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[eyeball_kid]

And then Dany the unburnt sits on her throne of ashes

Dany won't be sitting on a throne of ashes.. remember the vision she had a few seasons ago? Kings Landing in ruins and iced over. The white walkers took over the city, not Dany. Of course she may have seen an alternate timeline, but I wouldn't say it's for sure that Dany will come out on top.

 

[sappyday]

Or he just ordered Reed to ride ahead without him and Ned went alone latter with Jon.

He was severely wounded though.

 

[Devilgunman]

Did you not see the finger in the cake?

There was a finger? I thought it was a tooth. The scene was so dark I couldn't even see.

 

[televator]

He was severely wounded though.

Meera said that she had never seen her father cry besides the day that he found out Ned had been killed. I think it if there's one person Ned could have entrusted this secret with, it's Howland Reed.

In either case the secret's safe then. No concern about The wrong people knowing the truth about Jon.

 

[Einchy]

I'll tell you what I tell my wife-put the phone down when you watch this show.

Man, there's so much subtle storytelling that can be missed if you're the type of person that possibly watches TV. It can be done for a lot of TV shows but not GoT.

 

[Goreomedy]

Think it was the best season yet. Looking forward to next.

 

[Dalek]

Man, there's so much subtle storytelling that can be missed if you're the type of person that possibly watches TV. It can be done for a lot of TV shows but not GoT.

I remember the scene with Hodor and the door-after it was over I had tears in my eyes-I looked over at my wife and she was head down in her phone playing Words With Friends-completely unaffected.

 

[Grenouille]

This episode was so very chatartic. Which tells me there is something wrong. I won't be fooled again. Expecting the worst things to happen to the best people in the next season.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Can't get over how amazing the intro was, it felt like something out of a movie not a TV show. Cersei just murdered her family and hundreds if not thousands of civilians purely for vengeance. She knew she had lost Tommen before he had jumped. Poor Margaery, all that game playing for nothing, she backed the wrong horse. I just wish there had been a little more with the Sparrow. The look on his face when he realised what was happening was amazing, I wanted a little bit more of it. I wonder if they are going to try and pin it on Grand Maester Pycelle.

I fucking love Lady Olenna, she is my Queen.

Winter is here and I think Bran is going to cause the wall to come down, they already established that the Night Kings mark nullifies magic, they are going to go through the wall and it's going to come crashing down and the White Walkers are going to steamroll into Westeros.

Sorry for the stream of consciousness, I am still trying to process what I just watched.

 

[Einchy]

I remember the scene with Hodor and the door-after it was over I had tears in my eyes-I looked over at my wife and she was head down in her phone playing Words With Friends-completely unaffected.

 

[AgeEighty]

I remember the scene with Hodor and the door-after it was over I had tears in my eyes-I looked over at my wife and she was head down in her phone playing Words With Friends-completely unaffected.

I couldn't stand it. That kind of shit drives me fucking bonkers.

 

[Goreomedy]

I remember the scene with Hodor and the door-after it was over I had tears in my eyes-I looked over at my wife and she was head down in her phone playing Words With Friends-completely unaffected.

Multitaskers suck. My sig other does the same.

 

[duckroll]

Posted these in the other thread but might as well share them here too.

This shot of Dorne is probably my favorite visual scene in the entire episode, of which there were a ton of great scenes. That's how I wanted every scene of Dorne to look like in the series, but alas, it seems only some directors can nail it. So pretty. I loved how the Bad Pussies were told to stfu too. Lol!

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Another one of my favorite scenes in the finale, this time for the camera work doing visual narrative:

When Jon and Sansa first meet, they're clearly framed to be divided. There is something separating them, which in the scene is the lack of trust because she didn't tell him about the knights of the Vale.

They each get a chance to open the dialogue on their own terms, and it's beautifully framed to show their individual identities against the backdrop.

As Sansa apologizes for not telling Jon, they grow closer and the shots begin to include the other subject in the frame as well, but out of focus.

Jon accepts what Sansa says and begins to walk towards her, bringing them close together.

Finally we see the two in a single frame in focus, with Sansa as the subject of the shot.

And Jon embraces her, reuniting the two again, resolving their differences.

 

[AgeEighty]

I loved the look [Sam] gave when he got inside and looked around in awe.

 

[sappyday]

I'll tell you what I tell my wife-put the phone down when you watch this show.

What? There was a toe in Frey's pie. Arya don't play.

Did you not see the finger in the cake?

Doesn't mean she carved up the sons and baked little parts of them in the pie. She could've easily gotten a finger or toe in order to make it believable to Frey.

I don't know, I just don't see how Arya would do that. That's some Ramsay shit and there has been no hints at her being that sadistic.

 

[Goreomedy]

Btw, would like to give a shout out to costume design. Was on point this ep.

 

[Dalek]

Sam was hilarious in that scene. "Hello!"

