Steelyuhas
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Yep
White Walker: Creatures that look like they are made of white bark-ish material.
Wight: Humans, reincarnated by the White Walkers. Zombies with blue eyes.
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Game of Thrones *Tagged Book Spoilers, Please Read OP* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO
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White Walker: Creatures that look like they are made of white bark-ish material.
Wight: Humans, reincarnated by the White Walkers. Zombies with blue eyes.
That was someone from the Undying Ones, Pyat Pree's warlock squad from Qarth. You see her teeth were stained from the shade-of-the-evening that they drink.
Morrigan Stark
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Did I walk into some bizarro world where people in the season three thread don't know the different beween a Wight, a White Walker and a Warlock?
They don't even look alike, I don't get the confusion. Wights look like undead humans, white walkers look like fucked up tree people.
The confusion for show people stems from the names: white walker; wight. Those two words sound the same despite the spelling.
It's also never explained very well in the show whether "others" is an all encompassing word of both wights and white walkers. It's completely valid that someone who only watches the show would be confused by that.
As far as the warlocks go, I have no idea why there's confusion there. lolol
It's also never explained very well in the show whether "others" is an all encompassing word of both wights and white walkers. It's completely valid that someone who only watches the show would be confused by that.
As far as the warlocks go, I have no idea why there's confusion there. lolol
Steelyuhas
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They don't really use the term "others" in the show do they?
Agreed though that the confusion largely stems from wight and white sounding similar.
Uh...because it's just out of left field and hasn't been mentioned before or since that there are little girl warlocks running around rooftops and giving people deadly Pokeballs.
I managed to get through nearly all of ASoS without understanding the difference. I had to ask in the book thread. In particular their relationship to one another wasn't clear to me at all (and still isn't from the text alone, I'm going off what others have said). Maybe I missed something but Martin really dances around them. I can't blame folks for being confused.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah you kind of have to piece it together, but the info is there to do so. There isn't any one statement that's like "Other/White Walkers are this intelligent species and Wights are their zombie army".
Yeah they were called Others in the original pilot script, but LOST was happening at that time, so that's probably why they just used the White Walkers name.
It also just might have been they thought that was a better name to go with.
Others is already used by another show. They changed it to avoid confusion there.
timetokill
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Reading the other thread.. I feel like I'm the only person who likes Littlefinger.
The way slavery was depicted in the books makes the show scene even worse. We know that SERIES
Jorah
some wildlings
#TeamStannis ftw
Ah okay, yeah I couldn't remember if the show used that term. It all sort of blends together so I assumed they had at some point ha.
Okay I get that, but why would you assume they are a white walker/wight when those have already been established in the show? The season two finale clearly shows you what they are, and season one even did a good job of explaining their blue eyes.
Yeah.. and the fact that Dany says "The warlocks.." right after the kid tries to kill her.
fallengorn
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Here's an easy way to tell them apart:
Skin is white, undead blight.
Lips are blue, warlock crew.
Skin is white, undead blight.
Lips are blue, warlock crew.
HeavenlyStriker
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the biggest mystery in ADWD
is jon snow's fate.
i don't understand GRRM making jon the focal point of this north/wall business, developing him into a strong yet humble leader, amassing a huge army, rebuilding the wall, ready to retake winterfell...only to have it taken all away from him in the end...?
and what happened to jon was witnessed by everyone so you know GRRM is setting up for some kind of dire/hopeless situation at the wall where the wildings and nightwatchers are going at each other's throats.
what does GRRM has in store for jon snow?
i don't understand GRRM making jon the focal point of this north/wall business, developing him into a strong yet humble leader, amassing a huge army, rebuilding the wall, ready to retake winterfell...only to have it taken all away from him in the end...?
and what happened to jon was witnessed by everyone so you know GRRM is setting up for some kind of dire/hopeless situation at the wall where the wildings and nightwatchers are going at each other's throats.
what does GRRM has in store for jon snow?
also why did jon store the 2 willdings bodies in the ice cell? some kind of foreshadowing?
and is there a significance with his burned hand itching at certain times?
another thing, we know brienne has ned's broken valyrian sword, and is heading toward north to find sansa, is it possible the sword may will find its way to the wall and jon yea...?
and is there a significance with his burned hand itching at certain times?
another thing, we know brienne has ned's broken valyrian sword, and is heading toward north to find sansa, is it possible the sword may will find its way to the wall and jon yea...?
DrForester
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ADWD
Jon will have the loyalty of the Wildlings through the wall. It's likely whoever the next Lord Commander is, tries to kill them all, or send them back through the wall. I think long term the Watch is done for, and the Wildlings take up defense along the wall.
I know you properly tagged this and everything, but there is a book thread where these things are probably best put and discussed in.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=433233
Just in case you weren't aware of it.
IAmtheFMan
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What if it's tangy and brown?
