May 28, 2016

Will she return soon?

Some time ago we speculated about a possible return of Catelyn Stark from the dead, rising as the dark Lady Stoneheart we know from the books.

Today a short video clip was published, taken down and republished. It claims to show the last 10 seconds of an unknown GoT episode and consists of a short and quite dark scene of a female face slowly turning towards the viewer, followed by the beginning of the GOT credits. Could easily be fake, but I'm not at all sure about this.

The part with the credits obviously is from an original episode, filmed from the screen with a mobile phone like the rest of the clip:


But this of course does not in any way prove (or disprove) the authenticity of the scene shown before. The face in that scene is not fully identifiable, but it looks quite a bit like Michelle Farley:


Furthermore, it also very much looks like the face of the woman in the snow in a photo that was "leaked" one year ago and supposedly showed LSH returning in S05E10 (what obviously never happened):


So from the visuals, I would not at all deny this being a legit leak; furthermore the scene might add credibility to the 2015 leaks - especially as both photos of that "leak" claimed to show LSH as a hooded figure in a snowy forest landscape:


At that time, it was totally unclear why Lady Stoneheart should be seen in such an environment, as we'd expect her to return in the Riverlands. But after having seen the season 6 trailers, this pictures seem to fit extremely well to the mysterious scene where Littlefinger, while standing in the Godswood of Winterfell, is approached by another figure:



Littlefinger's looks are very interesting - he looks not outright shocked or fearful, but very insecure and somehow intimidated; something we do not see very often on his face.

So it could well be that this is him meeting the love of his life, who is returning to her home Winterfell; to be more exactly: to the Godswood in Winterfell where we saw her in S01E01 with Ned Stark.

May 26, 2016

Will House Tyrell be castamere'd this season?

With the situation in King's Landing getting more and more tense, some kind of violent solution seems to lurk at the horizon. A closer examination of the last "strategic meeting" between Cersei, Jaime, Kevan Lannister and Olenna Tyrell in episode 4 gives irritating and foreshadowing impressions.

In that meeting with Kevan and Olenna the two Lannister twins demand a violent approach to resolve the "High Sparrow problem": though King Tommen has explicitly forbidden that violence should be employed against the sparrows - for fear for the life of Queen Margaery - , this is exactly what Cersei proposes.

To bypass Tommen's order, the attack on the Great Sept shall not be performed by Lannister forces, but by a Tyrell army. After some argueing and bickering, all of the four agree. And when this happens, Cersei's expressions suggest a whole bunch of emotions - not only relief, but clear hints to something much much darker behind it.

What gives this scene a special undertone of danger and doom, is above all the musical theme that is playing in the background:

THE RAINS OF CASTAMERE.

The Lannister propaganda song about a lord whose house got totally destroyed for his arrogance and disobedience towards the Lannisters. The song that is infamous for having been the starting signal and theme  for the massacre of the Stark family and soldiers at the Red Wedding.

We can be very sure that this has a meaning - no way it has slipped in there by accident. This theme signals doom and destruction to the enemies of House Lannister, and in this case it seems to announce the Castamerization of House Tyrell.

First of all, there is Lady Olenna's patronizing remark towards Cersei at the beginning of the conversation:

"My dear, you have been stripped of your dignity and authority, publically shamed, and confined to the Red Keep. What's left to work with?"

This reminds of what the Lord of Castamere said: "And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?"

But above all, there is especially one short dialogue betwen Cersei and Kevan Lannister that transports a very ambiguous and menacing meaning:

"You hate what they have done to your son."

This is what Cersei says to Kevan, obviously talking about his son Lancel. But I get the feeling that in her heart and mind she is at the same time speaking about her dead son Joffrey. When she says this, she moves to the side of Jaime, who is slighty nodding in silent confirmation.

