Author: Dick Ebert

S8 Ep4 Observations

This episode returned to the human connections after the battle. The Great Hall full of people, celebrating, laughing, drinking… and Dany is all alone! This room is RIFE with Sexism: Jon is lauded for the battle and riding Rhaegal; Dany did the same but she is ignored!! But more than...

A Key Point You Missed With Daenerys’s Arc…

Hi! Big fan of the On The Throne podcast, just wanted to share some thoughts about your discussion with Dany. You’re missing what I think is a key moment in her arc with violence – the scene where Viserys gets the golden crown. Jorah actually tells her to look away,...

Thoughts After Se E4 Deep Dive

Hey Guys, 1. VARYS: a. Was for Baratheon. Spied on Daeney and hired Jorah to kill her. b. Had some sort of plotting relationship with Little Finger c. Convinced Ned Stark to “Confess” d. Helped Tyrion escape. e. THEN sided with Daeney f. Now plotting against Daeney. g. IS HE...

Who’s Making These Decisions

Hey Guys, The job is half done with many giving their lives and guess what they all start going their separate ways. They all go off to Kings Landing in fits and starts further weakening themselves. Their ships get smashed up and with Jon still 2 weeks away, they think...

Daenerys’s Misstep

Hey Guys, The moment that Dany made Gendry a true Baratheon was great TV, but possibly a huge misstep by Dany. She unwitting now gave Gendry a true claim at the throne. As a bastard, he had no rightful claim to the throne, buttttttt as a Baratheon and eldest child...

GOT’s Only Empowered Woman Left

Hi guys, This episode had decidedly mixed reviews but what I couldn’t help but notice was the clear theme of female disempowerment in this episode. We have Dany getting increasingly isolated and questioned both publicly and privately. Is her sanity intact? There is Brienne of Tarth, a formerly celibate warrior...