Rand0m TAG
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do you know who the flayed burning people were or it doesnt really matter
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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6
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The Riverlands and The Iron Islands were ruled by one king at the time of Aegon's landing. Aegon conquered six kingdoms (all but Dorne), at which time *they stopped being kingdoms because their Kings were no more*. Before The Conquest, the Iron Islands had a long history of independence; they just happened to be ruled by The Riverlands King at the time Aegon showed up.
"Seven Kingdoms" is a name that reflects the political reality of Westeros at the time of Aegon's conquest, but it isn't really relevant "today", as Westeros has only one King (excepting times of rebellion, obviously) and it isn't organized into seven municipalities anyway.
"Seven Kingdoms" is a name that reflects the political reality of Westeros at the time of Aegon's conquest, but it isn't really relevant "today", as Westeros has only one King (excepting times of rebellion, obviously) and it isn't organized into seven municipalities anyway.
John Dunbar
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i think it's the other way around, the iron islands conquered the riverlands. don't think the riverlands were even independent.
Trust me, I wanted to believe.
I think they were just random schmucks and not anyone special. Probably just Winterfell civilians who had survived Bolton occupation up until that point.
As far as I can tell he just flayed some randos to be intimidating. Unless they're going to explain who they were next episode.
I mean, when we unseated Gaddafi in Libya, we basically set him loose into a sea of people who hate him, who did unspeakable acts to him until he died, and yet we're going to elect someone to President who facilitated that and then remarked "We came, we saw, he died!" and then burst into a fit of laughter.
Fiction isn't so far from reality. When human beings have determined someone deserves pain, we find ways to excuse it.
DrForester
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The leaks from the set said that they were known characters so everyone speculated to hell and back, they ended up being nobodies though.
RandomSeed
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The Iron Bank would be one of the few that could afford the services of the FM to off Tommen, for the crowns refusal to repay their debts. I doubt it will happen, or that it's all that interesting, but that's one way they could show up I guess. They'll probably just drop it.
Oh yeah, maybe. It gets confusing because the King of Rivers & Isles had his seat at Harrenhal at the time of the Conquest.
"Good guys" in reality do terrible things as well. And we (hopefully) acknowledge those terrible things and don't ignore them because a "good guy" did them.
They weren't just intimidation, they were range markers for the archers. Helps the ranks zero their shots. Closest X puts your bow at 15 degrees, farthest puts you at 45 degrees, etc.
Didn't even think of that! That's pretty cool, actually, ignoring the burning corpses.
I was totally worried this was going to happen. I actually wondered if that was going to be her head in the bag at the parley (instead, it's the direwolf, again)
I thought they paid off Osha's death in a tiny way, having Jon straddling Ramsay at the end all I could think was "oh shit Jon you're about to get stabbed just like Osha got when she was straddling Ramsay".
I would prefer Osha alive to that one tiny moment of panic, but whaddya going to do?
I would prefer Osha alive to that one tiny moment of panic, but whaddya going to do?
Except he really only got that reception from GAF (or other overly bookish fan communities) from what I've read.
Of course it was Shaggydog. Jon and Sansa would have no idea who Osha was...
Man, the Season 6 trailer really does show just about everything that happened. Pretty crazy.
Anton Sugar
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Northern Conspiracy was playing Bolton the whole time and saves Jon's ass > what we got. "The North Remembers" could have been a battle cry and would have been something more in the show, where it's just a few cool words someone said once.
DrForester
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Yeah. For as good as last night's episode was, that the North didn't rally to Jon and Sansa was disappointing. To say nothing of the Umbers and such still standing by Ramsay as he ordered his men to shoot arrows into the army, his own men included.
A Human Becoming
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It feels like the only scene from that trailer I haven't seen anywhere else yet is the shadow kill at the 1:07 mark. The stabber is too skinny to be Varys.
Isn't that Jamie stabbing Aerys? We saw that in Episode 6's "Burn them all!" montage.
badcrumble
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Yeah, I think they wrote themselves into a corner where they couldn't do that because they still needed a way for Littlefinger to end up with the upper hand and general control of the Vale and the North (which is likely where the books are going but via a very different route). Having Sansa with Jon instead of with Littlefinger likely made that impossible to accomplish unless it was Littlefinger instead of Northerners who saved the day.
