the_firewithin
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i just realized the finale will be on when the Bethesda conference starts. tough decision
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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 5 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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Watch with subtitles on and check out the HBO character guide. That'll help the names stick.
Nameless
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Happy Ned Stark Day everyone
S1E9 - Shocking death
S2E9 - Huge battle
S3E9 - Shocking deaths
S4E9 - Huge battle
S5E9 - ????
Jorah, Ramsay, Roose, Davos, Sansa, Jon, Cersei, Brienne, Margeary or Loras feel like potential targets, if not tonight by season's end. I still think Jon is super important to the story and mythology, more so than ever after last week, but this show feeds off Stark blood, and Olly is lurking.
S1E9 - Shocking death
S2E9 - Huge battle
S3E9 - Shocking deaths
S4E9 - Huge battle
S5E9 - ????
Jorah, Ramsay, Roose, Davos, Sansa, Jon, Cersei, Brienne, Margeary or Loras feel like potential targets, if not tonight by season's end. I still think Jon is super important to the story and mythology, more so than ever after last week, but this show feeds off Stark blood, and Olly is lurking.
ComputerBlue
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Shocking death(s) tonight. I don't expect there to be any huge battles after last week and I'd be okay with that.
Bring on some deaths!
Bring on some deaths!
The Lamonster
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My bets are on Brienne and/or Stannis biting it tonight.
"Huge battle" of this week could be The fighting pits. Doesn't seem like stannis v winterfell will happen which I thought ep 9 would be for most of the season.
ComputerBlue
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Last year we had trial by combat in the 8th, huge battle in the 9th and shocking deaths in the 10th. So it could definitely be something big next week.
There are like 800 characters on the show, many of whom we go several episodes without seeing. When you're bad at names it's impossible to remember who the fuck someone is just by name when they're not a main character.
Stannis don't you do it! Don't you do it! Also, Arya bumps into someone she knows? In Braavos? SYRIO LIVES! I KNEW IT! YESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!
IAmRandom31
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ahahahaha
I wasn't complaining, mind you.
I know who Mace is, in terms of face and character role in the plot, i just didn't connect the name (without family name) to him, at first.
I remember him being sent to the Iron Bank and all that.
But i'm really bad at remembering names in general, it's not a problem during the show because i still remember faces.
Feeling nervous for Shireen already. Killing her would be shlock-value bullshit, imo. If Stannis defends her, even at the cost of his life, he will go down as the GOAT candidate for the throne, even if that's just his base duty as a father.
And I agree that we won't see a major battle in the rest of the season. The siege of Winterfell can easily be done off screen. "Your grace, our men have suffered grievous losses and are parked outside the walls of winterfell. We won't last 3 months here..." etc etc. And Melly comes back "I told you Stannis. But there is still that other way..."
The 'big fight' today will be Jorah in the fighting pits at the end of the episode. My prediction is that the harpies will attack halfway through, all hell will break loose, Jorah will attempt to get to Dany and infect tons of people along the way, and (and this is a big, wild guess) Jorah and Tyrion will lead Dany away from Mereen for good. It's like the only way out of this shitty situation at this point if there's only two seasons left.
What else could happen there? The pits go off without a hitch and Jorah dies in honour? That's not dramatic enough. The title of the episode also makes me think that Dany could plot to have Viserion and Rhaegon (sp?) show up halfway through the fight to emphasise to the entire city where her power comes from, but we haven't seen her have that kind of control so I think it's less likely than my other guess. Are they still on chains? Also, this is where the whole 'don't feed your dragons humans' could start causing her issues.
As for Arya, I reckon she'll meet Mace and Trant either this episode or the next, while staking out the crooked insurance broker. I was sure that Trant wasn't being sent to kill Mace, that prediction never made sense as Cersei DID need someone to deal with the Iron Bank. Maybe he'd kill him on the way home but he was always going to make it to that meeting.
As for Jon, I have no idea how the Watch are going to react to his tale of Hardhome. Honestly the only plausible reaction is everyone saying 'Shit, this guy was right all along' but the show seems to have been leading us in the other direction. Don't think we'll see much of Jon tonight after last episode's fireworks.
Surely they'll have to touch on Dorne again but I don't really give a shit about that. As for Cersei, I think they'll leave her in jail between seasons.
Just please, please... don't kill Shireen.
And I agree that we won't see a major battle in the rest of the season. The siege of Winterfell can easily be done off screen. "Your grace, our men have suffered grievous losses and are parked outside the walls of winterfell. We won't last 3 months here..." etc etc. And Melly comes back "I told you Stannis. But there is still that other way..."
The 'big fight' today will be Jorah in the fighting pits at the end of the episode. My prediction is that the harpies will attack halfway through, all hell will break loose, Jorah will attempt to get to Dany and infect tons of people along the way, and (and this is a big, wild guess) Jorah and Tyrion will lead Dany away from Mereen for good. It's like the only way out of this shitty situation at this point if there's only two seasons left.
What else could happen there? The pits go off without a hitch and Jorah dies in honour? That's not dramatic enough. The title of the episode also makes me think that Dany could plot to have Viserion and Rhaegon (sp?) show up halfway through the fight to emphasise to the entire city where her power comes from, but we haven't seen her have that kind of control so I think it's less likely than my other guess. Are they still on chains? Also, this is where the whole 'don't feed your dragons humans' could start causing her issues.
