a girl: Jon and Meera. In this theory, Howland takes the babe adolescent and raises her as his own in the swamps, while Ned takes Jon and claims him as his bastard. Some of the capacity agitate out: according to the books, Meera and Jon are built-in in the aforementioned year, and in the appearance (but not the books), they buck a assertive resemblance, decidedly aback it comes to their coiled hair.
My bigger botheration with this approach is that it would accomplish Meera a Targaryen, maybe alike the accepted third arch of the dragon. And yet … she doesn’t absolutely assume all that important? She’s not a point of appearance character, she doesn’t acquire any alternation with anyone but Bran, and while she will absolutely serve some purpose in attention or allowance Bran, I’m not seeing abundant added of a role for her. Which, because this approach would accomplish her a Targaryen-Stark — a appealing arresting combination — that would aloof be … disappointing. Still, I capital to put the Meera belief out there for you to consider.
Before we move on to added theories that I absolutely subscribe to, I appetite to put a pin in that analytical moment aback Ned hears Bran alarm out to him. The Three-Eyed Atramentous acutely believes that it doesn’t beggarly much: the accomplished is the past, and whatever happened, happened. Presumably Bran consistently calls out to Ned and Ned consistently hears him afore he enters the Tower. But I’m larboard to wonder why alike advance the accountable of the past’s immutability if we’re not activity to analysis it later?
Bran is acutely “special” — the Three-Eyed Atramentous says that he’s been cat-and-mouse for Bran for years, and is training Bran by assuming him the accomplished so that he can change or access the future. Now, in best time biking stories, it’s accepted that one can not go aback and change contest in the accomplished lest you actualize paradoxes that could have disastrous and capricious furnishings on the present and the future. It’s alleged the grandfathering paradox, it’s what the Syfy adjustment 12 Monkeys is all about, it’s a accepted time biking rule. And so I find it analytical that the appearance went out of its way to appearance Bran interacting with contest in the accomplished afore flatly asserting that the “ink is dry” on history. While the writers may aloof be acceptable us that Bran’s admiral are not activity to be acclimated to change contest as we apperceive they happened, it is accessible that they are hinting that Bran may acquire had (and consistently had) an access on those aforementioned contest in some way that we acquire not anticipated.
That or he’s activity to absolutely change the accomplished and annihilation that we’ve apparent for the accomplished bristles seasons will acquire happened and Robb and Grey Wind will be animate and anybody will acquire a blessed ending, hooray! (But allegedly not.)
And I aloof appetite to agenda that this accomplished time biking thing also brings up the activity of prophecies and the abstraction of actuality able to apprehend the approaching — or misread the future, as the case generally is in Westeros (right, Melisandre?). Daenerys, for instance, was warned by that abstruse woman, Quaithe, that: “To go north, you allegation go south. To ability the west, you allegation go east. To go advanced you allegation go back, and to blow the ablaze you allegation canyon below the shadow.” And as we see now, she is aback east, aback in her past, imprisoned by the Dothraki. But she’s not aloof with the Dothraki, she is with the Dosh Khaleen, the aerial priestess of whom already prophesized that Daenerys would be the mother of the adolescent that mounts the world. I’m appealing abiding what we will see is that Drogon will appear accomplishment his mother, the Dosh Khaleen will admit him as the “stallion,” and the Dothraki will accede to advice her “mount the world.” The east will booty her west.
But afresh again, as Tyrion Lannister already said, “Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as admitting it ability be useful, but the moment you assurance in it, it bliss you in the head.” We will absolutely acquire to appear aback to this activity of apocalypse at a afterwards time.
So let’s allocution about this adjuration breaking business as it relates to the appellation of the episode. In Westeros, demography an oath, whether to a Aristocrat or a accumulation like the Night’s Watch or Kingsguard, is Serious Business. It’s not abandoned a affiance staked to honor, it’s additionally a religious act. Breaking an adjuration is not abandoned a crime, or advised a bane on one’s appearance — it’s cursing and generally amiss by death.
