The Big Question: Who will WIN the Game of Thrones?

I'm disappointed they threw Aegon/Connington out of the show. And I assume Varys doesn't have a role anymore as a result?

As long as cersei and Danny die, I'm happy.

I can either see Jon winning it and vacating it to focus on the north, or some other character like tyrion

@Storm_Marine:

Varys will have a high position on the small council if Daenerys or Tyrion sits the throne.

are all the tyrells dead in the show?

Samwell Tarly!

@LordQuorthon:

I think he will be GrandMeister if Jon Snow sits high in the Red Keep. Thats probably his relevance to the show.

I don't think anyone will.

while Mother of Dragons seems like the obvious choice, I think the prospect of ruling will ultimately corrupt her, the Mother of Dragons feels destined to rule and will stop at nothing to claim what she feels is rightfully hers and be compromised despite her desire to be a fair ruler for the people, warring for the throne will cause death to many of innocents regardless, she will be compromised in the fight in order to carry it out, and that will make her character expendable

I believe the sole heirs of each major banner, the humbled ones not seeking power, will unite in some fashion to bring peace, elect a new leader

the show by now should have fully established its true nature of being predictably unpredictable, so I won't go further than what I've already predicted, except to maybe guess who might be the sole survivors of each household:

• Tyrion will carry one the Lannister name, Cersei will die and her brother lover with her
• Sansa will carry on for the Starks, will grow to be stronger and live, Arya will die I'm sure, you don't expect a young character like her to die and being predictably unpredictable is the way the show goes, you expect the weaker sister to die and Arya by now was always the tomboy, willing to fight and survive, I'm guesing she'll die in a feat of heroism
• John Snow will represent the Targaryens, take control of the dragons who will smite the white walkers before disappearing off the face of the earth, assuming people were right in predicting who his mother was, I'm sure the uber-nerds have argued this out enough already and I have no real side either way or thought it through, so don't waste your time telling me I'm wrong you over-grown man-baby

Better fucking not be Daenerys Stormborn

I'm not sure what will happen to Bran but I think there's a good chance he will die, though not before he reveals who Jon Snows mother and father are.

The kid that can't walk and is being trained by the crow guy, forgot his name.

Ah that's his name!

This is my hunch as well.

I'll go with either noone or Jon Snow. I just hope that in the end Daenerys dies a painful death.

Based off the books, I`d say he`s going to turn into a tree, possibly a evil one. Bran and or Bloodraven are possibly the antagonists of the series.

Nobody. Martin Dies.

Hmmmmm...how close to the books have the show been, big-picture-wise, I mean. Obviously they've been really different for the sake of filming, but as far as overall story, this character doing that and ending up here or there, how close do they stick?

I just can't imagine Bran going evil, but then again I have no idea what to expect.

that`s the whole problem now that the show is wrapping up and the books are stalled.

either

1. The books and show are going to have vastly different endings.

or 2. massive storylines present in the book (Aegon especially) are dead ends that will have no impact on how it all wraps up. (this will be very disappointing)

Anyway I`m not fully up to date on the last season so I don`t know how Bran and Bloodraven are being handled.

I just watched some of the season 6 stuff.

So Bloodraven is dead. Ok then.

Interesting they included the time travel stuff though.

I completely stopped reading the books when I realized Martin had not finished the series. You can all keep holding your breath and let HBO be your pimp.

The hate for Daenerys is very strong in this thread. I must say Emilia Clarke's acting has been very wooden the past few years, like since she stopped getting naked.

Jon Snow will win and Bran will warg into a dragon to take out the white walkers.

The other two dragon riders will be Jon and Dany. Sansa will be given the North and reside as warden of the North.

Tyrion will be hand of the king.

I'm still hoping Lady Mormont gets a good position, she's such a Boss and my favorite character from Season 6.

However the show ends, I tend to think Varys and Littlefinger will still both be alive and locked in some new conflict. XD

It's very possible that whoever wins the throne will be like, "Hey, we just went through a millennia of seedy crap because we have a monarchy... let's give each kingdom their own throne, or do away with thrones altogether!"

So what about Arya guys? A lot of people seem to think she will die. I think she or Jaime is gonna kill Cersei, the more I think about it the more I think Arya will. What happens when she inevitably meets The Hound again?

@Ovirew:

I think Varys lives, Littlefinger dies finally. His luck runs out.

Why the hate for Dany? She's a lovely young lady.

Book 1 A Game of Thrones Jon Snow is outside pouting & Tyrion comes out to speak with him. When they're done Tyrion stops on the steps to finish talking & Jon Snow thinks & the image stuck with me that Tyrion was tall enough to be a king or something like that.

Forshadowing... yep.

Tyrion is a Targaryen. He is more then likely the son of a union between Aeris & Twyins wife.

it used to be like that and the kingdoms were in constant war with each other. then the targaryens conquered and unified the continent and things were more peaceful and better run for the most part.

"strokes beard sagely"

Pod!

In all seriousness, probably Jon Snow. Like many, I can see Dany dying. SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW SERIES!

@killingjoke94:

Haha I had to include Pod, maybe he gets Daenerys to be his sex slave.

