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JT Jag posted:Jeff Goldblum as the Red Viper is the best post ever made in one of these threads That isn't a particularly high bar tbf
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# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 07:31 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 05:36 |
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NowonSA posted:Yeah, that sounds like a hell of a time. Maybe I'll be looking at the thread for the next one. Watch closely then, the joke will be for your eyes only
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# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 07:32 |
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speshl guy posted:In addition to everyone picking apart and figuring out the endings and twists to his story. I think this is the crux of it, to be honest. Aside from the RLJ mystery getting figured out and plastered everywhere, some people have obviously figured out the end and some/all of the twists along the way. It's hard to imagine anything more morale-sapping as a writer than that. Yeah he could definitely finish it for other reasons like pride etc, but when most of your motivation is gone and a whole world of other possibilities has grabbed your attention, it's not difficult to see why other projects and stuff start taking over.
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# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 00:50 |
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Someone with more free time than me should go back through the season 5 thread and grade everyone's predictions
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 02:03 |
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Just the prison scene I think. We all howled with laughter when that tape leaked, thinking it was a fake or at least something they came up with in five minutes that wouldn't be in the show and well yeah And yet it still wasn't even in the top 5 worst things about Dorne
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 05:41 |
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Wafflecopper posted:Yeah it was a bit weird to see Stannis, renowned got his tactical and strategic skills, decide to press a suicidal attack on a fortified position with his badly diminished and demoralised army, and then fail to do any scouting at all and have his army ambushed and demolished as it straggled out of the forest. I'll be surprised if that's how it plays out in the books. He made a sacrifice to the Lord of Light though!
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# ¿ Jan 7, 2016 03:44 |
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Elias_Maluco posted:EDIT 2: would you mind explaining what this theory is? Ive found a blog post about it but it probably has more words than ADWD The Night Lamp theory in a nutshell: quote:Stannis used to be the Master of Ships. This means he dealt with maritime law, crime, etc. He was called upon at least once to deal with people who repeatedly used a trick to purposefully wreck ships. They would extinguish the fire from a ‘known good’ beacon and erect a false beacon somewhere else. This would cause ships to crash because they were lured into rocks or something like that.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 02:44 |
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The first half of ASOS bored me to tears, I don't really know why but it did. I actually got so bored I quit reading 3 chapters before the Red Wedding Needless to say, picking it back up was a bit of a moment, except with a book instead of a TV
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 11:32 |
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Harold Stassen posted:There are like fifty characters named Skahaz mo Naznak or some variation thereof, all of equally dubious import/relevance Someone here once pointed out that all the names are basically a variation on <xx> Moe Szyslak and now that's all I can read I don't mind Shavepate, though I'm pronouncing the "-pate" to rhyme with "eight" and separating so that it's almost two words. Shave Pate. Doesn't seem too bad to me?
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 01:59 |
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Solice Kirsk posted:Wait, how the hell else is it supposed to be pronounced? I dunno, I was just breaking it down for the guy who thought it was super-awkward! Remember this is the thread where several people didn't get that Damphair = Damp Hair
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 04:08 |
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Surely Bran is standing up in that photo?! Also looks like Brienne is at the wall in her picture?
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 22:00 |
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Oh god they better not repeat that scene, poor Tommen
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 22:03 |
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Beeez posted:I think that chapter of TWOW makes it seem somewhat likely she'll never actually marry him, there's a lot of shady stuff going on in the Vale and virtually everyone seems to be a potential spanner in the works for Littlefinger's plans. Including Littlefinger himself. Sansa will definitely never marry him, because plans never ever work if they're explained in advance
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2016 05:15 |
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counterfeitsaint posted:I don't even remember what happened with the book version of this now. Were there even any leeches or ritual or prophecy about the three "kings" dying, or was she just getting off talking about how excited she was to kill that little boy until he was smuggled out? Yes, the leech ritual is definitely in the books. But it's pretty clear to us as readers that all three deaths were the result of human actions, not divine intervention. With I guess the possible exception of Balon, who "fell off a bridge in a storm" but I don't think it's until later we learn indirectly that it was probably a faceless man murdering him on Euron's orders.
