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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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The Artisan
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I thought it was just the word habibi and meant to be masculine & feminine and address both genders, I didn't know there were variations of it. Do you speak Arabic btw?
She's got nothing to do all day except sit around reading scrolls in the world's largest archive of recorded history. She's probably read hundreds of scrolls off-screen that didn't amount to much more than how many shits a maester took, not out of the question that she found a diamond in the rough for once, only to be cut off by Sam who's used to her reading him all the useless nonsense she sifts through.
DangerMouse
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DragoonKain
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Absolutely. Very little doubt in my mind. The White Walkers were the first scene of the entire show and they'll likely be in it up until the last. It's always been about them.
The Artisan
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Eh, I really dont see them doing much with this. The big war vs the whitewalkers is what everything has built up to, and where all the budget is going too aswell. My guess is Cersie is killed by Jaime at the end of the whitewalker war before she does something dumb, like " Burn them all!".
RedAssedApe
Banned
tbh a lot of the choreography on the show is kinda underwhelming
So when Cersei biting it then? Halfway next season? Cause I have a hard time believing that she is willing to hang out with people she all wants to murder.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Who knows. I think sometime during next season. Likely before the "final battle" or confrontation or whatever it ends up being with The Night King.
She really doesn't appear to have any interest in participating in the great battle, so her character will likely be useless by then. I think she's gone by midway through the final season.
IcyRhythms
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They'll all team up for Whitewalkers and then turn on each other immediately following.(possibly during if they feel they can make it look like the dead did it)
MoonsaultSlayer
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Is everyone expecting Arya to kill randoms for their faces just to sneak up on LF? Is that what I'm reading?
SuperStiltzkin
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Jorah saw Dany eyeing up Jon a lot this episode. So he gonna sacrifice himself next episode so she can be with him.
No technically habibi and habibti are the masculine and feminine versions of the same word. It's become common to use them interchangeably, but a stickler to grammar might try to point the differences out.
Hahaha I bring shame to my family for how bad my Arabic is even compared to my sisters. I once had a guy flip out at me when I worked at Future Shop, because I told him my Arabic was bad. He straight up told me that any children I had would be doomed because they probably wouldn't be able to speak the language of their forefathers. He even wanted to know where my dad worked so he could ask him why I turned out the way I did lol.
nah, dude. Jaime's gonna put a sword right through her like he did with the Mad King. Gonna go from Kingslayer to Kinslayer.
yeah, to be honnest, I dont really like Dany, I guess they might play the cousing route ship at the end, but for me, a good end would be Cercei and Dany killing themselves on a 1v1 cat fight or whatever-
IcyRhythms
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I love the character but she deserves so much worse. lol
I mean HBO would have given them five more seasons if they wanted it. The producers insisted on rushing the end of the series with two short seasons so any blame for the pace is squarely on them not the number of episodes.
I'm fine with the pace though. There doesn't seem to be many interesting side stories left to explore while we wait for people to get where they are going
TimeEffect
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sorry im not a graphic designer
This is going to be such a badass journey. These characters are so freaking fun. Plz dont let anyone die
Beric is such a badass.
Also, remember the first time they go north of the wall? It was a full on creepy horror feeling. Such a fantastic location
Yeah the supposed change in Cersei to strategic mastermind is tough but I'm taking this as a swerve to give a little drama. Her arrogance is going to be her downfall.
Omg I can see it now.
*Jon tries to help a dying Jorah*
Jorah: "No. It... it's too late for me. Just... protect her, please."
;_;
Crossing Eden
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Literally the only part where you have to suspend disbelief is the kick flip and even then that can be interpreted as Arya just showing off. Otherwise it's a really normal and plausible fight:
It's mostly showing off that Arya's advantage is first and foremost her small size and speed and ability to read her enemy's movements. So pretty much standard water dancing that no one in this part of the world is used to.
Harrison Bergeron
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I do feel like they could have used a few scenes here and there to indicate the passage of time between the set-pieces. Like maybe a Jaime and Bronn are on the way back and look pathetic and weary, and hitch a ride on a merchant's wagon or something.
Maybe Jon and Jorah talk on the boat about Jorah's dad, and it moves to Dany briefly, and in the background we see the other men in bunks, the place is a mess like a bunch have dudes have been living there for a while.
Euron in a drunken brawl with a crew member while the rest of the crew cheers them on, and Euron beats the dude senseless and showboats like a peacock.
Maybe Greyworm pacing and looking down from the walls of Casterly Rock at some unsullied training below. That scene wouldn't be too expensive in a relative sense.
Just a few of these here and there would help the audience's imagination a little more.
