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I'm loving everything they've been shown of Dorne so far.
Also, Indira Varma is soooper cyute.
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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 5 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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I'm loving everything they've been shown of Dorne so far.
Also, Indira Varma is soooper cyute.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
The opening was like look, this is typical fantasy adventure music, everything will be fine. Nope.
Dire wolves
I think it's telling that Sansa's wolf Lady was killed off really quickly, as though her "Stark-iness" died then too, as she was going to marry into the Lannisters (which she did eventually, but that marriage doesn't count really).
She needs to find her heritage again.
I don't know, I sort of dig Dark Sansa. ^_^
Oh I love it too, but surely she has to learn at some point that Littlefinger is the architect behind the downfall of her family?
At the moment she's just 'Sansa'. She needs to become Sansa STARK, again.
liliththepale
Banned
I kinda hope Sansa turns "bad". Not in an "I'm pretending to be bad because that's how you stay alive" way but "I was foolish before and now I'm finally having fun".
Yeah, that short haircut is really working for her.
Winterfang
Banned
Sansa needs to start becoming a player in the Game of Thrones. She is the "last" surviving Stark according to most people and the North always remembers. She can do something, I know don't what exactly though.
liliththepale
Banned
She's definitely a piece in the North now that Jon declined Stannis. Sick as Baelish is, I kind of hope Sansa continues to warm up to him.
Necromanti
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I foresee her playing him like a fiddle and eventually taking everything that belongs to him (including his life).
liliththepale
Banned
That would be a fitting end, but it's too trusting of GRRM's good graces if you ask me!
Littlefinger has shown some weakness in regards to Cat. He seems to have a similar thing going for Sansa. I would imagine that even if some of the Stark women ultimately fell to his plots, Sansa could very well trip him up through scheming in that blind spot. I'd probably bet money that she's going to be his downfall.
I'd be down to see her do more than simper on the sidelines.
I'd be down to see her do more than simper on the sidelines.
Necromanti
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Aye... That would probably be too predictable.
umop_3pisdn
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Littlefinger's game is so high stakes that Sansa could probably just trip him up a little bit at just the right time (she knows how to bide her time, if nothing else) and it would be enough to foil everything.
I agree. I also think she is becoming (or became) a different person, instead of just learning how to "play the game." In fact, I say Arya and Sansa are no longer the Stark girls we once knew.
I've always assumed at some point one of the Starks left is going to end up going to war against another. Not in the misguided, if only they had all the info sense but in the full on as in two of them no longer see eye to eye. Sansa seems like the type who could possibly end up that way.
ComputerBlue
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Sansa is absolutely nothing like her former self. She was at a point insufferable with how whiny and naive she was. Sure, she had her reasons to moan about but man it was getting to me.
Arya in my opinion is very similar to her younger self, just smarter and matured.
Still eating (or trying) to eat those pigeons though.
*pop* looks like she sort of knocked the head off rather than slice it lol
liliththepale
Banned
Yup. Sansa is a different person, but she's still entirely along for the ride. I want her to take interest and delight in schemes like all the other players.
ComputerBlue
Member
LOL girls gotta eat something!
We've seen a bit of self confidence last season when she lied about her Aunt. Also last night she stood her ground against Brienne.
She's definitely still along for the ride but I think she knows she's not ready to be a major player yet, so she's sitting back and learning while being far more aggressive than she ever was.
I mostly agree, but I say Arya enjoys killing now. The old Stark Arya was just a tomboy, who loved fighting. For instance, in season 1 when Arya had Prince Joffrey on the ground she didn't kill him. She just tossed his sword in the lake. The new Arya would had killed Joffrey without hesitation.
Miles Quaritch
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The hissing was freaky after the beheading...
Really liking how this arc with Dany is progressing. Felt she had it much too easy up until now.
Really liking how this arc with Dany is progressing. Felt she had it much too easy up until now.
She was brimming with confidence in the scene in the carriage last ep with Littlefinger, calling him out on whether he trusts the carriage driver and the knights protecting them.
