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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]

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WriterGK

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Parking and waiting somehow invisibly. Then getting through all those ships without any warning to the flag ship at all.

Also, what doesn't make much sense is him saying he'd bring a gift to Cersei in a scene before Dany actually lands. Then he attacks the fleet and gets the right ships for the exact gift Cersei would want? Seriously, does this motherfucker have Varys' spies, too? That's just way too much luck all combined.

Doesn't that Maester/Genius from Cersei who resurrected the Mountain as Frankenstein also has a army of little spies? I think I have seen that before like multiple times. Thats the same guy that came up with the Dragon Slaying Crowsbow lol
 

Sarek

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I desperately want Jon and Dany to get killed defeating the white walkers and Cersei taking the 7 kingdoms.

It's the ending the show needs.

Was just thinking the same today. Would be a very fitting ending. Most boring ending would be Jon and Dany as the king and queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
 

Sephzilla

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I say lets have Arya face swap with a dragon

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rambis

Banned
Was just thinking the same today. Would be a very fitting ending. Most boring ending would be Jon and Dany as the king and queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

I don't think the seven kingdoms will have much relevance in the endgame. I don't see them stopping the night king from cleaning up most of everyone anyway.
 

Speevy

Banned
What if Arya takes off her face in front of Sansa and it's Sansa, and then you're all confused but Sansa takes off her face and it's Arya.

Then both take off their face and they're both Dany and they look at each other and say "Shall we begin?"

And everyone in Winterfell is Ed Sheeran
 

WriterGK

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So how long will it actually take the Army of the Dead to reach The Wall and how long will it take in number of episodes getting there?
 

Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
What was it then?

That attributing evilness to a character, based on decisions that they had no choice in making, because they either did them or died, makes no sense. More so when you say that character is evil for X, when a "good" character has done the same exact thing, so at that point a character is only evil if they go against the good characters.

A wolf is not evil if it kills to survive just because it ate an animal we liked. Cersei isn't a good person but many of her 'evil' acts were self preservation. I mean, we literally went around in circles for, like, 5 pages. You can read more of that discussion where I explain farther and use direct examples and explain the reasoning for why Cersei did what she did and her being 'evil" didn't come into the picture, it was all about survival.
 

Ferrio

Banned
I still believe in Theon will turn around. He hasn't actually come back to his real family. I think once he confronts Jon he'll have his redemption moment in service of house Stark.
 

zeemumu

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Outside of cherry picking convenient points in the story where a character played some part in a loosely related event that would eventually lead to 'X'(i.e. Ned bringing Sansa & Arya to Kings Landing makes him responsible for everything that happened to them), I don't see how you can draw a clean line from Cersei's lack of foresight/competence to the death of all her children:

Joffrey - murdered by Olenna to protect Margaery and crown a King who the Tyrells could influence & control, and by Littlefinger to create not just an opening to take Sansa, but the sort of upheaval he's a master at manipulating. Also revenge for Cat if you believe him.

Myrcella - Sent to stay with enemies in Dorne against Cersei's protest. Murdered by Elaria as blind revenge for Oberyn who A. Chose to be Tyrion's champion. B. Lost a fight he had won through is own rage and stupidity.

Tommen - the only compelling case of Cersei's actions [mostly] leading to the death of a child. Though it's still important to note that at this point she'd already accepted that his death was inevitable no matter what she did or didn't do.

They were all killed as part of a domino chain in a series of events that she helped set in motion, usually largely influenced by her own spite. How much influence do you think she had in making sure that she and Joffrey absolutely wrecked Sansa's world leading to her conversation with the Tyrells on whether or not Joffrey was a good dude? The only person who made any attempt to keep him in line was Tyrion. Cersei either sat back and laughed at the ensuing chaos or made it worse. And I don't think she actually cared whether or not Tyrion was guilty of the poisoning. She just wanted him dead because fuck 'em. Had she cared at all, her daughter and her father might still be alive (emphasis on the "might")

She tends to fall into a cycle of "Do something shitty to spite someone she hates, it backfires hard, do more shitty things."
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
As much as I like Arya having her around means anyone that should be killed is going to be killed because she's on some Assassin's Creed shit while everyone else is a Skyrim NPC.

Exceptions: Night King, Dragons, Euron.
 
That was a pretty poor episode.

Some bizarre scene transitions that felt really out of place, all it was missing was a star swipe.
Sam operating on Jorah bordered on comedy.
Euron's entrance into battle was lol worthy.
Dragonstone has the same effect on Dany that The Overlook had on Jack Torrance.

But it had Hot Pie so.... Maybe that saves it?
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
As much as I like Arya having her around means anyone that should be killed is going to be killed because she's on some Assassin's Creed shit while everyone else is a Skyrim NPC.

Exceptions: Night King, Dragons, Euron.

I got pretty fucking excited at the prospect of Arya being a badass assassin with a fucking wolf army. Too bad the wolf army doesn't seem to be happening, but then again it could be misdirection and Nymeria could come back.

So how long will it actually take the Army of the Dead to reach The Wall and how long will it take in number of episodes getting there?

I would be surprised if it happened before the end of the last episode.
 

Tawpgun

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Was just thinking the same today. Would be a very fitting ending. Most boring ending would be Jon and Dany as the king and queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

Maybe lady Tyrell's words have some foreshadowing.

Either that happens, or Jon and Dany get control and peace is restored, and the show ends open ended with some sort of larger conflict stirring. There will never be peace.

But I also like the idea of an old Sam writing a book of the conflicts of his generation. Appropriately titled something "Poetic" such as... Oh I don't know... maybe "A Song of Ice and Fire"
 

WriterGK

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That attributing evilness to a character, based on decisions that they had no choice in making, because they either did them or died, makes no sense. More so when you say that character is evil for X, when a "good" character has done the same exact thing, so at that point a character is only evil if they go against the good characters.

