re: GoT S7 E4 "The Spoils of War" MAESTERS Thread

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I was thinking this was going to be more about the cave paintings Jon made.

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I was thinking that Dany was going to accuse Jon of making them himself to try and trick her and telling him to bend the knee or be her prison on Dragonstone.

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She looked jealous because while she was a useless hostage, arya was anything but

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Ramsey certainly found a way for Sansa to be useful.

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I think Jon bent the knee in the cave.

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I just don't see him doing that. I think it's more likely they did the wedding pact or just said "help me win the war against the NK and then we can talk about knees bending."

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So when Cersei is talking to the banker, she says that she would like to have the golden company retrieve some things that belong to her. What do yall think she was referring to?

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I assumed probably Sansa and/or Tyrion.

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We watched a similar scene play out between Syrio, a very small unarmored man, against a fully armored Meryn Trant and the other knights. Sryio immediately takes down the other soldiers and probably beats Trant if he's holding an actual sword. Both scenes were to show us that water dancing can be equally as effective as the Westerosi way, and likely a better choice for someone smaller and physically weaker. We also have those scenes with The Hound where he gives her tips to kill through/around armor.

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In reality, smaller, quicker swords became the norm after the age of armor had ended. A small rapier wouldn't do much against a fully armored knight with a helmet. The Hound was right.

That's why the Dothraki slashing everyone's throats is unrealistic. The soldiers would have maille underneath their regular armor, protecting their necks. Horses are all well and good, but not if all they had were their slashing weapons.

Anyway, if you've ever seen an expert with a long sword, you'd know that it's not just a lot of hacking and stabbing.

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I think Jon bent the knee in the cave.

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Christ. No way will the writers hide that big of a moment from the audience

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She also pointed out the difference in Bran's reunions with Arya and Sansa. His reunion with Sansa was very cold and indifferent as opposed to Arya's. Obviously he was weird TER with both but he actually hugged Arya back. It was something I hadn't considered and wonder if he's seen something about Sansa that we don't know yet.

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I thought it was bc Sansa was kind of the prissy beotch
Of the kids and Arya and ter were tight, and also buddies with Jon.

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A single brick of gold in today's money is about half a million. A 1,000 stack by itself is larger than the entire annual revenue of the largest companies in the world.

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ok

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You can probably fit ten or twenty 1,000 stacks in a good-sized wagon.

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I think you're off by at least a power of ten, maybe several, on how much you can fit in a wagon.

I'm pretty sure a stack of 1000 bricks would be several hundred feet high. Go count the number of bricks in the wall of your house, and if you like, add maybe 5 at the most, to account for the mortar. Offhand I'm going to guess that's a stack of 40 at the most, too lazy to go outside and look.
Then factor in how much more gold weighs than your standard brick.

You're not putting 10,000 bricks on anything a team of horses can pull, even if you had a modern interstate to support the weight. Over a dirt road, it would sink into the ground.

Bronn told tyrion that The Mountain was deceptively quick. Martell was probably the best fighter in the world or close to it. Bronn was a badass. Loras was pretty good too. They wanted no part of him.

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I'm sure it has been discussed, but do you guys think there is any chance Jaime and Bronn escaped?

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I'm thinking mermaids rescue them.