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[boxter432]

I understand it is symbolic and all, but I dunno.

I mean, they just allowed Ramsay and 20 people to go around destroying all their siege weapons, all their food storage, etc. Now they are able to march on Winterfell.

Ok ... is the lord of light going to rebuild the siege weapons too? How do they plan on taking a rebuilt Winterfell with this morally broken " army "? They themselves couldn't win a siege seeing as they have no food. They would starve long before the Boltons would.

And with how difficult it is going to be just to take Winterfell. Good luck with that KL project Stannis. Good luck.

The only thing I can see that makes sense is someone inside Winterfell ( Sansa ) sabotaging the gates of Winterfell and getting them opened so Stannis' army can move in

a bunch of horses died via fire, so they butchered them for food.
preview spoiler:

Spoiler

they showed melting ice and the baratheon army with shields standing behind Stannis, not looking cold at all... maybe they then find more animals/food if necessary, or find an old northern armory, who knows.

 

[Visceir]

MELISANDRE: I have seen myself walk along the battlements of Wintefell. I have seen the flayed men banners lowered to the ground.

MELISANDRE: But sometimes sacrifices must be made to ensure victory. I have shown you the power of king's blood. The Usurper Robb Stark. The Usurper Joffrey Baratheon.

MELISANDRE: There is only one way. You must become king before the Long Night begins. Only you can lead the living against the dead. All your life has led us to this moment. To this decision.

This is from episode 7 and I assume this is what the sacrifice gets Stannis

 

[Vagabundo]

Brienne of Tarth, don't forget her. She's a wild card.

I expect her to go full on a Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail murder spree at some point.

 

[boxter432]

Brienne of Tarth, don't forget her. She's a wild card.

I expect her to go full on a Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail murder spree at some point.

haha yeah,
and if LF is coming with an army from the Vale at some point...whooaaahh.

 

[Loakum]

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Brienne will be faced with having to chose between her loyalty for Renly and Catelyn, no doubt.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Oh and I will use Tyrion's words when it comes to Stannis

" rulers who kill those devoted to them are not worthy of devotion "

Stannis doing what he did to his own daughter will have strong repercussions. Especially when word gets out from others who will desert his army, and then when Davos finds out.

Davos may kill him before Brienne gets a chance to. And yeah I can definitely see a moment happening where Brienne is trying to get Sansa out of Winterfell during or after the siege, sees stannis and has to make a choice between killing stannis or saving Sansa.

We'll see.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

Somebody asked for this a few pages back.

There should be this pyro in the slot

XD

 

[Dictator93]

Oh and I will use Tyrion's words when it comes to Stannis

" rulers who kill those devoted to them are not worthy of devotion "

Stannis doing what he did to his own daughter will have strong repercussions. Especially when word gets out from others who will desert his army, and then when Davos finds out.

Davos may kill him before Brienne gets a chance to. And yeah I can definitely see a moment happening where Brienne is trying to get Sansa out of Winterfell during or after the siege, sees stannis and has to make a choice between killing stannis or saving Sansa.

We'll see.

Brienne wants to kill Stannis because... renley? Is she actually a vengeful person in her own right? Or just vengeful for other people?

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

My man Jorah showing you how it is done.

So poorly done. How did they not reshoot this so it isn't obvious that the spear guy blatantly STOPS what he's doing so he can take a sword to the chest.

This episode was just sloppy. A few scenes looked like something you'd see as a bad GoT knockoff on the WB or some shit.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

it should also say !CURSED! on the screen given his status

 

[SteveMeister]

I thought this was horribly choreographed, the Warrior just walks into his sword, he has enough time to dodge, the roll is so slow lol. Jorah isnt Jon Snow, the guy was getting sliced and hit everywhere.

They really need Spartacus guys to help them, or at least put the same effort into scenes as they did ep8 (which was stunning).

Maybe not the best execution, but a forward roll into a thrust is part of the traditional tinbei rochin kata. https://youtu.be/3Ur1_5tdz3o?t=38s

 

[Dennis]

So poorly done. How did they not reshoot this so it isn't obvious that the spear guy blatantly STOPS what he's doing so he can take a sword to the chest.

This episode was just sloppy. A few scenes looked like something you'd see as a bad GoT knockoff on the WB or some shit.

Spear guy was not prepared for Jorah's Dark Souls Roll.