It's odd to see him out of the freezing cold and in and new environment.

 

[televator]

I remember the scene with Hodor and the door-after it was over I had tears in my eyes-I looked over at my wife and she was head down in her phone playing Words With Friends-completely unaffected.

Jesus... lol

 

[Gibbles17]

I couldn't stand it. That kind of shit drives me fucking bonkers.

Eh, it's all good as long as they don't care about missing something. If she were to look up two minutes later and ask what happened then I'd probably have an aneurysm.

 

[The Silver]

What did that lady start screaming when FrankenClegane was standing over her, come on he wasn't that ugly

 

[Dalek]

Eh, it's all good as long as they don't care about missing something. If she were to look up two minutes later and ask what happened then I'd probably have an aneurysm.

Every episode. Of every show.

 

[AgeEighty]

I don't know, I just don't see how Arya would do that. That's some Ramsay shit and there has been no hints at her being that sadistic.

No? She cut off the waif's fucking face and hung it up inside the House of Black and White.

 

[Forceatowulf]

Yeah, The Mad Queens outfit was on point. I need that in Dark Souls 3 DLC or Bloodborne 2.

And I need it badly.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Well ho-ly shit what a finale. Best season of the series.

Cersei was both giver and receiver of Ls. I'm pretty upset that Marg got nuked, but I'm glad them sparrows got plucked and roasted. And while it was incredibly messed up, the way Tommen said "fuck it" to life was pretty hilarious to me. It reminded me of so many GIFs. And finally, Frey punk ass is gone. Bless you, Arya!

Next season about to be lit. Cersei on the throne (for now), Dany got a beast ass naval fleet plus some new allies, and Jon got the north behind him. I'm hoping he and Dany end up together.

Also, am I understanding it correctly that Jon Snow is not actually his name, and that he isn't Ned's son?

Edit: The music this episode was amazing. I need the soundtrack.

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So that's why they called it King's Landing.

Yo gotdamn.

 

[Calm waterfall]

Sansa needs to manipulate sweet Robin to gain the Vale´s armies and lock out LF.

 

[Atilac]

Sansa gonna kill Jon next season.

It is a red herring. It is more probable Sansa would die to protect Jon. One way or another, LF is dying next season.

 

[MrPing1000]

Doesn't mean she carved up the sons and baked little parts of them in the pie. She could've easily gotten a finger or toe in order to make it believable to Frey.

I don't know, I just don't see how Arya would do that. That's some Ramsay shit and there has been no hints at her being that sadistic.

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

 

[duckroll]

Btw, would like to give a shout out to costume design. Was on point this ep.

Yeah when they released the Emmy submissions and Winds of Winter was being submitted for Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography over Battle of the Bastards, I was wondering why. I wonder no longer!

 

[The Silver]

Marg though, I thought she had her shit together and was gearing up to make a play, instead...........

 

[Forceatowulf]

No? She cut off the waif's fucking face and hung it up inside the House of Black and White.

And didn't she brutally kill the Kingsguard dude that was into little girls last season? Sorry, but if she's willing to do that to a guy who killed her fighting instructor, I can very easily imagine her doing worse to a guy who betrayed and murdered half her family.

 

[Palpable]

What a shame to see General Veers get stabbed to death. Will that hooker ever get paid?

 

[Gibbles17]

Doesn't mean she carved up the sons and baked little parts of them in the pie. She could've easily gotten a finger or toe in order to make it believable to Frey.

I don't know, I just don't see how Arya would do that. That's some Ramsay shit and there has been no hints at her being that sadistic.

It's a callback to that fable that Bran tells Meera and Jojen while holed up in that tower a season or two back. Arya would've known of it too I'd like to think she'd put in the work for the sake of poetic justice. Also she did brutally prolong Merrin Trant's death before in that brothel.

 

[sappyday]

No? She cut off the waif's fucking face and hung it up inside the House of Black and White.

Cause it's like tradition for the House of B&W, and it's something she has to do in order to obtain the faces she wants, or so I think. Plus the waif was after her.

Carving up some sons and using their remains in a hot pie and serving it to their father is a whole different thing.

 

[Dalek]

Marg though, I thought she had her shit together and was gearing up to make a play, instead...........

Me too/I was completely fooled conisdering the note she have her grandmother. I thought there was something more to come from that and there would be some consequence to Loras mutilation-I thought we would see him head out to K'un Lun.

 

[Hopeford]

So like, just for the record, I'm the worst and regret nothing.

 

[televator]

Doesn't mean she carved up the sons and baked little parts of them in the pie. She could've easily gotten a finger or toe in order to make it believable to Frey.

I don't know, I just don't see how Arya would do that. That's some Ramsay shit and there has been no hints at her being that sadistic.

You do remember little Arya stabbing the fuck out that Frey soldier, by pretending to be an innocent lost girl who wanted to warm herself by the fire?

