[TambaBerry]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I’ll nerd out and defend some “plot holes” for a minute...

Re: the NK knowing where Bran was at all times, I don’t think you have to interpret that literally as he always knows exactly where Bran is. I think the correct interpretation is that the NK can always find Bran by concentrating on the mark.

Prior to Bran’s warg flight, the NK was a little busy:
1) flying a dragon
2) commanding a mass horde of undead thrills telepathically
3) coordinating all battle efforts

Sure, he could have homed in straight to Bran, but there were a lot of other things going there. If you’re not really into fantasy and have not read/watched a lot of I, I get the confusion.

Re: the writing, I wholeheartedly disagree with the idea it has gotten worse. It has gotten different. Situations have become more life and death, more serious, and there’s less subterfuge and hidden meaning.

Re: the timeline and how people survived so long, we see the events sequentially, but I would believe that many of those are happening simultaneously. There’s too much to show and too many moving pieces to time it up sequentially, IMO.

Re: the number of named survivors, that surprised me also. But a few things... someone has to survive, and it makes sense that the best trained/most skilled would be the ones winning clear... it makes sense the wights would be less efffective when the NK was doing other things and focused less on them... and it would a very thrones-y thing to let favorites survive the big battle and then pick them off in less perilous situations.

Re: Gendry getting tired from swinging his hammer... he’s a blacksmith and has been doing that daily for several years. He probably has better stamina than anyone else out there.

That and he rowed a boat for like 3 seasons so his stamina is off the charts