This was done on purpose. She's always suppressed her emotional reactions, and boy did her smile hit me like a gut punch. I teared up, was so happy for her.
Because she was made fun of that one time when she was a girl, when that boy pretended to like her just to make fun of her, because of that she kept her guard all her life. This was the first time since then she is able relax and smile, and feel like she was in a company of men that like her and respect her.
This scene was so well done, one of my favorites in the entire series. That sad look Podrick gave when she said she didn't want to be a knight, because he knows that's a lie, and then when she looks to him again when Jaime tells her to kneel, looking for reassurance that it's not a trick. You could tell she was so afraid of being set up to be made fun of again. Jaime's contemplative look when Tormund says fuck tradition and he'd knight Brienne if he could, realizing that HE COULD. And the MUSIC! So many subtle but telling details, I love everything about this scene.
The icing on the cake is I can tell my friend, who wants to wait until eps 4-5 are out before watching, that I cried in this episode so he thinks someone died.
![image showing [SPOILERS] I must say I don’t remember seeing Brienne so happy like this.](2b6b3458-bc6a-52bc-a890-7a2822143426.jpg)
nx85 on April 22nd, 2019 at 03:43 UTC »
This was done on purpose. She's always suppressed her emotional reactions, and boy did her smile hit me like a gut punch. I teared up, was so happy for her.
Achilles982 on April 22nd, 2019 at 04:05 UTC »
Because she was made fun of that one time when she was a girl, when that boy pretended to like her just to make fun of her, because of that she kept her guard all her life. This was the first time since then she is able relax and smile, and feel like she was in a company of men that like her and respect her.
Qiuyue on April 22nd, 2019 at 04:40 UTC »
This scene was so well done, one of my favorites in the entire series. That sad look Podrick gave when she said she didn't want to be a knight, because he knows that's a lie, and then when she looks to him again when Jaime tells her to kneel, looking for reassurance that it's not a trick. You could tell she was so afraid of being set up to be made fun of again. Jaime's contemplative look when Tormund says fuck tradition and he'd knight Brienne if he could, realizing that HE COULD. And the MUSIC! So many subtle but telling details, I love everything about this scene.
The icing on the cake is I can tell my friend, who wants to wait until eps 4-5 are out before watching, that I cried in this episode so he thinks someone died.