ComputerBlue
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No one is doing any teleporting, the show runners admitted to giving up on trying to keep all timelines in sync long ago.
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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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The Artisan
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that does sound like something they would say, but could you provide a source?
ComputerBlue
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The Artisan
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thanks. i'd prefer they don't dwell too much time on traveling anyway, that's one thing that bothered me about the arya hound timeline
Pagusas
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It bothered me the first time I watched it live. But when binge watching it I've had no problems at all. It's an interesting study on how to make a show. Do you write it expecting the long waits between episodes and seasons, or do you write it expecting it to be watched altogether/binged. Some things in Game of Thrones only work live with wait times while others dont (the John dying then coming back the next episode feels stupid when watching it all together, but was awesome when there was a huge wait between seasons)
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It could be worse. You could spend 10 years on a boat.
Pretty sure that's the prevailing theory.
Of all the stuff I was learning, the magic face stealing ritual would be something I'd pay extra attention to.
Well, she was pretty good at it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4O9IWLoABU
I think her mayor flaw was just not being able to stop being Arya Stark and become "no one". The whole face thing she could do.
GenocidalMarshmallow
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Euron thinks he needs Cersei, but he really wants the bad pussy.
I'm calling it, he's going to kill/capture the Sand Snakes and bring them to Cersei so she can get revenge for her Daughter. I just don't see Tyrion dying yet, I feel like his character arc isn't complete and he still has an important role to play.
Plus I think the reason he met Jon Snow and spent time with him at the wall and saved his life and became friends in Season 1 is to establish a connection/relationship so they can meet again soon and he can introduce him to Dany and they can hopefully form an alliance of sorts.
If Jon is a legitimate son and not a bastard after all and Dany finds out, I wonder if she'll try to have him killed so he can't contest her claim?
But Jon has so much plot armor right now he could literally fight the mountain and he'd probably win, so not expecting him to bite it again anytime soon.
I'm calling it, he's going to kill/capture the Sand Snakes and bring them to Cersei so she can get revenge for her Daughter. I just don't see Tyrion dying yet, I feel like his character arc isn't complete and he still has an important role to play.
Plus I think the reason he met Jon Snow and spent time with him at the wall and saved his life and became friends in Season 1 is to establish a connection/relationship so they can meet again soon and he can introduce him to Dany and they can hopefully form an alliance of sorts.
If Jon is a legitimate son and not a bastard after all and Dany finds out, I wonder if she'll try to have him killed so he can't contest her claim?
But Jon has so much plot armor right now he could literally fight the mountain and he'd probably win, so not expecting him to bite it again anytime soon.
Mmm I guess so, it just seemed to accelerated and almost beyond her previous knowledge to infiltrate and kill off a bunch of people when she struggled so hard in being a fish seller with her own face. I guess it's just one of those things we'll see as we get closer to the "end" with the story just needing to be solved so writers just wave magic hands to solve issues.
Not to mention, a lot of Arya not being good was because she was paired with the waif, who was REALLY good at what she did and only lost because of her own hubris.
Actually, Jon and Sansa meeting with Tyrion and Theon will be all sorts of awkward.
I'm guessing Danaerys' initial reaction to Jon would be "bend the knee, help me get rid of Cersei, and then I'll help you with whatever's going on in the North, since the North is part of my kingdom anyway."
If it's found he's a legitimate son (which would mean his claim is greater than hers), she'd propose marriage. And surrendering his claim for her assistance.
Though ... how much longer will Jon even be King in the North? Bran has a better claim.
ComputerBlue
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Good point, haven't even considered this. I doubt she would, but still.
Part of (all of?) why she left Daario in Meereen is because she'll have to find someone to marry.
Sansa "You're good at this. At ruling."
If they don't pair up Dany and Jon I'll be legit surprised.
I think it's more likely she'll want to handle things the Targaryan way.
Bran has no desire to be king in the north, he's the three-eyed raven, he will let Jon stay KitN until Jon inevitably takes the Iron Throne(if it is still a thing). His entire arc has been people thrusting him up the ladder of leadership, even if he never desired any of it. Literally the polar opposite of Dany's arc.
The Artisan
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I started watching this last year, so I basically just bingewatched season 1-6 all on HBO go. Pretty much just an episode a day, and still for me, the Arya hound arc was annoying because of all the traveling.
This would be an interesting thing to study on, I made a thread about it late last year but it has since died
The Artisan
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For me personally though I didn't start liking the Hound till last episode. I didn't like him much at all tbh, I thought he was a goner after his vs. with Brienne and I thought, good riddance. Then he popped back up again and I'm like, great. Now what's next.
But I like the development he's had, a lot. Arguably one of the best developments of the show, main character or not.
This is how people reacted to The Hound coming back.
https://youtu.be/LIjZUxv5Qes?t=55s
People loooooved that character because of season 3. He was a big fan favorite.
