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The Night King is gonna kill everyone, they're all gonna march down to King's Landing and the entire zombified cast is going to dogpile Cersei and rip her apart all once in an orgy of catharsis. Then they're gonna end the show with the Thriller dance.
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The Night King strolls into the throne-room, thick with bodies as his captains dismember and arrange them into their grand designs. As he walks and ascends the stairs he surveys the carnage with no emotion, when he reaches the top all who still move turn their attention to him. He sits down on the iron throne, pulls a parchment out of his jacket, clears his throat and begins his first spoken lines of the series... "The Pear-shaped Man lives beneath the stairs. His shoulders are narrow and stooped, but his buttocks are impressively large. Or perhaps it is only the clothing he wears; no one has ever admitted to seeing him nude, and no one has ever admitted to wanting to. His trousers are brown polyester double knits, with wide cuffs and a shiny seat; they are always baggy, and they have big, deep, droopy pockets so stuffed with oddments and bric-a-brac that they bulge against his sides....."
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Apr 24, 2019 00:39
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Years ago when reading the books I got to Dorne and thought 'I don't care about any of this is any of this ever gonna matter' and now here we are at the end and every page I skipped arguably enriched my life.
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Apr 24, 2019 01:10
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Grevling posted:There was a good point, I think, in the BoL thread about genre fiction where he's talking about ASoIaF, that lower class people really don't seem to have a lot of agency or things going on besides being oppressed, and that the edgy "nobody really believes in that chivalry stuff" attitude among the nobility is very unlike feudal ideology irl. I mean, that's pretty accurate. The code of chivalry as we know it was formulated by 19th century scholars displaying the usual Victorian fondness for candy-coating history. Feudalism is brutal, from the perspective of the peasantry. Especially when their lords manifestly have spent the last century or so warring amongst themselves rather than caring for their people.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:44
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I like how the Faceless Men, an assassin cult built on stealth and subterfuge, have somehow turned Arya into an Adem from Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:46
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Solice Kirsk posted:I like how the Faceless Men, an assassin cult built on stealth and subterfuge, have somehow turned Arya into an Adem from Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle. some people think that in the books there is a hinted at subplot by the faceless men to try and hatch a dragon egg As far as crazy fan theories goes, it does actually seem pretty supported by the text
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Apr 24, 2019 04:27
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Arya didn't even complete her training. She just failed at it for a while and then hosed off from Essos and somehow during all of that became a master assassin. I mean I guess it worked for Luke Skywalker so gently caress it
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Apr 24, 2019 07:15
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Just imagine a 5 year gap and all the stories make sense, except the ones that don't. Arya learns killing people, sansa learns politics, jon like, learns what running the wall actually means, dany grows into a leader by doing a practice run with meereen, etc.
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Apr 24, 2019 07:37
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right as the faceless man is about to hatch his dragon, a guy wearing nothing but bermuda shorts and a maester's chain appears out of nowhere, shoots the assassin with his ak-47, and disappears. They got that poo poo on lock.
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Apr 24, 2019 07:41
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A Typical Goon posted:some people think that in the books there is a hinted at subplot by the faceless men to try and hatch a dragon egg They destroyed Valyria, I don't think they want to hatch more dragons.
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Apr 24, 2019 08:25
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Liquid Communism posted:I mean, that's pretty accurate. The code of chivalry as we know it was formulated by 19th century scholars displaying the usual Victorian fondness for candy-coating history. Yeah, but do you think medieval nobles were a bunch of nihilists who knew they were an oppressive class and didn't care? Didn't they truly believe that they deserved their position because they embodied some sort of ideal?
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Apr 24, 2019 09:12
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I like Maisie Williams but at the same time Arya went from one of my favorites in the early seasons to unbearable on the last ones, with that constant angry look and forced "Im a badass" attitude She seems like a cool girl but she aint a great actress, and the writing is not helping either
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Apr 24, 2019 12:27
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I'm looking forward to Arya fighting WWs with the spear thing Gendry made for her. It might be even funnier than the sand snake fight.
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Apr 24, 2019 12:45
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I would absolutely love a behind the scenes book about the development of the TV series, see also LOST. It would be genuinely fascinating all the discussions that went into some of the decisions that ended up on screen. Why the gently caress did they even bother with Dorne for example? Did they think they could do it justice in the time available or ar that time were they of the mindset that they had loads of time left. If anything this season highlights the issues inherent in finishing the books in that whatever happens will seem rushed.
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Apr 24, 2019 13:10
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hitchensgoespop posted:I would absolutely love a behind the scenes book about the development of the TV series, see also LOST. peter dinklage refused to ride a pig cause they didnt pay him enough and then GRRM ate the pig when he visited the set that's what happened.
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Apr 24, 2019 13:24
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:peter dinklage refused to ride a pig cause they didnt pay him enough and then GRRM ate the pig when he visited the set that's what happened. Still more interesting than the last two hours of people meeting each other and bran staring at people "wisely"
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Apr 24, 2019 13:39
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I like how all the lovely actors on this lovely show decided they're too good to get their tits&dicks out or ride pigs or whatever. I'd say it'll be funny to see them fall back to reality after the show ends but lol they'll live out the rest of their lives in unimaginable luxury.
