This was a pretty bleak episode of the show. The cost of power is just too high anyone who chases it above all else will have to give up too much to hold it, and it’s the powerless masses beneath them that will suffer for it. Jon may make a fine ruler, as Varys had suggested, but after King’s Landing went up in flames, it seems like the wheel may be unbreakable after this week’s episode. Jon saw it as well his queen is not fit for the iron throne. But tonight we saw that Daenerys is well, truly “mad” by Westerosi definition, even if that shift feels sudden and unearned. The Targaryen heir wanted to end the cycle of tyrannical rulers who crushed the people to suit their own ends. “Breaking the wheel” was Daenerys’s stated goal. With Cersei dead, will her target shift to Daenerys? For Dany, can the wheel be broken? At this point she likely has a concussion and is barely standing but, on the other hand, free horse.īut this could also be more evidence that Arya is the legendary hero Azor Azhai, and I guess we’ll find out next week if she happens to wield a flaming sword. The only thing you can bet on is that his first name will be Muhammad.Game of Thrones finally delivered on a long-awaited fan service fight The two big deaths of Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode were still unexpected Game of Thrones wasn’t able to do with Euron Greyjoy what the books could Can Arya be killed? Is she Azor Azhai?Īfter infiltrating King’s Landing with an eye to kill Cersei, The Night Kingslayer just kept getting beaten up throughout the episode, to the point where it began to feel comical. As the kingdom undergoes an economic shake-up, no one is sure who will lead it. But he seems steadier than his youthful cousin. Human-rights groups are less impressed, blaming him-among other things-for the execution in January of a Shia cleric accused of terrorism. He boosted his standing this month by overseeing a tranquil haj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, marred last year by a deadly stampede. Ordinary Saudis view him as their protector. Saudi royals and Western diplomats praise him as serious and hard-working. Moreover, the crown prince is well liked. His economic reforms are causing real pain. The war in Yemen is already an albatross around his neck. Many princes are loth to let MBS jump the queue. The kingdom has traditionally been ruled by a royal consensus. So the 80-year-old King Salman, whose faculties are said to be fading, may need to move fast if he wants his boy to succeed. But if the crown prince did become king, he might well sack his young cousin. There has since been an effort to display harmony in the royal family. He went to Algeria, oddly staying there for six weeks and neglecting his duties back home. In December MBN seemed to go into a sulk. “What was noticeable was that Muhammad bin Nayef didn’t come rushing in to say, ‘Yes, that’s right’”, says Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution, a think-tank. But as the intervention turned sour, it was re-spun as a collective decision. At first he flaunted his leadership, meeting generals and visiting foreign capitals, always with the press in tow. Take the Saudi-led war in Yemen, spearheaded by Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) just weeks after he became defence minister last year. Each prince respects the other in public, but signs of tension abound. Although such speculation is taboo in the kingdom Saudis whisper about palace intrigue. This week Crown Prince Muhammad (or MBN, as he is known in diplomatic circles) represented Saudi Arabia at the UN general assembly in New York where world leaders congregate, dampening speculation that he may have been formally sidelined in favour of his young cousin.
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