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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]

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Dai101

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A Hound vs Mountain face off does seem likely. Although that's another battle where I can see both being killed.

Still, The Hound's story arc is quite intriguing at present.

With The Hound seemingly being chosen by the Lord Of Light for something... I'm wondering if it' s being set-up so that Beric will end up being killed, along with The Hound..

...with Thoros then attempting to bring Beric back ..but The Hound is resurrected instead.

Could we then see The Hound leading the Brotherhood? The Hound going full circle and ending up as the warrior of light for a fire god does seem a quite pleasing fit. Especially if he then cuts The Mountain down with a flaming sword.

I like this.

Jon always got a lot attention from his father Ned Stark. Which made the other Starks jealous. It doesn't really matter what your last name is but who really loves you.

I don't remeber this being mentioned. If i recall Jon was the one kinda jealous of Robb, he being the Ace at everything but also admired him because of it.
Cathelyn was the one that actually shunned if not outright hated Jon.
 
A Hound vs Mountain face off does seem likely. Although that's another battle where I can see both being killed.

Still, The Hound's story arc is quite intriguing at present.

With The Hound seemingly being chosen by the Lord Of Light for something... I'm wondering if it' s being set-up so that Beric will end up being killed, along with The Hound..

...with Thoros then attempting to bring Beric back ..but The Hound is resurrected instead.

Could we then see The Hound leading the Brotherhood? The Hound going full circle and ending up as the warrior of light for a fire god does seem a quite pleasing fit. Especially if he then cuts The Mountain down with a flaming sword.

Yes I like this too.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
As John is really a Targarian and not a Stark, does that mean he has no blood right to the throne? Like if that comes out will he suddenly be seen as unworthy of the Throne by the north?

Edit: Just thought about it a bit, I forgot his mother was a Stark. nevermind.

He's still a Stark by blood through Lyanna. I assume he would be considered the rightful heir to Winterfell if Bran weren't alive.
 

Elandyll

Banned
Joffrey, Ramsay, Night King -- these are evil characters. Cersei is and always has been more complex. Simply distilling her character down to 'evil' ignores a lot the nuance and layers that make her so fascinating.
She insults Tommen's memory because he slighted her when he killed himself.

Pretty sure she is evil.

Whether she went full evil due to her mind breaking, or that she always was, might be left to discussion I guess.

But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?
 

Aurongel

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The Hound's surprise redemption arc is probably the best thing running on the show currently. There's an amazing amount of catharsis to be had from the mental image of him cutting down his resurrected brother with the fire that resurrected Berric.
 
She insults Tommen's memory because he slighted her when he killed himself.

Pretty sure she is evil.

Whether she went full evil due to her mind breaking, or that she always was, might be left to discussion I guess.

But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?
No.
 
She insults Tommen's memory because he slighted her when he killed himself.

Pretty sure she is evil.

Whether she went full evil due to her mind breaking, or that she always was, might be left to discussion I guess.

But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?

She was always evil but it's clear that we've seen her mind deteriorate as the story progressed.
 

Vashetti

Banned
But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?

On Sansa's wedding to Tyrion, she tried to prevent Joffrey from tormenting Sansa, by suggesting he go and socialise with Margaery.

In fact Cersei and Sansa had a great, complex relationship. There were many times Cersei seemed to pity her, I imagine she saw herself in her. And then there were other times were she was cruel to her.
 
Waters is actually the correct surname, though he was born in Dorne so maybe Sand is more appropriate.

This all depends if his parents were married or not, which we don't know.

So his name should be Jon... Waters?

john_waters.jpg
 

Nameless

Member
Dany's M.O has been to end slavery, whenever she sees abuse she puts a stop to it. She helps the common people as often as she can, whereas Cersei does the opposite; after Queen Margery annnounces all the leftover goes to the poor, Cersei changes the order for nothing more but to exercise the power she still has to rival Margery's. Cersei also ordered the killing of 100+ people, a lot of whom were probably innocent. Dany has never done that. She also mourns for the loss of her men/soldiers, Cersei doesn't care if anyone dies as everyone is expendable to her except her children.

What she and Cersei have in common is a sense of entitlement and that they hate being betrayed. But to say Dany is evil like Cersei? Fuck no.

yeah man like I said, who knows. I don't wanna see it happen but I do think it is definitely in the realm of possibility for this story.

