Nah, I don't think so. I think that shit is dead at this point. Cuz that whole mercenary army loan request talk b/w Cersei and the Bank rep was made possible purely because of the momentum and advantage Cersei had gained at that specific time when they were discussing as her side had just destroyed Dany's whole fleet in the Greyjoys, captured the Sands crew, wiped out the Tyrells and confiscated their food stock and vast treasures that put her on course and in position at that time of their meeting to quickly repay her debt to them. Iron Bank only cares about making money by investing in the perceived winning side, which to them at that time appeared to be Cersei's. But investing a merc army to her was still contingent on Cersei coming through and finalizing her repayment with the "spoils of war" that was on its way to her, and also contingent on her keeping the momentum and stay winning. But none of that shit happened after their talk. So she's still a deadbeat to the Bank and has yet to repay them, and now her side's looking weak with her main Lannister army gettin fried along with her ally house's army. Iron Bank probably ain't too happy with her now. This now gives me a feeling that with the way Cersei's current psyche is with her strict self preservation mode and not giving a fuck about anything other then vengeance, she may just disregard her debt to the Iron Bank with a big fuck u to them as well. If that happens, then I have a feeling that forces of the Iron Bank may come into major play in the next season just in regards to Cersei's fate towards the end. Cuz the Iron Bank don't play that shit as "it will have its due" with their debtors one way or another. Shit, I mean who knows... cuz everyone seems to be predicting that Cercei will eventually be served the righteous death she deserves by the hands of one of the main characters like Arya, Tyrion, Dany, even Jaime. But if this shit about her relationship with the Iron Bank plays out like how I've described, then I think it's very possible that the Bank may put out the green light hit on her and she actually ends up receiving a shitty, meaningless, random ass death, which she deserves and would be more fitting for her, all because of a fact that she was an unrepaying deadbeat.samdoom wrote:I have no clue what to expect from the finale, especially with the accelerated pacing and questionable logic in lots of what has transpired this season, but I haven't heard anyone mention the sellsword army that was discussed between Cersei and the Iron Bank earlier in the season. Do we think that they may be in Kings Landing for the pending meeting, hiding in plain sight and waiting for Dany and her people to be inside the city? It's rare that GOT mentions something like that and then never follows up.
Def B imo at this point. Arya's got her majorly uncomfortable and shook.EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:did sansa send away brienne because
A- she trusts arya not to kill her
B-she's worried brienne will protect arya
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Not only that, but Brienne was ready and wanting to slit his slimy throat and just waiting for Sansa to give her the ok when Sansa and LF first reunited face to face immediately after Battle of Bastards.EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:brienne tried to convince sansa to leave with her while sansa+LF were en route to winterfell. if sansa had listened, no rape etc
Yup, straight up, totally agree. There was that discussion earlier in this thread of where GOT stacks up against other GOATs. Dude made some good points, a couple of which are becoming more and more sorely pronounced against the show. No doubt about it, the pace is too fast, timelines don't make sense and are whacked the fuck out, too much deus ex machina shit going on, and for those who are generally into the fantasy genre who have adored the show for its deviance from that genre's stereotypical shit, they can now probably shit on GOT now and feel betrayed that it's inevitably become just another dungeons and dragons and magic bullshit. But I still don't give a fuck cuz it's still one of the greatest imo. People can always nitpick at the other highly considered GOAT shows too. Despite having to just swallow all of its current bullshit, I actually think that in that sense it's a notch above some of those other great TV shows, because it's still entertaining as fuck. I can't say the same for a lot of those other great shows, cuz they too have all had that stretch and ran through that phase at some point during their respective series where shit got tired, illogical, seemed too pompously caught up in script writing to stroke its own critical acclaims/prestige instead of simply just hitting the notes to deliver what the fans want in entertainment and keep it moving, or just flat out fuckin boring to watch. Yeah, there's a lot of retarded fantasy and other bullshit the viewers are swallowing currently with GOT, but I can honestly say that I've never even once been bored watching this show.EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:at this point the series seems like a straight up high fantasy setting & i'm just gonna enjoy it. magic swords, resurrection, shapeshifters, etc. evil witch queen, golem. only difference is we have detailed backstories for everyone. last ep even played out like an rpg quest. jon snow frantically protecting the payload. i wonder if this is how GRRM envisioned the series turning out, or if it's the TV writers putting OT into fanservice.
But I will say that with the way it's been moving through at its pace so far towards the finale, it's evident that the show seriously should've been extended for one more season for a 9th season. That would've smoothed out and solved a lot if not all of its current issues. They really should've, and I don't know why they didn't. It wouldn't have felt as being too much or milking it, viewers would tune in still, and they could've made more $.