:D Touche'.

Holy ****ing Shit. Just... Jesus.

As usual, just so much to say.. to keep it short: that shot of Thoros with the enflamed sword was badass.

Most intriguing part of the trailer for me was probably the final shot of Jon hacking someone down. Who/what was it? Are those men or wights watching in the background? What's the context?

It didn't look like Thoros, it looked like Beric Dondarrion who used that sword in the fight with the Hound.

Concur.

You're right. I just had a brain fart.

My b.

Can't wait. No sign or word of Jorah Mormont? :(

was Tormund turned in one shot?

Pretty sure it was his arm leaking goo in the first one.

I'm officially excited after watching that.

Arya is noticeably absent. I think she's going full badass this season.

Arya is riding a horse with a look of concern on her face, then later there's a shot of her pulling Needle from her scabbard.

Where was Jaime? He was on a castle wall - Casterly Rock, fighting the Unsullied perhaps?

I watched the emergency awesome video and he said Jamie was on the battlements at Kings Landing.

Thanks.

Watched it again. So pumped. This 'gon be gud.

I cannot wait. I'm so goddamned excited. There isn't any scenes in there I see as meh.

You can see in one scene, where it looks like Beric is fighting alongside Jon against a Wildling/Wight horde. Weird that they would be fighting together...

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Jon's placement in the trailors is getting me the most curious.

Emergency awesome claims we also see Jon at Dragon Rock.

Does he go south, then north. Does he go north, then south?

My guess has to be south then north past the wall, otherwise these suspense scenes of jon fighting wouldn't be suspenseful.

My guess is he's north of the wall first, is saved by Dany after things go badly and then taken to Dragonstone with her.

So....Beric is Azor Ahai?

He has the flaming sword but that doesn't necessarily make him Azor Ahai. He always had the sword since like season 2.

I can get behind that too.

One would think that would happen towards the end, yes?

There are also thoughts that he goes south to dragon stone first to get dragon glass before going north for a fight.. Both ideas are plausible.

And I haven't watched anyones Beric azor ahai videos yet. I was surprised to see that connection. To me, "wields a flaming sword" and "lights my sword on fire" (cough cough Stannis) are two very different things. Is there more to the argument than the flaming sword?

Like most of you, I thought to myself "Holy shit, Drogon is HUGE now." However, check this video comparing Drogon's current size as of s7 compared to Balerion, the Black Dread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcyN_tH25R4

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Don't read this if you don't want to be spoiled. It may or may not be true anyway, but..

I just noticed you said wildling/wight horde. Is that what it is?

Why in balls' name are they fighting together? That's a head scratcher.

Some fun speculation -

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I've seen both of your spoilers as well. I'm going to guess...

I'm not sure which they are since we can't really see any faces. Not saying they would ever fight together.

Looking at the scene / gif again it looks like there are wights climbing towards the top with Wildings coming up behind them. Perhaps a group coming to help?

There is a theory out there the the Wights recognize John Snow as someone that has died. That might play into the season in some manner.

All of that is totally believable. And would be pretty awesome.

Theory about this...

Ah, that makes sense. If true Bran seriously messed up.

Good point. Yet Benjen couldn't enter when he came for Bran.

That's what most of the speculation is. That's why he could enter the blood ravens tree after all those years.

No. He just lights his sword on fire, like he did when fighting the Hound. I personally think the sword Sam stole from his father will somehow end up being the flaming sword Jon Snow picks up after Sam drops it.

I also think the Wall will be broken through at the end of the season whether if it's by the horn or something to do with Bran.

Also. Sansa will probably have Ramsey's baby.

And I'm curious of Jorah shows up the season, I kind of assumed he'd be the one to unite Danny and Jon.

A little fanservice cobbling of promos for a nice Sunday night JIMP.

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So I just caught something. At 2:35 the raven closest in the shot has normal eyes, then at 2:36 his eyes go milk white. It's as if Bran is warging into the raven flying over a battle.

Anyone else catch that?

Littlefinger Spoiler

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Is this spoilers?

