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Illuen posted:Brienne finally found someone whose enough man for her. um, Renly was enough man for her. and he was more woman than man
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Zaphod42 posted:Tormund having the hotts for Brienne was adorable and the best part of the episode Not to be pedantic, but GRRM didn't say it wasn't completely out of the question for Dany to perform the miracle again, just unlikely. Dany getting straight up magical abilities now that magic's returning feels dramatically appropriate. Also, holy poo poo, Dany's plot is loving moving for the first time in a goddamned decade. That's cause for celebration.
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They do such a good job casting people that look the part, and I didn't have a problem with her in earlier seasons, but Theon's sister suddenly looks more like a couch potato than a fierce warrior and it's jarring.
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May 16, 2016 06:33
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A naked Bernie Sanders emerges from the flames of the Capitol building, his wrinkly balls aglow with the fire's light
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Great episode all around. We got to see Littlefinger and part of his current plans (and the powerplay scene was great). Sansa reached The Wall and found Jon there (really for all D&D are blamed, they have avoided creating artificial delays and drama where they could have to fill in episode time and unnecessarily prolong the story and viewers' anticipation) and they already started thinking of an attack for Winterfell. It was sad to see Osha gone and by Ramsey's hands, but as a character it seemed that she had completed her purpose in the show. I hope Tyrion actually has begun to spin a long term plan for the Masters and a drastic solution about the Sons of Harpy, because as good as it is to see him use diplomacy and have small victories, the Mereen story needs something significant to happen to stay interesting. The ending was good. Great even. It was retreading of Danny's immunity to fire --as far as the viewers go, this has been established by the show, with no indication that it was a one time special thing that would never come into play again. I also thought that in season two finale, the dragons' breathing fire next to (and almost through) her was also another instance of her immunity to it. It was also in a different tone from season one and nice way to close a circle that started then, now having Danny voluntary cause a great pyre and burn the Khals alive.
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Oh oh, whats' the thing gonna be that the High Sparrow told to Tommen that he told to Cersei? I'm assuming its that Olenna Tyrell was involved in Joffrey's assassination. Cersei calling for the knights of house Tyrell to come to kings' landing seems like an obvious trap. Is it just me, or did it almost seem like Kevan Lannister was closer to Olenna than Cersei? And Cersei seemed to make it seem like he had a close personal relationship with Loras? That was odd. Am I confused, is that some Tyrell man and Keven is gone? Or what?
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May 16, 2016 07:05
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I think the Tyrion stuff in Mereen *is* keeping it interesting, because it is directly contrasting his leadership abilities with Dany. A compromise such as the one he offered is such a far cry from what Dany would do.VampiricGiraffe posted:A naked Bernie Sanders emerges from the flames of the Capitol building, his wrinkly balls aglow with the fire's light thanks so much
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I wish Captain Phasma could have been half the bad rear end Brienne is.
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Zaphod42 posted:And Cersei seemed to make it seem like he had a close personal relationship with Loras? That was odd. She was referring to Lancel. He "lost" Lancel to the Sparrows.
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Zaphod42 posted:Oh oh, whats' the thing gonna be that the High Sparrow told to Tommen that he told to Cersei? Lancel, Kevan's son, not Loras.
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Zaphod42 posted:Oh oh, whats' the thing gonna be that the High Sparrow told to Tommen that he told to Cersei? She was talking about Kevan's son, Lancel Lannister. Lancel's prepping the koolaid for the sparrow mothership, and Kevan's not really happy about that. Neither is Cersei, since as a part of his sudden piety he blabbed about her loving him back in season 2, which is bad being they're cousins and all. Oh and how she used him to help the king get killed by giving him too much wine. That too.
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PantsBandit posted:Holy poo poo that ending was bad. Everything else was pretty good but why does every one of Dany's plot points have to be so duuuuuuumb. Were they supposed to fire those arrows with their dicks? They may be BARBARIAN HORDES, but they're religious BARBARIAN HORDES: strictly followed "no weapons" rule in this holy place with sacred temples and giant horse gates called "Godsway". The episode also mentioned the Stallion That Will Mount the World (and unite the dothraki under a single khalasar) and yet another example of their general "might makes right" attitude: "Aggo belonged to my khalasar. He served me well. He got his head smashed in by a rock. gently caress Aggo." The setup for that scene was all there, nothing convenient about it.
