Spoiler, perhaps, but yeah, he pukes in the book. The comic is very faithful to the book-version.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
prob figured two puke scenes was too much
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
wise to leave that out of the show. i think if they had tyrion puke on screen some viewers may have literally thrown up as well.
― ryan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
That's exactly why they should've put it in at the very end.
― Dreamland, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Tyrion projectile vomiting and cutting immediately to black woulda been pretty awesome it’s true
― circa1916, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
Maybe Oberyn will get revived and still insist on The Mountain confessing in the right manner.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
i would prefer a "Stand By Me" stile vomiting dominoes effect – where Tyrion vomiting triggers Cerci to vomit onto Pycel, who vomits onto Tywin, who sneers - while the entire crowed vomits on one another in a horrible cascading tidal wave of puke, so astonishing we almost forget we just watched Oberyn get his head squashed like a grape.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
Would have also liked for the unlucky stable-boy to have gotten half his head chopped off. Also from the comic and book.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
I felt like there was a lot of mirroring of earlier scenes/dynamics going on:
obv. this tragic trail-by-combat mirrored the comic one with Bron
Sansa lying to save LF mirrors Shae lying to condemn Tyrion
Bolton's relationship with his bastard mirrors Ned's relationship with his
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, and once again Arya and the Hound showing up right around the time one of Arya's relatives in murdered--first tragic, then laffs
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Forgot to talk about that, is Littlefinger and Sansa just about to bump into Arya and Hound? It would be nice to see the sisters together and I can imagine Arya causing Littlefinger trouble. Is that guard not likely to tell that the sister is there or is Littlefinger keeping Sansa a secret from his guards?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
x-post: Yes, the show is very much repeating itself, and it's becoming more and more ridiculous. You're absolutely right.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
idg the thing w Roose - is he Jon Snow's brother?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
"Snow" is just the last name given to any bastard in the North.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Yeah no-one else knows it's Sansa except the three people she told. Presumably LF will prevent Sansa and Arya from reuniting somehow. Brienne probably doesn't know what she looks like either right?
― nashwan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait Robin knows it's Sansa too but LF has wisely already sent him packing ha
― nashwan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
btw u guys take this show too srs it is not a srs show
Truest words.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
lol is this the actual answer wtf
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah theres a bastard last name for every one of the 7 kingdoms
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Flowers: The ReachHill: The WesterlandsPyke: Iron IslandsRivers: The RiverlandsSand: DorneSnow: The NorthStone: The Vale of ArrynStorm: The StormlandsWaters: The Crownlands
lol
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah I forgot about that whole bullshit Snow descriptor
Mr Veg broke it down for me last night & he was all 'it's in the books there's a whole long section' and I was like 'yeah I probably skimmed that part' lol the whole book is just long sections
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
― dan m, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
Hi I'm Sandy Snow, tropical bastard
Hi Veg, who are your other favorite characters on the show.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
those bastard name sound like mls team names to me.
― ryan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
I like Jon Snow mostly just to look at and because he's always wrapped in fur coats
But my actual favorites are Arya, The Hound, Tyrion (obv), Brienne and Jaime. I used to hate Jaime but I've turned a corner on him since he got his hand chopped off.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Arya my # 1 - she's my homegirl
Just saying you were very prescient about your fondness for Oberyn.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
those bastard name sound like mls team names to me.― ryan, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ryan, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sporting Sand United of Dorne
― dan m, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome your favorite minor league baseball team, The North SNOWS!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
oh wow I forgot that I predicted Dorn-dude's untimely demise
*clutches Arya tightly* YOU CAN'T HAVE HER
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
i love the bastard last name detail!
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's cool
― Number None, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
I love it bc it's great shorthand to let you know where a character comes from and their likely sense of self and their place in the world. And it's also effective wrt how westeros operates, like this sin of the father passed into the child who has to bear the burden while the one who did it gets off scot free.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
agree the show is not v serious which is why all the rape stuff feels off. feels semi-cartoonish like a group of 13yos playing d&d except that ppl get raped to death&children get incinerated, which harshes the buzz imo & for no obv purpose.
king robert was semi-assassinated by that guy keeping him lubricated, khal died from an infected wound from a duel, both half marks at best, not really any sense of the capriciousness of fate/nature. these ppl have no technology or magic, they should be scared of all this shit they can't control but they're not even v religious. neither bob b nor khal d would make it onto the natural causes section on this great list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_the_British_Isles_by_cause_of_death - highlights include henry I, who died of"food poisoning from eating "a surfeit of lampreys"" & james I of scotland who was assassinated in a monastery, "He attempted to escape his assailants through a sewer but, three days earlier, he had had the other end of the drain blocked up because of its connection to the tennis court outside."
― ogmor, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
they're not even v religious
Not so sure I'd agree with this, religion plays a huge part in their world!
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
xp Cat's father Hoster Tully dies of old age. That's the only one I can think of, though.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
religion plays a huge part in their world!
for the majority of the characters on the tv show this is not really readily apparent
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
is there even a priesthood?
yeah only the fire woman seems remotely interested in doing anything about it, everyone else is basically a c20th anglican
― ogmor, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
churches? holidays?
xp
― ogmor, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 1:33 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idk i kinda feel like this is good
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
is it pagan w multiple deities? or monotheistic? is there a good/evil duality as with God/Satan? I really have no idea.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
I have to run to a meeting so I really can't get in depth on this, but I get what you are saying - individual actions don't really seem to reinforce any kind of belief system. However, if nothing else the remnants of religion are all around and impact their daily lives in so many ways! Maybe it just comes across more clearly in the book, but almost every character seems to, at the very least, toss off a prayer to The Warrior or The Mother or whoever. And, c'mon, the entire Stannis plot revolves around the spread of a brand new religion that creeps out those that believe in the old gods.
― djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah the Stannis subplot is the only one with an overt religious dimension that I can think of
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
its almost like the whole thing isnt that coherent or well thought out
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
it does seem odd to do this sort of laborious recreation of medievel European history and completely leave things like the Church out of it
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
seems like closer to a pagan sense of religion (the gods do what they will and we are there play things) rather than a christian one that foregrounds the belief/unbelief question. like they barely seem to distinguish (in the show) between the "new gods and old"--except perhaps for a strong disapproval of black magic. i assume ethics/metaphysics etc exist in the world of the show but it's almost never spoken about.
― ryan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Good job Brandon Stark wasn't a bastad from The Reach huh
― nashwan, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link