Every time I re-watched the episode, I became more convinced. Yes, he responds, "but there she is, and there you are. The very notion of "self-defense" implies that there's a self to defend. Jaqen's compliment makes no sense unless he's just trying to placate her because she's holding a sword to his chest.
If anything, Arya's method of killing the Waif is the final proof that she never became "no one. But maybe he's not speaking to Arya. And maybe the fact that she not just killed Arya, but took her place so convincingly is the ultimate proof that she's accomplished her goal. Just think of how many targets she can take out before anybody catches on. There is, of course, the question of whose face "Arya" pinned to the wall?
It could be anybody's, really. It could also be simple misdirection; what you learn from reading George R. Martinespecially the sample chapter from The Winds of Winter is that the Faceless Men do a lot of method acting to get into character. In that chapter, Arya is impersonating an actress named Mercy for the Faceless Men. We see her internal monologue as she's completely submerged in Mercy's thoughts. At one point, Arya observes a meeting of a large group of Faceless Men discussing their next targets.
But the show's version apparently has just Jaqen and the Waif. Second is the question of identity. The whole point of the Faceless Men is that you pledge your identity to the cult, surrender your grudges, and agree to become "no one. But now, this season, the showrunners have decided to build this storyline around what seems to be a personal grudge the Waif has against Arya. Furthermore, after Arya reveals that she has killed the Waif in this episode, Jaqen praises her and tells her she has truly become "no one.
And Arya had refused to do that by not carrying out the assassination they ordered. And this doesn't even get into how ridiculously bad the Faceless Men, a supposed organization of master assassins, seem to be at killing people this episode. Or maybe they just mysteriously lose their normally amazing abilities when a main character is at risk? All in all, this episode was a disappointment to me, and made me instead yearn to know how George R. Martin will wrap up this plot line.
Hopefully he finishes The Winds of Winter someday and we get to find out. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding.
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The moments of sunshine are few and far between. I definitely think so. When she arrived in Braavos , she was just a girl. She has a strategy. How about the Waif? Is Jaqen losing any sleep over losing her, or is he OK?
But I asked myself, how would Jaqen have reacted if it had worked out the other way — if the Waif killed Arya? I think in their philosophy, if that had happened, Jaqen would have regretted it. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. June 17, am.
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