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Lycus posted:She was referring to Lancel. He "lost" Lancel to the Sparrows.  Ahhh, that makes so much more sense.Pander posted:She was talking about Kevan's son, Lancel Lannister. Lancel's prepping the koolaid for the sparrow mothership, and Kevan's not really happy about that. Neither is Cersei, since as a part of his sudden piety he blabbed about her loving him back in season 2, which is bad being they're cousins and all. Oh and how she used him to help the king get killed by giving him too much wine. That too. I suppose that may have been what the High Sparrow told Tommen then, that Cersei had Robert poisoned?
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Zaphod42 posted:Ending was absolutely dumb as hell, entire repeats of things we've already done, really bad editing, and GRRM has made it very clear Targaryens are NOT immune to fire and that was a one-time deal with the dragon birth, but hey at least we got to see a whole lot of Danny's tits... so that's something. Really? We've seen Danny walk into scalding hot baths while womenservants freak out that it hasn't had time to cool, handle red-hot dragon eggs that she'd just put into a fire even though it scalds her handmaidens' skin when they knock them from her grasp, etc. I'm pretty sure it was always A Thing.
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ShadowCatboy posted:Really? We've seen Danny walk into scalding hot baths while womenservants freak out that it hasn't had time to cool, handle red-hot dragon eggs that she'd just put into a fire even though it scalds her handmaidens' skin when they knock them from her grasp, etc. I'm pretty sure it was always A Thing. Lack of sensitivity to fire is definitely a thing, but she also definitely gets her skin badly burned by fire in the books. Anyways its a minor detail as I already said later on that page. The reasons for the scene being cheesy are numerous and that's just one tiny part of it. The whole place goes up in fire really fast (did Jorah fill the place with gasoline when nobody was looking?) and all the Dothraki just bowing down to her without anybody rebelling or trying to hurt her is a bit ridiculous. But still a good episode. Lots happened.
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seravid posted:Were they supposed to fire those arrows with their dicks? They may be BARBARIAN HORDES, but they're religious BARBARIAN HORDES: strictly followed "no weapons" rule in this holy place with sacred temples and giant horse gates called "Godsway". The episode also mentioned the Stallion That Will Mount the World (and unite the dothraki under a single khalasar) and yet another example of their general "might makes right" attitude: "Aggo belonged to my khalasar. He served me well. He got his head smashed in by a rock. gently caress Aggo." Yes in a society where might makes right surely a city full of giant warrior men would bow down to some tiny-rear end lady because she set a hut on fire. She's not immune to fists. "Danaerys killed all the Khals. I beat her to death with my bare hands. gently caress Danaerys."
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Mister Kingdom posted:You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. I thought the exactly same thing during that shot.
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Tyrion trying to hold poo poo together in Meereen reminds me of Lord Commander Jon Snuh. He's doing the best he can with a bad situation and his underlings are starting to look at him sideways, and get mouthy.
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I laugh any time Kristofer Hivju (Tormund) is on-screen. Even when he isn't giving Brienne the eye. When Daario and Jorah were removing their weapons and they drew attention to the hole in his sleeve exposing the stony patch, I figured that was going to be part of their plan. 'Well, we don't have weapons but I can threaten to rub my gross arm on them and give it to them too!' I mean, it'd probably be a good deterrent. But 'failed pocket sand' was even better than I could have imagined. LadyPictureShow fucked around with this message at 07:37 on May 16, 2016 |
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May 16, 2016 07:35
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I think that is the only time I've ever seen thrown sand fail in TV/movies. It's usually a trump card.
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Episode gut, except...the ending made my mind up finally. I'm tired of Dany. It's not that she's fire-immune (cool and good), it's not that she gets the better of others either. It's the fact that the way in which she does it is by now becoming Mary Sue territory in my mind and her face has become synonymous to me not with that of a strong independent womyn or somesuch, but with a spoiled brat who feels like the world owes her everything. And that's just not a fun character to root for in any way. I'd rather root for Sansa and Jon, even if I'm pretty drat sure it's gonna feel like poo poo when Ramsay and his twenty good men will get to indulge in some torture porn with some of those awesome people on that team before it's all over.
