Game of Thrones

[HarryTrotter]

Doubt that...Its a bit different situation in the books.Stanis isnt that desperate.
Julian Bashir is a total hardcase here. XD

[Shogunn2517]

The highlights for me this season:

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- Tyrion meeting Daenerys
- Cersei in prison. Finally she gets to suffer.
- Just when you thought you couldn't hate someone as much as Joffrey, comes Ramsay Snow
- The White Walker battle! Unbeleivable, also reminds us how dangerous they really are.
- The scene where Stannis's daughter gets burned was shocking and horrible. From the moment she realizes what's going on to her screaming. Just when you thought he's not as psycho as he seemed.
- The finale of the last episode was pretty spectacular. Daenerys riding Drogon was really epic.

Probably forgot something. Can't wait for season finale.

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FYI I could watch an entire hour-long episode on Tyrion/Danerys meeting!  I'm almost sure both actors could carry it.  The dialogue and what they'd discuss would be EPIC!

And as far as the finale of this episode goes, I've been reading about the history of Westeros prior to this season and know about how the past kings rode dragons!  I knew it was coming, but it was like watching Superman get his powers back in Superman II, just anticipation of it happening was too hyped!

[HarryTrotter]

Season finale was so dumb and padded out.The show runners really outdid themselves.

[JeyNyce]

That's kind of hash Spade.  I never read the books, so I can't compare, but the season finale was really depressing.  Not one good thing happen to anybody.....well maybe Sam.

[HarryTrotter]

Maybe its harsh,but thats pretty much how I see it.Others have their own views and I respect them.
This season went overboard so much that it just induced apathy.Everyone dies,villains win,your favourite characters arent even in the show...you just dont care any more.

[JeyNyce]

Maybe its harsh,but thats pretty much how I see it.Others have their own views and I respect them.
This season went overboard so much that it just induced apathy.Everyone dies,villains win,your favourite characters arent even in the show...you just dont care any more.

I know what you mean, after the show I told my wife:"I rooting for the White Walkers!  I hope they come in and just take over!"

[HarryTrotter]

A lott of people on Twitter said the same thing.So your not the only one.
#TeamWhiteWalker

[Shogunn2517]

Lol, Spade you sound pretty depressed about this.

Well, one thing I'll say, I accidentally read about this happening prior to the start of the season.  However, not sure if anyone caught GRRM's interview with Entertainment Weekly back in 2011 when A Dance of Dragons was released.

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The first question they asked him "So why did you kill off Jon Snow?"  His response: "Oh, you think he's dead do you?"

The story isn't finished, but this episode, as depressing as it might seem wasn't such a dramatic departure from the kind of stuff we've seen already even just from this season.  For crying outloud the entire series started out with someone pushing a kid out a window trying to kill him.  Let's see we've seen defile, child defile, brotherly defile, brotherly killings, children killing their parents, men, women and several children being burned to death, men and women being tortured.  I could go on.  The good guys have been catching the short end of the stick from day one.  But the show must go on.

[HarryTrotter]

Well,at least the Dorne storyline wasnt a lost of time like we thought.It resulted in another childs death just for shock. XD
Yeah,honoring Oberyn by doing EXACTLY the opposite of what he said,makes complete sense,right?Right?

[Reepicheep]

It's that time of year again.

[Shogunn2517]

We should create a "Dead Pool".  Because I don't think I would have expected this particular death.

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I knew there was bad blood between Ellaria and Doran, but I didn't think the entire country would turn against him.

Still waiting for Jon Snow's return.  Or not.  I'm just still trying to wrap my head around the theory that

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He's Aegon VI, the child of Rhaegar and and Ellia.

Which would make sense in a lot of ways and would be pretty awesome.  Daenerys has more lives than a cat.  I can easily see Drogon coming back again.  I'm curious what direction Sansa/Theon/Breanne will take.  And I really didn't need to see Melisandre's "reveal".

Speaking of reveals, I don't remember Cersi's witch from last season told her ALL her children would die... guess this is a guarantee we'll get a new King(or Queen) in the next few seasons.

As far as the "Dead Pool" goes... Bold Prediction: Dario Naharis.  I don't like his chances.  In fact, I hate his chances.

[Reepicheep]

Melisandre:

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"Reveal" is right. Holy moly. I'm still counting on her to bring back Jon Snow. Otherwise it'd be Bran in some way or another.

[GhostMachine]

Well, that was underwhelming!

[Reepicheep]

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I may have been fortunate to avoid any spoilers beforehand (apart from hearing about Kit Harrington being on set, but he could have been a corpse) so I had my breath held all the way through that last scene. I suppose, in hindsight, it was predictable. But I liked it and it was super tense for me!

Ramsay Bolton, though.

[Shogunn2517]

Hadn't been much updates here, but some things hitting the internet that's worth remaking...

