Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]

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As a book reader, I feel that book readers should be limited to talking about how hot the women [or men] are.

Because, among Dany, Melisandre, Ygritte, Missandei, Margaery, and Cersei, I am dying of this hotness. More hot people chat plz. On this I feel we, the Readers and the Showfolk, can truly be united.
 
As a book reader, I feel that book readers should be limited to talking about how hot the women [or men] are.

Because, among Dany, Melisandre, Ygritte, Missandei, Margaery, and Cersei, I am dying of this hotness. More hot people chat plz.

That girl on the Titan's Bastard's lap last episode was the hottest.
 
Imagine Missandei, the handmaidens, and Dany all in the same room. What would Jorah do!?

Cry in the corner and moan about how women never want slavers.

And I have the biggest crush on Ygritte which I don't understand because it's not what I usually like. Best body is Missandei's. From the big characters at least.

From the guys (that are still alive), bests are Jaime and Robb. And Gendry.
 
Sure there is. Not everyone of you has watched the extras which help a lot in understanding how the world operates. And you really don't want to go googling stuff like "what's the deal with the white trees with red leaves" because the internet is a dark place full of spoilers.
I don't have a problem with your posts but this is pretty arrogant. There are non-book readers who have watched the extras and could answer that. We don't NEED you to do it. If anything, you have to be more careful to ensure you are only referencing the show extras and not the book.
Yeah, I read this thread because it's kind of neat seeing speculation from non-readers, and every so often I'll chime in with some short piece of background or explanation, i.e. the same way that someone watching the show might ask me "Hey what's the deal with X?", "Oh, X is so-and-so."

The world's history is just so rich that it's hard not to fill in some stuff that the show leaves out, and I'm not sure why some people would be put off by this instead of appreciating it to some degree. Light example: Barristan Selmy doesn't do much sword-fighting in the TV show so people aren't really up to speed on how good he is. More people expound on his skill in the books, and I don't think that knowledge hurts anything. Basically, when Selmy said he could cut down the Kingsguard single handed when Joffrey dismissed him, he meant it and they knew he meant it.

I'm not comparing how it plays out in the book differently from the show, just filling in something minor. Does filler like that really bother people?
The show did a great job of implying that. I didn't need a book reader to explain to me that Selmy was one of the best. When he says that he could, even then, take down the men surrounding him and no one challenged that, I knew he meant it and everyone knew he could as well. See? I could figure that out on my own and I'm sure others could as well.
Sometimes I think I'm the only one who doesn't mind Shae at all.

I like her but Ygritte and Kelly C make me swoon. Not that it's a competition. Oh damn, how could I forget Missandrei (sp?). She is gorgeous.
 
Charles Dance is fucking fantastic. He's my favorite on the show.

Kit may not be great, but it's Kelly C who is find the most inconsistent. When she brings it, she can be great. Othertimes, she's painful.

Sean Bean was pretty great, too. :(
Agreed, I'm not really enjoying Emilia Clark's acting at all (and no being a nude chick on TV doesn't cut it).
 
I don't think anyone likes Clark for her acting skills.

The show did a great job of implying that. I didn't need a book reader to explain to me that Selmy was one of the best. When he says that he could, even then, take down the men surrounding him and no one challenged that, I knew he meant it and everyone knew he could as well. See? I could figure that out on my own and I'm sure others could as well.

Also, Jaime and Ned compliment him on his fighting skills. Ned says his father told him that Selmy was the best he'd ever seen.
 
As a book reader, I think the non-reader policy should be enforced much harder here. there is absolutely nothing a book reader can contribute to this thread, and many have done some damage, intentional and not.

Nonsense. Book readers contribute with providing lore and details which the actual show skips over due to reasons of adaptation which can help improve the experience.

I think anyone would rather read a helpful reader's post rather than this week's fifth witch hunt.
 
I don't have a problem with your posts but this is pretty arrogant. There are non-book readers who have watched the extras and could answer that. We don't NEED you to do it. If anything, you have to be more careful to ensure you are only referencing the show extras and not the book.

The show did a great job of implying that. I didn't need a book reader to explain to me that Selmy was one of the best. When he says that he could, even then, take down the men surrounding him and no one challenged that, I knew he meant it and everyone knew he could as well. See? I could figure that out on my own and I'm sure others could as well.

Well, they're free to do so. And personally, I check the show wiki before opening my mouth if I'm unsure. That's why I didn't post the Unsullied backstory in the thread, but offered it via PM although it didn't have any consequence to the story.

