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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6 Offseason Thread
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Haha, never get tired of "20 good men" jokes. The ASOIAF reddit was my main community for this at the time S5 rolled around, was there as much mockery and loathing for the fifth season here as was there there?
I think mockery and loathing are two strong words. As one of the main naysayers who has kicked the dead horse long enough with the "bad pussy" and "20 good men" jokes, I'm not 100% serious about it all. Yes, I was very disappointed with some aspects of last season and loudly complained, but I still enjoy the show. It just happens that I (and, I believe, others) speak more loudly against things we have problems with than things we find praiseworthy.
biosnake20
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So there's an interesting theory going around right now. That shot of Melisandre undressing(and looking sort of uncomfortable and hesitant) might be her offering her breast to revive Jon like Nissa Nissa offering her breast to Azor Ahai.
Also here is Preston Jacobs breaking down the S6 trailer.
Also here is Preston Jacobs breaking down the S6 trailer.
Hard to put any kind of significance on Mel getting naked. It's not like that's some unprecedented thing for her to do that it requires some Important Plot Justification...
Nobody stretches like the GoT fandom do. The "theory"-peddling cottage industry it has engendered is remarkable.
Nobody stretches like the GoT fandom do. The "theory"-peddling cottage industry it has engendered is remarkable.
Loathing's a bit strong but it was pretty ugly. Thank god for Hardhome.
Edit: Just had a random thought... There not going to give Yara a horrifically unsubtle version of Aeron's screaming hinge storyline with Euron are they?
bitbydeath
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Woah, had to google but you're right.
How do I not remember reading that.
http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Night's_King
Since the appearance of the Night's King seems to have changed yet again, I think it's worth discussing.
Doesn't his face here look very similar to Bran's? I'm looking at the big nose in particular. I wonder if this has any implications for Bran's future/past/present/whatever.
I've never been able to fully let go of the idea that Bran is unwittingly being manipulated by the Others. There was just something so sinister-feeling about those chapters in the cave. It'll be really cool if Bran actually talks to the Night's King, maybe get some insight about what their goals are and what Bran's role is in it all.
And I agree on the mockery/loathing stuff. The show is good! Even if not as good as it used to be. I like 80%ish of what it does. Some of it even more than the books. Twenty good men and bad pussy were just bad lines/scenes and so people have fun with them, same way as people have fun with "nipples on a breastplate" and "fat pink mast" and Dany shitting in the desert. Some stuff you just have to laugh at.
Since the appearance of the Night's King seems to have changed yet again, I think it's worth discussing.
Doesn't his face here look very similar to Bran's? I'm looking at the big nose in particular. I wonder if this has any implications for Bran's future/past/present/whatever.
I thought that WW being called the Night's King was confusing, considering the other Night's King. Starks for whom winter came?
My favorite are the Dave Hill jokes.
I believe those are all from the Something Awful forums. It's based on this for those that don't remember. http://winteriscoming.net/2014/08/12/idea-landed-dave-hill-writing-position-game-thrones-season-5/
These are amazing and I can't believe I've never seen them before. Surely there's at least one for Dorne?
Not even Dave Hill can argue that Dorne made sense.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Those are pretty good.
RatskyWatsky
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This is great.
How do you guys feel now that we know the Spanish guy hit the nail on the head with everything?
Roose's death, Wildlings battling and losing to Boltons, Dany enslaved by and eventually taking over army of Dothraki, Arya losing and regaining her sight, Margaery becomes a Septa, Faith Militant getting asses kicked, Tower of Joy, Greyjoy fleet battle of some kind, just beat after beat.
The only thing we don't know is exactly how they're ending the season.
I'm guessing Ramsay's death + Whitewalker invasion of the mainland.
The only thing we don't know is exactly how they're ending the season.
I'm guessing Ramsay's death + Whitewalker invasion of the mainland.
To the stuff about the Spanish leak,
If that leak really was right, I'm kind of bummed, because it was all pretty predictable from what I remember. Do you have a link to it? From all I can remember the only real twists there were Littlefinger killing Rickon to make way for Sansa and Yara dying under circumstances he wasn't sure about.
Basileus777
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It's Preston Jacobs, he's a running joke.
Are these legit spoilers? How has this all been confirmed?
Before the leak,
no one could have guessed that Ramsay would kill Roose, or that Ramsay would display his corpse on a cross. Now there's a battle with a clearly overmatched Wildling force against the Boltons.
Maintenance
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If that leak is really true (and the stars are aligning for it to be), then this will be one hell of a fanfic season.
Well, I'll be damned.
