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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6
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I'm going with Arya leaving a trail of blood to lead the Waif to the hideout and Needle
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
How can Jaqen be Arya without having her face?
Could it be that Arya was seeing the future?
That didn't seem to be an issue earlier in the season.
That didn't seem to be an issue earlier in the season.
Are we expected to believe that Arya, who has never beaten the waif in a fight, who failed in all her training, and who is now trying to bail out and return to Westeros, who is now mortally wounded and bleeding to death, is going to somehow lure the waif into a closed environment, and somehow defeat her with Needle?
I don't know where this plotline is going, but that would be really ridiculous!
I don't know where this plotline is going, but that would be really ridiculous!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Show Arya is just stupid.
Orochinagis
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I wont be surprised if Arya wins and offers the other girl face to assassin Jesus and rejoin the faceless assassins
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
When?
In her defense, is there a character on the show that isn't?
Daario.
I think the final shots of this season will be Dany sailing to Westeros with Theon and Yara and the dragons flying overhead while the Night King shatters the wall with his earthquake and the wight army streams into the North en masse and hopefully Jon and Sansa literally see the blizzard or winds of winter coming from the height of Winterfell or something.
Didn't like this episode too much. Invested ao much into the characters 2 minute clips no longer pay off. I thought the Hound arc was solid. Clegane bowl definitely a go but I think he's going to destroy the BwB.
Didn't like this episode too much. Invested ao much into the characters 2 minute clips no longer pay off. I thought the Hound arc was solid. Clegane bowl definitely a go but I think he's going to destroy the BwB.
Don't really know what to expect.
I do know that the Waif is screwed. Jaqen said to not make her suffer. The type of blows she inflicted on Arya were definitely not insta kills.
Read this interesting comment:
"Or she was using a bag of stage blood inside her shirt with leather armor underneath and is acting injured. The whole thing seemed like she was playing a role there, the role being the waif's victim."
Now that would be fucking cool!
I do know that the Waif is screwed. Jaqen said to not make her suffer. The type of blows she inflicted on Arya were definitely not insta kills.
Read this interesting comment:
"Or she was using a bag of stage blood inside her shirt with leather armor underneath and is acting injured. The whole thing seemed like she was playing a role there, the role being the waif's victim."
Now that would be fucking cool!
She was trying to let as many people as possible see her injured.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
If that was stage blood, she must have gotten really lucky the Waif didn't stab her in the face.
I hope this is true so her Braavos arc wasn't a complete waste of time.
InfiniteBento
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That sounds the most believeable. That would be pretty fucking cool tbh.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
(Spoilers for Dumb and Dumber the movie. Go see it goddammit.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQ6i9I1IYY
The blood-bag trap theory seems... wishful. Plus, you would think the waif would know the feel of stabbing into actual flesh and would have been able to tell that she didn't actually cut through. And why would Arya be so confident she'd go for the gut?
Until proven otherwise I think Arya was just stabbed because the writers wanted the most over the top dramatic reprisal from the Faceless Men they could think of without killing Arya.
Until proven otherwise I think Arya was just stabbed because the writers wanted the most over the top dramatic reprisal from the Faceless Men they could think of without killing Arya.
Bran is controlling Jaqen so he will face-change into Arya and trick the Waif, but this will cause him to think about the person who originally had Jaqen's face. Bran will look into the past and find original Jaqen. He will whisper the name "Arya." into the time vortex so that original Jaqen repeats it just as faceless man is about to kill him. Faceless man hears it, and begins a lifelong mission to find this "Arya" and sets the events of the show in motion. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Waif has actually been resurrected by a red priestess, which faceless man Jaqen takes to mean Arya owes a life to pay for her life. After Arya walks around bleeding for a life, she collapses and dies, but her soul enters Nymeria. Unfortunately, Nymeria is also dead, so her soul enters the Waif, who facechanges into Arya.
Why though, would undermine her arc this about how she's Ayra Stark and not some faceless person who kills people for no reason.
Jaqen did say, one way or another, a face will be added.
Calm waterfall
Banned
Cersi was fuming, and Olenna is just so good. Glad that the Hound is back. And Arya is naive as shit, she should have been very careful especially when she knows that they can change faces.