For instance, abrogation of the Night’s Watch, as we abstruse in the actual aboriginal adventure of this series, is amiss by accepting your arch lopped off by a humorless Stark. So for Jon Snow to advertise that he’s done with the Night’s Watch and aloof airing out of Alcazar Black is affectionate of a big deal. That said, he isn’t technically breaking his oath: aback a affiliate of the Night’s Watch dies, the final words of his acclaim are traditionally, “And now his watch is ended.” Jon Snow died. His watch is ended.
Other candidates for our titular Oathbreaker accommodate a cardinal of characters in this episode:
There’s Jaime Lannister, who is conceivably the best acclaimed oathbreaker in Westeros, and whose adjuration breaking led to the end of Robert’s Rebellion;
Not apparent on screen, but alluded to is Rhaegar Targaryen, who bankrupt his adjuration to his wife aback he kidnapped (ran off with) Lyanna Stark;
Kinslaying is a anatomy of adjuration breaking (and advised the best abhorrent form, in fact) which Tyrion is accusable of;
Though it’s not an adjuration to the Westeros Gods, Daenerys bankrupt an promise of sorts aback she did not accompany the Dosh Khaleen afterwards Drogo’s death, the after-effects of which she is now facing;
Members of the Night’s Watch affirm to “father no children,” so it’s “light” oath breaking for Sam to be Little Sam’s “father” (in fact, Sam’s absolute accord with Gilly is absolutely what the Night’s Watch’s vows are meant to abash — a adherence to article added than the Brotherhood);
It could be argued that Arya is breaking article of an adjuration to herself by absolution go of her annihilate account to become No One;
And afresh there is Smalljon Umber who breach his adjuration to the Stark ancestors by betraying Rickon Stark.
Or does he?
Look, it is absolutely accessible — likely, alike — that Smalljon Umber is in actuality breaking his adjuration to the Stark ancestors by handing Rickon over to Ramsay Bolton aloof as it was apparent to us on the show. In this scenario, Rickon doesn’t acquire continued for this world, as it is clumsily important for Ramsay to annihilate anyone that ability acquire affirmation to Winterfell (those whom he can’t impregnate, that is). Ramsay will afresh acquire abutment from the Karstarks and the Umbers adjoin any challenges for Winterfell he ability face; like a contempo backslider from Alcazar Black, for instance.
Jon Snow, who is now done with any and all obligations to the Night’s Watch, is activity to acquire one mission: affiliate the Arctic to face the looming White Walker threat. Afterwards Hardhome, Snow knows that the Wildlings and the scattering of Night’s Watch that’s larboard are not activity to be about abundant to defeat this foe. Instead, he is activity to allegation to assemblage the absolute Arctic about the one Stark that he knows to be alive: Sansa. I am assertive he is activity to leave Alcazar Black and serve as the administrator of her armament to booty aback Winterfell from Ramsay and affiliate the North. He will advance his Wildlings who acquire him to be a God, forth with the added houses who swore adherence to the Starks (although maybe not all of them, as I doubtable some will be aloof with Snow’s plan to settle Wildlings on their ancillary of the Wall).
The point being: it would be a askew action if it were Jon Snow and the absolute Arctic vs. the Boltons and the Karstarks. So for storytelling purposes, the Boltons allegation added allies if there is activity to be a absolute action for Winterfell, and the Umbers ability be aloof the addition that Ramsay requires.
But, but. There’s additionally the achievability that the Umbers are setting Ramsay up here, and plan to carelessness him — a approach my Game of Thrones bedeviled bedmate appropriate and I haven’t been able to shake.
In the books, the Umbers are FIERCELY loyal to the Starks, Robb in particular. They are the ones who subdue Aristocrat Karstark aback he kills Robb’s Lannister prisoners (which in about-face leads Robb to annihilate Aristocrat Karstark — which leads to his son joining Ramsay adjoin the Starks), and they are in appearance at the Red Wedding. There, they are betrayed by Roose Bolton: Smalljon himself is comatose and his ancestor Greatjon is taken prisoner. Additionally comatose at the Red Wedding, in both the books and the show, is Wendel Manderly, a affiliate of addition Arctic abode loyal to the Starks. (We’ll get aback to them in a moment.)
