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The post-episode dork deluge this week has been awesome. "Hey wait, The Mountain winning is unrealistic!!!!" So is an 8-foot rape monster, dumbfucks. Just roll with it.
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Aristobulus posted:One thing I am curious about - after Oberyn's death pissed so many people off, if Tyrion does die in the next 2 episodes - how many people will actually stop watching the show for good? I seriously doubt Tyrion will die, for two reasons: 1) Tyrion is way more relevant to the story as a narrator than he is as anything else. He's the most effective audience surrogate, and provides the best commentary on what's happening. Killing him off silences that voice. 2) Tyrion's death doesn't actually affect anything external to him. He has no power, his family members are the ones killing him, and he has no remaining allies or friends. Most deaths (especially those of heroic characters) make the story more complex or interesting, not less. Ned was great, but his death instigated Robb's campaign and pushed a civil war. Robb's death ended that war, and created an absolute power vacuum in the North and the Riverlands (one filled by Houses whose reputations are now dogshit.) Now, Oberyn's death is hopefully going to shake Dorne out of its isolationist funk and get them more involved in the story in King's Landing. Meanwhile, Tyrion could die tomorrow, nothing would change, and he'd be mourned only by Jaime, Pod, and maybe Bronn for 5 minutes. The *only* thing Tyrion's death would accomplish is to excise the most interesting character from the world. It's not that he has "plot armor," because there's nothing he needs to accomplish. It'd just weaken the story for no benefit.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:14
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I'm a couple of pages late, but RE: The Seven being poo poo gods compared to the Lord of Light, isn't Bran's magic mind control thing related to them? I seem to remember something to do with those old trees with faces being linked to both Bran's powers and The Seven, though I could be wrong.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:15
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Those are the old gods of the forest, remember them praying to trees in Winterfell and beyond the Wall? It's another religion.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:17
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Infinite Monkeys posted:I'm a couple of pages late, but RE: The Seven being poo poo gods compared to the Lord of Light, isn't Bran's magic mind control thing related to them? I seem to remember something to do with those old trees with faces being linked to both Bran's powers and The Seven, though I could be wrong. The face-trees are representative of the Old Gods of the north, which are a separate religion and older than The Seven.
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Infinite Monkeys posted:I'm a couple of pages late, but RE: The Seven being poo poo gods compared to the Lord of Light, isn't Bran's magic mind control thing related to them? I seem to remember something to do with those old trees with faces being linked to both Bran's powers and The Seven, though I could be wrong. The old gods are the gods of nature and are worshipped in the North. Below it, the Weirwood trees that were carved by early worshippers were all burned by the Andals, who came to Westeros with their worship of the Seven.
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Infinite Monkeys posted:I'm a couple of pages late, but RE: The Seven being poo poo gods compared to the Lord of Light, isn't Bran's magic mind control thing related to them? I seem to remember something to do with those old trees with faces being linked to both Bran's powers and The Seven, though I could be wrong. I thought the Northmen had a different religion than the Seven? Or, more, some people in the North still prefer the Old Gods to the Seven. Weirwood trees with faces, and three-eyed ravens and such that we see in Bran's visions are, I assumed, pagan images. Edit: Beaten handily.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:20
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:I cannot reconcile Gwendoline Christine with heavy makeup on. I had the pleasure of seeing her really old art photos in the past, one with her nude and a giant bunny mask on. I like to pretend that's Brienne riding around slaying people with a rabbit head on her shoulders, but to each their own.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:21
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Oh ok, well then I guess the Old Gods and the Lord of Light both do stuff, and it's the Seven who are lovely and useless. Still, it seems like the Lord of Light isn't the only god who actually does anything.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:22
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I thought the best part of the episode was when Tywin had the band play off Pycelle, like they do at the Oscars when someone's speech goes on too long.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:23
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You have to give it to the Lord of Light, even with the shadow fetus demons, at least he actually exists.
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Jun 3, 2014 20:56
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Infinite Monkeys posted:Oh ok, well then I guess the Old Gods and the Lord of Light both do stuff, and it's the Seven who are lovely and useless. Still, it seems like the Lord of Light isn't the only god who actually does anything. I'm pretty sure the Seven have literally never done anything, ever, and are just completely invented out of whole cloth. Not sure about the Drowned God but who would make up a religion that hopeless?
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Jun 3, 2014 20:57
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Kasonic posted:You have to give it to the Lord of Light, even with the shadow fetus demons, at least he actually exists. I dunno, would you rather a god not exist and leave everyone alone, or exist and be a huge rear end in a top hat?
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precision posted:I'm pretty sure the Seven have literally never done anything, ever, and are just completely invented out of whole cloth. The dickless ironborn
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Jun 3, 2014 20:57
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Umm, the Drowned God accepts you into his watery bosom, and sends you back into the world harder and more badass.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:04
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Where's the 9th episode preview?
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BurnBlackJay posted:Where's the 9th episode preview? Is it your new title or....
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Jun 3, 2014 21:09
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Speleothing posted:Umm, the Drowned God accepts you into his watery bosom, and sends you back into the world harder and more badass. So they claim. Have we even once seen the Ironborn to be as badass as they say? The Boltons are the ones who seem markedly more badass than their peers.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:16
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Maybe the Ironborn just suck on land. We have yet to see what they can do in the water.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:36
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Well the whole point of raiding and reaving is that you don't fight fair. Though I don't know how you literally base an entire society on plunder, what the hell did they do when the kingdom was at peace? gently caress with Essos nonstop? Is there a legacy of Ironborn corporate takeovers?
