I really loved this episode and whilst I understand some of the critics so far I was engrossed with the story. This was my favourite episode of the season. Yes, it's somewhat unrealistic that Arya can be as strong as she is with the wound she received but it brought this chapter a nice closure for me to move her onto the next bit.
Her blind scenes made sense for me. As if the training led to this final test where she had to fight for her life, cutting the candle light at the end where I knew there and then she could survive because of all the training she'd had in the dark. You didn't need to see anything - you just knew.
At the end where she met the man of many faces and he said, finally a girl is no-one and she replied a girl is Arya Stark and she's going home - for me that was poetic. It was as if the whole thing was about her learning about herself to go home with a purpose. She'd lost her family, she'd lost everything so who was she? Everything she went through gave her a purpose and she know's who she is.
I could be wrong but I think it was set up for that. So to call it unrealistic when there are dragons, and faceless gods, and people brought back to life I think well you just have to go with it. It's about the meaning. I thought it was brilliant.
And to see the hound. Well I don't need to say anymore.
Her blind scenes made sense for me. As if the training led to this final test where she had to fight for her life, cutting the candle light at the end where I knew there and then she could survive because of all the training she'd had in the dark. You didn't need to see anything - you just knew.
At the end where she met the man of many faces and he said, finally a girl is no-one and she replied a girl is Arya Stark and she's going home - for me that was poetic. It was as if the whole thing was about her learning about herself to go home with a purpose. She'd lost her family, she'd lost everything so who was she? Everything she went through gave her a purpose and she know's who she is.
I could be wrong but I think it was set up for that. So to call it unrealistic when there are dragons, and faceless gods, and people brought back to life I think well you just have to go with it. It's about the meaning. I thought it was brilliant.
And to see the hound. Well I don't need to say anymore.