Present simple about future events So, some time ago I was watching the last season of Game of Thrones in English and noticed such diaologue(s08ep02 22:00 min) between Dayneris and Sansa, Sansa don't trust Daynerys and D. are trying to get her trust, so Sansa asks: .... S: -And what happens afterwards? We defeat the dead, we destroy Cersei. What happens then? D: -I take the Iron Throne. S: -What about the North? ... So, they are discussing future events obviously and still they are using present simple, although I don't see in this any schedule, time-tables or something like this. It is not like they are making a plan, just discussing the future basically. Why this is in Present Simple? another example about future: "I hope we win" (context is about future).