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[TheLostBigBoss]

A lesson for you whiny man-babies:

Game of Thrones broke it's own suspension of disbelief

How this this so hard to grasp?

It has it's own in universe rules, extremely similar to our own, except with some magic abilities.

This is such a stupid counter point that we should turn our brains off during the show, it's Walking Dead levels of defense.

 

[Gattsu25]

What a weird coincidence that everyone """"predicted"""" that the dragon would be killed and resurrected by the Whitewalkers.

Yeah, this is my takeaway as well.

 

[Chiaroscuro]

Plus, how Dany found them (that fast) ? The north of the wall is not a small place.

 

[sangreal]

All of this Arya hate is really bothering. I guess Little Finger has shills on GAF.

She is way over the top but she is absolutely right about Sansa. Arya is the only one working to keep Jon in power there

Sansa even let it slip this week that she (deservedly) takes all the credit for winning Winterfell back

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Arya plot is a misdirection. Sansa and Arya are going to turn on Peter.

Not enough screen time for Little finger to suddenly take control. This is just them (writers) cooking up a way to bump him off.

No match for the Stark girls! I bet money on dat

 

[ComputerBlue]

Gendry runs funny.

 

[GreyWind]

That's Rhaegal no? Viserion was the green one.

No Rhaegal is green

 

[besada]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Honestly, I'm not impressed by Night King's ability to wage war. He better pull off some magic shit cause his army couldn't stop like 7 people.

 

[Giolon]

Wrath of the Lich King?

 

[Nerokis]

Oh hey that's a great excuse for basic shit like why the Night King threw a spear at a moving target instead of the stationary one. Great argument right there.

The stationary target wasn't a threat at that moment, while the moving one was about to head in his general direction.

 

[JHall]

😎 Looks like Jon and Dany are officially a couple #TeamJonaerys

Disgusting

 

[Plum]

Can finally admit I was spoiled on the dragon's death. Definitely did hamper things as that was the main "surprise" of the episode. Still though, I liked the episode. At this point I'm just in for the ride, and that ride is pretty damn hype.

Preview:

Spoiler

IT'S HAPPENING

 

[Forearm Star]

Game of Thrones (2017)

Fucking LOL

 

[Veitsev]

Game of Thrones broke it's own suspension of disbelief

How this this so hard to grasp?

It has it's own in universe rules, extremely similar to our own, except with some magic abilities.

This is such a stupid counter point that we should turn our brains off during the show, it's Walking Dead levels of defense.

What rules did it break

 

[The One and Done™]

Yo, my mind is blown.
The Night King must've been a Greenseer, he must've.

Every attack he's done so far went perfect for him. Hardhome? 3ER's cave? Including this one.
Everything was well planned and executed almost perfectly. Now I'm convinced he waited for Bran to "visit" him and his army before branding him and destroying the cave.
I'm even more convinced after looking at that WW and his squad of Wights marching with 1 of them not even belonging to the group. It was a plant.
Then you have the spears and chains, getting himself a dragon.
HE KNEW.

Plus, I'm not sure of this yet because I'll have to revisit episode 5.
But when Bran warged those ravens and went North of the Wall,I'm almost certain that the area where they were at was the same cliff they led Jon and the squad into.

Fuck me

 

[Zetta]

Dany/Jon scenes are what I most enjoyed this season. Jon bent the knee after he saw Dany put NK before anything as well as being a Queen for her people which is what I knew who take for him to do it. Jon purpose is the NK and he doesn't care what has to be done for it to happen.

 

[wandering]

Also that moment he called her "Dany"

What the fuck

Why

 

[sangreal]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

Theyve been carrying those spears since episode one tuough

 

[sam12]

Where did the dead army get chains from and how did they attach them to the dead dragon underwater. Thought the wights did not know swimming??

 

[Loxley]

Regarding Arya, I'm going to give the writers the benefit of the doubt (lord knows why) and assume she's playing some sort of long-con right now. Because I refuse to believe the showrunners thought it would be a good idea to actually make her this stupid. So, until I'm proven wrong (which I know I will be), I'm going to assume she's deliberately giving Littlefinger what he wants for some reason.

Either way I'm looking forward to this stupid subplot coming to a close.

 

[SparkleMotion]

Friendship ended with Danaerys

Now the Night King is my best friend

 

[ComputerBlue]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

And gargantuan chains out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Galang]

All of this Arya hate is really bothering. I guess Little Finger has shills on GAF.

Yeah one episode and people have lost their shit. Dejavu. They went crazy when she got stabbed last season too. It's more a matter of poor writing. A lot of what they do with her is contradicting

 

[Einchy]

Ya'll posting all these funny memes are disrespectin' our lil' perfect boy.

 

[SargerusBR]

Also that moment he called her "Dany"

What the fuck

Why

Because incest that's why

 

[KarmaCow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCr7y4SLhck

This is all I got from that episode.

Yea I was half hoping the Night King would reanimate the dragon under the water and it would burst out on its own.

 

[TRUE ORDER]

I thought that there would be more casualties with the white walkers.

Sansa should stop being like that or else something bad will happen at Winterfell.

 

[Knoxcore]

If this Arya/Sansa storyline happened a season or two ago I would understand but with a handful of episodes left, I'm not sure where they are going with this.

