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Drone posted:And for some reason he's staying alive and not going off to get maimed at Dragonstone. Because Loras is apparently such a deep and engaging character that they feel the need to keep him on the show? It's probably gurm breaking his toys as he is wont to do, and a dumb red herring in the books so when the REAL important stuff comes (it never will) we won't be expecting it. Loras is clearly there to distract us from the master plan that *hhfffmm* has
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Dany is going to die during her circumnavigation around the non-earth. Only one ship will make it back to the west coast of Westeros.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 12:18 |
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It looks likely/possible the Sparrows will kill Loras for being gay in the show
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:07 |
Whatever dislike I have toward how they depicted the Sparrows in the show were made moot by casting Jonathan Pryce
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:14 |
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Love how the show just outright made Jaqen the teacher for Arya at the house of black and white. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only hinted in the books that he is the one teaching her right? Never thought this was explicitly said.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:17 |
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Was it even implied in the books?
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:19 |
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frankenfreak posted:Was it even implied in the books? No, it was implied that he's in Oldtown.
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InFlames235 posted:Love how the show just outright made Jaqen the teacher for Arya at the house of black and white. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only hinted in the books that he is the one teaching her right? Never thought this was explicitly said. I like this Kung Fu training routine much better. The book version is too creepy. I hope there is training montage.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:24 |
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Drone posted:So is GRRM just gonna have Dany faff around Essos forever yes because he isnt going to write any more books
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:27 |
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My problem with Aegon is it sounds like Gurm went "hmm, Dany has to invade soon if I'm going to wrap this up in 2 books, but there's no way I can solve the Mereen plot that fast...". I don't really mind it as long as the new book does a good job fleshing out that plohahahah
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:40 |
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InFlames235 posted:Love how the show just outright made Jaqen the teacher for Arya at the house of black and white. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only hinted in the books that he is the one teaching her right? Never thought this was explicitly said. jack is in the citadel
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 15:53 |
kill you are self posted:jack is in the citadel I don't really remember any reference to jackie boy other than it's obviously a faceless man.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:03 |
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Gianthogweed posted:GRRM is too busy posting about gamergate. Once you get sucked in, there's no getting out. Book ain't ever coming out. He was posting about all the Hugos drama too, he's done nothing but gently caress around on the internet since his big valiant "I'm giving up the cons to write" post
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:05 |
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TK-42-1 posted:I don't really remember any reference to jackie boy other than it's obviously a faceless man. There's a description of his face that is identical to one of Jaquen's previous ones.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:09 |
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TK-42-1 posted:I don't really remember any reference to jackie boy other than it's obviously a faceless man. The description of the faceless man (AFFC prologue) given by Pate matches, almost exactly, with Arya's description of Jack's face post-change. There's no reason to give them both the exact same scar, hooked nose (I think. I'm not looking this poo poo up), hair, etc unless it's a hint (read: explicitly stating) that Jack took Pate's face to infiltrate the Citadel. If it's not Jack then it's really lovely writing and GRRM ran out of descriptions for people other than "scar on left cheek, hook nosed Jew."
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:09 |
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I think we all pretty much agree that he's the AFFC faceless man but not the kindly house of black and white faceless man that we are actually discussing. I actually groaned when the show made that reveal and I'm not a book purist at all.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:18 |
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Timett posted:I think we all pretty much agree that he's the AFFC faceless man but not the kindly house of black and white faceless man that we are actually discussing. Maybe they made that reveal in the show because they're cutting the oldtown plot? Wouldn't surprise me, seems they're cutting a ton of other plots from the books.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:26 |
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InFlames235 posted:Maybe they made that reveal in the show because they're cutting the oldtown plot? Wouldn't surprise me, seems they're cutting a ton of other plots from the books. It's possible that the Oldtown plot is just for exposition and for Sam to show his dad that he's not a coward (although wasn't Tarly the elder in King's Landing?).
