I feel a bit sorry for GRRM because whatever storyline(s) he'd come up with prior, the internet has so furiously worked out All Possible Outcomes that hes kinda fucked no matter what eventuates. He's been backed into a corner by the success of the show, and I dont blame him for freezing up on completing more books tbh. Caveat: havent read the books, the language frippery frustrated me.But at this point it seems like no matter what he does (or the showrunners for that matter) someone'll go AH HA I KNEW IT.
Fucking nerds.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 21 May 2016 05:29 (eight years ago) link
BTW jed OTM about Diana Rigg. She's my favourite thing in the show at this point.
Do you think by the end of this season we'll find out whether or not Ramsay is evil?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 21 May 2016 13:05 (eight years ago) link
The wildlings live off fish, game and raiding. Roughage from seaweed. Same as other societies north of arable land on our planet, I'd assume.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 21 May 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure GRRM has a few hundred pages on Wildling foraging and feasting
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Saturday, 21 May 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I see articles pointing out that Littlefinger said "Come and see" to Robin, the phrase repeAted in Ramsey's letter to Jon
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Saturday, 21 May 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure the 'come and see' in ramsey's letter is a revelations allusion
― balls, Saturday, 21 May 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
"come and see", yeah, an uncommon phrase like that is unlikely to be a coincidence I guess.
― silverfish, Sunday, 22 May 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
that was probably sarcastic but i do think that it's uncommon! at least, i've never said it, apart from when i subtly advertise my email subscription series of ocular erotica
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 May 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
http://time.com/4340907/game-of-thrones-pink-letter-ramsay-bolton-littlefinger/
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 22 May 2016 07:50 (eight years ago) link
Pink LetterRed WeddingWhite WalkersGreen DayCastle BlackRed WomanRed KeepProfessor PlumGreyjoy
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 22 May 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
acc to this theory how does littlefinger know that sansa escaped ramsey and that he has rickon? inside source in winterfell?
― Mordy, Sunday, 22 May 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
This was the case even before the show, though.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 22 May 2016 13:44 (eight years ago) link
OK holy shit that reveal
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
are they foregrounding the maesters conspiracy, which has been pretty much ignored prior to this?
― balls, Monday, 23 May 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
That was uneventful huh folks
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
Yeah seriously when is the plot gonna move forward sheesh I'm so done with this show
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Monday, 23 May 2016 02:15 (eight years ago) link
Hold the door :,,,,,(
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Monday, 23 May 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/majtague/status/734566361519804416
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 02:18 (eight years ago) link
That was fucked up. Martin is fucked up. Had everybody out here making hodor jokes knowing full well what it meant.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 23 May 2016 02:30 (eight years ago) link
that was really silly lol
― 龜, Monday, 23 May 2016 02:40 (eight years ago) link
now i know how star wars fans felt when it was reevaled the ewoks were badasses
the whole bit where Varys couldn't help but go capital-S Skeptic on the high priestess was terrific. as was Sansa making Baelish feel like the worthless shitheel that he is.
fairy grenade was lame especially since it had barely any effect as a delaying action
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
ahahaha I am so done with this horseshit
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 May 2016 03:18 (eight years ago) link
I'm on board.
― Gukbe, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
me2 glad shit is finally happening hope it's all full speed ahead until the end
― Mordy, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
I'm not mad or anything. it's just nothing has any dramatic weight any more. there's nothing in particular to hope for or fear, just things happening.
oh well I guess if brienne's getting sent to the riverlands there's another thing that could happen...
(sure there was pathos in the last few minutes but that last sequence was goofy af. like, army of darkness if it didn't know it was funny.)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 May 2016 03:36 (eight years ago) link
how about jorah off to go find the greyscale cure all by himself that's going to be amazing right
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:36 (eight years ago) link
spin-off material there
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 May 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
i feel stupid but i think my habit of half paying attention to things has really confused me. what exactly was going on with hodor at the end?
― ryan, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:42 (eight years ago) link
Game of thrones thinks its primer
― 龜, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
Also how dumb is Euron Greyjoy? Give away your best idea for what to do with the Ironborn fleet and then expect your relatives to just sit around and wait for you to murder them after you finish getting drowned! Yes, there is no way they'll steal your navy and your idea and just sail to Essos while you spit up seawater and get to wear some crown made out of driftwood.
OTOH if Yara & Theon sail for anywhere else, they completely deserve whatever's coming to them.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link
ah, primer indeed: http://www.vox.com/2016/5/22/11722146/game-of-thrones-season-6-recap-hodor-dies-bran-time-travel
yeah i thought it was maybe a heinlein type thing..and i guess it was.
― ryan, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:51 (eight years ago) link
This show lost its emotional stakes for me a few seasons ago when it became clear its ideology was primarily nihilistic and it wasn't worth attaching to any characters. Now I'm just looking to be entertained by the plot.
― Mordy, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:01 (eight years ago) link
Good luck, translators!
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:02 (eight years ago) link
http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_01/831346/150102-back-to-the-future-mn-850_6c1cc5c2a0c7767b593e1bf9054a4d0f.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg
Bran and Max von Sydow rn
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
mordy u r smart but this is nonsense. a plot without stakes is just a series of events.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 23 May 2016 04:10 (eight years ago) link
Nah like I don't care too much about any of the characters but I still want to see dragons and ships and zombies and shit go nuts
― Mordy, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
shit went pretty nuts this night, also don't know if this is more or less nihilistic than other drama shows.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:13 (eight years ago) link
i dont get a nihilistic vibe from the show--in fact most of the protagonists that die seem to demonstrate a Point of some sort that's still developing.
― ryan, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:17 (eight years ago) link
though frankly if things end on a nihilistic note i'd probably respect its singularity of purpose (if not enjoy it).
― ryan, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
i liked the hodor reveal
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Hadn't even thought through the fact that it means Bran can possibly warg into things or affect other people in the past. Maybe he was the voice speaking from the fire when Varys got fixed. Who the fuck knows.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 23 May 2016 04:38 (eight years ago) link
I feel kinda smug now because the white walker origin reveal is exactly what I thought it would be
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Monday, 23 May 2016 04:59 (eight years ago) link
Dope episode, imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 23 May 2016 06:47 (eight years ago) link
Are we supposed to know who the little green wood nymphettes are?
― tobo73, Monday, 23 May 2016 10:00 (eight years ago) link
the one rad episode a season - so insulting, so effective
― r|t|c, Monday, 23 May 2016 11:08 (eight years ago) link
So it took Littlefinger 10 episodes to get from Winterfell to the Vale, but then the episode after that he's back at Molestown? At this point I'm half expecting it to be foreshadowing for Littlefinger to be a warg of some sorts, able to turn himself into an eagle or whatever. Who even controls Moats Callin at this point?
The twist at the end of this episode has apparently been confirmed as coming from GRRM. Pretty amazing, imo.
― Frederik B, Monday, 23 May 2016 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Oh, right, Littefinger says he's troops are at Moats Callin. My bad.
― Frederik B, Monday, 23 May 2016 12:37 (eight years ago) link
she shdve killed him
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 May 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link