also the remaining kingsguard are largely useless
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 25 May 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
when people were saying at the beginning of the season that religion was going to start playing a bigger part on the show, I didn't know that meant religious dudes were going to take over and put everyone in dungeons
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EEqqwlP.jpg?1
― ian, Monday, 25 May 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
i mean... http://i.imgur.com/EEqqwlP.jpg%3F1
Also i'm glad Melissandre vs Shireen is maybe going to be a thing
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
I can see varys stumbling onto gendry in volantis
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
This show has totally turned into of Game of Goth. Someone should do a parody in the style of Hammer.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 03:30 (nine years ago) link
http://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMZkJBbbth5l1D1VvShEFOQ9l7NoQdKB7PyYl7OFKHuz6_VLJ0
Repent, Lanisters!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
Goddamit.
http://sinsofcinema.com/Images/Twins-of-Evil/Twins-of-Evil-Blu-Ray-1.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
he was all haaay
and she was like ffs srs
irl lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
I think you're overrating the abilities of a one handed man a bit is all, albeit largely bc nothing motivates anyone like religious fury
― slothroprhymes, Monday, May 25, 2015 6:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
its more abt authority than physical might, kings landing is basically experiencing a power vacuum cause the king is a little kid and the hand of the king is impulsive and cruel, i may be giving the show too much credit tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 04:44 (nine years ago) link
"I dreamed that I was old!"
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 09:18 (nine years ago) link
Easily the best of the season, gives me hope they'll pull it round.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 09:19 (nine years ago) link
The piling on of misery is just wearing, tho.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 09:27 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 4:44 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Too much credit? I mean it's pretty clear that's what they're going for. The scenes in King's Landing have always explored power dynamics on some level.
They haven't done too much heavy signposting here but #occupybaelorscrypt has been pretty on the nose.
In a similar vein to what you were saying, Jamie as somebody that administers violence as his day job would have instinctively understood why arming the faith militant is an insanely bad idea when they draw from a much larger and less controllable recruiting pool (poor people) than the Kingsguard and gold cloaks (people the crown can afford to pay).
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:05 (nine years ago) link
The only scenes I really liked in this episode were those between the High Sparrow and Diana Rigg/Cersei. Jonathan Pryce is a great addition to the cast, and I'm now kind of on his side in wanting to overthrow the corrupt nobility.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:16 (nine years ago) link
He's clearly actually a bit of a wanker though.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:26 (nine years ago) link
idg the sand snakes or that weird scene in the cells, but at least they didn't kill off Bronn
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
idg the sand snakes
They are good at killing people, also hot.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:42 (nine years ago) link
Anyway they and Bronn are probably going to team up and escape.
Most of that scene makes sense eventually if you give it enough thought but then you ask yourself why you're working so hard to justify tits on HBO.
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 10:57 (nine years ago) link
Actually I predict her and Bronn are going to get it on, and he'll have to choose between her and a quiet life in a big castle with his frumpy bride.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 11:05 (nine years ago) link
Clearly they're setting up a spin-off with Bronn and the Sand Snakes solving crimes and generally getting into mischief in Dorne.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
true detective s3
― head clowning instructor (art), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
So I'm guessing Diana Rigg is going to move in and become Tommen's adviser in the absence of anyone else who can help him.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
great to see Sansa standing up to Ramsay also. she now has a weapon, it seems.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Ramsay not running a tight ship, corkscrews lying around all over the place.
― Madison Dumbbarfer (Leee), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
it's also possible that this is just the beginning of Sansa's long struggle with alcoholism
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Maybe I should remember Pycelle. He definitely felt threatened by the way things were going and he might spring into action.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
Going to be a bit of a u-turn given she was previously talking about starving everyone in King's Landing, which would really not work to the benefit of a 13-year old king with no advisors who just wants to have sex five times a night. But given she's back on Team Littlefinger it's highly likely she will, given he is hardly one to look a gift king in the mouth.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 11:45 (nine years ago) link
Going to be a bit of a u-turn given she was previously talking about starving everyone in King's Landing
She was really pissed off when she said that, don't think she ever meant to go through with it.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 12:03 (nine years ago) link
I agree she was pissed off, which to me means she REALLY meant to go through with it.
― DJP, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
It was the second time she's talked about it in two episodes, I'm pretty sure she'd go ahead with it, given she, y'know, KILLED THE KING.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
I didn't make the connection it was Jonathan Pryce playing the high sparrow(sp?) - haven't seen him in anything since Brazil.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
The last time I saw him was playing Cardinal Wolsey in Wolf Hall so it was a very small leap for my mind to make.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
I like him in Glengarry Glenross.
Been meaning to go see him in Merchant Of Venice at The Globe too.
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
xpsImportant to remember who she was threatening there and what she was trying to achieve.
I don't doubt that if she truly believed starving the city would secure the release of her grandkids she'd do it but sparrow dude correctly points out why that would probably backfire.
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
re: Pryce, clearly y'all need to see Listen Up Philip pronto
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:39 (nine years ago) link
my fave jonathan pryce performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010jO4_Bs9k
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:39 (nine years ago) link
Tommen should just bring in the Mountain to crush everyone's heads
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
he dead
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
I was hoping Cersei was going to get thrown into the same cell as Margaery. Obviously not. It'll be interesting to see if one tries to join forces with the other at some point.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
A moribund Gregor Clegane is being experimented on by Qyburn at his laboratory in the dungeons below the Red Keep.[23] Queen Cersei visits Qyburn and asks him about the state of his work, while glancing at Gregor's covered body, and Qyburn assures her it is going very well, though there is still a way to go. Then, Gregor suddenly spasms, and Qyburn gently shushes him and tells him to go easy.xp
― mizzell, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
same difference
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
looking forward to lady gregor clegane
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:03 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― DJP, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:27 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Matt DC, Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:29 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Her real enemy is Cersei. With her gone, she really has no reason to let the city starve, considering the fact that it's probably simpler to take control of Tommen and use whatever power he has left to try to get her grand kids freed. I don't really know how she's going to convince the sparrows to free Margery and her brother, but getting the king on her side seems like an obvious first step.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
think littlefinger will have the witness held captive - as per others upthread
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Surely you've seen Pirates of the Caribbean? Or, um, Jumpin' Jack Flash.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link