What do those new Game of Thrones season 7 photos mean? Spoilers! Speculation!
By Corey Smith
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Just kidding, it’s ARYA FREAKING STARK! Now, our first instinct is that this shot comes from The Twins, House Frey’s stronghold. It was the last place we saw Arya, slitting Walder Frey’s throat. Now you might say, Arya isn’t wearing a mask in this photo, but no one in the Riverlands would be likely to recognize her anyways. It’s not lit in the blues and grays we expect from Winterfell or the North, so we are betting this shot is taken while she is still in the Riverlands.
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Ok, not much here except Jon’s posture. Similar to Daenerys’ Jon, is clearly meeting with someone important. Jon is dressed to the nines and even has Longclaw peeking out from under his cloak, something he only wears for formal occasions or battle. We’re gonna double down here, and say this is Jon and Daenerys meeting with one another. Now excuse us, we have to go find our inhaler.
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The Hound has returned to the North! (Remember he came north with Robert Baratheon in season 1.) The Hound doesn’t look too happy about his present circumstances, and dare we say looks a bit fluffier than the last time we saw him? If the Hound is in the North, that means he’s thrown in with the Brotherhood Without Banners and is headed north for a showdown with the White Walkers. We pity the White Walkers.
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See we were having such a good day, but then we see this photo of Littlefinger clearly attempting to manipulate Sansa. Sansa didn’t look too happy with Jon after being elected King in the North in season 6, and we are sure Littlefinger will attempt to take advantage of that. Interestingly enough, Sansa doesn’t seem to be turning him away but considering what he has to say. Please don’t turn Stark against Stark Game of Thrones, we can’t handle that.
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Ok, now we are happy once more. Tormund’s off kilter pursuit of Brienne makes us laugh like little school girls. Brienne clearly wants no part of Tormund, but Mr. fierce warrior couldn’t care less. This shot looks to be from the courtyard of Winterfell if we are any judge, so that means Brienne has returned from her fruitless trip to the Riverlands. Hopefully, she serves as a voice of reason to Sansa and counteracts any nonsense that Littlefinger is sprinkling in Sansa’s ear.
Oh, and please make all our dreams come true and let Tormund and Brienne settle down and raise a half dozen or more little warrior children. We don’t ask for much.
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Seriously Uncle Benjen, you couldn’t have left them closer to the Wall? Or given them a horse? It’s nice that you saved them and all, but you took Meera and Bran to the one-yard line and then bolted. You’re the worst uncle ever.
Anyways, Meera looks fairly tired of pulling Bran around here. Bran, though, appears to be looking up at something above them. The best guess would be the Wall, as it’s, you know tall. Otherwise, Bran could be peering up at dragons flying by. We mentioned Dany and her dragons will make it to Westeros, right?