{"id":4625,"date":"2016-03-15T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:40:41","slug":"games-of-thrones-dont-recognise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4625","title":{"rendered":"Games of Thrones: I Don\u2019t Even Recognise You Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span>ell, fuck. Here we are, two weeks after the Battle of Winterfell and somehow the North feels like the safest place in the <\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/game-of-thrones-season-7-sansa-stark-badass-sophie-turner\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven Kingdoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While Sansa and Bran Stark work from home in this episode, the Battle at King\u2019s Landing is a visual spectacle right up there with \u201cThe Battle of the Bastards\u201d and \u201cThe Long Night\u201d. So it made sense to bring back director Miguel Sapochnik for \u201cThe Bells\u201d, an episode that was certainly high on scale, but unfortunately fell a tad below mediocre in terms of satisfying character resolutions.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I recall a few years ago during seasons three, four, and five when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/game-of-thrones-powerful-women\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cemented its place as a pop culture behemoth. Every moment of every scene of every episode was meticulously broken down and then marvelled at on internet fan forums. The attention to detail, watertight storytelling and above all else, the phenomenal character development, made the show what it is today.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every character arc on the show felt real, and each time a character acted on its calling \u2013 like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-forgiveness-letting-go\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaime Lannister<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sacrificing his hand to save Brienne Tarth\u2019s honour \u2013 it would invoke visceral reactions from viewers. This season, it\u2019s safe to say that feeling has gone down the crapper, and \u201cThe Bells\u201d is another reason why. Here\u2019s what went down.<\/span>\n\n<b>Varys-Kebab<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To put it mildly, DB Weiss and David Benioff really screwed the pooch with Varys this season. Remember the Varys of yore? The scheming bald bastard who along with Petyr \u201cLittlefinger\u201d Baelish gave us some brilliantly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/technology\/siri-apple-decline-in-iphone-sales\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manipulative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and astutely executed plays for the throne? <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, this season he\u2019s just a gossip monger who thinks it wise to openly commit treason against his unstable queen. He even blatantly tells her lover\/nephew about his nefarious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/netflix-you-stalkers-millennials\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intentions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He might as well have had a noose around his neck when he told Jon, \u201cMen decide where the power resides, whether or not they know it,\u201d because he was pretty much toast by that point anyway. Naturally, Dany ordered Drogon to barbeque Varys alive. Much to Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister\u2019s horror. <\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">I recall a few years ago during seasons three, four, and five when Game of Thrones cemented its place as a pop culture behemoth.<\/blockquote>\n<b>Sex and the King\u2019s Landing<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many might recall feeling a little icky when they first saw Jon and Dany do the \u201cdance with no pants\u201d at the end of last season. Turns out, that \u201cwait-I\u2019m-boning-my-aunt\u201d feeling finally catches up with Snow in this episode, as he chooses to shy away from Dany\u2019s advances, leaving our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/bohemian-rhapsody-review-queen-freddie-mercury\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poor queen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sexless in the city. Now, Jon isn\u2019t the sharpest knife in the drawer and his record as a responsible pet owner has been sketchy at best (Ghost deserves a hug, damn it!), but hasn\u2019t anyone told him about the benefits of a good pre-battle boom boom? Did he not see what it did for Arya?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite her lack of Vitamin D, Khaleesi\u2019s assault on Westeros was hard to stomach. The Night King and his wights attacking Winterfell looked like SSC kids charging into Essel World in comparison. In fact, Jon and Tyrion\u2019s aghast faces at Aunty Dany\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/sports\/virat-kohli-india-australia-test-match-sledging-banter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aggression<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> felt like they\u2019d just realised that the real enemy might have been with them all along.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49180\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1557752408.jpg\" alt=\"tyrion\" width=\"775\" height=\"407\" \/>\n\n<b>Image Credit: HBO<\/b>\n\n<b>The Mad Queen<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then again, The Mother of Dragons has shown regular glimpses of her unstable <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/sports\/belgium-eden-hazard-fifa-world-cup-russia-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">temperament<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the show. She set ablaze the Dothraki generals who wouldn\u2019t bend the knee, she lit up Sam\u2019s father and brother like fuljharis, and most recently, she acted against her advisors and led her depleted forces from Winterfell to King\u2019s Landing. The seeds of the Mad Queen had long been sown. But nobody was ready for the stomach-churning levels of carnage Dany would inflict on Westeros. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only did she make quick work of the Iron Fleet, she almost single-handedly decimated the Golden Compass\u2019 and the Lannister <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/pulwama-attack-army-brats-national-security\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soldiers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> guarding King\u2019s Landing. In one of the most spine-chilling moments on the show, Daenerys paid no heed to Cersei\u2019s forces\u2019 surrender and proceeded to shower the city\u2019s innocent residents with dragon fire. Even Cersei, who annihilated the sept a couple of seasons ago, was upset.<\/span>\n\n<b>Hello Brother<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But hey! At least we got Cleganebowl, amirite? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game of Thrones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 own version of Kane vs Undertaker has been one of the most hyped potential plot-points on the show. Their showdown looked like something out of a graphic novel, with dragon fire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/i-love-signs-in-mumbai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illuminating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the sky above them and the city in ruins below as they brawled atop the Red Keep\u2019s devastated stairs. After Qyburn made the fatal mistake of trying to get in between the two, the Mountain promptly snapped his neck and Cersei had to make herself scarce. When his semi-human brother\u2019s mask finally came off, the Hound\u2019s expression was reminiscent of when he spoke of chicken in Season 5, he just wanted to dig in. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many ways, Cleganebowl was the best part of the episode since it delivered on both spectacle and character redemption arcs. It made absolute sense that The Hound, after realising that his undead brother could only be killed by fire, would take a leap of faith and tackle his brother down into a fiery abyss. Thank you for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/fani-memories-odisha-cyclone\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">memories<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sandor Clegane. Now can we name a KFC bucket after this guy already?! <\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49182\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1557752410.png\" alt=\"hound\" width=\"722\" height=\"407\" \/>\n\n<b>Image Credit: HBO<\/b>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">Every moment of every scene of every episode was meticulously broken down and then marvelled at on internet fan forums.<\/blockquote>\n<b>Until Death Do Us Part<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost fatally wounded in a duel with Euron Greyjoy, Jaime hobbles into the Red Keep to seemingly whisk his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/modern-family\/my-sisters-and-i-cremated-our-father-every-daughter-must-be-part-of-their-parents-final-journey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sister<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> away to some kind of incestuous getaway. But alas! Before they can reach the dinghy down by the beach, the tunnel walls cave in on them in the midst of their final embrace. What. Even?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/love-and-sex\/long-distance-mumbai-monsoon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romeo and Juliet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-like is not only all-too cheesy and totally unlike GoT but why Benioff &#038; Weiss saw it fit to give Cersei an almost fantasy-like death alongside the one she loved, is something I\u2019m still trying to get my head around. <\/span>\n\n<b>I Am Not A Lady<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping the spirit of inexplicable writing alive, everyone\u2019s favourite Night King killer, Arya Stark, spent much of the episode getting\u2026 stomped on by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/arre-checklist-4-tips-meghan-markle-slay-royal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commoners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? While Arya trying to save the city folk was believable, the number of times she got knocked around, despite her training as a faceless assassin, was laughable. At this point, we don\u2019t need to spoil anything since Weiss and Benioff are doing a pretty good job spoiling this show anyway. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Arya and a white horse being the only <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/how-far-can-we-push-due-process-for-sexual-harassment-survivors\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">survivors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the carnage at the end of the episode seems to be an obvious nod towards her being Azhor Azhai or the Prince (Princess?) that was promised. Her words to Gendry in the last episode, \u201cI am not a lady,\u201d seem all the more profound now. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49181\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1557752415-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"arya\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" \/><\/span>\n\n<b>Image Credit: HBO<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Thrones fan, I am still excited for the series finale next week. But it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/mission-shakti-anti-satellite-weapon-asat-drdo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">honestly <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seems at this point that, in its rush to get to the finish line, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoT<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has become one of those shows that have veered so far away from its roots that it almost seems like a different show altogether now.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/50-going-on-20-obsession-birthday-milestones\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">milestone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moments, \u201cThe Bells\u201d is proof that just like Khaleesi did with Westeros, the show\u2019s writers have no qualms metaphorically burning down decades worth of character development.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Warning, spoilers ahead) As a Game of Thrones fan, I am still excited for the series finale next week. 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