So in a second meaning, "they" would refer to the Tyrells who organized Joffrey's death (together with Littlefinger); it could very well be that this information was the secret the High Sparrow told Tommen (which would also explain Tommen's shaken state of mind and tearful expression when talking about this to his mother).

By the way, the Rains of Castamere theme DOES start before the council meeting, right during the conversation between Cersei and Tommen...

And then Cersei continues, still talking to Kevan:

"[...] stand aside and let the people who took him from you be destroyed",

after which the camera instantly switches to Olanna Tyrell, who's averting her eyes...

All of this give a very strong impression that Cersei has another motivation and another plan besides what she states in the meeting.
And that this plan will be targeted at nothing less than the total destruction of House Tyrell, who took her son Joffrey from her.

As Jaime said in Episode 1:

"Everything they've taken from us, we're going to take back and more."

May 23, 2016

Episode 6 Preview (Updated)

EPISODE 6: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD


Written by Bryan Cogman. Directed by Jack Bender. 

HBO synopsis as of 2016-05-20: An old foe comes back into the picture. Gilly (Hannah Murray) meets Sam’s (John Bradley) family. Arya (Maisie Williams) faces a difficult choice. Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) faces off against the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce).
 

Horn Hill

On the way to Horn Hill
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Sam on the way to Horn Hill
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Gilly on the way to Horn Hill
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Dinner at Horn Hill
(Epsiode 6 Preview)

Randyll Tarly not amused
(Epsiode 6 Preview)


Braavos

Arya
(Promotion Photo)
Lady Crane
(Promotion Photo)
Theatre Play: Death of King Joffrey
(Promotion Photo)


North of the Wall

Wights attacking
(Episode 6 Preview)
Meera
(Episode 6 Preview)
Wights attacking
(Episode 6 Preview)
Wights attacking
(Episode 6 Preview)
Bran in vision mode
(Episode 6 Preview)
Meera
(Episode 6 Preview)
Meera on the ground
(Best Seat in the House)
A rider saving Meera and Bran
(Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Event Promo)


Bran's Vision: Tower of Joy, part 2

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From Vaes Dothrak to Meereen

Daenerys
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Daario
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Daenerys and Daario with the Khalasar
(Set Photo)
Daenerys and Daario on horseback
(Set Photo)
The Khalasar moving
(Epsiode 6 Preview)
Daenerys and Daario with the Khalasar
(Promotion Photo)
Daenerys and Daario with the Khalasar
(Promotion Photo)
Daenerys with the Khalasar
(Promotion Photo)


King's Landing

Jamie
(Episode 6 Preview)
Cersei
(Episode 6 Preview)
Tommen and the High Sparrow
(Episode 6 Preview)
The High Sparrow
(Promotion Photo)
Tommen in the Crypt
(Promotion Photo)
Tommen in the Crypt
(Promotion Photo)
On the stairs of the Great Sept of Baelor
(Episode 6 Preview)
High Sparrow, Margaery, Septa Unella
(Episode 6 Preview, Promotion Photo)
Margaery
(Promotion Photo)
Septa Unella
(Promotion Photo)
Lancel
(Promotion Photo)
Jamie waiting for the Tyrell soldiers
(Promotion Photo)
Jamie waiting for the Tyrell soldiers
(Episode 6 Preview)
The Tyrell soldiers approaching
(Episode 6 Preview)
Jamie Lannister
(Episode 6 Preview)
Jamie in front of Tyrell soldiers
(March Madness Promo)
Jamie in front of Tyrell soldiers
(Promotion Photo)
Jaime Lannister and Mace Tyrell
(Trailer 2, Event Promo)
Tyrell soldiers and a big crowd
(Episode 6 Preview)
Jamie on the stairs
(Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Event Promo,
Episode 6 Preview)
Tommen climbing the stairs
(Set Photo)
Margaery on the stairs
(Set Photo)
Tommen, Margaery, the High Sparrow
and the King's Guard
(Set Photo)
The royal litter waiting
(Set Photo)