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[AlphaDragoon]

Holy shit. Dany went HAM on those motherfuckers. "Like bringing an F-16 to a medieval fight" indeed.

Jon and Dany is totally about to be a thing lol. Good thing Targaryens are cool with that sort of thing, I guess...?

 

[Zabka]

There's a 14 minute Anatomy of a Scene of the Loot Train Battle on HBO Go for those interested.

 

[LordCanti]

I've been waiting years to see Dothraki riding across the plains to attack a Lannister army so I'm willing to forgive a lot. I thought the battle was well done, I liked the bits with Arya and Sansa in Winterfell the most and the cave drawings the least.

I loved the "chaos is a ladder" line that bran delivered

It's not often you see little finger shook from a reveal of the mind

Was that the line? I thought he said "Chaos is a letter" referencing the letter that he had Lysa send to Cat. It was so mumbly that I couldn't make it out.

Edit: Aah, I now see it was a reference to LF's earlier speech. Works too

 

[jfkgoblue]

God that other thread is now going off on people who dislike Dany, ugh.

I can't wait for Dany to do some fucked up shit and bring them down a little.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Mistakes were made.

 

[Arkeband]

In the show, did Tyrion threaten to kill Jaime after he was released from prison due to the whole Tysha reveal?

They hugged it out, it was one of the first big departures from the books.

 

[lumi7890]

Mistakes were made.

It Was At This Moment.... That They Knew They Fucked Up.

 

[Apt101]

At the end of the day, what is Sansa's deal? I realize they're maneuvering her to a point where she may sympathize with Baelish's ambitions, et tal, but I mean cmon. She can't be happy her lil sis is a master murderer? Even Baelish appreciates it. I just don't get what the writers are trying to convey here.

Edit: wow, actually, Baelish and Arya would make a terrific team. Seriously. Oh fuck.

 

[SargerusBR]

So...Jaime forgot battle strategies between S6 and S7? His army got caught up by surprise just like he advised the Freys during the Riverrun siege.

 

[InfiniDragon]

Fuuuuck that was a good battle. The stakes were intense. Lots of payoff for setups. Amazing shots.

Littlefinger looks afraid of Arya.

Everyone should be afraid of Arya, she could have killed Brienne if she was trying to. Arya is real as they come now.

 

[emag]

Was that the line? I thought he said "Chaos is a letter" referencing the letter that he had Lysa send to Cat. It was so mumbly that I couldn't make it out.

Littlefinger has one iconic two word line in the books. In the show, he gets his “chaos is a ladder” speech instead.

https://youtu.be/FG3H9E-B464

 

[jfkgoblue]

At the end of the day, what is Sansa's deal? I realize they're maneuvering her to a point where she may sympathize with Baelish's ambitions, et tal, but I mean cmon. She can't be happy her lil sis is a master murderer? Even Baelish appreciates it. I just don't get what the writers are trying to convey here.

All her living siblings have supernatural powers:

Bran: knows everything

Arya:Can kill anything and assume its identity

Jon: Died and came back to life

Sansa? Was a prisoner for 3 years and repeatedly physically and psychologically tortured.

 

[cj_iwakura]

So...Jaime forgot battle strategies between S6 and S7? His army got caught up by surprise just like he advised the Freys during the Riverrun siege.

They had a sound strategy for countering a Dothraki horde.

Not a dragon.


They had brass balls, though. I'm shocked they didn't break rank the second toasty showed up.

 

[Lonewulfeus]

The best part of the episode?

fewer

Davos_fewer.gif needs to happen!

 

[SofNasciment-]

They had brass balls, though. I'm shocked they didn't break rank the second toasty showed up.

That's actually the most unbelievable thing that happened in this entire episode.

 

[RaidenZR]

I loved the "chaos is a ladder" line that bran delivered

It's not often you see little finger shook from a reveal of the mind

I guess Bran binge-watched all six seasons of GoT before this year kicked off. He's all caught up!

