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Since A Song of Ice and Fire seems to be on indefinite hold... We have something else to look forward to: The HBO series!!!!

Cast is now out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/


Sean Bean and Peter Dinkladge? The cast is freaking sick. This show is going to be great.
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I sill don't think we needed Sansa's rape to get that story to the point it's at.

Related, anyone remember if Winterfell has a moat?
'Needed' is a strange way to think about any created work.
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Interesting interview with Kit (Jon Snow)

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14...dies-interview

If he is coming back, they are really committing to the lie.
Read that earlier. Made me think that if Kit comes back technically maybe it's not going to be as Jon Snow...
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'Needed' is a strange way to think about any created work.

"Required to move the story forward."
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Watch season 6 open with an hour of Bran and Hodor....
Um...good? For my money, that's the only story line that has any real fruit to bear at this point. Having super-warg Bran meet with the "3-eyed raven" and the children of the forest with all their special magic seems like a confluence of characters who can really do some special things in this series. And now that Jon Snow is gone I don't see many in the kingdom who can repel the White Walkers, which is still the main plot as far as I'm concerned.
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"Required to move the story forward."
I don't really understand the criticism of that scene at all. It seemed like an integral part of the story in showing what an awful and horrible marriage it was.

To bring up her escaping with Theon as evidence it was unnecessary makes even less sense. It was that very scene that pushed Theon to start to break free of being Reek, and culminated with killing Myranda and helping Sansa escape.
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I just think it's funny. Leave all the story lines on cliff hangers and then ignore them for 60 minutes. But you're right. The White Walkers are the ultimate baddies.
_______ ________ is Azor Ahai reborn. And they will defeat the White Walkers.

And I have read theories of who Azor is. But that's just it. They're theories. What a strange new world we live in.
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I don't really understand the criticism of that scene at all. It seemed like an integral part of the story in showing what an awful and horrible marriage it was.



To bring up her escaping with Theon as evidence it was unnecessary makes even less sense. It was that very scene that pushed Theon to start to break free of being Reek, and culminated with killing Myranda and helping Sansa escape.

You're right. Theon was so impacted by it, when Sansa asked him put the candle in the tower, he ran to Ramsey.

I just don't think the rape was required, and they could have used something else to achieve those ends. Furthermore it's troubling that a women's rape wasn't about the women at all, but about a man's story arc.
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I don't really understand the criticism of that scene at all. It seemed like an integral part of the story in showing what an awful and horrible marriage it was.

To bring up her escaping with Theon as evidence it was unnecessary makes even less sense. It was that very scene that pushed Theon to start to break free of being Reek, and culminated with killing Myranda and helping Sansa escape.
Do you legitimately not understand the criticism of that scene? It was completely gratuitous. If anyone needed that scene to inform them that Ramsey was a monster and Sansa was probably in for a bad time, then they hadn't been watching the show at all in season 3. That scene added nothing to the emotion of that escape.
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Do you legitimately not understand the criticism of that scene? It was completely gratuitous. If anyone needed that scene to inform them that Ramsey was a monster and Sansa was probably in for a bad time, then they hadn't been watching the show at all in season 3. That scene added nothing to the emotion of that escape.
Well if Theon is dead (which I hope he's not) we didn't need 5 hours of torture porn either.
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Well if Theon is dead (which I hope he's not) we didn't need 5 hours of torture porn either.
No we didn't. I think that went on way too long as well ... but "Game of Thrones" right? If you dare criticize it, you obviously just want cliche'd network dramas.
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No we didn't. I think that went on way too long as well ... but "Game of Thrones" right? If you dare criticize it, you obviously just want cliche'd network dramas.
That's not really it though.
No, that scene wasn't needed - it was gratuitous and vile. Like much of the show is. It's a sprawling tale, so by that very nature, a lot that is shown is not needed to push the story forward. Some is just more ugly that it needed to be.
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And for what it's worth, I wasn't a fan of Jamie's rape of Cersei in season 4 either. Just totally pointless in my opinion.
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Stannis seemed resigned to his fate, and knew his march was a suicide mission. He fully realized what he had done and wanted to die. If he is alive, what role can he play? He has lost all authority.

Melissandre is a fraud, or has some other agenda. How is it she can simply ride into Castle Black where women are not included?
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I don't think anyone is asking for a cliche, but there are some storytelling fundamentals that shows should follow. Fundamental one: don't waste time. As a fan of the show I currently feel that I've wasted all the time we've spent on Stannis. If the intent is just to state yet again that not everyone survives, then that is poor storytelling. I'm sure people here will get all up in arms again over that statement but this isn't a uncommon feeling when it comes to GoT this season.

This finale didn't leave me wondering what's about to happen. It's left me wondering how long it's going to take to get the story back on track. They go from Hardhome which looks like things are going to start to focus, and now it's looking we're heading back to more meandering, especially in the Essos storyline. Except now it's with which characters? Who is the character in the north that makes us care one iota about what happens at the Wall? Ser Davos?

#TeamWhiteWalkers I guess.
Please explain. For one thing we don't know with 100% certainty that he's actually dead. Second of all why do you feel the time was wasted because he lost the battle to the Boltons? Why should it be written in stone that he win that battle and what here left you cheated? IMO the story wraps up nicely as his story was always about a man so hell bent and determined to gain the throne that he would not take no for an answer. He gambled on black magic, ignored the weather, other obstacles, was willing to lose everything and he did. Again I simply don't understand the expectations here by some.

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Stannis seemed resigned to his fate, and knew his march was a suicide mission. He fully realized what he had done and wanted to die. If he is alive, what role can he play? He has lost all authority.

Melissandre is a fraud, or has some other agenda. How is it she can simply ride into Castle Black where women are not included?

Also lets not forget she thought Stannis was the Lord of Lights chosen. We saw another red priestess in Volantis preaching it was Daenerys.

And I'd like to remind everyone about good ole Thoros of Myr and his power to resurrection Beric Donndarrian.
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Please explain. For one thing we don't know with 100% certainty that he's actually dead. Second of all why do you feel the time was wasted because he lost the battle to the Boltons? Why should it be written in stone that he win that battle and what here left you cheated? IMO the story wraps up nicely as his story was always about a man so hell bent and determined to gain the throne that he would not take no for an answer. He gambled on black magic, ignored the weather, other obstacles, was willing to lose everything and he did. Again I simply don't understand the expectations here by some.
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I don't know about the ultimate fate of Stannis. He was always the kind of guy to look everything in the eye (including his own daughter burning on the pyre), yet during that scene with Brienne his eyes kept straying to something off to the side.
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I just don't think the rape was required, and they could have used something else to achieve those ends. Furthermore it's troubling that a women's rape wasn't about the women at all, but about a man's story arc.
Well I think one could argue it was important to show it in that not only was she raped but she was raped as a virgin on her wedding night which I assume would be even more horrific for a woman. Pair that with all the dreams and hopes she had of her wedding night with Joffery and how far that's fallen for her really drives it home. I think it really helps establish how driven she is to get away to the point she'd even Thelma and Louise it with Theon.
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Well I think one could argue it was important to show it in that not only was she raped but she was raped as a virgin on her wedding night which I assume would be even more horrific for a woman. Pair that with all the dreams and hopes she had of her wedding night with Joffery and how far that's fallen for her really drives it home. I think it really helps establish how driven she is to get away to the point she'd even Thelma and Louise it with Theon.

You could. But they way I viewed the rape was more about Theon than Sansa frankly. It wasn't even about Sansa having her new found agency violently taken away. It was about Theon's surrogate sister being violated to become a reason Theon becomes Theon again.
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