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It's kinda lame they're just now introducing the idea of bad rulers slicing themselves on the iron throne. I kept expecting them to show Cersei or even Dany slicing themselves (though I guess the latter never sat on it)
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Maybe, as some have suggested, the Snow series is going to deal with the WW not truly being gone or something, and that's why they included it. Or maybe it's just an easter egg like the dagger.
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Aug 23, 2022 08:26
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Super Deuce posted:I often wonder if it's just people joking or if they really think Arya being the one to strike the Night Man means the prophecy is stupid. Jon and Dany assemble the force and are the generals. Isn't that like, what the prophecy actually was? People don't like it because Arya had absolutely nothing to do with that plotline until the 11th hour. It feels like a plot beat that belonged to Jon and they were just subverting expectations for the hell of it.
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Aug 23, 2022 23:43
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhtmKbFpL3w It's definitely looking like the prophecy wasn't just a one-off scene.
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Aug 25, 2022 21:07
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My impression is that it was basically just a parley which had not been attempted up until that point. Having a token escort was just keeping everyone honest.
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Aug 30, 2022 04:46
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Daemon stole a dragon egg, which is a big deal in and of itself, but the more important bit, assuming I understand correctly, is that he stole the egg that was given to the King's infant son, and then announced he was going to give it to the heir he had with his whore. The King seemed somewhat uninterested until Rhaenyra asked which egg was stolen and when he heard suddenly he was ready to go to Dragonstone himself. Maybe Daemon would not physically hurt his brother but that sequence of events seems like it was intended to cause emotional pain.
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Aug 30, 2022 08:00
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DJ_Mindboggler posted:I noticed that too, that was definitely inexcusably dumb. I mean I'm pleased that he was even wearing a helmet period given how rarely people wore them on GoT.
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Sep 1, 2022 07:42
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Looks like Snow might only be a limited series according to leaks.
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Sep 2, 2022 02:49
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If GRRM had cranked out a book every few years it wouldn't have mattered if AFFC was slow or if he needed 10 books instead of 7.
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Sep 3, 2022 01:34
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It felt like Dany hadn't done too much to lose Varys' loyalty at the point where he was trying to poison her.
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Sep 4, 2022 04:15
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I feel like I have no idea what they're going for at this point with Viserys's health. Consumption? Greyscale?
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Sep 21, 2022 00:40
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That scene where Alicent is just standing there blubbering in the rain while Otto tells her that Rhaenyra will have her children killed was really good.
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Sep 21, 2022 02:56
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Barreft posted:Can you imagine if they recasted Dany or Arya halfway in season 1 They almost did. The original pilot that they've never shown had Tamzin Merchant as Dany.
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Sep 25, 2022 07:12
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I feel like the marriage proposal was either an attempt to get under Alicent's skin in a deniable way or a means to score points with her father and make it look like she's trying to patch things up. 'I will marry my totally-not-a-bastard child to your trueborn child' isn't much of a proposal.
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Sep 29, 2022 09:16
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bobjr posted:I remember every time D&D gave a post show interview and talked about Stannis it was always a really wrong take on the character. Stephen Dillane somehow perfectly grasped the character despite the fact that he seemingly didn't want to be on the show and had little to go on as far as character notes.
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Sep 30, 2022 05:30
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned, the whole confrontation over Aemond's eye is reminiscent of the S1 scene from the original show where Arya is called on the carpet about attacking Joffrey.
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Oct 4, 2022 02:42
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Maybe I'm reading too much into this but I thought it was interesting that when Viserys asked Aemond where he heard this foul treasons, he looks at his mother, pauses, then says Aegon. I feel like during that beat he realized if he actually said 'My mom' she might be executed but the consequences for his brother would be very mild in comparison.
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Oct 4, 2022 08:29
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Another thing, since this is the no-spoilers thread and it might not have come up. Last episode when Aemond is complaining about how they gave him a pig to ride and he wants a dragon, Alicent says something like 'You'll ride a dragon eventually' and his weird sister pipes up on the background and says 'He'll give an eye for it'
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Oct 4, 2022 20:15
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There was one thing I found fairly unbelievable, the Strong kid openly laughing about the pig. Like really, you look like a twerpy 14 year old and you're going to laugh at that guy?
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Oct 11, 2022 03:22
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Viserys dying is like a Tywin Lannister moment where he had to die but the actor not being on the show anymore sucks.
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Oct 11, 2022 04:10
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TheBizzness posted:It’s pretty wild that “training” involves having a real Morningstar swung with full power at your head I was actually thinking that too. If Aemond gets the upper hand he just stops short of actually cutting Sir Criston. Doesn't work that way with an iron ball on a chain. And they went out of their way to show that it had bone-shattering force behind it because it broke his shield.
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Oct 12, 2022 00:25
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Your Gay Uncle posted:Does Daemon have Blackfyre or was that just a regular sword that gacked the Valyron dude ? He uses Dark Sister. Which later disappears from history when Bloodraven goes missing North of the wall.
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Oct 12, 2022 02:33
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mweber posted:I can’t be the only one who thinks Daemon is the most sympathetic character, right? I definitely don't think that. He's entertaining but I wouldn't call him sympathetic. Of course, part of that was the huge misstep of showing how his wife was cooler than him and then having him cave in her skull with a rock. I feel like it's a lot harder to find someone to root for on this show, compared to the original.
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Oct 13, 2022 02:03
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I feel like the tea was probably a failure on the writer's part. Everyone that read the books just assumed it was moon tea. Everyone that hasn't read the books probably doesn't know what the gently caress moon tea is because it's only come up once ever in a thirty-second scene from 2-3 weeks ago.
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Oct 13, 2022 08:44
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stev posted:Doesn't she straight up say "drink this just to be safe"? What else is that going to mean to someone who just had unprotected sex with someone that needs to be kept secret? I didn't think it was ambiguous at all so don't ask me. Maybe people are just used to everyone in the franchise being a piece of poo poo in some way.
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Oct 13, 2022 09:21
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I hated how the Qyburn/Robert Strong plot ended up in the show. Almost every fan theory I ever read speculating about Robert Strong was more interesting than what the show did.
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Oct 14, 2022 01:59
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bobjr posted:Meanwhile Daemon looks the same over 15-20 years. It is a little jarring how characters on the show are aging at different rates, or not seeming to age at all in some cases. I guess that's the peril of having a story cover such a long period of time in one season.
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Oct 15, 2022 03:51
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The books occasionally kinda play with the idea that bad rulers cut themselves on the throne, which is even more elaborate and sharp than the one in HOTD, even. But I mean realistically if the fuckin King sits down on the throne and gets cut he's probably going to order someone to file down every sharp edge pronto.
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Oct 15, 2022 04:03
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They're not putting out Season 2 next year. gently caress, I don't want to wait that long. Why does everyone take 18 months to make a new season of TV these days?
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Oct 28, 2022 18:12
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Pattonesque posted:important point: Rhaenyra lies to Alicent's face about the Daemon/brothel thing. In Alicent's mind, if she can't trust Rhaenyra in this regard, can she trust her not to have her kids murdered when she becomes Queen? I feel like the idea was more 'Nothing is sacred to Rhaenyra since she lied to me while swearing on her dead mother'
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I can't actually think of anything that would be that interesting that would be set after the main series. Especially based around Jon Snow being north of the wall in a completely depopulated area. Seems like Bran would have a pretty good handle on political stuff since he can just view the past and spy on people with raven, and killing off Dany and the Night King and then bringing them back would just diminish the ending to the main series which was already diminished by its execution.
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