Game of Thrones (potential spoilers! read at your own risk)

[Yw-slayer]

Need better fap material.

[Leon]

I am amused they got a 27 year old to body double a woman who would have been 40ish

[overpowered]

I've been thinking about the end of the episode again and Melisandre’s return to Castle Black was pretty much perfectly timed for it to be a set up. What other reason could she have to go there? It's not like she's buddies with Davos. I think G'Day's idea is likely.

[G'day Mate]

I've since heard all sorts of crazy theories, and many others involving an overriding "fire vs. ice" thingo. Apparently there's ice dragons, and John Snow's a Targaryen or something.

[Leon]

Maybe Jon is Tyrion, and it's all a dream?

[tigeraid]

The "main" theory, which the show actually alluded to WAY more than the book, is the R + L = J, that Jon Snow is a Targaryen rather than a bastard, and Ned took the fall to cover that up. And while I personally think Snow is dead, he could be resurrected by either Mel or Brandon.

The long-term result that I'M figuring is a resurrected Snow fighting alongside Dany and winning the throne. But who knows.

[speedpimp]

Maybe Jon is Tyrion, and it's all a dream?

No, he is really Bobby Ewing and he just opened the shower curtain.

[Leon]

The Jon as a Targaryen theory gets sketchy though because we've had it hammered into us that the Targs are silver, the Lannister blonde, the Baratheon dark haired, and the Starks all dead in a pile somewhere with noble intentions.

[overpowered]

And while I personally think Snow is dead, he could be resurrected by either Mel or Brandon.Brandon has resurrection ability?

[Jason]

The Jon as a Targaryen theory gets sketchy though because we've had it hammered into us that the Targs are silver, the Lannister blonde, the Baratheon dark haired, and the Starks all dead in a pile somewhere with noble intentions.
:lol::up:

[tigeraid]

Brandon has resurrection ability?


Dunno yet, but I don't see why not, "because magic?" Or maybe Jon will just warg into his direwolf and become a super duper werewolf kinda thing.

[overpowered]

How does the Jon as a Targaryen theory result in him not being dead?

[Freude am Fahren]

Nights watch burn their dead, some think he could be resurrected by fire?

[Leon]

I don't know that burning him would unstab him.

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah, I don't buy that one either. I think Mel or Ghost are the only ways Jon has any impact on the future of the books or show.

[Jason]

Yeah, I don't buy that one either. I think Mel or Ghost are the only ways Jon has any impact on the future of the books or show.

Well she deals with fire a lot too, isn't her god also the god of fire or something like that?

[overpowered]

R'hllor, also known as the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow, the Red God, so yeah.

Thoros seems to just pray when resurrecting Beric.

[overpowered]

http://comicbook.com/2015/07/21/kit-harrington-reportedly-arrives-in-belfast-for-game-of-thrones/

[Freude am Fahren]

Wouldn't read anything into it. Charles dance also filmed a scene in season 5 (he laid there dead).

HOWEVER! I do hope it's not the end of Jon's story on the show or in the books.

[Leon]

I could really do with another damn book about now.

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx2TYbeF7iY

[overpowered]

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-08/12/7/enhanced/webdr15/enhanced-3584-1439378811-1.jpg

http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/its-only-a-model

[speedpimp]

Ian McShane (aka Al Fucking Swearengen) has been confirmed as part of the cast for next season. I sure as shit hope its more than just a bit part.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xaspBsfgRg

[overpowered]

http://teamcoco.com/video/george-rr-martin-keeps-procrastinating?playlist=x%3BeyJ0eXBlIjoidGFnIiwia WQiOjI2NzF9

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkuSem8KJP4

Who's left to fly the Stark banner?

Not a lot of Starks left.

Bran, Rickon and Arya are all in exile.

Sansa's apparently not dead after all. Maybe her?

Jon's not officially a Stark and he's dead unless he gets resurrected by Melisandre.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuH3tJPiP-U

[Freude am Fahren]

So now that the show has mostly caught up with the books, here's what I'd like to see...

They should basically get the "ending" (if there is one) from Martin, and find their own way there, and Martin can find his own way. I'm sure they already have gotten a lot of info from future books, but they already left out so many things that seem to be important in the written plot. I would love to see two different ways of moving forward, and I don't want to books compromised by the show, nor the show to go on longer than it should.

[overpowered]

Photos from the set. Admittedly click bait but still, I liked the photos. Sansa's in there so apparently she survived the fall.

http://www.ew.com/gallery/game-thrones-season-6-photos/2536648_gallery-game-thrones-2016-bts-season-6-emilia-clarke

[overpowered]

http://www.dorkly.com/post/63864/george-rr-martins-open-letter-about-the-deaths-in-game-of-thrones

[G'day Mate]

Without wanting to sound like a dumbarse ... is that real?

I like it either way.

[overpowered]

http://www.theonion.com/article/nation-relieved-insufferable-little-game-thrones-f-52801

[overpowered]

Melisandre didn't bring Jon back to life. That sucks.

[speedpimp]

MEDIA SWERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[G'day Mate]

Also, she was always kind of an old hottie, but that's just ridiculous

[tigeraid]

Melisandre didn't bring Jon back to life. That sucks.


Yet? Anyway, my guess for that situation is him Warg-ing into his direwolf "permanently" instead. With Bran's help maybe.

[overpowered]

On the other hand....

[Freude am Fahren]

I was kinda hoping he wouldn't awake, but they would show that he clearly warged permanently into Ghost. But I think we all saw this coming.

And it looks like we will get at last part of the Greyjoy plotline finally.

[G'day Mate]

Yeah what's going on with them Greyjoys? Who was that guy?

