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Tyrion, if you can't get behind some regicide and good old fashioned regime change, you gots to go, little man.
I'm all for Cleganebowl and how it was handled. The Jamie/ Cersei ending in the crypt...WTF?
I "get" that the tactics used this season were sketchy to outright stupid, but balling into the depths of the city as you watch your dragon-riding queen burn said city to the ground...huh?
I started out pissed with Arya in this episode, but actually liked how that was handled. The ash on everything to make it look like Winterfell for a moment was a nice touch. Never going home? Nah, here's something to remind you of Winterfell. Horse ex machina!
No Sansa in leather? Boner killing.
The Jamie/ Euron fight scene. Hated it at first, within the context of Jamie's end, I get it. I still hate the whole Jamie/ Cersei/ Euron thing this episode, but they made the best of their own horrible decisions.
Varys, you...light up my life. You give me hope....
Dany goes to Red Flag, learns how to conduct a proper SEAD/ DEAD campaign. Leo Thorsness approves.
Also Dany, goes full mad Targaryen. Time for Jon to put the old Longclaw in her belly. Give her the D or give her the steel...but it is time for her to go. Bonus points? FREE DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine if Jon X's out Dany and gives away the throne or something happens to him... Gendry becomes the heir. If Varys' letter didn't go out (assuming it was the one he burned), then only a few people know about Jon. They stay silent and a newly legitimized Gendry sits on....whatever's left. I still think it's Jon in the end though.
I'm all for Cleganebowl and how it was handled. The Jamie/ Cersei ending in the crypt...WTF?
I "get" that the tactics used this season were sketchy to outright stupid, but balling into the depths of the city as you watch your dragon-riding queen burn said city to the ground...huh?
I started out pissed with Arya in this episode, but actually liked how that was handled. The ash on everything to make it look like Winterfell for a moment was a nice touch. Never going home? Nah, here's something to remind you of Winterfell. Horse ex machina!
No Sansa in leather? Boner killing.
The Jamie/ Euron fight scene. Hated it at first, within the context of Jamie's end, I get it. I still hate the whole Jamie/ Cersei/ Euron thing this episode, but they made the best of their own horrible decisions.
Varys, you...light up my life. You give me hope....
Dany goes to Red Flag, learns how to conduct a proper SEAD/ DEAD campaign. Leo Thorsness approves.
Also Dany, goes full mad Targaryen. Time for Jon to put the old Longclaw in her belly. Give her the D or give her the steel...but it is time for her to go. Bonus points? FREE DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine if Jon X's out Dany and gives away the throne or something happens to him... Gendry becomes the heir. If Varys' letter didn't go out (assuming it was the one he burned), then only a few people know about Jon. They stay silent and a newly legitimized Gendry sits on....whatever's left. I still think it's Jon in the end though.
So the boat-mounted artillery can snipe a dragon on the wing straight out of the sky with multiple hits at distance, but can't hit shit via volley-fire at near point blank range and any range in between, when their very lives depend on it? Cool.
I wish CAS in Iraq and Afghanistan had an unending supply of explody-napalm that wrecks thick stone city walls and any building it comes across. Seriously, that dragonfire reminded me of Rambo's machine gun... never runs out of ammo. Must be nice.
Cersei's death (assuming she died?) was lame, but not "ninja-Arya-girl-power/Night-King" lame. I'm fine with it.
So a lot more Dothraki survived Winterfell? Or these were the ones that were out raiding or back at that other castle when that happened? Could be the latter, I don't remember.
So the green fire stuff under the city. Was that intended to go off, or was it just stored underground and went up when the fire got down to it? I don't remember from whatever season it was when they talked about it. Not sure if it was kind of a last-ditch scorched earth defense thing.
The carnage in the city is exactly what happens when officers and NCOs don't keep order, and when leaders set a bad example. With the queen going all My Lai and Grey Worm getting all stabby on people who were trying to surrender, it was pretty much game on after that. At least Jon Snow got in the obligatory "kill a guy attempting rape" scene.
The queen just destroyed what was supposed to be the capitol city of her realm. She talked about being loved and being feared, but what she's going to be now, is hated. Fear is stronger than love, hate is stronger than fear. Even Machiavelli knew that. People who feel like they have lost everything, have nothing to lose. Plus, she just made martyrs out of the most-hated family in the entire Seven Kingdoms. Not smart. I hope the bloodbath was worth it, she's going to get murked by someone. I hope it's a commoner who lost his family in the battle.
I wish CAS in Iraq and Afghanistan had an unending supply of explody-napalm that wrecks thick stone city walls and any building it comes across. Seriously, that dragonfire reminded me of Rambo's machine gun... never runs out of ammo. Must be nice.
Cersei's death (assuming she died?) was lame, but not "ninja-Arya-girl-power/Night-King" lame. I'm fine with it.
So a lot more Dothraki survived Winterfell? Or these were the ones that were out raiding or back at that other castle when that happened? Could be the latter, I don't remember.
So the green fire stuff under the city. Was that intended to go off, or was it just stored underground and went up when the fire got down to it? I don't remember from whatever season it was when they talked about it. Not sure if it was kind of a last-ditch scorched earth defense thing.
The carnage in the city is exactly what happens when officers and NCOs don't keep order, and when leaders set a bad example. With the queen going all My Lai and Grey Worm getting all stabby on people who were trying to surrender, it was pretty much game on after that. At least Jon Snow got in the obligatory "kill a guy attempting rape" scene.
