Alas, the Queen of Thorns flowers no more. And just when we needed her to rescind her advice: Dany, don’t be such a dragon.
Dragonstone
The long-awaited meeting between Denerys Targaryen and Jon Snow exposed unanticipated contrasts between Fire and Ice that, sadly, leave us with an unfavorable impression of the Queen of Many Honorifics. Jon and his traveling party have scarcely stepped on the beach before Dany’s retinue deprives them of their landing craft and their weapons. Jon—who has faced down White Walkers for Pete’s sake—surrenders Longclaw to a cartoonishly leering Dothraki. As Jon and Tyrion exchange pleasantries during the long walk up the sea wall path [Tyrion: Sansa is smarter than she lets on.