I'm just like - as if the site would say anything other than what the show inferred. Why would they want to spoil themselves? Of course it's going to say they're dead.
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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6 Offseason Thread
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I'm just like - as if the site would say anything other than what the show inferred. Why would they want to spoil themselves? Of course it's going to say they're dead.
When the whole point of moving Sansa to Winterfell is to speed up her character progression over her stay at the Eyrie in the books, it's pretty bad that all they did was repeat what's happened to her for four seasons already but with added rape. There was no progression or pay-off despite plenty of opportunities such as the corkscrew.
WadiumArcadium
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Olly must die, i don't care how.
Finally saw the episode today, avoiding spoilers was difficult. Fairly certain Jon's resurrection is absolutely happening, as Mel's arrival back at Castle Black (rather than having never left) can't be for nothing.
Olly was expected and was still dreading it as soon as he mentioned Benjen to Jon. It hit my girlfriend pretty hard, I had to point out the significance of Mel to her. Then reminded her about Beric but she couldn't remember them haha.
Tyrion being left to Meereen purgatory is a little annoying, hopefully they're taking that somewhere decent. Was surprised at Varys' appearance there, I suppose it'll be a while until he kills Kevan.
Olly was expected and was still dreading it as soon as he mentioned Benjen to Jon. It hit my girlfriend pretty hard, I had to point out the significance of Mel to her. Then reminded her about Beric but she couldn't remember them haha.
Tyrion being left to Meereen purgatory is a little annoying, hopefully they're taking that somewhere decent. Was surprised at Varys' appearance there, I suppose it'll be a while until he kills Kevan.
Next season tagline: "Game of Assassin's Creed: Hay Thrones"
Hopefully Wun Wun's victim is Olly so we can see him get torn in half.
TheWarrior
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Brienne is fueled by honor and protecting Sansa is her sworn duty. Once she finds out what he did even a shirtless Ramsay stands no chance.
That is pretty much how the last X # of chapters of the books go.
I wouldn't have an issue with Jon being dead, seemed reasonably clear cut. Stannis was the more ambiguous one but I'm happy to go with him being dead too.
The walk of shame was excellently done. Horrific and just how I imagined it. Ser Strong though.. In the books is his face mentioned? I remember it just being darkness inside a helmet but the show.. c'mon he's clearly a zombie.
So dumb the timing of certain things that happened,
-personal confession I am your father; boom surprise I am dead now.
-Lights candle in tower, surprise I just missed you, even though this was my ONE job.
-Hey I need help governing this city, welll here comes the one guy who can help
Fuck off
-personal confession I am your father; boom surprise I am dead now.
-Lights candle in tower, surprise I just missed you, even though this was my ONE job.
-Hey I need help governing this city, welll here comes the one guy who can help
Fuck off
Or it's almost like Sansa has a character arc in the books about learning to play the game of thrones, which the writers completely discarded in favour of making her relive her season 2 story, except with added rape, and by framing it as a sign of her becoming a player even though she does nothing and completely fails.
That was never why they did it -- not even they claimed that.
Convenience is a hallmark of fiction. However this show does it to the point of parody.
Latvian Hitman
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Might want to lead the whole "protecting so-and-so is her sworn duty" thing out of it, unless you want Sansa dead.
TheWarrior
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I'm not one to complain much between book and show but one area Martin's writing just shits all over the show is how he can weave stories together. The Arya journey to the Red Wedding was a masterpiece. In the show some stuff is just lazy and these are prime examples.
Liquidsnake
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Were the show runners conscious during their meetings with Martin?
Veritigo_X
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The only one that really stood out to me was the candle in the tower. Like really? Right as she turns around it lights up.
biosnake20
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So Elio and Linda have officially dropped the show. I don't care about Linda dropping it but Elio looked super down about it and I can't really blame him.
TheWarrior
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Might want to lead the whole "protecting so-and-so is her sworn duty" thing out of it, unless you want Sansa dead.