I went and found the exact quote and she doesn't say it was a Brandon for sure, just a mayhaps.
Seems easy enough to make on your own. Let me try it.
"You know those 3 Dornish girls we have on the show? What if one of them had a bad pussy? Wouldn't that make sense?" "That does make sense."
"Then what if one of them poisoned Bronn, showed him her breasts, and immediately gave him the antidote?" "That also makes sense."
"Then what if they killed Jaime's daughter and he just went straight on home instead of going back and killing everyone?" This year Dave Hill is a writer on the show.
DrForester
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demosthenes
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el oh el, so good.
Dash_Riprock
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Is the Spanish leak more in depth? Where can I read it?
I don't think the cross gives us anything new. All we can tell is it's an adult male on there, which we already knew. And I'm not 100% on whether the boats are an actual battle or just Sam stuck in storms, since we know he and Gilly have some boat scenes from the screens they released. The parts that stand out to me are the Bolton shield wall holding steady against wildlings trying to be menacing, which seems like a really clear image of the discipline thing the leak was all about, and the image of Yara in what looks like eastern climate. That was the leak's single most random prediction, that she ends up in Volantis. Everything else was kind of known or otherwise predictable.
Remember seeing it a couple months ago ITT.
Can see the show doing at least a few of those things, but not exactly in the same context the dude hints at.
I remember on Reddit during one of the live threads last season, people (many of them) were speculating that Benjen had been warged into his horse this entire time (because it flashbacked to the horse scene in the "previously on" part). It wouldn't surprise me if people seriously believe he's the Night's King also. Hell, many think he's Dario.
PHOENIXZERO
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While Tristan is also on the ship.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Can we all agree that the only storyline that has been consistently good on the show is Arya's?
All he lannisters were great as well (outside of dorne though... So I guess Jamie doesn't count anymore
)Shuggananas
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Ehh, she's annoying really. And the fan service with jaqen.. ugh. Why not Syrio while you're at it.
Syrio will be in S6 won't he
Nah, not really. I dislike the show's grim dark, punishment take on her training with the Faceless Men.
Moff
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with how they fucked up her best book plot in harrenhal?
Oldest Snake
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In addition to the above I'd also criticise her not being the one to identify Brienne's Lannister sword in S4 a slap in the face too. Her general meme-ing around with The Hound in season 4 got old fast, though that was more on him than her.
Also the super mega evil pedo Meryn Trant was laughable, and the retrospective sexual assault of Sansa was also worrying given the rest of season 5's content.
I agree. It could use some levity.
I would say the most consistent storyline is Jon's.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Wow let me live
I mean, she's had absolutely no controversy for the entire run of the show and her character has stayed consistent with book Arya. I always look to her arc to be the shining beacon in the pile of shit that is the rest of the show these days.
I mean, she's had absolutely no controversy for the entire run of the show and her character has stayed consistent with book Arya. I always look to her arc to be the shining beacon in the pile of shit that is the rest of the show these days.
Moff
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anyone remember the halfhand and mance? completely destroyed book characters in jon's show plot. instead we got olly, yay. jon's best book plot was a complete mess in season 2.
harrington is also one of the worst actors on the show.
the best show character is obviously tywin, because charles dance had an incredible presence, too bad D&D completely fucked him up by forgetting about his sideburns.
I... eh... never really thought about that... ermmm... wat
JesseEwiak
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After reading this thread on and off, I'm not sure who's more nihilistic - GoT book fans who continually think the show is horrible but still watch it because of one good storyline or one good actor on the show or wrestling fans who continue to think RAW is terrible, but give Vince $9.99 a month for his Network because they like NXT.
Atraveller
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Not counting Ollie, his storyline was pretty ok.
adamsappel
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They seem to be trying so hard to keep her from being an assassin. It's very clever how she kills the money-lender in the book. In the show, she just has a little pouch of poison she's going to pour on his oysters, and then she abandons that mission to kill cartoonishly-evil Meryn Trant.
FootballFan
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I am still in disbelief that D&D won an award for writing.
Shuggananas
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Money money
"Let's take a mediocre book and make it even worse with fanservice and tits"
Instant award
Oldest Snake
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Why would Coldhands also be Daario? That's just silly.
Operations
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Put things in context. The last two books were a big fat mess and the neckbeard hasn't been arsed to even finish the story. To top it all, they have to cram it under ten episodes.
Not an easy task.
I still believe Euron is Daario. And Varys is a Merman. Those two are the theories I will never not believe, even if the books deny those claims. Even if George says so. Never, ever I will stop believing.
The bad pussy line was the icing on the cake.
The bad pussy line was the icing on the cake.
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