The North Remembers

[rogueslayer452]

Okay, so, I quit watching Game of Thrones a while ago for many obvious reasons and don't care about what they're doing anymore, but something apparently happened in last night's episode that was purely magical and I've been feeling rather emotional about it ever since.




(source / watch the scene)

JON AND SANSA REUNITED! SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED TO SANSA! SHE IS BACK WITH A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY AND IS READY TO TAKE BACK WINTERFELL! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Seriously, I don't even care about this show anymore (the books are much better in more ways than one, imho), but this? This is something that I think was such a huge emotionally satisfying moment for everyone. We constantly have the Starks separated from each other, always missing each other when they're at the right place and the wrong time, going through horrible things alone. And now we have two of them finally reunited. This hasn't even happened in the books yet, and here we have two of them together again, and about to fuck shit up and take back Winterfell. And what makes this even better is that Jon and Sansa haven't even shared a scene with each other on the show, this is basically the first time we see them actually interacting, from their long emotional embrace to them reminiscing and laughing briefly about the past -- and it was glorious. The show has made countless dumb decisions, but this wasn't one of them. This was probably the best thing the show has given us in, like, literally seasons, it was something we were all needing and wanting. It was sweet and beautiful, and I didn't want it to stop.

Also? I am SO HERE AND READY for Sansa taking control. After everything she has been through (and what the show unnecessarily put her through, especially last season), seeing her be in charge and convince Jon to basically take back their home was amazing.

I HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALLY COMPROMISED I DON'T UNDERSTAND I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT WHAT DUMB THINGS D&D ARE DOING ANYMORE BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE. JON AND SANSA. SANSA AND JON. I DON'T PLAN ON GETTING BACK INTO THIS SHOW BECAUSE FUCK THIS SHOW BUT ALSO PLEASE DON'T FUCK THIS UP, I WANT THEM TO STAY TOGETHER THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH HELL ALREADY, GDI. RAISE STARK HELL, BBYS, TAKE BACK YOUR HOME AND REUNITE THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY.


We also have Daenerys with the Dothraki again and wrecking shit up, as per usual. I know that GRRM has mentioned that the Targaryens aren't impervious to fire and what happened with Dany initially was a one time unique thing (due to the red comet) in hatching her dragons and thus bringing magic back into the world, and I think she had been burned in the books after the fact. But honestly, I'm not even mad? I mean, the show hasn't been following the books for some time now (ex: excluding the majority of the fantastical lore and mythology of the world, including the prophecies and visions and the like which drive the characters) and have been neglecting a lot of the rules, never mind that it's basically been fanfiction at this point anyway. That being said, however, I'm still here for Dany fucking shit up and dismantling the patriarchy.

Jon and Sansa are possibly going to raise an army to defeat Ramsay Bolton and take back Winterfell. Daenerys is going to be the leader of the Dothraki.

Who knew it would take this to get me hyped for a show I'm no longer interested in? Plus, I'm so thankful that individual scenes get immediately uploaded onto YouTube so I can just watch the parts relevant to my interests instead of suffering through everything else.

Comments

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

This was indeed a lovely scene! <33 (Thanks for the link so I didn't have to go hunting on Tumblr). I was bummed that we didn't get to hear his reactions re: Theon (if they had even just kept Ramsay's line about wanting his Reek back along with his bride, that would have been a perfect opening), but otherwise it was great, and I see they have brought back the storyline from the books of Jon going to attack Winterfell.

Re: Dany, I didn't even realize that it was a one-time thing until after reading all the books and seeing that mentioned online (I didn't remember her getting burned elsewhere), but on the show that is clearly not canon, she had dragons shooting fire through her arms in season 2 as well. It was a pretty badass scene, NGL, even if we had to have boob shots. (Generally I am so thankful that Emilia had enough power to negotiate very little nudity in her contract after season 1).

[endeni]

Sorry, jumping into the conversation, but talking about nudity, I always find kind of hilarious how Dany's clothes always end up conveniently burned while her hair suffers no damage, at least in the books the hair got burned too. But I guess it wouldn't be as titillating an image LOL

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with that one actually, because the hair burning is what would NOT make sense. Unlike clothes, hair is made up of cells that are part of your body just as much as your skin cells, etc are--so either your body is fire retardant (whether because of inherent magic or a one-time shielding spell due to dragon eggs) or it isn't! Why would your fire protection be selective--how would the magic even know which body cells would have to be guarded and which could be sacrificed? I love the books, but this is one rare instance in which the show actually improved on them/made it more logical.

[endeni]

Yes, but aren't they dead cells? LOL but you're right how indeed would magic know how to distinguish between different body cells? *nods* I mean, I'm sure the show-runners made that decision purely for aesthetic reasons but your reasoning is indeed quite sound, thank you for sharing. Actually, I think I'll adopt this as my personal headcanon from no on. ;)