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gently caress you no hes not and youre not my dad
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Ed is going to loving die when the wall breaks/gets burnt down by wight dragonfire Tormund is on that wall 
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Aug 8, 2017 05:10
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Apparently Tormund's actor wants them to get together and Brienne's actor doesn't. Well, Brienne's actress otherwise has a chance to do love scenes with Nikolaj Coster Waldau, so not surprising.
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Aug 8, 2017 05:18
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Holy poo poo, in a couple more years, she won't need prosthetics nor makeup to play Brienne
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Aug 8, 2017 06:03
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In his defense, at 6'5 and built like a truck the guy is more fit to play the Mountain's son, Pebbles
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Aug 8, 2017 06:06
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I'm glad Bronn did something cool and also didn't get dead for it because he's one of the last watchable characters in this show. It also demonstrated that Tyrion was right about the dangers of dragon riding and will be even more funny when Dany rides Drogon into the frozen meat grinder and gets him or one of the others turned evil.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:11
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lezard_valeth posted:In his defense, at 6'5 and built like a truck the guy is more fit to play the Mountain's son, Pebbles He looks like he's put on one of the weird and hosed up armours from Dark Souls.
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JBP posted:It also demonstrated that Tyrion was right about the dangers of dragon riding and will be even more funny when Dany rides Drogon into the frozen meat grinder and gets him or one of the others turned evil. Riding a dragon is dangerous if: a) The opposite faction has magic b) You are a retard that charges right through the enemies line of sight instead of using your z-axis advantage or don't use your own land troops/catapults/trebuchets to disable your enemy's AA guns before charging with your dragon. Like seriously, all Tyrion or the other onlooking dothraki had to do was shout at one of the dothraki down there to kill Bronn or stall him long enough for Daenerys to toast him. Or have your archers snipe him. Bronn was a sitting duck for that whole sequence operating a very huge and noticeable weapon even if the whole battlefiled was chaos. lezard_valeth fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Aug 8, 2017 06:17
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Canonically, was Rhaenys a dummy?
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Aug 8, 2017 06:20
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Y axis. Come on man.
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lezard_valeth posted:Riding a dragon is dangerous if: No one said the show was good. I want the dragon to die and for Tyrion to be like "I told u bro, I told u!" despite being wrong about anything. Also is this post satire?
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Aug 8, 2017 06:25
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*fires up wikipedia article about havoc gunships* Well you see the verticality of a dragon grants it inherent advantages over ground animals like a chocobo.
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Collateral posted:Y axis. Come on man.  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/z-axis
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Sorry but the correct terminology in relation to airborne animals that breathe fire is actually the lateral axis.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:30
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drunken officeparty posted:Yeah but he taught her for like 3 lessons half a decade ago She's been practicing. I thought the duel scene was brilliant, it called back perfectly to the water dance of Braavos training vs the big clunky broadsword style of Westerosi knights.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:33
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lezard_valeth posted:Like seriously, all Tyrion or the other onlooking dothraki had to do was shout at one of the dothraki down there to kill Bronn or stall him long enough for Daenerys to toast him. Or have your archers snipe him. Bronn was a sitting duck for that whole sequence operating a very huge and noticeable weapon even if the whole battlefiled was chaos. Yes, I can't think why someone didn't just shout down into the battle hundreds of metres away to give very detailed and specific instructions on where to go and who to kill, all without distracting them while they fought for their lives while being strafed and burned by a motherfucking dragon. I mean, it just makes sense that this would be the ri
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No one else was expecting the ballista in the same way that no one expected a dragon to show up. Only Dany had actually seen it operating, everyone else was fighting. Pretty sure she also managed to crisp a bunch of dothraki as well, so both sides would want to be slightly mindful of where the terrible wyrm was at any given time.
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WampaLord posted:She's been practicing. What I learned: while the water dance is good for a petite person, a big clumsy knight can still can just kick the poo poo out of them. Also, Sansa, knight Pod already, gently caress. He fought Boltons for you. Lycus fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Aug 8, 2017 06:42
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Parkingtigers posted:Yes, I can't think why someone didn't just shout down into the battle hundreds of metres away to give very detailed and specific instructions on where to go and who to kill, all without distracting them while they fought for their lives while being strafed and burned by a motherfucking dragon. You offer a very valid point and I agree with you that the alternative of accepting fate and just not doing anything about it was the right call. I mean they just didn't SEE the ballista coming, they didn't have enough time to properly react it nor a ways to cut distances in a short amount of time like a horse or a bow.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:44
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Brienne stomp-kicking Arya square in the chest was top shelf physical comedy.
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Lycus posted:What I learned: while the water dance is good for a petite person, a big clumsy knight can still can just kick the poo poo out of them. Let's be fair here - Brienne is one of the very best fighters around. I mean poo poo, she beat both The Hound and Jaime in single combat. The fact that Arya is able to fight her to a draw is impressive.
