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Jedit posted:More than anything it looks like a battle axe or a partizan, though. Mmmmmh, partizan.
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someusername posted:D&D nerds what would you call Areo's weapon? Quite clearly its a hacky-slashy chop-and-whacky.
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Maarek posted:Admittedly, I was disappointed in the last two books so maybe that influenced me, but I don't recall them being very interesting characters in the book series, either. The only thing I really remember about them is how they were arguing with Ellaria Sand about how awesome it would be to murder the little boy who loves kittens and being over the top with their blood lust. Agreed. Arianne's character in the book was sort of interesting (surprised they cut her in the show) but the Sand Snakes were entirely forgettable for me.
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I'm gonna wait until seeing scenes with dialogue before saying anything about how well they did the Sand Snakes' characters.
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Mar 14, 2015 22:04
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I thought the Sand Snakes were memorable if only because Arianne thinks of them as "the Red Viper with teats" or some such, which is just a spectacularly terrible way of putting it. I did kind of like their gradual introduction though, it reminded me of this fairy tale convention where someone was approached three times to do something.
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Mar 14, 2015 22:08
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Ross posted:Agreed. I for example cant remember a single one of then.
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Elias_Maluco posted:I for example cant remember a single one of then. There was the transgender one secretly forging a chain at the Citadel. And one of the lil Snakes was baller at horse riding. That's all I got.
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Off the top of my head, we have the manly Sand Snake who only dresses in leather and has a whip and maybe a spear, she addresses Doran first. Then we have the sexy one who likes to run around in stripper clothes but still has knives hidden all over the place, according to Areo. Then there is nun-snake, appearing to be modest, pious and whatnot, her favorite weapon is poison. I think Scary Snake is sent on a secret mission to kill he who is of the night, Sexy Snake is sent to take Oberyn's place in the council and Nun-Snake is sent to the Faith in King's Landing.
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Mar 14, 2015 23:00
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Where are Sporty, Posh and Baby?
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Mar 14, 2015 23:08
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Where are Sporty, Posh and Baby? Dead, Oldtown, literally a baby I think.
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Mar 14, 2015 23:17
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Jedit posted:Hotah's weapon looks rather like item 53 in this image. That voulge looks like Faust's giant scalpel in Guilty Gear.
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Mar 14, 2015 23:21
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Jedit posted:Hotah's weapon looks rather like item 53 in this image.
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Mar 14, 2015 23:36
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Mortabis posted:This is hitting on the reason why I was very surprised at no Arianne.
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Mar 15, 2015 00:21
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wukkar posted:Her name sounds too much like Arya! Yaranne?
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Mar 15, 2015 00:26
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Urinna.
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Mar 15, 2015 00:28
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Grendels Dad posted:Urinna. It used to be Shithouse.
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Grendels Dad posted:Mmmmmh, partizan. Everybody who has weighed in on this debate has completely ignored the fact that it's clearly an Asian weapon, and probably needs to watch more kung fu movies. It's some sort of guan dao. Speleothing fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Mar 15, 2015 |
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Mar 15, 2015 04:09
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Entertainment Weekly has a huge spread on the show this week, with 4 different covers (Jon, Tyrion, Arya and Daenarys). There's some interesting write ups, particularly with the long-term actor who's getting killed this season. My guess on who's going to bite it: Jorah. I think he'll get killed in the pit, maybe by the dragon. Additionally, I think Ellaria is going to take the place of Arianne.
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Mar 15, 2015 06:18
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Are the Sand Snakes really that hard to remember and distinguish? There were basically three of them that mattered and they were Dorne's Charlie's Angels. We knew the Dorne cast was being shaved down but keeping three Sand Snakes without distinguishing between them would be an odd choice. It occurs to me that if there's no Arianne or Quentyn in the show, I guess Trystane is the heir of Sunspear? That really moves up the importance of his and Myrcella's plot, and since it looks like Jaime's being sent by Cersei to get her back that'll probably be the driving force behind the Dorne storyline.
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Mar 15, 2015 08:14
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Phenotype posted:It used to be Shithouse. Now is that pronounced shi thouse or poo poo house because the first sounds more right to me I don't know.
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Mar 15, 2015 10:06
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Speleothing posted:Everybody who has weighed in on this debate has completely ignored the fact that it's clearly an Asian weapon, and probably needs to watch more kung fu movies. I'm not ignoring anything, I'm translating to European equivalents. There's only so many ways to put a bit of edged metal on a stick.