The queen just destroyed what was supposed to be the capitol city of her realm. She talked about being loved and being feared, but what she's going to be now, is hated. Fear is stronger than love, hate is stronger than fear. Even Machiavelli knew that. People who feel like they have lost everything, have nothing to lose. Plus, she just made martyrs out of the most-hated family in the entire Seven Kingdoms. Not smart. I hope the bloodbath was worth it, she's going to get murked by someone. I hope it's a commoner who lost his family in the battle.
Cleganebowl. ‘Nuff said.
The following is a guess re:next week. I haven’t read any leaks, but if I’m right I don’t want to fuck it up for everyone...
The following is a guess re:next week. I haven’t read any leaks, but if I’m right I don’t want to fuck it up for everyone...
I believe Arya will get her wish to be known as the Queen Slayer; it just won’t be Cersei that she kills to get it. I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of resentment brewing from having been damned near incinerated. Also, Arya is cold hearted, but not heartless. She’s not happy that the woman who saved her from being trampled was burnt to a crisp, not to mention the other innocent townsfolk.
As far as how? I’m willing to bet that Arya wears her sister’s face when the Mad Queen comes to exterminate Sansa.
As far as how? I’m willing to bet that Arya wears her sister’s face when the Mad Queen comes to exterminate Sansa.
Now that we are at the point of fast travel every episode, I can see that. BUT, I really don't see Arya using her dead sister to come back and haunt Dani.
GameSpot: Game Of Thrones: Barristan Selmy Actor Says George R.R. Martin Has Finished The Last Two Books.
Game Of Thrones: Barristan Selmy Actor Says George R.R. Martin Has Finished The Last Two Books
Let's hope this rumor is true.
Game Of Thrones: Barristan Selmy Actor Says George R.R. Martin Has Finished The Last Two Books
Let's hope this rumor is true.
At first I was all cheering and laughing, "fuck yeah, nape them motherfuckers!!" and smirking at all the burning stuntmen, and just relishing the hell out of Cersei's freaking world coming down around her ears and then after a while I was like...holy. cow. She's going Full Adolf...
BTW, my money's on Cersei (and Jaime) not being dead. I still think a hideously satisfactory death awaits her at the hands of one of the several million characters she's pissed off.
BTW, my money's on Cersei (and Jaime) not being dead. I still think a hideously satisfactory death awaits her at the hands of one of the several million characters she's pissed off.
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As much as I am thouroughly enjoying this season, I cant help but notice that Arya is getting a ton of fan service. From killing the Night King to following her for like 30 minutes in the episode last night, I kinda wish we saw some more of Jon Snow, or Dany, or really anyone else.
And then after she wakes up at the end and there happens to be a chilled out white horse leading straight out of the city? I mean, plot armor is thicc
And then after she wakes up at the end and there happens to be a chilled out white horse leading straight out of the city? I mean, plot armor is thicc
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Alright, so, this episode sucked for me. Nice to see the Dragon with rider tactics kind of make sense vs. Dragon without rider. If anyone has read Fire and Blood this would make sense to you. Rhaegal died because he didn't have a rider, basically the idea is Dragons fly wanderously without riders and aren't really good at attacking things outside of sheep for dinner without a rider. Although the idea of not having a saddle is an issue as well.
Daeny turning into the unhinged bitch was annoying, showed lazy writing. The DragonFyre that was stored under the city was there for Cersei to go all mad queen and blow the place up. So in essence you had two Mad Queens burning the place down.
Cersei didn't get the death she deserved, but I guess there's some poetry to that. Can't get any decent tactics in this damned show at least showing there's a siege...let's storm the castle on day 1, also, emplaced the besieging army within range of the Scorpions...talk about pot shots that needed to be taken.
Previously talked about how they portrayed the Dothraki poorly. They've also done that with the Unsullied, especially here. The Unsullied are supposed to be the best equipped/trained and most disciplined heavy infantry in the history of the World...
Daeny turning into the unhinged bitch was annoying, showed lazy writing. The DragonFyre that was stored under the city was there for Cersei to go all mad queen and blow the place up. So in essence you had two Mad Queens burning the place down.
Cersei didn't get the death she deserved, but I guess there's some poetry to that. Can't get any decent tactics in this damned show at least showing there's a siege...let's storm the castle on day 1, also, emplaced the besieging army within range of the Scorpions...talk about pot shots that needed to be taken.
Previously talked about how they portrayed the Dothraki poorly. They've also done that with the Unsullied, especially here. The Unsullied are supposed to be the best equipped/trained and most disciplined heavy infantry in the history of the World...
Someone kills Daeny, and instead of Aunt-Nephew we have Cousin fucking with Jon and Sansa on the new throne.
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A good friend mentioned something to me. Aya's horse is white. I'll let Johnny Cash address this.
"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him"
"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him"
Jamie and Cersei dying like that was beautiful but I wish it showed more. That could be because they didn't bite it quite yet.
Frankly I wanted more inferno. Not enough fire...
Frankly I wanted more inferno. Not enough fire...
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No one in the series will even know that Cersei and Jaime are dead. They're buried under a pile of rubble. They were supposed to escape and as far as Tyrion and Davos know, they were successful in doing so.
A ton of hate is about to go down next episode.
Jon v Greyworm. Danny v. Sansa (and Ayra). Bran v. ???
What happens with Dany's dragon after she dies? How will they kill it? Do dragons rule the world? Maybe Samwell dispatches it.
What about Tormund and Brienne? They've got to hook up still.
A ton of hate is about to go down next episode.
Jon v Greyworm. Danny v. Sansa (and Ayra). Bran v. ???
What happens with Dany's dragon after she dies? How will they kill it? Do dragons rule the world? Maybe Samwell dispatches it.
What about Tormund and Brienne? They've got to hook up still.
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