However, the Umbers are not killed/taken captive at the Red Wedding on the show: Smalljon is acutely animate and able-bodied and betraying Starks, and he says that his ancestor Greatjon died “on his own.” So, now that his ancestor is comatose and Robb is comatose and Jon is bringing Wildlings bottomward to his territory, it is accessible that he has no adulation larboard for the Starks, and no accurate abhorrence for the Boltons. It’s possible!
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That said, in the books and aboriginal seasons of the series, the Umbers are extremely loyal to the Starks — which is the actual aboriginal activity Ramsay says to Smalljon aback he arrives at Winterfell. In fact, in the aboriginal division on the series, Greatjon Umber has his accoutrement annoyed aback Robb Stark announces the Glovers will advance the beat to advance on King’s Landing to chargeless his father. Greatjon Umber threatens to booty his men and go home if he’s not put in charge. Robb calls Greatjon an “oathbreaker” and threatens that if he leaves, he will advance on the Umbers afterwards King’s Landing. Greatjon pulls his knife, at which point Grey Wind bites off two of Greatjon’s fingers. Instead of alienating Greatjon, this makes him abundant more loyal to Robb. In fact, afterwards Ned’s death, Greatjon is the aboriginal aristocrat to advance that Robb become the Baron of the North. The Umbers are so loyal that on the appearance — but not in the books — Bran instructs Osha to booty Rickon accurately to the Umbers for aegis — that’s how assured he is in their adherence to his family.
Which is analytical because in the books, the Stark brothers aloof abstracted and we don’t acquire any abstraction area Osha and Rickon went off to. However! there is a storyline in Dance of Dragons involving Rickon and the Manderlys. In the books, Davos goes to the Manderlys acquisitive to coin an accord with their abode and Stannis. Instead, they “kill” Davos, and accomplish a big appearance of sending Davos’ arch to the Boltons as affidavit of death, while pledging their adherence to the Boltons. In reality, they affected Davos’ afterlife and accelerate him on a mission to acquisition Rickon Stark in a abstruse artifice to acceleration adjoin the Boltons and the Freys.
SO! Is it accessible that the showrunners are cogent the adventure of the Manderlys’ abstruse betrayal of the Boltons, but application the Umbers instead of the Manderlys? In this scenario, Umber brings Rickon to Ramsay as a allowance — but convinces Ramsay not to annihilate him, instead to use him as a assurance to get Sansa aback from Jon Snow. Meanwhile, the Umbers are arena a continued con adjoin the Boltons, and a Animate Male Stark! is aback central Winterfell, giving the Arctic — who remembers — acumen to booty up accoutrements adjoin the Boltons. Remember, it was aloof an adventure ago that Aristocrat Karstark warns the Boltons that their “hold on the Arctic will never be defended as continued as a Stark can airing through that door.” And who should airing through that door?
It’s a continued shot, I’ll admission you, but there are a brace of things that nag at me about this scene: for one, why accompany Rickon aback to the alternation afterwards actuality gone for two absolute seasons abandoned to acquire Ramsay promptly annihilation him? (And why wouldn’t Ramsay promptly annihilation Rickon as he is a absolute blackmail to his affirmation on the North?) Yes, it would reinforce Ramsay’s brutality, but he aloof fed a babyish and his mother to a backpack of dogs, I don’t anticipate we allegation reminding that he’s a bad dude who will do annihilation to get rid of anyone who stands in the way of his ambitions. And yes, bad things appear to Starks, heaven knows, but it would be clumsily abortive for Rickon’s adventure to end in such a whimper.
But there’s a bigger activity with this arena that’s been aggravation me and it goes aback to the appellation of the episode: “Oathbreaker.” Presumably, the appellation is in advertence to Jon Snow, as we discussed. But as we additionally discussed, Jon Snow’s obligations to the Night’s Watch concluded with his death: he bankrupt no oaths. What if this abstraction of the “oathbreaker” who breach no oaths additionally extends to Smalljon Umber? What if, like his father, he is an “oathbreaker,” but … not really. Remember, Umber refuses TWICE to affirm an adjuration to Ramsay Bolton, he will not kiss his duke nor booty a knee. Why not? If it’s as absurd a action as he claims it is, why not aloof go through the motions for Bolton’s benefit?
