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

[burn_this_city]

I guess we can look back on the burning of the Tarley’s as the TSN turning point.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

So..who's on team Dany now?

Her armies of Dothraki and Unsullied keep growing exponentially somehow after every battle

[neo45]

Originally Posted by nik-

So who does Arya kill Dany as?

Jon? Tyrion? Grey Worm? Or does she go all Christmas Carol and do it as Missandei?

Can she steal the face of someone still alive?

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

I feel like the deaths this season should have been so much more impactful, yet I've felt so apathetic about the majority of the season. They've really dropped the ball.

Spoiler!

Varys' went exactly as I imagined, resigned and almost nonchalant. I thought all their deaths tonight were very fitting. The hounds was perfect (after inspiring a sweet moment of redemption for arya which only he could do). Taking out his brother into the flames below laughing maniacally? Fantastic. But especially Cersei and Jaime. We were lured into sympathizing with them somehow again just for a moment, even after everything!... I thought "Wow, that was incredibly game of thrones" and it was. And in turn we're forced to look in the mirror at our personal allegiances, and who's truly the villain here, and who represents the closest thing to good. If any one is, in the end. I think your comment is actually totally off base.

[Nyah]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I guess we can look back on the burning of the Tarley’s as the TSN turning point.

I mentioned when this happened that she was going down the path of the Mad King. I had no idea that she was going THIS far down that path

[getbak]

I just happened to rewatch the Battle of Blackwater episode last night, so this made me laugh...

"I've never known bells to mean surrender." -- Ser Davos before the Battle of Blackwater (S2 E9)

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"If you hear the bells ring, they've surrendered." -- Tyrion (S8 E5)

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I have no words. Everything single thing about that episode managed to disappoint me. I can’t think of a single positive thing to say. What a massive letdown.

I feel about as betrayed as Jon right now.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Lol since when did dragon fire make stone explode. Melt like at Harrenhall but explode? Wtf was that?

[getbak]

If I didn't know the episode had been shot months ago, I'd think Jon's line about starting the attack at daybreak was a direct response to all the complaints about how dark the Battle for Winterfell was.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

No wonder Emilia Clarke was so disappointed with what they did with Dany. That was a WWE worthy heel turn.

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Lol since when did dragon fire make stone explode. Melt like at Harrenhall but explode? Wtf was that?

I haven't seen the episode but perhaps its due to the wildfire caches that were hidden in the city by the Mad King?


https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Wildfire_Plot

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by neo45

Thought that episode was pretty well done compared to the last one

The Hound vs The Mountain was cool

That’s the most major characters killed in an episode for sure

It was theatrical eye candy start to finish.

The emotion was utterly palpable throughout. I was so swept up in it that I can't bring myself to pick it apart, at least not in the time since. I was leaning forward the entire time and probably hardly blinked.

The deaths were honestly quite good and true to the nature of the show which made me happy. I thought I wanted more dialogue but the spectacle of it all spoke far louder.

We finally saw the true wrath of dragons that 'melted steel and buildings' and conquered the kingdoms the first time around, and it was terrifying. I laughed at the golden company commander stumbling away to a cowardly death. That was actually hilarious in retrospect. As well as the lannister army response after cersei building them up.

The episode had everything.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by neo45

Her armies of Dothraki and Unsullied keep growing exponentially somehow after every battle

They really should have visually shown groups of both still fighting at winterfell, if even struggling in the field towards the end of episode 3, to help the resurgence in numbers be a bit more believable. First real dothraki presence since their flaming wave charge..dudes came back from total extinction!

They did look overall less in number though lined up in front of the gates, as well as pretty marked up from the last battle.

[PaperBagger'14]

Brilliant follow up to last weeks stinker. The deaths were realistic. Cleganebowl almost ending like the viper was great.

Dany flipped her switch to full Mad King after Missandeis death. Danaerys had the perfect opportunity to spare the commoners and only destroy the red keep. She didn't.

What Dany was told before by Tyrion makes a lot of sense. It was where he said she would be Queen of the Ashes without political power. And here we are.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

They really should have visually shown groups of both still fighting at winterfell, if even struggling in the field towards the end of episode 3, to help the resurgence in numbers be a bit more believable. First real dothraki presence since their flaming wave charge..dudes came back from total extinction!

They did look overall less in number though lined up in front of the gates, as well as pretty marked up from the last battle.

They pretty much said in Episode 4 that around half of each of the Dothraki, Unsullied, Northmen, and Knights of the Vale survived the battle of Winterfell.

[JohnnyB]

Wow, that episode was crazy. Best episode of the season so far.

[AltaGuy]

I predicted everything - Varys, Evil Dany, Cleganebowl, and now Jon will kill Dany and take the black (again). Someone stupid gets the Iron Throne.

Euron fights Jamie... who cares?

So po’d that they turned my favourite show into a nonsensical, meaningless pile of poo.

But, hey, maybe I’ll feel differently tomorrow. It was nicely shot for the most part.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

They pretty much said in Episode 4 that around half of each of the Dothraki, Unsullied, Northmen, and Knights of the Vale survived the battle of Winterfell.

Oh I know. But showing even what looked like a third of the army would've helped, it looked like there was a couple dozen people left when the night king was marching towards bran.

[dammage79]

Well Dany did say she was just going to break the wheel, but smash it. Those bells sent her for a loop.

Jon's in for a world of hurt now

And I really think Arya just sulks off into the sunset. I think The Hound just took all her hatred away in his goodbye talk to her. Or, she takes all the innocent lives she witnessed and kills Dany. One or the other.

Tyrion? No clue how his fate unravels. I'm sure it is death.

[holden]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I have no words. Everything single thing about that episode managed to disappoint me. I can’t think of a single positive thing to say. What a massive letdown.

I feel about as betrayed as Jon right now.

No words would be better.