Hey guys, Pete here. I have another Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 bonus
video for you today the subject of this video will be Bronn and what exactly is
going on with. him I'm not the biggest of Bronn fans I mean I like the actor and I
like certain parts of his story but some people are super into Bronn
I get the attraction as he's cool you know he's a lowborn guy he worked his
way up he sort of has that everyman hero kind of thing going on plus he could
definitely be funny but sometimes I think they overdo that part of the
character a bit so I like him but I'm not in the super fan club since that's
the case I didn't pay much attention to the idea of him being hired by Cersei
via Qyburn in the first episode of season 8 honestly it didn't seem likely
that he would follow through with killing his old friends and when I did
my episode 1 recap I just basically left it there since then I had some comments
about this so I thought about this a little bit more what stands out to me
the most about the scene with Bronn in the short amount of time we spend in
King's Landing is that they included it at all considering they condensed the
final season to 6 episodes based on having the ending completely mapped out
we should expect that every scene is essential for what they have in store
think about it they couldn't give us a few more seconds to show Daenerys
internalize that the night King has control of Viserion one of her
children you know one of her dragons couldn't add an extra minute to make
John discovering he was a dragon rider more dramatic I mean think about it
insert any instance of something you thought could have been a little bit
longer or anything else they could have added to episode 1 and realize that
they gave us this scene with Bronn instead this leads me to believe that
Bronn has an important role to play in the end game of one of our main
characters and I think I know what it is let's look into who that might be
first things first Bronn's story has gone a different direction in the books I won't
go into it too deeply because I want to keep this short but Bronn hasn't actually
showed up in the books since he turned down Tyrions offer to be his champion in
the trial by combat the updates we do get about Bronn and what he's up to in
the books all come through Cersei he ends up following through with the
marriage Lollys that she set up and later she
becomes the lady a Stokeworth with Bronn as its Lord. Cersei is the catalyst for
this as well and not because she's trying to help bran get his castle in
fact in her paranoia which I discuss more in the Cersei video I made in my
problem series she starts to worry that bran might still be in contact with or
under the control of Tyrion so she launches a plan to have him killed this
backfires and in the end Bronn is in Stokeworth with Lollys this obviously
doesn't line up with what's happened in the show so what I think is important
here is that Cersei she doesn't trust Bronn because of his connection with Tyrion
and that does line up with what I said in my episode 1 recap while it seems like
a bad choice to choose Bronn for this job even if he doesn't follow through it
gets him away from Cersei if he kills them then that's a bonus if he doesn't
at least he's not a potential threat for the Queen inside King's Landing
Qyburn even points out that Tyrion and Jaime aren't likely to survive their
northern adventures when he puts up to her proposal. so what did we see in the
actual scene Bronn is entertaining some working girls and Qyburn interrupts he
tells Bronn that Jaime and Tyrion had broken their promises and that the Queen
wants to rectify the situation Bronn brings up that Cersei had also broken
her promise of giving him a wife in a castle in Qyburn says that Jaime did
that not her he tells them that there's gold waiting outside gives him the
crossbow the Tyrion used to kill Tywin and implies that there would be more of
a reward if he actually follows through I think the natural thing that we're
supposed to wonder about is if Bronn who paints himself as a mercenary that will
do anything for the right price will go through with killing them or not
I think that's unlikely based on what we've seen and I think that bran does
have a sense of loyalty to both Tyrion and Jaime on top of that he has to no
Cersei doesn't have much of a chance to hold on to her crown if Daenerys and her
dragons survived the battle in the know I just don't think there's great
motivation for him to actually kill them I think the fact that they included this
scene at all means that it's about something else in season 5 episode 4
Bronn and Jaime travel to Dorne they have a conversation about ways to die after
Bronn kills the snake that was getting ready to buy Jaime while he was sleeping
when asked how he'd like to go Jaime says in the arms of the woman I love now
I think most people expect that Jaime's going to die before season 8 ends I know
I put him in my death predictions video and I think the better question is with
whom Jaime will die rather than if he will die since this episode aired back
in season 5 people have speculated that it might be Brienne and I think this
Bronn scene seals the deal this is why I know a lot of people are talking about
this trial Jaime's gonna have to go through in episode 2 - we've seen that in
the trailer for episode 2 but we've also seen him fighting later on in the Battle
of Winterfell from the original trailer so we know one way or another that trial
isn't very important as far as him being found guilty or something along those
lines it's actually going to be a reveal I think that Bran will probably
intervene with evidence about what really happened with the Mad King the
Jaime actually broke his oath and killed him to protect the people and in a very
dramatic fashion that truth will find the kid out there we know that brand has
seen this in his visions he's seen the Mad King in his visions and we know that
Jamie has been haunted by this idea of being known as the Kingslayer before
that happens I expect that Brienne will make a passionate plea to everyone and
that Jaime will be moved by this obviously there is love between Jaime
and Brienne but I think this moment will make that clear for everyone to see then
when Bronn arrives he'll tell Jaime that Cersei sent him there to kill him and
that will finally be when Jaime's love for Cersei truly comes to an end since I
think he will die and I think it's likely to be in brianne's
arms I think this could be Bronn's real importance for the end of the story in
my thinking it has to be clear to Jaime in his heart
and in his head who the woman he loves is I think the crossbow could probably
play a part in this as well of course they used that as a call back
in an episode with a crazy amount of call backs but you have to admit that it
seemed like a weird touch to include my guess is that this is what Bronn would
use as proof of Circe's intention Jamie left Cersei to go north
but he's loved her for as long as he can remember more or less when he told Bronn
he would die in the arms of the woman he loved he was obviously talking about
Cersei I think when he sees the crossbow he'll have to confront the truth and
this will push him in Brienne's direction now admittedly I have been a
Jamie as the valonqar fan for a long time I've always thought it was fitting
ending for both characters and yes I understand they changed what Maggie said
in the show I actually made a video about that a few years ago but I still
think that it's baked into Cersei's motivations what I mean is that I don't
think you can create an adaptation of the character in the books without
having this be part of her motivation whether it's explicitly stated or not
Cersei is a paranoid human being it's what drives her and this idea of him
killing her has made it difficult to decide when Jamie might actually go out
but as far as dying in Brienne's arms is concerned I guess it doesn't matter he
could die in the battle fighting by her side or you could die later in King's
Landing but either way I think Brienne will be involved with his end I also
have always liked the idea that Brienne would fill out his pages in the white
book but who knows that the Kingsguard or the white book will even exist when
all is said and done the important part is that Bronn will explain what the Queen
is up to to Jaime and he will realize that Brienne is actually the woman that
he loved I find this much more satisfying than a Bronn character that is
facing a dilemma of killing his friends or not but what do you think do you
think this was just included because we have to have a good ending for Bronn he
has to decide to do the right thing or not depending on which side you think
he'll end up on or do you think there might be something to this idea that
he's really just a device to get Jaime straightened up on who he's in love with
before he actually bites the bullet let me know in the
comments I thought it was interesting during the red carpet that a lot of the
media outlets were reporting about what he said about his character he was
saying that the fans might not like him so much anymore you know I'm
paraphrasing obviously and that the filming wasn't that difficult for him
after seeing episode 1 it became clear that he was saying that as it related to
the first episode not his entire character arc for the season this
actually adds a little bit more fuel to that fire because were at the time I
thought maybe he was gonna stay in King's Landing and maybe even be the one
who shoots down a dragon with the scorpions he may have just been trying
to pull the wool over our eyes a little bit in those interviews knowing that he
was gonna go north and hook up with Jamie that's it for today I will be back
at the beginning of the week with my normal schedule of videos I'll do a
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