I love Varys’ face when Bronn said he rounded up all the known thieves, he most definitely killed some of his little birds

Dialogues were gold in the first seasons.

Knowing Varys, I've no doubt he was standing in that doorway many sentences before he actually walked in. Quietly eavesdropping. Old habits probably die hard.

I love how practical Bronn is.

“Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves” “For questioning?” “Uh, no” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Varys's face when Bronn talked about the thieves

Soldier: King Stannis, they're throwing books at us! What do we do!? Stannis: Uh...

"GODS! THE WRITING WAS STRONG THEN!"

I think any sort of "high council" needs an occams razor type person like Bronn. Someone to simplify and remind people not to overcomplicate things. He knew what the problems really were and would be.

Ohhh, this type of stuff was golden. Two intelletcuals and an experienced sellsword, engaging in conversation and battle planning. I could seriously watch an entire episode on just those three talking. It truly aches my heart to know what their characters are reduced to in the final seasons :(

It's the small details that make the writing golden. Varys walking in and saying the name of the author correctly, only for Tyrion to give Bronn that "Fcking told you so!" glance. It's just easy, natural and economical storytelling.

2:47 Gotta love how Varys was able to say “That book is worthless.” In such a polite way.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH, the great sieges of Westeros."

Varys's face when he realises Bronn killed the thieves😂

I bet Tyrion felt at the time that it was the worst and most stressful time of his life. Being alone, with no previous military or siege or ruling experiences, and forced to figure out how to prepare a whole city and its defenses for an attack from a much higher force, commanded by a seasoned general. While all the inhabitants ungratefully and fully depended on him to save them from being in all likelihood sacked and raped and killed in masses. And all the while having to answer to a hateful sister and nephew. Who, along with their groveling followers and their Kingsguard, not only were oblivious and useless and incompetent, but were almost openly against him and could potentially at any moment find out about his secret lover and make him never know what was done with her, or use her in the worst ways against him. And yet... He was at the prime of his physical integrity, which he still had. At the sharpest, though perhaps not the wisest, of his witty political mind, which was still not weathered nor beaten by guilt and inner conflict and life. Empowered and trusted by a father who had never done so before. Missed by a brother who still loved him. Loved every night by a very "skillful" lover who was still totally devoted and loyal to him. Accompanied by the best and most reliable and most protective squire ever, as it would soon be proven, who he still had. Counselled and assisted by his most competent and arguably best friends in the world, who still fully had his back. And constantly having the upper hand on his haters, who still couldnt humiliate or destroy him. Oh my dear Tyrion, how could you have known that this was actually the best time of your life, and that it would all change so suddenly, and would unlikely ever come back...

I love how they both silently agreed that however Varys pronounced the name was the correct way

"Have you ever been in a city under siege?" Look at Varys' face, he's already internally conceded the point, he's just waiting for Bronn to finish his point as he's the one who knows best.

"You don't want me cleaning m' nails. You don't want me looking at you? Why am I here?" "See, this is why the children never visit!"

@ 1:37 Varys slinking in from the dark, having dropped an eaves on the entire conversation, knowing his timing with perfection, a true player of the game.

I love how when Varys concedes that Bronn's tactics have a point, he starts cutting his hands again as if to say "I won", but then Varys names the archmaester and Tyrion is like "yeah, well I won that one. Maybe my wildfire plan is going to work."

i love how there's a lot of sub text with high level players. But every scene with Bronn is STRAIGHT to the point

Bronn and Tyrion. Secretly married.

love the unspoken dialogues going on in these scenes "we could throw books at them" --> you lords dont seem to have much of a clue about fighting "we dont have that many books" --> i might be a desktop noble but im not stupid "we dont have that many men either" ---> either way we are screwed

The small details of this show were so good, I loved that moment where Tyrion tried to pronounce the name of the author with Bronn “correcting” him then Varys coming in, saying it correctly, and Tyrion gesturing at Bronn. It all felt so real and natural like they’re actual people interacting, plus we’ve all been there

Bronn -"We could throw books at his men!" Varys -"We dont have that many books" Bronn -"We dont have that many men, either" This made me giggle.