As for Ser Grandpa... there were some people doubting his abilities. It's great that you believed the show, but some didn't.
 
Well, they're free to do so. And personally, I check the show wiki before opening my mouth if I'm unsure. That's why I didn't post the Unsullied backstory in the thread, but offered it via PM although it didn't have any consequence to the story.

As for Ser Grandpa... there were some people doubting his abilities. It's great that you believed the show, but some didn't.

The problem with something like expaining a cool thing selmy does in the book or whatever, is that you have no idea if there's going to be a later scene that may not be exactly what the book did but is meant to show the same thing, ie him kicking some ass. The show could be intentionally holding it back and wanting people to question why he's a big deal because they have a great scene planned. So I think its not a great idea for a book reader to run in and flat out explain a scene that happened differently in the book the moment the story passes that point on the show.

Also during that book reader talk earlier, I noticed I all of a sudden wasn't able to post and thought I got banned when it was really just bad timing on being signed out haha.

Lastly, I really hope the brotherhood stuff is not done now that Arya left them. I mean I'm sure they won't be forgotten about storywise, but I really want to keep watching beric/thoros scenes
 
The problem with something like expaining a cool thing selmy does in the book or whatever, is that you have no idea if there's going to be a later scene that may not be exactly what the book did but is meant to show the same thing, ie him kicking some ass. The show could be intentionally holding it back and wanting people to question why he's a big deal because they have a great scene planned. So I think its not a great idea for a book reader to run in and flat out explain a scene that happened differently in the book the moment the story passes that point on the show.

Direct scene-to-scene comparisons should go to the other thread, I agree. But saying that the characters in the show are correct about his abilities and that his parting threat of "cutting you down like a cake" was legit.. I dunno. I mean, you could take it that way that they're trying to make you double guess his abilities.. but when everyone other than Joffrey and Cersei are singing his praises...
 
Besides slightly clueless people accidentally posting in the wrong thread, I'm curious why it's assumed the jerks deliberately spoiling things are evil book readers. If that's how someone gets their jollies, all they need is a wiki and five minutes.
 
Yeah we do, and it seems it still doesn't get through to the book readers... There is NO COMPARISON ALLOWED. It's a simple rule to follow. Not to mention people keep posting here without looking at the thread title.

Yes it's worth it, because it diminishes the shows or characters for us. We don't want you coming in here and telling us you didn't like this scene, or that in the books so and so is more sympathetic etc. If we want to ask book readers a specific question, we can go to their thread.

I'm sorry to a lot of you that have forgotten what it's like to get excited and speculate, or that you are tired of comparisons and just want to chat about the show, but you can chat with us here by following a simple rule. No book discussion. This means no spoilers, no comparisons, no sharing of info that is not possible to know for a tv watcher etc.  
I've only read the first book. I've never mentioned anything about them here. I just don't care that much, don't let it get to me and don't go on rants in a thread every single day about the same thing because its stressful and fruitless endeavour.

But yeah, no need to direct all your pent up frustration at me.
 
Can a book-reader answer this for me?

Did Daenerys burn the witch alive to exchange her life for the birth of the dragons?

Sorry if that's a really obvious thing that I should know.

I feel the show wasn't clear on what hatched the dragons specifically.
 
Littlefinger's acting sometimes annoys me, but I wonder how much of that is just stage direction and how the directors actually want him to be. To me he comes off way too much as a try-hard mustache twirler.
edit: littlefingers actor is a little over the top into snydley whiplash territory, but at least he's interesting. not GOOD but amusing to watch

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Hey guys! This is actually my first ever post on NeoGaf.

I was looking for a place to discuss Game of Thrones without fear of book spoilers - and even though this thread hasn't been perfect, it seems to be a much safer place that the overwhelming majority of other online communities, and it's very active, so I thought it would be a great place to post. I've been lurking this thread for the last 3 weeks while I was awaiting my account to be activated!

I've seen all the episodes about 3 times (I know, I know...) and have seen the DVD extras. I've read the first 2 books in the series, each one following the TV series. I want to be surprised by all the twists and turns on screen, and worry that reading the books would take away from that.

Anyway...

What BIG events do you guys think we have in store for the last 2 episodes?

Do you think Robb's invasion of Casterly Rock, Joffrey/Margaery's Wedding, or the Wildlings invasion will make it into this season?

I'm thinking that we're going to have have a shocking twist or two before the season is over... I can't wait!
 
Hey guys! This is actually my first ever post on NeoGaf.

