He's just emo because he's not the Sword of the Morning, Ser Arthur Dayne.
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He's just emo because he's not the Sword of the Morning, Ser Arthur Dayne.
#TeamDaarioTheCrowsEye
BreezyLimbo
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Now that's a cool name.
Nope we got Darkstar, the Sith master who's not really sith but totally belongs in star wars.
Atraveller
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kewl
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
And whose greatest accomplishment is cutting up a young girl. I hope he never shows up in the series again, just so that is his one achievement.
No, they said the burning of Shireen was Stannis' story coming together from the first scene with him on the show. It explains why show Stannis leaned more towards Mel than book Stannis, they knew this was the outcome. There's clear foreshadowing in season 2, when Mel tells him he will betray his family. Also Linda inadvertently confirmed it on twitter during her little outburst that this is where the book story is going.
You should change that avatar, Stannis is a lost man.
bodyofanamerican
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Wait a minute...this has probably been discussed but:
Ep. 10 speculation based on released images
Ep. 10 speculation based on released images
So, those images of Ramsay and Stannis with blood on their faces is probably from episode 10, then huh?
Shuggananas
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they spoiled the readers by telling that burning shireen is a thing in the books too.
I think I'm fairly moderate on the show at this point, but I hate the Sansa stuff well enough. I think it could get back on track. There'd always be some niggling thoughts at the back of my mind about how the bizarre events of season 5 are coloring future events, but I think she's salvageable.
Stannis is lost to us. There's no hope for that now.
The other really bad part, Dorne, just ends on such a bizarre anti-climax that I'm not even sure it needs redeeming. There is literally nothing stopping everyone from just pretending it all never happened, and the Dornish just show up in the capital in season 6 unprompted. Jaime was in a fugue state and doesn't know what he spent the last year doing.
Yeah I guess you're right. Before that would have scared me! But it's harder to care about a fight between show Stannis and show Ramsay at this point. I guess I have to still worry they may spoil the fate of poor book Stannis for me.
Lol, right?
Some of us were calling this from day 1. I knew the show would pass the books at some point. GRRM thought more highly of himself and believed he could finish the books before the show caught up ... But nope.
Moff
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of course they will kill balon
I always said I had still hopes for euron because they have not killed of balon, yet. now is the time.
They could still do the Riverlands plot in season 6 if necessary.
Drogon could fart on screen for an hour and IGN would review it highly.
And the contrived situation done to do it.
I hope there's a scene where Ramsay is riding back to Winterfell and he's like "Um...guys, wasn't it snowing a moment ago and Stannis rides him down. Then Brienne cuts Stannis' head off."
The only thing that would redeem episode 10 for me is killing either Stannis or Ramsay. Both for bonus points.
I do admit as awful as what happened was, I do want to see the look on Ramsay and Roose's face when the snow starts melting.
Who the fuck are these Linda & Elio people on Twitter? Read some of the tweets, it's hilarious. They just seethe with anger and then randomly tell people to "fuck off!" when they receive any criticism. GRRM's associated with these people? lol
Never mind - did some research. Westeros.org's primary site-runners? They're acting real mature on their feeds. Can't be good for GRRM to continue associating with them.
Never mind - did some research. Westeros.org's primary site-runners? They're acting real mature on their feeds. Can't be good for GRRM to continue associating with them.
Season has been pretty bad but the source material was awful too. Hardholme was awesome and the two episodes around it were ok. Too make matters worse it appears they are going to end the season with a bunch of cliffhangers just like the book. I really hope they don't do that.
Not at all! Balon is still alive! She's missed a target in the show. That's never happened in the books.
I think that actually bums me out more. The source material is weak, but for the most part they've actually done a good job at improving the worst parts of the source material. People aren't spread apart to ever corner of the earth, Tyrion and Brienne don't meander on endless journeys. The only weak aspect of the book that they made worse is Dorne, where they somehow made even less happen. But then they've fucked up the stronger aspects of the books. The Northern stuff is the best part of those books, but between the Stannis and Sansa stuff, now it's one of their weakest areas.
