that would be about right though? certainly a Stonehenge scenario would enliven things a bit!
― André Ryu (Neil S), Thursday, 27 July 2017 09:13 (six years ago) link
would make more sense if he was utilizing wildfire again, like rigging it up to the crossbow to explode inside the dragon or something.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 27 July 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
Is the arrow made of any special material like Dragonstone or anything or is it just a really big and sharp arrow?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
the mundanity of dragons being killed w ballistae fits the end of magic theme, i like it
― ogmor, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
I'm going assume that most of King's Landing's scientists and engineers were executed for heresy by the Sparrows and this big crossbow was the work of the sub-par minds who were left alive.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
Isn't the crossbow guy the same guy who resurrected the Mountain? I know when I do something really good at work I just phone it in for a bit and coast through on the goodwill and that's exactly what's happening here.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
Was it the Dragonlance books where their solution was to get the dragon to chase you down a specially constructed, ever narrowing corridor until the dragon gets stuck and can then be stabbed with aforementioned lances through holes in the wall?
A giant crossbow certainly seems a lot easier.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
xpost he jotted "Make it Bigger" on a ravenst-it note and sent it down to R&D.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
They'd have to make loads of the big crossbows and fire enough of them at once as the Harpy Ultras did. No doubt we'll see a thousand of the things have been made by either next episode or the one after.
― nashwan, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
― groovypanda, 27. juli 2017 15:50 (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well, that, but also some special kind of lance iirc
― Frederik B, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
Like a normal lance. Only bigger.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
important to get the right message across to the staff too.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iuFeDAzAyLY/UuFuzC4MuSI/AAAAAAAAP6o/bATkVKu5aow/s1600/paul-ince.gif
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
the other stupid thing about the crossbow is that surely the issue is whether it'll pierce the dragon's leathery skin - not "as proven here, this bolt will smash the dragon's exposed cheekbone once we peel the skin off"
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
dragon hide is strong enough to block most arrows when the dragons are fully grown, but i think drogon and co. have some growing still to do.
and the arrows and spears in the fighting pit in meeren did seem to harm him and slow him down a bit
― Many men scream death (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
i need a supercut of all the appearances of direwolves this season. the SFX behind them is really bad
― 龜, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
sorry since the inception of GOT
― 龜, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
i guess if it pierces his skin tho it's not like "we need to test if this will smash bone"
xpost
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
The last 50 posts make GoT seem like what people who have never watched GoT probably think the show is like
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
they are finally right
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
the show may be inexorably building to a boring finish, but who does ilx think should finish sitting on the throne? seeing cersei hang on would be fun but i'd really like to see the show see through its hero-punishing tendencies, have all the rival leaders whittle each other down, dragons get bolted, armies depleted, last hopes fail & have them go for a full on horror white walker permanent winter victory w viewers left with the looks of abject crushing despair on jon & dany's faces as everything comes unstuck
― ogmor, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
Maoist uprising or gtfo
― Frederik B, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
my ideal would be dany/jon/tyrion "winning" midway through the final season, followed by a series of unspeakable, unforeseen horrors
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
hmm. I'm guessing after everyone else dies/gets magicked away Tyrion is left as ruler, muttering to Varys stuff about creating a democracy
― President Keyes, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I haven't read much fantasy since I was a kid so maybe it's change, but endings have always been a problem in the genre because it's often, like, a bunch of pre-ordained prophecies coming true. somehow that's not dramatically interesting. I actually think Tolkien did pretty well with LOTR, the melancholy passing of an age. If GOT has balls it'll do something similar: an incipient modernity, or some whole new order--and not just a return to a peaceful monarchical rule.
