the thing that bothered me is the fact that the Thenns shave their heads and don't wear hats. Looking at a map, they occupy the farthest north region with settlements, where presumably it is even colder than the wildling areas nearer the wall and the North of Westeros. All those people have hair, like as much hair as they can grow, and beards.
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
thenns r crazy man
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
like is it just a fashion that weeds out the weak from the strong? if you can thrive without hair or a hat in a frozen wasteland, then you are part of the tribe, otherwise, fuck off and die
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
i think there have been indications that there wasn't much magic for a long time (coinciding with all the dragons dying) and now it's slowly beginning to reappear
It's not heavily emphasized but it seems like magic is considered taboo as well, maybe even exclusively evil.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
yea it is viewed as evil by the seven-gods faith, which dominates westeros
― dellevadova depression beard (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
who are the seven gods anyway, like what are there names/domains (do I even want to know this...)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
I assume there's a Murdergod and a Boobgod but what about the other five
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
aggrieved young man god, politically savvy god, big ice wall god
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:58 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
mother, father, maiden, smith, warrior, crone, stranger
― dellevadova depression beard (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
do you really want to know or just make jokes?
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
The Father represents divine justice, and judges the souls of the dead.
The Mother represents mercy, peace, fertility, and childbirth. She is sometimes referred to as "the strength of women". Apart from human fertility, she also blesses crops with bountiful harvests. The hymn Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy is dedicated to Her praise.
The Maiden represents purity, innocence, love, and beauty. She protects the chastity of virgins, as well as protecting the innocent in general.
The Crone represents wisdom and foresight. She is represented carrying a lantern. Sometimes She is depicted as blindfolded.
The Warrior represents strength and courage in battle. He also represents people who are too lazy to google stuff themselves.
The Smith represents creation and craftsmanship. Grants workers the strength to continue their labors.
The Stranger represents death and the unknown. It is rarely prayed to.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Medicullus Severus Somniculosus Verecundus Beatus Sternuens Fatuus
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
basically anyone who still reps for the "old gods" seems likely to be a decent person in the terms of the show.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
dece gods imo
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
xp well except the boltons
― dellevadova depression beard (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
oh right. small exception there
― ryan, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
guess it's more a north v south thing
― ryan, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Their scars actually trap heat... yeah idk.
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
xpost It's more about whether your ancestors were Andals or not I think.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
yeah, north/south -- Northerners are less likely to have come from Andal stock
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
xp re polyphonic's post.
I read that in Burrough's voice with the Material track as background.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQc3T45pRWY
― nickn, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
Surprised how few folks wear hats tbh. Hard to see pretty actor faces I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 June 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
the standard wildling outfit features a hooded jacket, the Stark women wore cloaks with hoods, my logic doesn't require a hat per se, but some form of head covering, which the Thenns don't appear to wear at all
― Mistah FAAB (sarahell), Thursday, 4 June 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
yeah hats don't scan well on tv is the reason no one wears hats in the cold xp
― Clay, Thursday, 4 June 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
that is of course nonsense loads of historical dramas are full of hats
― ogmor, Thursday, 4 June 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
the thenn are probably warm all the time from eating human flesh
― 龜, Thursday, 4 June 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
it's really fatty and goes right to your forehead.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 5 June 2015 04:44 (nine years ago) link
so - the more i look at that gif upthread from a few days ago – the more it looks like there's a dragon off in the distance.― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall)
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall)
Nah. Watched that scene again last night on big TV and it's just shadows on the smoke
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 June 2015 07:53 (nine years ago) link
the dragons you don't see are the scariest
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Friday, 5 June 2015 13:57 (nine years ago) link
Upon rewatching I wondered if Jon, Tormund and friends constantly had their eyes on the boats in case they were all taken before they could leave. Wondered why people were punching each other when the dead started attacking. It didn't look like they were just trying to get past each other. Maybe some were trying to restrain others from going towards the wights?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 5 June 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Punching each other? When was this?
― Evan, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
when they were arguing about whether or not a scrap of tarp was actually an ice dragon
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
When the wights started attacking and most were leaving in boats, Jon and that wildling woman had to hit aggressors to get up towards the gate. Not clear why they were fighting. I guess either they wanted everyone to leave quickly as possible or they were wildlings who were against what Jon and co were doing generally that day.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
I think they were just trying to go upstream in a frantic crowd of wildlings that were desperate to get on the boats.
― Evan, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
BTW they were also fighting wights that had already made it past the gate.
― Evan, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
prob just punching while the punchings good
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
jeez stannis not cool
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 8 June 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
https://threeheadedblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/falcor.jpg
― calstars, Monday, 8 June 2015 02:55 (nine years ago) link
maybe the worst episode of the series?
― calstars, Monday, 8 June 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
q to people who know westeros medicine - is jorah giving everyone greyscale?
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 8 June 2015 03:08 (nine years ago) link
I'm pretty sure you have to touch the infection directly.
― Evan, Monday, 8 June 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
welp that broke the episode 9 streak pretty definitively
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 8 June 2015 03:37 (nine years ago) link
i don't like Stannis anymore.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 8 June 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
Not really clear on what the fire "tells" him as a result of the sacrifice...
"Show us the way"
So either they're trying to get the god of fire to say "thataway" in a literal sense, or otherwise somehow except it to show them how to win?
"OK thanks for the child sacrifice. yeesh... anyway, so what you do is take 500 men to flank up north. Then, fire some arrows over the southern ridge, cause... (etc)"
Or does it just give a vague magic 8 ball answer to their vague question? Would it just show an image of Stannis sitting in Winterfell giving the thumbs up?
― Evan, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
i don't think it was meant to show them anything. it's a sacrifice sacrafice, that's meant to assure him victory or kill his enemies through a really bad flu or a falling satellite or something like that.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 8 June 2015 04:20 (nine years ago) link
are you not entertained
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:26 (nine years ago) link
brutal but gr8 episode imo
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
then again I've been in the tank for most of this season aside from episode 6 bc I do not pick the nits
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
xps upthread yes you need to be in direct physical contact with active greyscale (stannis can touch shireen's face bc her infection is gone, only disfigurement remains
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:30 (nine years ago) link
I guess I'm just going by the previous "visions in the fire" stuff. Figured it worked the same here.
Xposts
― Evan, Monday, 8 June 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link