(05-14-2019, 01:11 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(05-14-2019, 12:43 PM)Dimson Wrote: I still think Jon reluctantly takes the throne.

I think he'll pull an "Hour of the Wolf" like his ancestor Cregan Stark did after the Dance of Dragons ended. He'll rectify things swiftly in short order, appoint people to rule the Kingdom's by committee by entrusting the likes of Sansa, Bran, Tyrion, Arya, Gendry, Samwell and Davos.

I think his heart won't be in it for the long haul after he loses Daenerys. He never wanted to lead. It just happens to him throughout his story. I know earlier on they tried to play up the idea of him being resentful because he was technically a Snow and not a Stark. But I think he's since grown up from that. 

The look on his face in that last episode where Daenerys chose to slaughter innocent people should tell you all you need to know. I really hope it ends with him walking away from it all. Maybe it'll end with him reuniting with Ghost and Tormund north of the Wall. Or he's in that cave where him and Ygriette were back in the day. 

Either way. I would be shocked if Jon accepted it reluctantly or not. Starks don't belong in the South. He may be Rhaegar's son. He may be half Targaryen. But he was still raised in the North and raised as a Stark. He'll go back North.

I like this line of thought.
Jon has never wanted any of it. Being a soldier, leading men. 

I really could see a scenario where Gendry ends up on the throne (The last surviving heir to Baratheon, the last legitimate king)

I really think there is one last turn in the show too. Something is coming to surprise everyone, since it seems so predictable to this point.

So far my biggest irk of this season was how Cersei went out. (if that was as it seemed.) I was hoping she had earned something a little bloodier. 
Also... Jaimie making it from ocean to the keep with a most certain punctured lung was a bit of a stretch lol

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(05-14-2019, 11:00 PM)Dimson Wrote:

(05-14-2019, 01:41 PM)FBT Wrote: After seeing the mad queen do her thing, I'm thinking it's not going to be a reluctant ascension to the throne.  It's going to be bloody.

My prediction is Arya takes out Dany.

Beware the rider on the white horse, for it is death.

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