Also, I'm sure Ramsy's uppance will come, and it sure is going to be messy when it does :)

[overpowered]

That's Euron; Balon's youngest brother.

[G'day Mate]

Have we seen him before?

[overpowered]

Not according to GoT Wiki.

[Freude am Fahren]

No, though he may have been mentioned. Balon has a bunch of brothers. Euron is one, as is Aeron/Damphair (the priest that tells Asha/Yara that there will be a kingsmoot). Unkown if they will feature Victarion, the other brother that plays prominently in the books.

[overpowered]

I was kinda hoping he wouldn't awake, but they would show that he clearly warged permanently into Ghost. But I think we all saw this coming.It seemed inevitable when she showed up at Castle Black just before he was killed. They messed with our heads though by delaying it to the end of the second episode and making it seem like she couldn't do it.

It is interesting to me that they had it happen when she was having a crisis of faith at the time and so was Thoros when he first brought back Beric.

[G'day Mate]

They did mess with out heads, and I'd made peace with his death and was looking forward to seeing what would come next.

[overpowered]

No, though he may have been mentioned. Balon has a bunch of brothers. Euron is one, as is Aeron/Damphair (the priest that tells Asha/Yara that there will be a kingsmoot). Unkown if they will feature Victarion, the other brother that plays prominently in the books.I actually prefer him being him and not a warg inside Ghost.

Since he died, I think he's no longer required to stay with the night's watch. The watch ends with death, and he died. Of course his character would be to stay anyway.

Apparently, according to the books, Robb unbastardized him before his death, making him a true Stark. Will that come up? If it did, then Melisandre's vision of him storming Winterfell makes more sense. Somebody seriously needs to kill Ramsay, and he would be the best choice.

[Freude am Fahren]

I think they very briefly touched on that before Robb died in the show. I'd have to check to know for sure though. I definitely can see him taking Winterfell, possibly after having lost the wall to the Others.

[G'day Mate]

I'm looking forward to Ramsay's demise :) It seems almost guaranteed so I'm going to enjoy sitting back and waiting for it. Not like Joffrey, who I think everyone wanted dead ASAP.

[overpowered]

What does the Mountain eat?

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/mountain-game-thrones-reveals-his-insane-diet

[overpowered]

I thought Emilia Clarke said she wasn't going to do nudity anymore? Nice turn for the story (and not because of the nudity).

[Freude am Fahren]

I think it was a double. I read something about her double in an article that also mentioned the no more nudity thing. Also possible given the shot, they used the nudity she already did with some fancy CGI? Probably not, but maybe.

Also, it seems now that Martin's storyline is out of the way, they are putting their foot to the floor.

[drew]

What does the Mountain eat?

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/mountain-game-thrones-reveals-his-insane-diet

Jesus christ. His diet is a workout.

also, if it wasn't E Clarke, who gives a shit. Those teets are fab.

I commented on that whole ending, that she "her character" sure knows how to make a statement.

Ramsey is a despicable cunt, that hopefully dies like one.

[Kchrpm]

She clarified on her IG that's not what she said/meant, that the original comments were taken out of context and used by a random journalist to sell to/use with a publication she had refused to speak to. The article I read that went into some detail was just in Feedly, though, so it's not in my history. *manual checking*

[Kchrpm]

Found!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/16/11682476/game-of-thrones-nudity-women-characters


I was followed into a party by a journalist who asked me a question about female empowerment and then quoted me entirely out of context for an outlet I didn't agree to speak with. So I feel now, with the beauty of Instagram I should clarify my statements, if for nothing else than for posterity. In drama, if a nude scene forwards a story or is shot in a way that adds insight into characters, I'm perfectly fine with it. Sometimes explicit scenes are required and make sense for the characters/story, as they do in Westeros. If it's gratuitous for gratuitous sake, then I will discuss with a director on how to make it more subtle. In either case, like a good Mother of Dragons, I'm always in control. #dracarys #bodiesmaybetemplesbutmindsarewhatmatter #MODforreal

[overpowered]

Well, her nudity in that scene certainly made sense for the story. Clothes tend to not do well in a big fire like that.

Using her unburnable ability to beat the Dothraki kahls was brilliant.

[Freude am Fahren]

Yup, I was wrong, it was her. Maybe I was thinking of Lena Heady, who used a double for the walk of shame. I remember now that thing Keith posted, and she said it elsewhere as well I think about only doing Nudity that is plot driven or whatever. She has confirmed it was her in interviews, but she shot it on a basically empty set, not in front of a crowd as in the final scene (this showed up in my facebook feed this morning).

[harper]

I'm looking forward to Ramsay's demise :) It seems almost guaranteed so I'm going to enjoy sitting back and waiting for it. Not like Joffrey, who I think everyone wanted dead ASAP.

Ramsay needs to get cleansed by fire from orbit.

[overpowered]

Hold the door.

:|

[TheBenior]

1740

[drew]

50 minutes into the episode, and nobody had died to that point. By now, I think we know what that last ten minutes will entail.

ffs

[Freude am Fahren]

So I have mixed feeling about what just happened. It was great TV, and this season has been great, but good things generally don't happen when you introduce Time Travel. Hopefully it's just a one time thing.

[Leon]

My commentary on this episode, as shown in text messages to my BFF

Boobs!!!

Penis :(

Boobs!!!

[drew]

Not sure who the actress was in the whole "play" scene (the red head that whipped her cans out), but she probably had the best rack of any I've seen on the show to date.

[Freude am Fahren]

That was pretty much my thought too.

[overpowered]

Why is it OK to show penis and balls but not vulva?

[Jason]

Not sure who the actress was in the whole "play" scene (the red head that whipped her cans out), but she probably had the best rack of any I've seen on the show to date.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4730958/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t30

I think.