I was looking for a place to discuss Game of Thrones without fear of book spoilers - and even though this thread hasn't been perfect, it seems to be a much safer place that the overwhelming majority of other online communities, and it's very active, so I thought it would be a great place to post. I've been lurking this thread for the last 3 weeks while I was awaiting my account to be activated!

I've seen all the episodes about 3 times (I know, I know...) and have seen the DVD extras. I'm not planning on starting the book series until the show is totally finished... so a few years down the road. I want to be surprised by all the twists and turns on screen, and worry that reading the books would take away from that.

Anyway...

What BIG events do you guys think we have in store for the last 2 episodes?

Do you think Robb's invasion of Casterly Rock, Joffrey/Margaery's Wedding, or the Wildlings invasion will make it into this season?

I'm thinking that we're going to have have a shocking twist or two before the season is over... I can't wait!

I'm not sure about a lot of things, but not many people have died. And I think somebodys gotta die. Like soon! That has to be the shocking twist.
 
What BIG events do you guys think we have in store for the last 2 episodes?

Do you think Robb's invasion of Casterly Rock, Joffrey/Margaery's Wedding, or the Wildlings invasion will make it into this season?

No chance on this one I think.

They're barely begun financing the thing (in the show itself) and it hasn't been discussed in any great detail at all.

I can't see them springing that on us in the last two episodes.
 
Anyway...

What BIG events do you guys think we have in store for the last 2 episodes?

Do you think Robb's invasion of Casterly Rock, Joffrey/Margaery's Wedding, or the Wildlings invasion will make it into this season?

I'm thinking that we're going to have have a shocking twist or two before the season is over... I can't wait!

Robb's going to Edmure's wedding in the next episode or two, probably. There's no way he'll get down to Casterly Rock unless they skipped some time. It takes a while for these people to get places. So that's certainly out for this season. I guess the wedding will be one of the last big events for Robb and co this season. Maybe he'll meet Arya, too? That could be an event in there.

Other than that we have the possible attack of the Wildlings. Whatever Jon Snow chooses to do there, that'll probably be the climax to his story this season. Dany will take Yunkai, so that'll probably kind of close out her season, too.

I wonder when Cersei and Loras's wedding will be. I kind of feel like they'd get that over with before Joffrey and Margaery. Seems like you'd want to save the big king and queen's wedding for last (both for story and for in-world reasons, I suppose).

So I guess the big beats now are Edmure's wedding and whether Robb gets an army or not, Dany attacking Yunkai, and whatever happens with the wildlings and Jon Snow up by the wall. So, maybe some battles, maybe some other intrigue. I'm pretty excited since the last two seasons have had pretty big last episodes what with Ned losing his head and the battle of Blackwater.
 
Robb's going to Edmure's wedding in the next episode or two, probably. There's no way he'll get down to Casterly Rock unless they skipped some time. It takes a while for these people to get places. So that's certainly out for this season. I guess the wedding will be one of the last big events for Robb and co this season. Maybe he'll meet Arya, too? That could be an event in there.

Other than that we have the possible attack of the Wildlings. Whatever Jon Snow chooses to do there, that'll probably be the climax to his story this season. Dany will take Yunkai, so that'll probably kind of close out her season, too.

I wonder when Cersei and Loras's wedding will be. I kind of feel like they'd get that over with before Joffrey and Margaery. Seems like you'd want to save the big king and queen's wedding for last (both for story and for in-world reasons, I suppose).

So I guess the big beats now are Edmure's wedding and whether Robb gets an army or not, Dany attacking Yunkai, and whatever happens with the wildlings and Jon Snow up by the wall. So, maybe some battles, maybe some other intrigue. I'm pretty excited since the last two seasons have had pretty big last episodes what with Ned losing his head and the battle of Blackwater.

Preview spoilers for episode 9:
Based on the preview it seems like Jon's going to have a big decision to face in the next episode, as it seems like Tormund is going to put him in a position where Jon is forced to kill a Crow.

Other than that, I have no idea what's going to happen, but I'm expecting there to be fireworks in ways I didn't know was possible.

One other thought I've been having - does anyone think that Episode 9 or 10 could be a bit a Stark reunion episode of sorts? Not only is Arya heading towards the wedding, but Bran and Jon are both kind of in the same general area, aren't they? We know Jon is fairly close to the south side of the Wall, and goodness knows Bran and company must be getting close to the Wall by now. I wonder if that will come up in the last couple of episodes.
 
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