Thought it would have been cool and funny if Ygritte had become a white walker right as Jon Snow was about to burn her corpse
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
xp they see something in the flames too
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I asked a bookreader friend about the process of turning into white walkers. I think there is supposed to be some kind of white walker interaction with the corpse before it can be a zombie??
Cause if not... where exactly is the border that decides whether corpses become zombies or not? Maybe it's the wall? Kind of vague though. More complicated than walking dead rules.
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
turning into zombies I should have said
"white here while we walk all over you" --the white walkers
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
white walkers are a separate bunch of dudes from the zombies/wights i.e. reanimated corpses. it is implied that the walkers have to touch the corpses to make them wights but who knows, maybe that shouldn't be read so literally.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I knew they were distinct- but the "it is implied that the walkers have to touch the corpses to make them wights but who knows" rules I was unsure of.
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
we haven't witnessed the process in action afaicr. altho the show helpfully showed us where new walkers come from, which the books have thus far neglected to
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
seriously bran get to the point bruh
― Dreamland, Monday, June 16, 2014 12:36 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha i might suggest that these books and this TV series might not be what you want
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
These wights were made 4 walking..
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
murder and tits?
xpost
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
no i mean if you think the plot is needlessly plodding around and wasting time NOW...well....this is what I consider the peppy parts still
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
I don't understand how Stannis got his armies onto the other side of the wall.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
They got on the 4:40 to Brighton
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Sailed around. Probs a straight shot from Braavos.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
so Wildlings and zombies can't build boats?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
I mean why doesn't everyone just go around the wall?
Well they can kill a ship and then make it into a white walker or wight ship
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Its not really a white walker anymore tho, more of a white 'floater'
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
why don't the wildlings build a huge catapault for themselves and parachutes that they can yank the cord on when they pass over the wall
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
If you want it spelled out tho, the Wildlings were fine with living above the wall until the white walkers came now they just wanna flee from the white walkers
Nobody goes from south of the Wall to above the wall because why would you
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
I just... why build a wall you can just sail around
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
idk why I watch this show
bettern nothin m8
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
this episode was p good but I gotta say the show's two most sympathetic protagonists essentially running away from the action to parts unknown doesn't really bode well narratively...
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις,
The Romans did it.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, June 16, 2014 11:55 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Monday, June 16, 2014 11:55 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Remember when Ygritte thought the little windmill was a castle? I don't think the wildlings have advanced enough boat technology...
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, June 16, 2014 12:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm not worried about it lessening their roles or involvement in the conflicts myself.
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
i alwyas figured it was implicit that the responsibility/purpose of the nights watch folks at eastwatch-by-the-sea and at the shadow tower was to keep wildlings from going around the ends of the wall
the shadow tower isn't even at the ocean, theres just like a river and some hard-to-pass mountains or something on the west side of the wall. its dumb
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
sailing to attack somewhere is much much harder than advancing via land the wall makes sense ffs people
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
not to be picky but they wouldn't necessarily be attacking, just sailing.
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
i mean shit just sail around the great wall the oceans right there u idiots
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Map_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
the wall is more of a deterrent than a solution to the wildlings & its heavily implied that its original purpose wasn't to keep wildlings out, it was to keep worse stuff out. its a magical wall.
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
white walkers dont sail thats why theyre called walkers
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
am I wrong but I thought the wall might have initially been built to keep out the white walkers?
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Even worse are white joggers
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/andreypopov/andreypopov1307/andreypopov130700566/20976917-happy-mature-couple-jogging-over-white-background.jpg
― Evan, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130429141238/iceandfire/images/thumb/5/55/The_North_map.png/500px-The_North_map.png
As far as I can tell, there is a watchtower to the east keeping an eye out for ships, and a lack of trees to the west, meaning getting a fleet would be really tough.
― Frederik B, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Yeah and after the white walkers went dormant for thousands of years it became repurposed and used to fight wildlings
― 龜, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Think a big reason for the show's success so far has been its po-faced realpolitik grimness
For me, this time 1E6.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't understand this twilight-related youtube video embed, was it meant for this thread?
― random accies memories (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
so, tywin and the hound were both in the bathroom, doing number twos, when we dropped in on them last night. note to other GoT characters: do not under any circumstances go to the bathroom! hold it in!
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Anticipation of the finale, hyperventilating, etc. xp
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
I'm not that into the realpolitik so much as the Arthurian legend filtered through the realpolitik. Feels kinda fresh and mythical at the same time.
― ryan, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
idk this finale, and maybe the whole season have just made me realize that it's just going to drag on for soooooooooo long
like all I want is for arya to see jon snow or bran (and vice versa) and none of that is ever going to happen
and now I'm kinda like, I don't know if I'm even looking forward to more of this?
not that any of it was bad I think i'm just realizing how boring it all is when you step back. idk idk maybe I just need to lay down
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
idk this finale, and maybe the whole season have just made me realize that it's just going to drag on for soooooooooo long [...]not that any of it was bad I think i'm just realizing how boring it all is when you step back. idk idk maybe I just need to lay down
[...]
In this respect they're being very faithful to the show, now you know how the readers feel.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
#notallreaders
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 June 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
no offense to the book lovers but I'm glad I bailed halfway through the 2nd book, there's now way I'm gonna pick it up now. 7 books of this cmon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
tbh I don't mean to sound like as much of a sudden hater as I'm being
i do like the story
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
So what's the deal w Shae? In the books is it clear what her true feelings for Tyrion are?
― Mordy, Monday, 16 June 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
She's a much shallower and more nakedly opportunistic person in the books, but that's being filtered through Tyrion's POV. That said, I don't think that GRRM really does a lot of interesting stuff with unreliable narrators (with one exception that the show hasn't explored at all).
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link