 

[molnizzle]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

I was reading on Reddit that he was waiting for the dragons to show up in the first place. That's why they just sat around that rock forever instead of crossing after the lake re-froze. Someone the Night King knew dragons would be coming, because of course he did.

 

[DopeyFish]

Imo this could be the best episode if they deleted the winterfell scenes.

I think people don't realize that arya believes that littlefinger did that for sansa.

So in her mind sansa is trying to protect herself. It makes perfect sense.

 

[Volimar]

Can someone gif the Hound's "whinging" scene? This thread needs it STAT.

 

[Veitsev]

Also that moment he called her "Dany"

What the fuck

Why

IDK

maybe cause she saved his life

 

[SDBurton]

Also that moment he called her "Dany"

What the fuck

Why

We're in fanfiction territory!

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

I enjoy the show for what it is, and there's plenty of fun, but the writing is definitely getting extremely sloppy and it feels like their not even trying for it to make sense. I'm not sure if it's just the showrunners' fatigue with the project or a consequence of the shortened season.

So, should we assume the Night King is doing everything for a reason based on his warg abilities and knowing a version of the future?

That could at least explain why he didn't just hurl ice spears at the group on that island, or he needed whichever dragon he killed to fulfill the prophecy instead of Drogon, and maybe he needs Jon or someone among the seven alive? But then why even attack that group? They could just not attack like they've mysteriously done in past seasons.

That "Dany" dialogue was utterly cringeworthy. Did they hire a fanfiction writer to pen that whole scene?

 

[Velcoro]

The Arya plotline pretty much confirmed that she had lost her goddamn mind in Braavos like it was speculated back in season 6. The campfire scene this season made it seem like maybe there was still something there but nope, she cray af.

imagine being Sansa I'd be so confused and scared like wtf you have faces in your fucking bag betch explain yourself

 

[Savitar]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

All the white walkers have them. The one Jon killed earlier wielded one. First time they used it as a javelin/spear.

 

[FStubbs]

Honestly, I'm not impressed by Night King's ability to wage war. He better pull off some magic shit cause his army couldn't stop like 7 people.

Come on. Those 7 guys could probably take King's Landing by themselves.

 

[Jarmel]

The stationary target wasn't a threat at that moment, while the moving one was about to head in his general direction.

You mean the dragon that was only a few hundred yards away from him and could have easily turned and killed him by dragonfire? As opposed to the dragon that was way further away and flying, thus increasing his chances of missing?

 

[sangreal]

Where did the dead army get chains from and how did they attach them to the dead dragon underwater. Thought the wights did not know swimming??

You only have to swim to get out of the water

 

[Zasa]

Vyserion

Obviously the one named after Jon's father had to live. Who else would he ride?

 

[Kayhan]

Yo, my mind is blown.
The Night King must've been a Greenseer, he must've.

Every attack he's done so far went perfect for him. Hardhome? 3ER's cave? Including this one.
Everything was well planned and executed almost perfectly. Now I'm convinced he waited for Bran to "visit" him and his army before branding him and destroying the cave.
I'm even more convinced after looking at that WW and his squad of Wights marching with 1 of them not even belonging to the group. It was a plant.
Then you have the spears and chains, getting himself a dragon.
HE KNEW.

Plus, I'm not sure of this yet because I'll have to revisit episode 5.
But when Bran warged those ravens and went North of the Wall,I'm almost certain that the area where they were at was the same cliff they led Jon and the squad into.

Why is Bran so shook whenever he encounters the Night King?

Because Bran is the Night King.

 

[peteykirch]

But the dragon got killed by it's flame on sack being pierced... So if that got punctured it couldn't make flames even as a zombie. Unless now it some how shoots ice.

 

[Jakeh111]

Regarding Arya, I'm going to give the writers the benefit of the doubt (lord knows why) and assume she's playing some sort of long-con right now. Because I refuse to believe the showrunners thought it would be a good idea to actually make her this stupid. So, until I'm proven wrong (which I know I will be), I'm going to assume she's deliberately giving Littlefinger what he wants for some reason.

Either way I'm looking forward to this stupid subplot coming to a close.

That's what I'm thinking too. She has to.

 

[soundscream]

Sure lucky the Night King happened to have a couple of giant dragon spears handy.

Evidence points at him beeing a greenseer, he knew they were coming.

 

[SparkleMotion]

Because incest that's why

Hey, Leia and Luke had a passionate kiss.

 

[Sirpopopop]

Don't compare this show that garbage.

I think I will especially since their next idea is the creatively bankrupt Confederate.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

Oh hey that's a great excuse for basic shit like why the Night King threw a spear at a moving target instead of the stationary one. Great argument right there.

Can't blame a guy for trying to show off. The Mother of Dragons what right there. Don't tell me you wouldn't flex

 

[megatronium]

This thread has gotten toxic. So much complaining.

 

[ScaryShark]

Really, really good episode after the spastic teleportation nonsense of last week. Loaded with great character stuff. The Arya/Sansa and Jon/Dany scenes felt years in the making and really showed how far all of those 4 have come as actors.

For a show that has relied on deus ex machine repeatedly, Benjen was really pushing the limits of what I can take especially when we just had yet another dragon ex machine minutes before. There was too much to love about this for me to care but it still stood out.

Next week should be a doozy.