I just... why build a wall you can just sail around
― 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
idk why I watch this show
― 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
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, 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
will primarily be missing this show for the weekly theme song fixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTDEVUlCClk
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itn8highTRo
― dan m, Monday, 16 June 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
the smooth jazz one was tops
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
For Ygritte
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 June 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
Big wet tears filled her eyes. “I never meant those things I said, the queen made me. Please. Your father frightens me so.” She sat up, letting the blanket slide down to her lap. Beneath it she was naked, but for the chain about her throat. A chain of linked golden hands, each holding the next.Tyrion asks Shae if she ever enjoyed their time together — if she ever cared for his embrace, if she ever truly loved him. The answer she gives doubles as her own death sentence.“More than anything,” she said, “my giant of Lannister.”That was the worst thing you could have said, sweetling.Tyrion slid a hand under his father’s chain, and twisted. The links tightened, digging into her neck. “For hands of gold are always cold, but a woman’s hands are warm,” he said. He gave cold hands another twist as the warm ones beat away his tears.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
For once, his father did what Tyrion asked him. The proof was the sudden stench, as his bowels loosed in the moment of death. Well, he was in the right place for it, Tyrion thought. But the stink that filled the privy gave ample evidence that the oft-repeated jape about his father was just another lie.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
That was an element missing from the show
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
I can't tell what stuff is real and what stuff is parody
― Οὖτις, Monday, 16 June 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
the worst bit is the bit right after that though right
― random accies memories (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the detailed listing of all of the foods Tywin had eaten was a little much.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
that whole tree thing & the skeleton soldiers was like an evil dead lotr fanfiction video game. so dumb. i like bran but I'm so tiiiiired of that fucking storyline enough already haha i think that's why i liked it - omg skeleton evil dead! omg more of them! and more!!!! lol
shackled dragons made me sad though
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:46 (nine years ago) link
sad jon snow did not make me sad
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link
burned baby :(
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
When is that kid not sad? xp
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
yes burned baby was very sadbut the Bad Dragon did it, not the other two!
also, brienne's grunts and yells during the fight were great
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
dying hound :(
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
it wldve been better if the crying man unwrapped his bundle and it was a burned up jon snow and he was all lol jk not sad just thought u cld use a good laff and everyone had one
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:52 (nine years ago) link
the hound is the best character i think
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
someone needs to tell danerys that chaining up the dragons is only going to be a solution for like 2 seconds and then it's buckets of crispy-fried-children city
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
I thought she was leaving the dragons to die and then calling a hunt for the remaining one.
I thought Arya might meet Gendry at the shore but that might be a coincidence too far.
I actually really liked that bit with the old man in the nice tree. I happened to be looking at one of my Charles Vess art books last night and it had his art for Storm Of Swords, including that tree and the wildling attacks.
This has nothing to do with recent episodes but I'm always confused why people make such a big deal of the show's sex/nudity. If I was describing the show to someone, I wouldn't think that element was worth mentioning. Some people speak like it's Philip Jose Farmer adapted by Jean Rollin.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:08 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I forgot about that. As far as we know, Gendy is still in a tiny boat in the middle of the ocean.
― Dreamland, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 01:32 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, June 16, 2014 7:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah :/
― gbx, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link
someone just pointed out to me that the hound was ultimately killed because of a mountain
― silverfish, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
otm about hound. and that dude just nails it
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
too bad they messed up the mountain casting.