Tagged: Game of Thrones Season 8

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...

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...

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,...

Game Of Thrones – Small Council

Dear Team, Love the podcasts-keep up the great work! In this week’s GOT deep dive, you guys discussed how they needed to compress the plot as a practical necessity to try to wrap up a story with so many characters and so many plotlines. I disagree. The only reason they...

IS EURON GREYJOY the VALONQAR?

Hi from Melbourne. Love your podcast although I find myself shouting at you & your theories sometimes… soz?? I like the idea that Cersei who pulled the old ‘ It’s your baby’ Trick with Robert Baratheon tried it again with Euron but this time pays the price for her deceit....

Brienne Is Pregnant?!

Hey guys, Love the show. Can’t help thinking that Brienne and Jaime’s hookup was more than gratuitous. What if all the Lannister’s die, but then Brienne is carrying the last Lion? Let’s go! A Jaime/Brienne Lannister baby would be epic. Thanks, Allison R.