The second episode continues to advance the plot slowly. The title of this episode is "The Birth of the Storm" , which in my opinion has two meanings:
One refers to Daenerys, who was preparing to counterattack Westeros on Dragonstone Island. "Storm Birth" is the first "nickname" she has had since she was born, which is quite retrospective and topical ;
The second is to render the current atmosphere of lightning, thunder and wind and rain . Every story line in this episode is related to the forces of Dragonstone, from Jon preparing to go south, Cersei preparing for battle, Sam healing Bear, Arya Eavesdropping on the situation of King's Landing, multi-point and multi-faceted joint efforts, together create a sense of urgency that the mountains and rains are about to come.
[PS: Some friends who have just met me have a lot of criticisms about the retelling of the plot in the article... I just want to say that I have always used this style, "reasonable first must have evidence", and the conclusion is too pale, if you don't love it Looking at the long text, I also try to make the key sentences bold and red, although many people like to read~]
dragonstone
The beginning of the chapter is "pointing the question", with thunder and rain on Dragonstone Island, and "Daenerys Born of the Storm" was once born on such a night on the island.
The atmosphere is very good, let's talk about state affairs. Of course, Daenerys will not believe the lords of Westeros, who are beating gongs and drums waiting for her to come back. Since she has the strongest force that swept the world, she can win as long as she pushes it - but now the problem Not to conquer, but to rule.
Tyrion reminds the queen that the vast majority of people are your people, who will rule in the future if it burns too cleanly? So, in a war that had no suspense, the strongest party began to increase the difficulty for itself...
On the other hand, Daenerys suddenly began to question Varys again. Although the octopus spider is very capable, but if he is dissatisfied with a monarch, he will try his best to cheat others, and his loyalty is worrying.
"I grew up living in the alleys, ditches and abandoned houses. Do you want to know who I am loyal to?"
The good friend of the proletariat, the great Comrade Varys, has always been on the side of the "people". The people on the Iron Throne have high positions, but the people are always suffering. The Dragon Queen is the most suitable person Varys has ever seen." King", so he was willing to help.
The two of them played the game of "you want/I will be honest, or I/you will burn" game, and this one is over. At this point, Melisandre asked to see him.
The girl in red came to "sell" the theory of predicting the prince again , but Varys reminded her that she had assisted Stannis in the past... She just promised to "give benevolence", and it is not very good to take people right away, Daenerys Although Melisandre was not convicted, she was also of little interest in her "prophecy", "I am not a prince."
Missandei corrected the translation, saying that the person prophesied in the original text has no gender...
At this time, Melisandre threw another blockbuster: I hope you can unite with Jon Snow, the king of the north, and listen to his experience, you should believe it.
Tyrion, who was silent on the side, suddenly said: I don't understand the "Oracle", but I'm still very accurate in seeing people. I know Jon, and we lived together for a while. This person is reliable. Trust me, and now that the Queen needs allies to deal with Cersei, she should contact this friend in the North.
Seeing that her Prime Minister had spoken out about this "usurper's illegitimate son", Daenerys naturally agreed - let him come and submit to me .
Then it's time for allies to gather in the war room to discuss strategy.
Now we have an invincible army, a fleet, and three dragons. Go directly to King's Landing and take it down in less than a day. What are you waiting for? Yara's words were also questioned by Sand Snake and Old Rose, and everyone was puzzled by Daenerys' delay in attacking.
Afraid of dying a lot of people? Isn't this normal? Because of the relationship between poisoning Myrcella, Ellaria and Tyrion are fighting again... It can be seen that the alliance is also full of contradictions.
Daenerys understands that everyone else only wants revenge, and it doesn't matter if Westeros's bottles are broken, but she wants a kingdom as complete as possible, not a wasteland.
Madam Olenna, who was burning with anger, was also disappointed with the benevolence of the Mother of Dragons at this moment...
I just want to hear opinions, but the sky has turned upside down? Since you choose to follow me, listen to me! Do not fight directly, besiege the city .
