HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

Superb last scene for her though, mostly down to Cersei, but what was the point of the whole Dorne plotline if that's the end of it? Either that or the showrunners finally admitted it was a turkey and did the decent thing.

why would that be the end of it? even during the scene i thought it was incredibly silly of cersei to assume that not killing her enemy would mean eternal imprisonment, in a world with a diff king/queen every five minutes.

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:55 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Robin will come and save her in the knick of time or she'll use her bat-chain puller or something.

I liked the JRPG busywork bit where Jon is advised to have conversations with the townsfolk to find out more about Dany or whatever

Then subsequent teasing of a mission where Dany must ride out on a dragon and destroy 8/8 enemy boats

imo talking to everyone in town is like a JRPG, but destroying 8/8 enemy boats is more like a western RPG. maybe the writers were trying to symbolize the meeting of essos and westeros in the show

The dialogue is so lazy now in this last episode; the characters kept using anachronistic phrases (the last I remember was "failure of imagination") that made it seem like the writers aren't putting much effort anymore.

why did that tree have a face? is that just supposed to be in Bran's weirdo 3 eyed raven world or what?

that tree has always had a face.

The Trees with faces are holy for the old gods, who the North still believe in

Speaking of Robin, what happened to everyone from the Vale?

they're still at winterfell. It was one of the Vale Lords who got schooled by Sansa re: leather linings on the breastplates.

fwiw Michael Harriot's recaps on The Root have been really good in my wypipo opinion

This thread is like a GoT bucket brigade where everyone fills in each other with the details they missed while they were tweeting or taking a piss break during the episode.

Isn't that most of the tv series threads?

mostly they're all "this show isn't as good as it was in season (x)" repeated to infinity

really enjoyed bran's return. how could we string out a few eps of familial awkwardness if they didn't begin the reunion with him telling his sister "hi - btw i lack all self-awareness and am insane now. also i think you're sexy"

"I can see all things happening at the same time, but right now I'm trying to just focus on watching my sisters get dressed."

"i need you to ignore my deep power and wisdom until some huge event in six episodes, so for now let's just assume i'm a weird creep"

I understand it's a complicated web of characters and elements but sometimes it's funny to see someone notice that those particular trees have faces for the first time in 7 seasons, then the person who explains it has their own question about the whereabouts of characters that were in the episode.

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Sean Bean was good as the Tree Face

One of the only things I came to enjoy about this show, relatively speaking, is that every clan/group/family seems to have its own god/magic - and they're all right!

Sean Bean was good as the Tree Face

getting tired of him returning now. tho have to concede it was another great performance.

Why is Bran Stark aging into an exact average of all four Beatles pic.twitter.com/vfibn3elvk

— David Thorpe (@Arr) July 31, 2017

What did Bran actually say? Wasn't it something about her looking beautiful in a wedding dress? Was it a future vision? Does he see the future?

Something about her looking beautiful in her dress the night Ramsay raped her.

you looked really pretty in your wedding dress. sorry you got raped and that it happened here where we grew up.

now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to sit out here for a while longer by the tree face that lets me revisit more memories

apparently Bran's capacity to see into the future and apply that knowledge to the present day is limited, as he failed to take note of the concepts of trauma and triggering.

"you looked so pretty when you died"

It kinda makes sense for Bran to go this route. Need to be left alone to do all the ravening. Can't do it north of the Wall now. People won't understand the need for solitude so just mention stuff that makes them want to keep their distance.

another technique he could try, though, would be to tell sansa what his deal is, and then occasionally be like "i'm going to go do my raven thing alone, now" and then she'd be like "it's ok for you to do that. i will see you tomorrow"

Hey, how hard is it to say, "There was one guy who used to be the Three Eyed Raven, he trained me and now I'm the Three Eyed Raven, btw ur mortal sense of time is quaint."

half of GoT's drama comes from people hinting at things and never finishing their thought, or never saying what they're thinking. so there's a lot of misunderstanding, like I'm pretty sure jon snow is the king of this, he silently simmered and brooded his away into an assassination at the Wall.

Because it's not that SIMPLE! He is the three eyed raven! He always was!

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Wow unbookmarking this thread was such a great decision

i wonder what dan m was hoping this thread would be

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fire...and ice

jorah is a man outside of time, the dragons squawk in the morning sun. the horse thinks about its past in another land, east of essos, or so jorah believes, according to daenerys, is what the dragon on the left heard at least

they all gain 150% experience for 10 minutes

is anyone enthused about the fact that jorah is back to his old self?

i'm looking forward to him tracking down dany and then managing to get himself banished again within five minutes

will he walk in on dany bangin' jon y/n?

Yes but they won't notice so it'll be just between him and Bran.

I like Jorah, hope he finds someone else.

sam

if you can't handle me at my grayscalest, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my needy loser

pretty sure the Jorah/Sam stuff is to set up Sam becoming Dani's maester

series gonna end with a cut to old sam finishing off his book 'a game of thrones' & winking at the camera

and/or, it'll end roseanne-style with sam finishing his fictional account of the last couple of years after everything got too messy and confusing

old Sam wakes up from his nap and remembers he's actually been procrastinating for six years on finishing the last instalment of his book

a popular stage version of current events in westeros has caught up to the present and is now well advanced in predicting the future

series ends with Sam finishing his book, then Al Gore knocks on the door and explains that the White Walkers were Climate Change, then the producers come out to talk about their new show on HBO and Sean Bean jumps out of a plane and lands on their heads. Then a boob.

The boob wins best guest actress at the 2020 Emmys

lol bizarro that just made me chortle with intensity