Forged in the fire alongside my previous post, here’s a few other ideas I had for the final season of Game of Thrones, revolving around some of our favourite characters:
- Bronn would make the same deal with the Lannister brothers as he does in the real show – I really like how Bronn played all sides, continually benefiting along the way. He was a sell-sword who took a chance on Tyrion when we first meet him, and I would have it end by him inheriting Highgarden through all his deals and services.
- Robyn Arryn and Edmure Tully would come back into the show much earlier than the last episode. They are Sansa’s family after all and should be important cogs in either or both Battles. Perhaps Robyn and Lyanna could have a funny little courting side-storyline, where he tries to woo her, but she is gutsy, and he is obviously pathetic.
- Salladhor Saan, the sell-sail, also makes a reappearance for the Battle for Kings Landing. Gendry and Davos recruit him – he assists the Ironborn against Euron’s fleet. Theon and Yara are tasked with taking down their uncle who is shooting harpoons at Dani’s dragon.
- Clegane-bowl wouldn’t happen (sorry folks!). I took it that the Hound let go of his hatred for the Mountain with the speech he gave him when the good guys took Cersei a sample of the undead – which was a popular theory going around at the time. However, Arya still has the Mountain on her list, and she will take him out, with the assistance of the Hound perhaps, if she appears to be struggling.
- Also, I like how the show handled Arya through the Battle of Winterfell. The scene with Arya running through the castle, escaping the dead, was grand. I also like it to be revealed that the Hound and Beric have always been kept alive by the Lord of the Light to protect Arya… I just need a reason for that to be. I imagine Arya leaving to explore at the end of the series. Great things are expected of her.
- The Red Woman enters Winterfell with clearer motivation. She has always been destined to lead a Baratheon to great power; she thought it was Stannis, but it’s clear to her now that it is Gendry. Beric and the Hound are alive to protect Arya, because Arya is the guiding light for Gendry… Gendry believes he may be destined for the throne after the Battle of Winterfell despite the Red Woman dying. Arya is adamant she is not someone else’s guiding light. When Theon steps forward to sit on the throne, Gendry decides Theon is the right choice.
- Jaime and Brienne live happily ever after together. The show set this up so well – Jaime knighted her, won her trust and they slept together, c’mon!
- I’m not sure what happens regarding Jon Snow being a Targaryen. It’s not that important considering Jon and Dani both perish. I imagine Bran and Sam sit on that information, and John dies before Sam has time to tell him. Or perhaps Tyrion is told at the time he is contemplating swapping allegiance to Sansa. I don’t think Jon or Dani ever know.
- Bran reveals to Theon that the White Army of the Dead only started attacking Westeros because there was no Stark in Winterfell. Therefore, it is Theon’s fault, because he forced Rickon and Bran to desert their home. I would like Bran to somehow be responsible for the creation of the Night King in the past, which was another popular theory at the time, but how that would be, I don’t know…
Our characters and their status:
Tyrion – Alive
Jaime – Alive
Cersei – Dead in Kings Landing
Daenerys – Dead in Kings Landing
Jon – Dead in Winterfell
Sansa – Alive
Arya – Alive
Davos – Alive
Missandei – Dead in Winterfell
Theon – Alive
Sam – Alive
Bran – Alive
Brienne – Alive
Varys – Alive
Hound – Alive
Bronn – Alive
Tormund – Dead in Winterfell (or not, he leads Wildlings home)
Gendry – Alive
Grey Worm – Alive
Jorah – Dead in Winterfell
Gilly – Alive
Melisandre – Dead in Winterfell
Beric Dondarrion – Dead in Winterfell
Eddison Tollett – Dead in Winterfell (or perhaps the new Commander of the Kings Guard)
Podrick Payne– Dead in King’s Landing (or perhaps the new Master of Coin)
Yohn Royce – Dead in Winterfell
Lyanna Mormont – Alive
Alys Karstark – Dead before Winterfell
Maester Wolkan – Dead in Winterfell
Ned Umber – Dead in Winterfell
Qhono – Dead in Winterfell
Euron Greyjoy – Dead at King’s Landing
Qyburn – Dead at King’s Landing
The Mountain – Dead at King’s Landing
Yara Greyjoy – Alive
Harry Strickman – Dead at King’s Landing
Edmure Tully – Dead at King’s Landing (or alive and gives Theon a stern eye)
Robin Arryn – Alive
Salladhor Saan – Dead at King’s Landing
Meera Reed – Alive
Marei – Alive
- Or perhaps Sam would tell John that he is the rightful King. John would confide in Sansa and Arya, who would tell Tyrion. Varys convinces Tyrion that there is no point supporting a King that doesn’t want to be King. People would happily stand behind John, as they are now, but Varys persuades Tyrion to then let John do ‘his good’ as he is now, in the position most befitting to him. Tyrion exclaims John is the true King, and Varys confides in Tyrion how he tried to organise Dany’s murder under the reign on Robert Baratheon. At that time, he was the ‘true king’ and pleasing him was the easiest way to keep peace among the seven kingdoms. ‘Yet, here I am now, providing council to Dany because of the good she can do. If Dany were to find out that it was me who wanted her dead, the treachery she would cast upon me. The true King, the true heir to the throne has always been a matter of perspective. Achieving peace among the seven kingdoms is the pursuit most noble. John is the true King of Westeros. Maybe. But John backs Dani. And we will back Dani. And we will be the hands who provide peace for the land.’
- I wrote in my previous post that Theon Greyjoy should be the final King of Westeros, as Game of Thrones deserves a bittersweet melancholy ending. Well, I only realised after the fact that his name is Greyjoy! Grey-Joy, just another way of saying bittersweet and melancholy, yes? Perfect. Perhaps if the dragons destroy half of King’s Landing, Theon’s first act as pseudo-King can be to ingratiate himself with the common people by providing necessary supplies and services through the Ironborn fleet, in the bays of King’s Landing.
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