Daenerys and Tyrion are in harmony, she is responsible for making decisions, and the Prime Minister is responsible for explaining: If the Unsullied and the Dothraki are used to attack King's Landing, it will cause fear and backlash in Westeros, greatly increasing the current war and the future. It is difficult to rule, so the locals have to come.
Tyrion laid out his strategy methodically: first let Yara's fleet take the Sand Serpents back to Sunspear, and then take the Dornish army by sea to join Tyrell's army and besiege King's Landing together .
So the plan is to use our army to besiege the city, so what are you doing? ——The Unsullied went to attack Casterly Rock and directly copied Lannister's hometown.
Anyone could see that this was a clever move, and the disaffected allies fell silent, then agreed.
After the meeting, Daenerys left Mrs. Olenna to chat privately, he wanted to use "peace" to seek the support and advice of the Queen of Thorns, but she was educated by her: "Your Prime Minister is a smart person, but you can live with your old age. For so long, precisely because you don't believe in smart people, the lords of Westeros are lambs, and you are a dragon, a little bit like a dragon."
It’s time to get ready to go after packing up. Missandei came to Grey Worm, obviously a little dissatisfied that he left without saying goodbye. Then Grey Worm told the truth: “It’s too hard to say goodbye to you.”
Grey Worm expressed his heart to Missandei, "You have become my heart disease, you are my weakness."
Hmm... Then it's welfare time for two people... Although it looks like FLAG...
Winterfell
Jon received a letter from Tyrion. In order to prove that there was no adulteration, the other party also deliberately added a sentence " The dwarfs in the world are illegitimate children in their father's eyes ", such a "code language" that only two people understand.
It's him right.
Tyrion, on the orders of the Dragon Queen, invites the King of the North to meet the true King of Westeros at Dragonstone. Jon wanted to go, and Sansa, despite agreeing that Tyrion was a "different Lannister," felt it was too risky to go to Dragonstone.
Ask the Onion Knight again, and he also thinks it's too risky - but if the White Walkers break through the Wall, they also need allies, and they have "fire-breathing dragons" allies on their hands, so let's talk about it.
It wasn't until he received Sam's message that he learned that there were a lot of dragon crystals on Dragonstone Island, and Jon called the ministers and told everyone that he had also received a letter from Daenerys Targaryen a few days ago.
If there was no dragon crystal, Jon would not have planned to take the risk to the south, nor would he needlessly tell others... But now that this heavy weight has been added, his will is firm, and he directly stated that he would go to meet Daenerys, saying After that, I watched Sansa first .
"Longjing and allies, we all need it now! I have made up my mind and will go to Dragonstone with Davos." Jon didn't come to discuss with everyone this time, but sent a notice directly.
Sansa: Are you crazy? Our "grandfather" was burned alive by the mad king ("father" was beheaded when he became the prime minister, and "brother" went to war and was also killed in the end), and now you still want to go south despite the danger? !
Sansa's words were recognized by the majority of the audience.
The ministers of the north and the lords of the valley generally distrust Targaryen and Lannister. Leaders such as Glover and Royce bluntly said that Jon should not do this, and even Lyanna Mo, who has always supported Jon, Elmon, this time also raised objections .
In fact, it can be seen from the fact that Jon has no intention of taking the seat of "King of the North" at all, from the above-mentioned efforts to protect the Amber family and the Karstark family despite the instability .
"You recommended me to be the king, but I didn't want to be king, and I never asked for it." Jon stated that he did so much for the north, for the land where he grew up.
Everyone here is lucky to resist the Night King's army, but except me, none of you have seen the army of the dead... We can't be alone, we really need allies, and I have to go to this contact in person .
Since everyone is so worried about my departure, before I return, I will put the North in the hands of someone you can trust - my sister Sansa, who is the only Stark in the city now, and now the North is yours.
All this Jon had planned for a long time.
