Battle for Winterfell Predictions!

Quick Thrones Live/Die predictions before tonight's episode.... I know no spoilers and have seen nothing yet. I'm not going to go into every single character, since that feels silly and a lot of the "lesser" characters won't make it out - who exactly will be a crapshoot. Rather, I'll call out a few that I think might be noteworthy.

Guaranteed to live:

Jon, Dany, Jaime, Tyrion, Arya, the Hound

The story still has too much use for them. Jon and Dany's conflict for the throne. Jaime and Tyrion have story arcs with Cersei to resolve. Arya still has her kill list. The hound still has his brother. These guys live through, guaranteed.

Likely gone:

Grey Worm, Missandei, Jorah

Ok, ok... Grey Worm's the most obvious prediction ever. Why call him out? And Missandei, too? I mean, isn't ONE of them, enough? Jorah seems likely, since his role seems to have resolved last week. He called out Lyanna Mormont as "the future of our house" (I think she's a likely survivor), and willingly passed the torch on to Tyrion as Dany's hand. But I call out all three of them, since....

CRAZY PREDICTION:::::

DANY KILLS SANSA

... they're Dany's key advisors! And getting them out of the way paves the way for her to go full-on mad queen. The show has been hinting at this for a few seasons, and I feel like it is not a red herring. The show also set up a lot of fake tension between Sansa and Arya last season, only for it to go nowhere. This year, I think the tension with Sansa means something. I think Dany wants the throne no matter what, and Sansa would be a key player that would lead Jon to possibly pursue his claim. Sansa's story arc also seems to be over.

With her most trusted friends gone, her single minded pursuit of the throne (emphasized twice in the last episode), and her conflict with Sansa seeming to be real.... this is my BOLD PREDICTION!!!

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(and thankfully, the episode ratings say no sex or nudity in tonight's episode, so I'll be able to watch it live and not have to wait for filtering to catch up!)