I don't know that I like what this means.
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I don't know that I like what this means.
I don't really get what happened this episode. The faeries created the white walkers to protect the tree but now they came to kill them all because Bran? And Bran made Hodor warg into the future from within a flashback and it already happened? This needs some fleshing out.
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I think the Bran caused everything theories are starting to look like reality
I don't know if that was supposed to be profound and sad but I laughed.
Thankfully the White walkers showed up and killed the dumbass fairies and the stupid fucker and his tree. Too bad they didn't get Bran too. Then fatass could use that as an excuse to not explain shit in future episodes. Good look writing yourself out of this.
Yeah, bizarre. Weakest episode of the season by a mile.
This is actually kind of simple, but the show didn't set up the pins right for people who haven't read the books.
Old Nan told Bran stories about the Children of the Forest fighting the First Men, about Brandon the Builder and how he built the Wall to keep out the White Walkers, etc. That info needs to come back in some way and then be contrasted against two things:
- The R'hllor idea of a "Great Other" God since that is now obviously b.s.
- Bloodraven's warning to Bran about staying too long in his visions
So the important info:
- CotF were fighting the First Men at some point
- CotF created the White Walkers to fight the First Men (neat info: the guy they transformed is the same actor in Night's King makeup)
- The WW went all Cane Toads on the CotF for some reason
- Azor Ahai (R'hllor, an artifact of CotF attempts to stop the WW) makes the ultimate sacrifice to drive the WW back, CotF and First Men make a truce
- Brandon (Stark) the Builder builds the Wall with magic from CotF to prevent WW from going south
- Bloodraven's warning to Bran about staying too long in his visions
So yeah. He's Brandon the Builder. It may not happen this season but he's going to see the horrors that the WW cause, go back in a vision and try to help, and get stuck.
And Frog: In the multiple attempts to wake/warn Bran during the attack, combined with his inexperience, he wasn't able to separate his warging of Hodor from the dream he was in. Hodor paid the saddest price possible for Bran's screwup. Of note, in the books, Hodor is *very* resistant to Bran's warging and *very* afraid when it happens - but Bran can't figure out why.
Why does every fucking scifi/fantasy show that sticks around long enough resort to time travel? It drives me crazy.