Kaneda Shotaro
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So the point of Three Eyes was to show Bran his abilities and one of them is that Bran can actually have a direct effect on the past. I'm sure it's not easy to do but...doesn't this essentially make Bran a god?
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I don't think they can do that because the contractual deal is for two more seasons. As in, HBO wants two more "seasons" from the team to get their money's worth.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
Ah shit thats true. So I guess they will be splitting it in half then if there are only 13-14 episodes left per D&D.
Alot of stuff has to happen though.
I think they're separate, because the whole point is that things are going to get so effects heavy and so focused on big set pieces that they'll need a full year just to film seven episodes.
Somehow I expect the show to take Littlefinger from masterful stringpuller to cocking up everything vs more plot armored characters. We'll see though, the show has made him out to be way more obvious of a character. I expect him to dangle Robin on a string but maybe Sansa with slap some sense into the kid. Again.
Yankee Ruin X
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I don't even know how this is going to end do you think the white walkers will make it as far as Kings Landing by the end? If so the surely the big finale next season will be the Wall being destroyed or something like that you would have thought.
Hopefully HBO forces them to do 10 and 10. I'm sure they could stretch it out and give us 6 more episodes than they want to make.
phalestine
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Doesnt bran need the tree to look into the past though?
Thaedolus
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Weirwood trees are all over the place
ChaosZeroX
Banned
I hope so, There seems to be so much left to go through with only 13 episodes after this season.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I will be extremely disappointed if there's not.
Oh my
Kitschkraft
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Are all of the COTF dead now? Were the four or five that died tonight the last of them? Or are we supposed to assume that there is more of them? Also, just curious, was the main forest child (The one who blew herself up) ever given a name?
On that, I was kind of disappointed that they killed her immediately after introducing some characterization. And I'm not just speaking on the whitewalker reveal, I thought her line towards Bran about the war with men was tinged with anger and I kinda wanted to see them explore that more. Wasn't meant to be I guess.
Nevertheless, really enjoyed this episode. First one that I plan to rewatch in forever.
On that, I was kind of disappointed that they killed her immediately after introducing some characterization. And I'm not just speaking on the whitewalker reveal, I thought her line towards Bran about the war with men was tinged with anger and I kinda wanted to see them explore that more. Wasn't meant to be I guess.
Nevertheless, really enjoyed this episode. First one that I plan to rewatch in forever.
He can't do anything that hasn't already happened. But he could have influenced any number of events, like the voice Varys heard, or the mad king's descent into madness (burn them all).
Some people are theorizing he could be R'hllor but that's a stretch, interacting with the past doesn't mean he can heal people or bring them back to life.
Yo I got temp banned for even referencing the existence of these, you guys are treading some dangerous waters.
Ocarina_117
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I wish they'd showed more CoTF as well, or at least developed them more.
Yankee Ruin X
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Yeah I kinda feel that yes Bran can go back and influence the past but all those event have already happened and whatever he tries to do to change things is what actually caused the things to happen in the first place, at least that's what I take from it. Only his actions now are uncertain unless there is a future Bran looking back at current events I think.
Darryl M R
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My own speculation:
Is the 3 eye raven not older Bran? Didn't he say "it is time for you to become me" but that would mean Bran would live to see old age, and then go back in time to do some weird time travel stuff that is too confusing to keep up with
HBO doesn't do that.
Ganzlinger
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Theon: "Bran, can I have my penis back?"
InfiniteBento
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I agree with this. They seemed super important in both book and show portrayal then they just killed them off. I expected a bit more.
biosnake20
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I highly doubt it. They always say that they can just barely get out 10 episodes in the time they have now so doing 13-14 episodes seems impossible. I think they will actually treat them as separate seasons.
demosthenes
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I think he meant in job only. Shif TER said he had been there for a loooooooooong time.
Shooting 13 episodes isn't the same as getting 13 episodes out though.
biosnake20
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That's true but it's still hard for me to see them doing that. Especially with the chance of spoilers getting out. And we still don't know how many episodes it's gonna be. It can be 13 or it could be more.
I really expected Benjen to be in the crowd of wights when Bran was walking around. Honestly I'm still surprised at how quickly Bran's storyline has moved on, maybe we will still get Coldhands otherwise those two are pretty fucked without Summer, Hodor and any of the COTF.
Also was a weird surprise seeing Kevin Eldon playing a mummer playing Ned.
Generally I did really enjoy this episode, it's just always disappointing when the show's action sequences come out really poorly, particularly when some like Hardhome and Blackwater are genuinely brilliant.
Ocarina_117
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Yeah please, can we keep leak impressions out of here.
It kinda spoils the hype if people are saying the rest of the season is 'meh'.
I'm pretty excited to see what this season ends up confirming by the end. I'm not all that excited that the Bastardbowl will apparently happen in
Episode 9 though.
One person's "meh" is another person's "hodor"!
But yeah, let's stop the leak shit before people get banned again. The Faceless Mods are always watching.
I wasn't going to give anything away, but I probably should not bring it up either. Let me edit my previous post
MagicWithEarvin
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Who are the Faceless Mods?
They live in the Thread of Black and White, in the Free Forum of Moderation.
elrechazado
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No one
Napalm_Frank
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This is just from my shitty memory but didn't COTF attack get blocked by armor?
Valyrian steel would get through the armor no prob but I guess obsidian isn't quite as OP.
Liquidsnake
Banned
I took it as:
COTF jabbed at his chest, and didn't have enough power to go through his armor.
Meera tossed it and hit him in the throat/head, no armor.
I've heard hey only ban people if they are paid that which is the most precious.
I guess plastic blocks obsidian.
fallengorn
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Yeah. Obsidian is pretty sharp, but also pretty fragile. It's not going to penetrate armor.
Same thing happened to Sam.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
The army is known to walk or run depending on its needs. For Hardhome they sprint off a cliff and all the way to the village so they probably were running for a while hence the snow storm caused by them all.
They were also shown to just be standing there in Bran's warging so chances are they're not like humans were they move around and prepare to fight but more like ice where they just stand there until they actually need to move.
My guess is they're waiting for winter to actually begin so for now they're just sitting, waiting, and if possible corralling new wrights.
MiamiWesker
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This is actually a good point, whether you intended to be serious or not. As a group, they don't seem to act in a stereotypical zombie herd fashion.
That's because they're not a zombie hoard, they're the Zerg.
SoRuffShoNuff
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I think HBO wanting more months of subscriptions makes more sense.
Like Littlefinger, they also move at the speed of plot.
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