Show Dorne is a hot mess, let's get that out of the way. But I am one of the few LSH haters, so I'm glad they took the risk to try make Jaime's meandering eventful. It didn't work out.
Relative to the likes of The Wire, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome and others, this show is trash by HBO's used-to-be standards. It's more on the level of True Blood. Trashy, but fun regardless. Although to me personally this show has really dropped its entertainment factor by a few notches this season.
This has always been the only team.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yep, they suck. Well Linda at least. She's so into the books, she won't read the Red Wedding chapter or some shit.
Moff
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all I can say is that carice van houten is by far the most attractive woman on this show.
As much as I've thought this season was pretty 'eh.', I do think the Jon Snow material has been well done.
Anton Sugar
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This show is getting pretty good at destroying character arcs. We had the Jaime-Cersei rape, and now the Stannis-Shireen sacrifice.
That's so intelligent and mature of her if it's true.
Give me Meissandei all day. Mel is great too. Screw Cersei.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
With the exception of Olly, I'd agree. That kid is driving me nuts. At the very least it's much better than his material last season, although that's not saying much.
eot
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They're moving Myrcella to KL just so they don't have to film in Dorne next season. I doubt there's a plot reason for it.
The amount of long distance zoom-ins on Olly with a menacing stare is out of control.
The amount of long distance zoom-ins on Olly with a menacing stare is out of control.
this makes me laugh every time I read it. Loves the books so much she refuses to read their defining chapter.
Veritigo_X
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"And I will tell you, it is three usurpers of Westeros when I get there that are gone. Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, and — what's the third one there? Let's see .... OK. Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, and — The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops."
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Yeah it has been pretty good generally but I don't have a lot of hope for how they handle next week.
WrenchNinja
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It's going to take a lot to ignore the Sansa shitshow of this season, especially if she's preggers
ChaosZeroX
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Are you surprised though? Given GRRM snail writing pace. I think hes in a Oh Shit kind of moment right now and thats why hes canceled several appearances.
bodyofanamerican
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Another thing that bothers me...did the presumed sacrifice of his daughter create food as well? Did they address the fact that they still have no supplies, snowstorm or not? Is the idea that they hustle to Winterfell, take it down, and then replenish supplies?
That seemed the idea to me. The snow's gone, so they can now hustle to Winterfell, take it over quickly (without siege weapons?), and get some grub for a job well done.
Moff
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the snowstorm makes it impossible to move. but they could wait it out with supplies.
witthout supplies camping means death. so they need either supplies or good weather to move on winterfell, one of them is enough, it does not need both.
davos explained that to stannis at the start of the episode.
Ape Gone Insane
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this olly build up is unreal
Need to just have a minute long scene of him just nodding at the camera whilst sharpening his blade
that would be more subtle
Need to just have a minute long scene of him just nodding at the camera whilst sharpening his blade
that would be more subtle
The snowstorm didn't seem that bad.
Moff
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that's true though. they could have established that a lot better over the past few episodes.
His jaw dropped in the floor when Drogon enters the arena was also pretty good.
Well it's implied that Stannis is "the best military commander in Westeros".
Roose is content just to sit there and wait for Stannis to die.
So it seems pretty clear what will happen if Stannis actually makes it to Winterfell. I do hope they do one of those "clang clang clang, standard falls to the ground" deals in place of a battle. Season 6, episode 1 is too long to wait for a foregone conclusion.
Roose is content just to sit there and wait for Stannis to die.
So it seems pretty clear what will happen if Stannis actually makes it to Winterfell. I do hope they do one of those "clang clang clang, standard falls to the ground" deals in place of a battle. Season 6, episode 1 is too long to wait for a foregone conclusion.
Haha, ok, this got me.
eot
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They also said he was burning people in that first scene which IIRC they weren't, they burned wooden idols.
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