Watched the latest episode when I got back from the gym. Can't believe they killed off my waifu.
Watched the latest episode when I got back from the gym. Can't believe they killed off my waifu.
Well, all Euron needs to destroy Dany's fleet and kill one of her dragons is a big crossbow, which he can fire at a moving target from a boat with perfect accuracy. Euron was able to build his vast fleet in a matter of weeks. He was then able to ambush Yara on her way to Dorne and defeat her handily.
This apparently wasn't the teaching moment you'd think it would be for Daenerys and her forces, as apparently they have no scouts and Dany can't see anything below her while riding on a bloody dragon. Euron is once again perfectly placed for an ambush, kills Rhaegal with ease, and then proceeds to utterly destroy Dany's ships and also take Missandei prisoner (though we don't see how).
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Well, when Rhaegal is shot by the ballista, Dany makes a headlong charge at Euron's fleet, despite each ship having a ballista on its bow. (They're semi-automatic also and require no time to reload!) She veers off when they shoot at her and then . . . just disappears from the fight entirely.
Okay.
Why didn't she just fly around behind the ships and burn them all from the rear? Those ballista were aimed forward. They wouldn't have been able to shoot backward because of the masts and sails. The ships could have turned but not as fast as a dragon can fly. So why didn't Daenerys even attempt to protect her fleet and friends?
Because the show said so. Because the writers and producers wanted the fleet destroyed and Missandei captured and to hell with actually having it make sense. We have come a long ways (in the wrong direction) from Martin's carefully constructed conflicts.
Well, when Rhaegal is shot by the ballista, Dany makes a headlong charge at Euron's fleet, despite each ship having a ballista on its bow. (They're semi-automatic also and require no time to reload!) She veers off when they shoot at her and then . . . just disappears from the fight entirely.
Okay.
Why didn't she just fly around behind the ships and burn them all from the rear? Those ballista were aimed forward. They wouldn't have been able to shoot backward because of the masts and sails. The ships could have turned but not as fast as a dragon can fly. So why didn't Daenerys even attempt to protect her fleet and friends?
I thought the point was to expose Daenerys as a coward and further indicate that J. Snow was meant to be king.
Yeah, that may have been it. Watching it the first time through, it was “where did she go?” It was so strange, it seemed like terrible writing.
Tyrian and Varys had a discussion afterwards and her disappearance from the battle never came up. Conspicuously missing. But they are making the case that she is unfit. I suppose this may be a discussion in a later episode. Still seems too rushed.
I suspect that Grey Worm might be more prone to blaming himself for insisting she take that escape dingy.Give Grey Worm some time to contemplate why his GF was captured while his queen ran away with her dragons tail between her legs.
RIP Danys character development. Its like the writers don't care about logic and reason anymore.
They have jumped the shark. The writers are not worthy of the source material.
Euron and Jamie happen to run into each other for a fight to the finish? Right. Danys and Greyworm become war criminal mass murderers? Sure. The deadly giant crossbows no longer work? Arya survives 10 buildings falling on her? (Why the constant, continual, slow collapse of all of the buildings?) Dragon fire now impacts like a bomb. Varys survives every monarch and court deception until he somehow gets exposed and killed for what? Zombie bodyguard turns on maker and master? Why tell him not to attack the Hound in the first place?
They jumped over light speed and went straight to ludicrous speed.
Of all the stuff you listed, Danys going tyrant bitch is the least offensive. She was always a crazy power hungry person, she just played the savior for power and selfish reasons.
Of all the stuff you listed, Danys going tyrant bitch is the least offensive. She was always a crazy power hungry person, she just played the savior for power and selfish reasons.
Elizabeth Warren's role model.
Give Grey Worm some time to contemplate why his GF was captured while his queen ran away with her dragons tail between her legs.
I suspect that Grey Worm might be more prone to blaming himself for insisting she take that escape dingy.