That's exactly my theory.

• So they're planting the seeds for the War of the Usurper as far back as Lyonel ?
  • "He's a terrible Maester", "An itchy arsehole is beyond his abilities" , "Begone, Witch!" 🤣🤣🤣
  • Also, I ROFL at "The Fucking Apple Boy!"
  • Speaking of the Apple Boy... hey Apple Boy, you're going to be raising a Dondarrion Bastard...
• Damn it, Valarr's heartbroken delivery 😭
  • It came off waaaay sadder and less antagonistic than the novella.
• Sam Spruell’s (Maekar) delivery is incredible.
  • Maekar is broken and wants to hate Dunk, but hates himself so much that it doesn’t even matter.
  • I loved Maekar and Egg's little scene - no words spoken, just superb acting.
• I'm waiting for S02 to make a final decision on Maekar's change from the Novellas...

Spoiler Zone

A true knight finishes a story

🤣🤣🤣 DUDE, was that a jab at GRRM ?!?!?

Rowan...

I totally misread the subtitles in HBO MAX of "Rowan Fossoway" as "Rohan Fossoway"... and had me thinking they were introducing Lady Webber reaaaally early.

Next Season

My prediction: The Sworn Sword is smaller than The Hedge Knight, so they're going to spend the first 2 episodes with Maekar/Daeron catching up to Dunk/Egg visiting a recently "Maester-ed" Aemon in Oldtown, Maekar gets to see Dunk in action and ends up giving his signet ring as approval. Then we have the next 4 episodes to deal with Osgrey/Webber.

Just found this: https://archiveofourown.org/works/79653671

Finally, David J. Peterson—creator of Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones—has shared his work on this episode, with the full lyrics and their translation made available. He also comments that he was very pleased with Danny Webb’s performance and pronunciation, allowing for the fact that Ser Arlan’s supposed to be roaring drunk.

I was watching the final conversation … on the couch, knees up, bracing myself.

Also i like that they made the fatal blow connected to a father freaking out about his son - adds to the brutality and “accidentality” of it.

Finally, all that singing was … Dothraki - at least according to subtitles ?

Supposedly it came straight from GRRM…

For those who may be unaware,

In an interview released today, Egg's actor Dexter Sol Ansell accidentaly revealed that

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Dunk survives the Tragedy of Summerhall.

Link:

Timestamp: 6:44 minutes

Bit late to the party, but better late than never.

• Baelor stole the entire episode. His actor is so fuckin' good.

• Honorary mention to Lyonel, being the standout whenever he shows up.

• Lmaooo Maekar straight up calling Aerion out for hiding behind the trial of the seven.

• Fantastic: Armor Design. It is putting HoTD and GOT designs to shame. Honorary mention to that Fossoway armor.

• Not happy with the fart joke. In the novella, Bracken is the only knight who had the decency to respond to Dunk when asked to join the trial of 7

• Smallest nitpick, we know the story of every member of Dunk's 6, except for that Beesbury Knight.

Baerlor' Entrance

IMHO I'm treating the GOT theme being used for Baelor's entrance to the jousting as a surprise/spoiler, allowing others to feel the same goosebumps I experienced.

Additionally, one could argue that this theme serves as a leitmotif for history in the making, i.e.: something being intricately woven into the tapestry of fate.

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The line of succession at this point would be

• Baelor
  • Valar
  • Matarys
• Aerys
• Rhaegel
  • Aelor
• Maekar
  • Daeron
  • Aerion
  • Aemon
  • Aegon

And then anyone else, including women of house Targaryen.

So… a lot of 💩 had to happen for Aerion to have a chance. It really puts into perspective Egg’s Moniker “The Unlikely”

… Winds of Winter when ?

Yeah… I’m not going anywhere near that