The Nights Watch: GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 EPISODE 3. April 29 UK. Spoilers after 2 am.

[OneInAMillionYou]

Come gather brothers and sisters of The Nights Watch. The Battle of Winterfell will soon be upon us.

Valar morghulis

Only if Jamie dies. And then killed by whom? Presumably she could take the face of one of her dead children, driving Cersei mad. Could Arya become the Mountain, since he's dead of sorts?

As said on another thread:
To quote the late, and very unlamented, Ramsey Bolton, “If you think there will be a happy ending, then you haven’t been paying attention.”

No way will Arya kill Cersei after she just killed NK. She might try, maybe she will wear someone's face and someone close to her will kill her not realising it's her or something idk.
I really do think Bronn would still kill Tyrion or Jaime if he really believes it's in his best interests though. Bronn is on Bronns side, if turning on Cersei benefits him I can see that too.

Who is left in n Aryas list? I have expected her to off the Hound in a mercy killing at some point...

Preface: I have just jumped on the GoT bandwagon, and I have semi-watched the last three seasons to catch up before the final season, so I have very little knowledge of the whole thing.

My question: when the NK approaches Bran, there is a moment between them. Bran lowers his eyes as if in acceptance? because he sees Arya behind the NK? because he is communicating with the KN?

The NK seems to tilt his head in response to Bran's gesture. Am I reading too much into this because it was one of the few things I could see on the screen?

Watching the entire thing again, the WW turns when it feels a gust of wind. That would have been Arya running flying past them, probably. But she was no one.

I think you've just answered my question. This thread is so long and I have just started on page five at 10:45 am, Toronto time. I am way behind!

A lot of people comment on the Night King's prolonged pause in front of Bran, but IMO he does that a lot. He seems to turn, stare and assess for a moment before acting. He did it with Dany and the dragon.

@Andylion thanks for the comment on the ww turning for the wind/no one. That really annoyed me that they didn't see her coming on my first watch but if that's the case then I definitely missed the smaller details.
Just about to watch again

Summersunshine2 my bold didn’t work and I don’t know how to cut and paste a quote and capture the poster’s name at the same time when I use the app.

That comment about the wind was made by Lweji. I hope I got that name right.

@Honeyroar I agree, he doesn't rush, it's part of what makes him so menacing.

In the books there's no annulment and actually not even any talk of annulment. LF is just banking on Tyrion either being dead or likely to be killed soon or too scared to ever return so their marriage is basically irrelevant.

Besides, it's harder to get an annulment in the books. It's a legal process and the High Septon and the Crown have to approve it.

In the TV series it was just "Errr... I wrote a letter and hey presto! Congrats! You're free!" even though you are a presumed conspire in Regicide and the High Septon sent people to the cells for far less

The fact that its never been questioned by anyone means its unlikely to be debunked and therefore is probably just TV Plot Bollocks in order for her to have that Ramsey storyline. I can't see any time being devoted to OMGTheAnnulementWasFakeY'all when there's only a few episodes left.

But you'd have to be blind not to see the writing on the wall. They are going to remarry or something. Or at least a promise of it.

And she basically told him flat out the way to her hand - "divided loyalties" being the problem. If that's not foreshadowing that he's ultimately going to choose the welfare of the North over Danaerys, I don't know what is. And thus proves himself trustworthy to Sansa and the marriage is a go.

I always suspected a Stark/Lannister postwar generation was a possibility, ever since they got married in the books. People said it was just an arbitrary and ultimately meaningless subplot but it seemed like a bizarre plot choice for just 3 weeks of drama, never to be mentioned again.

Arya trained for this shit

Exactly!

I assumed Jon would be the killer as I think he did but I think it makes more sense for Ayra to do it. I feel
Jon has another purpose.

I was half expecting the NK to kneel at Bran's feet when he turned up showing that he'd carried out the whole attack on Bran's orders in revenge for the push in S1Ep1. Would have meant Arya would have had to kill her brother to stop the whole thing, which would have made for a very interesting twist!

I wonder if Gendry is going to become important - he's a blacksmith, so he has the skills needed to destroy the iron throne which is, after all, a symbol of repression. Maybe JS is given the throne (rather than takes it) and asks Gendry to destroy it, making him the last of his name. He could then let the country go back to being 7 kingdoms, with a parliament of sorts keeping the peace.

I didn't like Theon's death. I know it worked in as much as he redeemed himself, and died as Theon protecting his home and family, but it felt very much as if Bran sent him to his death needlessly.

I can’t see how the KLs battle can beat last nights in terms of atmosphere, fear etc but I think more of our fave characters will die.

Is Arya normally left handed? I noticed her initial swipe at NK was left handed, followed by catching the sword with the right.

Arya is left handed in the books, I read an article saying that Maisie Williams is right handed and had to learn to fight with her left

@Holidayshopping

Has Cersei got an army? Has she got the Golden company on her side-presumably she does have the money to pay them? And Euron’s fleet?

Cersei paid for The Golden Company with the money they stole from the Tyrells. It arrived in Kings Landing just before Danaerys and Drogon burned the loot train up and then killed Randyll Tarly and Dickon. Euron is on Cersei's side for now, but he's insane and disloyal so he might turn against her.

I think Arya's list is down to Cersei and The Mountain now? She seems to have removed The Hound.

Enjoyed that, parts of it were so well done (once I had adjusted the contrast on my set so I could see).

I've no problem with Arya killing the NK, although it did feel a bit too deux ex machina in the way it was executed.

Slightly disappointed that it wasn't the grand finale.. I would like to have seen cersei face the white walkers... Although I can see logistically that would have been impossible without them having to kill their way down to Kings Landing.

I hope they've got something really special for the final episode.

Personally, I feel we know enough about NK, and possibly the three eyed raven although no doubt there will be some more jiggery pokery with Bran there. I quite like the element of mystery and speculation surrounding them.

I really feel that all bets are off now and have no idea what's going to happen next.

Whats cool is Maisie didn't have to train left handed but she chose to after knowing the book arya was left handed. So now she can wield weapons with both hands

I actually thought the Night King was going to salute Bran before it was clear he reached for his sword.

ElspethFlashman I think you are right. In the show they are heading for a Sansa/Tyrion remarriage.

It’s something I’ve never liked from a book perspective, as I really don’t particularly like Tyrion as a character. I like him less and less as the books go on. However, the show has always ‘glossed over’ his nastier characteristics from the book, and I think the foreshadowing is there.

I can also see him turning against Dany at the last moment as well ‘for love’ - thus being the third treason.

Just seen the trailer for episode 4. Looks really good.

@ElspethFlashman nice to see you here too (RPDR too!)

Sorry nothing to add 😂

in the show they are heading for a Sansa/Tyrion remarriage

Yeah and I’m absolutely not dying about that direction either. I enjoy these characters separately, but not as a romantic partnership. It makes no sense to me.

And Sansa should be with her one true love, the hound 😍

I reckon Jaime will kill Cersi in the final episode, whilst stating 'the things we do for love' - just have this vibe