1.  Since the last episode, there's some interesting theories that had some dots connected.

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Hodor's "Hold the door" scene.  Back in the last episode, we saw Bran in his historic trance yell out for his dad and Ned turned around as if he heard him.  Now that we see that Hodor heard "hold the door" through the trance, it appears that Bran can affect history and by virtue, the present when he goes back in time.  This must have been what the Three Eyed Raven meant about staying under water too long. 

That said, an interesting theory is that if Bran can affect the past than so could have the Three Eyed Raven and he did.  Word is he went back to warn the Mad King about the White Walkers and how to fight them.  The Mad King however took it as voices in his head telling him to "burn them all" thinking it was about his enemies and like Hodor, kept repeating it.

2.  It's being reported that SKY Germany has received the episode titles for the last 3 episodes of the season and they tell a lot about what we can expect to see.

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Episode 8's title is "No One", which refers to Arya's storyline.  But episode 9 is called "Battle of the Bastards", which you can imagine given Sansa's posturing we can expect to see the "battle in the snow" Melisandre predicted with Jon and Ramseys Snow.  Episode 9 is titled "Winds of Winter", which is the title of the next books and sets up season 7 and White Walkers advancing south.

3.  Speaking of Episode 9, the internet also has been talking about the fate of one of the above characters.

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A few episodes back, after Ramsey killed his father, we saw Smalljon Umber come to Winterfell with Rikon and Osha.  A few things to note about that, the Umbers are loyal bannermen to the Starks.  The reason why Smalljon has Rikon in the first place was that's where Bran sent him and Osha when they went north of the Wall.  He knew they could be trusted.  And we've seen this because it was Smalljon's father Greatjon that suggested Rob be king in the first place.  Would the Umbers betray the Starks so easily? Or are they just setting Ramsey up for his eventual downfall...  it would certainly be a heavy hit in the "Battle of Bastards" to have Ramsey's army turn against him.  Smalljon wouldn't bend the knee and of course "the north remembers".

A lot to chew on.

[Reepicheep]

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That said, an interesting theory is that if Bran can affect the past than so could have the Three Eyed Raven and he did.  Word is he went back to warn the Mad King about the White Walkers and how to fight them.  The Mad King however took it as voices in his head telling him to "burn them all" thinking it was about his enemies and like Hodor, kept repeating it.

Bran:

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That was my instinct too, mostly because they actually went out of their way to film Aerys shouting "Burn Them All" in Bran's trance. I feel like it's meant to be a significant connection, so it stands to reason.

These little things, always putting a new spin on the whole series.

[murs47]

Man, I never knew we had a GoT thread here. With that said...hold the door.

Hadn't been much updates here, but some things hitting the internet that's worth remaking...

3.  Speaking of Episode 9, the internet also has been talking about the fate of one of the above characters.

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A few episodes back, after Ramsey killed his father, we saw Smalljon Umber come to Winterfell with Rikon and Osha.  A few things to note about that, the Umbers are loyal bannermen to the Starks.  The reason why Smalljon has Rikon in the first place was that's where Bran sent him and Osha when they went north of the Wall.  He knew they could be trusted.  And we've seen this because it was Smalljon's father Greatjon that suggested Rob be king in the first place.  Would the Umbers betray the Starks so easily? Or are they just setting Ramsey up for his eventual downfall...  it would certainly be a heavy hit in the "Battle of Bastards" to have Ramsey's army turn against him.  Smalljon wouldn't bend the knee and of course "the north remembers".

A lot to chew on.

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I think this too. But then I remember Shaggydog's decaptitated head. As well as Smalljon mentioning the Wildlings swarming his lands. I could still see an Umber double-cross anyways if those things are explained, however. I could also see Littlefinger showing up with the Knights of the Vale regardless of being shunned away by Sansa. But mostly I see Ramsey being victorious against Jon and Sansa because, well, Game of Thrones. The theories make my head spin.

Other than the underwhelming-ness of the first episode, this season has been brilliant so far. I'm super glad the Riverlands are gonna start seeing some air. Now we just need Victarion Greyjoy to show up.

[Reepicheep]

Well that was the most satisfying episode ever. This whole season has been waiting for that.

Arya:

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I had a thought last night. The whole Bravos thing with Arya hasn't been ringing true with a lot of people. The biggest problem is, why bother with Bravos at all if we're going to end it with nothing really changing.

There are a few other nagging components. Arya was definitely wounded - it wasn't a blood pouch or a similar trick, since the actress was cleaning and tending to her wound. Also, she'd have to rely on getting stabbed by the waif exactly there - and on getting stabbed at all. And yet she was fine when she confronted the Faceless Man.

Then there was that cryptic departure and the conversation between her and the Faceless Man. It was vague and didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Unless it wasn't Arya that the Faceless Man was speaking to. He might have been speaking to The Waif, wearing Arya's face.

I think Arya is dead.

[murs47]

Arya:

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I think Arya is dead.

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But who will serve Walder Frey a delicious pie!

[Reepicheep]

Arya:

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I think Arya is dead.

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But who will serve Walder Frey a delicious pie!

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