HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

not sure where the rest of the season is headed, also thought this was a bummer ep, but wasn't surprised by the daughter sacrifice. i actually thought that scene was well done, given that it seems they could have gone deeper into the image. people getting sad over stannis is pretty funny, remember how he chopped davos' fingers off? and sired a demon that murdered his own bro? cmon dudes

― head clowning instructor (art), Monday, June 8, 2015 10:15 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

To be fair there's a bit of a discrepancy between this and those other things. Renly thing was brutal but both are adults fighting for power. Shireen is just so perfectly innocent and lovable and they went out of their way to establish the father daughter connection. Stannis kept her from being banished because he loved her. We were relatively JUST introduced to this side of Stannis, perhaps the only evidence of him making a decision due to love. And that's the real issue I have, is that it feels like that should have been established much earlier so we have a good chunk of time in between where we see desperation and reliance on religion break down the practical minded Stannis to the point where he's reduced to this. I think they may have tried to do exactly that but rushed it a bit?

Hard to stay practical when you've seen the smoke monster from Lost come out of a woman's vagina.

In certain ways the tension between his practical sense and new found religiosity could have encompassed all that but they've never really showed him agonising over it, just witty sardonic barbs.

u guys better get to work they rewrites arent just gonna rewrite themselves

As someone who hasn't seen this ep yet but is familiar with Stannis from the books and the show, this seems like a necessary correction to remind viewers of exactly who Stannis is and the inexorable, insatiable drive for power that has consumed him since the kingdom went up for grabs.

isn't stannis burning ppl the first time we see him?

he was angry and needed a shave

he does love to burn ppl

he's basically Roose Bolton redux and always has been

stannis has principles, or at least he thinks he does, this is very important to him

i liked his speech to his daughter abt fulfilling ones destiny even if u dont like it, hes all messed up inside

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CG9Cur9UQAE0_Bf.jpg

idk if inviting the whole army to watch was the best idea stannis!

why has he got no hands?

hardly the time for that kind of carry on

I'm not clear on what the religious/metaphysical significance of the burning is supposed to be. roose has no sidekicks to bounce off just his toady psychopath son, w/ his arya scenes swapped w/ tywin he isn't much of a character

act like nothings going on someone will notice and laugh soon lord of light willing xp

lol willing

what the big climax thats gonna happen next week what sort of fresh horror r we being set up for

stannis all sacrificed up and ready to fight, jamie on his way back to kings landing unaware of the legal developments, dany riding around on a dragon while tyrion and the crew fight for their lives, sad wildlings at castle black

most likely shockers lanister or stannis based imo, maybe cersei will be executed

are the night's watch going to help stannis? i figure since this ep was such a damp squib they need to have a big sequence next week...

but it's hard to see how they can return to king's landing and do a battle at winterfell in one episode, so presumably stannis will just self-immolate or something.

xpost yeah it's one or the other

most looking forward to dany finding out jorah's sick and banishing him for a third time

maybe sir davos will finally turn on stannis instead of being a big huffy baby all the time and knife him in the back

then the red witch brings him back to life as zombie stannis

Jorah goes full greyscale, retains his faculties, because renowned Westerosi superhero Grey-Man

the army becomes a cool extreme religious fervor army w the red witch in charge

i think aria is gonna kill that kings guard guy (merrill?) and the rest will just be scenes of people on boats/horses traveling toward s6

Cersei and Margery are put in the same cell, with sexy results

um more like a hot extreme religious fervor army, they worship fire! xxp

im leaning toward cersei being executed i think thats whats gonna happen, they need to throw us a bone after all this darkness, rip bae

otm xp

when has this show ever thrown the audience a bone

um a lot of times like for instance the purple wedding

think cersei will be executed but then immediately after uncle kev will come in and kill all the sparrows.

tywin xxp

sounds abt right xp

im glad the giant made it even tho he seemed sad

― lag∞n, Monday, June 8, 2015 10:21 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

giant has quickly become a top character for me

how could he not be

he's so tall

hes very tall but he cld be short for a giant we dont have enough information at this point

thats a good pt i should really be more cognizant of the varieties of giant existence

giants are ppl too (not sure if this is true)

giant will win the game of thrones

giant too big to sit on the iron throne iirc

Can't wait for Bran to worg the giant

i would consider my investment of time in this nonsense worthwhile if i get to see a giant fight a dragon

bran shd def worg the hell out of the giant imo

im a simple man u know i have simple tastes

i was surprised how vulnerable the dragon was to getting stabbed with spears

i was thinking abt that but i think the answer is he's still technically pretty young and should continue to become more and more imposing and less and less vulnerable to hand held projectiles

dragons are maybe like ears in that they never stop growing? idk never really studied dragons v seriously