{"id":1255,"date":"2016-05-25T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:02:07","slug":"game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bronn-drogon-daenerys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=1255","title":{"rendered":"Who Takes Home \u201cThe Spoils of War\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u201cWhen the heart starts pounding,\nThe mind loses steam\nAs Jaime charges down Dany,\nWe lose memory of our team.\u201d<\/em>\n\n

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ow that all is said and done, we can catch our breath and properly place \u201cThe Spoils of War\u201d, in the pantheon of great Game of Thrones<\/em> episodes. It could be Top Three, Top Five, or Top Ten, but for the emotional rollercoaster and the confusion it created in our rooting interests with Bronn and Jaime taking on Dany and Drogon, \u201cThe Spoils of War\u201d was a masterpiece.\n\nIn just the first 20 minutes of the episode, we witnessed the most emotional moment in seven seasons when fan favourite Arya was reunited with Sansa<\/a> and Bran, and it was only the 292992th most important thing to happen over the span of the shortest Thrones<\/em> episode yet.\n\nWithout further ado, here\u2019s a look at the contenders vying for the spoils of war:\n\nDany and Drogon<\/strong>\n\nAfter waiting all her life to fight for her rightful throne, Dany has been patiently listening to clever men around her, telling her how she should plan her attack. \u201cDon\u2019t attack with fire, you will be queen of the ashes,\u201d Tyrion, Varys, and now Jon told her, but here she was, listening to the OG Lady Olenna<\/a> (RIP), and finally living up to her rep as the Mother of Dragons.\n\n\"Game\n

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Image Credit \/ HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nDany unleashed the Dothraki on an unsuspecting Jaime, Bronn, and Dickon (DickOn?), and added some Drogon for the fun of it. Lannister soldiers became ash before Jaime could help, and were blown away by the wind before he could even count their bodies. We finally saw the Dothraki on Westerosi soil, and they were brutal, visceral, and victorious. Most importantly, we saw Drogon take Qyburn\u2019s big crossbow in the shoulder, and still come back to fight.\n\nJaime is in the water, Bronn could be dead, and DickOn is probably now DickOff. Not a bad day\u2019s work for the Dragon Queen.\n\nBronn<\/strong>\n\nWhat a fucking legend!\n\nWesteros hasn\u2019t seen a dragon in centuries, and Bronn looked it in the eye and said, \u201cCome on, you fucker,\u201d and nearly killed it. Bronn used the same dragon-killing Scorpion to skewer a Dothraki leader at point-blank range, got the trademark GoT<\/em> tracking shot \u00e0 la Jon in \u201cThe Battle of the Bastards\u201d, left his bag of gold to dive in front of Drogon\u2019s flames to save Jaime, while being the audience\u2019s proxy, and FINALLY gave a proper response to Dickon saying his stupid fucking name: Dickon.\n\n\"Game\n

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Image Credit \/ HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nBronn, the \u201cAlmost Dragon Slayer\u201d, the Protector of the Lannisters, and the hero of our hearts, is always a winner, but even more so in this episode.\n\nMeera Reed<\/strong>\n\nFor better part of three seasons, the beautiful teenage princess, Meera Reed has been literally pushing a wagon holding Brandon Stark to whatever place he might see in his head. She sacrificed her brother, her youth, and very nearly herself to save Bran, and when it came time to bid adieu, Bran became every asshole dude in the world, the one who wouldn\u2019t value a great girl.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m leaving,\u201d Meera said.\n\n\u201cThank you,\u201d Brann replied.\n\n\u201cIs that all you have to say?\u201d asked Meera, with a heart heavier than Jaime\u2019s golden hand.\n\nIn a show where most people are shades of grey, struggling between good and bad, Meera has always been good, true, and caring and loving, and by the looks of it, fell in love with Bran, only to find out that Bran actually died in the cave with Hodor, and all that is left is a young Three-Eyed Raven.\n\nIt was a heartbreaking exchange (I shed a tear), and Meera walked away with a broken dream, one which even Brann couldn\u2019t see. And this is why she is a contender for winner of the episode, because imagine how bad it could’ve been if she loved Bran more. Meera, then, is a winner for getting past the bullshit and taking her life back from the idiot who might be all-seeing, but turned out to be just another dude scared of commitment.\n\nJaime Lannister<\/strong>\n\nIn Season One, Robert Baratheon once said, \u201cOnly a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field.\u201d\n\nOpen field, meet lovable fool Jaime Lannister.\n\nSure, Jaime Lannister is a sister fucker. Sure, he threw a young boy off the ledge. And sure, he told Edmure Tully he\u2019d catapult his newborn baby into the walls of a castle. But Jaime isn\u2019t a coward; he\u2019s a simple man who loves his sister and loves to fight the fight.\n\n\"Jaime\n

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Image Credit \/ HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nWhen the Dothraki horde appears, the unprepared Jaime says, \u201cWe can hold them off.\u201d And when Drogon\u2019s outline covers the horizon, he stays to fight some more. In addition, the Kingslayer, all alone, saw his men burnt to the ground, and with one hand charged toward Dany in an attempt to become Queenslayer. It didn\u2019t work, but Jaime has faced Drogon\u2019s wrath lived to tell the tale.\n\nAnd the winners are\u2026\n\nDany and Drogon!<\/strong>\n\nIn the most gruesome battle in over 100 years, songs of Dany\u2019s win will be sung throughout Westeros, with jokes about Cersei\u2019s big crossbow adding punchlines. Most of the Lannister soldiers are dead, their commander and the Queen\u2019s love probably captured, with the Dothraki and Drogon mostly intact. Dany dealt a massive blow to Cersei and her backers, and to the victor, go the spoils.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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