As for Arya, I reckon she'll meet Mace and Trant either this episode or the next, while staking out the crooked insurance broker. I was sure that Trant wasn't being sent to kill Mace, that prediction never made sense as Cersei DID need someone to deal with the Iron Bank. Maybe he'd kill him on the way home but he was always going to make it to that meeting.
As for Jon, I have no idea how the Watch are going to react to his tale of Hardhome. Honestly the only plausible reaction is everyone saying 'Shit, this guy was right all along' but the show seems to have been leading us in the other direction. Don't think we'll see much of Jon tonight after last episode's fireworks.
Surely they'll have to touch on Dorne again but I don't really give a shit about that. As for Cersei, I think they'll leave her in jail between seasons.
Just please, please... don't kill Shireen.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Whatever happens tonight will happen.
Not using shiny Charizard for Drogon...
Not using Dragonite or Hydregion...
For shame.
Awesome pic.
Naughty_Doge
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The episode leaked, so watch out for spoilers, GAF!
I have this sinking feeling we are going to get a character death tonight.
Please Jesus, not Jorah. Take someone else.
Jorah will be fighting in the pit so he seems like an obvious candidate for death - especially since he is already infected with that stone plague thing.
Maybe Cersei? She is in a shitload of trouble. Bronn and Jaime as prisoners could die as well.
Please Jesus, not Jorah. Take someone else.
Jorah will be fighting in the pit so he seems like an obvious candidate for death - especially since he is already infected with that stone plague thing.
Maybe Cersei? She is in a shitload of trouble. Bronn and Jaime as prisoners could die as well.
doing a little work while watching baseball, then playing soccer, going to parents house for dinner, then coming home to watch it...will note to avoid facebook/certain sites!
mercenar1e
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ReturnOfTheRAT
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Goodbye to this thread and social media in general then. See you all on the flip side.
Jorah is dead already
On one hand, I wouldn't mind seeing Cersei die. On the other hand, though, seeing her suffer on the floor of a cell is just too good.
At first I was like "WTF? Jon put an arrow through Mance's heart", then I realized Mace = Master of coins. Almost forgot about that guy.
Also: with that title, the ep better delivers.
EDIT: Regarding character deaths - Obi Wan Barristan is dead. I don't care for anyone anymore, except maybe the Lord Commander. Nah, most definitely the Lord Commander.
I don't get it - care to explain?
EDIT: goddamn, that gif took a shitload of time to load. all I saw was a still of Jon Snow. Nevermind now.
Haha, I remember thinking the same thing when he drew his sword and was like 'with me crows' and they ran back into the massive army of the undead. That's some balls.
well the ones that are with him right now are the few besides Sam that fully support him, they went voluntarily to Hardhome.
Even Google pulled up Mance when I searched for Mace.
LegendofDragoonLives
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Someone better mention that Jon killed a WW when they had back home.
Maybe it was the power of love he still feels for Ygritte
TheOctodad
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It's Valaryian steel... they mention that. I believe Brianne had one and Tommen now, as well.
If you mean, more detail, they'll probably cover that a bit. My guess is Jon will talk to Sam about it.
Well, allowing Tyrion's trial etc. to go as far as it did was a bad decision considering nobody outside of Cersei thought he killed Joffrey. Boning his son's lover was a worse one.
I remember it belonged to jorah before he left and then snow got it for saving Jeor. But I don't remember them mentioning valkyrian steel being able to kick some white walker ass. Maybe Sam will find it in a book lol
TheOctodad
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Well I don't think anyone knew it would kick white water ass ... until now. But now we do. The big question is why and can more be made? Big problem since there aren't many of them around.
I mean we always sort of assumed it could be used against them, they did a good job of foreshadowing it at least.
Can imagine how hard valkerian steel is to find when we know of only a few swords made of them. Will be good. But judging by the next episodes name..... We probably won't find out lol
The actual episode leaked? I don't think so, my searches don't bring up anything of the sort.
Remember who was escorting Mace? There. Revenge time though. Unless they go for "Yes you meet him but don't kill him because you'll fuck an important mission up".
Yes, nothing here....I think we're safe.
TheBaldEmperor
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I'm shutting off my phone and staying off the Internet from this moment forward until I watch the episode. Won't be able to watch until after it airs. Peace.
See you all on the other side!
TheContact
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The penultimate episode is tonight, and the title has the word
in it. You know shits going down tonight
dragons
no, defo leaked early by some provider. Clips and pics galore.
UnObtainium17
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Which episode got leaked? The one today or ep 9 and 10? Because if its both theb im staying the hell away from the internet till next monday.
I think tommen dies and im gonna be like..
And Please dont kill a Stark....
I think tommen dies and im gonna be like..
And Please dont kill a Stark....
But shit went down last week......
Seems this season they spent all the budget and drama on the last episodes.
"The only people who saw it were Wildlings. I don't believe you for a second, Lord Commander."
At least we have like those Crows, all those Wildlings and pretty sure also Stannis' fleet that will be able to back up, YEP, zombies are real and they fuck shit up.
Sweeney Tom
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Which episode got leaked? The one today or ep 9 and 10? Because if its both theb im staying the hell away from the internet till next monday.
I think tommen dies and im gonna be like..
And Please dont kill a Stark....
It was just today's. Dish on Demand accidentally had it up early and someone there didn't realize till hours later.
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