its like the adrenaline high point of the entire fucking series and he cant help but describe a fucking feast― max, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 6:28 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinknot just that but i love how imagining tyrion's vomit he can't help himself from thinking 'ooh, and there'd be bits of bacon in it! and applecakes! and fiery dornish peppers!', it's like he's writing that sentence specifically to appeal to a dog.― balls, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 6:40 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
― max, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 6:28 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not just that but i love how imagining tyrion's vomit he can't help himself from thinking 'ooh, and there'd be bits of bacon in it! and applecakes! and fiery dornish peppers!', it's like he's writing that sentence specifically to appeal to a dog.
― balls, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 6:40 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
Probably for the spoiler thread but yeah like 50% of the books are descriptions of food and 49.9% descriptions of clothing
Did you guys know that there were 77 dishes served at Joffrey's wedding and he describes every single fucking one of them
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:01 (nine years ago) link
I wanna know who the teenage nihilist is they have on the writing crew
Arya's "nothing" speech last ep and the Beetle Speech this ep
Every time they need some kind of pontification on the nihlism of existence they ring up this dude
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
i loved arya's nothing speech. the arya-hound stuff is far and away the best subplot this season, and aside from charles dance and michael mcelhatton theyre the best regulars
― max, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
does that include littlefinger's ladder monologue from last season too
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah my love for teenage nihilism is clear as I've demonstrated on the True Detective thread
But the tone of those monologues always feels very distinct from the rest of the show, maybe I just have an acute nihilism detector
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link
I am feeling the Sansa & Littlefinger subplot as well - Arya and the Hound is an amazing double-act but it's mostly just been them walking around and occasionally killing some people.
Really hope all these characters come together properly at the Vale though. Brienne & Podrick need to meet Arya & The Hound, it can only lead to deeply suspicious wagon-circling lols.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
FWIW I found the flayed ironborn more gross than Oberyn
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
Also re: infection talk upthread, don't forget that the Hound is walking pusbag right now
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
omg the beetle speech was so not nihilistic
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
Seemed that way to me
You wanna know why this guy is killing all these beetles
But then a horse kicks him in the head
Life is pointless like that sometimes
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
Or sometimes the world sends something along to kill murderous idiots
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
i feel like it was somewhat about the limits of our ability to understand, like tyrion is very smart but he still cant figure it out the bug crushers deal, tho he can perceive that there is a reason, but mostly i think it was about his own humanity and sensitivity rubbing up against the uncaring calcified culture all around him, like everyone around him was quite nihilistic while he had some sort of deeper understanding, and that contrast was painful, but i dont think that qualifies as a endorsement of nihilism being true, like at the end youre waiting to see if he crushes the bug or lets it go, and he lets it go and doesnt even seem like he was considering crushing it
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I guess Tyrion left out the detail about the horse getting his eyes popped out
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
That's a good read on Tyrion xp
― 龜, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
also like tyrion is the bug constantly being crushed - his trying to understand the bug crusher is proxy for trying to understand tywin + cersei + everyone cruel
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
also the thing Tyrion released (pillbug, roly poly, they go by many names) is not only not a beetle but not even an insect. They are tiny crustaceans. FYI.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Arya's "nothing" comment was pretty far from being a speech. She did a good job with the read- it didn't come off like an atheist truth bomb kind of thing, she made it seem like something the character was realizing as she said it. It didn't linger too long and it didn't sound to me like it was trying to be so #profound #jadensmith
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
it was the right "bug" for the scene though cause that's exactly what I would expect to see crawling in a dungeon.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
xp totally Jaden Smith levels. It's not a super-deep show, idk why people are trying to read more into these clunky "meaningful" bits of dialogue when most of the meaning in the show is in what people do rather than what they say.
― gyac, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
I guess it just didn't bother me so much.
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
was fine w/ tyrion's beetlemania, felt one part deep thoughts, one part explaining tyrion's curiosity and tying it to his general humanity, one part this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16WC_Dyo6Fo
arya and the hound feels way more fleshed out than the little bit that was in the book, for the better. that is one thing the show has been able to do more than or better than the books, develop these relationships (some of which aren't even in the book - eg tywin and arya). the same thing happened w/ ygritte and jon snow, and that was w/ the handicap of kit harrington. also rmde at this show and tna but if it takes the form of missandei bathing every week i'll learn to deal. she fine.
― balls, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
Maybe it's because her character in the book is 11 but Missandei was the one female character on the show who wasn't going to get her kit off.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
the one character I didn't think was going to etc.
apparently the beetle speech was a dig at Orson Scott Card? I guess he managed to diss the show in between all his other insane rants
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
My brother was considering giving up the books, he is at Feast and he heard others saying Dance was as big a slog as where he is at. He felt characters are generally just as good or better (Varys, Margaery and some others) on the tv show. I thought that maybe the epic fantasy elements would be better in the books (something live action screen versions almost never do well) but he says they aren't in much focus.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Dance is much less of a slog than Feast IMO.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
― Number None, Wednesday, June 4, 2014 12:59 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha good
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
Did Card make a book about beetles or something, I don't read that loser.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
the bad guys in enders game were bugs
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
and I'm pretty sure all he writes these days is pointless spins on that series
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Orson Scott Card is the idiot cousin
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
no shit
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
Well, Orson Lannister in the show.
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
there's been some good stuff w/ the hound&arya but they've got a lot of pride between them. brienne&podrick are great & it feels like they might actually admit they enjoy each other's company. the wandering is best when it increases the scope, reminding you how despite all the Everyone Hates The Lannisters sitcom actually nothing much is going on for most ppl & we check in on hot pie & all he's been caring about is gravy
― ogmor, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
for the most part all the odd couple traveling companions have been great
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
aside from a few bits here and there (the "nothing" monologue included) i think the traveling stuff has been ponderous. im getting a whiff of the shaggy dog from the hound and arya. but im one of those who think the show takes a drastic drop in quality whenever it leaves kings landing.
― ryan, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
im getting a whiff of the shaggy dog from the hound and arya.
I see what you did there. Esp. since Arya's hair is growing out.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
glad someone noticed!
― ryan, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
I've liked the multiple wandering bands, certainly much more interesting than dwagon queens ongoing court drama and the red queen/lord of light slow burn
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
"reminding you how despite all the Everyone Hates The Lannisters sitcom actually nothing much is going on for most ppl & we check in on hot pie & all he's been caring about is gravy"
Uhm, yeah... book-spoiler perhaps, but if that is what people get from those scenes - and before I began reading the books, I'd probably agree - then the show is sorta falling down on describing what's in the books...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
im rewatching the first ep, dinklage has blonde hair
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 June 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
He probably hasn't bathed much since then.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Well that was pretty snooze town. And not half as eventful as the blackwater episode.
― Dreamland, Monday, 9 June 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
I was really hoping this season's wildling/nights watch battle would end here but I guess not.
― Dreamland, Monday, 9 June 2014 01:56 (nine years ago) link
during the death scene with samwell's friend i kept thinking
http://youtu.be/sYjy7uUn7fc?t=2m20s
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Monday, 9 June 2014 03:15 (nine years ago) link
xxp yeah less plot dev than blackwater, another paper hanger probably for next season since i assume they won't return to this plotline too much next week. hopefully a more interesting finale ep than previous seasons will follow
― building a desert (art), Monday, 9 June 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
many arrows
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 03:40 (nine years ago) link
hammy deathscene more like "bugger bognor!" right?
― Paul, Monday, 9 June 2014 03:49 (nine years ago) link
They killed Pyp! D:
THEY KILLED GRENN! D:
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 9 June 2014 05:00 (nine years ago) link