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JBP posted:in the same way that no one expected a dragon to show up. I think we have already established in this thread through ample debate is that the thing one wouldn't expect during fantasy war is for the side that you know has dragons not to use said dragons. After all if they brought the ballista for their sacking of Highgarden was cause they expected the possibility of a dragon attack.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:50
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I remember reading about a Chinese tactic wherein you fire a arrow with a particular colored plume of smoke into a targeted area. The color denotes the action, the place it's aimed at denotes the destination of said action. That mighta been cool.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:51
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grack posted:Let's be fair here - Brienne is one of the very best fighters around. I mean poo poo, she beat both The Hound and Jaime in single combat. The fact that Arya is able to fight her to a draw is impressive. Though I'm certain Brienne was holding back.
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Aug 8, 2017 06:51
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jfood posted:Brienne stomp-kicking Arya square in the chest was top shelf physical comedy. I loved the cut to Pod thinking "what the actual gently caress you just booted a child in the chest"
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Aug 8, 2017 06:52
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grack posted:Let's be fair here - Brienne is one of the very best fighters around. I mean poo poo, she beat both The Hound and Jaime in single combat. The fact that Arya is able to fight her to a draw is impressive. This reminded me that both of this impressive deeds happened in season 3 and 4. Jesus christ, Brienne hasn't gotten to do anything interesting at all for 2 seasons, and is shaping up for a third if the spoilers are true. And they also removed one of her best lines in the books too quote:““A daughter.” Brienne’s eyes filled with tears. “He deserves that. A daughter who could sing to him and grace his hall and bear him grandsons. He deserves a son too, a strong and gallant son to  Brienne
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I get what the director/fight coordinator were trying to convey during the sparring scene, but turning Brienne into a stereotypical slow "HULK SMASH" brute felt like a cheap way of doing it since we know she's way more skilled than that.
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lezard_valeth posted:I think we have already established in this thread through ample debate is that the thing one wouldn't expect during fantasy war is for the side that you know has dragons not to use said dragons. I could expect to see a dragon out my window but I'd still piss myself and cry when it actually turned up due to disbelief. They'd also just managed to deal two victories in quick succession without seeing a dragon or anything out of the ordinary. The ballista is also shrouded by smoke and a distance from the rest of the fighting (outside of patches of people locked into fighting one another) if you rewatch the scene. Tyrion can't make out where Bronn is, outside of a big bolt flew at the dragon from the battlefield. Dany struggles to find it, Bronn reloads, she flies at it to try and destroy the ballista and gets hit. It's not like she can telepathically communicate with the dothraki over a screaming dragon, shitloads of fire and clanging metal.
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IncendiaC posted:I get what the director/fight coordinator were trying to convey during the sparring scene, but turning Brienne into a stereotypical slow "HULK SMASH" brute felt like a cheap way of doing it since we know she's way more skilled than that. She already had the slobberknocker with The Hound, and in no universe should she or anybody in armor be as fast as Arya, though She should be hulk smashing in fights
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Aug 8, 2017 07:00
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Big swords beat little swords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27M5KWI_q50
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I can't believe Sansa hasn't figured out that she should be using Pod as her obedient boytoy yet.
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Soul Glo posted:She already had the slobberknocker with The Hound, and in no universe should she or anybody in armor be as fast as Arya, though In book universe at least it's mentioned a couple of times that certain characters like the Mountain, the Hound or Brienne are so inhumanly strong that they can wear humongous armor without being slowed down at all. In the case of the Mountain in particular, he is also able to do so without getting tired fast. Lycus posted:I can't believe Sansa hasn't figured out that she should be using Pod as her obedient boytoy yet. https://twitter.com/Daniel_Portman/status/549728930119557120 Tri-Pod for the Iron Throne. lezard_valeth fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Aug 8, 2017 07:06
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grack posted:The fact that Arya is able to fight her to a draw is impressively lovely writing
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grack posted:Let's be fair here - Brienne is one of the very best fighters around. I mean poo poo, she beat both The Hound and Jaime in single combat. The fact that Arya is able to fight her to a draw is impressive. Let's also be fair, Brienne is holding back because she's training against a little girl who she's sworn to protect. She is impressed by Arya, definitely, but if they were for real fighting...well, you saw that kick.
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Not sure how Arya training for six months with the Faceless Men has turned her into an awesome duelist but I'll roll with it I guess. Autistic Bran is a huge improvement over other Bran too. Cersei feels a bit played at this point but the Jaime scenes are still somewhat interesting at least.
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Ginette Reno posted:Not sure how Arya training for six months with the Faceless Men has turned her into an awesome duelist but I'll roll with it I guess. Autistic Bran is a huge improvement over other Bran too. When he tried to heroically charge down Dany on his white horse while looking amazing was peak Jaime.
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Aug 8, 2017 07:15
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Brienne is also descended from Ser Duncan the Tall, so she's got +5 to thick as a castle wall.
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Brienne being the second coming of Bobby B and just smashing the gently caress out of people is wonderful. Meeting her match in Arya was awesome.
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I just figure if Arya can masquerade as a fully grown old man she might as well have mysterious fighting prowess.
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