Sectorseven
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Was the blood bag thing already established, like, did the actors use it on stage?
Nope. Personally, I can't believe people are even entertaining the idea.
I want to comment on how amazing the whole Riverrun scene was.
From Jaime strutting in and making the Frey's seem pathetic, to Blackfish meeting Jaime and making Jaime seem pathetic.
That really wrapped things up nicely for Jaime to me. I do hope he meets his end at Riverrun cause I don't want the Blackfish to lose.
No. The acting was established.
You're telling me that she's not dead because she can take a few blows and a twist to the gut and thats that? Try and entertain yourself. You might enjoy the show more
From Jaime strutting in and making the Frey's seem pathetic, to Blackfish meeting Jaime and making Jaime seem pathetic.
That really wrapped things up nicely for Jaime to me. I do hope he meets his end at Riverrun cause I don't want the Blackfish to lose.
No. The acting was established.
You're telling me that she's not dead because she can take a few blows and a twist to the gut and thats that? Try and entertain yourself. You might enjoy the show more
You think the Blackfish is going to win with 300 men.
Man, what?
The show didn't set up that in any way. This is just the "I don't want Arya to have gotten stabbed" feels talking.
Not defending the progression of this Arya in Braavos stuff, I just don't think this is how it's going to be resolved. Fake blood would be completely out of thin air. Keep in mind they didn't use "stage" blood in the play. They used cloth and sewn tubings to do guts when King Robert was killed.
And really, the way the scene was shot with her holding her gut bleeding, walking the streets, did not suggest anything other than panic and desperation. She looked in pain, afraid and fucked.
Except little finger needs Sansa. If anything happens to Rickon Stark or Edmure Tulley a wedded Sansa would be the rightful heir to 2 of the 7 kingdoms ( 3 with marriage)
Little finger wants to be king and Sansa is his best chance. If he helps her overthrow the boltons, she owes him
Depends on how good his men are I suppose.
I don't understand the outrage haha.
Plus I don't think anyone cares Arya is stabbed.
Thats the main issue with that scene. She got stabbed a few times and was strong enough to jump, swim and walk around town.
We all know she's not dying. So we're left guessing whats happened.
It fills in the time until next ep.
My impression was, "we're fucked. I'm still loyal to our house but please understand, we're fucked"
Moff
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and she knew she would stab here right there? did she war a full body suit of blood bags? around her neck as well?
I'm really curious where this is going, I hope it's not dumb.
easily the worst episode of the season so far, it wasn't bad though.
the septon was disappoiting, it's cool to have the blackfish, bronn and the hound back. but apart from that this was the most build up episode this season. mormont girl was cool I guess.
I'm not sure she really has a plan. I think she's just surrendered and is trying to keep everyone safe. If she had a plan to end all this I don't think she would have told Olenna to leave.
Also, what is Kevan doing in all of this? Kevan doesn't seem like he would be one to take all this nonsense from Tommen, and if he gave the order I would think the Lannister troops would listen to him over Tommen, but he's just sort of letting it all happen.
tearsintherain
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I think she's playing for time and trying to de-escalate the situation. Her not sleeping with Tommen is probably another clue. Get a bunch of players out of Kings Landing, let Cersei's trial by combat continue and let those chips fall where they may, get her brother back to Highgarden, maybe get the Sparrows to go out in the world on a crusade or whatever to depopulate them in KL. Now she can use sex on Tommen and get him to slowly bend to her will, without a million other influences on him.
In any other scenario it probably leads to her brother dead, her grandma dead, her house in tatters, possibly her dead, KL in ruins, and the Kingdom basically shattered.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with her and Cersei, I think one of them will end up dead and I don't think it looks good for Queen Margey.
That bugged me a little. He would have heard/felt running horses at the least.
You think the waif couldn't tell the difference when the dagger hit some padding instead of plunging into flesh? It's a dumb theory and I hope they won't go with that.
Didn't Brienne bite his ear off?
reelbigtink
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I don't care how ridiculous the logic would be, but if Arya's entire arc this season ended up being a switcheroo, with she and Jaqen actually testing the Waif, it'd be hilarious.
A girl lacks honor.
The titan of Braavos is pretty.
Moff
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she learned how to take a good beating which gave her the skills so survive the waifs attack
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