El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:00 pmBut the bulk of Dany's forces are at Winterfell. Cersei doesn't need to worry about an attack on the capitol while that's true. She has 20,000 Golden Company soldiers, in addition to whatever standing army she still has around - you figure that she can break off a significant chunk of the Golden Company to reclaim territory. If Dany's forces started moving back south, then she could pull soldiers back then.
That's kinda my point though. If you're Cersei and you send them to Casterly Rock, with the idea that if the capitol is threatened by Dany coming south you'll bring them back, what's the point of sending them in the first place? What goal does that achieve? Once upon a time Dany made a point of going to Casterly Rock, but assuming she wins in the north why would she go anywhere other than the capitol after that?
Redfive wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:26 pm
No way Jaime lives. In a whole series where I would be sure about nothing else-I'm sure of this. Probably.
I agree with that. My reasons include the feeling that Jaime, who wanted to be the ultimate fighter, would not be happy post-war with one hand. He's not cut out to be in management, he needs to be in the trenches. Assuming Dany's side wins, then what for Jaime? Back to Casterly Rock to mope around? I don't think so. Dying in some redemptive act is what I see in his future.
Lives:
Tyrion, who else is qualified to clean up the mess afterwards?
Sansa, she stays in the north
Arya, she wanders off to do whatever assassins do after all their targets are dispatched
Brienne, I see her helping establish a new world order where female warriors are a thing in Westeros
Sam, it would be mean to kill him off, he's been through so much
Qyburn, I think he becomes a victim of his own ambitions in some way