I've been enjoying Game of Thrones, especially the past couple of seasons. In my opinion, it seems that the show creators have become more disciplined over the years, particularly as they've abandoned their tendency of depicting rape on-screen gratuitously.
Last night's episode "The Long Night" was a delight, particularly the ending in which Arya was the one to kill the Night King. I think many people were probably expecting Jon to do so. That probably would have been my bet - for, isn't that the story we're so often told? But then, when it was Arya, I immediately thought, Of course. Who else would it have been?
Also, did you catch that the dagger-switch move she used to kill the Night King was a move she had practiced while sparring Brienne previously?
And then, Arya with the Night King:
I like this small throwback to Arya's time with Brienne. It's meaningful that multiple female warriors exist in the universe of Game of Thrones and that neither Arya nor Brienne are Smurfettes existing in a cast of varied male character archetypes.
Talk about this, or other stuff? Any predictions for how the rest of the show will play out? What's YaraAsha up to?
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