Every conqueror offers the choice of bend the knee or die.'
These lords disobeyed her and disrespected her in rebellion against the rightful queen.
Then she gives them a way out and they don’t take it.
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Her deal wasn’t even I’ll let you live.'
They could have kept all their titles and land.
So, yes, in one way, it’s a horrible death.
On the other hand, they kind of asked for it.
It’s a win-win situation and they somehow managed to find the lose' in that."
She knows he’s honest and is honest to a fault.
She’s seen the cave.
She can’t continue a war and still have Seven Kingdoms to rule after the war is done.
Jon is not about to send others on a deadly mission that he wouldn’t shoulder himself.
She’s gotten used to the technically-in-rebellion King in the North advising her.
They’re both, in a way, cut from the same cloth they’re both idealists.
They both care about the people they govern, which makes them unique in Westeros.
And they both feel the same weight of the crown.
All that that draws her to him.
He’s good hearted and would want to break the wheel' with her."
That’s worth exploring because the other possibility is death."
We almost brought him back in season 6 and it didn’t quite work out.
It made sense that Davos would want to save this boy who’s like a surrogate son.
And Joe is great which is a big positive."
(Read ourinterview with Gendry actor Joe Dempsie.)
It’s that natural human drive: Who’s better?
Who would win in a fight?"
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