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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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I kind of agree with this. Season five had the scene in the colloseum with Dany, which I thought was going to be an "oh shit!" moment where the crowd all donned Harpy masks. But they didn't kill any major characters as a result, and then despite the mild inconvenience of his death, Jon Snow has had a pretty consistent run of wins. The battles have been great and Hodor was a strong twist, but I'd like to see the show confound expectation like it used to... I'd like Littlefinger to outsmart Sansa, disrupting her character arc, and I want Jon Snow to fall to the Night King going into S8. Arya should be the last remaining Stark child, and they missed a trick not having the faceless men on the hunt for her after she fled Bravos.
Still... over a season's worth of screentime to go.
You would think killing barristan here would have made more sense
Killing Barristan in the arena would have been cool, if he took down a lot more Harpies.
Yeah absolutely, would've been a lot more satisfying.
Even if he didn't, still would have been better
Kenzodielocke
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The writers are pushing it with Lyanna Mormont. Stop it. She is still a child.
You can tell D&D love the actress and are giving her lines that she probably doesn't even understand.
I thought she couldn't have children again after what happened in the tent. Like that prophecy was thwarted by the witch. Maybe I'm misremembering though.
As she is The Mother Of Dragons, could it be that Drogon is the stallion?
When did that happened? The only thing I remember is the witch telling her when Drogo would get better. Maybe I'm misremembering :/
Like what?
soundscream
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Is it from the books? I never read it that far, but it's possible I picked it up from someone else. If it is, that's my mistake. Alternatively, it could just be a thing I made up myself and I imagined it came from somewhere else.
Edit: uh nvm
Dany tells Jorah she'll never have children again in the show
I'd have said that before now, but now I really don't expect anything unexpected to happen. There is like 99% chance the show is going to end like most people imagine it. Dany and jon snow winning against the white walkers and then westeros living in peace ever after.
SporeCrawler
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sept of baelor
Ros8105
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She's a little girl, you don't need to tell her what to do. Stupid old guys with their battle experience and all that.
The white walkers need to be take out, root and stem
Jon and Dany will make sure they never return and everyone will die in the process
Jon died only to come back which everyone expected. The Stark boy getting killed wasn't shocking by any meaning. Him getting out alive from Ramsey would've been shocking.
Dany losing battle was to level the playing field so it becomes more exciting and more importantly getting rid of all the big political players so the show can completely focus on the white walkers after Dany wins this war with jon. Hodor was the only shocking thing but even then I'd say it was more of a sad thing than a shocking one.
Every single one?
They're giving her lines an adult would say.
It's like a sitcom where the writers give the kids funny lines that they don't really understand and just read off verbatim.
Its almost like she had to grow up early because her mother was killed at the red wedding and she Now has bear island to Reign over
The One and Done
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Holy shit Lmao
DarkJediKnight
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This thread has now gone to shit because of assholes who can't keep their mouth shut about the leaked episode.
Jnow Snow only died so he could come back as Winter Jesus
Hodor was a surprise, granted
Rickon was a nobody
Dany is just losing so it's more dramatic when she wins in season ending big battle.
Not only that, but the only version available is in 360p. Why would you do that to yourself?
soundscream
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She says it in passing that the dragons are the only children she will ever have in the show. The prophecy is from the books.
I'm PM'ing mods as we speak. This shit has got to stop.
Kenzodielocke
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It annoys me, too. Especially a word/event that has been thrown around in here that started last season. I won't say what it is, but people have been using it quite often.
The Artisan
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I knew Jon was coming back because someone spoiled it for me but otherwise I don't know how I was supposed to expect him to be coming bak. And even if Rickon wasn't that much of a major character it's still another innocent loss that had a profound effect on the major characters still alive.
It was obvious.
It wouldn't have served a narrative purpose to kill him off and him to stay dead.
It was telegraphed at Hardhome when the Night King looked at Jon that he had an endgame role to play. Killing him permanently two episodes later would have been appalling storytelling.
soundscream
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They set up the "who is Jon's mother " question multiple times in season 1, how could you think he wasn't coming back before that was resolved?
Yup, Jon and Dany have always been endgame material. They have never once been in danger on screen.
You don't kill off every character to serve the "nobody is safe! XD" crowd. It's not satisfying storytelling.
The Artisan
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It wasn't that obvious to me. The red wedding's narrative purpose was just to subvert expectations and let the bad guys win, GRRM has said as much.
I was someone who didn't get it the whole time; the whole time pretty much I was fooled and did indeed believe Jon Snow was Ned Stark's bastard.
At that point, it had been almost 2 full seasons with nothing like that happening.
By danger I mean, I have never once questioned Jon's chance of getting out alive. Always knew he would survive any hardship because he's endgame material.
The top-five billing actors on the show
Peter (Tyrion)
Lena (Cersei)
Nikolaj (Jaime)
Kit (Jon)
Emilia (Dany)
All endgame material and easily make it out this season alive, book it.
soundscream
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That has nothing to do with his mother. They made a point of letting us know Jon's mother was a big plot point throughout the series, even if he was Neds bastard they brought it up so much his mother was something that had to be resolved.
The Artisan
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just coz he's still alive don't mean he was never in any danger.
Rick Grimes is always in danger. Yet he's still alive, but what he has to go through to stay alive
TheLostBigBoss
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It's gonna be really fun when the mods come back from vacation and do some spring cleaning
The Artisan
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But I never thought that his mother would be Lyanna Stark. I didn't get the hints/clues so I never really thought passed him being the bastard of Winterfell.
soundscream
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It wouldnt matter if it was her or not. You dont set up that question over multiple scenes in multiple seasons and resolve it after the character is dead.
I forgot that was even a thing after Ned died. My thought was: "guess we'll never know".
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