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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 5 - Sundays on HBO
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I think it's pretty clear at this point Ramsay is the best military commander of all time.
And fighter. Dude took out several of the Ironborn's best without any armor. Hell, I don't even remember him using proper swords.
Ape Gone Insane
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I don't understand why Roose just doesn't give Ramsay 30 good men. He'd win the Iron Throne and defeat the White Walkers, shirtless, within 2 episodes.
demosthenes
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I think so to. He's as annoying as he is in the books at not explaining shit to anyone.
Liquidsnake
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Can someone tell me what is going to happen next week?
Episode 9<8.
Episode 9<8.
TheOctodad
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Man, I'm a nerd. Like, I play long RPG games, collected action figures growing up, love reading sci-fi and fantasy. But I also don't live and breathe this stuff.
It's annoying to see people like Linda or other people even in this thread calling certain types of fans "casuals." Seriously? Who cares? Why do some people get off thinking they are superior or deserve something? Being a fan of a made up story does not merit you any credit or admiration in my book. If you are, great. But treating your fandom as a badge that makes your opinion more worthy or acting as if somehow you are personally being slighted by spoilers is just myopic arrogance IMO.
It's annoying to see people like Linda or other people even in this thread calling certain types of fans "casuals." Seriously? Who cares? Why do some people get off thinking they are superior or deserve something? Being a fan of a made up story does not merit you any credit or admiration in my book. If you are, great. But treating your fandom as a badge that makes your opinion more worthy or acting as if somehow you are personally being slighted by spoilers is just myopic arrogance IMO.
Linda being as cordial as ever.
This is someone who earns money on the back of the show.
Over the course of Season 5, I've watched their videos and agreed with their feelings about the show. I used to laugh at the thought two years ago
With dogs and remotely lighting fire.
Dude's a fucking sorcerer.
That flaming horse was actually the one he rides on a regular basis.
There are only so many men out there who are up to Ramsay's caliber! Maybe with a strong recruitment drive you could have 25 ready to serve as illustrious Bastard's Boys by this time next year. Maybe.
From what we know from previews and the like:
Dany and Drogon land an encounter the Dothraki.
Tyrion, Jorah, and Daario hang out? I don't know, their book plot at this point is pretty clearly cut.
Jon gets Ramsay's letter, gets stabbed.
Some sort of Ramsay/Stannis battle around Winterfell. Don't know if we'll learn the result.
Sansa and Theon maybe try to escape? Brienne maybe helps?
Arya kills Trant.
Cersei's walk.
Maybe Kevan's death? I think that's pushed to next season though.
Maybe some reveal of Prince Doran's larger schemes, now that Jaime is gone?
Tyrion, Jorah, and Daario hang out? I don't know, their book plot at this point is pretty clearly cut.
Jon gets Ramsay's letter, gets stabbed.
Some sort of Ramsay/Stannis battle around Winterfell. Don't know if we'll learn the result.
Sansa and Theon maybe try to escape? Brienne maybe helps?
Arya kills Trant.
Cersei's walk.
Maybe Kevan's death? I think that's pushed to next season though.
Maybe some reveal of Prince Doran's larger schemes, now that Jaime is gone?
Didn't merely two leeches from Gendry killed two throne pretenders? Burning a whole princess should give them a dragon at the very least.
A stone dragon.
toastyToast
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The Daznak's Pit sequence seemed really dumb. I can't remember exactly what happened in the books but from what I recall, didn't Drogon just show up and go on a rampage while the other 2 dragons were tearing up the rest of Meereen then Dany just kind of jumps on Drogon's back and gets the fuck of there?
How would a dragon know when to show up? Backtracking a moment, what was up with the harpies? Why are they just standing there and going one-on-one with beard man and sergeant simp? Reminds of last week with the stare down between Jon and the nights king that seemed to last 5 minutes, no one spending a single calorie rowing. I'm not even trying to be critical but what the hell man? It's hard not to.
How would a dragon know when to show up? Backtracking a moment, what was up with the harpies? Why are they just standing there and going one-on-one with beard man and sergeant simp? Reminds of last week with the stare down between Jon and the nights king that seemed to last 5 minutes, no one spending a single calorie rowing. I'm not even trying to be critical but what the hell man? It's hard not to.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Throw in 10 or so good doggies and he could take the entire world. Probably wouldn't even need pants.
