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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6
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Even with her entire family just killed she still has the spirit to dish out burns. Mad respect.
Mix Master
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Dorne was finally useful, lmao.
Yeah, I was gonna say something earlier about things not looking good in terms of Dany avoiding a sword through the heart, but I dunno. I'm just as convinced that The Lord of light is an evil son of a bitch whose prophecies won't be adheres to in the end, and considering Dany is "fire", she doesn't seem like the ideal spot to cool your sword off. Plus I just don't want to see it.
#innuendo
I think Dany at this point is like Hillary Clinton: someone who years ago many were thinking was going to be awesome, but over the years it's gotten to the point of yeah whatever I guess, you're gonna win so lets get on with it.
Side note: please Tyrion don't join the Dany friendzoned express.
Side note 2: totally see Second Sons and Jorah showing up Knights of the Vale style in some future battle.
Side note 3: did we really need to end another episode with dragons screaming to a cut to credits???
Side note: please Tyrion don't join the Dany friendzoned express.
Side note 2: totally see Second Sons and Jorah showing up Knights of the Vale style in some future battle.
Side note 3: did we really need to end another episode with dragons screaming to a cut to credits???
I really hope they're not going with this as a trigger to the invasion.
Maybe the mark isn't permanent? It washes off eventually? Idunno
That's part of what are dragging down the books quite frankly. Seeing however many chapters wasted on Tyrion's travel adventures may be realistic but it doesn't make for a compelling narrative. Having an internal clock of where the characters are is all fine and good but having a strict adherence to reality that actively impedes your story is not so good.
Unless Martin ends up making three books, the pacing in each are gonna have to be sped up a bit and I imagine some elements are going to be played 'looser' similar to the TV series.
Calm waterfall
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Oleanna schooled the sand snakes, and it was glorious. I liked Cersi´s revenge of that woman. SHAME.
Guys. There is one big thing being overlooked.
This episode just likely confirmed that Jamie Lanniester is AA this is huge
The only way that becomes not true is if Jon forgot to burn ygrette
Also who is Mance Ryder and why is his son important? There has to me more to this story.
This episode just likely confirmed that Jamie Lanniester is AA this is huge
The only way that becomes not true is if Jon forgot to burn ygrette
Also who is Mance Ryder and why is his son important? There has to me more to this story.
Aegon basically had no army, just his dragons and he still decimated most of the southern houses.
To be fair, Drogon is basically still just a child compared to Aegon and his sister's dragons. I still think Dany's army is overkill as fuck.
I think the Arya scene would have worked better if it just her making him THINK he's just ate his dead sons, because yeah that's a pretty extreme route for the character to take.
I'm not sure if it'll really be too reflective of her as a whole as much as the show wanting a cool moment though (not to mention her still having face wearing abilities).
I'm not sure if it'll really be too reflective of her as a whole as much as the show wanting a cool moment though (not to mention her still having face wearing abilities).
They are also very obviously setting up Jon to be backstabbed by Littlefinger... and with no red sorceress around to revive him, I wonder how that will go.
As far as Arya is concerned, I think she has clearly turned into a sadist in the last few years so the scene doesn't surprise me at all from a character development point of view, it's more the logistics behind setting up everything for those murders that seemed too much for one single person.
What will be the official explanation for the explosion that killed everyone? Wrath of the gods? Invaders scapegoated? Someone forgot to turn the gas off?
I'm not too excited for the incoming Cersei vs Dany confrontation somehow... The odds seem to be all in favor of the latter.
As far as Arya is concerned, I think she has clearly turned into a sadist in the last few years so the scene doesn't surprise me at all from a character development point of view, it's more the logistics behind setting up everything for those murders that seemed too much for one single person.
What will be the official explanation for the explosion that killed everyone? Wrath of the gods? Invaders scapegoated? Someone forgot to turn the gas off?
I'm not too excited for the incoming Cersei vs Dany confrontation somehow... The odds seem to be all in favor of the latter.
PHOENIXZERO
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Secret tunnels? Speedboat? Jet?
That's what I was reminded of!
"The wildfire was sabotaged by our enemies"
hey_monkey
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They sewed a wolfhead to her brother's corpse, y'all. I'm surprised she didn't broomfuck Walder Frey's corpse.
All I'm saying is that he gave them an outline and we got nothing but a couple chapters. I've been wondering for years if he would finish after the show started. It IS really hard to write something if you know how it will go and you just have to figure out crappy stuff in the middle.
We already have one answer to that: The Valyrian steel sword, they went out of their way to make a story so he can steal it from his father.
The other part is probably what everyone is guessing, soms vital information he finds through research because he apparently knows what he is looking for.
hey_monkey
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She threw more fucking shade than a Savannah oak. I love her. She is my goddamn favorite.
I loved the direction of this episode. Somber and thoughtful, it worked extremely well for the material.
Shit where to start? Jon Snow King in The North? And Baelish made it all happen, with a knowing glance and Sansa forced to acknowledge it.
