game of thrones (the show) (SPOILERS)

[grue]

ok ive seen bits and pieces. standard finale, things happened predictably from what i've seen. there's one interesting aspect tho

cersei buying the Golden Company is a full 180 from the books

now obviously in so so many aspects the show ignores the books, but hear me out

so there's at least three major sellsword companies in essos. the windblown, the second sons and the golden company

ignoring the windblown for a moment, why are these sellsword companies important? well, the GC is the biggest of them all and was founded by a blackfyre, that's a targarien bastard line that once took arms against the throne to try and take over (the blackfyre rebellion). over the yeears that have gone since, the GC established itself as the biggest company around, and has a reputation of never having broken a ccontract. but still, for several generations of leaders, the GC has been led by a blackfyre descendant and are therefore more or less targaryen loyalists in hiding. so much so that a strong plot point in the book is how illirio and varys have bought the GC to support aegon(daenerys' nephew) and they are, in the last book, invading westeros.

so yeah in the books, the GC are an enemy to the throne, supporting a targaryen that has a legitimate claim to the throne as the son of rhaegar. now, people (myself included) wonder if that aegon is really a targaryen, and I believe the theory that aegon is actually a blackfyre, meaning that varys, illirio and the GC are pushing for a blackfyre to take the throne as blackfyre loyalist. the plan is having him conquer KL and then marry daenerys. but that's not really important.

what's important is that cersei just "bought" 20k men who in the books are very unlikely to take the contract. and she plans to use them vs daenerys fucking targaryen. she's potentially sabotaging herself. it doesn't help that the guy closing the deal is euron "trustworthy" greyjoy. it seems like cersei is overestimating how important getting married to her is, maybe bc of the baby who she expects to be the true heir to the throne rregardless of who he weds.

however, the counterplan here could be euron marrying cersei, and with the golden company turning over to daenerys, stripping cersei of power.