Game Of Thrones: 12 Things You Learn Rewatching Season 6

7. The Tower Of Joy Is So Brilliantly Done

Game of Thrones Tower of Joy Young Ned
HBO

When Season 6 was airing, there was so much excitement around the Tower of Joy. This is one of the most obsessed and theorised over parts of the entire ASOIAF mythology, so bringing it to the screen was a huge deal.

Watching it back, with the hype dialled down, allows you to not just appreciate the reveals, but also how brilliantly done the whole thing is. While they do make some changes to the source, such as having Ned & Co go up against two Kingsguard instead of three, and Arthur Dayne carrying two swords, the sequence still manages to feel like it's been expertly ripped from the page and put on screen.

The fight is absolutely electrifying, the secret of Dayne's death works, and those final moments, with Lyanna lying in a bed of blood and asking Ned to promise her, are as beautiful as they are powerful.

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