Expanding on the Littlefinger spoiler...

Five... more... days.....

I could see both, but together seems weird. Hope it happens to him either way.

I'm going to have a boner for 4 more days, I should probably see my doctor.

I wouldn't take any Viagra that's for damn sure.

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Why did I watch that?

2 Hours and 52 minutes left.

My body is ready.

Hopefully, since they're giving us fewer episodes, they will all be loaded up with FX and killing and mayhem and destruction. I just don't see room for anymore Theon torture or Arya being blind gear-grinding story arcs anymore...

OMG! OMG! OMG!

9 minutes to begin... WAS AWESOME. :)

That was ****ing nasty!!!

Tormund.... "you're a lucky man." LMAO

TORRENTS ARE UP

I forget how boring this show is. About 2 episodes each season keep me watching, but the rest is just nerd porn. Fantasy is stupid.

I guess Jamie is figuring out just how delusional Cercsi is.

Also, why was Dragonstone completely undefended? I understand it could be a trap, no better place to fight a fleet when it is in port but still.

Well, Euron is going to be more fun than he was last season!

ROFL ... yer ****ing reeruned. That shit was awesome. You are probably one who jerksit to truly boring Saul Goodman shit. Even that show is good, but has boring moments. GOT is just fantastic.

Stanis Bartheon had taken over Dragonstone before heading north to eventually burn his daughter at the stake and die after losing in battle to Ramsey Bolton at Winterfell.

Guess nobody thought to fortify it...and because the plot dictates it to be abandoned.

Keep in mind this happened in history literally all the time. Castles were elaborately constructed, and then altogether abandoned, sometimes in days. This was especially true in areas that lacked natural resources.

It was occupied by Stannis, who was recently killed with the rest of his family.

but that happened like over a year ago... this show coincides with our real time lives.... right???? :eek:

Its true that people usually didn't live in them all the time because lets face it, they were built for defense and not creature comfort even in medieval times.

They wouldn't be totally abandoned though, usually a small detachment to at least hold them. Castles were abandoned in the later middle ages due to gunpowder cannons rather than just because. Whole new fortifications had to be built to defend against cannons.

;)

Well, in that case the only two regions that would could defeat dragons are the North and Dorne. The North by doing the classic Russian scorched Earth tactics and Dorne like they did to Aegon, hit and run with small units while scattering the army across the desert to die or be ambushed. No concentration of forces to let a dragon be a force multiplier.

Great season premiere especially with the cold open.

The disgustingness of the first Sam scene had me cracking up. **** that shit, man.

If we are to buy into the story being displayed in a linear fashion: Stannis died, Dany was taken away on Drogon's back, captured by the Dothraki horde, Vaes Dothrak was burned to the ground, Dany gained control of the Dothraki horde, the Sons of the Harpy revolted, Tyrion took control of Myreen, the slave masters were slaughtered, Euron gained control of the Iron Islands, Dany formed an alliance with the Greyjoys, sailed The Narrow Sea, and arrived at Dragon Stone.

I believe it is safe to say the time since Stannis' death has been substantial.

Can't wait to see Samwell turn that bunch of old cucks at the citadel into his bitches.

Also it's a testament to the quality of the show that I immediately knew that was Arya masquerading as Walder Frey and still enjoyed the shit out of the scene, and likewise with Euron Greyjoy storming off to find what will obviously be Dragonbinder.

Minor complaint: where's my badass shot of the dragons perching themselves atop Dragonstone? C'mon now.

Also **** Ed Sheeran.

Thank God for Arya's plot line.

Interesting. I didn't think about the horn as the gift. I thought it would be the decimation of Dany's fleet, but that is an interesting perspective.

Arya has the worst timing and direction I have ever seen. Headed home? Joins with the Brotherhood; kidnapped by The Hound, headed North, sees family die. Her family retakes Winterfell, and she is at The Twins, heads South.

It could be that, but it doesn't make much sense plotwise. Dany's army has to reach the mainland for the story to progress, right?