Quote Originally Posted by blake View Post
i thought the general consensus was that was snow, reflecting a premonition either about jon or the night king.

did the books make clear that was ash?

pretty sure its snow, revealing that someone (she of course) razed kings landing and has let in the snow, and that the snow is synonymous with not just winter obviously but more often the north. note that shes hesitant to touch the throne, perhaps because shes aware of the gravity of her actions.

also note that my comments about the iron throne being buried are likely wrong.

also if you go through the whole house of the undying visons/prophesy schtick, things do not look great for jon snow. we are told there will be three treasons against her;

- witch who killed her bae [ blood betrayal ]
- the slave pit master who worked with the harpys to poison her [ gold betrayal ]
- ? = love betrayal

i mean, it could be tyrion letting his brother go (she told him point blank if he fucks around again shes frying him and he fucked around again thinking offering her a bloodless path to the throne would get him off the hook, so gg tyrion) but thats hardly a treason.

likely:

drogon is an idiosyncrasy that has to be resolved for any sort of balance to return to the kingdom, and likely he's also developed a taste for scorched human flesh thanks to his mothers awesome impulse control.

the one ending that seems like it can make any fucking sense at all is jon slays the dragon [ third betrayal, for love, because the dragon is the key to destroying winterfell / sansa / everyone else with a moral compass ], grey worm facetanks jon as they already have beef according to the look he shot him during the sacking of kings landing, and then dany self sacrifices via blood magic to bring jon back, who now satisfies the prince who was promised prophesy.

which would make a lot more sense if the night king was still alive but here we are.