Game Of Thrones
At the end ofGame of ThronesSeason 7 , the Night King use his newly evolve Draco tobring down the east end of the Wall , at last unleashing an army of wights and White Walkers on the Seven Kingdoms . But if this is him entering the last stagecoach of his Westeros expiry plan , we ’re left asking what he would have done if Daenerys had n’t plow up beyond the Wall with Viserion in the first place . Of course , the Wall come down is a major event that has feel like a story inevitability since the ancient , 700 animal foot - high titan was first stick in . And it now being breached ( if not wholly cut down ) serves - along with the confirmation ofJon ’s lawful lineage and claim to the Iron Throne- feels like the prescribed signalGame of Thronesis inscribe its final deed . Plainly , the Wall had to fall otherwise the storey ’s decision lacks its essential part . As such , theorising how it may pass and allow the armies of the dead to go from Wildling - trouble oneself pestis to immediate , deadly - coil threaten sure thing has been one of the biggest debates inThronesfandom over the retiring few season . Prior to Season 7 , the outlook was thatBran ’s mark- pass on to him by the Night King during a vision of his forces - would remove the magic placed on the structure by the Children of the Forest ( the Wall ’s origins are the stuff of myth , but it ’s assumed to be a partake in feat of the Westerosi native and the first men ) . The Night King attacking Bran already allowed him to break into the original Three - Eyed Raven ’s Children - protect hideout and kill him ; surely communicate through the Wall would do something similar?When he and Meera arrive at Castle Black at the start of the season , however , it did n’t have much of an shock - the Wall ’s remained stand under the watchful oculus of Dolores Edd all season with minimum worry . It took theNight magnate finding a presume - nonextant creature , turning it and riding it to wipeout to even create a mess , which is possibly the luckiest move in the full series .
What Would The Night King Have Done Without The Dragon?
As the Night King use the dragon he got just over an hr of idiot box time before to bring down the Wall , are we to assume he had no other way through ? The fact he ’s been traipsing around just northward of the Wall for year ( Hardhome is n’t relatively that far out from Eastwatch ) would definitely suggest his advancement was being halted .
If so , then that would intend had Dany never fly north then he ’d be stuck twiddle his thumbs , elevate the straggling Wildlings for slight long - term profit , only hoping for a find ; it was only when the three dragons descend over the ridgepole that an alternative presented itself and he act ridiculously quick . That ’s an implausibly convenient plot turn in a show once built on methodical storytelling as is , but as it ’s the biggest exploitation for the key unstoppable malevolent force immensely reduce the primary antagonists ' terror ; they are only pestilent due to the heroes ' failures .
There is an argument to be made the show is make a point of how man ’s reverence of death unwittingly only accelerates the inevitability ’s advancement , but there was nothing in the show that tries to put blame on Jon , Dany and co. ’s short - sightedness ( beyond Tyrion ’s berating , something that is much more politically focussed ) .
The Night Knight may have had another , more sentence - down trick up his sleeve - he is immortal , presumably , so waiting is n’t a bounteous problem for his dead ground forces - meaning the dragon just accelerated plans . Although , as there ’s no grounds of it , that begins making assumptions on the villain ’s plans , and leading us onto an interesting track .
Was The Dragon Always The Night King’s Plan?
The substitute solution reach the Night King a direct genius ; he wanted the Dragon to come north explicitly so he could claim one for his own . That afford him a logical design , explains away the old age of motionless development and makes the dragon an essential part of his seven - season figure - up , rather than empty spectacle throw in at the terminal act .
However , starting down that runway leads to many more assumption . How did the Night King love that dragons had returned ? Yes , he ’s magic and as the birth of Dany ’s kid score an increase mien of the occult to the lands of men he could have sensed it , but then we still have a chain of coincidences to get us to that point .
The only real explanation is that the Night King , like Bran is a greenseer . We bonk he has the power to burn through his vision from both him giving the mark and contain the wing Corvus corax which led to the Eastwatch Seven beginning their borderland north . This theory need it a dance step further and has him travelling through time / space to watch and build a scheme fromDany ’s approach to Westeros and relationship with Jon(who he already has beef with care of Hardhome ) .
On the nerve of it , that pass water a bunch of sense . Him sprinkle Bran ’s watcher ravens is first presented as cold menace , but could have been intended to begin a range of mountains of events that will go to a dragon pilot justly into his trap ; after all , he had three shaft on the face of it ready to take down the tercet of fire - breathers once they arrive . But even then we have to make saltation in how everything would get along together - no fan presage the grab a zombie spirit , scare Cersei schema , yet this suggest the Night King bet on it - and near perfect timing .
The Night King’s Dragon Is Another Case Of Confusing Storytelling
From a storytelling perspective - somethingThronesonce get over that this time of year has buzz off jerky - this muddiness and likely solution is particularly problematic . Along with its well - documentedtime travel / geography emergence , Season 7 has been dominate by developments that find out of character that are by and by attempted to be explicate as part of some bigger patch , yet do n’t defy up to close review . Take howSansa of a sudden turning on Littlefingeris award like it should excuse her and Arya ’s cold kinship over old episode , yet does n’t describe for the immature Stark threatening to wear off her sister ’s human face and pretty wearing apparel just an episode earlier ; at full the pair submit after Episode 6 , intend Arya still truly went full psycho .
Having the Night King scheme to grab Viserion basically make believe the entirety of " Beyond the Wall " a cheap position trick whose tenseness exists purely from key selective information being hold back . That ’s entirely fine in theory , but if there ’s no addressing of this fact or even an explicit cue things are n’t as they seem , it ’s trashy ( indeed , the showrunners have n’t made any statements suggesting this ) . Contrast to the Jon Snow uncover , a comparably seismic twist that has been capable to copious foreshadowing ; if the Night King is act a meticulous long biz , surely there ’d be both grounds of the plan and some hint at his cognitive leading .
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We do n’t much aboutwhat the White Walkers really need . There ’s theory aplenty , but the show has yet to make a full stance on if they ’re a misunderstood culture with complex want or a basic incarnation of last ( although Beric ’s speech to Jon would suggest , on screen door at least , it ’s the easier - to - convey latter selection ) . This helps build a right sense of unknowing fear in a show where much of the fury , while cruel , has role . At the same time , though , that ambiguity means we ca n’t just suddenly have deep , involved plot gimmick that seek to look smart necessitate them without establishment .
The Night King is either lucky andevery death that come from his United States Army in Season 8is the shift of Jon and Dany ’s fearful articulatio genus - jerk reactions , or he ’s an intermittently all - seeing , all - know genius who just spend most of his time a basic pure wickedness in zombie - leader ’s clothing . Take your plectron -Game of Thronesis unbelievable to explicate it .
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