A Game of Thrones **BOOKS OFF LIMITS** v2

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

I honestly wonder if they test-screened this over a streaming service. I was fiddling with my brightness and backlighting for the whole episode.

I was watching on satellite and not even streaming, unwatchable... Brand new HDR 4K TV with tuned brightness settings thats perfect for almost every game I play on PS4... caves look fine and everything.

[djsFlames]

Who else is too severely shook to the core to be critical or even think straight right now?

You guys are going to ruin this with your nit picking aren't you.

Most stressful episode of TV ever. That was a masterclass in tormenting your audience with all the worst emotions. Bravo.....

[nik-]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Who else is too severely shook to the core to be critical or even think straight right now?

You guys are going to ruin this with your nit picking aren't you.

Most stressful episode of TV ever. That was a masterclass in tormenting your audience with all the worst emotions. Bravo.....

The mass battle rez from Night King though, watching alone and literally said out loud "Oh, that's cruel"

[Rando]

RIP House Mormont

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by nik-

Also, can we take a moment here to really appreciate how useless Bran is as a character?

Wasn't this conflict basically his whole raison d'etre? He wargs into some birds and then does nothing all episode? I guess there's a chance he has some major role in the war that's upcoming, but jesus christ, the whole Three-eyed Raven/Night King beef was a thing and it just amounted to so much nothing. His entire purpose was bait? Did we really have to suffer through so many of his scenes if he was just bait? haha

Maybe the show didn’t do quite enough to establish his character, and this isn’t the first complaint I’ve read of his character’s importance, but I don’t mind it. Bran is basically the memory of the world of men. He’s like it’s soul. To truly end the world of men, the Night King needs to kill the living memory.

It’s like they both ascribe to a mothership concept. Night King for death and darkness and Bran for life and memory.

[burn_this_city]

I stood for the majority of the episode. Some of the best TV in history.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by nik-

The mass battle rez from Night King though, watching alone and literally said out loud "Oh, that's cruel"

I yelled "thats cheating you m#####er!" surrounded by family. I tried to keep my cool and failed.

[mac_82]

So many amazing moments tonight. The Red Woman lighting the swords and then the Dothraki lights being snuffed out. Little Mormont the giant killer. The Night King surviving the dragon fire. Drogon being swarmed. The Night King raising his arms as Jon tries to get to him. What do we say to the god of death? And Arya coming through in the clutch.

Between this, Endgame, and the expo this weekend I can’t even.

[djsFlames]

Lyanna though.... bless her little badass heart.

[nik-]

Also kudos to having Grey Worm use basically every "I'm about to die" cliche in the book last week and surviving.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Also, if Jon and Dany are to have any hope in hell of beating the southern armies, somebody is going to need to explain some basic battle strategy using dragons because Jesus Christ they cost a lot of lives with their use, or lack thereof, of the dragons.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Also, if Jon and Dany are to have any hope in hell of beating the southern armies, somebody is going to need to explain some basic battle strategy using dragons because Jesus Christ they cost a lot of lives with their use, or lack thereof, of the dragons.

Distinct lack of strafing runs, no doubt. Also "attack the ballistas from the side"

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Also, if Jon and Dany are to have any hope in hell of beating the southern armies, somebody is going to need to explain some basic battle strategy using dragons because Jesus Christ they cost a lot of lives with their use, or lack thereof, of the dragons.

They couldn't see the battlefield. Can't just go blindly shoot flames and burn your own men. And it's not like they can help the night king's supernatural abilities.

Dany/drogon getting that complacent while on the ground to get swarmed from behind was pretty bad though. Keep flamethrowimg, dammit woman!

[photon]

Is Jon's dragon done? If he was I would have figured they'd show him being raised with the rest of the dead, so I'm kinda hopeful.

[djsFlames]

@ Jorah



Defended the realms of men, he did.

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by photon

Is Jon's dragon done? If he was I would have figured they'd show him being raised with the rest of the dead, so I'm kinda hopeful.

Jon's dragon is okay. He's in the preview for the next episode.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by photon

Is Jon's dragon done? If he was I would have figured they'd show him being raised with the rest of the dead, so I'm kinda hopeful.

[djsFlames]

Alse re: Bran being useless.

It's a lot like Dr. Strange and giving up the time stone in IW. Sees all, but has to let it play out exactly the way it's supposed to. I don't think it was ever his job to turn himself into a weapon. Three eyed raven is there for a different purpose.

He knew exactly where to wait for everything to play out. Knew the cost. Probably why he's been so numb all along.

[Rando]

Favorite part of the episode for me.

Spoiler!

totally stolen joke from reddit

[AltaGuy]

Ye ‘Ole fake knife drop by Arya was pretty badass.