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Points will be awarded for any or no reason.
Hey, were you expecting a season finale full of dragon fights?
Well, guess what: You did not get that.
What you got instead was a lot of admittedly important!
table-setting for next season.
People are fleeing from and preparing for the war thats coming.
Multiple characters are having visions about the future.
Someone literally says Winter is coming.
I dont think so.
The big news here is the ongoing accumulation of dragons and armies.
Rhaenyra has her squadron set and also gets Daemon back in line.
And so, we wait.
And give out points.
With this being the season two finale, the point totals at the bottom represent the final tally.
Only a few weeks ago, she was trying to negotiate her way through with diplomacy.
Then she was staffing up with dragons to win by projecting overwhelming strength.
I mean, its not great.
you’re free to see how the logic evolves in her head, though.
The bodies are really piling up here.
Being in charge does not seem fun.
So, with that said, why and how does she get six points this week?
Real win-win here for Rhaenyra.
.Alicent Hightower: 2 points
.
Shes done with all of it.
Really rough season all around for this lady.
Helaenas dragon is the RV in this situation.
.Daemon Targaryen: 7 points
THERAPIST: Hello, Daemon.
DAEMON: I have wonderful news to share.
THERAPIST: And what is that?
THERAPIST: Oh, wow.
Thats actually kind of wonderful.
Can I ask what led to this decision?
THERAPIST: So nothing from what we worked on here?
DAEMON: Not really, no.Mostly the visions and bleeding tree.
But I think were good here.
Send me a raven with the bill whenever the paperwork is ready.
clairvoyant sister-wife represent the first good things that have happened to him in… months?
Weird family, the Targaryens.
The second option would be really funny.
Lets at least consider it for now, okay?
.Hugh theScorpion MakerDragonrider: 6 points
Did Hugh do anything of note this week?
He just kind of stood around and told Ulf to chill out a little.
Am I giving him six points anyway?
It appears I am.
It was closer to an hour.
This is not exactly Helaena-level clairvoyance by me.
The show made it pretty obvious between his feet being on the fancy table and his manners around Rhaenyra.
I can just go do cool dragon stuff.
This is the problem with making a goof a god.
Lots of ways this can end well for me.
Well come back to this.
.Mysaria: 5 points
Mysaria didnt have much to do this week.
Or really at all since she and Rhaenyra stole that secret kiss.
Are they still kissing?
Are they just hooking up off-camera?
If it was a one-time thing that never happened again, why isnt it a little weird between them?
Its a strange situation, both for the characters within the show and from a storytelling perspective.
I dont know what to make of it.
Im so happy she has a dragon.
Rhaena deserves a treat.
.Baela Targaryen: 8 points
Just the coolest.
Stop being such a baby and go do one single proactive thing in your whole pathetic life.
I would have given her 10 points if she told him she was leaving him for Oscar Tully.
.Corlys Velaryon: 3 points
He seems like a good Hand but a not-great dad.
I suspect he and Otto Hightower could have a good conversation about this over a goblet of wine.
Inexcusable failure on his part.
History will remember him for this.
Or at leastI will remember himfor this.
But at least we have Lohar around now.
I cant wait to see what Lohar gets up to next season.
She might already be my favorite character on the show.
.Alys the Witch: 8 points
Oh, youre awake?
like come with me.
Its going to be great.
.Tyland Lannister: 2 points
Steamrolled in the negotiations he was sent to handle.
Pulled off the equivalent of winning a baseball game by getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Two points seems fair.
I assume well find out more about all of this next season.
It would be really funny if we dont, though.
.Simon Strong: 9 points
Simon gets nine points.
- I love him very much.
Simon is a good man.
