I doubt it was because of a bit of gold. I mean the Lannister's sit on the throne don't you know? What leverage did Robb have?
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Game of Thrones: Spoiler reaction to Season 3 - Episode NINE!!!!
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Im probably going to stop watching this show unless someone lets me know Starks get some form of redemption. If the The Red Wedding serves as a turning point to enable the rest of the Starks to rise only then will i be able to look upon this episode as an amazing piece of drama. But if this is to torture viewers for some sadistic reason then its no point watching he rest, as i know nobel men/woman will fall too.
Does anyone know if Starks have a major role to play still?
Does anyone know if Starks have a major role to play still?
Starks will continue to play an important role.
So I made this thing...I am just sad that I think this is the only place I can post it lol
PERFECTION/10
You know the show is called a game of thrones and not "THE STARKS" right?
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Nah, it needs to be Ken doing it to the NeoGAF logo with "The third party publishers send their regards" for after they announce their used game policy.
90TilInfinity
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I've watched the scene 4 times. It gripped me each time.
I really think it'll go down as an iconic TV moment.
I really think it'll go down as an iconic TV moment.
NathanMcMahon
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most definitely
CrankyKong
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I never thought I could feel so angry and powerless while watching a TV show.
I hope those cunts get what they deserve
I hope those cunts get what they deserve
The Starks are characterized more ambiguously in the book, but in the show they are pretty much the good guys. I guess that does make some viewers upset.
hooijdonk17
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As a reader of the books.. I must say this thread is incredibly amusing 
Ludicrous Speed
Banned
I've read the book so I knew it was coming. It played out pretty well. I like that they didn't throw in another curve like in the book (
. The show doesn't need all those characters Martin has in his books.
Robb's mother-in-law being involved in the plot
childplease
Banned
Never forget! ;_;7
Is that a promo for next weeks episode.
If so good the new character to be introduced is gonna rock all of your socks.
childplease
Banned
Let's just say there is a character coming that never forgets.
I'm not sure what that particular promo is referring to, but as a book reader, I'll tell anyone who likes the Starks to stick with the series. Trust me.
StevePharma
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Metalmurphy
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Damn it, why did I enter this thread.
Too many implications that might as well just be full out spoilers without the tag.
Might as well give my impressions though...
FUCK YOU MARTIN!
Back to the no spoiler thread I go.
Too many implications that might as well just be full out spoilers without the tag.
Might as well give my impressions though...
FUCK YOU MARTIN!
Back to the no spoiler thread I go.
No, there was absolutely not a single soldier of Stark army which has his/her character in the tv series except for Karstark and Bolton.
No.
It is said many times in the books that Robb and his wife were trying but weren't able to, and it is also said that the step mother of Robb was making her daughter drink some shit so that she would NEVER be pregnant
Looking forward it! So far fate for Starks has been unfair to say the least
hooijdonk17
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Well, I just disagree with people saying "If you were in it for the Starks, carry on!". The books stopped being about the Starks right around this point.
This is the end of the Stark trilogy imo. The next book is an interlude, and the last three will be the
it seems.
Sansa is no longer Sansa, Arya is no longer Arya and Jon Snow is no longer Jon Snow. Stoneheart is no longer even human. The books, from here on, were all about Brienne and Jaime (AFFC) and Tyrion (ADWD) for me.
Targaryen trilogy
Yes but after Ned being unjustly killed and now most of his family, there needs to be some form of redemption
Short analysis of the series. Better for book readers.
A major theme of the series is that people who are 'right' for the Westeros middle-ages society, meaning the honorable lords, beautiful ladies and brave knights are generally either corrupt and immoral (the Lannisters) or naive to the point of uselessness (the Starks).
It is only the inadequate that are of high quality - the bastard, the tomboy, the dwarf, the poor and helpless 'Beggar Queen', the eunuch. For a character to transform from the first category to the latter it has to become imperfect - see Jaime's hand.