That maester library - whoa.
Cersei is the most sinister villain in television history. Jesus Christ. And that stare from Jaime. He's going to kill her.
I pretty much expected Cersei to murder all of the Sparrows but I didn't think she would rip them apart with wildfire. And poor Tommen. He was just a child when he became king, was manipulated by Margaery Tyrell, and then died way too young. Man what a tragic character.
Petyr Baelish is either going to die early next season if Sansa can defeat him, or he will sit the Iron Throne. It feels like he's omnipotent.
I knew that serving girl was Arya. I knew it.
Lyanna Mormont is the best ever. I love her so much.
Finally, why the hell didn't they reveal L + R = J? Just fucking do it you cocks!
Shit where to start? Jon Snow King in The North? And Baelish made it all happen, with a knowing glance and Sansa forced to acknowledge it.
That maester library - whoa.
Cersei is the most sinister villain in television history. Jesus Christ. And that stare from Jaime. He's going to kill her.
I pretty much expected Cersei to murder all of the Sparrows but I didn't think she would rip them apart with wildfire. And poor Tommen. He was just a child when he became king, was manipulated by Margaery Tyrell, and then died way too young. Man what a tragic character.
Petyr Baelish is either going to die early next season if Sansa can defeat him, or he will sit the Iron Throne. It feels like he's omnipotent.
I knew that serving girl was Arya. I knew it.
Lyanna Mormont is the best ever. I love her so much.
Finally, why the hell didn't they reveal L + R = J? Just fucking do it you cocks!
Jack Scofield
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Almost thought I'd hear Pruit Igoe and Prophesies start playing multiple times throughout the episode.
oldtown plots from the book have been missing on the show. Don't think Maester Marwyn has even made an appearance. In the books he was last heading towards Dany in Meereen. Yeah, I think the citadel has information on the others
Hmm. Maybe the sword along with the discovery of new knowledge lets him figure out some way to smith new Valyrian steel swords, and thus wield everyone with the capability to actually fight the WW's.
hey_monkey
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I can't wait to see what happens there. Also, I laughed so hard when Sam was like "I love you, Gilly, but LIBRARY."
Calm waterfall
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Sending Melli away seems like a bad idea, but better than execute her i guess.
He basically had to. The optics on allowing a child murderer to roam around without punishment are very bad, even if she did revive him.
Also, Davos would either murder her himself or someone else would have eventually if word got out.
Seems like massacre.
The Reach + Dorne + Unsullied + Ironborn + Dragons + Sellswords versus the Lannisters sound like a massacre
The Reach by themselves could take the Lannisters.
The only thing that could make this interesting is if the actual Book Euron and his role showed up for the story
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The problem is that the size of the Lannister armies are as big as the writers want them to be to create a suitable conflict.
Honestly, even the WW's don't seem like a huge threat to Dany with her ridiculous Dragons. Her force is fucking huge, if something happens that somehow makes it not a total steamroll it'll be because of Dany making a dumb decision.
badcrumble
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So has everybody left Essos at this point? The plot's gonna move faaaaast with everybody concentrated in Westeros for the first time in the show.
The major factions we can see now are fairly obvious: the Starks, the Lannisters, and Daenarys's allies.
But the wildcards are pretty interesting: Littlefinger, Arya, Sam, Melisandre, Brienne, Bran, Jorah, and Euron are probably the plots I'm most interested to see because they're not immediately aligned with any of those other groups (geographically for some, politically for others). Am I missing any?
Man, killing like a quarter of the main cast all at once is one of the ballsier things I've seen on TV. Sure cleaned things up nice and neat. I wonder if that's how it'll play out in the books (hope so).
The major factions we can see now are fairly obvious: the Starks, the Lannisters, and Daenarys's allies.
But the wildcards are pretty interesting: Littlefinger, Arya, Sam, Melisandre, Brienne, Bran, Jorah, and Euron are probably the plots I'm most interested to see because they're not immediately aligned with any of those other groups (geographically for some, politically for others). Am I missing any?
Man, killing like a quarter of the main cast all at once is one of the ballsier things I've seen on TV. Sure cleaned things up nice and neat. I wonder if that's how it'll play out in the books (hope so).
CitizenVectron
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No, that's Ser Alliser Thorne. Her father was Joer Mormont, the Lord Commander before Jon. Jorah Mormont (who serves Daenerys) is her cousin.
Jack Scofield
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Season seven opener:
Tyrion: "We're finally in Westeros, but it's a shame 90% of our forces were destroyed by a sea storm."
Jeor Mormont isn't her father either, her parents aren't anyone on the show, they died offscreen deaths.
BurgerDicks
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g'damn, these last two episodes are classics. Still, Varys at the ship in those last moments perplexed me. Some indication of time passed wouldve been perfect. Or i missed something.
Winter is coming. I'm sure it'll be hard to maintain a large army when it's freezing cold.
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