HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

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i was thinking there would be some focus on "king's blood" as being special and as a foreshadowing of future revelations but other than showing her sponging him down for a weird amount of time that didnt happen.

Yeah it would have been a little stronger if the "king's blood" had been a more significant element in the scene. I agree it certainly seemed that way with all of the sponging.

p funny how the show ppl were so adamant abt saying he was dead and not coming back and no one believed them and then he only stayed dead for less than two eps

real quality cliffhanger they pulled off there

alliser thorne's no good very bad day is about to get worse

stoked for jamie to kill the sparrows

they probably shouldn't have said anything. i think the fact that melisandre was there at the end of the season was the problem, like if she'd shown up at the beginning of this episode that would have been better for a cliffhanger. they should have kept him dead and brought back robb stark, complete with dire wolf head. that would freak out the squares even more.

i have real beef with the idea that whatshername the kennel sadist girl falls off the castle wall and is hella dead but sansa and reek leap off a 60 foot embankment and are taking off on foot unharmed

didn't she land on dry ground and they jumped into a snow pile?

i was thinking there would be some focus on "king's blood" as being special and as a foreshadowing of future revelations but other than showing her sponging him down for a weird amount of time that didnt happen.

― ryan, Monday, May 2, 2016 12:28 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

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i believe there was a snow pile down there, plus feet first vs head first

xp i don't think we saw what they jumped into at all and the clear implication was that they'd rather commit suicide than deal with psycho mantis again

a john snow pile

the greyjoy/iron islands shit feels a bit removed from the main action but it's awesome doom metal action, polar opposite of the cafe del mar court intrigue poisoning sullen teen BS of dorne.

ya iron islands r tite

whos the guy who pushed the king off the bridge its his brother? whats the deal

his name is like euchalele or something

eunuchalele actually

euron the crow's eye, he crazy, i like y'all's suggestions better though

eunuch ukulele

idk why the karstarks would prefer to ramsay to roose

the show has three key supporting characters who are eunuchs a fourth might be pushing it

also is max von sydow's name really just 'three eyed crow' ?

need to balance it out with a guy who has four dicks imo

well it would make sense because eunuchs come in pairs

the show has a bunch of Starks but that didn't stop them from bringing in Car-Starks

are car starks just starks who drive cars

really missing concepcion's ask the maester pieces this season

karstarks seem deeply unchill, their dead leader killed a couple lannister kids in S3, which seems more a ramsay move than a roose move.

p sure it's kars in westeros but yes that's the main difference

really missing concepcion's ask the maester pieces this season

― dynamicinterface, Monday, May 2, 2016 1:05 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

apparently u cn receive them via the ringer newsletter theres a link to one upthread

also is max von sydow's name really just 'three eyed crow' ?

― dynamicinterface, Monday, May 2, 2016 1:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the book sez it's brynden rivers, i think, i wouldnt be surprised if they brought it up at some point

books say that Hodor's real name is Walder too, not Willis as in the show

whatutalkinabout walder

Karstarks' name is explained as basically some Starks that took control of the Karhold & made a portmanteau

idk why the karstarks would prefer to ramsay to roose

I think Ramsay was giving the Karstarks a chance to climb up over the other big Northern houses.

karstarks seem deeply unchill, their dead leader killed a couple lannister kids in S3, which seems more a ramsay move than a roose move.

Jaime killed Rickard Karstark's sons (both of them?), and he was hellbent on avenging the loss of his heirs, it was pretty consistently characterized (perhaps more so in the books).

xpost they already have a Walder tho

subplot of the shit in the north is people who have been pissed at the starks for decades or centuries finding their chance to take revenge

I find it best not to pay attention to the North stuff too closely

really missing concepcion's ask the maester pieces this season

― dynamicinterface, Monday, May 2, 2016 1:05 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

apparently u cn receive them via the ringer newsletter theres a link to one upthread

― lag∞n, Monday, May 2, 2016 1:06 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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xps thx for the tip

So in the "next on..." clips this week, they show a guy (pretty sure it's the lord of House Umber, the other big northern house that was mentioned being allied with the Boltons) telling Ramsay "I've brought you a present" - I guarantee it's Rickon Stark.
This means that Ramsay doesn't have to march on Castle Black, he can just send word he's got Rickon hostage and then Jon and Sansa will march on Winterfell. As foretold etc. etc.

Still wondering if/when we'll get to see Littlefinger again, or what role he has left to play.
Melisandre is also totally expendable now, I think? Obviously she might want to stick around to see what happens next but her main plot function has now been satisfied.

Also I like that the dragons were penned up in something like a garage - one little door for people, some other bigger door elsewhere for the dragons?

Lastly for now - I think the Ironborn role has to be to serve as the replacement fleet to get Daenaerys & Co. to Westeros. Possibly a little too neat that we burned her armada in Ep. 1 (why exactly, btw? what do the Sons of the Harpy care about keeping them from leaving? I haven't figured that one out) and then in Ep. 2 we re-introduce a seafaring pirate culture that was almost completely absent for a season & a half.

I've heard they've altered book names just because they're too close to existing show characters and it would be confusing. Hence Willis.

The real identity of the three eyed crow is an unsolved mystery in the books as well, so I'm guessing they won't give it away right now. But yeah, Brynden Rivers is the most common guess (who is from the prequels and all. It's complicated, it seems)

Melisandre is also totally expendable now, I think? Obviously she might want to stick around to see what happens next but her main plot function has now been satisfied.

Yeah, she already reached her boob quota in episode 1. xxp

Melisandre presumably will have her faith restored and would fall into some kind of similar role she did with Stannis? Maybe not so manipulative going forward though. Just a guess.

can't wait for legendary mercenary swordsman Willis to show up

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Another silly thing about the plot in the north is Ramsay killing Wanda Frey, and pretty openly, when like half his army is Freys. At least in the book it seems that way.

Melisandre is possibly one of the most powerful and useful characters if she is happy to keep resurrecting people. I've always believed that some of the much older characters will be revived.