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Dolash posted:Are the Sand Snakes really that hard to remember and distinguish? There were basically three of them that mattered and they were Dorne's Charlie's Angels. We knew the Dorne cast was being shaved down but keeping three Sand Snakes without distinguishing between them would be an odd choice. Jamie probably fills the Dorne Kingsguard stuff where he gets laid a bunch, then can't properly protect Mycella where she gets her ear cut off in an ambush. In turn furthers the wedge between Cersei and Jamie
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Mar 15, 2015 10:36
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Now we're in the final weeks before the series starts I'm starting to dread it. Not only will things change, but I'll no longer be able to maintain my smug book-reader status.  Being a holder of secret knowledge at work was so fun.
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Steve2911 posted:Now we're in the final weeks before the series starts I'm starting to dread it. Not only will things change, but I'll no longer be able to maintain my smug book-reader status. Well, there's always that Wheel of Time series they just did that pilot for. 
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Umbra Dubium posted:Well, there's always that Wheel of Time series they just did that pilot for. I know that's a joke, but holy poo poo so was that pilot apparently. FXX just aired it randomly at like 1AM in the middle of the week. And when they were asked about it, Fox was like "ah, yeah... someone just gave us this tape... we didn't know what to do with it, so we shoved it in the off-air infomercial block... I dunno". Some guy literally just made it in secret without telling Harriet McDougal, Brandon Sanderson, or Universal Studios (who hold the rights to any potential film or television adaptations of WoT), somehow convinced Billy Zane to appear in it, and then paid FXX money to air it.
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Mar 15, 2015 13:12
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Grendels Dad posted:Off the top of my head, we have the manly Sand Snake who only dresses in leather and has a whip and maybe a spear, she addresses Doran first. Then we have the sexy one who likes to run around in stripper clothes but still has knives hidden all over the place, according to Areo. Then there is nun-snake, appearing to be modest, pious and whatnot, her favorite weapon is poison. I think Scary Snake is sent on a secret mission to kill he who is of the night, Sexy Snake is sent to take Oberyn's place in the council and Nun-Snake is sent to the Faith in King's Landing. There's the one that will get naked, the other one that will get naked, and the third one, who will get naked.
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nine-gear crow posted:I know that's a joke, but holy poo poo so was that pilot apparently. FXX just aired it randomly at like 1AM in the middle of the week. And when they were asked about it, Fox was like "ah, yeah... someone just gave us this tape... we didn't know what to do with it, so we shoved it in the off-air infomercial block... I dunno". And then died in a car crash.
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Universe Master posted:There's the one that will get naked, the other one that will get naked, and the third one, who will get naked. i hope so
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Universe Master posted:There's the one that will get naked, the other one that will get naked, and the third one, who will get naked. Please do not post excerpts from my fanfiction here
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loquacius posted:Please do not post excerpts from my fanfiction here GRRM?
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Frostwerks posted:GRRM? Not enough incest.
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Irish Joe posted:Not enough incest. Is that a statement or a complaint?
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auzdark posted:Jamie probably fills the Dorne Kingsguard stuff where he gets laid a bunch, then can't properly protect Mycella where she gets her ear cut off in an ambush. Jaime is probably going to go down there with the head of the mountain whether or not they have some kingsguard stand in die early on in the season to trigger someone having to go is a bit of a mystery. They might not even bother with having Myrcella go for a ride to have an ear removed. There's no reason to introduce Dark Star. Jaime could just head down after "an incident" occurs and get harried along the way by Dornish dickheads or sand snake stand ins.
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Jaime will just absorb all of Dark Star's characteristics and some of the more memorable lines, after this season he shall be known as Golden Star. He will cut Myrcella's ear off while trying to show off how much better he has become with the sword fighting. edit: Something unrelated that dawned on me the other day, is "Sword of the Morning" a pun on morning wood?
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Grendels Dad posted:edit: Something unrelated that dawned on me the other day, is "Sword of the Morning" a pun on morning wood? Probably not, but I like it.
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Jaimie's really bad at his job.
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BlindSite posted:Jaime is probably going to go down there with the head of the mountain whether or not they have some kingsguard stand in die early on in the season to trigger someone having to go is a bit of a mystery. They might not even bother with having Myrcella go for a ride to have an ear removed. There's no reason to introduce Dark Star. Jaime could just head down after "an incident" occurs and get harried along the way by Dornish dickheads or sand snake stand ins. We don't even know for sure that the Mountain will be headless in the show.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Jaimie's really bad at his job. So is Arys Oakheart! Makes sense. Oakheart had two jobs: (1) protect the princess (2) don't get laid. Neither of them worked out very well.
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Beeez posted:We don't even know for sure that the Mountain will be headless in the show. I'm guessing no and they'll drop Robert Strong and just make it clear its Zombie Gregor from the get-go
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loquacius posted:So is Arys Oakheart! Makes sense. Now be fair, if Oakheart hadn't charged in a sudden fit of  Myrcella's horse wouldn't have reared and Darkstar would have likely succeeded in cutting her head off.
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