A wolf is not evil if it kills to survive just because it ate an animal we liked. Cersei isn't a good person but many of her 'evil' acts were self preservation. I mean, we literally went around in circles for, like, 5 pages. You can read more of that discussion where I explain farther and use direct examples and explain the reasoning for why Cersei did what she did and her being 'evil" didn't come into the picture, it was all about survival.

Most of them were about survival, that is true. But blowing up the Sept and everyone in there not so much. Cersei is indeed about survival but way more then that as well. Margaery was loved indeed by the nobel people and the common people as well. She never killed anyone herself unlike Cersei.
 
Yeah I meant you. I agreed with you but it looked you were the only one saying that Cersei is-was more evil then Margaery and Danny
There were a few others I think who agreed with me too but after a while I was the only one persisting the discussion of Cersei being the worst among them.
 

Speevy

Banned
That was a pretty poor episode.

Some bizarre scene transitions that felt really out of place, all it was missing was a star swipe.
Sam operating on Jorah bordered on comedy.
Euron's entrance into battle was lol worthy.
Dragonstone has the same effect on Dany that The Overlook had on Jack Torrance.

But it had Hot Pie so.... Maybe that saves it?

This season has some really mediocre directors.
 
I got pretty fucking excited at the prospect of Arya being a badass assassin with a fucking wolf army. Too bad the wolf army doesn't seem to be happening, but then again it could be misdirection and Nymeria could come back.



I would be surprised if it happened before the end of the last episode.

The show writers pretty much said that won't happen at the end of the episode.
 

Speevy

Banned
I just thought of another stupid thing about Cersei calling Randyll Tarly to court.

He's the bannerman for House Tyrell. Cersei just murdered the lord of House Tyrell.

Randyll doesn't recognize Olenna's symbolic rule over her family's seat. Mace is dead.

Was Randyll banking on the 8% probability that she wasn't calling him there to kill him and take his army?
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The show writers pretty much said that won't happen at the end of the episode.

It just seems like the Army of the Dead don't really have any intrigue to offer other than killing things, so I would be surprised if they do much of anything at all. I think the most we get is just them getting to/through the Wall and then that's it until next season.
 

RDreamer

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How are they even going to get there? Fleet has been burned, hasn't it. Or did they split it up already?

They had both the Iron Islands fleet brought by Theon and Yara that would probably be sieging King's Landing and they also had ships from the masters in Mereen. Those would probably be the ones taking the unsullied over to Casterly Rock.
 

HotHamBoy

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That was a pretty poor episode.

Some bizarre scene transitions that felt really out of place, all it was missing was a star swipe.
Sam operating on Jorah bordered on comedy.
Euron's entrance into battle was lol worthy.
Dragonstone has the same effect on Dany that The Overlook had on Jack Torrance.

But it had Hot Pie so.... Maybe that saves it?

I think they played it that way intentionally, yeah? I liked that scene (except for the gross stuff).

Otherwise, I agree the episode was kinda shit. The writing has really declined.

That sex scene was super unnecessary male gaze shit. I mean, I ain't complaining about what I saw on a personal level but I could have lived without it and the episode would have been stronger for it.
 

Zolo

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I just thought of another stupid thing about Cersei calling Randyll Tarly to court.

He's the bannerman for House Tyrell. Cersei just murdered the lord of House Tyrell.

Randyll doesn't recognize Olenna's symbolic rule over her family's seat. Mace is dead.

Was Randyll banking on the 8% probability that she wasn't calling him there to kill him and take his army?

Think there's a law about hospitality and protection....not that Cersei would really care.
 

WriterGK

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I agree the cutting of the battle wasn't that great. But I have been complaining for seasons now that I don't like all the battle's performing off camera. So I did like it but it wasn't perfect but still quite enjoyable. But lol Euron was indeed a little bit too much Godmode lol.
 

schlynch

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Do I really what? Believe?

I mean, Sam says that there only are two known cases where advanced greyscale has been cured. So yes?

Two different scenes...
The first one Sam talks about how he met Stannis' daughter and Broadbent talking about that advanced greyscale is different from that in infants. Sam has not found the cure in this one.

The next time we see Sam he has somehow found the cure in a book. And Jimmy boy says he knows about it.

Uh yes?
My umbrage is how Sam found out about that old maester and his book.

When I say I find it unbelievably convenient I mean it. It just doesn't feel especially plausible that Sam found that very book in less than a day. It's deus ex librī. (I might have fucked up the latin, but hopefully you know what I mean)

He already found it in the last episode. It is written in the book about dragon glass (look at screencaps).
 
That sex scene was super unnecessary male gaze shit. I mean, I ain't complaining about what I saw on a personal level but I could have lived without it and the episode would have been stronger for it.

Yeah... I literally turned to the wife and said, "at what point does it turn into porn? 5 minutes?"

"Foreign invader" actually topped "Bad Pussy," as well. Ugh.
 
How are they even going to get there? Fleet has been burned, hasn't it. Or did they split it up already?

Who knows. But there are major logistical problems either way.

Casterly Rock is on the west coast of Westeros.

If Grey Worm is going there by ship, they'll have to sail all the way down the Narrow Sea, around Dorne and then back up again, close to the Iron Islands.

By time they got there, the battle between Jon and the Night King will either be under way or over.

The timing of all this is really bad.

Plus, if they squeeze Ellaria or Tyene to spill the beans of the battle plans, Dany is fucked.
 

WriterGK

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I am afraid to say but I think Daenny will become or at least get a bad reputation as a ruler of Westeros just like her father. No way in hell those 3 dragons came here just for shows. And those beasts will do colossal damage. I just remembered the child one of them killed a few seasons ago near that Goat.
 
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