Long time no ... blog, I guess.
Before I want to say one or two things about last night's episode and why there will be no Review² covering it, let me give a quick reminder that there have been two new videos in the meantime:
Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about why there will be no Review² this season. As you will probably remember, last season we did a episode review called Review². It won't happen this season, because I do not feel like it. I am NOT a show hater, mind you. I enjoyed last night's episode, but I simply can't get excited enough and I don't even completely know why. There WILL be other videos coming up, though. The next one would already be up, hadn't it become longer than I planned. Stay tuned for that!
So, here are some thoughts on Dragonstone.
1) I have a hard time seeing Euron and Cersei as a real threat to Dany. It feels like Dany's army (and dragons) will completely destroy them without even breaking a sweat. It hasn't been a secret for a long time that the real threat is further north. The pairing of Cersei and Euron feels like a desperate try to give people something to do until it is time for the real war against the dead to begin, because they cut Aegon's storyline, rid Cersei of any and all meaningful allies and didn't establish any other believable threat to Dany's invasion.
2) Ed Sheeran was fine, Dragonstone looked great and I like where they are going with the Hound and the Brotherhood. I liked most of the little things, even Sam, even if I doubt they have a good plan what to do with him from here on out.
3) I don't like what they are doing with Sansa. There are only two ways this can go. Either Sansa will at some point oppose Jon. If that should happen, I will hate it. Sansa should by now be smart enough not to trust Littlefinger and her bond with Jon should be strong enough. If she doesn't turn on Jon, though, why even include all this? Littlefinger is the big problem of the Northern storyline. He shouldn't even be there to begin with.
4) The ""Iron Fleet"". (Using double quotation marks, just to be safe.) Not only did Euron build a fleet in no time, he build the ""Iron Fleet""? Building a ship takes time. Building the biggest and best fleet the Iron Islands have ever seen takes A LOT OF time. How much time do we think has passed since Euron said, he'll build a fleet? It can't be three years. I think the show doesn't allow for more time than between one and two years having passed. I mean, what has Arya done in the meantime, for example? How long exactly have Cersei and Jaime not talked about Tommen's death? But building a fleet like the one we saw ... My estimate would be more like ten years. It would have been easy to not fall into that stupid plot hole. Yet, there it is and in they went.
So much for now, guys.
