octopus fireplace and dragon walls were both pretty awesome!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
loved the burning statues
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
map table was easily best thing in episode for me
― their private gesture for bison (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
POWER is power scene was A+
On the real, I haven't read the books but as soon as Cersei called the guards on Littlefinger I turned to my BF and said "she is gonna be all like "POWER is power, bitch"."
This is not a testament to my predictive talents so much as that writing dialogue for slightly cheesy machinistic modern soapies is basically my number one fantasy job.
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
:)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 April 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah you could sort of telegraph it but she really went to town on it with the whole "close your eyes" slightly ludicrous stuff.
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, 7 April 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
also power is hot
she didn't need to say that bit
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, 7 April 2012 10:46 (twelve years ago) link
i dont get why she told them to turn around and close their eyes
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
coulda told them to hop on one foot, same difference
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
anyone watched ep2? more like game of porn
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
i keep the wiki open on my phone while watching to know who the fuck everyone is or is talking about.
cool how ep2 threw in a lil incest foreplay just for kicks
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
i mean how many eps since last incest, fans demand incest
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, April 7, 2012 10:45 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I wasn't complaining! It was an intuitively necessary statement. Sometimes a show having predictable dialogue is actually a good thing, it's like a sports player seeing an opening and taking it and scoring.
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
but if they were already turned around, why did their eyes need to be closed? shouldn't she have said "cover your ears"?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
man she was just being theatrical
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
tbf all the incesty stuff is direct from the books
― Number None, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh the books!
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, April 7, 2012 3:23 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no kidding.
the "sexposition" is getting kinda ridic at this point. also some interesting changes/embellishments to the story. it's kinda exciting to see what they change and what they don't!
― Teenage Mutant Ninja Body Image (latebloomer), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
They must have some plans for Ros, cos for a character that doesn't appear in the books she sure gets a lot of screen time.
― Number None, Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
I think she's there mostly for the non-pov characters to have someone to talk to
― Teenage Mutant Ninja Body Image (latebloomer), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
non-pov characters in the book, that is
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26kfgPEwY1qbypg1o1_1280.jpg
― Où sont le Lord Custos d'antan? (Leee), Monday, 9 April 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's kinda exciting to see what they change and what they don't!
yeah, its been a while since i've read book two, but i'm pretty sure the end of this episode was a pretty big departure from the book
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 April 2012 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
yes. My wife and I were both like, "what?"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 April 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
so glad that patchface isn't in this
― I cannot host as my wife hates Walker (latebloomer), Monday, 9 April 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
Taking this less and less seriously as the show progresses. It really does seem to be targeted at 14-year old boys.
― calstars, Monday, 9 April 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
Jon takes after Ned, doesn't he?
― Où sont le Lord Custos d'antan? (Leee), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
btw the tumblrs are whining about the show departing from the books, those big babbies should be careful Craster doesn't leave them out in the wilderness.
― Où sont le Lord Custos d'antan? (Leee), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't read the books, but I hope they do depart from them because goodness gracious this is too sprawling at the moment. I know it probably has to be that way for a bit, but I'm hoping it coalesces at some point and we have a coming together.
Still glad that they keep moments like Robert's bastard's "I sold armour" line.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes that was A+++, both of Gendry's scenes were great.
― Où sont le Lord Custos d'antan? (Leee), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
im happy when it departs because i dont know what exactly is going to happen and also tbh the books do peter out after 3 so if they're planning on fixing that, im onboard
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 9 April 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the second ep kinda sucked to be honest. it was like they decided they need to show how cruel and ugly and dehumanising this world is, particularly to women, and "they did you notice that the first time? COS IF NOT HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF IT! oh you missed that one did you? WELL HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE AND IT'S EVEN LESS SUBTLE, HOW ABOUT MORE ROUGH ANAL SEX? LOOK AT HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE MERE OBJECTS, HER, HER AND HER TOO, LOOK."
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 April 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/apr/09/game-of-thrones-season-two-episode-two?newsfeed=true
good lord, since when does the guardian do this sort of thing
can someone tell me what the change from the books was? also, i wonder why they decided season two episode two was the time for ti
― thomp, Monday, 9 April 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
it was like they decided they need to show how cruel and ugly and dehumanising this world is, particularly to women, and "they did you notice that the first time? COS IF NOT HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF IT! oh you missed that one did you? WELL HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE AND IT'S EVEN LESS SUBTLE, HOW ABOUT MORE ROUGH ANAL SEX? LOOK AT HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE MERE OBJECTS, HER, HER AND HER TOO, LOOK."
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Monday, April 9, 2012 6:48 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
I was like WE GET IT ALREADY JESUS. There was just way I much fucking in that one. I know it's HBO but still. :/
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 9 April 2012 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
i much
too much
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 9 April 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
can someone tell me what the change from the books was
I don't think Stannis and Melisandre were sleeping together in the books. In fact Stannis comes across as very non-sexual, he's married and has a daughter so he's obviously had sex with his wife at least once but probably only out of duty. It seemed out of character for him.
― Dust, Monday, 9 April 2012 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, it is kind of implied that they're doing it, just very obliquely. Much like Renly and Loras.
― Number None, Monday, 9 April 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, but it is somewhat alluded to in the books. I forget who, but they commented on Stannis's disinterest in/impatience with his wife, and all the time he has for the younger, more beautiful Melisandre.
But then again he doesn't have a wife or family in this does he?
― gyac, Monday, 9 April 2012 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
Melisandre mentioned his wife being locked up in her tower
― Number None, Monday, 9 April 2012 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
Ty, I haven't seen the second episode (or missed that from the first!)
― gyac, Monday, 9 April 2012 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
My reading was that Stannis was desperately keen on a son, not so much horny for that bod.
― abcfsk, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
it is acknowledged or at least very strongly implied that Stannis and Melisandre got it on in the books at least on one occasion. i mean, i can't say anything without giving a kinda-not-really-spoiler-y detail, but it is right in there. i don't think anything is said about stannis looking to get a male heir thru her tho. certainly her intentions are different.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, in terms of the big 'change', i think ppl are referring to the very end?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
can someone tell me what the change from the books was?
― ciderpress, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
I believe on the Stannis et Melisandre question, that he dreams a sort of murky, magical, succubus-like encounter, and she takes that from him without his full consent. It IS mentioned often that she's taking the Stannis' wife's place at his side, but that's like a transfer of power & authority, not a sign of a sexual liaison.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Monday, 9 April 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ u alls decrying the ack of subtlety in game of thrones
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 April 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i seem to remember them being quite clear that melisandre was getting it on with stannis. in one of the later books someone says that she warms his bed or something like that, which kinda makes it clear what they're doing.
― Jibe, Monday, 9 April 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
sex?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 April 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link