It sounded like they all got a flat tire.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Arya is a Hunter now.
Winterfang
Banned
But Sansa can't marry Stannis, he already have a Wife. Though I support me some Melisandre x Sansa action.
ComputerBlue
Member
You're absolutely right. Shes going to make for an awesome assassin, can't wait. Although, I wonder how much of Arya we'll actually see once she becomes a nobody.
exactly.
I can't wait to see her as Faceless man training! Arya and Sansa are my favorite story arcs of season 5.
Stantron
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When Ellaria Sand leaves from visiting Doran Martell, the King of Dorn, it looks like the guard gestures to his spear's blade. Then Doran shakes his head. I can't tell if he is just frustrated with Ellaria, or if that was a way of telling the guard no need for that right now. Probably the former.
Anyone else think the people that Dany liberated chanting "Mysa" sounds kinda pathetic? I know they're former slaves, but it just seems a little too dronish.
Anyone else think the people that Dany liberated chanting "Mysa" sounds kinda pathetic? I know they're former slaves, but it just seems a little too dronish.
Maybe I'm over analyzing this way too much but hear me out. In season 1, Ned Stark killed a man who broke the law by beheading him. Ned died later that season. In season 3, Rob Stark killed a man who disobeyed him by beheading him. Red wedding. In season 5, Dany killed a man who disobeyed her by beheading him. Coincidence?
Arrowgigantic
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She didn't even do it the Stark way, she had her boyfriend do it.
Melisandre gonna sex Sansa for some of that Queen of the North magic power...
I wonder if Wozzly watches Game of Thrones.
You missed Theon beheading Ser Rodrik in S2, which lead to a horrible chain of events.
"Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost."
LanceVance
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The hissing scene at the end was cheesy as fuck.
My girl D needs to just start burning and pillaging all in her path.
Become the mad queen she was born to be
My girl D needs to just start burning and pillaging all in her path.
Become the mad queen she was born to be
cormack12
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Sansa's storyline has been the weakest by far. I also don't like the actress portraying her. Everything is just wrong. If there is one casting mistake in this show, it is her.
Daenerys' storyline has stagnated in Meereen. I think she is 'learning' the game of thrones and Varys/Tyrion will be invaluable to her. I think the dragons are a metaphor at the moment. She's basically called breaker of chains but has chained two of her dragons up. Because when everyone and everything is free, you sacrifice control and have to take the bad with the good. Meereen was an unhappy place, but there was dictated order. Now, she is staring straight down the barrel of civil unrest. Drogon's appearance foreshadows a change in how Khaleesi rules I think.
Arya's storyline is quite good, but I think we deserve some payoff now. The scenes with Syriio were lamentably short and we've never really been satiated with seeing Arya really develop her skills. There have been a couple of scenes that illustrate her growing confidence and ruthlessness but there are massive gaps there. Hopefully this season we will see some decent stuff in the house of black and white.
Jon, hmmmmm - didn't really want him as Lord Commander. It sort of marginalises his storyline somewhat, would have preferred him to side with Stannis. I think he will now defend the wall, with the wildlings from the Wights and eventually gain the title 'King in the North', which will stretch from Winterfell all the way beyond the wall, possibly to where Bran will preside.
The Sand snakes look ruthless - have a feeling I'm gonna like these chicks
Absolutely made up Bronn is back in it. Can't wait to see him and Jaime unite and go on some mad adventures, clashing swords.
I don't trust Daario.
Daenerys' storyline has stagnated in Meereen. I think she is 'learning' the game of thrones and Varys/Tyrion will be invaluable to her. I think the dragons are a metaphor at the moment. She's basically called breaker of chains but has chained two of her dragons up. Because when everyone and everything is free, you sacrifice control and have to take the bad with the good. Meereen was an unhappy place, but there was dictated order. Now, she is staring straight down the barrel of civil unrest. Drogon's appearance foreshadows a change in how Khaleesi rules I think.
