Sunday, May 28, 2017

Easter Eggs in the Game of Thrones season 7 trailer: Cersei’s killer and Arya’s dagger

HBO recently gifted us with a new trailer for Game of Thrones season 7, and the fans responded in droves, watching the trailer a record breaking 61 million times in the first 24 hours. With all those eyes on the trailer it seems impossible that something might have been missed, but here we are with all the parallels, callbacks, Easter Eggs and little “oh, I didn’t notice that” moments. Enjoy.

First up, we have these shots of Catelyn Stark and her eldest daughter Sansa, looking just like her mother. Pass the tissue please.

One of the more satisfying moments of the trailer though, was the moment Jon slammed Littlefinger up against the wall of the Winterfell crypts by his throat.

Which reminded us more than a little of the last time that happened. That’s right, Jon Snow’s adoptive father manhandled Littlefinger in much the same fashion way back in season 1. Same throat slam and everything. It seems the hatred of Littlefinger runs in the family. Or everyone just hates Littlefinger.

Hopefully Jon doesn’t suffer the same fate at Littlefinger’s hand as Ned did. And one more look at it, because Littlefinger get smashed can never happen enough and we’ve all given up the pretext that Ned was Jon’s father right?

Elsewhere, in the trailer’s creepiest moment, we see a greyscale covered arm extend its way out of what looks like some sort of cell. Of course, only our favorite Lord of the Friendzone, Jorah Mormont currently has greyscale on the show, but if there was any doubt gaze upon the thumbs in the two pictures. Thanks to this Reddit thread for breaking it all down for us.

Finally, this one might be a bit of a stretch, but this epic shot of Cersei and Jaime Lannister poised over the coolest map of Westeros we have ever seen, might just confirm Cersei’s ultimate fate. Spoilers follow from this point on.

Cersei is standing upon a portion of the North known as the Neck. The Neck is named because the continent narrows down between the Riverlands and the North, forming a sort of “neck” between the North and the rest of Westeros. Not that interesting on its own, but Jaime is standing very closely to a portion of the Vale known as the Fingers (Littlefinger’s home).

This becomes important when you factor in the the book prophecy of the Volonqar. We saw portions of this prophecy  in a flashback at the start of season 5, when young Cersei meets with a witch. The portion that was left off screen, from the novels by George R.R. Martin, reads thus “the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you.”

Volonqar means “little brother” in High Valyrian. Jaime is technically Cersei’s younger brother, as Cersei was born first. And the “Neck” and the “Fingers” sounds an awful lot like “hands” and “throat” no? Now our heads are spinning.

It wasn’t the only major spoiler to come out of the week, as eagle eyed Reddit fans (including this author) also caught a certain dagger attached to Arya’s hip from her Entertainment Weekly photos. Take a look.

That’s too close of a match to be anything other than Littlefinger’s Valyrian steel dagger from season 1. When last we saw the dagger, it was being used by Littlefinger to capture Ned Stark in the throne room of the Red Keep. Littlefinger and the City Watch betrayed Ned Stark to the Lannisters, which of course led to Ned Stark losing his head (and basically the whole series).

So what is Arya doing with it? Assuming Littlfinger maintained possession of it until Arya somehow acquired it, that could mean Littlefinger’s betrayal might have finally come to light. The dagger is a symbol of Littlefinger’s betrayal, so there would be some irony involved if Arya uses it to finally off Baelish and his terrible accent. We have so many questions, not the least of which is how much longer until season 7?

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