Game of Thrones: 5 surprising quotes from people having second thoughts about the Iron Throne

Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark,

and Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark. Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO

Arya

"Jon: “I swore myself to [Daenerys] and her cause.” Arya: “I respect that.” Sansa: “You respect it?” Arya: “We needed her. We needed her amy, her dragons. You did the right thing… and we’re doing the right thing telling you we don’t trust your queen.”"

The only way to perfectly sum up this entire exchange is the “They had us in the first half, not gonna lie” meme. For someone like Arya who needs few allies, it seemed for a moment that she trusted Daenerys to be her true queen. Yes, she’s got dragons and her army, but why would that all of the sudden make Arya drop her faith in her brother?

Well, as it turns out, she didn’t. But in that moment of panic, as seen with Sansa, Arya was perhaps accepting that in this game called life, sometimes you have to use people to your advantage. Daenerys brought a lot to the table for the Great War, but that’s where that appreciation stops for her.

So while this isn’t a huge change in allegiance for Arya, it was interesting to see her be open and honest for a moment, revealing that she thinks Daenerys was good for something. But that “good for something” is certainly not being Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.