1. There are a ton of ways to fake that with practical effects!2. Was there really not room in the FX budget for one damn pet?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
pretty much everyone who currently has claim to the Iron Throne rn is dumb and doesn't deserve to rule. but maybe that's the point. the people that rule will always be horrible.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
in summary, in a just world -- Sansa & Ghost for rulers of Westeros
― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
my suspicion, though only time will tell if this is the case, is that the series will end with a few loose ends still left open to help tease out the 3(!) spinoffs they're developing. (sigh)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
lmbo at reddit dipshits thinking the dany scowl was great acting
"ay so like imagine you're the Undertaker and someone's in your yard"
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
"please review all available clips of Manute Bol wagging his finger and saying 'not in MY house' after blocking a shot"
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
LOL, even the director was just quoted citing CGI challenges for not having the giant dog in the show and this episode more. And this in a show where people fly fighting dragons.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
It's the most popular show in the world why can't they afford a wolf
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
Or just a big dog!!!!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
I think a lot of people are going to just check out of this if we put in too many fantasy elements, like a big dog
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
every single thing I read or hear from these guys seems to be with the express purpose of tamping down expectations for the conclusion.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
GRRM did say the end would be bittersweet.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
he may have been referring to his paychecks
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
Half the time Clarke just seems like she's surprised. Most of her acting has been opening her eyes has wide as possible. It just does not work.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
there's a reason why more people have been concerned about a starbucks cup than one of the dragons dying
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
One thing I don't understand is the power of the Iron Throne/King's Landing. Like if Daenerys has power over Dorne, the North, The Stormlands, Riverrun, the Reach and the Vale, as the show seems to suggest, who gives a shit about the Iron Throne? She has actual power over 80% of the continent. Is it all for nought because she doesn't sit on a miserable chair? I don't get it.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
a show just isnt a show without an egg mcguffin
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Maybe it's a super comfortable chair.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
well now i'm hungry
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
I mean, looks cozyhttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/c/c8/Iron_throne.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/668?cb=20131005175755
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
There is huge vein of pyrite underneath Kings Landing that makes it strategically valuable
― Conceptualize Wyverns (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
It's Dikembe Mutombo, not Manute Bol that did the finger wag.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
Like if Daenerys has power over Dorne, the North, The Stormlands, Riverrun, the Reach and the Vale, as the show seems to suggest, who gives a shit about the Iron Throne? She has actual power over 80% of the continent.
i think it's just that people with power like to pass their power on to people they trust, after they die, and it's easier to pass that power on to someone who has a claim to be heir to the throne
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
Is the dragon an heir to the throne?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
at least, that was the reasoning of charlemagne during the famous "why are you so obsessed with being the king?" debate of 792
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
xp
She can pass the power to whoever she wants, just why does it need to be on the Iron Throne?
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
A history of anemia?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
CAN'T YOU SEE THIS IS ALL A SHAM
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
She should have Gendry forge her a new Iron Throne and just sit on it outside Kings Landing
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
underrated moment: two minutes of screen time being dedicated to a scene right out of the ending of a mediocre romantic comedy, that OMG KNOCKED UP realization for Jon Snow when he hugged Gilly
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
xpost https://cdn.instructables.com/FLF/HTYY/IT22MYGB/FLFHTYYIT22MYGB.SQUARE3.jpg?auto=webp
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
King's Landing is placed really strategically, right in the middle of everything, so it's hard to leave alone. If you don't have the Iron Islands, it's not really that big of a problem. But King's Landing, you need that.
Anyways, that's how it used to be, until time and space stopped making sense around season six.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
I think you can leave King's Landing alone if you want to, it is a matter of perspective.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
It's her father's throne, right?
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
ottomans were p keen to take constantinople back in the day
― ogmor, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
It's like taking Britain but leaving London. It's going to be a problem...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
We are talking about several nations worth of people vs one large city. It's more like if you have Britain Germany Benelux Spain France then yeah, London is still important but not that important.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
I don't think it is very important. I just think the show failed to demonstrate why KL is so much more important than the rest of the continent combined, especially after all that happened.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
it's important for Daenerys to...exercise her sovereignty
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
it’s the throne of the seven kingdoms!like half the people bowing to you are thinking “you’re _our_ queen, but not _the_ queen”no matter how many realms you have, unless you rule the united realm you’re not recognized by history. it’s like all the poor suckers history calls “the antipope” because they weren’t vested with whatever token of legitimacy the so-called real pope had
― mh, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
“Power lies where suckas think it do” or however that quote goes.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 May 2019 03:35 (four years ago) link
King's Landing is at the best road of the continent, at a river that gives easy access to large parts of the Riverlands, and has a great harbour. You leave King's Landing, you leave yourself open.
But again, that would make sense if Westeros was still a place with any semblance of real geography.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 May 2019 10:35 (four years ago) link
Now, every time I see Kit Harrington with that "just smelled a fart" look on his face for these last few episodes, I'm going to imagine that Jon Snow is stuck thinking, "Sam fuccs."
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:35 (four years ago) link
now that someone’s theorized it, it’ll probably be a false lead, but:Jon abdicating his title and becoming like the Targaryen who was in the Night’s Watch could be a direction they take. He ends up back at Castle Black or living beyond the wall, having more in common with the free folk than anyone else
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
I’d like it because Aemon, and to a lesser extent the guy who was leading the free folk, were good characters
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
at least he'd be doing right by Ghost
― sarahell, Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
ghost needs to just tell the starks to fuck off and go find a nice little shephard family to spend the rest of his days with in peace and quiet
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
he's with Tormund now
― sarahell, Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
think jon needs to die for a cause bc he was brought back to life, back to reality, back to the here and now yeah.
― i got bag sauce in my bag (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link