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[Turin]

I recall reading a quote where GRRM said that the Starks that are still alive will reunite at Winterfell at some point.

So who's going to be the final hero of this story?

Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Bran, or Arya?

Rickon

I really liked that visual imagery of the White Walker generals on horseback on top of the mountains shrouded by the blizzard as hell breaks loose below. That was fucking epic.

 

[MRrogermoore]

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen <3

Shit like this piss me off tbh...why did she go full emo, why not remain badass and atleast try to fight till the end.

 

[badcrumble]

That battle totally blew away the entire 'Watchers on the Wall' episode from Season 4, goddamn.

 

[jakefromstatefarm]

Something has just occurred to me about Sansa's new storyline. When I read the books I was led to believe that Winterfell had some sort of magic tied to it. Bran the builder built the Wall and also built Winterfell. Winterfell's crypts are very mysterious and I was led to believe there was something down there which would be revealed at some point.

Anyway there is the saying that there must always be a Stark in Winterfell. When I read the books it led me to believe that Winter (as in the White Walkers) returned because there are no Stark's in Winterfell, however now Sansa is in Winterfell that kind of killed that theory for me.

well, plenty of winters have passed with a Stark being in Winterfell.

There is something to the "There must always be a Stark in Winterfell" that's been elided so far imo. A handful of theories tie it into the crypts and/or the GNC, which explains why the rest of the North has a vested interest in removing the Boltons.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Shit like this piss me off tbh...why did she go full emo, why not remain badass and atleast try to fight till the end.

One of the most common tropes in zombie horror is the mental toll of facing an enemy that looks so much like those we love, only twisted. Most people have a breaking point, but even a moments hesitation where you're like, "hey, I used to date that guy's sister", and bam, you're dead.

 

[MRrogermoore]

Good episode but somethings annoyed me...little things. and i hate how invincible jon is.

 

[Byakuya769]

Shit like this piss me off tbh...why did she go full emo, why not remain badass and atleast try to fight till the end.

It's a woman. D&D.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Good episode but somethings annoyed me...little things. and i hate how invincible jon is.

For real, nothing's gonna take him down.

 

[fallengorn]

Hardhome stuff was great, although fuck WiC for posting pics on the FB feed. It hasn't even been 24 hours and I got spoiled.

Good to see Wun-Wun kickin' butt.

 

[Speevy]

Good episode but somethings annoyed me...little things. and i hate how invincible jon is.

You're gonna love Ramsay next week.

 

[Grief51]

I have to say it is quite funny lurking in the Unsullied thread. A lot of them are like "OMG thought for a moment Jon was going to die in the battle. No he's too important they will spare him"

They will go nuts when Olly brutally stabs Jon in the back

 

[m_shortpants]

So who's going to be the final hero of this story?

Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Bran, or Arya?

Watch GRRM pull a curve ball and make Brienne the hero.

Jon stays dead. Stannis lives.

Just go completely bonksrs, GRRM.

 

[fallengorn]

You're gonna love Ramsay next week.

I half wanted him to say, "I just need 20 good dogs."

 

[StopMakingSense]

Jon stays dead. Stannis lives.

Jon wargs into Stannis.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

I really would like a thread for viewers to finally start reading but I suppose it will be less populated than a re-read thread.

If I do it, will anyone partake? It will be after the season is over, a few weeks or so after.

If Winds does come out before the next season it would be a great idea I think.

I'm actually about to start a re-read myself, so I think I would participate in such a thread.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Content Roundup: Hardhome

Reviews and Recaps:
AV Club Review (Experts)
AV Club Review (Newbies)
Hitfix (Alan Sepinwall) Review
Grantland (Andy Greenwald) Recap
Rolling Stone Recap
Entertainment Weekly Recap
IGN Review
Washington Post Review
Washington Post Recap
Watchers Recap (book readers)
Watchers Recap (Unsullied)
See the Rotten Tomatoes review page for an exhaustive list of reviews & recaps

HBO Content:
HBO Viewers Guide
Inside the Episode
Iain Glen & Emilia Clarke: Winning Daenerys Back
Clip: Daenerys & Tyrion Meet
Making Game of Thrones: Weapons of Hardhome
"The Dance of Dragons" Preview

Other Content:
MTV: Miguel Sapochnik talks filming the Hardhome massacre
NY Times: Birgitte Hjort Sorensen on playing a wildling mother
Hannah Waddingham on the role of Septa Unella
EW: Kit Harington talks filming Hardhome

This post will be linked in the OT.

 

[Croatoan]

So who's going to be the final hero of this story?

Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Bran, or Arya?

No heroes, they will all die in episode 9 season 8. Episode 10 will just be the others talking about how worthless the Stark's ended up being this cycle. Credits roll...

 

[adamsappel]

Fantastic episode. I loved Tormund beating Rattleshirt to death (I gather) and those zombi kids were creepy. Wun Wun was great.

They're.....gradually......getting.....away........

That did indeed look silly.

When Jon gets stabbed he'd better get properly fucking Caesar'd with his brothers chanting the oath as they murder him. Not some crap with Olly sliding up, stabbing him and legging it Roose Bolton style.

Yeah, I'm starting to worry it's going to be something only done by Olly, rather than Aliser Thorne et al.

 

[H.Cornerstone]

Yeah, there are quite a few people in the unsullied thread who don't quite grasp how much LF has fucked the kingdom in his rise to power. The entire Stark/Lannister war is his fault, including the dagger he blamed on Tyrion, (and only Tyrion is aware that LF is the one who...fingered him). He's no more a father figure to Sansa than he was a friend to Ned or a lover to Lysa, he destroyed their lives to make himself a great Lord.

What if LF is secretly a White Walker.. duh duh duh.

 

[a secret-boss]

So who's going to be the final hero of this story?

Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Bran, or Arya?

Victarion will pillage and leave a sea of flame behind him

 

[BobTheFork]

Am I correct in assuming that Dragon Steel doesn't drop the wrights like it does the walkers, as in not instantly? I remember Jon stabbing one in season 1 in Mormont's quarters with longclaw

 

[foxtrot3d]

Am I correct in assuming that Dragon Steel doesn't drop the wrights like it does the walkers, as in not instantly? I remember Jon stabbing one in season 1 in Mormont's quarters with longclaw

Correct.

 

[dabig2]

So who's going to be the final hero of this story?

Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Bran, or Arya?

I thought everyone agreed years ago that it would be Hodor.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Am I correct in assuming that Dragon Steel doesn't drop the wrights like it does the walkers, as in not instantly? I remember Jon stabbing one in season 1 in Mormont's quarters with longclaw

I don't think he long Longclaw until after that scene, but I'm pretty sure you're right that Valyrian Steel doesn't do anything special against the wights. I guess it might cut them up better, but the parts will still come for you.

 

[Damerman]

Excuse me as i go masturbate to tyrion and dany scenes.

 

[foxtrot3d]

Wait a second, do you think Tyrion will finally tell Dany to get rid of Daario?

 

[BobTheFork]

I don't think he long Longclaw until after that scene, but I'm pretty sure you're right that Valyrian Steel doesn't do anything special against the wights. I guess it might cut them up better, but the parts will still come for you.

Ok. I was thinking about how you deal with The Army of Winter. Being able to drop a walker doesn't mean much with the hordes behind them. It really has to be dragons.

Damn! If only they could swim you could lure them into Blackwater Bay and use wildfire

 

[Speevy]

Wait a second, do you think Tyrion will finally tell Dany to get rid of Daario?

"You know he's Euron Greyjoy, right?"

 

[VARIA]

Another potentially useful gif:

Yeah, this would make a great "ban, ban, ban, permabanned" gif. haha.

Such a great scene.

 

[Joni]

Something has just occurred to me about Sansa's new storyline. When I read the books I was led to believe that Winterfell had some sort of magic tied to it. Bran the builder built the Wall and also built Winterfell. Winterfell's crypts are very mysterious and I was led to believe there was something down there which would be revealed at some point.

Anyway there is the saying that there must always be a Stark in Winterfell. When I read the books it led me to believe that Winter (as in the White Walkers) returned because there are no Stark's in Winterfell, however now Sansa is in Winterfell that kind of killed that theory for me.

There still is no Stark in Winterfall, there is only Sansa Bolton. I think it is more like there must always be a Stark leading the north/guarding the castle. Sansa is not in that position.

 

[Kaladin]

Man.....the end of that episode....all I could think of was "you're fuuuucked. FUUUUUUCKED. FUUUUUUUUUUUCKED."

 

[Damerman]

Does anyone know what happened to joffrey's sword? I really hope that Ice gets to make a comeback, even if it means that brienne(huge fan of hers) dies in order for oathkeeper to make it into a stark's possession.

 

[badcrumble]

Does anyone know what happened to joffrey's sword? I really hope that Ice gets to make a comeback, even if it means that brienne(huge fan of hers) dies in order for oathkeeper to make it into a stark's possession.