Before leaving Winterfell, Jon came to the tomb where the Stark ancestors were placed, and Littlefinger came close... I helped bring your father's body home. I saw Lord Tyrion bring me to say hello to him, I love Caitlin as much as your dad does. She doesn't like you, does she? She underestimates you so much...
Jon didn't plan to say anything to Baelish, but he "unknown" took advantage of it and said, "I love Sansa as much as I love her mother..."
This time, Jon was finally provoked , and used the same wall-throwing choke kill as Ned, warning Littlefinger not to hit his "sister" idea.
After all , Jon left without a good face, leaving little finger with an intriguing look.
And with the departure of Jon and Davos, there are really not many capable "talkers" in Winterfell today .
King's Landing
Daenerys is preparing for a "perfect victory" strategy, giving Cersei a breather on the Iron Throne, who has been selling stupid before, and it seems that IQ is starting to come online in season seven...
Cersei summoned a number of Westeros vassals (mostly from the Reach ) to negotiate, exaggerating the dire consequences of Daenerys' restoration of the Targaryen dynasty.
She stated that the Tyrell family had rebelled openly under the leadership of the Queen of Thorns. She helped the Mad King's daughter to let the Dothraki land in Westeros, and the barbarians and the Unsullied would be there for you. Burning, killing and looting on the land of the adults...
Cersei's message was clear: the mad Queen of Thorns, desperate for revenge, betrayed you, suggesting that the Tyrell retainers should do something else.
Then she mentioned the mad king Aerys, reminding everyone of the fears they once had under his mad rule. Wouldn't it be a bad taste ?
Then Cersei immediately spoke about Daenerys's behavior of burning and killing slave owners in Slaver's Cove, indicating that the Mother of Dragons would also be as terrible as the Mad King .
Some alarmist and stealing concepts are so eloquent, I doubt that any expert is writing a speech for Cersei... She said, " I can deal with Daenerys, but I need your help, everyone. It has to be united ."
In short, Cersei's seemingly reasonable and well-founded rhetoric moved many lords of the Reach.
After the negotiation, Jaime approached Randyll Talley, thanked him for being called to meet the Queen, and hoped that he would play a greater role among the princes of the Reach - only then did I understand why This time there will be so many people coming to King's Landing in the Reach, and it turns out that the popular Lan Dao took the lead.
It can be seen that after the death of the heirs of the Tyrell family, the Queen of Thorns led the rebellion and openly formed an alliance with the Dragon Queen. Many lords of the Reach were not completely convinced, so the Reach "led" by Lady Olenna There is still a lot of uncertainty about who the local army will deal with.
Jaime first flattered, "Lord Randall, you are really a military god", and then hoped that he could be his lieutenant and be loyal to Cersei... This is directly forcing the ambiguous Randall to stand in line , Randall It means "House of Tyrell to whom I am loyal".
Old fox, fake.
James directly stated that Olenna is no longer worthy of your allegiance. For revenge, she took refuge in the madman of the Long family, and let the group of barbarians under her command come to our continent - you should make a choice, whether you choose you or not. The Lannister you like, obeying the queen and the kingslayer, or choose the Targaryen that everyone hates, and join those foreign barbarians and eunuchs?
In the end, Jaime finally threw out a more tempting bait: the new Guardian of the South.
Although no footage of Lando's official statement was given, the purpose of his visit to King's Landing has been achieved.
Before that, Lan Dao also expressed concern to Cersei on behalf of the princes of the Reach, saying that Long Ma's army is unstoppable, especially the three dragons, which is simply history repeating itself ... Cobain said "there will be a way". After that, he took Cersei to the bottom of the Red Keep and saw the bones of many dragons.
No matter how powerful the dragon is, it is not invincible. Cobain heard that Drogon was once stabbed with a spear in the arena in Meereen. "Since they can be hurt, they can be killed."
