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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT2| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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The Artisan
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i'm also a little confused about why Sansa is afraid of the Northern lords learning that she was betrothed and married to Joffrey and Ramsay respectively. Lyanna Mormont knew and Sansa explained that it was against her will.
ComputerBlue
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They're not mindless zombies who just attack without cause though. There is rhyme to their reason and they understand consequences through their actions. Be it through their own will power, or by control through the WW's.
They would have just kept piling into that water otherwise and they definitely wouldn't try to save their own captured wight.
If they saw you're dragonglass lawn mower contraption coming at them, they would avoid it, run away from it, or maybe try to destroy it.
You are simplifying their actions when last night proved they aren't mindless.
Shin K Dash
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Man this past episode has made me really reflect on this season. There's a lot of moment's that really didn't make sense...
Vincent Alexander
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By itself, I don't think it is the end of the world. Coupled with the letter though, it might break the camel's back.
Because these guys flip flop on their positions like they're Donald Trump.
The Artisan
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it's too bad that literally everybody who were original residents of Winterfell are all dead
Imperfected
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This is true. The Northmen are constantly super jazzed about rebellion.
SuperStiltzkin
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I didn't even realize they had forged dragon glass weapons already. I thought they had just mined it. Did they mention having dragon glass weapons forged and distributed along the wall and shipped to Winterfell?
The Artisan
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I know they do. Sansa called them bloody wind vanes, and they are.
TimeEffect
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Jamie never did ask if it was his child to begin with.
No he was asking what she was telling people as far as who the father was. I don't think he even doubts that's his kid. That's when Cersei asked him about what papa Tywin would say about lions and sheep.
Vincent Alexander
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jack_package_200
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I really enjoyed that moment where Dany is humbled by Jon's words.
Also The Night King has an ice dragon. Shit got real.
Also The Night King has an ice dragon. Shit got real.
Imperfected
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The big problem with totally rad dragonglass threshing machines is that obsidian isn't very durable at all, so it's basically just going to shatter or chip down to nothing in a very short span of time.
Honestly even Tormund's axe is probably good for a single battle and then it's going to be chipped to oblivion and have to be replaced. Better to just make it into arrowheads. (Though obviously they couldn't have archers in this episode without sort of ruining the entire Frozen Lake standoff.)
Honestly even Tormund's axe is probably good for a single battle and then it's going to be chipped to oblivion and have to be replaced. Better to just make it into arrowheads. (Though obviously they couldn't have archers in this episode without sort of ruining the entire Frozen Lake standoff.)
To be fair there's no way anyone who just casually watches the show would pick up in any of the theories like that.
Anyone hoping they release this on Friday? Hope they are careful with the track names if it does release this Friday.
Why would it release on Friday? I read somewhere this was due out in late September.
You have to watch the show EXTREMELY casually and live under a rock not to pick up on this, though. Even if you didn't put 2 and 2 together, the litany of people talking about their incestius shipping should've clued you in long ago.
Crossing Eden
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The Artisan
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most of the dragonglass weapons have been arrowheads, I think
LordKasual
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This is what spoilers steal from people
god its so beautiful haha
wait is that the Theondisappoint guy?
Vincent Alexander
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My favorite is guy with unbuttoned grey shirt in the second group in front-middle. When watching the video, he legit looked like he was holding his breath the whole damn time Tormund is going down. Didn't move until the Hound came to the rescue.
One love affair that is not touched on very much: Tormund and Jon. It's amazing to me how much Jon has gained Tormund's trust and admiration. Like, I love this relationship and I am glad it's still going.
Teasing Tormund's death that didn't happen last ep was, I think, telling.
I also want more Sandor + Tormund. Wonderful pair.
Edit: I don't mean romantic love.
Teasing Tormund's death that didn't happen last ep was, I think, telling.
I also want more Sandor + Tormund. Wonderful pair.
Edit: I don't mean romantic love.
I would've been SO goddamn mad if I knew Viserion was going to die. Not in a million years did I think we were going to get dragon v white walkers in this episode or that a dragon would die.
Katamari Damachi?
Yes... casually.
Casual watching is not reading message boards about shipping characters. My point still holds lol. There's maybe 1 scene in all of the show that would hint at it without any outside knowledge of fan debates that would hint at it, 2 if I'm being generous. And in a show like this, one or 2 scenes are easy to miss.