How about the sneaky little brat who tricked Jaqen Hagar into doing something by naming him on her kill list?

Then there was the Arya who stared coldly into the Hound's eyes as he begged her to end his suffering. Only for her to walk away and leave him to a slow agonizing death.

 

[DangerMouse]

Hot Pie was her first teacher, dat foreshadowing!

This is perfect LOL. And I totally forgot about that guy too.

That's pretty funny as alternate for why it was able to happen this way along with likely one of the story.

 

[DukeLongfellow]

This was, by absolute far, my favorite damn episode in this entire series. I literally stood up and clapped for a good solid minute. I even disregarded Varys abusing the teleportation superpower again at the end, I was in awe at how this entire episode was even better (for its own reasons) than the last one. The whole opening segment in King's Landing was a thing of poetry.

 

[konjak]

You're all crazy. The finale will be Jorah returns and he'll touch EVERYBODY.

I literally stood up and clapped for a good solid minute.

I have to admit, I clapped at the suicide. Don't think I'll say that again. But it was because it was the perfect narrative decision to Cersei's arrogance.

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Watch Cersei blow up all of KL when she realises her reign is over. Q did mention that there were much more of these barrels, and they are supposedly everywhere. She takes the entire city with her rather than lose it.

Imagine Kingslayer doing his thing for a second time to stop it -_-

 

[jediyoshi]

You're all crazy. The finale will be Jorah returns and he'll touch EVERYBODY.

Not Ser Pounce ;_;

 

[AgeEighty]

Cause it's like tradition for the House of B&W, and it's something she has to do in order to obtain the faces she wants, or so I think. Plus the waif was after her.

Carving up some sons and using their remains in a hot pie and serving it to their father is a whole different thing.

Not when that family was responsible for betraying and murdering half her family it isn't. Arya is absolutely sadistic enough to do that to such people.

And didn't she brutally kill the Kingsguard dude that was into little girls last season? Sorry, but if she's willing to do that to a guy who killed her fighting instructor, I can very easily imagine her doing worse to a guy who betrayed and murdered half her family.

Exactly. She sadistically murdered Meryn Trant, and his victim, Syrio Forel, was someone she'd only known for a few weeks or months.

 

[Ferrio]

You're all crazy. The finale will be Jorah returns and he'll touch EVERYBODY.

I wonder if he'll head home and join Jon.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Pretty crazy to think that these chain of events started when Jaime pushed Bran out of a window and now his son has jumped out of a window.

 

[DangerMouse]

Another one of my favorite scenes in the finale, this time for the camera work doing visual narrative:

When Jon and Sansa first meet, they're clearly framed to be divided. There is something separating them, which in the scene is the lack of trust because she didn't tell him about the knights of the Vale.



They each get a chance to open the dialogue on their own terms, and it's beautifully framed to show their individual identities against the backdrop.




As Sansa apologizes for not telling Jon, they grow closer and the shots begin to include the other subject in the frame as well, but out of focus.




Jon accepts what Sansa says and begins to walk towards her, bringing them close together.



Finally we see the two in a single frame in focus, with Sansa as the subject of the shot.



And Jon embraces her, reuniting the two again, resolving their differences.

That is fantastic with the pictures.

 

[televator]

You're all crazy. The finale will be Jorah returns and he'll touch EVERYBODY.



I have to admit, I clapped at the suicide. Don't think I'll say that again. But it was because it was the perfect narrative decision to Cersei's arrogance.

From Jorah Fedora to Jorah the Trollah

 

[Window]

So was that Tyrion unknowingly professing his love for Dany? The look in his eyes....

Also, that was some Hannibal as shit from Arya. Seemed out of character.

Edit:

It's a callback to that fable that Bran tells Meera and Jojen while holed up in that tower a season or two back. Arya would've known of it too I'd like to think she'd put in the work for the sake of poetic justice. Also she did brutally prolong Merrin Trant's death before in that brothel.

Oh wow good catch, I completely forgot about that.

 

[Einchy]

I knew I had seen this thing before.

From Reddit
http://imgur.com/a/Bzyj1

[edit]

I like how they made this gif canon.

 

[The Silver]

fucking Tommen, none of that shit would've happened if the Joff was alive, Sparrow would've been nailed to a wall right quick.

 

[Boem]

Loved this episode, loved this season.

Question: I watch this show and love it, but I watch it once, as it airs, so I can forget some details of earlier episodes - forgive my ignorance. But I think I'm missing some of the significance of the flashback to Jon Snow's birth. As far as I understand it, we learn who his mother is (although I don't remember who she is, would love it if someone could jog my memory), and we see her whisper his real (non-Snow) name, and Bran probably knows it now. I don't think it's meant to be heard by the viewer but that might have been my tv.

I would love it if someone could tell me if I'm missing something here and who his mother is. Like I said, I really like the show but I'm terrible at remembering some of the details. Might do a full rewatch before the next series.