 

[Burt]

On rewatch

WHY DOESNT DANYS HAIR MOVE

Spoiler

let the complaining commence

 

[jfkgoblue]

Also we already know she is gonna torch KL from the HotU vision.

She is definitely gonna be a mad queen.

 

[hendersonhank]

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was? Like no one at Dragonstone even noticed she left. Hey can I talk to Danerys, oh oops sorry she had to run an errand. *meanwhile 2000 miles away*

Also I thought we were going to be in for a rude awakening for the Mad Queen when armored soldiers chewed up her army of chippendale dancers, and the ballista took out her dragon.

That said, I was really hoping Jaime would lance the dragon through the brain at the end there.

Also gotta love how Arya and her two weeks of training with Syrio and a couple months with the Jaqen can toy with one of the best knights in Westeros, who is 3x her size and has been training since childhood. Talk about overpowered, jesus christ.

Fun stuff despite the total abandonment of all logic and consistency.

 

[talisayNon]

do they not let anyone die on this show anymore??

 

[cj_iwakura]

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was? Like no one at Dragonstone even noticed she left. Hey can I talk to Danerys, oh oops sorry she had to run an errand. *meanwhile 2000 miles away*

After Greyjoy Teleportation? Nope, it's the new normal.

 

[jfkgoblue]

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was? Like no one at Dragonstone even noticed she left. Hey can I talk to Danerys, oh oops sorry she had to run an errand. *meanwhile 2000 miles away*

Also I thought we were going to be in for a rude awakening for the Mad Queen when armored soldiers chewed up her army of chippendale dancers, and the ballista took out her dragon.

That said, I was really hoping Jaime would lance the dragon through the brain at the end there.

Fun stuff.

Since they were right outside KL, and Dragonstone is right next to KL, it wasn't very far.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Bran should warg into Brienne and strangle Jamie while whispering "The things we do for love" in his ear. So many layers.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Will a show ever pull off a large scale fantasy battle like this again?

 

[Sean C]

They had a sound strategy for countering a Dothraki horde.

No, they didn't. A two-man-deep shield war will not hold off a horde of cavalry. You can see the Dothraki punching through it even without dragon support.

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was?

They were right outside King's Landing.

 

[jfkgoblue]

Will a show ever pull off a large scale fantasy battle like this again?

Dragons vs Others is gonna be epic.

 

[DrForester]

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was? Like no one at Dragonstone even noticed she left. Hey can I talk to Danerys, oh oops sorry she had to run an errand. *meanwhile 2000 miles away*

In the episode Jaime's army went from Highgarden to Kings Landing. Dany getting to Kings Landing about the same time doesn't bother me.

 

[Zabka]

Just finished watching the making of the Loot Train Battle. Amazing work by the incredible brave stunt team.

No complaints about Dany and her Dothraki army teleporting to wherever Jaime was? Like no one at Dragonstone even noticed she left. Hey can I talk to Danerys, oh oops sorry she had to run an errand. *meanwhile 2000 miles away*

Also I thought we were going to be in for a rude awakening for the Mad Queen when armored soldiers chewed up her army of chippendale dancers, and the ballista took out her dragon.

That said, I was really hoping Jaime would lance the dragon through the brain at the end there.

Also gotta love how Arya and her two weeks of training with Syrio and a couple months with the Jaqen can toy with one of the best knights in Westeros, who is 3x her size and has been training since childhood. Talk about overpowered, jesus christ.

Fun stuff despite the total abandonment of all logic and consistency.

It's been like that since Episode 1.

 

[studyguy]

The after credits D&D "Sansa sees Arya can kill people, that's worrisome"

Wut, I don't get their angle. I always assumed one of the final Starks might turn on the rest, this feels cheap if it ends up that way.

 

[hendersonhank]

Since they were right outside KL, and Dragonstone is right next to KL, it wasn't very far.

Ah good point, although I didn't realize they were close to KL.

I thought Dany's fleet got trashed by Euron, though?