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# ¿ Mar 2, 2016 01:42 |
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Your Gay Uncle posted:When she burns Stannises blood leeches it works because he has Targaryan blood on his mothers side. Except it's pretty clear (to us, the readers) that the leeches had nothing to do with any deaths. She's seen a reasonably clear vision that Robb/Balon/Joffrey will all die, and uses the leech ritual to manipulate Stannis into believing she's responsible.
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# ¿ Mar 7, 2016 07:42 |
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esperterra posted:I know right?? Ugh I bet she isn't even a real redhead. Disgusting. Next you're going to tell me that Emilia Clark isn't even a natural blonde
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2016 00:46 |
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And yeah there's a bunch of ways to rules-lawyer out of that statement: - It's not Jon Snow, it's Jon Stark/Targaryen/Other - She just wanted to burn his corpse and his kingly Targ fire-powers "woke the dragon" - It was the Lord of Light, not Melisandre - He's now a zombie like Coldhands, so technically he didn't get resurrected since he's not alive Or of course she's just lying
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2016 00:51 |
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"Apologies for what you're about to see" This line really should've been in the trailers for last season imo
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 03:31 |
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twistedmentat posted:The lack of any hints of Sand Snakes is just a plus. Yeah I was pretty pleased at that too. Literally the only hint of Dorne was that ship arriving in King's Landing with Jaime and Myrcella
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 06:41 |
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Azazell0 posted:Interesting, I don't remember this. Where was it implied that Tywin was poisoned? http://boiledleather.com/post/24196234491/tywin-lannister-dead-man-making GBS threads It's reasonably convincing, as I think it's the only decent explanation for why Tywin's body rots so quickly and horribly in a way that nobody else's does.
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2016 10:19 |
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Apoplexy posted:I was actually kinda worried about Kevan Lannister's portrayal on the show after he was relegated to being an extra in the first two seasons, but all it took was one scene with him ridiculing Cersei to her face and now the audience loves him. He should've had the line about thinking Tommen still has his father with him, too, but maybe that's forthcoming. All we'd need is one scene of him suggesting he knows about Cersei and Jaime and that scene from last season and he's perfectly set up to die by the hand of Varys and his little birds. Given that Varys isn't around, if Kevan keeps gaining influence over Tommen/cooperating with the Tyrells, I could almost see Cersei orchestrating his death. Probably a long shot, but unlikelier things have happened on this show.
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 03:40 |
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Meowbot posted:I finished season 5 despite friends sayin it was bad It was an awesome experience I recommend seas on5 to ALL speople big or tall. I had no idea the twists and turns (I m not a book watcer personally so I have on ly seen the show) so at this time only having seen the show and not the book I enjoyed what events transpired .... until I found out some TRICKERY was afoot with some changes between the show &the books? How dare they ... I looked up said trickery and omg miranda wasnt even in th book ? She was the most lovable character the interaction scene wher he and sana have the bow fight was awesome. This year, Meowbot is the OP of the thread
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 03:21 |
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Asehujiko posted:If you remove dead people, the only connection left between Mereen and the rest of the world is the minimal thickness Jamie <=> Barristan link. It's only based on ASOS for some reason, so yeah there's a bunch of stuff still to happen and connections to add/remove. That's probably also why Sansa comes up so highly, since for most of that book she's at court in King's Landing and interacting with a lot of characters.
