The WiC Scale: Winners and Losers from “Battle of the Bastards”

For the second to last time this season, it’s time for the WiC Scale, the weekly rankings of the rise and fall of characters, withpout having to sit up for five hours as each voting borough slowly tabulates their results. Let us look back and see who thrived, who dived, and who just made it through the groundbreak “Battle of the Bastards.”

This week, we only spent time in two locations: Meereen and Winterfell and the battles of Ice and Fire played out. With a list as small as this, it can’t be two hard to decided who won and who lost.

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

 

Daenerys Targaryen, First of Her Name, Mother of Dragons, Burner of Ships, Friender of Ironborn: Even all three of her dragons fly free. Everything’s coming up Dany this week.

Up

Sansa Stark: One could say she won the Battle this week, when she was the one to ride in with the Knights of the Vale and save the day. One could also argue she won because she was the one who personally killed Ramsay. But is that really winning? Epseiclaly since she sold most likely her hand in marriage to Littlefinger to do it?

Jon Snow: Well, he won the battle, thanks to Sansa. Not that he did much to help, after basically making every mistake in the book against Ramsay.

Tyrion Lannister: Now only did he get his Queen back, but she listened to his plan–and even better, said plan worked.

Tormund Giantsbane: The Mike Tyson of the Wildlings lived to see his Beloved Brienne once more.

Lyanna Mormont: She lived up to her promise–at least one of those 62 soldiers she gave Jon lived long enough to be part of the final charge through the gates of Winterfell.

Littlefinger: He Who Gets Owed, Gets Paid.

Yara Greyjoy: She’s not only found a woman to back her claim, who will give her the Iron Island, plus the backing to make those idiot men she’s going to be ruling over to behave, she also found a friend.

Greyworm & Missandei: Life on the free side is working out pretty well–when your boss has the dragons anyway.

Rhaegal & Viserion: FREE AT LAST. FREE AT LAST! THANK THE RED GOD ALMIGHTY, THEY ARE FREE AT LAST.

Middling

Davos Seaworth: On the bright side, he lived through the battle. On the not so bright side, he figured out what happened to Shireen.

Melisandre: On the bright side, she finally got her vision of taking over Winterfell to come true. One the not so bright side, it would have been better for her if Davos perished.

Theon Greyjoy: On the bright side, Yara’s got a deal. On the not so bright side, a Lannster never forgets your insults.

Down

The Masters, The Harpies et al: They lost ugly. And they’re probably not going to try that again.

Harald Karstark: We’re pretty sure we never saw him die this week. That being said, he might have wished he did come next week.

Every Last Northern House Who Turned Jon Down: That being said, chances are if Jon Snow is made Lord of the North instead of Littlefinger, he’ll probably be magnanimous and let them live to become wight chow in the next couple of seasons.

Out

Rickon Stark: To be fair, as Sansa pointed out, the kid was dead anyway. It was just a matter of reality catching up to it.

Smalljon Umber: I know he said the Wilding would come and eat the northerners, but I’m not sure he actually meant that literally.

Wun Wun: Rest well, finally CGI giant, and dream of large women.

Ramsay Bolton: He had it coming. He had it coming. He only had himself to blame. If you’d have been there, if you’d have seen it, I’ll bet you you would have done the same. (Pop, bark, squish, uh-uh,
feed the dogs, flay-boy.)

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