[overpowered]

A quick Google of her name yielded this (NSFW). Not embedded because her boobs are out in the YT preview image:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HaaMs5GQLE

[speedpimp]

Missed the penis scene. Had totally forgot about the Jolly Green Not So Giants.

[IMOA]

Not sure who the actress was in the whole "play" scene (the red head that whipped her cans out), but she probably had the best rack of any I've seen on the show to date.


That was pretty much my thought too.

I think limiting that rack to 'best on show' would be selling it well short, it was as good as I could remember ever seeing anywhere.

[Kchrpm]

As a connoisseur, I agree that they are indeed upper echelon.

[drew]

Agreed. On all accounts.

[Freude am Fahren]

Why is it OK to show penis and balls but not vulva?

Incidentally, Emilia Clarke was talking about nudity again, talking about how there should be more Nudity equality. 1)What show has shown more cock than GOT? 2)Men don't have an equivalent to boobs. We both have asses and genitalia, but only women have boobs. Showing dick is not the same. So if you want "nudity equality" you better start showing more gash.

[overpowered]

We haven't even seen much bush. Cersei's body double is the only one I can think of off hand.

[speedpimp]

Dani on her "wedding night". Couple of Little Finger's whores. Kind of surprised they haven't had some serious background action going on like what happened during Baelish's soliloquy during season 1.

[speedpimp]

1746

[Freude am Fahren]

:lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

From the memes thread, should've been here first though.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13237827_1393158894168637_4905507947745273813_n.pn g?oh=23be3170c982a92600e97ab63710d48e&oe=57D74499

[Jason]

1746

NO

[G'day Mate]

So I have mixed feeling about what just happened. It was great TV, and this season has been great, but good things generally don't happen when you introduce Time Travel. Hopefully it's just a one time thing.

Perhaps if you think of it as the fulfillment of a premonition then it's more acceptable? The red lady certainly has many of those.

[overpowered]

Benjen Stark is alive! And he knows how to beat white walkers without dragon glass or valyrian steel.

[G'day Mate]

So where is Jamie off to and why exactly?

[JoshInKC]

Unless I missed something, he's going to the Riverlands, where the Freys (perps of the Red Wedding) and Tullys (Catelyn Stark's family) are. Catelyn's uncle "the Blackfish" has re-taken Riverrun (the Tully's castle, where the Red Wedding happened) from the Freys, so Jaime needs to go help the Freys take it back and suppress rebellious forces (Lord Beric Dondarrion, the guy who was brought back to life after the Hound killed him in a duel) in the region.

[Freude am Fahren]

I thought that was Cold Hands at first (maybe it still is, at least in the TV universe?)

[overpowered]

The Red Wedding happened at the Twins, which the Freys still control.

Riverrun was given to Walder Frey in exchange for the Red Wedding. Officially the crown still considers it to belong to Frey, but the Blackfish has indeed taken back control of it.

[Freude am Fahren]

Speaking of which, I don't think I really like them referring to the Red Wedding as such in the show. Was it ever called that in the books? If it was, nevermind.

It seems odd to take something from the real world reaction to the story into the story.

[G'day Mate]

Has Riverrun ever been depicted in the show?

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah, back in season 3 I think.

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/0/0c/Riverrun.png/revision/latest?cb=20150407004747

[G'day Mate]

Did anything important happen there?

[Freude am Fahren]

From what I can remember, a lot of planning by the Stark army, as well as the killing of Lord Karstark by Robb, both of which helped to lead to the Red Wedding, but not much big action.

[Yobbo NZ]

I just want to know where the Ironborn are fleeing to.
Maybe to appeal to Daenerys and side with her to take over Westeros?
It looks like Jon is heading into trouble by going to River run now.

[Freude am Fahren]

No idea where the Yara/Theon group are going. But Euron wants to go get Dany to marry and rule over Westeros. She also talked about needed 1000 ships in the last episode...

[Freude am Fahren]

I wanted to put this in the memes thread, but spoilers?

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13331041_10108663911393931_4197971071974185617_n.j pg?oh=e1997291d3b096064cce867bc920bb69&oe=57CF5CA4

[overpowered]

Speaking of which, I don't think I really like them referring to the Red Wedding as such in the show. Was it ever called that in the books? If it was, nevermind.

It seems odd to take something from the real world reaction to the story into the story.It was, apparently, though I found that out on the wiki page for the purple wedding, which incidentally isn't referred to as the purple wedding in the books. The "purple wedding" came from the fans though apparently Martin and the series writers sometimes do use the term when discussing it.

[overpowered]

Watching S2E10 Valar Morghulis and Jaqen H'ghar is parting ways with Arya and she tells him that she wants to learn to kill like he does and he tells her if she does, then she will have to come with him to Braavos. He mentions the names in her list and tells her she could offer them all to the red god one by one. I thought that that was against the rules? The faceless men can't kill for their own purposes?

I guess they messed that up.

[overpowered]

Dani on her "wedding night".Nope. Not when she came out of Drogo's funeral pyre either (dragon strategically placed).


Couple of Little Finger's whores. Kind of surprised they haven't had some serious background action going on like what happened during Baelish's soliloquy during season 1.Few other whores too. Also, Ramsay's psychopathic girlfriend in the scene where she and the other girl were teasing Theon.

[overpowered]

Hodor has been in the story since the start. I was thinking, Martin must have had the concept of hold-the-door->Hodor since the start. I can't imagine that he just made up the name Hodor and 20 years later makes up the hold the door thing. He's been sitting on that one a long, long time.