-10 HP for invoking "sworn duty"
Who?
Nobodies.
PantherLotus
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nah, they're making this all up as they go. terrible writing.
Liquidsnake
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Who?
Sadly that's not what they are, at least for the books.
TheWarrior
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They run the Westeros website. Supposedly at times Martin has been known to use Elio to check continuity.
They'll both be back though. They always come back.
schlongdog
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PhoenixDark
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You can definitely tell Linda rules Elio with an iron fist lol. I like him but jeez bro...some Saving Silverman shit going on here.
Fuck them (her, really).
Let's see how many hours they hold out when Season 6 starts.
The whole damn thing was a farce.
Also where was the explanation for little miss Red riding hood?
Formula this season appears to be, fill the ep with a whole lot of filler/nonplot, then end in a gruesome death to make it seem like something important happened.
Ape Gone Insane
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Direwolves on this show. Sometimes they just appear and have a sense when their master is in trouble (saving Bran) or appear to save others (Gilly's would be rapists/wight at the Night's Watch) so they clearly do have some sort of 6th sense or intuition.
Why couldn't Ghost sense Jon's demise or what the NW were up to? He's certainly roaming around all free.
Why couldn't Ghost sense Jon's demise or what the NW were up to? He's certainly roaming around all free.
Ape Gone Insane
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Somebody in the Dany, Daario, Jorah, Tyrion, Varys, Greyworm and Missandei camp is bound to get fucked up. Too many goodies there.
The most loyal wolves on the show seem to be Summer and Greywind. Ghost does whatever he wants!
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Ghost hates Jon on the show. They should have let him get the final stab.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I have just one question.
Was it Lena Headey during the walk of atonement, or a body double, with her face CGI'ed on? Really seemed that way. I know it was a body double during the part where she's getting washed and cut though, but what about the actual walk?
Was it Lena Headey during the walk of atonement, or a body double, with her face CGI'ed on? Really seemed that way. I know it was a body double during the part where she's getting washed and cut though, but what about the actual walk?
RukusProvider
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So now that I've had some time to reflect.
I liked the fall of Stannis. His face by the time he saw the Bolton army was that of a defeated man almost looking forward to his death. The actor pulled that off well.
My biggest current problem with the show is that they have really started to fall into the spoonfeeding and leading trap of generic shows. They are catering to a "dumb" audience. The whole Olly thing is a perfect example of building up and concluding with the obvious.
You can tell because how many show only viewers called out a lot of outcomes based on the shows plot leading. This takes away from the impact of scenes like Jaime's hand being cuttoff, Ned's beheading, Red Wedding and others.
I get the need for collapsing story lines and altering time frames. I'm ok with that. Just don't dumb down the show so much please. That's all I really ask.
I liked the fall of Stannis. His face by the time he saw the Bolton army was that of a defeated man almost looking forward to his death. The actor pulled that off well.
My biggest current problem with the show is that they have really started to fall into the spoonfeeding and leading trap of generic shows. They are catering to a "dumb" audience. The whole Olly thing is a perfect example of building up and concluding with the obvious.
You can tell because how many show only viewers called out a lot of outcomes based on the shows plot leading. This takes away from the impact of scenes like Jaime's hand being cuttoff, Ned's beheading, Red Wedding and others.
I get the need for collapsing story lines and altering time frames. I'm ok with that. Just don't dumb down the show so much please. That's all I really ask.
We did lose Barristan this season, and Jorah got grayscale so he's doomed.
Both. She was pregnant during filming.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Yeah, she was apparently pregnant. So if it's just a shot of shoulders and up, that's Lena. Anything else is some lady, and Lena's face is CG'd on for front shots.
I thought it was pretty clear that the candle thing was never supposed to work. It was something from a fractured fairy tale...more GOT standing tropes on their head.
Don't care for any of them. I'm team Ramsay until Mads is cast as Euron. They can't fuck up Euron, no matter what they do, he is still a pirate with an eyepatch.
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