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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 7 - Sundays on HBO
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WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Dany asks him to kneel and he didn't get the clue
Lmao
Rad Shadow
Banned
If be 100% ok with sansa, bronn, theon or littlefinger winning the iron throne at the end.
I hope we get some more unexpected twists.
I hope we get some more unexpected twists.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
3.9 , 5.8 , 6.9 , and 6.10 are all better for me. This ranks probably as the 5th best, dropping 1.9 out of contention. 2.9 I've always found overrated from general reception here on gaf. Great character piece with awesome dialogue, but the set pieces and the way the battle unfolded looks like childs play compared to many other set pieces.
After the first book they are far different, the show meets most of the major plot points during the first 3 books, but is still pretty different.(I.E. Talisa Stark is a show creation). Once you hit book 4 and 5 they might as well be different stories.
We can only hope Davos gives her the cart before the horse speech.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
ugh don't remind me
Dwight Schrute
Member
Theon
rocketskates
Member
Anyone got any good JonxDany memes?
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
y'all remember the shot of the wintery iron throne in the house of the undying?
What do you think that means now, knowing what we know about Dany's conquest?
What do you think that means now, knowing what we know about Dany's conquest?
Cpt.Underpants
Member
Please
You mean how she's about to seize the throne then turns around and goes to the wall?
Dwight Schrute
Member
So they obviously Chekhov's gunned the hell out of that dagger. Who is Arya's gonna kill with it ?
Psychoward
Banned
...5.8 is hardhome
Lord of Castamere
Member
Bron ultimately winning the Iron Throne, or at least sitting on it, is totally something George would do. Bron is still getting too much book time to be gone forever. He's totally intersecting with another POV, even if it isn't Jamie.
It's pretty obviously going to be Littlefinger. Why did he give Bran that dagger anyway? Even in its best episodes, D&D can't help but throw stupid shit in.
Having just watched the entire series over thanksgiving to xmas: I think from Tyrions trial, Oberyn/Mountain, through finale of Tyrion killing Tywin was my favorite stretch. With either "The Mountain and the Viper" or "The Children" being my favorite episode. Followed by 1.9, 3.9, and 6.9 in no order.
Series has had some amazing episodes, with these last two being terrific. Not sure there's ever been an episode this good in the middle of a season though.
Series has had some amazing episodes, with these last two being terrific. Not sure there's ever been an episode this good in the middle of a season though.
The Door was really good, too.
Littlefinger is getting got.
Real question is whose face will Arya wear when she does it.
So that Arya could have a weapon made of Valyrian steel.
Get LF drugged/drunk then Arya shows up as Cat. She gives a whole speech about love and her only ever loving one man, her husband Ned. She then kills him.
That or the Sansa one I posted before.
IggyChooChoo
Member
That Kings Landing will burn, likely due to Cersei, but that Dany will be blamed for it.
IggyChooChoo
Member
I always assumed Sansa, Lady Stoneheart, or Nymeria and her wolfpack would do it. All of those would be superior options IMO.
A whole lot of white walkers. They made sure to remind everyone that it's made of Valyrian steel.
Ocarina_117
Banned
Agree with the final stretch of season 4 being the high point of the show. It was never really reached again, from a narrative point of view at least. There has been some fantastical spectacle to make up for it though!
That doesn't answer why Littlefinger gave it to Bran. Arya could have taken it from his dead body after she Needled him. Just sloppy writing.
Best explanation I can think of for this is LF just wanted to put Bran on edge by reminding him that someone wanted him dead, in hopes that would lead to Bran doing something, eventually.
God, late seasons Littlefinger really is awful.
He's really a completely vestigial character at this point. I don't know what the intended end game for LF is, but whatever it is, it must be something that's just not possible in the show plot anymore, because he's role at this point is pretty much to stand and mustache twirl and growl out the occasional line of aphoristic dialogue.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Said it before and I'll say it again: LF has always been terrible on the show. He's never been subtle or convincing in the least. Like he says 2 words in the whispery conspiracy voice and you know he's shady as fuck. He's the last person you'd expect to be able to pull off a long con, a 5-year old could see through him.
LastGamer84
Member
Why does no one seem to get that characters like him are out of their element now? Seriously, the game has been played out and winter has come. The dead give no shits and Littlefinger's schemes have come to naught.
Seriously, what's his plan?
Turn the Stark kids against one another? - Not happening
Manipulate the north/vale? They all don't trust him so good luck.
Betray them at a crtical moment? To what end?
It seems his only motivation now is to bang Sansa, and Arya will kill him long before then.
Game of Thrones has been building up to the fact that all the politics and squabbling mean exactly nothing now that the true threat has emerged.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Because chaos is a ladder, and that knife was meant to kill a Stark. It's probably still going to, if it were up to GRRM.
buuuut I'm going to guess she will aim for the Hound and it will hit Bondarion (or whatever his name is) instead and not be able to be brought back or something. They've been referencing Jon's heart, but he and that guy have the same 'brought back' thing going on, and the BwB is moving north, so they will likely meet soon.
edit: it was really nice to see Bran turn seven season full-circle by that one line of LF's though. Going from kid climbing a tower to full player (if cripple) is something.
There still are a lot of politics and squabbling, though. WW are still beyond the Wall, just like in S1E1, and most characters are still fighting for the Iron Throne. Even Jon and Sansa are still arguing about political matters.
Moff
Member
As I wrote earlier, writing Littlefinger is something that simply is too much for D&D to handle. It takes smart planning, set up and creativity to get into his mind and GRRM obviously didn't tell them anything about it, likely because he hasn't even done it himself, yet, when he told them the broad strokes.
My best guess would be that he really tried to be nice by giving Bran the weapon that was supposed to kill him. It probably made sense when he heard Bran told Sansa how beautiful she looked when she was raped.
My best guess would be that he really tried to be nice by giving Bran the weapon that was supposed to kill him. It probably made sense when he heard Bran told Sansa how beautiful she looked when she was raped.
No, it was the weapon used in attempt on killing bran, so lf gave it to him because why not, who else should have it, and then to have the bran ladder one liner that oh shits littlefinger.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Why do people keep LF around at this point?
Moff
Member
I'd say he still has 1 big thing to do GRRM told them about, they just don't know how to get there.
He got all of this into motion, there must be some kind of payoff for that. Him just dying now would be wrong.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Didn't stop them from killing off Selmy for no reason though so I wouldn't rule it out just yet
Moff
Member
I don't see Barristan anywhere near Littlefinger when it comes to important characters of this Saga. LF is just a side character, but he made a lot happen behind the curtains.
Well, D&D glossed over the political turmoil in Mereen and boiled down The Battle of Fire to one scene. He wouldn't have been more than Dany's councillor on the show.
Sansa is an actual character now.
Human Trashcan
Banned
I think Sansa's well-written in the books but Sophie Turner's done a lot for that character, I think. Her line delivery isn't the best but the physical/emotive aspects of her performance are very good imo
are you side-eyeing the idea that she isn't a character in the books or the idea that she is a character on the show?
Oldest Snake
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demosthenes
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My hope which is probably batshit insane, but I'm holding out hope because the end game is the north + dany against Cersei + WW. LF plays no part in this. LF will die in the last or 2nd to last episode with Sansa cornering him some how. She'll lure him in and spring the trap.