 

[mokeyjoe]

I agree that in a close-quarters, chaotic situation the Unsullied may be at a disadvantage. But the Harpies are rich slave-owners. All the fighting in that city is done in the fighting pits. So you've got out-of-shape, poorly-trained dagger wielding upper-class wearing robes against trained, professional, armored soldiers with spears. Judging by Grey Worm's skills when him, Jorah, and Daurio fought against endless waves of soldiers, if most of them are 75% as good as him, they are badass fighters. It's silly. Even more silly is the bravery of the Harpies to just rush cavalierly at the soldiers, or at a dragon. Quiet assassinations were one thing, but brazen attacks by upper-class nobility just doesn't ring true to me. The Harpies just feel like a tacked-on plot device to move the narrative forward.

Most of the best fighters in the show are upper class nobility. Also, while the Harpies are run by the upper class they potentially consist of anyone who wasn't a slave. I mean the Roman army was a paid force, why should the Harpies be any different? I don't think their class is a reason to suspect they can't fight.

Even so, I'm still suspicious of Daario and the Second Sons.

 

[DoomGyver]

Spear guy was not prepared for Jorah's Dark Souls Roll.

Reminds me of a Gears of War roll where you roll into an enemy and blast them with the gnasher.

 

[Curufinwe]

He was going to stab him in the chest and then there was no chest there to stab.

 

[boxter432]

Brienne wants to kill Stannis because... renley? Is she actually a vengeful person in her own right? Or just vengeful for other people?

she was sworn to protect Renly, saw the shadow beast that was in Stannis' form kill Renly in front of her...she takes those things...quite seriously.

 

[Camwi]

Oh and I will use Tyrion's words when it comes to Stannis

" rulers who kill those devoted to them are not worthy of devotion "

Stannis doing what he did to his own daughter will have strong repercussions. Especially when word gets out from others who will desert his army, and then when Davos finds out.

Davos may kill him before Brienne gets a chance to. And yeah I can definitely see a moment happening where Brienne is trying to get Sansa out of Winterfell during or after the siege, sees stannis and has to make a choice between killing stannis or saving Sansa.

We'll see.

I think Davos has too much affection for Stannis to outright kill him. He might stop following him, though.

I think he goes after the witch.

 

[Curufinwe]

I think Davos defects and join's the Night's Watch when he finds out.

 

[DarkKyo]

So poorly done. How did they not reshoot this so it isn't obvious that the spear guy blatantly STOPS what he's doing so he can take a sword to the chest.

This episode was just sloppy. A few scenes looked like something you'd see as a bad GoT knockoff on the WB or some shit.

I took it as he stopped his lunge because he knew it wouldn't hit and had to change pose to focus on dodging the roll(and had no time to change), but it's true they could have done a better take. For all we know that was the best of 20 takes and the older actor who plays Jorah couldn't realistically roll anymore, lol...

 

[Camwi]

Most of the best fighters in the show are upper class nobility. Also, while the Harpies are run by the upper class they potentially consist of anyone who wasn't a slave. I mean the Roman army was a paid force, why should the Harpies be any different? I don't think their class is a reason to suspect they can't fight.

Even so, I'm still suspicious of Daario and the Second Sons.

True, and they're trained to fight with weapons that might stand a chance against a trained-for-life warrior with a spear and shield. Nobody with a dagger should have much of a chance against an Unsullied.

Well, other than the fookin' legend himself, of course.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I think Davos defects and join's the Night's Watch when he finds out.

then, when olly tried to kill jon with some sort of poisoned ham Ser Davos will grab it and eat it instead because this long journey he just made has left him famished.

 

[this_guy]

So I was thinking, since the actual throne in King's Landing is made of swords, what are the chances that there's Valyrian steel in those swords? If they have to melt that down to make more weapons it would be pretty neat.

 

[mokeyjoe]

True, and they're trained to fight with weapons that might stand a chance against a trained-for-life warrior with a spear and shield. Nobody with a dagger should have much of a chance against an Unsullied.

Well, other than the fookin' legend himself, of course.

Dunno. Tanner gave Jon Snow a pretty good fight without the benefit of surprise or numbers.

 

[Camwi]

Dunno. Tanner gave Jon Snow a pretty good fight without the benefit of surprise or numbers.

That's who I was talking about. He gets a pass.

 

[Real Hero]

.

 

[mokeyjoe]

That's who I was talking about. He gets a pass.