It is only the inadequate that are of high quality - the bastard, the tomboy, the dwarf, the poor and helpless 'Beggar Queen', the eunuch. For a character to transform from the first category to the latter it has to become imperfect - see Jaime's hand.
There NEEDS to be?
I totally disagree.
Spoilers for the first five books, do not click
Arya changed sure, but her story has been fascinating and she's still technically a Stark. Sansa the same, though her story was much slower, it's starting to pick up at this point in the series. And then of course Bran in the North. I loved all of his chapters in ADWD.
Cat as Stoneheart is the one I'll agree with. That whole situation is sort of...I don't know, sort of a weird plot move from Martin, but I'm still totally invested in Arya, Sansa and Bran.
Everything change's a metric ton, can't deny that, but I don't at all consider the Starks to be totally obliterated.
Cat as Stoneheart is the one I'll agree with. That whole situation is sort of...I don't know, sort of a weird plot move from Martin, but I'm still totally invested in Arya, Sansa and Bran.
Everything change's a metric ton, can't deny that, but I don't at all consider the Starks to be totally obliterated.
2 days later.... and I'm still shocked and saddened. I hope there's a Lannister(except for Tyrion) and a Frey massacre
So far the Lannisters are the only ones who have gotten away without any significant losses(Jaime lost his hand boo hoo) so, IMO, it's due.
So far the Lannisters are the only ones who have gotten away without any significant losses(Jaime lost his hand boo hoo) so, IMO, it's due.
You forgot about:
Jon Snow
Arya Stark
Sansha Stark
Bran Stark ?
All of them have major roles to play in the books.
ThisWreckage
Banned
The Starks are lousy at playing this game. Ned's honor was his downfall and Robb's inability to take anyone's advice was his. How many times was Robb told that he was making a mistake and he'd have to pay for it? And how many times did he continue to shrug off that advice? He was going to do whatever he wanted to do and whenever he wanted to do it and now he paid the price.
Rockandrollclown
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Definitely a shocking moment. I'm surprised to see people were so attached to Rob Stark. IMO Rob and his crippled little brother have been painfully boring in this show. Now we can spend more time focusing on the characters who are interesting, the Lannisters.
The Elite
BOSS
I don't know if they go there yet. Is there any confirmation of this?
SolsticeZero
Banned
I couldn't sleep last night. I actually couldn't sleep. It was the most disturbingly brilliant piece of television I've ever seen. I think it surpasses The Shield (you know the scene)
So you WANT to end up disappointed and unfulfilled some more?
Its more complex than that.
Also I sort of hate that running trend in the books and the show of fans calling characters stupid or foolish for decisions fans have access to the whole picture on and for not being genre savvy chessmasters all the time. It would be boring if people didnt fuck up or werent getting fucked over. The story would fail to be grounded or realistic at that point. Its like hindsight bias for fiction.
NathanMcMahon
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yes I do and I agree to some extent, though that scene was brutal as well.
And you forgot about Rickkon
And don't tell me he has SPOILER BOOKs
no major role to play in the book, he is THE successor of Winterfell, with Robb dead, Jon still a bastard and Bran who will probably never go back south of the wall
If you thought this story was going to have a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
NekoFever
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I doubt that's going to be in this season since this is only half the book and that's the epilogue.
Then again, they haven't exactly left much for
___Arya___
Cover their faces enough so people that haven't seen won't be spoiled.
Book Spoilers up to book 5 concerning the Freys
All the Freys do is die from here on out. One northern lord (who lost a son at the RW) cooks a few Freys and makes pies out of them, then serves them to the Boltons at a feast.
I more or less agree with the above. I think that Martin wants to show the limits of every contending moral system and character type. Accordingly, lots of very different people betray, kill, and fail in Game of Thrones. I always go back to the Littlefinger and Spider conversation as the rossetta stone for the series: chaos versus order.
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