Arya's storyline is quite good, but I think we deserve some payoff now. The scenes with Syriio were lamentably short and we've never really been satiated with seeing Arya really develop her skills. There have been a couple of scenes that illustrate her growing confidence and ruthlessness but there are massive gaps there. Hopefully this season we will see some decent stuff in the house of black and white.
Jon, hmmmmm - didn't really want him as Lord Commander. It sort of marginalises his storyline somewhat, would have preferred him to side with Stannis. I think he will now defend the wall, with the wildlings from the Wights and eventually gain the title 'King in the North', which will stretch from Winterfell all the way beyond the wall, possibly to where Bran will preside.
The Sand snakes look ruthless - have a feeling I'm gonna like these chicks
Absolutely made up Bronn is back in it. Can't wait to see him and Jaime unite and go on some mad adventures, clashing swords.
I don't trust Daario.
Butterfly Effect. Choice made set things into motion. I do see a bit of a pattern, thou. Perhaps they should just burn folks alive instead of beheading them. lol
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Stannis the mannis, didn't punish Jon. He is the true king.
Sansa's storyline has been the weakest by far. I also don't like the actress portraying her. Everything is just wrong. If there is one casting mistake in this show, it is her.
Daenerys' storyline has stagnated in Meereen. I think she is 'learning' the game of thrones and Varys/Tyrion will be invaluable to her. I think the dragons are a metaphor at the moment. She's basically called breaker of chains but has chained two of her dragons up. Because when everyone and everything is free, you sacrifice control and have to take the bad with the good. Meereen was an unhappy place, but there was dictated order. Now, she is staring straight down the barrel of civil unrest. Drogon's appearance foreshadows a change in how Khaleesi rules I think.
Arya's storyline is quite good, but I think we deserve some payoff now. The scenes with Syriio were lamentably short and we've never really been satiated with seeing Arya really develop her skills. There have been a couple of scenes that illustrate her growing confidence and ruthlessness but there are massive gaps there. Hopefully this season we will see some decent stuff in the house of black and white.
Jon, hmmmmm - didn't really want him as Lord Commander. It sort of marginalises his storyline somewhat, would have preferred him to side with Stannis. I think he will now defend the wall, with the wildlings from the Wights and eventually gain the title 'King in the North', which will stretch from Winterfell all the way beyond the wall, possibly to where Bran will preside.
The Sand snakes look ruthless - have a feeling I'm gonna like these chicks
Absolutely made up Bronn is back in it. Can't wait to see him and Jaime unite and go on some mad adventures, clashing swords.
I don't trust Daario.
You missed Theon beheading Ser Rodrik in S2, which lead to a horrible chain of events.
"Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost."
Definitely have that lost look
Winterfang
Banned
I think I must be the only one that doesn't like Arya. She likes she is hot shit but she sucks, she can fight at all. Can't wait for her to stop being Arya Stark and turns into a more interesting character.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Valar Morghulis
ComputerBlue
Member
Glad I'm not the only one who thought so, this show hasn't had a lot of cheesy moments but that one was bad. The Children from last season was cheesy as hell, felt like B rated 80s fantasy. The guitar squealing while Manse was burning was pretty bad.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Definitely have that lost look
Season 2 Theon is still one of my favorite parts of the entire series so far. I know most people think Theon is just an asshole that betrayed Robb/Winterfell but the personal struggle he went through in season 2 (and after) really endeared him to me. It's a shame he doesn't appear in episodes as much anymore but I hope there's some more focus on him in the future.
Theon/Reek is clearly Game of Thrones version of Smegol/Gollum.
ComputerBlue
Member
Agreed, his story to me is one of the more tragic ones. I hope we get to see more of him as well and I'd like to seem him get redemption at some point.
I think he's also one of the better actors on the show. He's gone through so much, as much if not more than a lot of other main characters and through the highs and lows his acting has been ridiculously convincing.
Edit: lol Smegol/Gollum.
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