We don't know yet, but presumably it quietly passed to Tommen. You don't throw out or bury Valyrian steel, and presumably Tywin wasn't enough of an idiot to do that.

 

[Drazgul]

Does anyone know what happened to joffrey's sword? I really hope that Ice gets to make a comeback, even if it means that brienne(huge fan of hers) dies in order for oathkeeper to make it into a stark's possession.

What needs to happen is that Ice gets reforged. Brienne doesn't deserve Oathkeeper, she's done nothing but fuck things up.

Then Jon can dualwield Ice and Longclaw because video games have shown that dualwielding is totally badass.

 

[Dalek]

Dude. That episode-holy shit.

 

[Damerman]

What needs to happen is that Ice gets reforged. Brienne doesn't deserve Oathkeeper, she's done nothing but fuck things up.

Then Jon can dualwield Ice and Longclaw because video games have shown that dualwielding is totally badass.

This analysis is nothing short of scientific. Bomb ass post, i agree.

We don't know yet, but presumably it quietly passed to Tommen. You don't throw out or bury Valyrian steel, and presumably Tywin wasn't enough of an idiot to do that.

Hmm, it would really be tragic if somehow arya makes it to kings landing, kills tommen(excuse my horribly unfounded prediction), but then overlooks the sword.

 

[biosnake20]

I seriously have to stop watching Elio's and Linda's reviews.

 

[Drazgul]

Hmm, it would really be tragic if somehow arya makes it to kings landing, kills tommen(excuse my horribly unfounded prediction), but then overlooks the sword.

That would be fitting, Widow's Wail ending up with Arya. Which is why they probably won't do it.

Randyll Tarly also has a valyrian steel sword (Heartsbane, a greatsword like Ice was), all the other known swords in Westeros (that are accounted for) are held by entirely irrelevant characters IIRC.

 

[Speevy]

I just thought of something. If you can burn the dead men, why didn't anyone have any fire?

I dunno...I know they were in a hurry, but it seems like someone might have thought of this.

 

[Pkaz01]

That would be fitting, Widow's Wail ending up with Arya. Which is why they probably won't do it.

Randyll Tarly also has a valyrian steel sword (Heartsbane, a greatsword like Ice was), all the other known swords in Westeros (that are accounted for) are held by entirely irrelevant characters IIRC.

I really want Arya to find Dark Sister, it would be perfect

 

[Ambient80]

Just caught up on that episode.

Ho. Ly. Fuck. Best episode of the series? Certainly the best large scale battle, and I don't even think it's close. It was just incredible.

 

[Snuggles]

That was intense. As they were rowing away at the end I was scared for a moment that Wun Wun was gonna try to get on Jon's boat and sink it.

 

[Drazgul]

I really want Arya to find Dark Sister, it would be perfect

Could be anywhere at this point. The name would certainly fit Arya, heh.

 

[methodman]

So even if book 6 releases before season 6 like grrm said earlier today... What will happen in two years for season 7? Book 7 wouldn't come out until 2019 at minimum imo. I see a lot of complaining by GRRM and his editors lol

 

[golem]

That would be fitting, Widow's Wail ending up with Arya. Which is why they probably won't do it.

Randyll Tarly also has a valyrian steel sword (Heartsbane, a greatsword like Ice was), all the other known swords in Westeros (that are accounted for) are held by entirely irrelevant characters IIRC.

The dagger that Lf owned

 

[kirblar]

The 3 fangs of the dragon?

edit: Well, ok, 5 doesn't work.

 

[Kuros]

So even if book 6 releases before season 6 like grrm said earlier today... What will happen in two years for season 7? Book 7 wouldn't come out until 2019 at minimum imo. I see a lot of complaining by GRRM and his editors lol

The show will go on.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

So even if book 6 releases before season 6 like grrm said earlier today... What will happen in two years for season 7? Book 7 wouldn't come out until 2019 at minimum imo. I see a lot of complaining by GRRM and his editors lol

The show is going to end long before the book series is complete - even if they go 8 seasons, it'll still end up spoiling all of the major events from the books unless GRRM either 1. changes things from what he originally told D&D or 2. pulls an irl twist and reveals that ADOS is already done and will be out a year after TWOW.

 

[BrokenIcarus]

The show is going to end long before the book series is complete - even if they go 8 seasons, it'll still end up spoiling all of the major events from the books unless GRRM either 1. changes things from what he originally told D&D or 2. pulls an irl twist and reveals that ADOS is already done and will be out a year after TWOW.

Don't Do this to me

 

[munchie64]

Hannah Waddingham on the role of Septa Unella

Huh. So that's who that is.