History Recap / GameOfThronesS5E9TheDanceOfDragons

* BadassBaritone: Mace Tyrell is shown as more competent and assertive than usual, and after he successfully renegotiates the loan terms with the stern Iron Bank, he shows off his certainly impressive voice with a folk song in the streets of Braavos. Even the Lannister mooks Cersei assigned to guard him are impressed.
-->'''Meryn Trant''': Thought that old shit would never stop singing!
-->'''Lannister guardsman''': Wasn't bad, though.

* ToughRulerFacade: When Jorah survives the fight in the arena, Dany quickly masks her look of concern for one of cold disapproval.

* ToughRulerFacade: When Jorah survives the fight in the arena, Dany quickly masks her look for one of cold disapproval.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: When Jorah survives the fight in the arena, Dany quickly masks her look of concern for one of cold disapproval.

* FamilyFriendlyStripper: The Braavosi brothel becomes a medieval version as no girl is even topless, just some BareYourMidriff outfits. This is because labor laws forbid underage actors, such as Creator/MaisieWilliams, to be in sets with nude or semi-nude performers.

-->'''Ser Davos Seaworth:''' [[ColdEquation Unless there's a thaw, we can't press forward to Winterfell and we don't have enough food to get us back to Castle Black]].
-->'''King Stannis Baratheon:''' [[TheDeterminator We're not returning to Castle Black]].
-->'''Davos:''' Forgive me, Your Grace. I never claimed to be an expert in military matters, but if we can't march ''forward'' and we won't march ''back''...

-->'''Lord Mace Tyrell:''' We should celebrate.
-->'''Tycho Nestoris:''' I'm afraid I still have a good deal of work to do.
-->'''Mace:''' Oh, nonsense, work's over, ''do you sing''?
-->'''Tycho:''' I don't have that gift,
-->'''Mace:''' Oh, it's not a gift. It's a skill. Anyone can learn it. ♪ So give me a kiss by the Long Canal! And give me two kisses in Salty Town! For we're going to die, tomooorrow! The bare-headed beggar, the king with his crown...! ♫

-->'''Princess Shireen Baratheon:''' ''(happily)'' Father! ''(concerned)'' Aren't you cold?
-->'''King Stannis Baratheon:''' No. ''(sits down with her)'' What are you reading?
-->'''Shireen:''' 'The Dance of Dragons'.
-->'''Stannis:''' What's it about?
-->'''Shireen:''' It's the story of the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon for control of the Seven Kingdoms. Both of them thought they belonged on the Iron Throne. When people started declaring for one of them or the other, their fight divided the kingdoms in two. Brothers fought brothers, dragons fought dragons. By the time it was over, thousands were dead. And it was a disaster for the Targaryens as well. They never truly recovered.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''(thoughtfully)'' "The Dance of Dragons". ... Why is that a dance?
-->'''Shireen:''' It's just what they call it.
-->'''Stannis:''' Hmm, doesn't make much sense.
-->'''Shireen:''' [[AdorablyPrecociousChild I think it's poetic]].
-->'''Stannis:''' ... If you had to ''choose'', between Rhaenyra and Aegon... who would you have chosen?
-->'''Shireen:''' I wouldn't have chosen either. It's all the choosing sides that made everything so horrible.
-->'''Stannis:''' [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive Sometimes a person has to choose... Sometimes - the world forces his hand.]] If a man knows - what he is and remains ''true'' - to himself... the choice is no choice at all. [[DarkMessiah He must fulfill his destiny. And become... who he is meant to be.]] [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne However much he may hate it.]]
-->'''Shireen:''' ''(compassionate)'' It's ''alright'', Father.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''(weary)'' You don't even know what I'm talking about...
-->'''Shireen:''' It doesn't matter. I want to help you. Is there anyway I can help?
-->'''Stannis:''' ''({{Beat}})'' Yes there is.
-->'''Shireen:''' Good, I want to. ... I'm the Princess Shireen of the house Baratheon. And I'm your daughter. ''(hugs him)''
-->'''Stannis:''' ... ''(returns the embrace, broken yet resolute)'' [[WhamLine Forgive]] [[OhCrap me]].

-->'''Daenerys:''' Valahd. [[note]] A Dothraki term that means 'touch the horizon!', [[http://www.dothraki.com/2015/06/valahd/ according to David J. Peterson]], the linguist who created the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages for the series. [[/note]]

* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Ramsay and his twenty merry men deliver a terrible blow to Stannis by burning the food stores and all the siege weapons. They go incognito so well that they are not even ''seen by the audience''.

* AdultFear: Despite her ParentalNeglect towards Shireen and her [[TheFundamentalist adamant faith in the Lord of Light]], being forced to watch Shireen burn at the stake was one step too far for Selyse, who breaks down and tries to free her.

* RealityEnsues: Jorah is a Badass but he is no Barristan, fighting against top tier pit fighter who are younger than him and he needs more time to rest before facing another opponent. It's thanks to luck and pragmatism that he survives as he is the only one who is too busy killing to showboat.