For the past few days, Cobain has built the " Dragon Slaying Crossbow " with the best weapon masters and blacksmiths in King's Landing, and invited the Queen to test it first—
Cersei pulled the handle of the crossbow, and the huge steel spear shot out quickly, slamming into the skull of "Black Death" Balerion.
old town
The old town scene is actually the most chewy.
Dr. Marwin and the junior apprentice Sam treated the big bear together. The former bluntly said that Jorah's time was running out, while the latter brought up the experience on Dragonstone Island, but was blocked by the other party with more professional and strict rhetoric.
Afterwards, Dr. Marwin said that the Academy is powerless here , I miss you some status, give you one more day to do what you want to do, and then let it die.
After speaking, Dr. Marwin told Sam to hurry and leave the dead man alone... Before Sam left, he accidentally learned that Jorah's surname was Mormont.
Out of respect for the former Night's Watch commander-in-chief, "Old Bear", Sam wanted to cure Jorah's grayscale disease, and he found Dr. The case of...
But Dr. Marwin again refused Sam's request to heal Bear on the grounds that "Pylos finally died of grayscale, and the operation was too dangerous."
Here Jorah just finished writing the letter to Khaleesi, and Sam secretly came to treat him - it seems that Sam, who has tasted the taste of "violation", is ready to be eclectic again.
Sam's speech is also very organized. He first stated that he was a preparatory bachelor in Castle Black, and he wanted to help Big Xiong because he respected Mr. Xiong. Then he told him not to speak out because he was illegally treating and was found to have no good fruit to eat. Then he confessed that he was the first . It's the first time to do this kind of surgery, but he's the only hope.
So, the big bear cooperated obediently... First cut it clean, then apply the ointment... The specific process is not listed...
In the book that Sam read in the last episode, there are words such as "Dragon Crystal can cure...disease...", and I don't know if it will be used for grayscale.
Finally, I would like to say a few words about Xuecheng: When Dr. Marwin was guiding Sam, he always guided him to read more history books, and often deliberately downplayed the achievements of the bachelors in medicine. Obviously, there is a tendency to "value literature over rationality" - respect We are not unfamiliar with this style of sage classics, ancient teachings of ancestors, despising mathematics, physics, chemistry, and science and technology. The question is, as an academy that exports knowledge and technology to the entire Westeros, what does this mean?
Judging from the treatment of Jorah, there are probably two possibilities : one is that the academy is afraid of danger and shelved all hidden medical skills and technologies; the other is that the academy has mastered enough knowledge and has never stopped researching, But only let others learn what they are allowed to learn...
Either way, the latter is more likely.
river land
Following a "disgusting" screen switch, we went from the old town to the tavern in the riverlands (is it Earl Harroway's town?).
Once again , I saw Arya's "faceless" basic skills - listening to all the news around her. She heard two profiteers discussing whether King's Landing would be surrounded by the Dragon Mother, and whether there was a chance to make a fortune...
Before she knew it, Arya had judged the general situation. At this point, Hot Pie recognized her and sat down to reminisce. Arya also shared the details of Hot Pie's style.
Hot Pie asked in surprise, "Have you made pie too?"
Arya said, "Once or twice."
Remember the pie Arya made in the Twins before she killed Walder Frey in disguise? There are parts of Hayward and Rosso's corpses (like fingers) inside, and Arya says "they're so hard to cut..."
Hahaha~ Damn it, Erya, of course this kind of pie with human flesh is not easy to do~
By the way, in order to be able to assassinate accurately and effectively, the "Faceless" seems to have a little understanding of everything - although it is more of a bad joke to make a pie for Walder Frey.
Hot Pie asked a lot of questions, and Arya just replied a few words, like "What happened to you?" She didn't answer at all... When Hot Pie wondered why she didn't go back to Winterfell, Only then did I realize that Arya thought that the place was still occupied by the Boltons, and it could be seen that she had no more channels to receive "news" due to the lack of information.
When it was time to leave, Arya finally showed some "human touch" before leaving, and the two "survivors" Hot Pie and Ali were separated.