Crossing Eden
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Exactly. Moments like these are filled with hella tension on this show because you never know whether or not the characters are gonna make it. ESPECIALLY since there's rarely any clutch saves. And yea that's him.
That's the physical disc release date. Digital releases after or before the last episode is aired.
It happened last year.
Are casual viewers not going on Twitter or Facebook? Who are these people who pay for HBO but never look at the internet? Even my sister who is the most casual of casual viewers, who I have to explain most plot details to, had seen incest talk on her Facebook and was wondering wtf that was about since Jon was a Stark. Then she knew once we watched season 6.
However, just in the show, Lyanna being kidnapped by Rhaegar had been brought up a bunch of times.
Oh forreal? Damn, that's great. Very happy to hear that. Can't wait to listen to some of these tracks.
Vincent Alexander
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I missed this earlier, but yes. Completely agreed. I am praying they don't miss the opportunity and still get Gendry to cook some stuff up. Hell...maybe he figures out how to make Valyrian steel? Though now that I think about it, maybe with Sam's help from the books and his awesome smithing skills...that's how he cooks it up?
All the stuff beyond the Wall was fantastic but I do think we cut back a bit too much to Winterfell and Dragonstone. These big battles work better if we just stay with them, like if Hardhome, Battle of the Bastards and others.
Yeah I dunno, agree to disagree. I'm not saying it's a spoiler or anything like that, just I can very much see how a casual viewer wouldn't put those pieces together.
Which is interesting, when they finally say it out loud in the show I bet you it'll be revealed like it's a huge revelation, lol.
Saw this on Reddit.
HBO Now/Go continues to be shit.
It's honestly how bad they're about this with their shows, the thumbnail has spoiled a bunch of things while I watch The Sopranos. Also, it's the worst player ever.
My theory is that Valyrian Steel is made by forging Dragonglass with dragonfire.
HBO Now/Go continues to be shit.
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[IMG]https://i.redd.it/876rfexqo4hz.png[/IMG]It's honestly how bad they're about this with their shows, the thumbnail has spoiled a bunch of things while I watch The Sopranos. Also, it's the worst player ever.
My theory is that Valyrian Steel is made by forging Dragonglass with dragonfire.
AndersTheSwede
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The problem is not the airspeed of the raven. It's the whole dues ex machina nature of the situation. The moment Gendry escapes and runs to the wall (another ugh) you know Dragons are coming as they've contrived a situation to stop the army of the dead for a while. You can see the general end game before it happens. That is not compelling storytelling.
It may have been entertaining on a smash and burn things level but it was not the smart storytelling the series has become known for. They almost seem to know it and twist it by reanimating the dragon, but you knew that was going to happen the moment it died on the field. Then they do another dues ex with Benjen. Oh and then they just need to kill one guy to end the entire army? Now we can see the general outline of the final endgame too. Bet it'll be dramatic!
The Artisan
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or lead all of the winter army to dragonstone, lure them into the dragonglass cave and cave them in.
Crossing Eden
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They usually wait an hour to put that up so yea anyone not on the ball is pretty fucked.
See this is a great idea.
lastplayed
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Wildfire grenades packed with shards of dragonglass.
Vincent Alexander
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Wow. How the fuck do they keep doing that?! HBO Go ruined the "loot train" or whatever attack. I stayed spoiler free all week, loaded it up, and an Anatomy thing was right at the main screen that showed Dany on Drogon attacking the wagons. Good lord. I clicked through it as fast as I could so my girlfriend didn't see, so at least she was surprised.
Yeah. You're right there. Mix this with the fact that people were getting spoiled all week, and that any one can put 1+1 together to understand if you're getting spoiled on YouTube, you're getting spoiled over a death...and we're left with "there must be a twist here since we know what is coming." So the twist turned into an obvious "Someone is dying." And dragons were way high up on that list. While I enjoyed this episode, there was just about nothing surprising to it.
The Artisan
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how fucked up would it be if Jon is at a crossroads next season, and he's urging all of his Northern people to flee to Dragonstone as it's the safest place they can be with all the obsidian. And they refuse. And then Jon has to choose between staying at Winterfell, or going to Dragonstone.
(this is assuming after he finds out about his parents, so he has to choose between his mother's side of the family or his father's)
Except dragonstone is an island and the Wight Walkers don't like wet underwear, er something.
The Artisan
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also quite convenient that most of the deaths were no name characters.
Vincent Alexander
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