we need half an episode to explain the current political situation among the commoners in King's Landing
you just know that Cersei spun that entire thing as "they mysteriously blew themselves up shortly after they humiliated me. terrible tragedy."
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link
eh, just tell them the angry, jealous god of the Faith of the Seven decided to punish the false-worshipers with cleansing green fire, people always believe that kind of shit
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
green fire can't melt steel beams, Debra
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 14:49 (five years ago) link
i just realized dany could've stayed across the sea and rule over a continent of incredible beauty and power that needed her intervention to end slavery etc and instead she decided to go to westeros to rule over a bunch of dead assholes.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
She was sure they'd be greeted as liberators
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
Have we gotten any hints at how Cersei is doing as queen? I mean, maybe she's doing a great job and no one gives her any credit. Her illegitimacy is primarily implied to be because she's been mean to the protagonists, right?
― ryan, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
(I mean, other than mass murdering religious fanatics and other ruling class schemers...)
― ryan, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
maybe building the giant crossbow spurred economic growth and provided good jobs to working class citizens of Kings Landing
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
giant crossbow factory an economic, social boon to king's landing society
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
also we don't see how well the Golden Company mercenaries are interacting with the locals -- they could be a boon for the local economy, or they could be doing what mercenaries tend to do which is start fights and rape
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
A boon for the King's Landing sex industry is my guess.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
otoh there could be massive public works projects she has implemented that vastly improve the quality of life for the poorest citizens
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
xp - i bet gambling industry is also doing well due to the presence of the guest workers
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
or she could have rounded up all the children in Flea Bottom of unknown parentage and put them in cages somewhere outside the city ... i feel like these are things missing from the current season
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Cersei strikes me as more of a shock doctrine devotee than a Keynesian tbh.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
calling the poorest neighbourhood in the city "flea bottom" is a little bit on the nose
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
more like on the butt
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
Cersei telling the population about a caravan of foreigners surely
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
Come to take all the sell sword and whoring jobs
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
she's already brought in a bunch of foreign sell swords! Under the H1B visa -- Have 1 Blade
― sarahell, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
She invited Tyrion to the Red Keep to talk about infrastructure initiatives.
― DJI, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
― sarahell, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 9:34 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*applauso*
― gbx, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Indeed worthy of a citizen_kane_clap.gif.
― Soccer Team's Philosophies and Hypotheses (Leee), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
the recoil from a ballista that could have gone that distance at that speed would have destroyed the deck of the ship that fired it.
source: i've read the master and commander books.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
it was maddening bullshit
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
i want hard fantasy
i can only imagine the counter measure they come up with for the crossbows will be equally ridiculous
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
It'll be a dragon that shoots dragons at boats.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
there's also the small matter of they could have shot a giant crossbow at Dany and killed her right then and there
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
It's just like Cersei to follow the basic rules but not the spirit of a parley
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
more bitching - won't Cersei's human shield strategy make it more difficult to shelter and feed everyone in the red keep? wasn't their grain supply incinerated by the dragons a couple weeks/months before? I say they should just siege king's landing, blame Cersei and starve everyone into submission.
also feel like Dany's 'we must push ahead in spite of all common sense' strategy reeks of Stannis' game plan and we all know where he ended up.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
I say they should just siege king's landing, blame Cersei and starve everyone into submission.
this was literally the plan until euron killed the dragon
― gbx, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah they did pretty much say theyd surround and starve the red keep off til they all cried uncle.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
required by law to post this every once in awhilehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCqjR1gHyIQ
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
one of the best episodes
― mh, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link
one of the best shows
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
that's the show that should've run for 8 seasons
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 04:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.cracked.com/article_26374_um-whatE28099s-up-with-kingE28099s-landing-game-thrones.html
Season 1:
https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/7/7/4/696774_v1.jpg
Season 8:
https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/7/7/2/696772_v1.jpg
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:52 (five years ago) link
Winterfell looks completely different as well I'm sure.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:02 (five years ago) link
Admittedly that was burned down and rebuilt.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
Kings Landing forgot to moisturize
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
The article surmises that maybe Euron clear-cut the forest to build more ships, but the geography is still preposterously inconsistent.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
Did they specifically say the parley was at King's Landing? I have no idea why Cersei would go elsewhere, but...
― mh, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
(It doesn't look anything like Casterly Rock, either)
― mh, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
As has perhaps been made abundantly obvious by now, Game of Thrones partially abandoned the "real world" King's Landing shooting location of Dubrovnik, Croatia, this season. As many sharp-eyed bloggers pointed out, much of King's Landing in season eight was filmed instead in Spain.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:11 (five years ago) link
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:13 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think any other explanation other than "they're half-assing it" is too generous with this season
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
Spent too much on zombies iirc.
Seriously though, given how poor everything has been done, I assume they got rid of the Night King quickly to save on zombie costs.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:49 (five years ago) link
Also the real reason why the battle was so dark.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
I hear they set the series in medieval world because they couldn't afford car chases
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
The article surmises that maybe Euron clear-cut the forest to build more ships, but the geography is still preposterously inconsistent.Not only did he clear-cut the forests, but he also ordered everyone to eradicate any trace of the ecosystem, to transport all of the soil and remaining plant matter to another area of the continent, and then cast a spell that makes the forest ecosystem do a time lapse of several years and turn into a desert
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link