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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6
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Yeah, my wife and I looked at each other and were like, "awwwwwww shit, here we go!"
Cesare Borgia
Banned
Perhaps the first really good episode of the season. Little to nothing to criticize or shake my head over. The Sam stuff was especially well done and well acted. Although I'm not sure I understand why Sam decided to leave with a baby in the middle of the night. Surely his father knows he's going to Oldtown and will be able to intercept them at some point right?
Benjen's return was interesting. Kind of makes me wonder whether he'll return in similar fashion in Winds. I could see Coldhands dying in order to save Bran from the cave invasion, Hodor holding the door, and Bran/Meera/Summer escaping before ultimately running into Benjen.
Always figured the only possible way for Benjen to be alive so far north is with the help of the children. He must be chilling in another cave waiting for Bran's next move (in the book).
Benjen's return was interesting. Kind of makes me wonder whether he'll return in similar fashion in Winds. I could see Coldhands dying in order to save Bran from the cave invasion, Hodor holding the door, and Bran/Meera/Summer escaping before ultimately running into Benjen.
Always figured the only possible way for Benjen to be alive so far north is with the help of the children. He must be chilling in another cave waiting for Bran's next move (in the book).
Napalm_Frank
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And two are are at the same place at the same time right now, which I'm not sure has happened before. As well as Samwell having a third that will probably be going back up there soon.
I think you kinda answered your own question. I ain't buying it. Tommen is an idiot but Margaery ain't no fool.
It's dark fantasy, or grounded fantasy or something. I don't know, it stopped being all that when the tree people showed up.
If Margaery is still secretly with the Lannisters, she can just command her army to rebel against Tommen. Why not just say right then and there, let my brother go?
If she's legitimately a follower, she could totally tell Tommen about Olenna's poisoning of Joffrey.
I've been shaking my head at George for over ten years. Welcome!
I need 1,000 ships! Is there anyone here who can build 1,000 ships? Anyone at all? Preferably a sea-faring people with experience in this sort of thing?
"Euron!"
What?
"I said you're on! I will totally help you find this person."
Yeah now that he is no longer a Kingsguard one of my favorite parts of the book is basically not going to happen. I was losing hope after Loras didn't end up a Kingsguard but now its been too long and the scene can't happen. I think its from Storm of Swords when Jaime gets back to command the Kingsguard he basically shits all over the other Kingsguard in their quarters, telling one of them to taste every meal to ensure the safety of the King. God damn I loved that part, oh well.
Intheflorsh
Banned
jamie what r u doing
He doesn't sling armor like Barristan, that's for sure.
I don't think we know Margaery's end game. I definitely don't think she's a convert. Knowing Margaery as we do, what do you think is more likely? She's conniving or easily persuaded? I don't buy it for a second.
I think in aDwD they said coldhands would wait outside the tree cave because the dead aren't allowed in. I'm assuming he'll escort them out when Hodor dies as well, since he's patrolling around waiting for Bran to become Raven.
Well yeah, but it's more that she doesn't feel comfortable murdering for hire. Or at least that she ALSO doesn't feel comfortable with that. I think that the play made her remember that she had a list, and highlighted the reasons for that list.
Sectorseven
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She's not an assassin.
She's not totally heartless. I think Jaqen knows Waif will lose against Arya and killing her would ascend her quickly among faceless ranks.
I think they're just trying to get rid of the Faceless subplot rather than some con/test on Jaqen's part.
Maybe she's wanting to use the faith for her own gains, but doesn't yet realize what it will cost her.
The Hermit
Member
thats pretty much what happened at my friends place.
me and another dude had to explain like half the episode
No one wants the new guy to get the bonus.
She just wanted to ruin something for Sansa for old times' sake.
cj_iwakura
Member
Pretty sure the Faceless Men aren't about killing some actress because an understudy is jealous.
Mercy?
The Hermit
Member
Yea this whole thing feels super weird. I thought they had some standards.
I hope Dany just whistles for Tyrion and her army to come from the gates of Mereen and say "fuck it I don't care to try here anymore, off to Westeros".
Purple Cheeto
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GURM was a Hollywood writer and wrote the series after getting dumped from Hollywood.
No, that part is accurate. The Faceless Men will kill anyone if you can afford their price.
The Faceless men kill anyone, for any reason, the only thing that matters is that they are paid.
Hell, what's the point of Mereen in the books? And Tyrion isn't even there yet!
The faceless men code hasn't made sense since its inception. Jaqen straight up tells Arya in season 2 to join him so she can take revenge on her enemies, so she does, and he says she can't.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Most of the filming leaks happen from extras or bystanders watching large outdoor scenes. A Lady Stoneheart reveal would just be a quick scene between two major characters in a small room. There's no reason to expect that to leak.
In the preview
they show Theon and Yara all the way in Volantis. Since it looks like they're zipping around in 747s rather than boats, I think Dany will get to Westerns pretty fast using those vessels.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I really liked the fact that the lady Tarly's stood up for Sam. Outside of that the episode was dull and the Dany shit at the end didn't speak to me. On top of that Fey Maysay's going to die and I really don't want that to happen.
VenomousCoffee
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I think it's in line with the speeches Jaqen has given Arya in the past; it's very "ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do and die" (except without the poem's irony on it). But it's not in line wwith the guild's history of "anti-slavery freedom fighters" he told her about last week.
There seemed to be shots of the wildfire actually exploding, which doesn't fit with what we know of past events. Maybe he saw flashbacks of them making the wildfire, and flash forwards of it going off? They chose to include that for a reason, I think the wildfire is important.
Also, it's weird that show Arya has not successfully completed a mission. Book Arya takes out the insurance salesman, and doesn't seem to have anywhere near as much reticence about being an assassin as show Arya has. And unlike Jaime, where they can always have him sour on Cersei at a later time, there's no going back to get the coolness around death and violence tha book Arya gets as a faceless man.
Then Arya is obviously going to bail in the books too. Which begs the question as to why Martin wasted his time with that narrative point.
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