That single shot True Detective scene is probably better, but Hardhome was very good.
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That single shot True Detective scene is probably better, but Hardhome was very good.
Maybe. Think that was vinegar though.
BoogerFart
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I watched the episode twice and thought the guy said vanilla. But the podcast I listen to said vinegar also, so maybe it was.
TheSadRanger
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Ah okay, yea I agree with everyone else. Hardhome was freaking amazing, I would definitely put it at the top action scene of the series for me tied with the battle of blackwater.
Old bastard asked for vanilla oysters. I would have given him death water.
shira
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Jack Scofield
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I haven't seen this show since season three. Have they been mentioning Lyanna and Rhaegar more often? It feels like the obvious "Jon snow is Lyanna's son" plot point will make no sense within the show.
BoogerFart
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You're right. Dude needs to learn how to say vinegar tho.
lol. Gather the elders, and let's talk condiments.
Yes actually. There was one episode specifically that had two full scenes of Lyanna/Rhaegar backstory, and Stannis mentions Ned sleeping with a random whore being uncharacteristic and Littlefinger giving a bemused look when Sansa says Rhaegar raped Lyanna. Non-book readers have been putting it together.
petethepanda
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I still believe. #teamvanilla
Tyrion double with that hand placement.
He should play Tyrion in a nightmare dream sequence for Sansa.
She comes to him and asks for his help but the double turns around. Horrifying.
m_shortpants
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To be fair, Tyrion isn't supposed to be good looking. Dinklage is pretty handsome though.
Atraveller
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He knows what's up.
They either need to do the Seinfeld thing in the blooper reel or porn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwV61t_Tec8
Soyongdori
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White walkers are attacking and none of the free folks or crows bothers to grab at least one dragon glass.
They grabbed all the dragon glasses. Jon Bastard even got his Valyria sword and exploded the ice walker man.
I'm sorry.
They did go in and grab it, didn't they? Isn't that why they went back in there in the first place?
Jon tried to get it but it had scattered all around the hut.
Welp. We're all fucked.
Dragon glass is available elsewhere in Westeros..
Wow, that's, erm... Wow.
There was obsidian in Winterfell. Maester Luwin pulled it out in the first book.
Others have said ice dragon's but we also don't know the extent of the Night's King's power. He might just force choke the lizards and revive them as undead dragons.
Others have said ice dragon's but we also don't know the extent of the Night's King's power. He might just force choke the lizards and revive them as undead dragons.
RatskyWatsky
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*large scale
I think so, though to be fair there aren't a whole lot of shows that have ever attempted to do anything that big before.
Soyongdori
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Plus, dragons aren't immortal. They can be killed and we don't even know the full extent power of the Night's King. They can some how kill the dragon and possibly raise it from the dead as ice dragon just like how Arthas did in Warcraft.
LAUGHTREY
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Yeah did people forget about the conversation Stannis and Sam had? He has obsidian coming in from Dragonstone.
IAmRandom31
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Perhaps now that there are Dragons again if Dany can tame them she can work to figure out how to forge more Valyrian Steel. I'm sure the knowledge is stashed away somewhere. Maybe Bran will learn where.
Soyongdori
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Not sure if this was discussed, but what makes the upcoming winter so noteworthy? I mean, there has been past long winters in past centuries but the white walkers didn't invade the south, did they?
Atraveller
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The summer they experienced was the longest in history I think, and the winter will be equally long if not longer.
Yep and thanks to all the ongoing wars Westeros is sorely unprepared to deal with such a long winter. Going to be a lot of people running out of food.
Why the white walkers waited for this specific winter is a mystery, as is their very nature. One can assume the birth of dragons, the red comet, and the general uptick of magic are all connected, but it is unknown why and how. I really wish the night's king said something to Jon at the end, but actions speak louder than words.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah, that's a fair distinction to make.
The birth of the dragons is credited, if I remember correctly, for the sudden magic power upswing, i.e. Dondarrion being able to be resurrected multiple times via Thoros, Wildfire being easier to produce, etc. Obviously, the birth happened after the walkers had already returned, so they are likely not responsible.
It could be because the current summer had been so long, and I guess with Westeros weather patterns long summer = long winter, so this is the ideal time for them to come back. I think the last time they showed up was during a winter that lasted a generation. So maybe it's like an event that occurs every several thousand years, each time a generation-long winter occurs?
Finally, (and this is entirely wild speculation) there's the possibility that they have agents in the south reporting to them so that they know the time is right. The fact that the white walkers re-emerge just as the entire realm is thrown into chaos is a pretty big coincidence. The obvious architect of such a plan would of course be Littlefinger, though the Faceless would make perfect agents as well.
Powdered Toastman
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And then Gendry will finally have something to do again!
Moff
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If the rumours about the next episode are true, it will be one of the weakest episode 9 yet, Daznak's pit or not. I cannot believe that they will be retarded enough to keep every single goddamn cliffhanger of the books.
People here tends to grieve whenever a new change is introduced, but being faithful to the books in this aspect is nothing short of disastrous.
People here tends to grieve whenever a new change is introduced, but being faithful to the books in this aspect is nothing short of disastrous.
It's not like they can do the battle of Winterfell, they clearly blew most of the budget they could do that with on Hardhome.
They can close at least one of the bajillion different plots that opens up during AFFC and ADWD. I mean, there's a lot of huge potential thins to choose for a "grand finale" that doesn't involves massive CGI battles:
- Cleaganebowl or at least, the laid out of the trial by combat
- Stannis and Ramsay's fates
- Jon's resucitation
- Danerys moving towards Westeros
- Sansa's ladyballs dropping
- Brienne's endgame
But no, better end every single plot into a retarded cliffhanger in order to prevent this season to have any kind of climax or resolution. Masterful storytelling, that.
cartoon_soldier
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Just like the books then?
I expect some sort of extra info than books on Winterfell battle.
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