Plot twist: None of them know how to actually pronounce the maester‘s name.

For a few moments I am transported to another place and time. Very grateful for the excellent writing/acting.

A shame Archmaester Ch'Vyalthan wasn't a better author.

1:52 This line is even funnier if you read the books because it says that Varys actually started out as a common thief in Essos before making his way to the Red Keep.

The rivalry over how to pronounce Shovelthin was pure gold.

"I like to keep me hands clean." Ironic coming from a sell sword.

Bronn: “Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves.” Tyrion: “For questioning?” Bronn: “Ah, no.” Varys: (well shit, I just lost a few little birds…)

I love the face Varys makes when he learns something he doesn't already know, like at 2:03

Realistically, digging trenches, bringing seawater for boiling water and releasing all non combatants out of the city as much as possible should be priority. Less supply demands + delaying the siege means buying time for Tywin's relief force.

Boss: "You have to wear formal wear to work" Me: "We had a contract, but wearing formal wasn't part of it"

I love how Bronn refers to the Goldcloaks as "the boys" and "the lads" lmfao

Bronn brings the sort of wisdom the books leave out

2:06 Varys be like "glad this guy wasn't in charge when I was a kid"

Bronn always maintained this presence as a clever man who always has the simplest, practical answers to every problem. The final seasons could have certianly held my attention longer if some turn of events broke even his cool.

You can tell that by the way Bronn describes it, he's no doubt lived through seige before in the past. My theory is that he was a kid during the war of the Ninepenny kings, and that he was lived in a city that was under seige and witnessed everything that he's describing happened with his own eyes.

2:10 Varys.exe. Has stopped working

Bronn cuts to the point of anything so well that's why I love him.

Everytime i hear Varys response i burst out laughing its so funny 😂

"Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves" Bronn understood the point of the gold cloaks with scary precision. I mean, Daemon's original gold cloaks' first act was... Exactly that...

We could throw thieves at them! Bronn: "We don't have many thieves, either."

You know, despite Geoffrey and Cersei being thsee, this was peak King Landing politics. Both Varys and Little Finger on "the same page", Tyrion as hand, Bronn as the gold cloacks commander and The Hound as the personal bosyguard. That was Kings Lansing at the peak of strength in a post Robert Baratheon world. Imagine if it was Tommen who was crowned instead of Geoffrey. A fairer king, treating Sansa fair, having not executed Ned, and treating Tyrion with love and respect, etc. Kings Landing would have been impossible to succesfully invade. And that is without Selmy and Jamie.

Bronn: Me and the lads rounded up all the known thieves. Tyrion: For Questioning? Bronn: No, hanging.

I never noticed Varys' expressions during the conversation, especially when Bron alludes to killing the thieves (2:00). Love it

The face Tyrion makes when he hears how the name is really pronounced is funny as hell

3:02 George RR Martin knows GOT. He knows which storyline is the strongest, he knows which Season is the weakest. Season 8. Could destroy the fanbase in minutes and it's only 6 episodes long

I defy you to find 4 minutes of dialogue anywhere with more storytelling, character development, and motivation. Brilliant.

I like how Varys says 3:29 "We don't have that many books" as if that's a valid strategy

2:56 That exchange between Tyrion and Bronn is priceless.

1:28 this doesn't even look like acting, feels like a legit reaction and I love it

I love the way Bronn sounds like Blackadders Baldrick... (same view of life, I presume...) 😅

1:00 is hilarious 😂 “What?” “What?” “What?

1:33 How Bronn answers it wrong with such confidence🤣🤣

I love how Bronn always kept wearing this obviously too long vest, like some beggar, but still one of best swordsmen there existed.

I’ve rewatched this scene more times than I’ve watched all of season 8

2:10 You can hear Varys saying inside: My birds!

The look on Vary's face at 2:10.😆

The "what" "what" to me is such good acting, like genuine response whens someone annoys you lmao

Lol varys’ face when bronn says “uhhh no”. Makes sense considering he used to be a thief in his younger days to survive

I like how Tyrion is completely stumped until Varys walked in. It was like Varys had a "+100 to instant ideas".

