Can Varys be trusted? What’s Littlefinger up to? Will Randyll Tarly betray House Tyrell? Did Sam write ASOIAF? Does Daenerys’ battle plan make any sense? What does Nymeria mean to Arya? How has Theon changed?

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45 COMMENTS

  1. 3:25 What if Baelish went to talk to Jon in the crypts because Baelish knows that Ned left some kind of clue about Jons true parentage down there and wanted to prevent him of finding it

  2. Oh please, there was no way in hell Theon could have possibly saved Yara. It was done, Euron won that fight. At least now, Theon can avenge her or even save her in the future.

  3. Well technically the Tyrell's still kind of had a claim to ruling the Reach anyway, because even though they were originally stewards, they were also descended through the female line of House Gardner. House Gardner were the old Kings of the Reach before they were wiped out during Aegon's Conquest.

  4. John will die while fighting the white walkers. Dany is prgenant with Johns son and dies in labor. The baby will never know his parents but will be the king. Thats bittersweet. Maybe Sam will be the maester at kings landing and care for the young king.

  5. how could sam write the story if he can't write how people were feeling or what they were thinking? he could only do so if bran tells him these details. unless this theory is show exclusive or it's him being "poetic". otherwise, I don't see how sam alone could be the narrator unless the POV details like a character's thoughts and feelings are just artistic license.

  6. I had a few thoughts watching this.

    1. Wouldn't Jon's "wife" theoretically be the Night's Watch?
    2. How would LF magically know R + L = J anyway?
    3. How does Cersei know what Dani was up to in Meereen? (Seems a bit fishy to me…)
    4. Can Randyll just f***ing die already, please?
    5. Attacking King's Landing would kill less people than Cersei did at the Sept, if Dani attacked at night from the sea on
    Drogon and slagged the Red Keep… but alas, that would mean she wouldn't get her precious dumb chair.
    6. I'm really hating the lack of good writing on GoT since the beginning of Season 5.
    7. Damn… Hot Pie got even fatter!
    8. How the hell does Hot Pie know all that?
    9. Why am I still watching this train wreck?
    10. OMG! Leave Theon alone! Leave him alone!!!
    11. I need a hug – I'm traumatised.

    🙁

  7. the way i see " That's not you " is: she told that to herself, nymeria doesn't acknowledge her as Aria, shes a Faceless one, and i believe that she won't come home after her encounter with her wolf

  8. In previous seasons Alt Shift X episodes on "GoT explained" actually explained what went on and delivered value. There were so many layers in the episodes and so many connections, that the Alt Shift X "GoT Explained" did an amazing job of keeping all the lines straight and sorted and you often times got an epiphany watching them. First you watched GoT and were all like "awesome!", then you watched "GoT Explained" and were all like "AWESOME!!".
    Then Season 7 happened.
    Season 7 it's more of a recap of what happened, because GoT has turned in to a standard "made for TV" fantasy series. Production values have changed. Cinematography has changed. Everything has been dumbed down. Say what you want about GRRM, but he does know how to write (at a snail's pace). Having show writers continue writing GoT is not the same as having someone who created the universe write. Particularly not when HBO is breathing down their neck moaning about profitability and spin off potential.

    Sad, but inevitable.

  9. The Patreon episode 3 has been up since this morning. Plus Alt Shift X does a livestream Monday nights, which is basically (at this time anyway) a less finished version of his explanation videos. He also takes feed back from the livestream, which is part of the reason it takes so long. I think he is taking feeback from the Patreon release this morning too. I hate to sound like an ad, but if you are waiting in agony for the next video, the $1/month on Patreon is definitely worth it. 🙂

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