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But it also made a sad sort of sense.
Among all the gathered decision-makers, Tyrion was recognized as part of the Establishment.
Grey Worm was not, even though he had been declared Master of War before Daenerys died.
As the only one with a title under the most recent queen, he should have had some say.
But some things in Westeros, as in life, dont change.
(King Bran: Im gonna go track down a dragon using my Psychic Friends connection.
You just keep running everything else.
he asks the group of Westeros representatives gathered to decide his fate.
Theres nothing in the world more powerful than a good story.
Nothing can stop it.
No enemy can defeat it.
And who has a better story than Bran the Broken?
The boy who fell from a high tower and lived.
In this moment, the person telling Brans story isnt Bran himself.
Its Tyrion, and, to be clear, hes spinning it.
Bran didnt justfallfrom a high tower.
Tyrions monologue about storytelling proves how much stories can influence belief in what is right.
But it also functions as the repaying of a debt.
Clearly something was said between the two that led to this moment.
Each is the outlier of the two most important families onGame of Thrones.
(Of note: Everyone in that scene except Tyrion is dead now.)
Its a wonderful moment of ascendancy for him.
(Its also nice that he has apparently read much of the literature provided by water.org.)
But the strength of Dinklages performance makes you believe it.
), which is,as previouslysuggested, one of the more unfortunate things about this final season.
That shortcoming does not, however, take away from the strength of Dinklages performance in the last episode.
Dinklage made me believe all of that.
His role in major events, as always, has been underplayed.