However, if an adjuration is article that is acutely allusive to Smalljon Umber, he is neither going to accomplish one he can’t accumulate — nor will he breach one so atrociously as he allegedly does to the Stark ancestors by axis over Rickon. What if, like Jon Snow, Umber is breaking no oaths at all, but instead is protecting an adjuration his ancestors fabricated to the Starks by betraying the Boltons from the inside? What if the appellation of the adventure is meant absolutely ironically?
As for Shaggydog? Maybe that was aloof a giant dog or big wolf’s head. Bethink how bodies kept bringing Cersei amateur dwarf active aback she put out a compensation on Tyrion? And how in the books the Manderlys’ use Davos’ arch as “proof” of his afterlife and their allegiance? I don’t appetite to be a Shaggydog truther, and yes, I saw that the amateur who plays Rickon claimed that Shaggydog is dead. But it’s not as admitting actors on the appearance haven’t aria to us before, right?
NOPE. (tumblr.com)
Status of Jon Snow: STILL ALIVE! And ANGRY!
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The Sparrows arrest Loras Tyrell for actuality a homosexual, and Baron Tommen is blank to do annihilation to defended his brother-in-law's release. <b>Episode 504: "Sons of the Harpy"</b>
The Sparrows arrest Loras Tyrell for actuality a homosexual, and Baron Tommen is blank to do annihilation to defended his brother-in-law's release. <b>Episode 504: "Sons of the Harpy"</b>
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... while actuality followed by the abashment bell, and addled and jeered by the association of King's Landing. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
... while actuality followed by the abashment bell, and addled and jeered by the association of King's Landing. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
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As Myrcella and Jamie booty their leave from Dorne, Ellaria kisses the Princess goodbye. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
As Myrcella and Jamie booty their leave from Dorne, Ellaria kisses the Princess goodbye. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
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However, she does adore a abrupt abruptness appointment from Drogon afore he flies aback off into the night. <b>Episode 502: "The Abode of Black and White"</b>
However, she does adore a abrupt abruptness appointment from Drogon afore he flies aback off into the night. <b>Episode 502: "The Abode of Black and White"</b>
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Later, the Sons of the Harpy ambuscade the Unsullied, acid Grey Worm and killing Ser Barristan. <b>Episode 504: "Sons of the Harpy"</b>
Later, the Sons of the Harpy ambuscade the Unsullied, acid Grey Worm and killing Ser Barristan. <b>Episode 504: "Sons of the Harpy"</b>
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Once aback in Winterfell, Sansa is reunited with Theon, a.k.a. Reek, and is none to admiring to see him. <b>Episode 505: "Kill the Boy"</b>
Once aback in Winterfell, Sansa is reunited with Theon, a.k.a. Reek, and is none to admiring to see him. <b>Episode 505: "Kill the Boy"</b>
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With Ramsay gone, Sansa and Theon/Reek accomplish their escape from Winterfell by jumping from the alcazar walls into the snow. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
With Ramsay gone, Sansa and Theon/Reek accomplish their escape from Winterfell by jumping from the alcazar walls into the snow. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
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Stannis is audacious and launches an advance on Winterfell, abandoned to acquisition himself abundantly outnumbered. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
Stannis is audacious and launches an advance on Winterfell, abandoned to acquisition himself abundantly outnumbered. <b>Episode 510: "Mother's Mercy"</b>
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Jon Snow allotment to the Bank with a amount of Wildlings to the agitation of his Night's Watch brothers. <b>Episode 509: "The Dance of Dragons"</b>
Jon Snow allotment to the Bank with a amount of Wildlings to the agitation of his Night's Watch brothers. <b>Episode 509: "The Dance of Dragons"</b>
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