Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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MidnightCowboy
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Every scene with the old lady this season has been ace, she and Thoros and are my new favorite additions.
StopMakingSense
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Yeah, she's the current best character on the show.
Battle Born
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I loved it. The interactions between Arya/Melissandre, Osha/Merra were great but the best one was the one between Olenna Tyrell and Tywin. That disgusting guy with Theon is like a skilled version of that awful Joffrey boy. And it's quite funny to see the strong and determined Brienne in that ridiculous pink dress. I was also expecting Frey to be more angry with Robb for disrespecting his agreement.
Honestly? It diminished my feelings about the wall. I mean, this is what's supposedly kept the rest of Westeros safe, and it takes some random people, some rope, some ice shoes and picks to climb to the top unchallenged.
In my mind, I thought the wall would be like Everest. Take days to climb, you'd have to have beds with you, and stay suspended for a long time. How is this going to keep the White Walkers at bay, when a teenage girl like Ygritte or whatever who says she's never climbed it before can do it on the first go?
I loved the graphics and effects they used for the show though. And I truly thought Ygritte would die here or something.
On an unrelated note, Baelish is turning out to be quite a smart character and almost villain. I think Varys is right. He's gone from some dumb master of coin/brothel owner, to being Lord of Harrenhal and soon to marry a high born lady and be lord of another part as well. Instantly he's become someone who has as much power as any of the other lords.
Phoenix
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He has become extremely dangerous because he is extremely ambitious and clearly has a plan that has been underway for some time - no doubt funded by the realm through embezzled funds.
CitizenVectron
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I think the wall still serves an important purpose. Sure a few raiders can get over, but try doing it with any army big enough to challenge the Starks. It's like a pasta strainer. Sure, some stray spaghetti strands will get through but the bulk are contained.
StopMakingSense
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I actually thought the music right there was sort of poor, ending with the bad greenscreen (more the obvious studio lighting than the greenscreen itself).
Littlefinger is one of my favorite characters in the show, and he had the best moment in this episode. It helps that I always think of him as Carcetti whenever he's on the screen
so that Lord of Light thing is shaping up to be a major plot point in the series, it seems. War, undead, dragon lady and now a fire god, Westeros just can't get a rest
Yup, that was sogood.gif
Kos Luftar
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Has Joffrey ever mentioned the rumors about his uncle and his mother?
Yes, in season 2. The scene where Cersei slaps him over mentioning Robert cheating on her.
Yeah, remember in season 2, he goes I heard a disgusting lie about you and uncle Jamie the other day. And Cersei said that his enemies will say anything to weaker his claim to the throne and he goes, it's not a claim the throne is mine.
He then starts asking if his dad fucked other women when he got tired of her and got slapped.
PhoenixDark
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Yes. Ned Stark sent Beric to deal with the Mountain, and his friend Thoros went with him. The Mountain defeated them and killed Beric, and Thoros revived him; when the band saw that, they converted to the Lord of Light.
"God's Beard!"
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Besides, it was built to stop hordes of mindless ice zombies, not random poor people.
Chuck Norris
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Robb is definitely his parents son. The idiocy of his mother in making compulsive and wrong decisions combined with the arrogance to call it honourable like his father
TestOfTide
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Okay, I want to know who was the designer who though convincing westorosi crampons meant modern crampons but with rabbit fur for the straps.
Maybe it's because I recently tried out mountaineering last year but that really just seemed too convenient...
Maybe it's because I recently tried out mountaineering last year but that really just seemed too convenient...
Not a bad ep, Tywin continues to be a badass regardless of who he faces. Epic wall climb was awesome, and Mellisandre speaking High Valyrian was a big surprise for me. Does that mean shes related to the Targaryans?
Baelish speech was so good it was the highlight the the entire ep!
Episode was just a setup of the something big, how many eps in this season?
Baelish speech was so good it was the highlight the the entire ep!
Episode was just a setup of the something big, how many eps in this season?
10, as always.
High Valerian is more common outside of westeros isn't it? The slaver even spoke it thinking Danny didn't
Chuck Norris
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Valyria is a place on the other side of the sea from Westeros. People there spoke Valyrian
I'm not sure how common it is though, its probably the equivalent of Latin
Maddocks
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so he was the guy that was outside of winterfell blowing that damn thing all day and night.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Yes. Every scene with Olenna Tyrell is phenomenal. Tonight Lord Tywin got to do a linguistic dance with her and it was great.
Fault me for been in awe of what I was watching/hearing, but I had to watch the scene with Lord Baelish and Varys twice, just to make sure he was talking about Joffrey being his friend, the one wanting the fresh experience. Not only is that shit affecting what we saw in the montage, but it has ominous intentions going forward. Does this put the Lannisters back in the drivers seat with what's happening at Kings Landing?
Poor Sansa, I feel so bad for the poor girl. The mental torture she's enduring is far worse than anything that's physically happening to Theon. He's a scumbag, Sansa is unfairly in a bad place with more bad times coming.
