damn the autism of this thread moved quickly.
Let's say it was someone you know, maybe Axl Rose(if you don't know who that is, I'll concede the entire issue)? He's in a battle and Arya shows up and he says, "Welcome to the Jungle!" Would that be pretty stupid and out of place for what has been a very serious show? It's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but it seems completely out of place and character for the show.
Wait, was he singing one of his songs or some shit? If so, that changes how I feel about it entirely..... I don't remember but did they call him Ed? Edward? I'm not being intentionally glib, I'm just curious why it's bothering everyone.
To my knowledge, (I may not be be accurately remembering) she showed up on a horse, heard some guys singing the Lannister song and sat down to eat some roasted rat. Some ugly ass red headed kid was sat there with a bug eyed freak, showing that war is more complicated than just STARKS GOOD LANNISTERS BAD. I thought the scene was a little heavy handed, but I think it'll have an effect on how Arya's story arc ends and they needed to convey that. Like last season with Arya and the acting troop discussing Cersei and her love for her kids, etc.
you guys are retarded. The new song was the song written about Tyrion and Shae. It's part of the lore of the world, It wasn't some inside joke or product placement. go fuck yourselves. Why do you even know who the fuck that guy is. As a person who had no clue who the fuck he was, you are all hallucinating or shifting your hate for this guy on to the filmography/scene that isn't fucking there. It was a normal fucking scene showing Arya that not all soldiers are her enemies, it's her growing part of that conscious back after everything she's seen and done.
I feel like Euron needs a bigger purpose. Maybe the books are just clouding my judgement since he seemed much more important in the source than the show. But right now he really has no purpose for existence outside of the reason to kick Theon and Yarra out of home. It has been established Euron has traveled a ton so it isn't completely off the wall to think he heard some rumors about a dragon horn and that is the introduction. If the dragons are as powerful as you're saying there is literally nothing Euron could do to help Cersei. Give her Highgarden? Who cares more dragon food. Give her Dorn? Who cares more dragon food. There needs to be something to balance the scales away from Dany.
I think Euron is the new big bad set up to replace Ramsey. Have been reading rumors we will come to hate someone more than Ramsey and I think he'll be it. That makes me think he's likely to find and kill someone major for Cersei or bring them back to her. Not sure if Tyrion is really in play though, somehow I think he makes it through everything.
Why does he need a bigger purpose? he's fucking pointless filler in the books to pass time for 5 years cus fatass decided against better judgement and skipped the 5 year gap. He isn't important in the books and he doesn't have a bigger role. He is a waste of space.
TV show only needs him to magic up some boats so they can have a large set piece battle this season. Otherwise dany roflstomps the 7 kingdoms and this season only needed to be 3 episodes instead of 7. Now Cersei/Euron are more of a speed bump in the path to conquest rather than a pebble she doesn't even notice she runs over.
That was Jorah.
But really, GRRM hasn't killed any of his trinity; Jon Dany and Tyrion are on his original outlines as the heroes. Everyone else is expendable and Cersei and Jamie are probably next.
Euron to me is a red shirt who exists to get BBQ'd in a fun scene.
Jon Dany Bran Tyrion and Arya are the 5 named characters who survive til the "conclusion" of the original outlines. Not saying they all live at the end, but they all make it til the end. The Song of Ice and Fire is the story of these 5 children.
And you are correct, euron exists solely to get BBQ'd.
Shes the only living member (In theory) of one of t he 7 Great houses. She is very valuable. Take her captive and you can bend the will of her armies, or at least remove family in open rebellion and broker a truce with the Tarlys a la roose Bolton.
The battle lines are Currently
Team Targ
Unsullied (Several thousand of the best fighters)
Dothraki (the largest single army)
Part of Iron Born (100 ships?)
Sand Snakes and Dorne (No Clue)
Tyrells (The 2nd Largest Army unless they lost a ton, they were on par with Lannisters pre War)
Team Snow
A Few Hundred Remaining Wildlings
The remaining Northern army which is decimated after a long war and then a civil war with the Boltons.
Several Thousand Knights of the Vale (Smaller Army in numbers than some of the others, but said to be possibly the best trained army of the 7 Kingdoms who have suffered limited to no war losses.)
Team Cersei
Lannister Army (Wracked by non stop war)
Frey and Riverlands Army - Has some numbers having not fought in a battle, but NO leadership and the house is lacking a single male heir
Iron Born - Minus 100 ships that Yara stole
Team Baratheon and the Stormlands - MIA (Assume allegiance to King Tommens only living heir, and new Queen?
The numbers are way in Danys favor. Even if the North joined Cersei she will never have the numbers.
BUT....Keep the North and Vale from aligning with Dany, and remove the head of the Tyrells and bring them onto Team Cersei, and things even out.
Close but Tyrells are the largest army in Westeros, 4x as large as the Lannisters. (in the books it's up to 70k, but less in the show) Dorne is the smallest. Both are on team dany. Doesn't matter, Dany's army from Essos is larger than all the remaining armies of westeros combined.
There's literally nothing left of the "frey/riverlands" army since they all revolted against the freys and now all the freys are dead. The riverlands army
is the lannister army. It's been bolstered a bit in the show, again so that the inevitable conflict is less farcical, but it's literally like 3k dudes making up Cersei's forces. (about 10k in the show)
Now add in 1k magic boats, so we can have an epic sea battle. Expect a sand snake or 2 and some iron born (theon or Yara) to die or get captured, minor shit stains that serve no real purpose, and that's about the extent of euron's gift to cersei.