[Freude am Fahren]

I was thinking about that too, and I've come to the conclusion that it's about 50/50 whether or not that was always how it went vs. the producers making it up just now. :lol:

[overpowered]

If you watch the commentary after the episodes, they told the story of when Martin told them about hold the door. The producers had the same reaction we did. It's from Martin. He's very much involved in the post book story still, even though it diverges.

Hodor's real name was originally Walder, but they decided to change it to Wylis for the T.V. series because they felt that some people might be confused because there's another prominent Walder in the show (Walder Frey).

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah, they've done that renaming with a couple of characters. That's cool to know about Hodor though. Though that sequence will be much less interesting to read now :lol:

[overpowered]

Ramsay wasn't wrong when he told Sansa that he was a part of her now.

[G'day Mate]

Posting this reply from page 1 so that I don't accidentally see a spoiler, but this thread appears to have bumped quite quickly so I'm looking forward to something big :)

[Leon]

Not at all sure I liked that episode.

[overpowered]

The Winterfell battle scene was epic.

The Mereen battle seemed a little too rushed.

[Leon]

Winterfell battle was frustrating, just nothing but dancing to Bolton's tune.

[Freude am Fahren]

The Winterfell battle scene was epic.

The Mereen battle seemed a little too rushed.


Winterfell battle was frustrating, just nothing but dancing to Bolton's tune.

I think they kinda had to choose. Not enough time/budget for two huge battles, but it works plot-wise, because I don't think Mereen was supposed to be a big battle. Basically just a show of force and subsequent surrender.

As for Winterfell, it was frustrating, but realistic. That's what they were up against.

This was a brilliantly directed episode though. Some really beautiful shots and sequences.

[overpowered]

Winterfell battle was frustrating, just nothing but dancing to Bolton's tune.The pandemonium was intense.

Of course why didn't Sansa tell Jon that she had the knights of the Vale coming? They could have delayed the battle until they showed up. It might have been a bit easier that way.

[Leon]

That did seem either unnecessary, or a part of a greater plot

[Jason]

The pandemonium was intense.

Of course why didn't Sansa tell Jon that she had the knights of the Vale coming? They could have delayed the battle until they showed up. It might have been a bit easier that way.

Possibilities(?)

- Snow might have objected, since Littlefinger doesn't have the best reputation
- Sansa was unsure if Littlefinger would show because:
- - Littlefinger can't be trusted
- - Last time they were in the same place, Sansa told him to get fucked
- A last second surprise worked to their tactical advantage. If Snow thought he had more men, they might have just been out there on the battlefield from the start. Bolton, at that point, might not have brought his men out, instead choosing to fortify inside Winterfell.
- Most importantly, because fiction.

[drew]

Possibilities(?)

- Snow might have objected, since Littlefinger doesn't have the best reputation
- Sansa was unsure if Littlefinger would show because:
- - Littlefinger can't be trusted
- - Last time they were in the same place, Sansa told him to get fucked
- A last second surprise worked to their tactical advantage. If Snow thought he had more men, they might have just been out there on the battlefield from the start. Bolton, at that point, might not have brought his men out, instead choosing to fortify inside Winterfell.
- Most importantly, because fiction, and drama

Made one editorial addition :)

[Jason]

:up: yup, goes hand in hand

[drew]

I was satisfied with Ramsay's exit. Although, had it been me, I would have had his frank and beans been chomped on too, for Theon.

In any case, GoT fans get to see what they've wanted for many, many weeks, and another wretched cunt exits stage left. (this wasn't anywhere near as "FUCK YEAH" as cunt Joffrey, but close).

[overpowered]

That did seem either unnecessary, or a part of a greater plotI'm not talking about the tactics.

I'm talking about the sheer insanity inside the battle. The directors and choreographers did an amazing job.

[Blerpa]

Worst use ever of a giant. Wun Wun jerked off himself for 10 minutes in front of tiny shielded enemies. And let's not even talk of these men not getting scared a single moment at the view of a real towering giant.
Seems to me - not that I'm surprised, what with Martin mediocre writing skills and the soap opera take in the TV series - no one in the writing booth has ever played a roleplaying game or really been in a group fight, not even a real battle.
Oh, and what about a sudden materializing, and convenient, tall mound of corpses? Sheesh, the battles in GoT make that Braveheart crap film (one of the most historically inaccurate films ever) plausible.

[Freude am Fahren]

There's also magic and people coming back from the dead. Drama over realism has been the theme from the start (of the books even).

[TheBenior]

1794

[Freude am Fahren]

Probably the best Directed episode of the series (US meaning all episodes). The portion where Jon was being trampled was downright terrifying.

[G'day Mate]

First lot of archers: "Nooooock!"
Second lot of archers "Noooooooock!!"
Me at the top of my lungs: "WHOOOO'S THEEEEREEE???"

Woke up the baby, scared the shit out of the dog, Kiya gets all mad ... totally worth it :cool:

[overpowered]

Best part: Aria's revenge.

[Leon]

Flip top Frey.

[G'day Mate]

Everything's converging now :toast:

I wonder if Cercei has an end game ...

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah it was the best part.

THEORY!: Varys has a helicopter. He goes to Dorne and back in one episode!

Also, only half of the L+R=J thing was confirmed, but what did she say? "His name is ..." There sounded like an S, but no S in Targaryen. Could be Jon Waters, as Waters is the bastard name for the Crownlands.

[Leon]

Well, that was spectacular, but also strangely unsatisfying.

I want to know what the oooooold adviser's (who was younger behind closed doors, banging young prostitutes) plan of attack was. Doddering around in public, looking geriatric. Surely it wasn't something just as simple as looking harmless so that people didn't kill him. If so, well that particular plan didn't work out well. I thought it would have been a far more satisfying ending if he'd whipped out a broadsword from his pocket, and gone down fighting heads flying everywhere.