That shot is not in Bran's vision montage, at least. You see Jaime stabbing the Mad king, but it's not a shadow on the wall.
I'm predicting the stabber might be Cersei. It kind of looks like a woman stabbing a bearded man in robes, so Pycelle?
Has someone made an avatar face of that yet? Because that's like perfect avatar face material.
A Human Becoming
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I'm pretty sure in that montage the shot was from a distance facing the iron throne, but I'm not certain.
EDIT: Just watched the beginning of that episode and no, that's not the shadow of Aerys.
Ah, you're totally right. We also haven't seen Littlefinger bumbling through the forest yet. I wonder what that's about. Otherwise, the trailer laid out the foundation for most of what happened this season. It doesn't hint at Jon's resurrection (which we knew was coming), Hodor's sacrifice, or Sam's great sword heist but most everything else important is there.
there's already a gif for the battle's big scene so I made one for my other favourite scene, love that horse action
I supported Stannis, but now my support goes to Snow.
True King of the seven.
Good to see. I'm in no rush to change from Akainu of course, but was figuring someone had to have avatar'd it.
Was he poorly received?
I wish Jon would've got got.
The idiot should have turned around, regrouped.
grandjedi6
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That's a pretty good shot. Really sums up the comparisons and differences between Dany and Jon in the show. Even shows how different their rises to the top were.
I just like the juxtaposition of these 2 shots.
The show really pushed the comparisons between the two this last episode. Even their band of misfits are similar now:
Savior: Dany/Jon
Hand: Tyrion/Davos
Woman: Missandie/Sansa
Sneaky guy: Varys/Littlefinger
Red woman: Mel/whoever that other one is
Swordsman out on a quest: Jorah/Brienne
Guy all the ladies love: Daario/Pod the Rod
Group the Savior.. saved: Unsullied/Wildlings
Guy who leads them: Grey Worm/Tormund
Group that saved them this episode: Dothraki/Vale
Group they recruited: Greyjoys/The North (probably)
Magic: Dragons/Greenseer Bran
I'm guessing Dany/Varys will recruit Dorne as the actual parallel to Jon now having the North so perhaps next season Jon will recruit someone else to parallel the Greyjoys/Second Sons. Maybe the BwB?
His reception was lukewarm. I doubt it was bad enough to get him the full Dorne treatment.
They definitely seemed to be setting that up with Beric talking about the threat in the North. And if the Brotherhood ever does take its hard anti-Frey turn, that would only set up more reason for an alliance with Jon.
Blue Ninja
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That's what I thought? Could be wrong, though.
Sickboy007
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Well she didn't want to destroy any more ships than needed because she needs them. I think it was just s demonstration, stop firing at the city or you're next.
More_Badass
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Pretty sure that was in Bran's flash-vision of Jamie killing the Mad King
The only thing I kept thinking throughout the battle was how thick Jon's plot armour was, I mean everyone is getting hit randomly left and right but dude doesn't even get hit once with those arrows.
Even Tormund for instance, when everyone else charged into the barricade formation they got killed instantly but Tormund not only managed to get in but also get a kill and get out...although with injuries but that's because he has the side character plot armour.
When I watched it at first I thought it was partly because of how the arrows were landing i.e. from his back towards the front so if he headed back he would've got hit but by falloping towards Ramsey he would atleast evade them....ofcourse it was all nonsense and he just charged straight like an idiot.
Even Tormund for instance, when everyone else charged into the barricade formation they got killed instantly but Tormund not only managed to get in but also get a kill and get out...although with injuries but that's because he has the side character plot armour.
When I watched it at first I thought it was partly because of how the arrows were landing i.e. from his back towards the front so if he headed back he would've got hit but by falloping towards Ramsey he would atleast evade them....ofcourse it was all nonsense and he just charged straight like an idiot.
toddhunter
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The white walkers?
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