I kept waiting for Euron's fleet to appear, sailing up a creek, to wipe out the Dothraki.

 

[wesleyshark]

Top tier writing.

I don't understand what they're doing with Dany exactly.

She's a Targ. She's being a Targ. She's starting to become mad.

 

[cj_iwakura]

No, they didn't. A two-man-deep shield war will not hold off a horde of cavalry. You can see the Dothraki punching through it even without dragon support.

Didn't they have a second line behind them?

 

[Zod the Bear]

That said, I was really hoping Jaime would lance the dragon through the brain at the end there.

I assumed Dany was the target--he didn't begin the charge until he saw her off of Drogon trying to pull the scorpion quarrel out.

 

[jfkgoblue]

Ah good point, although I didn't realize they were close to KL.

I thought Dany's fleet got trashed by Euron, though?

I kept waiting for Euron's fleet to appear, sailing up a creek, to wipe out the Dothraki.

Just the Unsullied transport and Greyjoy fleets.

She's a Targ. She's being a Targ. She's starting to become mad.

Not all Targs are mad, just half of them.

 

[PudieRSC]

Mistakes were made.

Ron Howard voice

They did not hold the line.

 

[BFIB]

Dragons are too O.P. for this world. Got a feeling they won't last past this season.

 

[Vestal]

They had a sound strategy for countering a Dothraki horde.

Not really.. The Dothraki horde has been talked about since the 2nd Episode of the show as stuff of legend. No better horse men in all the land, and something that any single Army in Westeros would fear and possibly stand little chance against.

 

[hendersonhank]

So is Arya just going to stroll up and murder the Night King and the rest of the White Walkers now that she has the Valyrian dagger?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Really didn't expect Jaime to stick around. He's an idiot, but respect+. I figured the second a dragon hit the field, he would be like 'yeah... you're right, deuces'.

 

[Vestal]

Really didn't expect Jaime to stick around. He's an idiot, but respect+. I figured the second a dragon hit the field, he would be like 'yeah... you're right, deuces'.

I will be brutally honest and say that Jamie has been a character that I truly have enjoyed watching evolve since season 1.

 

[UraMallas]

Will a show ever pull off a large scale fantasy battle like this again?

That's the thing. I don't think some realize how spoiled we are. The budget for episode 4 of a one-hour TV drama might never reach this height again.

 

[UraMallas]

EDIT: DP

 

[chicken_pasta]

How badly will this affect Drogon?

All her living siblings have supernatural powers:

Bran: knows everything

Arya:Can kill anything and assume its identity

Jon: Died and came back to life

Sansa? Was a prisoner for 3 years and repeatedly physically and psychologically tortured.

But she looked pretty that one night.

 

[jack_package_200]

Also that Arya Brianne fight was hype as fuck.

Git gud, Podrick.

 

[Ghostmaster]

Not really.. The Dothraki horde has been talked about since the 2nd Episode of the show as stuff of legend. No better horse men in all the land, and something that any single Army in Westeros would fear and possibly stand little chance against.

And they are going to get bodied by Euron at sea. Just like the Mongols got destroyed by a tsunami.

 

[Brakke]

I fucken cried when Davos did a "fewer".

 

[MadLaughter]

Watched the 'loot train' feature thing on HBO Go. No wonder they rarely do battles on this scale

 

[jfkgoblue]

I will be brutally honest and say that Jamie has been a character that I truly have enjoyed watching evolve since season 1.

What evolution? After season 4, he hasn't gotten any better.

Also isn't Jaime Lord of Casterly Rock now?

 

[cj_iwakura]

That's the thing. I don't think some realize how spoiled we are. The budget for episode 4 of a one-hour TV drama might never reach this height again.

And we're barely halfway through.

 

[SyenceLabb]

After watching that Ned Stark statue scene with Arya and Sansa. I immediately thought about how cool it would be if Arya could somehow shapeshift into her father when/if she takes out Baelish.