Maybe Jon and Jorah talk on the boat about Jorah's dad, and it moves to Dany briefly, and in the background we see the other men in bunks, the place is a mess like a bunch have dudes have been living there for a while.
Euron in a drunken brawl with a crew member while the rest of the crew cheers them on, and Euron beats the dude senseless and showboats like a peacock.
Maybe Greyworm pacing and looking down from the walls of Casterly Rock at some unsullied training below. That scene wouldn't be too expensive in a relative sense.
Just a few of these here and there would help the audience's imagination a little more.
Possibly one of the most unsatisfying ones at that lol. I do like this season but they should be better to keep things in check ie Ghost, Theon, Davo's wife, Grey Worm etc. The loss of not doing 10 episodes I guess.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
One thing I forgot to check for, did the "Dream Team" head out past with wall with dragon glass? Would be pretty dumb if they didn't bring any.
Zelenogorsk
Banned
WE GOT THAT BARATHEON WARHAMMER UP IN THIS BITCH.
Next week is gonna be so fucking legit.
Next week is gonna be so fucking legit.
What had Cersei done to deserve being called a mastermind? Sure she is acting like one, and thinks she is one, but that was always the case. I don't see any reason to think her plans will work ouf
SuperStiltzkin
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"I'll die north of the wall, like my father."
The faceless magic is confusing to me. We've seen them removing faces from dead people. That implies they need the actual faces to use them. But when fake Jaqen killed himself because Arya killed the wrong person, she swiped a bunch of faces off that body and revealed hers. She obviously isn't dead. So like...how does it work?
His last word will be "Khaleesi"
neurosisxeno
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the folks from Essos are way better at fighting than the folks in Westeros? Jaime talking about the Dothraki like they were some unbeatable army was pretty jarring considering the Westerosis wear plate mail which should protect them from most attacks the Dothraki can throw at them. Maybe it's just a shear numbers thing, but between the Dothraki, the Unsullied, the Faceless Men, and some of the stuff we've seen from mercenaries here and there, the warriors from Essos seem substantially more skillful than those from Westeros.
Excuse me? She just killed half of the cast last season
Yeah but they really should have made Theon do something other than jump off the ship. Get knocked out and thrown overboard or something. It makes the character seem like he has no sense of change and I'm suppose to believe that he will die heroically now?
IcyRhythms
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She will likely die, plans failing in the process, but Cersei will get one last laugh before it's all said and done. She may even be dead when it happens. I think the writers to want us to feel like the good guy is finally stepping up and getting a few wins. Something crazy will happen between the last two episodes of this season and the middle of next IMO
And that was one of the dumbest things she ever did. As evidenced by her last kid killing himself shortly after
There is also a direct line between that and her losing her army and food last week
And it was cleaning up a mess she created with another of her hairbrained schemes
Crossing Eden
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The sheer numbers and total savagery is something they have no idea how to handle. Aside from a few exceptions, westeros fighters are pretty vanilla in their style.
The entire Arya/Littlefinger storyline:
Reminded of:
But much less stupid*
*still a bit stupid though
EDIT: I see I was beaten many times
After Robert's Rebellion there was a time of peace. Many of their current troops would be from this generation of adults with some veterans of Robert's War. The steppe life is basically a constant state of warfare. The faceless men dedicate their lives to assassination. The Unsullied have no lives beyond fighting.
It's comparing "normal" people to people born into the military caste. Spartans vs Athenians, but on a continental level.
It's comparing "normal" people to people born into the military caste. Spartans vs Athenians, but on a continental level.
RedAssedApe
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Didn't realize that Jaime and Cersei were the product of incest between cousins.
This is going to be such a badass journey. These characters are so freaking fun. Plz dont let anyone die
Beric is such a badass.
Also, remember the first time they go north of the wall? It was a full on creepy horror feeling. Such a fantastic location
You must realize they're all going to die. These season is not fucking around.
The way I see it, the faceless men take a few faces with them everywhere to borrow or kill someone to get there face temporarily. One way it could work is Arya pretends to die to let Littlefingers guard down when pretenfing to fight Sansa through Brienne and then Arya kills Littlefinger with some other peasant girls face standing next to him.
Just watched it. What an inconsistent show. Last two episodes were great but this was a total disaster. So much stuff I've been waiting to see and they completely whiffed it. The only scene I liked was Dany burning the tarleys. Jorah reunion was about 3 seconds long. Return of Gendry completely glossed over. What a rush job.
I'm not worried. The show's been inconsistent for a long while, but this was a big miss for me.
I'm not worried. The show's been inconsistent for a long while, but this was a big miss for me.
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