Speaking of Daenerys, I never thought she would get killed but who knows. I think this season's epic battle will be Lannisters + allies vs. Daenerys + allies + dragons.

Will be interesting to see how Tyrion interacts with Cersei and Jaime. I honestly believe Jaime is more inclined to side with Tyrion over Cersei anymore.

@AFBrat77:

Interested to note you didn't include Varys though! I thought at one point he was plotting - still could be given the twists and turns of GoT - but I think has story has developed away from that at the moment. Again, who knows, he could be secretly out to eventually get rid of Dany!

I agree. I think Jamie will be the one to kill Cersei. Something poetic about everything coming full circle and killing the king (queen) again - plus he'd be a kinslayer then too!

Littlefinger. The world is run by despicable, conniving, strategic men like Littlefinger.

@killingjoke94:

I think Varys is more interested in being a powerful player in the manipulations of the throne, rather than being a King himself.

Afterall, he is smart enough to realize as a eunuch with no future blood heirs he won't gain much overt support, but it could be argued he could subtley wield the power covertly.

Whats with all the dany hate? The chick has just been trying to take whats hers and freeing slaves and stuff

@doomdizzle:

They are just upset she doesn't get naked anymore.......looks like a Danny-focused episode on Sunday, I think she and her dragons reach Westeros.

HOW the heck is

Jaqen H'ghar not on your poll? You don't see the potential of the faceless men being the eventual rulers of all?

So, what did you guys think of the 1st episode this season?

I'd give it an 8.0 / 10, I liked the opening scene with Arya and Danny reached Dragonstone, but too much Sam and not enough Tyrion.

My bet is on Jon

*SPOILERS*

I really loved all of it with the exception of the poop pouring montage, but Sam manning up and getting what he needed was nice.. I especially loved the continuity of Sandor running into the bodies of the people he stole from in a previous season. I love that Sansa is pushing Jon to think about all aspects of his actions. The Arya opening was great because I couldn't figure out at first if it was a flashback or what was going on, and then shit went down and she walked out like a badass! I'm excited to see Jaime and Cersei really collaborate for the first time, because for all their sexy times they really have been at odds on what to do about everything. The scene with Dany was excellent as well, admittedly lines from Tyrion are always great, but ultimately that scene was better off with dialogue we got.

I would say Littlefinger. Right now he seems to be in shadows of Jon and Sansa in the north. Everyone seems to be focusing on the Starks, the Lannisters and Dany regarding the Iron Throne. But Littlefinger is a master of the game of thrones and the fact that he is overlooked and underestimated will play to his advantage. The man has a plan and I believe he will play a bigger part in the future.

I've seen all 6 seasons of this show and while I must say the violence is fun and impressive, I'm at odds with the plot. You've got all these different factions vying for control of the 7 kingdoms but then there's this massive and powerful undead white walker army headed for the land. I always keep thinking while I watch this show and see more scenes of characters plotting for the throne "who the hell cares? There's an undead army headed your way and you want control over the throne? Those white walkers don't discriminate. They'll kill everyone"

Idk, maybe some of them don't know that this undead legion is upon them but it always seemed kind of trivial to me that everyone but the knights watch are more concerned with becoming the ruler. But I don't read the books so I don't know I could be missing something.

Still a fun, grisly violent show to watch though

Amazing episode last night, in my opinion one of the best in the shows history. Hardhome is still my favorite, but this one is great.

I really like the dialogue between the characters, Jon and Tyrion, Jon and Danerys, Davos defense of Jon Snow to Danny (Davos remains one of my favorites), Varys and the Red witch, Cersei and the Dorne lady, Jamie and the Highgarden mom, Sansa and Littlefinger, etc. The flow between scenes was fluid and the pace was great. 9.5 / 10.

Now Jamie knows for certain that Tyrion did not kill Joffrey, and its going to be an interesting dynamic when Tyrion meets Jamie and Bron again. Also when Arya and The Hound meet, and when they meet Sir Gregor.

Jon and Daenerys gonna be the new bro-sis love connection on the iron throne. And in the Game of Thrones you win or you die, so everybody else dies and that's that.

This man below will win it all:

@dr_vancouver: @dr_vancouver:

I absolutely agree with that, maybe a double kingdom with Jon ruling the North side, Danny the south, both Targaryens. Bran is anxious to tell Jon about Jons parents.

Cersei's gonna die in this somewhere, by Jamies or Aryas hand. I think in the end Jamie will have more love for Tyrion than Cersei, and he now knows for certain that Tyrion was innocent in the Joffrey murder, and Tyrion went through all that trial for nothing.

The trial led by Tywin and Cersei resulted in the death of that Dorne lady's lover which led to Myrcellas death. All was unnecessary.

Only a few people think the dead army is anything but a fairy tale. Jon Snow is one of the only people with any power at all who believes they exist, and he spent the whole last episode lamenting the fact he doesn't know how to convince anyone it is real.

I will admit, I thought Jon should have made an attempt convince Ramsay. It most likely would have gone nowhere, but he should have given it a shot.

Everyone will die a violent death... except Jon Snow.

Gendry.

Some guys get intimidated by women in power especially attractive women in power.

no one wins.

they sit for a time and then die

Fantastic episode! : I suspect Jaime and Bron are still alive.