Haha. Alright then

 

[BSsBrolly]

So I was thinking, since the actual throne in King's Landing is made of swords, what are the chances that there's Valyrian steel in those swords? If they have to melt that down to make more weapons it would be pretty neat.

Didn't they mention the throne was made/melted with dragon fire at some point? I swear they did...

 

[Venture]

So I was thinking, since the actual throne in King's Landing is made of swords, what are the chances that there's Valyrian steel in those swords? If they have to melt that down to make more weapons it would be pretty neat.

That's an interesting thought. Given how highly valued Valyrian steel is I'm not it would've been used for the throne though.

 

[Horse Detective]

I hate the Sand Snakes.

Tyene is freaking gorgeous. But the Sand Snakes are terrible. Oberyn fought and died through his own decisions. The Lannisters aren't responsible for that. I am so over this shit and hope they don't return.

 

[kingkitty]

That Dorne shit was hilarious.

Sand Snakes only did one fight and they got caught.

And then they spent the rest of the season in jail.

 

[poppabk]

So poorly done. How did they not reshoot this so it isn't obvious that the spear guy blatantly STOPS what he's doing so he can take a sword to the chest.

This episode was just sloppy. A few scenes looked like something you'd see as a bad GoT knockoff on the WB or some shit.

I don't know it looks like he is expecting to stab forward and then changes to try and stab downwards as Jorah rolls in. It wasn't exceptional choreography, but I think it works given an older actor is doing the roll himself.

 

[Zaph]

That Dorne shit was hilarious.

Sand Snakes only did one fight and they got caught.

And then they spent the rest of the season in jail.

In fairness, they were probably very tired from having dug a big hole in the sand to torture one dude.

 

[Fevaweva]

At least we saw some epic boobs in Dorne. That alone was worth the poor fight between Jamie, Bronn and the sisters.

 

[neorej]

At least we saw some epic boobs in Dorne. That alone was worth the poor fight between Jamie, Bronn and the sisters.

By the old Gods and the new, those were majestic, worthy of a queen.

 

[Crispy75]

an older actor is doing the roll himself.

Is he really?

 

[UnObtainium17]

.. So people started jumping on the Stannis bandwagon...

and then episode 9 happened!

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Episode 10 better be the new episode 9. As great as Hardhome was, I'd be disappointed if it ends up being "the event" of this season.

I don't think anything else will top the one true king.

 

[kimifan141]

i am still in awe over the last scene......she rode the dragon...

Hoping to see what the high sparrow does next lots of plots left.

 

[iosa]

My man Jorah showing you how it is done.

I love how their shadows are in different directions

 

[nubbe]

The highlight should be when Danny meet the spymaster
Think she might blame him a lot of things

 

[d3vnull]

By the old Gods and the new, those were majestic, worthy of a queen.

But is she the most beautiful woman in the world?

 

[Gonzalez]

So I'm watching A Dance of Dragons, and I just got to the part where Stannis burns his daughter alive. Ummmmm... Where is the angry online mob? They were here for the rape, but not the child burning?

 

[Junior Asparagus]

So I'm watching A Dance of Dragons, and I just to the part where Stannis burns his daughter alive. Ummmmm... Where is the angry online mob? They were here for the rape, but not the child burning?

They are definitely here...

 

[IAmRandom31]

I love how their shadows are in different directions

took all day for Jorah to roll I guess

 

[darkwing]

Because he's the king Westeros deserves, but not the king we need right now. So we'll hate him, because he can take it, because he's not a hero. He's a R'hllor guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.

#TeamStannis forever

 

[Shadow_FFVI]

Wait, that's the end of the episode??

It was an exciting scene, but nothing jaw dropping.

What a boring episode 9.

I have a feeling episode 9 of this season is actually going to be episode 10. There is no rule that episode 9 MUST be the most shocking one.

 

[Horse Detective]

I don't know what it is, but even with burning his own daughter, I would still rather see Stannis crush Ramsay than the other way around. He is a cunt, but I hate the Boltons.

 

[Skii]

This was a great episode for Stannis and proved he's the true heir to the throne.

Stannis happily burned his own daughter alive to gain the power needed to take over the North from the Boltons whilst Danaerys is fucking about in the middle of nowhere with a CGI dragon. #TeamStannis

 

[eot]

took all day for Jorah to roll I guess

There's a much more egregious example of that. Keep an eye on the lighting throughout this scene.