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thank you, that gif was exactly what I needed to cheer me a bit up 
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That gif is as good as all of Hardhome.
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rebel1608 posted:Yes in a society where might makes right surely a city full of giant warrior men would bow down to some tiny-rear end lady because she set a hut on fire. She's not immune to fists. Set a hut on fire, killed all their leaders at once, and stood before them as a fireproof goddess. You really think they wouldn't be impressed by a show of strength like that? Also, no one over the age of sixteen should use the term Mary Sue. It is known. Knight Boat fucked around with this message at 08:12 on May 16, 2016 |
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"I hosed a bear once." "I fought one."
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Knight Boat posted:Set a hut on fire, killed all their leaders at once, and stood before them as a fireproof goddess. You really think they wouldn't be impressed by a show of strength like that? Someone lights up the Capitol Building and the White House, walks out draped in flame, your reaction is to bow to them?
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turtlecrunch posted:Someone lights up the Capitol Building and the White House, walks out draped in flame, your reaction is to bow to them? I'm not a Dothraki. The Dothraki honor only strength.
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I don't have a huge problem with the scene, but Drogon being attracted by the fire and swooping in, and then the bowing, would've been a lot cooler.
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Lycus posted:I don't have a huge problem with the scene, but Drogon being attracted by the fire and swooping in, and then the bowing, would've been a lot cooler. Imagine how the riders will react when they learn she has the coolest mount in the world.
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Like, your first thought is probably, gently caress, her dragons are here.
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Cry Havoc posted:littlefinger did say it was time for the knights of the vale to join the frey right The twist is Littlefinger going up north to kill Sansa and Jon. Then pledges his allegiance to Lord Walder Frey.
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I just assumed the teenage Khaleesi was instructed to prep the place to burn more quickly. She was the insider with access, that's why she was clued in on the plot. Those were my thoughts as the scenes were unfolding. I was surprised to read all the hand-wringing about it here (which is my fault, of course - I should have expected it).
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I was mostly just worried that the fireproof queen would get lumber dropped on her head.
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CrazyLoon posted:Episode gut, except...the ending made my mind up finally. I'm tired of Dany. I mean, she was just chattel that was married off as a bargaining chip, betrayed multiple times, insulted openly, etc. for two seasons at least. I'm not sure where I see she's especially spoiled or entitled. She's got some nice weapons in her arsenal, but she's still had to rise to the occasion and grasp the brass ring herself when it was there.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:I was mostly just worried that the fireproof queen would get lumber dropped on her head. You're not immune to bonks, Dany.
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This is magical, I'm so down for these two. Brienne's little quiver of her chin at the end shows she's totally feeling it too.  Episode was awesome. Was almost in tears seeing Sansa and Jon hugging, we had to wait a long time for a reunion and years of pent up emotion made that a special moment. Ending was great too. After just killing of Drogo and throwing away the threat of a Dothraki invasion in the first season, it subverted all expectations alright, but also I did kinda want that alternate universe where Dany and Drogo did rule the world. This new development goes back and justifies so much of what happened with the Dothraki way back when. Dany was only a power with them because she married Drogo, and Drogo was into her. As soon as he was out of the picture she was nothing to them. This time she returns, murders all the Khals with fire, and takes control on her own terms.
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I guessed what the High Sparrow told Tommen was that Margaery was gonna do the walk of shame.
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Dr. Faustus posted:Tyrion trying to hold poo poo together in Meereen reminds me of Lord Commander Jon Snuh. He's doing the best he can with a bad situation and his underlings are starting to look at him sideways, and get mouthy. I'm just wondering whether she's also smoke-resistant. El Pato posted:I guessed what the High Sparrow told Tommen was that Margaery was gonna do the walk of shame. Yeah, that's what I assumed, too. Maybe it turns out that it was actually something else entirely, but it was edited like Cersei immediately went to the High Council with the new revelation.
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