After leaving the tavern, Arya hesitated, whether she should continue to go south to assassinate the enemy, or turn around and go north to find the only remaining relatives... After a while, she chose to go north .
While resting in the wild, Arya noticed a murderous approaching approach, and after a while, she was surrounded by wolves, and the last alpha wolf to appear was Nymeria, the direwolf she once let loose .
Arya was excited, but she couldn't be too overjoyed at the moment... She put down the sewing needle first, expressing that she was not malicious, then tried to make Nymeria remember herself, and then said: " Come with me, back to Midwinter to the city. "
Looking at Nymeria's eyes, it did recognize that it was the former owner... but it did not respond to Arya's request, but turned its head and led the wolves away.
Arya sighed in the cold wind, a trace of loneliness flashed on her face, but then she smiled again, "That's not you."
I used to be unwilling to be a girl who would marry a woman, marry a husband and teach children, but now I have become a free-spirited, lone killer who sees blood in my throat; once you were just a pet that accompanies me and obeys my orders, but now you have become The peerless wolf king who leads the group and looks at the world.
You and I have the same fate... may you always run free.
narrow sea
Probably because they felt that their chances of winning had a lot to do with them. On the way back to Sunspear City, everyone was very relaxed: the three little sand snakes discussed how to distribute their prey, Ellaria and Yara chatted, and by the way, Theon poured wine. .
The more you think the world is invincible, the more likely you are to capsize in the gutter—the enemy army is coming! The naval encounter broke out, Euron led his troops to kill, and the Ironborn civil war began.
It's a bit strange that Euron killed two little sand snakes: either it proves that "no matter how fast the agility is, the more blood is the king," or Euron really has a "magic" bonus, and he may have made all his crew dumb. Just to hide this secret, which can also explain why he is so reckless.
The battlefield situation began to tilt, followed by Euron VS Yara's uncle and nephew boss battle... Jiang was still old and hot, Euron held Yala under control, and Theon quickly gave up resistance.
At this time, Theon clearly saw the situation on the battlefield. His own troops had basically been slaughtered. Euron had a general in his hand, and he rushed to his death...
Yara saw Theon's choice and shed tears helplessly... Then Theon abandoned his sword and jumped off the boat.
To be honest, Theon once again showed his "stinky" appearance and ran away alone, which is one of the few bright spots in this episode. No matter how hard he tried before, he still couldn't become an iron man, the sense of dislocation of identity and the reality of being at a loss. The oppression continued the "tragic color" of Theon... He was just Theon.
After the battle, the fleet on the side of the little sea monsters has been crippled, two small sand snakes have been killed, and the remaining two sand snakes, one large and one small, and Yara have been captured, and the old sea monster has been fully recovered. win.
As for why Euron was able to make a precise sneak attack, it may be that Dragonstone has his fine works, or it may be that he is squatting in the narrow sea to the south of Dragonstone... Now, the only variable in this battlefield is Theon, who is struggling to survive. , his cowardice is also called "leaving a seed" in other words.
postscript
The seventh season has already released two episodes, and it can be seen that it is " slowing down ": it makes Cersei seem to still have a chance of winning. After all, it is too easy for Daenerys to win. It is necessary to divide her strength and slow down the speed of her advance. With the strategy of "encircling the points and fighting for aid", of course, compared with the direct sweep of King's Landing, it is only the difference between "fighting for one year and governing for five years" or "struggling for one week and governing for twenty years", and there is no right or wrong.
But in fact, the series is more about " speeding up the cutting of lines ": in the first episode, Arya completely destroys the Frey family. It's quite rude to watch it, and watching the second episode, Dorne and the Reach will also be I am facing further castration, but considering that the seventh and eighth seasons only have more than ten episodes in total, I can only keep the main plot to the maximum extent, which seems to be a helpless and necessary choice...
Also, the content of a spoiler online is getting more and more credible...but I still want to hold on to it for two more episodes before admitting it.
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