The first two episodes can almost be forgiven if taken into context here. Take a look at where Dragonstone is located:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/ima...g9wjpg.jpg
Now look at the proximity to Kingslanding, and where Dorne is located. The surprise attack made by Euron almost makes sense, except look now where Casterly Rock is... other side of the continent/land-mass if traveling by ship. How does any of this make sense? Well, if Euron got wind of the impending attack on Casterly Rock via ship as they stated in episode 3 (as if everyone knew it was happening already), then he just had to split his fleet up and be a half days travel behind the unsullied to remain unspotted, while he went in with a stealth crew to attack his cousin with a much smaller army. It also leads some credence to the concept that perhaps Daenerys has spys working against her in her own cabinet. Could also explain why the master of spys was left unawares if he was being fed false intel. I hope the writers expound upon this, because it seems the most logical course, as it's competely impossible for Euron to have attacked Casterly Rock after delivering the queen of Dorne to Cercsi since they were happening within days of one another.
Tl;dr; if Euron is the one who personally attacked Casterly Rock and there is not sub agents in Daenerys cabinet feeding her false information, then this show has dipped into ridiculousness, which is very sad. However... if Euron split his fleet to make this brilliant strategic maneuver and counterspys feeding Daenerys false information, then episode 1 and 2 can be forgiven for bad writing and lack of explanation of the situation, but the story would then make a lot of sense and be rock solid once again.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Looking forward, I see Daenerys fed up listening to her "advisors", pissed at both her loss at sea, and her unsullied being trapped. If you look at the map, if the unsullied leave Castlerly Rock on foot, they will be decimated by Cercis forces directly from Kings Landing. Cercsi took over HighGarden to pay back the Iron Bank (brilliant move) and has the dragon shooting crossbows, and she is forcing Daenerys hand and forcing her to use her dragons, so Cercsi clearly has the upper hand here! I believe Daenerys will ignore her advisors and lay siege directly to Kings Landing... and lose a dragon or two in the process and not take over Kings Landing. I'm not sure how Jon Snow and the Nights King play out in all this, but I am sure Daenerys will have to use at least one of her dragons. And I'm also not sure how Jon Snow finding out that Daenerys is his blood will matter at all at this point... if anything, it might make Daenerys hate and distrust Jon even more since he's the rightful heir and not her. Fire and Ice clashing? (btw, click that link, it's just a graph showing where Jon Snow fits into the mix)
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/ima...g9wjpg.jpg
Now look at the proximity to Kingslanding, and where Dorne is located. The surprise attack made by Euron almost makes sense, except look now where Casterly Rock is... other side of the continent/land-mass if traveling by ship. How does any of this make sense? Well, if Euron got wind of the impending attack on Casterly Rock via ship as they stated in episode 3 (as if everyone knew it was happening already), then he just had to split his fleet up and be a half days travel behind the unsullied to remain unspotted, while he went in with a stealth crew to attack his cousin with a much smaller army. It also leads some credence to the concept that perhaps Daenerys has spys working against her in her own cabinet. Could also explain why the master of spys was left unawares if he was being fed false intel. I hope the writers expound upon this, because it seems the most logical course, as it's competely impossible for Euron to have attacked Casterly Rock after delivering the queen of Dorne to Cercsi since they were happening within days of one another.
Tl;dr; if Euron is the one who personally attacked Casterly Rock and there is not sub agents in Daenerys cabinet feeding her false information, then this show has dipped into ridiculousness, which is very sad. However... if Euron split his fleet to make this brilliant strategic maneuver and counterspys feeding Daenerys false information, then episode 1 and 2 can be forgiven for bad writing and lack of explanation of the situation, but the story would then make a lot of sense and be rock solid once again.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Looking forward, I see Daenerys fed up listening to her "advisors", pissed at both her loss at sea, and her unsullied being trapped. If you look at the map, if the unsullied leave Castlerly Rock on foot, they will be decimated by Cercis forces directly from Kings Landing. Cercsi took over HighGarden to pay back the Iron Bank (brilliant move) and has the dragon shooting crossbows, and she is forcing Daenerys hand and forcing her to use her dragons, so Cercsi clearly has the upper hand here! I believe Daenerys will ignore her advisors and lay siege directly to Kings Landing... and lose a dragon or two in the process and not take over Kings Landing. I'm not sure how Jon Snow and the Nights King play out in all this, but I am sure Daenerys will have to use at least one of her dragons. And I'm also not sure how Jon Snow finding out that Daenerys is his blood will matter at all at this point... if anything, it might make Daenerys hate and distrust Jon even more since he's the rightful heir and not her. Fire and Ice clashing? (btw, click that link, it's just a graph showing where Jon Snow fits into the mix)
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