Winter is coming.........

"I drink, and I know things...."

After a long wait......couldn't really tell you how many months it's been........Game of Thrones, the final season begins tonight.  We didn't watch it at first for lots of reasons, like not wanting to subscribe when we were already paying a huge price for cable.  Just didn't seem right.  It was costing us over $150 per month!  We finally cut the cord some years ago, and stream our shows now with Roku.  We can add HBO for a few months until GoT is over.  Truthfully, I think that picking and choosing what we want to watch is the way of the future, instead of paying a fortune to Comcast, Direct TV, etc.  Anyway.....

The hero, who returns from the dead....

One of my co-workers said he doesn't watch it, although he might if he decides to watch a soap opera.  and perhaps it is, perhaps it is.  It's a bit more brutal than a soap though.  A tiny taste of what the quest for power was like when we rode horses and had simple tools of war, like maces, axes, swords and the like.  But....

The weak and despicable....

There is loyalty, betrayal, heroism, intrigue.  Best of all.....there are dragons.

Not pretty dragons....fierce and fire breathing dragons.

Yes, the sets are beautiful, but it's the story.  Winter is coming.....

Love, 365 

********(the next day)

So, the first episode started out with Arya taking care of her list....the list of people who must die.  Afterward, I wondered if the "many faced god" did indeed accept her, as she is able to impersinate others with no apparent suspicion.  Interesting as I thought she had left that all behind.  But, understanding Arya's deep seated desire to erase from existence anyone who murdered her family members (& there aren't many left), perhaps that was why she was "chosen" in the first place?

Other than that, this episode seems to be setting the stage for the season.  Not a lot happening, other than Daenarys finally returning home, and that Sam Tarly will likely be instrumental in the living vanquishing the dead.  But we don't know, so we'll just continue to tune in on Sunday evening until the season ends.