My thoughts on Arya, The Night King and maybe the most polarizing Game of Thrones ever. As the Night King walked into the weirwood, smirking as only the *unkillable* leader of a 100K (and counting) undead can and stared down an emotionless (and motionless) Bran I thought, “Well it’s certainly not going to end like this. There are too many episodes left.” So when Arya did her very best Cat of the Canals leap onto an unsuspecting Night King it was for sure a momentary, “What the?” surprise. But after a beat, it really wasn’t much to have seen it coming. Of course, Arya had been set up for this very encounter, given the Valerian dagger by Bran, trained in just this kind of combat, told by Melisandre she’d close eyes of all colors, set about with a singular purpose to avenge all those in the world who would seek harm on her family. It couldn’t have been Jon. Dude makes every tactical mistake in the warfare book (see: Battle of the Bastards, see: Walking the Watch out be
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