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Kill Lil (Finger): Did 'Game of Thrones' Just Add Littlefinger To Arya Stark's List?

With that big Stark reunion in "The Spoils of War," did Arya Stark just add one more name to her list?

By Tom ChapmanPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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She's making a list, she's checking it twice, Arya Stark's going to find out who's been naughty or nice. As Game of Thrones powers ahead in Season 7, we see Arya Stark become the hardened assassin that we have always known she could be, and while it is great fan service for Thrones aficionados, it means big trouble for some key players in Westeros.

Since the emergence of #MaisieWilliams as Baby Kill Bill, we have slowly seen fate and Arya cross several names off her infamous hit list. That being said, with the likes of Melisandre, the Mountain, and Cersei Lannister still alive and kicking in the Seven Kingdoms, there are some dangerous people still to bump off for our faceless female. However, with that big Stark reunion in "The Spoils of War," did Arya just add one more name to her list?

'Ayra' ready for revenge?

As a battered Arya completed her (small) six season journey back to the Stark homestead, the girl who arrived back was a million miles away from the spunky little brat who departed for King's Landing all those years ago. After masquerading as "Arry," a small stint with blindness, and taking a knife to the gut, Arya's final form arrived home as a badass assassin.

With her abridged list in tow, Episode 4 was keen to remind us that Arya's lust for revenge still exists and we shouldn't expect her trip home to warrant her hanging up her many faces just yet. Sansa laughed off the notion that her little sister would want to harm anyone, but uber-creep Bran Stark foretold that Arya had grisly plans for Queen Cersei. Ironically though, Bran didn't use his new omniscience to call out a certain Petyr Baelish on all his wheelings and dealings — well, not yet anyway. We also saw another epic throw-down as Arya and Brienne sparred, but the camera couldn't help but zoom on Littlefinger's rightly worried-looking face.

If I were as big a schemer as Baelish — and was responsible for the death of Ned Stark — I'd be high-tailing it south to set up camp on a beach with a piña colada. However, Littlefinger will presumably try to continue his role as puppetmaster of the realm and not realize he is done for until it is too late. Having Bran on hand, it is only a matter of time before he reveals Baelish's role in the entire War of the Five Kings and his dastardly deeds over the past six seasons. I mean, I don't know about you, but that sounds like some pretty solid credentials to make Arya's list.

Don't worry though, I didn't take long for the internet to figure out that Littlefinger could be his own undoing and a certain little hothead will take down the scheming brothel owner:

Arya after seeing Littlefinger #GameOfThronespic.twitter.com/Yp26mDd6QB— Conor Glasheen (@glash_1) August 7, 2017

We have already seen Jon Snow take out his rage on Baelish in the crypts of Winterfell, but it would be altogether more poignant if Arya whacked the slimy serpent as revenge for Ned. Out of all the Starks, Arya was probably closest to her father, and arguably she shared the most similar traits with Lord Eddard. We have all seen that snazzy Valyrian dagger, and while it looks good hanging off Arya's hip, it would look better slicing the throat of the bolshy Baelish.

If Arya really puts pen to paper and dagger to throat, perhaps Littlefinger should've sold the little Stark girl out to Tywin Lannister when he clocked her at Harrenhal in Season 2. With theories of White Weddings or possible Stark betrayals, Baelish is surely about to see the Iron Throne slip through his "littlefingers." Either way, I'll prepare the "In Memoriam" page just in case.

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Tom Chapman

Tom is a Manchester-based writer with square eyes and the love of a good pun. Raised on a diet of Jurassic Park, this ’90s boy has VHS flowing in his blood. No topic is too big for this freelancer by day, crime-fighting vigilante by night.

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