The Night's Watch is severely weakened right now though. They mentioned today that they've only been getting more worn down over time. I imagine in the past they actually had the proper manpower to keep constant patrol all along the top of the wall. If that were still the case there's no way a group of them like that would ever make it up the wall.
Chuck Norris
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Hahah well placed
DTLIONS1013
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So that was Ros Joffrey killed at the end? Thought it was Margaery
Phoenix
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It was the girl that was working with littlefinger for a time.
Interesting. Well, there's a few things - and you can find some of this stuff on the supplemental material on the blu-rays - that when the wall was supposedly built, it was infused with a sort of magic (nobody knows how/what/who, etc). That is what has kept the White Walkers at bay supposedly, not just the height.
Also, Mt. Everest is 29,000 feet or some shit vs. 700 feet for The Wall so of course it's not going to be that
The other thing, and they touched on it in this episode, was that the current Night's Watch is painfully understaffed. Used to be that there were crows enough to line the entire wall, end to end. Now they can only garrison a few castles along the wall and only the occasional look outs. So yeah, it's a lot easier for Wildings to get over now... so:
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DTLIONS1013
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That makes more sense
Are there any other actual wildings on the wall or is it just Ygritte, Jon Snow, Giantsbane and the Worg dude? Although I wouldn't be surprised if they just had Ygritte and Jon Snow peace out after all the nasty business at the wall ends.Interesting. Well, there's a few things - and you can find some of this stuff on the supplemental material on the blu-rays - that when the wall was supposedly built, it was infused with a sort of magic (nobody knows how/what/who, etc). That is what has kept the White Walkers at bay supposedly, not just the height.
Also, Mt. Everest is 29,000 feet or some shit vs. 700 feet for The Wall so of course it's not going to be that
The other thing, and they touched on it in this episode, was that the current Night's Watch is painfully understaffed. Used to be that there were crows enough to line the entire wall, end to end. Now they can only garrison a few castles along the wall and only the occasional look outs. So yeah, it's a lot easier for Wildings to get over now... so:
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BigJonsson
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So Arya is going to kill blue eyes, brown eyes and something else eyes
Guess she is going to kill 3 of the 5 names on her list?
Guess she is going to kill 3 of the 5 names on her list?
I thought Melisandre was talking more about the people that have died because of Arya.
I can't believe I didn't recognize him until a previous post.
Hours Left
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Olenna for all the thrones.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Great episode.
Choas is a ladder.
What was the ship that Sansa was crying about at the end? Littlefinger leaving? Or the price guy?
Wasn't there a Ros boob shot at the end?
Choas is a ladder.
What was the ship that Sansa was crying about at the end? Littlefinger leaving? Or the price guy?
Wasn't there a Ros boob shot at the end?
Hours Left
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This time it was a blessing in disguise IMO. Marrying Loras might have provided her safety, but it would further relegate her current pawn status.
She has much more power than she realizes, and she needs to start using it for herself.
Last Hearth
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And strangely enough... I actually believe this
Yet the show juxtaposed LF's calling those things illusions with Jon and Ygritte, who's loyalty, love, and willingness to sacrifice for each other is what gets to overcome the wall and climb to the top.
Those things are only illusions to a cynical man like LF because he can't personally experience it.
eudaemonic
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That was the ship she was going to get smuggled out on before she said no based on her little fantasy of getting married to Tyrell.
The girl at the end was the one was Tyrion was mistaken to want to marry if I remember correctly.
Can't wait to see her snap.
Was sad not to see Sansa's face when she was told of her new fate though.
Interesting. Well, there's a few things - and you can find some of this stuff on the supplemental material on the blu-rays - that when the wall was supposedly built, it was infused with a sort of magic (nobody knows how/what/who, etc). That is what has kept the White Walkers at bay supposedly, not just the height.
Also, Mt. Everest is 29,000 feet or some shit vs. 700 feet for The Wall so of course it's not going to be that
The other thing, and they touched on it in this episode, was that the current Night's Watch is painfully understaffed. Used to be that there were crows enough to line the entire wall, end to end. Now they can only garrison a few castles along the wall and only the occasional look outs. So yeah, it's a lot easier for Wildings to get over now... so:
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Yeah. Plus it doesn't help that like 200 of them got slaughtered by the white Walkers as well and so even Castle Black is probably understaffed.
And not necessarily like Everest. But since the first time I saw the intro, they showed the wall as this imposing thing, that no one could cross, separating westeros from the true north. So high up, you need that elevator, it's almost unclimbable and takes a few days and only the best climbers can do it. And they show Jon and Ygritte, who are like two teenagers and have never climbed it before, scale it within a day you know.
Just my own observation, I thought it'd be more imposing than it was made out be. Interesting that you say there is some magic that guards the wall. Probably true, otherwise how else could anyone build such a wall that never melts, stays strong etc.
Was a great scene though.
Hours Left
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The girl at the end that was murdered by Joffrey was Ros, the girl who worked for Littlefinger, but betrayed him to Varys.
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