Brienne, Pod and knights spotted filming around Sallagh Braes 

season 5 has been rumored to be happening around Larne, Northern Ireland, for several days now, with pink signs popping up in the area.

that two scenes were filmed yesterday around Sallagh Braes, the hilly area west of Larne.

Gwendoline Christie and Daniel Portman were spotted at the very top of the brae, filming a Brienne and Pod scene involving riding their horses down a hill.

The second scene our local source reports is one involving several Knights of the Vale riding around on the lower part of the brae, accompanied by a few un-armored and well-dressed individuals in dark clothing.

Though these reports are unofficial, I feel they’re sound. We know Portman is in town, and so is Sophie Turner, if she is involved in the Knights of the Vale scene.

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Reddit user just snagged a pic with Brienne and the Kingslayer

Hmm… I doubt it’s Sansa (well-dressed individuals), I can’t see how Brienne finding Sansa would progress.

So it looks like Sansa and Brienne’s storylines are about to collide, as we expected. TWOW spoilers gallore!

These are two different scenes. Okay, theoretically, they could be related, we don’t know yet, but they are TWO scenes, not one. I’ll clarify just to be safe.

Very dissapointed they’re not filming in Iceland…some of the most beatiful shots from last season were the Thingvelir ones, and the Hound and Brienne fight ones

They could just put Brienne with Sansa…that eliminates the need for any

Riverlands casting/LS/Siege of RR/Jaime coming back from Dorne etc etc

So I take it that they found the horses again after Pod let them wander off in the finale?

The two scenes reported here may be unrelated, but given that Brienne was still in the Vale at the end of Season 4, it seems likely that she would at least try her luck at passing through the Bloody Gate (which was her original intention) after she is forced to abandon her search for Arya. Furthermore, while she may not have been spotted yesterday, I do find it interesting that Sophie Turner mentioned in an interview that she was supposed to start filming on Wednesday.

If the show is shaking up Brienne’s storyline and omitting the whole LS/BWB angle, then linking her up with Sansa in the Vale would be a logical direction for the story to take, given Brienne’s stated mission and their current geographic proximity. It would be intriguing to see how a ruthless schemer like Littlefinger would interact with someone as straightforward and honorable as Brienne. For that matter, a more practical and politically savvy Sansa might not be as interested in Brienne’s offer of protection as she once might have been. That’s half the fun of potential changes like this one!

They could just put Brienne with Sansa…that eliminates the need for any

Which would be a shame as that is some of the more interesting stuff from the last couple of books.

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True. I was assuming that them filming in the same location means the characters are close to one another, but I ditinctly remember that both Bran (in the North) and Jamie (in the Riverlands) filmed scenes in the same grassy mountains in season 3. So maybe they’re not as close as we think.

It’s a natural assumption. I shoud’ve been a little more careful with the wording since they were filming in the same place. It’s also possible that they do cross paths and Brienne fails to recognize her with her dark hair. Although that would require both her and Pod to become suddenly very stupid. Hmm.

To become? Brienne has sadly already become very stupid on the show (not even knowing who Sansa’s relatives are while looking for her, telling everyone she is looking for Sansa Stark, cutting off Hot Pie as if learning every detail may not potentially be helpful in locating Arya, telling Arya that Jaime Lannister sent her…).

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They’re apparently two seperate scenes so I wouldn’t read too much into it and jump to the conclusion that Sansa and Brienne would be linking up. I worry for Brienne’s character as I don’t think she showed any development at all last season. An equivalent of the Maidenpool events would be best for her I think but it appears that won’t be happening as there’s no knowledge of Randyll Tarly being cast.

If I’m being completely honest, I’m starting to worry they may be changing too much this season. I’m not that precious about the books but when you’re starting to majorly divert away from the source material then I wonder what the point in using it in the first place was? Although I didn’t agree with some of the changes last season , at least everyone still seemed in about the right place both geographically and storywise.

I’m hoping I get proved wrong but all the signs for this following season are worrying me…hopefully needlessly.Guess there’s nothing we can do but wait and watch!

Did Brienne ever get very close to Sansa? There was the scene where Brienne and Jaime are looking at Sansa from afar, but I don’t think Brienne would necessarily know her by sight. Pod, on the other hand should be very familiar with Sansa.

Looks like you were waiting to say that for a loooong time. And I’d call show-Brienne naive, not stupid.

Brienne got pretty close to her at the wedding, but certainly Pod should be able to recognize Tyrion’s wife, even with hair dye.

I think they make it pretty clear in the books that Brienne is not that bright, I think show Brienne is actually smarter than she is portrayed in the books. Either way, dark Sansa would be a terrible disguise to anyone who had met her on more than one occasion already, but in the books they had never met.

It would work also with the casting of an older serving woman as an ally for Brienne in “dangerous territory”! (I call Petyr Baelish’s influence/ manipulation area a dangerous territory any day of the week plus thrice on Sunday

Looks like you were waiting to say that for a loooong time.And I’d call show-Brienne naive, not stupid.

Well Brienne did get her ass kicked by Boromir rather dim wittedly…

It could be great that Brienne and Pod find the new Sansa in her tour of the Riverlands, using her power and everything. They recognize her, but cannot say anything and just have to follow her in her tour. There would be an ellipsis and the audience would find the new Sansa through Bripod’s eyes.

Since absolutely no one except the people involved on the show have any idea what will happen to Brienne and Pod next season, any scoop is welcome.

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I don´t think the Vale tour is going last the entire season, and I guess Brienne and Podrick would go north. So they are not going to cross path with Sansa.

Still not abandoning the hope that we’ll see the LS ( or Blackfish or Dondarrion or whoever may replace her role ) storyline where Brienne’s commitment to her oath and what is the right thing to do clash (mirroring Jaime’s Kingslaying choice) as I think that’s an important part in her character growth. For that to happen I think she needs to be in the Riverlands not messing about in the Vale…although if Jaime’s character is gonna be in Dorne she’ll probably need something to do this season. Cersei’s Penance Walk seems to be in this season though so it’ll be itneresting to see how that fits around everything. I’m wondering whether Gendry will replace Ser Hyle or whether they’ll just keep it slim-lined with Brienne and Pod. Or maybe he could be a replacement for Mia Stone? Or are we thinking he’s pretty much gone from the series now?

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