Then Margaery's big plan ... what was she up to, as she was rather a fun little schemer. Now we won't know, because big badaboom.

[drew]

Cersei is, without a doubt, the most evil bitch character of any show I've watched.

I love it.

Araya's revenge was specfuckingtacular.

now we get to wait 10 goddamn months....

[21Kid]

now we get to wait 10 goddamn months....:sadbanana:

[Freude am Fahren]

This show is very good at making you hate and like the same person. I hate Cersei. But I hate The Faith more. The Enemy of my Enemy thing is big in GoT.

I can't stop going back and forth with Jaime. If it weren't for his love of Cersei, he'd probably be a great guy.

Kinda glad what happened to Tommen (and how it happened). The way he was such a pansy ass, he was pissing me off. I like to think that he realized this was partly his fault and that's why he did it, and also to hurt his mother for what she did, and not just he was sad people were dead.

[Jason]

This show is very good at making you hate and like the same person. I hate Cersei. But I hate The Faith more. The Enemy of my Enemy thing is big in GoT.

I can't stop going back and forth with Jaime. If it weren't for his love of Cersei, he'd probably be a great guy.

Kinda glad what happened to Tommen (and how it happened). The way he was such a pansy ass, he was pissing me off. I like to think that he realized this was partly his fault and that's why he did it, and also to hurt his mother for what she did, and not just he was sad people were dead.

Ditto on both counts.

Both are spectacularly complex (yet simple) characters, that don't fit nicely into the 'white hat/black hat' definitions. I'm guessing Jamie is gonna put a sword to her, or die trying. Though, that might interrupt the war of Queens, so who knows.

Really curious if Snow is going to figure out his lineage or not, and if that will play into a partnership with Dany, in a big fuck off dragons vs zombies finale.

[G'day Mate]

My other half has always had a soft spot for Cersei actually.

[Freude am Fahren]

I'm still wondering if Robb's legitimization of Jon will ever come up or if any evidence of that is just gone. As King in the North, can he just do it to himself anyway? Also, despite HBO not saying Rhaegar was the dad, I suspect it was just a little something to keep people guessing before next season, when they will show the scene again with the words (or maybe they're letting Martin do it in a book that will come out before next season? Try to hold back your laughter).

[21Kid]

It's too bad that there are only two seasons left. This show could go on for a decade, and I'd be okay with that.

[Freude am Fahren]

BTW, this is a masterpiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY2evrkfbiM

[21Kid]

:lol:

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13524310_1832195967016632_1474453476979194712_n.jp g?oh=7bb21c38de7bc02e114ad4d58498082a&oe=57E87CDF

[drew]

Fuck yeah.

[Jason]

#toosoon

[21Kid]

#KingsLanding :lol:

[G'day Mate]

#KingsLanding :lol:

:lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

Haha, a facebook conversation on a friend's page included the hashtag #LiteralKingsLanding. Started out as her saying she had to be a Cersei this week..

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1808&d=1467156824

1808

[overpowered]

Guide to who died this week on GoT

http://www.avclub.com/article/your-guide-who-died-week-game-thrones-238822

[TheBenior]

Looks like Gendry joined up with Daenerys' fleet:

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--RkUOiYHT--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/smbacqpi8idsueorkpne.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

:lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

Guide to who died this week on GoT

http://www.avclub.com/article/your-guide-who-died-week-game-thrones-238822


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0bWhAtjUU&ab_channel=TheHuffingtonPost

[G'day Mate]

:lol: @ Gendry

Also ... remember Cersei's prophecy (https://www.yahoo.com/tv/game-thrones-cersei-prophecy-not-finished-yet-065111625.html)?

[G'day Mate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYygXxbFyRQ

[overpowered]

https://i.redd.it/rouosokutz5x.gif

[overpowered]

https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=10105353056314712

OK, so on the one hand, Cersei is evil as fuck.

On the other hand, the high sparrow and the faith militant were worse.

And then there is Loras and Margaery who I like and Mace, who I had nothing against, so them getting fried sucked.

[Yw-slayer]

It's too bad that there are only two seasons left. This show could go on for a decade, and I'd be okay with that.

You know you guys could just read a history book, right?

[G'day Mate]

Too many spoilers

[Dicknose]

You know you guys could just read a history book, right?
So did the dragons or zombies win in our history?

[drew]

Wait, are you implying this isn't a documentary?

Goddamn it, now I have to rethink my entire life.

[Yw-slayer]

So did the dragons or zombies win in our history?

Reign of Fire, duh.

[tigeraid]

Depends on the author. There are a few that are good enough to rival Game of Thrones, but most are so dusty you wonder if they're actually alive while writing the stuff.

Or, just listen to Dan Carlin.

[Freude am Fahren]

So confirmation is confirmed:
(from HBO)
http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-legacy.png

So why hide it in the episode?

[Jason]

I don't think the whispering is about who his father is, personally.

[G'day Mate]

Well there you go. I wonder why the left it out of the show?

[overpowered]

Wait. Does BRAN know that Lyanna is Jon's mom or that Jon is a Targaryen?

He's the only one who could know except maybe the midwife if she's still alive.

Is Jon fireproof?

I like how when the Mountainstein went to stop Tommen from going to the trial, he was still wearing the breast plate with the 4 holes in it from when the faith militant tried to take Cersei by force.

[drew]

That looks like the result of someone on acid using a spirograph to make a Madden play.

Fucking hell, my eyes.

[overpowered]

At this point, Lannisters are as much an endangered species as Starks.