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Apr 24, 2019 13:44
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I don't think Bran or Arya will get very much work ever again. Maybe one or two crummy roles and thats it. They'll live out the next 30 years in luxury and start the convention tour when they need to build up their retirement funds.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:05
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Maisie is in that grimdark xmen movie but tbh I havent heard anything about it since they announced it like a year ago
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Apr 24, 2019 14:27
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TK-42-1 posted:Maisie is in that grimdark xmen movie but tbh I havent heard anything about it since they announced it like a year ago I think it is currently slated for a Hulu release after getting stuck in a reshoot nightmare scenario and not getting out in time to avoid the fallout of the Disney/Fox merger.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:44
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oh fyad never change
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Apr 24, 2019 14:47
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Haha, is that for real or made up? I don't really care either way. He's been boring and irrelevant for years.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:50
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He's not dead as of the current episode. Various spoilers call his death but nobody ever knows which of those are true until after the fact.
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Apr 24, 2019 14:54
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It's leak potentially attributed to that spanish subtitle dude who leaked all of seasons 6, 7 and this year's premiere. Tyrion apparently betrays the Starks and is executed for treason at the end of the season, by whom it doesn't say. Sansa on the throne pls
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Apr 24, 2019 14:57
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I watched the first ep, having got around to it, but not with much enthusiasm. There is a lot of hints about the future of Danny, becoming a tyrant and having to be put down, like those around her can see it happening but are only able to suggest what they are all thinking. i.e. she is going to go mad king at any second. The whole romance thing with Jon is super forced. I don't know many women who are at all interested is men who moan constantly, outside of a sympathy shag every now and then. It is like the "romance" part of attack of the clones. Whining does not lubricate the gears of love.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:22
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The most exciting thing about the show is that I still can't tell if they're unironically pushing Danny as a good guy or setting up an obvious twist with her turning evil. Common sense says it's the latter, but the people making this show are so incompetent that they might just be writing a villain without realizing it.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:37
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some guy on the bus posted:Haha, is that for real or made up? I don't really care either way. He's been boring and irrelevant for years. All men die.
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Apr 24, 2019 15:37
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Collateral posted:The whole romance thing with Jon is super forced. I don't know many women who are at all interested is men who moan constantly, outside of a sympathy shag every now and then. It is like the "romance" part of attack of the clones. Whining does not lubricate the gears of love. well...the boat sex scene paid a lot of attention to kit harringtons butt at the time, we were like "oh, some female gaze fanservice for once, that's nice i suppose", but i think the actual reason they did this is that so we realize that is the basis of that romance subplot. we're to understand that dany is really into butts and that this is what makes their romance function.
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Apr 24, 2019 19:43
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PupsOfWar posted:well...the boat sex scene paid a lot of attention to kit harringtons butt Gotta pay attention to the little man in the boat.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:01
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Kylaer posted:Gotta pay attention to the little man in the boat. 
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Apr 24, 2019 20:18
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Kylaer posted:Gotta pay attention to the little man in the boat. 
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Apr 24, 2019 20:28
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Solice Kirsk posted:I don't think Bran or Arya will get very much work ever again. Arya will get work. She's already done a bunch of Dr. Who episodes.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:31
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Yeah, weirdos are going to put the tiny anime princess in all kinds of goofy sci-fi poo poo. Emilia Clark has a very steady career and she can't act for poo poo. Maisie is going to be fine.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:33
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I dont think Maise is much better than Emilia, frankly The last good actress in this show is Lena Headey
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Apr 24, 2019 20:39
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Yeah, weirdos are going to put the tiny anime princess in all kinds of goofy sci-fi poo poo. Kit, Emilia, Maisie and Sophie are all gonna have fairly decent careers if the want to stick with acting rather than retire off all the money they've made from the show. Isaac Hempstead-Wright said he wants to go into directing more than acting, and as it happens he knows a bunch of really in-demand and talented television directors, so I think he's got a firm in-road there, just a hunch.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:42
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lmfao imagine being even somewhat aware of the media landscape for the past 5 years or so and thinking that people in GOT won't get more work if they want it.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:44
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Intel&Sebastian posted:lmfao imagine being even somewhat aware of the media landscape for the past 5 years or so and thinking that people in GOT won't get more work if they want it. Peter Dinklage is probably going to run into career issues just because there are only so many roles he can be cast in, and most of those are ones he wouldn't want to take because he couldn't keep his self-respect if he did take them. Like, he's genuinely good at his job, but he kinda already won the lottery with this role.
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Apr 24, 2019 20:47
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Counterpoint: Dinklage played Bolivar Trask, a tall fat black man, in Days of Future Past.
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Apr 24, 2019 21:00
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Peter Dinklage is probably going to run into career issues just because there are only so many roles he can be cast in, and most of those are ones he wouldn't want to take because he couldn't keep his self-respect if he did take them. Like, he's genuinely good at his job, but he kinda already won the lottery with this role. I honestly feel like we are moving away from that paradigm. As noted above, he can just be cast in whatever role where his dwarfism isn't a factor, or ones that are really honest and well done like Three Billboards. He's not necessarily doomed to the Warwick Davis path these days.
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