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[Speevy]

he didn't ask who the father was,

pretty sure he asked "who do you say is the father" meaning what will you tell others

Oh, yeah you're right on second thought. I guess it isn't so bad then, but Jaime still looks so weak in that scene.

One thing I didn't misunderstand is Jaime dismissing the golden company like they can't possibly beat the Dothraki.

This is an interesting development because either Jaime is wrong, or Dany will lose her army at some point.

Otherwise why even introduce the mercenaries?

 

[Grinchy]

What I just thought about:
What if there's a giant plot twist and Lannister wins this?
I think the story currently is mostly fan service and I somehow fear that such a twist will come.

I'd be ok with Cersei ruling over the ashes but I hope they write a more creative ending.

 

[Speevy]

I'd be ok with Cersei ruling over the ashes but I hope they write a more creative ending.

As far as I can tell, it's already ashes. Every kingdom save for Dorne has been ravaged by war.

Who would want to rule that?

 

[Haly]

And Dorne is just sand.

 

[SurrenderDorothy]

Characters getting together and forwarding the plot isn't fanservice.
Some of you have become so accustomed to the "bad guys" winning everything that a couple of wins for the "good guys" is "fanservice".

Please...

I do think Cersei will try something though.

 

[Speevy]

And Dorne is just sand.

*twitches*

 

[TheMan]

How many times has the phrase "bend the knee" been used this season? Almost coulda made for a decent drinking game...

 

[Speevy]

Characters getting together and forwarding the plot isn't fanservice.
Some of you have become so accustomed to the "bad guys" winning everything that a couple of wins for the "good guys" is "fanservice".

Please...

I do think Cersei will try something though.

Well, the show started with villains who aren't really villains in the traditional sense because they didn't start the central conflict. And some of them aren't villains at all, or have a redemptive arc.

Then the real villains started shitting on the over-abundance of heroes and scattered them throughout the terrible world that's presented.

So the last act has been mostly comeuppance and there aren't enough villains except for whitewalkers who aren't terribly charismatic.

So if people call something fan service it's only because what's happening seems less like something that would happen, and more like something people would want to happen.

Example:

Roose Bolton seizing the opportunity to betray the Starks once he saw the war was going south seems like something that would happen.

Arya murdering the entire Frey family seems like something you would want to happen.

 

[pestul]

How many times has the phrase "bend the knee" been used this season? Almost coulda made for a decent drinking game...

Ansel Elgort could easily do the remix.

 

[Little Old Man]

Its probably due to the raises the main cast got. They are paid per episode, and probably the only way to maintain the cgi quality is to cut down the amount of episodes. HBO is notoriously cheap, so even though they are spending money on the show they have their limits.

That's the part that disappoints me as a fan. Sure it would cost a bomb to do the end of this series a full send off, but just imagine what could be done. Sexy dialogue and word-play scenes a-plenty.

But hey, HBO are a business, so they're always going to look at the ROI from extra show funding. That's the advantage of writing books I guess, there's no budget restricting the scope, scale and length.

 

[Speevy]

I'll say one thing for Joffrey. He said "Kneel.", which is much easier to comprehend.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

And Dorne is just sand.

It's the warmest part of Westeros where they're able to grow exotic fruits and make wine. A pretty useful place in the Winter (maybe not the long night type of Winter).

 

[Speevy]

It's the warmest part of Westeros where they're able to grow exotic fruits and make wine. A pretty useful place in the Winter (maybe not the long night type of Winter).

Let's be honest. Most of us would just nope right back to some island where the whitewalkers can't travel.

 

[Haly]

I'd bugger off to Essos for the winter, seems zombies are a Westeros thing,

 

[Einchy]

Sail down to The Summer Islands and wait for this whole thing to blow over.

 

[Plum]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

 

[Einchy]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

That's Game of Thrones II coming 2020.

 

[Volimar]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

What is dead may never die.

 

[Speevy]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

I don't think wights inherit the characteristics of the living person. Otherwise they'd have done an Ice Joffrey a long time ago.

 

[Ether_Snake]

well he's taking too fucking long to quit. he starts doing some nice things in the middle of the story...going back to save Brienne. Then sending Brienne to save the Stark daughters instead of kill them. Then freeing Tyrion.

After that he's just gone straight back to fuckboy Jaime, though. Getting all defensive at prisoner Edmure Tully. Then, getting back to King's Landing and barely having a reaction to Cersei burning the Queen & hundreds of innocent people alive, barely having a reaction to Cersei being responsible for Tommen's death. Then, calling Olenna a traitor for siding with Dany, when ignoring the fact that Cersei betrayed and killed the Queen and usurped the throne for herself.

fuckin fuckboy Jaime. I'm sure there is a redemption coming for him soon but he really is taking way too fucking long to flip.

I think he's fine with doing anything for her, but there would probably be a limit with what he would do to himself. Her not wanting another child would probably not work out for him, especially if she decides she might as well get something out of the child, like sacrificing it or some such.

 

[Plum]

I don't think wights inherit the characteristics of the living person. Otherwise they'd have done an Ice Joffrey a long time ago.

Can't they just turn people into a White Walker instead of a Wight? My understanding is that they take new recruits as babies so they can be raised into being White Walkers and not cause any problems, but I'm probably wrong.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

They were at the blackwater rush, which is right next to KL. You wanna talk about episode 4 ok, but in 5 they were right next to it.

They were maybe a day's journey to King's Landing.

 

[Speevy]

Can't they just turn Euron into a White Walker instead of a Wight?

I think that only works on babies.

That's why I think Baby Sam is a whitewalker. Either that or incest stops the aging process for 4 years.

 

[Speevy]

They were maybe a day's journey to King's Landing.