Tywin

Kevan and his kids:
-Lancel
-Martyn
-Willem

Officially Baratheons but really Lannisters
-Joffrey
-Myrcella
-Tommen

Three of those were just in this episode.

They're down to Jamie, Cersei and Tyrion now.

Starks have Sansa, Arya, Bran and Benjen and one could count Jon if one wanted.

[G'day Mate]

At a guess I'd say that Benjen's no longer capable of bearing offspring, and Cersei's probably as barren as a brick too.

[overpowered]

The only Baratheon left is Gendry and possibly any other of Robert's bastards that survived Cersei's purge.

Targaryens just got a bump from one to two.

Arya missed a male Frey, though that Frey appears to not have been at the red wedding.

Jon as a Targaryen actually makes him more likely to be the prince who was promised.

[Yw-slayer]

Depends on the author. There are a few that are good enough to rival Game of Thrones, but most are so dusty you wonder if they're actually alive while writing the stuff.

Of course there are some books and authors that are very dry. What really pisses me off is people who say "OMG he is SOOOO innovative, how did he come up with all this stuff out of nowhere OMG OMG OMG".

Historical fiction is a good substitute for those who don't like reading history books.

[overpowered]

Wait. Does BRAN know that Lyanna is Jon's mom or that Jon is a Targaryen?Bran saw that Lyanna died in childbirth. He probably figured out that it was Jon. Could he tell from the whispers that it was Rhaegar's son?

[Leon]

My other half has always had a soft spot for Cersei actually.

Does she have a brother that she is very close with?

[Freude am Fahren]

Bran saw that Lyanna died in childbirth. He probably figured out that it was Jon. Could he tell from the whispers that it was Rhaegar's son?

He seemed to react to the whisper, if that was what she was whispering.

[overpowered]

Jaehaerys

https://mic.com/articles/147356/game-of-thrones-jon-snows-real-name-whispered-by-lyanna-stark-fan-theory#.uijeJWg9R

[tigeraid]

Of course there are some books and authors that are very dry. What really pisses me off is people who say "OMG he is SOOOO innovative, how did he come up with all this stuff out of nowhere OMG OMG OMG".

Historical fiction is a good substitute for those who don't like reading history books.


Fair enough, maybe I missed the tone of the comment above. I literally just thought someone liked ASoiaF and "wanted more." :p

[Freude am Fahren]

As to the whisper, a good point someone brought up isn't necessarily the first name, nor the father's name, but Jon's last name. And as such, revealing whether or not Lyanna married Rhaegar or not, making Jon a legitimate Targaryen, or just another bastard. I think they married, which would also explain the Kings Guard presence. They wouldn't care about a mistress and her bastard.

[overpowered]

https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=1076554889065868

[overpowered]

http://genius.com/Game-of-thrones-list-of-game-of-thrones-deaths-annotated

[21Kid]

Everyone likes Lady Mormont(sp?) = She's going to die. :(




But, since everyone is expecting Cersei to die... Maybe she won't.

[Leon]

Well there is a prophesy saying that Cersei is going to see her three children dead (achieved), and that she will be murdered by her younger brother (both her brothers are younger than her, Jamie obviously by not long).

[overpowered]

Are Tyrion's hands big enough to choke her though? The prophecy is that he chokes the life out of her.

[G'day Mate]

It may be a metaphor for being poisoned by "the strangler"

[overpowered]

It may be a metaphor for being poisoned by "the strangler"

"the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you"

valonqar is Valyrian for "younger brother", which technically includes Jamie.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo

[overpowered]

Your gods have forsaken you. This is your god now.

[G'day Mate]

"the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you"

valonqar is Valyrian for "younger brother", which technically includes Jamie.

So you don't think it could possibly be a metaphor for being poisoned? It also doesn't necessarily specify one of her younger brothers.

[IMOA]

"the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you"

valonqar is Valyrian for "younger brother", which technically includes Jamie.

Which means they have the option of it being accidental :)

[Freude am Fahren]

I'd put odds on Jaime, only just ahead of Tyrion. Far behind would be Arya or Jon. Maybe Arya posing as Jaime!

[Yobbo NZ]

Does anyone else seem to think Jamie is finally realising just how fucked up his family really is?
He's become friendly and has mutal respect with someone who should be his enemy,Brianne.
He's protected a Stark, or was it two?
He's also now seen how ruthless his sister really is,taking after her father.
Maybe he should have listened to Tyrion.

[Freude am Fahren]

I think he's partly always known it, but liked boning his sister too much. They have fought quite a bit over such things. Maybe her crazy is finally overtaking that feeling, especially after seeing her do what he broke his oath to prevent the Mad King from doing (at least in part). The hair doesn't help either :D

[overpowered]

He's done some shitty stuff too, like pushing Bran out a window.

[21Kid]

Are Tyrion's hands big enough to choke her though? The prophecy is that he chokes the life out of her.
It may be a metaphor for being poisoned by "the strangler"
or... S&M

Could go either way.

[Freude am Fahren]

Also, Tyrion choked out his woman in the books with a necklace.

[Random]

Local autocrossers:
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:D

[tigeraid]

NICE.

[overpowered]

http://www.theonion.com/americanvoices/game-thrones-season-7-delayed-53256

“Well, if you’d read the books you would have already known this was coming.”

[overpowered]

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[overpowered]

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[overpowered]

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[Phil_SS]

It was great to see that John Snow is not dead. He is one of my favorite characters and I hated to see another good character cut down. Also quite interesting that he is half Targaryen and half Stark.

Now Ramsey Bolton. I'm not sure his death was painful enough. That guy deserved to be tortured to the enth of his life then brought back and tortured again.