PhoenixDark
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You should discuss that in the book spoiler thread. And re-read ADWD's prologue...
HeavenlyStriker
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didn't know, thanks.
fallengorn
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Tangy and brown? Ghiscari town.
I didn't assume anything. I just asked what that thing/person was.
Victory Red
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WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK DID I JUST READ.
The Epilogue of ASOS. Holy Fuck
The Epilogue of ASOS. Holy Fuck
DrForester
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That's Martin blowing a surprise too early.
Captain_Spanky
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That's my favorite chapter/twist in the entire series. Such a great moment.
Dialogue spoiler:
"But you don't have a witness!" "Actually...we do"
Durr hurr maybe you should write the books amirite?
DrForester
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No book is above criticism.
AFFC
Rather than have these stories about Stoneheart told throughout AFFC from various points of view (Letters to Kings Landing, and told directly to Brienne and Jamie), with the reader knowing full well who it is, I think it would have been a great mystery to try and guess for yourself in the book, and get the reveal of her identity when Brienne does at the end.
toastyToast
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Finishing the season convinced me to go back and continue ASOS. Wow, the opening of next season is going to be jam packed. Just read the (ASOS)
So much happens in this book, god damn
Royal Wedding.
So much happens in this book, god damn
I haven't started this season yet, but I wanted to ask a question. I've only read the first three books in the series, and I know this season supposedly covers the first half of A Storm of Swords, but that doesn't mean a bunch of stuff hasn't been shuffled around. I remember in season two, they put in some ASoS stuff in there. Does this season of the show spoil anything from the fourth book?
In short, yes.
DrForester
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Nothing is spoiled from the fourth book, but there's something pretty significant from the 5th book.
Just catching up with this, great scene with Tyrion and Samsa, it kinda makes me wish they delayed the news of RW so we could have a little bit more of that for a while, the guy that plays Roose Bolton is great, I love how in that scene with Walter Frey he is obviously disinterested in his shit but still plays along, what a cold bastard.
The Stannis thing just played in an embarrasing manner that im surprised Davos didnt straight out called him a little bitch on the spot, they really failed to grasp that just as bad as the Halfhand interactions during S2.
The Stannis thing just played in an embarrasing manner that im surprised Davos didnt straight out called him a little bitch on the spot, they really failed to grasp that just as bad as the Halfhand interactions during S2.
There is a pretty large spoiler in S3 from AFFC but honestly it is nothing that is going ruin your enjoyment (if it is actually possible to enjoy the last two books).
cartoon_soldier
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What's that?
I would hardly say it's the entire plotline.. If anything it's more like ADWD
filling in the blanks since we see none of this stuff actually happen in the books.
When does the off season thread start? Oh, and unmarked spoilers from all books, right? I don't want to deal with that bullshit while discussing Dorne casting rumors. I'm all set to be furious when the Viper is some white brit and all the sand snakes are cut, I won't be able to deal with also trying to protect people from learning what happens in a book older than half the posters on gaming side.
Shows been on long enough that anyone who gives a fuck is caught up by now, and the rest should be savvy enough not to click on ASOIAF threads. It's their responsibility to avoid spoilers, I am so over having this discussion held back coddling people who can't be bothered to read 5 books.
Shows been on long enough that anyone who gives a fuck is caught up by now, and the rest should be savvy enough not to click on ASOIAF threads. It's their responsibility to avoid spoilers, I am so over having this discussion held back coddling people who can't be bothered to read 5 books.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Yeah, I'm all for unmarked spoilers going forward.
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A More Normal Bird
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Not at all. Also, a number of events in S3 indicate that things will play out quite differently to the books.
Steelyuhas
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Well, ADWD
The season 3 stuff happens in the books, but it's told through thinking back on it at a later point.
Typically an "Offseason OT" happens for shows because the Season OT reaches 20,000 posts. We are quite a ways from that. Now, with the nature of this show being an adaption, I can see the desire for an offseason thread.
I'm thinking untagged spoilers for the Season 4 OT and I guess we'd do that as well for an Offseason thread. I'm out of town until late Monday night, so assuming that there is the demand from our book reader community to have an untagged offseason thread to discuss casting, filming, adaption choices and all that pre-season jazz, I can make and post one next week.
RatskyWatsky
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Preach.
Yes to the untagged spoilers season 4 thread and yes to the untagged offseason thread (but NOT untagged TWOW)! It made sense to spoiler tag book stuff for the first few seasons, but I think we should move to unmarked spoilers going forward.
dead souls
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I couldn't agree more. I mean, I read more than 5 books most months and I'm nowhere near being the biggest bibliophile I know.. Anybody who wanted to catch up has, and if they haven't they should stay out of the book reader's threads.
Victory Red
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I'll throw my vote in for untagged spoilers through ASOS since it's what the season will primarily be dealing with.
I'm reading AFFC now.
I'm reading AFFC now.
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