Dany's push to end slavery often left places worse than when she got there, and let's be honest, was more an excuse for conquest that her being fully altruistic. It's also not like she didn't kill innocents -- after all not every master was responsible for the Walk of Punishment but she indiscriminately tortured/executed scores of them just the same. I also recall Tyrion expressing to her the problem with killing those devoted to her, so it's not like she's above that either. Jorah and Ser Barristan talked her down from taking the easy, most violent approach on multiple occasions.

Her lack of regard for Westoros by unleashing dragons and a super army on a starving country that's been decimated by years war(and now Winter) also speaks to her selfishness and recklessness. I'm not calling her evil either for the record, but let's not act like she hasn't done her share of narly shit.
 

Sephzilla

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She insults Tommen's memory because he slighted her when he killed himself.

Pretty sure she is evil.

Whether she went full evil due to her mind breaking, or that she always was, might be left to discussion I guess.

But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?

Was blowing up the Sept basic nice?
 

Carcetti

Member
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I feel like this was them reminding us there are no happy endings in this world. Fully prepared for the series finale ending with the last few heroes dying and Winter & the dead claiming Westoros for good.

I bet the showrunners instead go safe and all the fan favorite characters (Dany, Jon, Tyrion) and remaining people of 'good morality' will somehow make it to the end while all the villains get some kind of karmic deaths with action movie one-liners. Except heroes who make heroic self sacrifices (probably the Hound, Jorah, etc)
 

fantomena

Member
Joffrey, Ramsay, Night King -- these are evil characters. Cersei is and always has been more complex. Simply distilling her character down to 'evil' ignores a lot the nuance and layers that make her so fascinating.

Im not so sure about the Night King.

Don't remember in which interview, but GRRM stated "A hero is a villain of the other side". To whatever race the Night King came from, the Night King is their hero and we still don't know his (?) true motive.
 
Im not so sure about the Night King.

Don't remember in which interview, but GRRM stated "A hero is a villain of the other side". To whatever race the Night King came from, the Night King is their hero and we still don't know his (?) true motive.

All he's trying to do is kill everyone and turn them into his army of mindless ice zombie slaves. Is that truly evil?
 

Aikidoka

Member
Im not so sure about the Night King.

Don't remember in which interview, but GRRM stated "A hero is a villain of the other side". To whatever race the Night King came from, the Night King is their hero and we still don't know his (?) true motive.

He's actually Bran trying to stop our Bran from unravelling space and time any further.
 

televator

Member
Yes, I'm fresh out of a 6 season rewatch.

It was clear Joff was getting up with a grin on his face to pester Sansa and Cersei immediately grabs him.

I think that was just meant for Joffrey to not make a public reprehensible ass of himself like always. Cersei's way is make her enemies look bad and not herrself. Play it politically and be a reprihensible ass on the inside.
 

jfkgoblue

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Bran has a penis. So that automatically puts him above sansa
Yeah, the poster I was quoting was talking about Jon(if his true parentage was revealed)

It would be Bran as King in the North, with Sansa his heir until he had a child, Jon would be next in line after Sansa.
 
Dany's push to end slavery often left places worse than when she got there, and let's be honest, was more an excuse for conquest that her being fully altruistic.
If i'm being honest, Dany was doing what she thought was right, not for an excuse of conquest. She didn't have anything to prove to her followers, they were already loyal to her. And she said to all the Unsullied that they will fight for her as free men, and free to walk away back to their families if they wish.
It's also not like she didn't kill innocents -- after all not every master was responsible for the Walk of Punishment but she indiscriminately tortured/executed scores of them just the same. I also recall Tyrion expressing to her the problem with killing those devoted to her, so it's not like she's above that either. Jorah and Ser Barristan talked her down from taking the easy, most violent approach on multiple occasions.

Her lack of regard for Westoros by unleashing dragons and a super army on a starving country that's been decimated by years war(and now Winter) also speaks to her selfishness and recklessness. I'm not calling her evil either for the record, but let's not act like she hasn't done her share of narly shit.
She is willing to hear her enemies out though. That one slave master that she ended up marrying, didn't want to hear what he had to say but eventually allowed him to bury his father. She really didn't want to open up the fighting pits but did so because her husband wanted it. But she hated it the needless killing.

She's also willing to hear out counsel. Dany said she wanted to burn cities to the ground and Tyrion was able to get her to understand how she sounds bonkers. She listened.

