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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 5 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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It's actually better writing if he's resurrected. They've been showing resurrection stuff for a while now, and hinting at it. If it only ever happened to throw away characters and never to anyone important in any important way, that'd be really bad writing.
TheVampire
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So now that Cersei is back home is she just going to say fuck it and demand her guards and that new big white guy just kill all those faith guys and reject a trial?
Shmeagatory94
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Just watched it...
Fuck man... I hate this show. John Snow, why?
Fuck man... I hate this show. John Snow, why?
ComputerBlue
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Good point.
MMBosstones86
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I was excited when they talked about Benjen in the preview.
....and I then I wasn't excited.
....and I then I wasn't excited.
lastplayed
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Fenderputty
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Regarding cersei. Since she was never rescued, are we to assume the religious wackos outnumber the lannisters enough that they've lost their power over the landing anyway?
Mighty Chin
Banned
GRRM is a lazy storyteller. All set up no payoff. I dont think he has a fucking clue what he's doing.
Easton Dark
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Tommen was just being useless per usual. He was apparently too distraught to give the order.
Tommen, Ollie, and those baby zambamboes. Not a good season for likeable child characters. Especially for the two sweet little girls that died literally for nothing.
She just got Hodor-Golden Battle Edition, so I doubt it.
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mmazurkiewicz
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i didn't even realize that the new super guard for Cersei is that dudes frankenstein experiment.
The Sony conference has me feeling better at least!
Fuck this show. No one left to cheer for, they're all either non entities (Arya, Sansa, Bran) or awful people.
Not interested in the rest, my favourite (along with Ned, Robb, Oberyn) have been taken out. The Nights Watch is pretty much dead as far as story go. Im pretty sure the audience want the WW to take all into the ground with them. Big characters are pretty much gone.
The last episode was shit.
Not interested in the rest, my favourite (along with Ned, Robb, Oberyn) have been taken out. The Nights Watch is pretty much dead as far as story go. Im pretty sure the audience want the WW to take all into the ground with them. Big characters are pretty much gone.
The last episode was shit.
She was never rescued probably to avoid people whining about damsels.
Sooooooooo Stannis is alive, right?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=168039785&postcount=15782
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Because the actress had died.
What the fuck.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
rofl, this is getting ridiculous now
We've been given plenty of warning that the people of Castle Black think he's fucking nuts for doing the shit he's doing.
You can't scream "BAD WRITING" every time something happens that you don't like, that's not how things work.
Now this is a legit issue. They could have easily showed Stannis get the axe, yet they wanted to be clever with a quick cut transition and confused fans.
That's poor writing.
Returns and does what? Get into a notable position and then get killed off before doing anything with it? It'll amount to nothing. Like Stannis, Renly, Robb, Ned, Jon Snow, Oberyn, Tywin - Its lazy unfulfilling writing by GRRM and co. This show isnt worth a rewatch as their no conclusion. Bullshit.
Ziltoidia 9
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If stannis was the true king, wouldn't a lannister be true king now if he died?
TheLostBigBoss
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rofl, dear god.
If we're going to talk story line and purpose, Jon gave Sam the info that Valyerian Steel works just like Dragon Glass, Jon gave Sam the info on the size of the Army of the Dead and Jon got Wildlings over The Wall.
A good portion of the characters you listed served a great purpose in moving along the story before they died, you're acting like because they died everything they did was for nothing and it was all pointless.
RustyNails
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That's what HBO WANTS you to believe!
But seriously, what a tragic outcome for the entire tragic Baratheon siblings story. Stannis survived a catastrophic siege during Robert's Rebellion, and protected his city like a true hero. He was really the rightful heir after Robert died and Ned believed that as well. Renly did not have the right as he was young and the succession fell on Stannis. He was done fucked the moment he entangled with the red priestess and stopped heeding Ser Davos' counsel. She filled his head with visions (delusions) of grandeur all the while stroking his ego.
In the end, his greed for the throne destroyed him. He should have headed back after Ramsay's night raid instead of doubling down. His family was killed, army destroyed, and no more pretension left. I think Stannis was a tragic character in the end, and I kinda do think that Brienne did slay him. It was just handled with more dignity than Ned's death.
Nah man, they should all sit on the throne together at the end.
Why does it have to be a throne? Why not a bench amirite?
lastplayed
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Well it was quite evident early on that it's a throne not worth sitting on. It's just a game of survival at this point. I'd move to Dorne. My man Bashir will protect everyone.
Or a dingy.
I bet Jon Snow makes a cameo first episode with her praying over him and him staying dead because she is useless. People will see him listed on IMDB and assume he comes back. Glorious trolling. Just like Tywin in the S5 premiere.
Tesseract
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yep, that's the middle ages
brutality among commoners and elite was everywhere, everyone
it was like ultima online
RustyNails
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Yeah, bad idea dude. lolWatched the finale right after Sony E3. My expression went from
Damn.
It will probably appear to fail until some episodes later. Usual tv/movie/game trope.
Her sudden re-appearance at castle black is just too convenient for what we think will happen not to happen. Surely there would be closer places she could run too? (I dont know the GoT landscape lol)
Ya I don't expect it to be a very clean resurrection.
bobbyrawlins
Banned
Man, just fuck the everything on this show. I hope the White Walkers raze the whole place to the fucking ground.
Going into next season is going to be interesting, assuming Snow stays dead.
At this point every one I like is dead, leaving just my mild interest in Jaime and Tyrion all that will keep me interested. Hopefully Bran has some interesting stuff coming, cause he's the only person doing anything noteworthy. (Too bad it's all fairly boring, like the Essos stuff.)
At this point every one I like is dead, leaving just my mild interest in Jaime and Tyrion all that will keep me interested. Hopefully Bran has some interesting stuff coming, cause he's the only person doing anything noteworthy. (Too bad it's all fairly boring, like the Essos stuff.)
Over the entirely of GotT so far, Jon's death is the only one to raise a 'meh' from my wife and I. Only because it seems all too obvious that he'll come back. Melisandre fleeing Stannis when she realised he's not the one and running to Jon. Plus she's got that 'raise from the dead' fire god magic in her back pocket.
Plus, Kit Harrington was on Graham Norton last month, and .. (spoiler maybe)
Plus, Kit Harrington was on Graham Norton last month, and .. (spoiler maybe)
when asked about working on GoT, he said he has to do other work around his GoT commitments, and that Game Of Thrones 'own him', which is the reason he can't get his hair cut. So unless he is having a cameo at the start of next season showing him being burned, it's pretty clear he'll be back for season 6.
vasametropolis
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Just watched the episode. Fuck this show... I can't handle much more of this. The characters to root for are down to like 2? 3? Can this family get shit on any harder?
Watched the finale right after Sony E3. My expression went from
Damn.
Me too 😔
Looks more like a trim. It's likely similar length by now. (That was January-ish) Unless there was a more recent hair "cut"?
Could all be a work to surprise us, but they should know we are not fools.
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