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The most mind blowing part to me... GRRM introduced Hodor in his first book in 1996, and had the foresight to name the character for a scene that wouldn't be told for about 20 years in the future.

Or he'll be the reason that the White Walkers make it past the wall since it was his fault the spells protecting the cave where the Three Eyed Raven was no longer worked after he was marked by the Night King.

Interesting connection to the Fray/Frey.

I'm curious about LF's intentions with the Sansa meeting. That went exactly as anyone would have expected it would. Why would LF put himself in that position?

This entire show could just follow Baelish around and it would be interesting.

Indeed, his mistake have been out of ill advised curiosity and/or other childlike behaviors. He is not malicious, but he is learning the hard way that his actions can have terrible consequences.

I agree on Bloodraven. And the interesting thing about the way they are using "time travel" in this universe, as a causal loop, is that Bran can't rewrite the past, "the past is written and the ink is dry" essentially, he's going to inevitably do whatever was done in the past to affect the future. He can't go back and "change" the future like "what if I never fell" or "what if I warned my dad"

I wonder what implications that will have for his character development. Because, unlike many others in the series who actively choose bloodshed, torture, manipulation, etc., Bran is simply a kid that either screwed up or put his faith in the wrong people. And those actions led to all of these unintended consequences.

Relevant:

I think it is far more likely that Bloodraven was responsible for the Mad King's voices than Bran. Having seen what he did to Hodor, I suspect Bran will stop trying to mess with the past.

People are theorizing that Bloodraven or Bran were "the voices" in the Mad King's head. Therefore, all of those things could be true. This has some interesting implications on the rest of the series.

That's usually the reason you see success in years two and/or three of a new quarterback (let alone a new system). Happened with MV7 and Tyrod, as the prime examples.

We'd probably have seen it with MV5 as well, had he not been such a jackass.

Pretty sure he essentially short circuited Wyllis' mind at that point turning him into Hodor by permanently implanting that sense of pure panic of needing to Hold the Door in his mind. At this point, I don't doubt he's also going to be responsible for Lyanna's death, and who knows, maybe he's the one responsible for turning the Mad King mad.

Yeah people seem to be so wrapped up in the causal time loop implications of the episode (understandably) and even moreso in mourning over sweet Hodor (even more understandable) that they forget that essentially all of that bloodshed was Bran's fault.

Something that struck me last night was during the "previously on" portion, it showed Baelish saying "it's time to join the fray" when talking to the people in the Vale. But knowing Littlefinger, he could easily have been using a double meaning, actually referring to the Frey family. And then we have his unsubstantiated report to Sansa that the Blackfish has taken Riverrun. Seems like we're heading towards a trap in the Riverlands.

The joke has always been -- and always will be --on them.

there we go

Looks like the loluva media team is up to their old tricks again. Mark Hall, 59 on the front row, has what looks to be the largest left hand I've ever seen. And Mizzell, holding the flag, looks like he'd rather be anywhere but loluva, which I would imagine any of them would be thinking.

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