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:29 |
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Timett posted:I think we all pretty much agree that he's the AFFC faceless man but not the kindly house of black and white faceless man that we are actually discussing. I don't think it's necessarily the same Faceless Man, just that the Kindly Man is using the identity of Jaqen that was once used by the FM Arya met. It's just that the FM are interchangeable so it doesn't matter.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:41 |
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kill you are self posted:If it's not Jack then it's really lovely writing and GRRM ran out of descriptions for people other than "scar on left cheek, hook nosed Jew." Wait is this the Wheel Of Time thread?
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:42 |
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savinhill posted:He was posting about all the Hugos drama too, he's done nothing but gently caress around on the internet since his big valiant "I'm giving up the cons to write" post Posting on the internet is writing.
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Ague Proof posted:I don't think it's necessarily the same Faceless Man, just that the Kindly Man is using the identity of Jaqen that was once used by the FM Arya met. It's just that the FM are interchangeable so it doesn't matter. This would make sense in the books but not on the show. poo poo is too convoluted for show watchers.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 16:47 |
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Aston posted:Posting on the internet is writing. I'm still waiting for my Pulitzer.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 17:32 |
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But... but... but... Oldtown is my favorite part of the new books! Sadness.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 17:49 |
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Timett posted:I actually groaned when the show made that reveal and I'm not a book purist at all. I was expecting him to turn back around and become the dark-skinned kindly man again, just showing Arya that Jacquen.. Jaqen.. Jack, whatever, never really existed and that they are all, in reality, No One, and that their identities are fluid. When he stayed jack I closed the video and haven't gone back to watching since. That is what finally broke me. I don't give a poo poo about s5 anymore, at all. It's terrible.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 19:20 |
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loras persists as a twink rear end delivery mechanism
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 20:15 |
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Have the unaired episodes showed bran at all?
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 21:40 |
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Bran isn't going to appear this season. They want to save his crazy powers for Season 6.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 21:44 |
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Also cause a gap is going to make his jarring shift in puberty a little more plausible to the audiences.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 21:50 |
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quentyn is laughing all the way to the bank with his stolen dragons right
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 22:14 |
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mind the walrus posted:Also cause a gap is going to make his jarring shift in puberty a little more plausible to the audiences. Why? Are his acorns gonna drop?
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 22:42 |
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i hope bran sounds like vin diesel on his return just a wicked deep and harsh bass voice
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 23:06 |
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kill you are self posted:I was expecting him to turn back around and become the dark-skinned kindly man again, just showing Arya that Jacquen.. Jaqen.. Jack, whatever, never really existed and that they are all, in reality, No One, and that their identities are fluid. Kill you are self, Who gives a poo poo. What is wrong with you? Why are you posting ITT if you care so much about ~book purity~
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 23:24 |
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In It For The Tank posted:Bran isn't going to appear this season. They want to save his crazy powers for Season 6. I have a feeling they will manage to fold Bran's story somewhere into the season by episode 8 or 9 where they will probably manage to show Bloodraven on screen for a few seconds, especially if they actually plan on keeping the Blackfyre/Aegon plot.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 23:36 |
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visceril posted:Kill you are self, Who said I did? It was a lovely move no matter what. Keep caring.
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# ? Apr 16, 2015 23:55 |
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visceril posted:Who gives a poo poo. What is wrong with you? Why are you posting ITT if you care so much about ~book purity~ Sometimes, when adapting media, changes and choices have to be made to fit the new form. Sometimes said choices are really loving dumb and treat their audience like retards instead of being a nod or an easter egg. Sometimes a show does this multiple times instead of just trusting in the power of subtext. But enough about True Blood,
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 00:03 |
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420 Gank Mid posted:especially if they actually plan on keeping the Blackfyre/Aegon plot.
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# ? Apr 17, 2015 00:03 |
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A man is not jaqen...but there are millions of pasty spirits watching us and about 200 other important people and a man must not confuse them so I will just stay jaqen anyway gently caress it.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:A man is not jaqen...but there are millions of pasty spirits watching us and about 200 other important people and a man must not confuse them so I will just stay jaqen anyway gently caress it. Exactly. They trim the fat from the books and now you want them to add more characters. What thread am I even reading
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visceril posted:Exactly. They trim the fat from the books and now you want them to add more characters. What thread am I even reading The Thread That Glistens
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