― ryan, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Fred otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
Clearly the correct answer is Magic Talking Dragon.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/petes-dragon-slice.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
oooh, the final surviving dragon bellowing "no!" Ceasar-style then eating Dany in the series finale would rule
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
closest we were going to get to a maoist uprising was the sparrows
― ogmor, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
Daenerys won't end up on the throne, my guess is she realizes she's needed back on the other side of the sea, to rule there in a new peaceful kingdom w/o slavery.
jon doesn't want the crown in the north, doubt he wants the seven kingdoms.
Sansa and Arya, nah.
my money is on a dark horse candidate, someone who is completely decent and everyone likes and respects but no one has thought of as a leader despite their leadership qualities. I'm gonna bet it on 100-1 longshot Davos.
― nomar, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
x-posts: I think GRRM might be planning to do something like that in the books, but I don't think Benioff and Weiss understands what he's getting at. I read someone who said it felt as if the show was making Westeros 'safe for aristocracy', which seems correct.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
laugh at me when the red woman immolates him in episode 6.
― nomar, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
Melisandre will take the throne. as her first act she will call everyone in kings landing to the throne room and then disrobe
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
given that there are only about half a dozen significant characters who aren't noble-born things don't seem well set up for sudden turn to democracy
― ogmor, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
In episode 1 of this season Jon Snow said: "I will not punish a son for his father's sins, and I will not take a family home away from a family it has belonged to for centuries" That made me think the show runners don't really get what GRRM is trying to say about feudal society.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
my money is on a dark horse candidate, someone who is completely decent and everyone likes and respects but no one has thought of as a leader despite their leadership qualities. I'm gonna bet it on 100-1 longshot Davos.― nomar, Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:53 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― nomar, Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:53 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
mothafuckin gendry
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 27 July 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
fuck i forgot about gendry
― nomar, Thursday, 27 July 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
he satisfies none of those criteria except dark horse, but he is a legit baratheon.
(poor word choice there)
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 27 July 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
the show runners don't really get what GRRM is trying to say about feudfood.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Thought he was an illegit baratheon
― President Keyes, Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
nomar if davos bites it, i will never forgive you
― Many men scream death (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Apparently, these are the current odds on gambling sites for who will be on the iron throne at the end of season 7. Can't find them for the end of the series.
Cersei Lannister -250Daenerys Targaryen +250Jon Snow +450Petyr Baelish +1500Tyrion Lannister +1500Gendry +1500Bran or Benjen Stark +2000The Night King +2000Arya Stark +2000Sansa Stark +2000Euron Greyjoy +2000Jaime Lannister +2200Theon Greyjoy +5000Davos Seaworth +6600Varys +6600Yara Greyjoy +6600Samwell Tarly +10000Jorah Mormont +10000Lyanna Mormont +10000Qyburn +15000Ellaria Sand +20000Sandor or Gregor Clegane +20000Brienne of Tarth +20000Tormund Giantsbane +25000Olenna Tyrell +25000Missandei +25000Melisandre +30000Jaqen H'ghar +30000Grey Worm +30000Bronn of the Blackwater +30000Podrick Payne +30000Daario Naharis +30000Gilly +30000Meera Reed +30000
― silverfish, Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
I don't know anything about gambling though, so don't know how much money I'm going to make if I decide to bet $10 on Bronn (well, most likely $0).
― silverfish, Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
Fred otm. Lots of stuff about how the royals are always fucking over the regular folks in the realm. It's called "Game" of Thrones. Maybe Dondarrion leads an uprising after Free Folk/Night's Watch, and random Northerners are forced to take on the White Walkers themselves?
― DJI, Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
No way is Cersei out before this season's end
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 July 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
man i hope it's the night king. gimme ten bucks on him.
― ian, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
if the showrunners have their say they'll probably make Lyanna Mormont the queen
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
should just be a disembodied set of boobs on the throne at the end imo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Surprised at this expectancy that the show ends with the throne intact with a specific character on it. Surely its permanent destruction followed by a...Presidential election...is the more satisfying outcome.
― nashwan, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I would put money on "ambiguous ending, no referrer, can't tell"
― sarahell, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link