DarkJediKnight
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I'm going through season 5 again, and man, what a chore. I ended up fast forwarding through some stuff. Especially Dorne. I frikken hate the sandsnakes.
I don't remember if Elyria Sand was this much of a bitch in the books but I hate how Indira Verma plays her.
I feel like one of the reason season 5 sucks for me is the sheer amount of travel. The only travel of interest was the Valyria stuff.
Tyrion and Varys travel - boring.
Jamie and Bronn - absolutely a waste.
Pod and Brienne riding horses every episode
Arya and House complaining while walking
Littlefinger And Sansa travelling. I dont even remember when Sansa and Littlefinger got to Winterfell.
The only decent epinside to me was Hardhome.
I don't remember if Elyria Sand was this much of a bitch in the books but I hate how Indira Verma plays her.
I feel like one of the reason season 5 sucks for me is the sheer amount of travel. The only travel of interest was the Valyria stuff.
Tyrion and Varys travel - boring.
Jamie and Bronn - absolutely a waste.
Pod and Brienne riding horses every episode
Arya and House complaining while walking
Littlefinger And Sansa travelling. I dont even remember when Sansa and Littlefinger got to Winterfell.
The only decent epinside to me was Hardhome.
Megalosaro
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I've loved the Hound since season 2.
The Artisan
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I know people loved it, he's a good character and the actor is really good too, gives him all kinds of shades. I was talkin bout my own personal take on the guy
At any rate, he should at least do something nice for her. She toted his ass across the north.
Megalosaro
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Ferb had a fucked up death because of him.
You'll get a better answer in the book thread, that name hasn't been brought up in the show.
Oh I didn't know it was from the book. My bad
The Artisan
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invite her over for a full course dinner meal at winterfell, when/if she gets there and she's probably never been there
Vincent Alexander
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Another episode that ends with Dany. I don't care!
At least Arya's opening was good here. Much stronger than her final scene in the finale that fell on it's face. Her like about leaving one wolf was badass. Weirdly enough, I am glad it wasn't her delivering the actual ones. Actor for Walder nailed it. He is good stuff...may he RIP.
I am hoping Sansa and John continue to habe a realistic relationship where they disagree abouts things but don't jump to wanting to murder each other.
Umm...Can't remember anything else. Episode was good. Not bad. Not great.
At least Arya's opening was good here. Much stronger than her final scene in the finale that fell on it's face. Her like about leaving one wolf was badass. Weirdly enough, I am glad it wasn't her delivering the actual ones. Actor for Walder nailed it. He is good stuff...may he RIP.
I am hoping Sansa and John continue to habe a realistic relationship where they disagree abouts things but don't jump to wanting to murder each other.
Umm...Can't remember anything else. Episode was good. Not bad. Not great.
The Artisan
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last year's episode ends with her on a ship on her way, and this past episode ends with her arriving. easy way to have to do away with plot for an episode
Ah yes there is lol. Valyria was built around them, and in the lore, the Valyrians were like shepherds before they found dragons near those volcanoes. With magic they bound the dragons and built the greatest empire the world has ever known. Valyrian Steel swords are made not just with dragon fire, but with magic as well. Oh and, Dragonstone is considered to be a volcanic island.
It's weird how Westeros barely has any magic, yet people like the Rhynor had a water magic and shit.
The Artisan
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ravens are pretty damn magical. how the fuck can you trust a bird with piece of parchment and expect it to know exactly where it is supposed to go
lastplayed
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Well you can still find obsidian around eroded and dead volcanoes. Easter Island was littered with shards of it. I "borrowed" a few bits, should the White Walkers come I'll be right.
That stuff is just weird. How come no one has ever bothered to just shoot down everyone's ravens? lol
On a side note (actually just jumping into the earlier conversation). How can dragons have been responsible for dragonglass used by the CotF, when dragons were introduced to Westeros nearly 8000 years later by the Targaryens? Dragons who were first discovered in Essos by the Valyrians a thousand years before Aegon's landing. Dragon glass is simply obsidian as a result of volcanic activity. Dragonstone is a volcanic island, hence the mountain of dragonglass.
There was a point where they killed all of a castle's Ravens but I'm having a hard time remembering whose they were.
LukasTaves
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He also killed Oberyn, the highest crime anyone committed thus far in GoT.
Maybe that's one of the 3-eyed Raven's duties. Sort of a postmaster general for Westeros. lol
lastplayed
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Winterfell?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They're just fantasy versions of homing pigeons which exist and were used for the same purpose.
The way they work in real life is that the pigeon only knows one location which it always returns to which is why they sometimes worked like that in real life. You can assume ravens work rhe same way.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_post
With what exactly? The skies are their playground, so you would have to be a pretty good marksman with a bow to even hit one, right.
Don't think so, it's honestly annoying the shit out of me that I can't remember. It's a pretty throwaway line where they're, like, "we've been shooting down their ravens".
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OH! I just remembered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xctdO5bm8
The line I remembered was Cat telling them to keep shooting them down.
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