episode was eh, pretty much just table-setting

Seeing Gendry again was amazing tho, definitely the highlight for me. Love that he's wielding a hammer JUST LIKE POPS

this ep felt even more breakneck-paced than the rest of the season has. Like before you even had time to process that Gendry's back in the fold he's already gone from Flea Bottom to Dragonstone to beyond the Wall in about 30 minutes (:

apparently the note that Littlefinger hid was the one from S1 where Sansa (under duress by Cersei) calls Ned a traitor and tells Robb that he needs to bend the knee to Joffrey

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Miko @ 14/8/2017 2:28

but in the spirit of my new philosophy to respect the show for atleast providing a guaranteed ending for the fans (even though it's sloppy fanfic most of the time), I gotta give them props for handling Olenna/Margarey's storylines better than the books, as well as the High Sparrow giving so much more depth and meaning to the King's Landing storyline in S5/S6. Superb storytelling that is a shining example that they can do things right if they try to! Also. HARDHOME. <3 The way the books underutilize the White Walkers is criminal and I love how the show still keeps them mysterious by only featuring them a couple times per season, another great addition. But still, they would have so profitted off of another season to fully fledge everything out so that everything wouldn't feel as inconsistent and rushed as it now does.

eh, I agree with most of those but the High Sparrow storyline I thought was (or has been) better in the books, just cuz it felt a lot more organic. At least they didn't rush it as much as other things in the show, but the way it popped up felt much more forced. I think the absolute worst part of it though is the aftermath - there were NO consequences for Cersei blowing up the Sept. Nobody apparently gives a shit. There were riots in King's Landing over way less when Joffrey was king. Cersei's decision-making has been just as bad in the show as it is in the books, except in the latter she actually faces realistic consequences for it (at least so far). I'm actually getting the feeling that Cersei will die in a blaze of glory in TWOW, and Aegon will end up taking the throne. Then he'll serve the same role in the story that Cersei is right now, but it'll actually make logical sense

It's kinda similar to what you said about Arya not having any consequences for ditching the Faceless Men either. OR Jaime somehow escaping scot-free after recklessly charging at a dragon and getting tackled into a river about 10 feet away from the battle. He should've been captured for sure

Like you said I'm mostly just happy that we're gonna get an ending and I still enjoy the show for what it is, but damn is the breakneck pace frustrating compared to how intricate it used to be (when it was still based on book material). Just makes me wanna read the book version of this so bad so there can actually be some detail/logical characterization to it all. I'll just settle for TWOW even cuz I know there's about a 0.001% chance of ADOS ever being released :(