TheContact
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Has someone photoshopped a pic of GRMM smashing beetles with the heads of Ned, Robb, Cat, Oberyn, etc.. yet?
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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 4 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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I think he (or she) means this emphasis on the "bad guys" getting their way all the time.
There are others. Gendry, Pod, Brienne, Sansa, Bran, Sam, Bronn... arguably Jaime and Jon Snow.
Bran, Jojen, Meera, Hodor, Davos, Varys (kinda), Bronn, Jon, Sam, Barristan Selmy, Lady Olenna, Brienne, Pod, ...
Enough for you?
In a series full of gruesome onscreen deaths his death not being on screen is definitely fishy.
I think calling some of these likeable is a stretch :lol
OK I guess you are right, I have no idea how tha combat went in the book. Anyway we still have to make him confess for killing all our favourite characters one day 
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Now that I think about it, I'm really pissed because this is the first time a character I really liked died, since Ned's death.
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Now that I think about it, I'm really pissed because this is the first time a character I really liked died, since Ned's death.
She's still pretty touchy about losing that baby.
And some people even like Stannis.
It's a really long list.
And some people even like Stannis.
It's a really long list.
PapaJustify
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No comfort, GAF? :/
Anyways, what will happen with the Imp now?
Anyways, what will happen with the Imp now?
As is calling them characters. Hodor? Really?
But there is certainly more than two developed, likable characters to root for.
I think you're confusing likeable with nice guys
Neoriceisgood
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Welp. Poor Oberyn.
At least he got a few stabs in. Hope the Mountain is confirmed dead in the next episode. Ellaria's scream was horrifying.
Arya laugh was horribly awkward and didn't work for me.
Sansa's scenes were awesome, girl is learning. Baelish better watch out.
Dany's scene was tripe. Really bad acting from Emilia Clarke. Felt so sorry for my man Jorah Mormont.
At least he got a few stabs in. Hope the Mountain is confirmed dead in the next episode. Ellaria's scream was horrifying.
Arya laugh was horribly awkward and didn't work for me.
Sansa's scenes were awesome, girl is learning. Baelish better watch out.
Dany's scene was tripe. Really bad acting from Emilia Clarke. Felt so sorry for my man Jorah Mormont.
I really hope the Blu-ray set gets out this year. I going to want to see this again on my home theater setup.
On the topic of Game of Thrones on blu-ray, can someone who's watched Season 3 with commentary tell if there's are spoilers for future seasons in there? I've watched S2 with commentary over the last couple of days and I felt like there were strong hints on some of the tracks about how the Tyrion / Shae relationship would end (in season 4) and how things were going to be for Theon (in season 3).
Also that resolution to the fight was some God of War shit.
On the topic of Game of Thrones on blu-ray, can someone who's watched Season 3 with commentary tell if there's are spoilers for future seasons in there? I've watched S2 with commentary over the last couple of days and I felt like there were strong hints on some of the tracks about how the Tyrion / Shae relationship would end (in season 4) and how things were going to be for Theon (in season 3).
Also that resolution to the fight was some God of War shit.
If the onion knight goes out in a bitchmade way, i think that might be my last episode.
Davos, Bronn, Olenna, and Varys are hardly nice guys. But they are likable characters.
ComputerMKII
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I'm getting tired of Game of Thrones being 40 minutes of nothing then one interesting thing in the last two minutes.
If you think everything that happened in this episode between Sansa/Littlefinger and Dany/Jorah was nothing then this probably isn't the show for you. Those were two really big plot developments.
It's specifically against the rules in the OP which you should read in full, but I'll quote the pertinent bit here.
It's specifically against the rules in the OP which you should read in full, but I'll quote the pertinent bit here.
I was just commenting to the guy saying that we also have Tyrion alive.
Personally I don't care for most of the characters anyway. I like many but I care only for a few, that's the only way I can keep watching the show.
Please be excited to purchase the Season 4 boxset in 2015, two weeks before Season 5 premieres.
This. All these ignorant comments about Martin are what is retarded. Some people need to get a life. Or read a book as it seems.
Thanks, sorry everyone, ignore me.
ThoseDeafMutes
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She is a total idiot 60% of the time and would be useless without her inner circle. Got a feeling that she will go off the rails / start drinking her own kool aide without her most important mediating influence.
xBladeM6x
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This was me as well. I almost didn't care he died, because I couldn't get over how absolutely disturbing that during and after shot of his head being exploded was.