Honestly man, I think you just dislike Dany and of course you have the right to an opinion, but there's absolutely no fucking way I'll ever agree that Dany's actions are comparable and evil to Cersei.
Yes, I'm fresh out of a 6 season rewatch.

It was clear Joff was getting up with a grin on his face to pester Sansa and Cersei immediately grabs him.
that's true, I remember that - the only possible thing I could think of is Tyrion getting involved and Cersei not wanting Joffrey to deal with that.

Otherwise, considering how evil Cersei is, it is a bit out of character. Why would she care?
She tried to have Ned's life spared.
She didn't try hard enough, obviously, and stopped caring pretty quickly.
Im not so sure about the Night King.

Don't remember in which interview, but GRRM stated "A hero is a villain of the other side". To whatever race the Night King came from, the Night King is their hero and we still don't know his (?) true motive.
I think the white walkers are symbolic to global warming/climate change/human meddling. If I am right about this, I think that just reinforces the genius of GRRM.
 

Nameless

Member
She insults Tommen's memory because he slighted her when he killed himself.

Pretty sure she is evil.

Whether she went full evil due to her mind breaking, or that she always was, might be left to discussion I guess.

But in the course of 6+ seasons... Have we -ever- seen her doing anything just basic nice, decent or compassionate? (Outside of her own kids/ Jamie)
Ever?

You're acting like Tommen didn't betray her and sign her death warrant all after she gave him a second chance abandoning her the first time.

She took Sansa under her wing, comforted Cat in S1, and tried to spare Ned's life. She also showed legitimate regret/remorse at what Joffrey had become. Either way [the lack of] those qualities make her unlikeable, not evil. You can say similar things about people like Olenna and Tywin.
 

Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Cersei's morality are very different pre the death of her children and post. Nothing is holding her back and only vengeance and hate are pushing for forward.
 

Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
she ordered the killing of 100+ people when her son was still alive

Yeah, and those people were controlling her son's mind, to the point that he betrayed Cersei. Arya just killed, what, +50 people in the last episode? Is she evil, too? Killing people in Game of Thrones doesn't make someone evil, because if it did, everyone would be evil.
 
Benjen should be before Sansa and Jon right? I mean if Jon is released from the nights watch, then so should Benjen :)

"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

Did Benjen "die" like Jon? Or did he kinda-sorta cure himself before he almost kinda died? Is his "watch" still active?
 
If Arya is going to kill Cersei I could see her doing it using Joffrey's face, not Jamie's.

Joffrey has been dead for years at this point. You must prepare the face for use. The show made that quite clear. Which means it has to be a fresh kill. I doubt Arya brought along a bunch of faces from Bravvos.
 
"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

Benjen's dead :)
 
Yeah, and those people were controlling her son's mind, to the point that he betrayed Cersei. Arya just killed, what, +50 people in the last episode? Is she evil, too? Killing people in Game of Thrones doesn't make someone evil, because if it did, everyone would be evil.
she was attempting to control her own son's mind too, you think she was a better influence on her son than his wife was? also, did those fucking people deserve to die?????

you're right, killing people in game of thrones doesn't make someone evil. killing innocent people makes you evil. the people arya murdered weren't innocent. the people cersei killed were. she didn't just do it for vengeance, she did it for power.
 

Vashetti

Banned
"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

Did Benjen "die" like Jon? Or did he kinda-sorta cure himself before he almost kinda died? Is his "watch" still active?

Benjen's dead :)

Half-dead.

Either way, Ned was Warden of the North, not Benjen.

Rule of succession is Ned's children.
 
Dany's kill count is way higher than cercei.

Shes also a dishonest liar. She negotiated a deal with the unsullied trainer, then kill him without paying a dime.
the people Dany got rid of made the world a better place, like how Tyrion said even though he didn't kill Joffrey, the world is a better place without him.

she was dishonest to another despicable Thrones character, a slave owner who thought of his own slaves as vermin. You don't think that he deserved to go?

I don't understand where these arguments are supposed to mean. Cersei had people killed for power and vengeance and to instill fear. Dany had people killed who deserved it.
 

Pagusas

Elden Member
Dany's kill count is way higher than cercei.

Shes also a dishonest liar. She negotiated a deal with the unsullied trainer, then kill him without paying a dime.

Well she did "give" him the dragon...

But yeah. Dany is evil. She might be evil for the "right" purposes, but the path to hell is paved in good intentions. She's a murdering evil woman. I'm hoping she is defeated by the end of the show, but I think she has plot armor.
 
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