Dogs vs Dragons. We need this.
If Shireen gets revived as a dragon all will be forgiven D&D.
Though the leeches didn't do jack. Mel is and always has been a hack.
Ape Gone Insane
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Don't think too hard on it. Same reason why no one thought to throw a spear at Dany (though they clearly brought a good dozen for the dragon they didn't know was suddenly going to appear) or why a bunch of supposed super soldiers born and bred to fight (with armour and spears) that easily took on Dothraki fell to a bunch of royal masked nobodies (with no armour and holding small daggers) or why the greatest swordsman in the land lost to them.
Emerson
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No, the other dragons were still locked up when the pit incident happened.
I don't see the complaints about why Drogon would show up. As in the book, it's an enormous spectacle with lots of noise and the smell of blood. In addition, Dany is there and in trouble, and it's clear by this point that she has an intangible connection with her dragons.
PhoenixDark
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In the book Drogon appears due to the noise coming from the stadium/coliseum. There were a few references in the book about Drogon being attracted to crowds/lose noises, so it made sense. And iirc Dany wasn't in (direct) danger when Drogon arrived in the book.
Without snow, they are one day's march from Winterfell. One horse burger per soldier will do it.
Meaning yet another Bolton win? No
I think Stannis will win and then come face to face either davos
Still have no siege weapons.
Moff
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if there is one thing I am certain of that is straight from the books then it's this.
dispelling a snowstorm is exactly the kind of magic melisandre would do, it's subtle but powerful.
if this was D&Ds idea, she would have cast meteors on winterfell
the book made it clear that he was attracted by the fighting in the pit. and if I remember correctly he saved her. in the show it looked more like she saved him.
but that I don't remember, how did the harpies even get in there in the books, where were the unsullied?
edit: ok I just read up on it and apparently I don't remember anything. I don't even understand anymore why drogon showed up there, plotwise. burning harpies makes much more sense to me.
I thought they were flooding in from the cities Dany freed. A simple solution to this would be just shutting the gates.
You're right though. There seem to be more harpies than unsullied.
No, I don't think so. He was smothered to finish things off before that point, and when people warg on death it's depicted as an instant thing, not something where their spirit hangs around for a few days looking for a good host.
toastyToast
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Right. That was it. Drogon was the source of chaos. Seems like with that incident and the other dragons being released (afterwards) things really hit the fan for Dany in Meereen except it doesn't look it's her fault so much on the show. The book gave the sense that maybe she was bad for Meereen in a way but the show kills that ambiguity.
Yeah. Outside of the harpies being harpies she really could just go back. Not sure why the went out of their way to kill Hizdahr though
eot
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Yeah, the chaos starts when Drogon shows up, not before. The only thing going on prior to that is Belwas getting ill from the locusts.
Drogo was already dead when he burned, wasn't he?
She has read it.
Basileus777
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Previous episodes have suggested that they are hired by the slave masters, they are not necessarily the masters themselves.
Sellswords?
Veritigo_X
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ChaosZeroX
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RIP Jorah for infecting Dany
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, what the hell is the final word on this disease/sickness? Didn't Davos rub his face directly on Shireen's when they hugged?
The plot demanded a crisis.
PhoenixDark
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Got into a conversation with someone who had responded to Linda, and she RTd a tweet about (potential episode 10 spoiler):
Brienne killing Stannis. Thus burning Shireen was the irredeemable act required for him to be killed.
I think you have to touch the greyscale itself.
Ape Gone Insane
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I think she'll be fine. D&D don't do subtle. If Dany was infected, the camera would have zoomed in for a good 12 seconds and someone in Westeros would have made an offhand comment about the infectious nature of grayscale.
KingRagnar
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Cersei is about to take her walk of shame. You're wrong and you have no clue what you're talking about.
Emerson
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Still just speculation though really.
yeah but the idea is really cool thoooough
Uh oh.
When they land, Drogon sniffs her hand and then proceeds to breathe fire on it. Dany is confused but unharmed.
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