Excited for the future to see Daenerys put a smackdown on Sersei. There is no doubt Sersei is going down hard, same with the Tyrells. And then it feels like there will be a massive battle with Daenerys+Stark+Ironborn vs The White Walkers.

I have not read the books.

[tigeraid]

As a book reader......................
















(The show is better and I may not even bother reading Winds of Winter if it ever fucking shows up.)

[Freude am Fahren]

So new episode was good, yeah?

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20108680_1406931749393802_5628595196578571767_n.jp g?oh=c478c8e62f1b0bf85ba7a33b8f9753f6&oe=59F29F8F

[G'day Mate]

A good reintroduction I thought :)

[drew]

Arya and Tyrion are my favorite characters (well, aside from The Hound's classic dialogue, and well, Qaleesi (cause, fuckin dragons)).

I suspect that Arya's opening act raises the "Body Count Per Character" rank a bit.

[Dicknose]

Started new job on Monday, at the cable company that has exclusive rights for Australia. They had an official "come and watch" at 11am when it screened in the US. Unfortunately I had a meeting wi security to get my new pass and sit thru an induction video.
Hopefully they continue the trend and do showings each week, get paid to watch GoT!

[Rare White Ape]

Haha, embarrassing for your new employers, DN.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE7aZiZUIAAyvyM.jpg:large

This is what happens when a whole country tries to do the right thing in not pirating the show:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/foxtel-reveals-source-and-scale-of-the-glitches-that-crashed-game-of-thrones-20170718-gxdmzn.html

I don't understand, though. It first aired at 11am local time, where my housemate watched it via Foxtel Go* and had no issues - you can see the little bump there in the graph. Why wasn't it available to stream for everyone all day after this?

*For those reading at home, Foxtel Go is the online simulcast version of Foxtel Pay TV which includes VOD at low resolution, whereas Foxtel Now is the Netflix-style VOD-only service which has content available in HD. Foxtel Go is paid for as part of a Foxtel TV subscription for a high price, and Foxtel Now is it's own cheaper standalone service.

[G'day Mate]

Oh, so that's the difference

[Dicknose]

Yeah it was big news that there was serious issues.
The story is that there was a massive signup on the day and that the system for authenticating users had problems.
Although that seems a bit odd to me, one of the guys at work had issues while it was streaming. I'd guess it was actually a few different issues as thewhole system got his t with its biggest load ever.
Anyway they are all hands on deck to make sure it's going next week.

[Leon]

Well, those were some really nice boobs.

And other stuff was in the episode too.

[G'day Mate]

http://www.tshirtvortex.net/wp-content/uploads/boobsandswords.jpg

[Freude am Fahren]

Holy shit, tonight's episode.

[JoeW]

Holy shit, tonight's episode.

Iz gut, ya.

[neanderthal]

It's shaping up to be a nice winter.

[G'day Mate]

Daenerys strikes back

[tigeraid]

that Sansa vs Brienne tho.

[Blerpa]

Arya...
So, Daenerys is the Mary Sue, Arya the game master's girlfriend, Jon Snow the game master's best friend.
Daenerys total newbie in dragon use too... what a total idiot she is.
And Jaime Lannister? Total fucking awesome chivalry action, all in line with St. George and the Dragon iconography.

[tigeraid]

er, shit. Yeah, Arya.

[G'day Mate]

That water seemed surprisingly deep - I hope Jaime doesn't sink with all that metal armour and and his arm

[Freude am Fahren]

I'm thinking maybe he'll be saved by Dany's side and taken prisoner.

[G'day Mate]

Yeah I was kinda expecting him to get snatched by the dragon the whole time

[JoeW]

That was probably the least plausible scene. So the horse was running towards the dragon in ankle deep water. Bron knocks him off just in time and the water 3 feet away is 100 ft deep all of a sudden.

Fantastic show either way but that scene was poorly planned.

[Freude am Fahren]

Well, it didn't look like it had to be anywhere near that. 20-30 ft maybe. But you know. Dragons. So yeah.

[neanderthal]

That was probably the least plausible scene. So the horse was running towards the dragon in ankle deep water. Bron knocks him off just in time and the water 3 feet away is 100 ft deep all of a sudden.

Fantastic show either way but that scene was poorly planned.

Bro.

It's a show with dragons, white walkers, ghosts coming out of a woman's vagina who kill a king then disappear, wildfire, a Khaleesi who can't get burned, a dwarf who "drinks and knows things," a lady knights squire who has a magic dick, and three of the foxiest sexiest sand snakes ever imagined.

We're far from the realm of suspension of disbelief.

[Leon]

We expect dragons, and magic, because it's the show.

We don't expect ankle deep water to become many fathoms deep, one foot to the right. Because we deal with water in our normal lives, and that is rarely how water works.

Also, gotta love that everyone does The Rickon maneuver in this show. Dany's dragon gets shot by arrow. Flies directly in a straight line for a long time, at the arrow flinging device. Kingslayer doesn't attempt to sneak up on dragon, just rides full tilt in a straight line (which would make slightly more sense, had he been using a lance at the time). It's like these people don't understand stealth, or evasion / dodge.

[G'day Mate]

Continental shelf perhaps?

Leon - in the case of sneaking up on the dragon, perhaps the best tactic was to get there as quickly as possible in the hopes of surprising it

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah, if you notice the rock formations in the background of that area, a water filled crevasse or something isn't exactly a crazy idea.

[JoeW]

But generally speaking sandy beaches don't turn into a 30ft drop off within even 50 ft from shore. Sudden drop offs occur around reefs and or rocky cliffs.

The dragons are real btw...

[drew]

My biggest gripe about the show is outdoor scenes in snow/winter.

