![]() ![]() I hope that one or both of them figures out that Baelish is playing them against each other. ![]() Turns out Arya returning home was the worst possible choice she could have made. I actively groaned every time we returned to Winterfell. The show is making me dislike both of these characters. In Winterfell the drama between Arya and Sansa continues to be god-awful. This time she takes all three dragons and flies straight north, knowing exactly where to go despite never having gone beyond the central region of Westeros. When the raven arrives that Jon’s in trouble she doesn’t hesitate at all, despite Tyrion’s worry. Tyrion’s concerns are entirely justified, particularly Daenery’s somewhat reckless attitude for putting herself in the front of danger despite being an important leader – a trait she shares with Jon. But that’s complicated when you’re the foreign invader and have no problem burning lords alive right in front of their army. She wants to be the good guy, the Breaker of Chains, as she was in Essos. She has the most technologically advanced army but doesn’t want to just conquer Westeros with fire and fury – she wants to win the hearts and minds of the people. Tyrion’s trying to give her advice but Daenerys is frustrated. The raven instantly makes it to Daenerys, who’s been having a pointed, tense conversation with Tyrion. Now Season 7 has played extremely loose with time distortion and distance and “Beyond the Wall” continues that ridiculousness. He warns the Night’s Watch and they send out a raven. Gendry does make it back to the wall and becomes the unsung hero of this episode. With no food, water, or fire time is on the side of the dead. The zombie army stops approaching given their icy plunge when too many of them stand on the ice. Our group is surrounded almost instantly on a patch of ice. Our team hauls ass back to The Wall, sending Gendry on ahead to get word to Daenerys – who is currently half a continent away. Unfortunately that last one lets out a scream before they can muffle it, summoning every zombie in the tri-state area. That’s a huge tactical advantage to defeating the Night King and his armies, provided you can reach them. ![]() We learned an important piece of information here, which our characters actually take time to discuss and point out: if you slay a White Walker, it destroys all the undead they’ve created. When he slays it with Longclaw all the other zombies disintegrate save one (how convenient!). Everyone jumps into battle with Jon taking on the Walker. Our group launches a successful ambush on a small party of undead lead by a solitary White Walker. The bear was a reminder and a warning that it’s not just humans who can become zombies. We’ve seen skeletal horses before but this thing was vicious, killing several redshirts and mortally wounding Thoros – though he’d survive for another day presumably due to his high alcohol content. Things quickly go South when the DM rolls for a random encounter with a damn zombie bear in a snowstorm. NOT MY BIG BEAUTIFUL MAN HE WAS KISSED BY FIRE AND HE IS DESTINED TO MAKE GIANT BABIES WITH BRIENNE!īut first our heroes had a mission: secure an undead soldier to bring back to the meeting with Cersei. ![]() The episode toyed with us further by later putting Tormund in mortal danger. I was seriously worried Tormund would bite the big one given how many great lines he delivered (his unfamiliarity with the word ‘dick,’ his adorable infatuation with Brienne, etc). Tormund was this week’s Davos – the jolly, witty character that made every scene he was in a delight. We were treated to more fun dialogue between these fun combinations of characters, such as Jon and Jorah discussing Jon’s sword Longclaw, which was given to him by Jorah’s father. Wide, zoomed-out shots of men marching in the mountains evoked some fond memories of Lord of the Rings. We had only three POV’s this week, with much of the focus on Snow’s Seven (plus redshirts). Our squad quickly ran into trouble in “Beyond the Wall,” prompting one of the most exciting yet weirdest, plot-hole-ridden episodes this season. Last week left us with the promise of a Squad of Ultimate Badasses adventuring within the zombie-infested lands north of The Wall. ![]()
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