I really hope that's not the case again.
Dont think thats the case but this thread is really fucking strict about anything book related. You'd be better off in the other thread.
That Starship Troopers gif of the kids smashung the roaches to a hysterical mom would be neat for this. Too bad my img editing skills are poor.
It's always going to be the case. It's free promotion for the new season and gets people up to speed.
Lol, turns out Oberyn was an imbecile.
To be honest i was already expecting this outcome, if anything because The Mountain is a crucial character in the Hound's character development, whereas Oberyn was the new guy, with less investment on the line, plus the trick of killing off the most obviously likable guy is getting a bit predictable in itself.
Thing is, they actually went LESS subtle about it than i was expecting.. when he started dancing around all cocky, that was the final confirmation, as it is the oldest trope in the book.
I think that whole sequence could've been handled a little better, tbh.
That said, i still enjoyed the very brutal death (damn) and the rest of the episode, although slow burning, was somewhat interesting.
On another note, i think the Hound has become one of my favorite characters, not because he's a good pal or anything, but because there's always fun when he's on screen.
Also happy the Daenerys side of the story is FINALLY moving on, with something fresh.
Not among the best episodes, all in all.
To be honest i was already expecting this outcome, if anything because The Mountain is a crucial character in the Hound's character development, whereas Oberyn was the new guy, with less investment on the line, plus the trick of killing off the most obviously likable guy is getting a bit predictable in itself.
Thing is, they actually went LESS subtle about it than i was expecting.. when he started dancing around all cocky, that was the final confirmation, as it is the oldest trope in the book.
I think that whole sequence could've been handled a little better, tbh.
That said, i still enjoyed the very brutal death (damn) and the rest of the episode, although slow burning, was somewhat interesting.
On another note, i think the Hound has become one of my favorite characters, not because he's a good pal or anything, but because there's always fun when he's on screen.
Also happy the Daenerys side of the story is FINALLY moving on, with something fresh.
Not among the best episodes, all in all.
RustyNails
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Methinks Tyrion letting the Beetle walk away foreshadows his eventual release. I hope Goddamit Gaf can I even hope in here. Jeez.
Goddamit Gaf can I even hope in here. Jeez.That's it though, that was all in Jorah's fantasies, she couldn't care less!
We'll probably get that next week.
AuthenticM
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I think Dany cursing out Jorrah is the beginning of the end for her. She's nothing without her advisors. While I am not interested in her story anymore, it would be weird if she dies before going to Westeros. Four seasons of her on the other side of the world, without he interacting with anyone from the mainland. That would be a failure in narration.
Hot Coldman
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Methinks Tyrion letting the Beetle walk away foreshadows his eventual release. I hope
if you think this has a happy ending, etc etc
Only as bad as her getting wiped out the moment she touches down in westeros.
And yet I keep falling for it!
ReplacementPelican
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Agreed, there is no hope though I think saying that 40% she isn't an idiot is a bit generous.
Just finished watching the episode and still feel queasy, the lack of justice in this show is actually starting to frustrate me, I wanted a lot more of Oberyn as he was one of the characters I really liked. Not only that but he should have just finished it. Jesus, I don't know how to cope with this.
ThoseDeafMutes
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White walkers vs Dragons, got to happen. Seems like such an obvious thing. Even the title of the series would fit it.
Dany has the most of that. She's the only one who has some control over the dragons. If she dies they would just fly off and do whatever they wanted.
True. But that doesnt mean she has to make it to the last step. Just her dragons
I felt The Wire was a lot more "fair" in that regard, though now that I think of it, I'm struggling to find a good amount of examples :lol
Well, she's also one continent removed from all the action, so I'm not really counting her.
There's straight dick going on in Essos compared to Kings Landing alone.
Lord Panda
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Danaerys is an imbecile - her scenes would be insufferable if not for the supporting characters around her. And the dragons.
An Oberyn ... goddamn. The 'good' guys (with the exception of the Khaleesi and her cohorts) really can't catch a break - it's been a constant kick-in-the-balls after kick-in-the-balls since the very first episode of season one.
And now it looks like Sansa is joining the Sith in order to survive.
arts&crafts
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Game of thrones has the 2 most gruesome scenes I have seen in recent memory (for me at least) and they are both the same character.
1. The Mountain chops a live horse in half
2. The Mountain at last episodes end
2. The Mountain at last episodes end
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