i really feel like they mishandled Dorne at the worst time bc it came RIGHT before the Starks got their few nuggets of comeuppance...so it feels out of character for the dark and villain-dominated story to swing so far back the other way even though all of it's been brewing for so long...we really shouldn't be surprised that he eventually would have them get some revenge

that's why Arya's plot seemed so wacky bc her time training seems abrupt bc of how little she was actually doing in comparison to everyone else (excluding Bran)...those 2 are really the 2 where time is hard to judge (even moreso for Arya bc she stayed still for even longer than Bran did)

it's like listening to a really complex rapper...it takes a few more views to catch everything