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Jun 3, 2014 21:40
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DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:Well the whole point of raiding and reaving is that you don't fight fair. Though I don't know how you literally base an entire society on plunder, what the hell did they do when the kingdom was at peace? gently caress with Essos nonstop? Is there a legacy of Ironborn corporate takeovers? Sounds like they were Stark's bitch.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:41
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BubbleGoose posted:Maybe the Ironborn just suck on land. We have yet to see what they can do in the water. According to the Histories and Lore sections on the DVD and Blurays it's get hosed up by The Mannis.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:42
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Well, they do call them 'The Old Ways.' I'd imagine Aegon and the Targaryens put a stop to that poo poo real fast.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:47
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They seem like Wildlings except worse at fighting, and try to dress up to play nobility except they look about as wealthy as the peasants in King's Landing.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:49
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Here's another reaction video. A whole bar of people watching Game of Thrones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vob2_MSpXQc
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Jun 3, 2014 21:50
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Those of you saying that Ironborn look like they play at royalty have it pretty accurately. They have the biggest chips on their shoulders out of any group in the seven kingdoms.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:53
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Aristobulus posted:I still don't understand people LIKING Ramsey or anything, or being like "it was so moving watching him be praised by his father", though. I "like" Ramsay in that I like it when he's on screen because his actor's terrific. I also really like the scene where he's legitimized as a Bolton in front of Winterfell because there's this sort of perverse feeling that you should be watching a scene with Jon Snow finally getting accepted by Ned or something, which you would be if this show was some generic mainstream "good guys win" fantasy series. But no I guess I don't really "like" Ramsay, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Theon cut his dong off.
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Jun 3, 2014 21:59
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Old Conan Stevens interview. drat he would have been a good mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgId6rpXyyg He mentions in the interview, though, that he did NOT want to come to america and just get typecast as some brute unless it was a seriously major role. I wonder if he just didn't want to come back to the The Mountain - the biggest brute of all?
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Jun 3, 2014 21:59
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oswald ownenstein posted:Old Conan Stevens interview. drat he would have been a good mountain. I got some news for him: If you're 6'10 and weigh 300+ lbs of pure muscle, you're probably not gonna get offered Hamlet.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:02
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Paradox Personified posted:Is it your new title or.... He's posting that 'innocent question' multiple times in this thread to try and spoil the show for people. I reported him, but that's why I recommended people turn avatars off like the OP says at the top 
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Jun 3, 2014 22:03
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Cybershell posted:I "like" Ramsay in that I like it when he's on screen because his actor's terrific. I also really like the scene where he's legitimized as a Bolton in front of Winterfell because there's this sort of perverse feeling that you should be watching a scene with Jon Snow finally getting accepted by Ned or something, which you would be if this show was some generic mainstream "good guys win" fantasy series. Look Barry. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:04
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Tequila25 posted:Here's another reaction video. A whole bar of people watching Game of Thrones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vob2_MSpXQc Dammit, why can't I find a bar that plays GoT every Sunday?
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Jun 3, 2014 22:05
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Kasonic posted:You have to give it to the Lord of Light, even with the shadow fetus demons, at least he actually exists. Speleothing posted:Umm, the Drowned God accepts you into his watery bosom, and sends you back into the world harder and more badass. Given. Baelon Greyjoy still lives despite the Lord of Light's Leeches of Doom, I maintain Drowned God supremacy over all other gods and their feeble magics.  I made the mistake of googling (never google) a cool-sounding character name someone mentioned who's yet to appear only to immediately be confronted with The Mother of All Headfucks. So, um, poo poo's gonna get bugfuck crazy next year then? Lovely.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:17
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Tequila25 posted:Here's another reaction video. A whole bar of people watching Game of Thrones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vob2_MSpXQc Dear people, if someone is filming you while watching GoT, you're about to experience a rough ride any second now...
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Jun 3, 2014 22:22
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Sentinel Red posted:Given. Baelon Greyjoy still lives despite the Lord of Light's Leeches of Doom, I maintain Drowned God supremacy over all other gods and their feeble magics. Yeah, never google. If anyone has general questions, I think I do a pretty decent job of providing info without being spoilery, anyone is welcome to PM me.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:22
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oswald ownenstein posted:Old Conan Stevens interview. drat he would have been a good mountain. See, this is why I like the new Mountain. The new mountain has a much stockier build which makes him more intimidating.
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Jun 3, 2014 22:24
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Sentinel Red posted:Given. Baelon Greyjoy still lives despite the Lord of Light's Leeches of Doom, I maintain Drowned God supremacy over all other gods and their feeble magics. What was the order of the leeches again? Robb, Balon, and Joffrey, I guess. Yeah, the Drowned God primarily repels leech magic. Also, never dies?
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Jun 3, 2014 22:30
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A MUCH better ending to the viper/mountain fight: http://gfycat.com/PowerlessHoarseAmericancrow
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Mister Fister posted:See, this is why I like the new Mountain. The new mountain has a much stockier build which makes him more intimidating. His face is far more menacing too. Can imagine the shot of his expression as he crushed Oberyn's head?
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Right.. Where the hell do I find a bar that plays game of thrones every Sunday? Take my money.
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