The Dothraki would totally ignore Dany's orders and sack King's Landing.

 

[TimeEffect]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

This seems plausible, and he doesnt need to die to do it

No reason the night king cant use human alliances.

I swear if they make Cersei a good person or get killed by Euron...

 

[Einchy]

So I was thinking, why is the Night King attacking East Watch? It's not like he can go around it because parts of it go into the water. Is the magic weaker near the end? Does he think no one is there and thus it would be easier to attack? I guess we might find out tomorrow.

 

[TimeEffect]

So I was thinking, why is the Night King attacking East Watch? It's not like he can go around it because parts of it go into the water. Is the magic weaker near the end? Does he think no one is there and thus it would be easier to attack? I guess we might find out tomorrow.

Its closest from Hardhome no?

 

[Speevy]

So I was thinking, why is the Night King attacking East Watch? It's not like he can go around it because parts of it go into the water. Is the magic weaker near the end? Does he think no one is there and thus it would be easier to attack? I guess we might find out tomorrow.

I don't think the show's creators ever settled on whether the wall is magical or if it's just a big block of ice.

Benjen swears it's magical, so why march on it?

No one knows for sure, so why defend it?

 

[ComputerBlue]

This seems plausible, and he doesnt need to die to do it

No reason the night king use human alliances

What's in it for him? Unless he's into ice cold necrophilia.

 

[Speevy]

If the whitewalkers were a mistake by the children of the forest, why does the Night King seem so motivated?

 

[TimeEffect]

What's in it for him? Unless he's into ice cold necrophilia.

He doesnt get to die and gets to kee his stupid island

 

[Volimar]

If the whitewalkers were a mistake by the children of the forest, why does the Night King seem so motivated?

Just fulfilling his purpose.

 

[Pagusas]

If the whitewalkers were a mistake by the children of the forest, why does the Night King seem so motivated?

Lots and lots of fan theories on that, most suggesting an ancient deal has been broken

 

[Speevy]

If people actually figured out how to do that Bugs Bunny saw thing, the whitewalkers wouldn't be an issue.

 

[TimeEffect]

Just fulfilling his purpose.

Kill all humans? Is he a robot? Doesnt he stop to think "damn what am I doing with my life"

 

[Plum]

If people actually figured out how to do that Bugs Bunny saw thing, the whitewalkers wouldn't be an issue.

Oh god

Now I need to figure out how to do gifs so I can make an edit. That's too good an idea to pass up.

 

[Speevy]

Kill all humans? Is he a robot? Doesnt he stop to think "damn what am I doing with my life"

 

[Shin K Dash]

Kill all humans? Is he a robot? Doesnt he stop to think "damn what am I doing with my life"

"I should settle down and start a family..."

 

[Ramirez]

Man, I got mildly spoiled on FB in the comments section of a satire sports post! Damnit! I hope it was fake, to make it to the last day...feels bad man. ;_;

 

[Einchy]

Kill all humans? Is he a robot? Doesnt he stop to think "damn what am I doing with my life"

I do think of him as some sort of robot or an animal, he is true to his nature and that's all he knows.

 

[Haly]

I hope the head WW really is just a terminator and not like this:

 

[KHlover]

Holy shit

What if Euron become the Army of the Dead's Naval Captain?

Essos is fuuuucked if that's the case.

I've always said he'd need to be Davy Jones to pull off his BS, that would turn him into GoT Davy Jones. Please do it D&D.

 

[The Artisan]

Also a fun tidbit: I met Kit Harrington at a press event for his movie Pompeii.

He was very short, very handsome, brooding and mysterious. His hair was messy and his clothes were torn, but you could tell that there was hundreds of dollars in hair product and clothing in order to get that effect. He was cool.

He's not very short. 5'8" is average.

I'm 5'6", which makes me short.

 

[SArcher]

He's not very short. 5'8" is average.

I'm 5'6", which makes me short.

Man, in Northern Europe I'm considered short (5'9"). It sucks, everyone is so tall.

 

[The One and Done™]

He's not very short. 5'8" is average.

I'm 5'6", which makes me short.

Nah. 5'8" is short by today's average. When you exclude certain eastern countries the average male height is closer to 5'10".

 

[Plum]

I hope the head WW really is just a terminator and not like this:

...did you mean for Rhythm Heaven to be at the bottom there?

 

[MysticX]

Rewatching old seasons is fun.

Stannis told Samwell Tarly "we have dragonglass at dragonstone" so...he already knew it...

Maester Aemond told Jon to kill the boy, did he mean the kid that stabs him...or Bran?

Cersei is pure evil second only to the mad king himself! And Jaime isn´t much better...

he told Tully that he will catapult his kid and slaughter everyone he loves so he can please and be with Cersei...so I hope he won´t be "redeemed" somehow..he is a monster!

Forgot in Valyria that Tyrion saw Drogon there...was cool...completely forgot about it.

Also, where are the armies of the Tyrell´s and Dorne? I mean, they killed the snakes maybe, but the army is still there. And I doubt the army Jaime was commanding killed all of the Tyrell´s force..I mean wasn´t that meant to be huge!!!

Still mad as fuck how ser Barristan went out...I mean common! In an ally, the best swordsman ever being killed by some harpie pussies?

Man I forgot that Stannis´s queen was a complete psycho!

 

[Einchy]

Kill the boy meant to stop being a boy and become a man because he needed to toughen up if he was going to lead the Night's Watch.

 

[Grinchy]

Rewatching old seasons is fun.

Stannis told Samwell Tarly "we have dragonglass at dragonstone" so...he already knew it...

lol wow that is quite a thing to overlook for the writers

 

[Einchy]

lol wow that is quite a thing to overlook for the writers

What do you mean it was overlooked by the writers?