There's no breath shown? I can't not dwell on it when I'm watching such a scene.

[tigeraid]

My biggest gripe about the show is outdoor scenes in snow/winter.

There's no breath shown? I can't not dwell on it when I'm watching such a scene.


I thought I was the only one!

And I thought they DID film it in winter, but now I have no idea. At first I thought it was Bran specifically, and it meant something, until I saw the girls weren't producing it either. Weird.

[JoeW]

I think it was just this episode. Go back to when Arya encountered the wolves and you see lots of breath.

Maybe the winter fell and weeping tree scenes are on a different set?

[drew]

I'm guessing Winterfell and the Tree are both sound stages. I'm sure HBO can afford some AC units to freeze the fucker.

I remember the wolf scene, and I can't not think about it every time now.

What "breath" there was, looked generated.

Seriously, if you're going to go to that length, at least do a good job of faking it.

It's a small bitch.

A bigger one is that the dragons should be BBQing more shit.

[JoeW]

Yeah, if the other two showed up we'd have a real weenie roast.

I kept thinking why scorch a frontal hole in the line of soldiers when you can scorch the entire line of soldiers by going at them from the side? I guess she's no statistician...just a mom...of dragons.

[Freude am Fahren]

I much prefer no breath to fake breath.

I will say the snow looks realer than your typical fake snow (even high budget productions, you can always tell).

And Dany's runs looked more like she was going after the loot train than the soldiers. Make sense, given all the Dothraki mixed in.

[drew]

I was a little disappointed with the napalm runs. She could have vaporized every last person/part of that assembly.

I was also disappointed that it was just the one. They should have gone balls deep with the scene and had the other two flank in from different directions. Then they could have done some cool fire-nado shit too. Hurriflame? Something like that.

[Freude am Fahren]

Have we seen if she even can control the other two like that. When not riding them anyway? Maybe if she's not riding them, they'd just go apeshit and destroy everything.

[drew]

I'm pretty sure there's a scene coming that they make her air tight

[Freude am Fahren]

So did Gilly just casually confirm R+L=J (and thus JT, the rightful heir?) Think Dany will give her nephew the throne :lol:

[Yw-slayer]

Yup.

[Leon]

So, who else was humming this theme song as the crew went through the gate at the end of that episode?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn6kEsloMdE

[speedpimp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCyA6S_Yb4

[G'day Mate]

Ooooh, here's a pretty cool theory: Bran Stark is actually also the Night King (http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/game-of-thrones/news/a835487/game-of-thrones-fan-theory-bran-stark-night-king-white-walkers-three-eyed-raven/)

[Freude am Fahren]

So, who else was humming this theme song as the crew went through the gate at the end of that episode?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqn-JwrC8qI&ab_channel=BobBilly

[G'day Mate]

So ... apparently the episode was accidentally released in Spain?

This morning, my suggested videos in YouTube appeared to contain spoilers, which is annoying to say the least :smh: "Watch such-and-such talk to thigno about the whatsit and stuff" ... grrr :angry:

It's going to be a tough week avoiding any others.

[Jason]

Holy shit.

[Leon]

Well, fuck, okay.



Who called the zombie dragon outcome?

[neanderthal]

Really good episode, albeit with some holes in it.

Why didn't the white walker Randy Johnson the flying pigeon that was sitting on the island 150 feet from him rather than the one that was thousands of feet in the air?
How did uncle Benjen get through the army of the dead? Surely they could hear his horses hooves?!?
Jon Snow doesn't drown but the undead do? They don't fucking breathe!!!!!!!!!! They're dead.

[Freude am Fahren]

Yeah definitely some holes but I ignore it, since it is fantasy anyway.

Where did all the redshirts come from??

[Freude am Fahren]

I'm glad they are kinda trying to build up something between Jon and Dany, but not letting it get far enough to be creepy when they reveal L+R

[Yobbo NZ]

Shits going to get real now.
Undead giants are one thing, but now a you know what. Crap.

[Leon]

I'm looking forward to the next meeting between The Hound and Brienne. That could be a hell of a reunion.

[G'day Mate]

So it turns out that suggested video in my YouTube feed did pretty much spoil the whole thing. It was "See Jon Snow's apology to Daenerys for the loss of her dragon". Most annoyed, but oh well.

[drew]

As soon as they changed scenes to the chains, I said to Steph "oh...shiiiiiit". She said "what?"



So, my question, will it be ice rather than fire now?


Shit just got fucking righteous.

[G'day Mate]

Heh, I had the exactly the same reaction when seeing the chains, followed by the same question about ice

[Freude am Fahren]

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[Leon]

That was a pretty good finale!

Cersei is a real piece of work, although the pregnancy starts sounding a bit more real now. I assumed it was a lie first time around.

[Freude am Fahren]

I think it's a lie to keep Jaime from killing her.

[Jason]

I'm honestly surprised he was allowed to leave. Thought for sure he was going to get sliced in half by the Mountain.

[Blerpa]

Very good: finally GoT is getting to be an engaging show, not a soap opera of blatering vicious people (or a pretentious Vampire the tabletop rpg session).

Fuck Euron Greyjoy always.
To me Cersei is properly pregnant.
And yet I suspend judgement on Tyrion being actually a Targaeryan as well.

[Yw-slayer]

Eh? You mean now there's action and fighting with fantasy dragons and stuff, rather than just normal human treachery?

[Jason]

You've been watching a show you don't like for seven seasons, Blerpa?

[Leon]

I'm honestly surprised he was allowed to leave. Thought for sure he was going to get sliced in half by the Mountain.

Yeah, given that Jamie can now just roll up to the Northern armies and advise them of impending Cersei treachery.