How would Bronn's brilliant insights not be in any of those books? The whole concept of a siege is that it's a starvation fight. You surround the city so they can't get supplies, then you keep your own supply lines running until they run out of reserves.

"Me and all the lads rounded up all the known thieves." "For questioning?" "Ah no..." LOL

The conversation about the thieves is so funny to me. Just how Tyrion reacts to Bronn's "uh, no..."

"Tactics win battles, logistics win wars." Bronn understood that in a siege, basic supplies like food and water are far more important than strategies cooked up in battles from centuries ago.

Ohh god after rewatching the whole series 7 times it was today i realized tyrion was referring to the wild fire pots when he said pigshit

Bronn's finger tapping is pure asmr in my ears. 😂

Love how after Bronns rise in authority during this conversation, he goes back to cleaning his nails.

“Ah, the great sieges of Westeros, thrilling subject. Shame D&D weren’t better writers”

THe way Tyrion says "pig shit" with intention of humor while still looking as if he says it seriously cracks me up every time...

The changes on Varys's face's expression while Bran is talking are just fantastic... womderful actor's play here!

''For questioning?'' The way he asks that hahaha

I really wish they published real copies of in-universe books like the one Tyrion read in the real world.

At the end Tyrion: "Pig shit." Varys: "..is that a reference? I just got here, what are you talking about?"

Tyrion's tone of voice when he says "For questioning?" always makes me laugh

It's hard to choose a favorite character in this show, but Varys is definitely one of them. He has worked himself up from the streets to where he is now. He's still able to feel empathy and his overall lfe goal is to contribute to a better world. And he's very subtly funny.

Brilliant acting...pure gold

for questioning? uh no lololololol lmao

Conleth Hill's facial expressions in the background were one of my favorite parts of the show. 😭

Brilliant acting, all three off them, in all their scenes, their characters are masterpiece. But here they are very funny, too. :D Absolute joy to watch them. Tyrion is my favourite.

With all his intellect, he would rarely never get one over on Bronn. So entertaining, this duo.

Tyrion Reading the book cover is the best part

I think we all deep down want to be like Bronn; getting that bird's eye view and just seeing the world for what it is, no romanticism.

Sept. 6, 2018----First time I heard of this series was some time earlier this year when my aunt commented on how she watches every episode. My response was: yawn. But then I watched one, quickly followed by others. Which means I want to buy the tv series AND all the books just so I can compare the two. Thanks for the video clip.

*puts on nerd glasses* Actually, a gate that close to water was a nightmare in the era before gunships. Being so close to the water, there was not enough room to assemble an army capable of assaulting a gate and holding it and siege weapons had to be constructed during a constant rain of deadly fire on a thin strip of land. Davos Seaworth notes that "Those walls have never been breached" for good reason. Taking a fortress or city on the water was nearly impossible before ships could unload a broadside of cannon at the walls. Constantinople fell to an assault from the sea after defeating over a dozen sieges in its time by the Crusaders, but their army was huge and very well-equipped, including with knights charging straight off ships onto the beaches D-Day stye. And the city was beset with internal struggles that hampered the defense. And of course the Byzantines had Greek fire, which is King's Landing's version of wildfire.

Varys wanted to talk about this in front of Tyrion and Bronn, no back talk, no secrecy, no "whisper", he was starting to trust both of them but he was still doing this little tests so he can see the nature of the actions of them

Deamon would be proud

I could listen to Varys voice alone for a whole day!

What..? What? Why you staring at me? Lol that part had me 💀

I love the small hand gesture Tyrion makes to Bronn when they didn't learn the pronunciation of the author's name

The best pair of friends in series, loved their banter in the books

A man has been up since 0600, so watching these clips till 0030 isn't helping him get up in the morning. A man is calling it a night.

This show was so amazing. How could they do what they did to it at the end. I just can’t get over it I’m sorry.

Ch'Vyalthan was hot shit!! one of the finest tacticians!! I tell you!!

Gosh i love how funny they can be even in a dire situation.

These guys don't let you blink

This Bronn guy know his stuff. I bet he'll end up as Master of War or in some position where his talents will shine.