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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 5 - Sundays on HBO
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Basileus777
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I wonder what it really means though. Using the name Night King doesn't mean that it's the same as the book's Night's King.
Beelzebufo
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Yeah. Right now he's gathering forces, so by the time he attacks Caslte Black he'll have a level 10 army with undead defense perks.
The worst part? Castle Black is only a Level 4 defense structure, and it's vulnerable extra vulnerable to attacks right now because of its "Racism" perk D:
cj_iwakura
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You damn well know what i meant
Eh, I kinda doubt they just decided to pull that name out of their assess without permission from GRRM. It'd be like naming some random person Azor Ahai but have it be completely unrelated to the book stuff.
If only this were F2P, then Jon would be able to borrow some money from Stannis to buy extra energy.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I thought it was interesting that Tyrion mentioned that the Tyrells were someone who might be convinced to ally with Dany.
He can't know about what's going on there and he's perceptive about people so maybe it's a bit of foreshadowing?
He can't know about what's going on there and he's perceptive about people so maybe it's a bit of foreshadowing?
Beelzebufo
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???
It's always cold beyond the wall, and there are always Others there (well during the events of the show). That doesn't have anything to do with winter. This attack happens in the books too, likely before the bird comes.
Ramsay has lots of energy packs, maybe Stannis will capture some of them. When Ramsay saw a "Wait 10 months to battle Stannis" timer he just purchased the "Speed up!" bonus.
*Jon looks at the King*
*Nights King lifts his arms*
"COME AT ME, BRO"
Somebody gif it.
I do hope that the Others don't turn out to be pure evil.
*Nights King lifts his arms*
"COME AT ME, BRO"
Somebody gif it.
I do hope that the Others don't turn out to be pure evil.
It was the best he could do for him, really. Tyrion saved Jorah's life, even if he doesn't care about his life apart from muh queen.
Zambies
LegalEagleMike
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Ya, interesting he didnt even mention Dorne.
Tyrion knows how shitty Dorne is.
Beelzebufo
Banned
But there were zambies in Season 1 both beyond the Wall and in Castle a Black, and a fast moving zombie killer Jojen last season D:
Basileus777
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Night King is pretty general name that can be repurposed. And I'm not sure why GRRM's permission matters.
Subpar Spatula
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The High Sparrow will place the Night's King in prison until he confesses his sins.
Quick episode summary? It aired while I was on a plane and might not have great WiFi to watch it for a few days
Tyrion and Dany are buds, Cersei drank water off the floor, Kevan's coming back, Tommen's not eating, Reek tells Sansa about Bran/Rickon, Ramsay is going with 20 men to kill Stannis' entire army, Arya is selling oysters, then OH MY GOD HOLY SHIT ARE YOU KIDDING ME for the last 30 minutes.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Cersei's in jail, all hail Kevan and Ser StrongQuick episode summary? It aired while I was on a plane and might not have great WiFi to watch it for a few days
Arya is gonna kill some dude she sold oysters too
Sansa got Reek to spill the beans about Rickon (who?) and Bran
Ramsay got bored of waiting and is taking 20 dudes to go fuck up Stannis
Jorah got sent away and is now fighting in the pits, Tyrion told funny jokes and Dany decided she's going to kill everyone in Westeros.
Jon killed some zombies and fought Ganondorf in Hardhome, but escaped with a few wildlings
Fuck.
Well maybe I'll find good WiFi in Chicago while I wait to check into my hotel and catch it on HBO go
MrPing1000
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Whoops wrong thead.
When I saw the Night King do this I thought he was just trolling Jon.
"Come At Me Bro"
Saw this before the episode: http://pitchfork.com/news/59777-mastodon-portray-wildlings-on-game-of-thrones/
Spent the whole time looking for these dudes, saw them a few times. Pretty funny they pulled metal guys for extras....I had my suspicions that half the wildlings were from metal bands anyways...haha.
Spent the whole time looking for these dudes, saw them a few times. Pretty funny they pulled metal guys for extras....I had my suspicions that half the wildlings were from metal bands anyways...haha.
Well like I said I doubt they can just start throwing around important names without consulting GRRM. He can't DO anything, but he'd probably be pissed.
BobTheFork
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Did Ayra already poison that guy? I thought she had until I compared the giant pitcher of stuff she dumped on the Osyter with the tiny bottle she was given.
You really could argue they aren't going to do the stabbing to Jon, or it's not going to be a group of people but just Ollie
I mean, the Watch can't possibly doubt him now. especially when Edd and other's saw the Walker's as well.
You really could argue they aren't going to do the stabbing to Jon, or it's not going to be a group of people but just Ollie
I mean, the Watch can't possibly doubt him now. especially when Edd and other's saw the Walker's as well.
Beelzebufo
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"I am now known as the Night King, but I omcr went by the name of Jon's Connington. I was the brother of Balon's Greyjoy, until he exiled me and I changed my name."
I'm pretty sure I read an article in the past talking about how GRRM didn't really like how one dimensional the orcs were in LOTR in direct reference to how he was approaching the White Walkers. At the very least we can safely assume there's more to them than meets the eye based on what we saw last season. Night's King (or whatever) was definitely a lot more caring towards that infant than I would have expected.
Shamrock7r
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Anyone else thinking the twist, if you could call it that, is that White Walkers are essentially Ra's al ghul, here to clean the filth that is what society in Westeros has become, and restore balance, or something
PsychoSoldier
Banned
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when the Southern world disconnected from the happenings up North finally finds out what's happening.
"What the fuck have I been doing this whole time?"
"What the fuck have I been doing this whole time?"
Beelzebufo
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I really don't know what they're doing with them. I think they might just stay as a force of nature, something that makes characters make tough decisions. GRRM doesn't care about cool action scenes, he cares about people having to make tough decisions, and I cant think a crazy twist with the Others that adds anything as far as that's concerned.
Like "I need to stop you!"
"Actually, we're doing this because you polluted the environment!"
"...Okay. I need to stop you!"
I'm half convinced the Night's (Night?) King is only in the show to give Jon something to punch.
Im gonna say no, but I'd love to be wrong 😢
He lives, others in his party won't. Sorry Davos.
True, but the ratio of zambies grew exponentially, and this time there's witnesses that aren't ..lets use the word 'portly' and arguably scared of the dark.
Shamrock7r
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Hah, it's not something I noticed while watching, but all the human looking dead guys dissapear when they jump off and only the skeletons are seen falling
Maintenance
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He'll be taken prisioner like Ramsay said in that letter that he had Mance, only this time it is Stannis.
And then Brienne comes in and saves him right?
Maintenance
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Brienne goes to rescue Sansa, find Stannis prisoner and says:
This time you'll pay for what you did to Renly.
Leaving him alone to die in a cage.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I feel like they'll find some kind of way to get Melisandre back to the Wall but I have no idea what they're going to do.
Stannis dies?
Selyse dies?
Shireen dies (by the hand of Melisandre or Ramsay?)
Ramsay gets captured?
Seems like anything could happen, which is exciting.
Stannis dies?
Selyse dies?
Shireen dies (by the hand of Melisandre or Ramsay?)
Ramsay gets captured?
Seems like anything could happen, which is exciting.
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