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 03:41 |
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Ballz posted:I've been avoiding this thread and really, any Game of Thrones/GRRM news in general for the last 5 or 6 months. It has been a blissful and happy period of my life, but there is a sense of emptiness that has grown by the day. Brothers, I am back and ready for the Stranger's embrace. Don't worry, we haven't come up with any new jokes in the meantime! It's still Dany shits in a field, Twenty Good Men and "This Year, <x> is a writer on the show". And I swear, if they kill off Ghost I'm gunna be so loving mad
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 09:52 |
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Looks like that theory about the burning flayed bodies in front of the battle (image #33) is wrong. For anyone who's forgotten, the theory was that the flayed bodies were of Roose and Fat Walda
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# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 03:17 |
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Something else interesting: in that shot of Max von Sydow as Bloodraven, he's clearly standing at the Tower of Joy (notice the terrain and the dead bodies behind him). So I guess him and Bran will be able to wander around inside the vision, but without disturbing what's going on.
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# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 03:23 |
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I guess this year if any screeners leak out we'll know where they came from: http://www.techinsider.io/game-of-thrones-obama-season-six-screeners-2016-4
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# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 12:34 |
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Max posted:There were two scenes that were leaked that people couldn't believe were true, but sure enough, they happened. I forget what the other one was. Wasn't it another Sand Snake scene? The one where they clumsily introduce themselves to each other, even though they're sisters? edit; Actually on that note, have we even seen them in any previews or trailers for this season?
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# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 01:55 |
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TK-42-1 posted:Alfie looks like a 40 year old red skull in this what the heck He looks a lot like Peter Dinklage for some reason
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# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 00:55 |
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Elephanthead posted:Is Hodor coming back? He is the only reason the Bran arc is watchable. He was at the premiere I think so I'm pretty sure he's in
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 01:49 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Season 5 was awful but Seasons 1-4 were great. So I'm foolishly going to keep watching. Also I have nothing better to do with my life. House of Cards bounced back massively this year after a poo poo season last year, so it's equally possible this show will as well. I actually feel like this season is going to resolve a lot of the Northern politics between the Boltons, the Starks and the various vassals. I think that also means the focus of next season could be on another 3-way war between a unified North under Jon, the Tyrells/Lannisters, and the Dornish. I think there's enough potential for good political drama in there, especially with the minor independent players like Brienne, Littlefinger, Sansa etc. Which sets things up nicely for another table flip when the Wall comes down and Drogon torches Kings Landing.
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 06:01 |
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meristem posted:Almost correct, except for the Dany part. She's still in Meereen in the last episode. When you say "next season", do you mean season 6? Because yeah I agree she probably isn't going back to Meereen at all until maybe late in the season. Though it'd be cool if the only way to convince the Dothraki to follow her across the sea to Westeros was by burning down Meereen (and destroying everything she worked so hard to build). If she looks back, she is lost and all that.
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# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 06:38 |
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That's pretty cool actually, that there's decent sized bits of info we're only finding out about now. I guess their new anti-leaking policies are working!
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 00:32 |
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The revelation will be that none of the Stark kids will ever meet each other again. Or that Arya will kill all of them
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 02:20 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:What is even the point of Bran and Bloodraven? What do they even add to the story? If you were to remove all traces of their plot nothing would change. In ADWD Bran was able to speak to Theon through a weirwood tree, and that's when he's only just starting to develop his powers. I'd imagine that in time he'll be fully capable of reading and influencing people's thoughts, just as Bloodraven has done to him since book 1. He's even already doing this with Hodor, taking a step up to people with much more willpower is probably not that far away.
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 04:48 |
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I can only imagine the collective poo poo-fit that'll occur when the series ends not in a climactic battle, but in a round of intense treaty negotiations between Tyrion, Jon and the Night's King. The theory about the Others seems to hold a lot of water, but yeah I agree the "Jon will marry an Other" part is a bit silly. Given the notion of a "bittersweet" ending and not having dichotomous good/evil factions, my dumb theory for how the end-game will play out is: - Dany finally attacks and burns down a lot of the continent - Jon unites Westeros and the Others to defeat her, ending with the deaths of Dany and her dragons - the Others make it a condition of their retreat that Jon comes with them as a ward/hostage/exile (bearing in mind as well that with Dany dead he's the last Targaryen) - the Throne is thrust upon someone who doesn't want it, but can do a decent job of uniting the kingdoms with both diplomacy and marriage (Sansa would be my guess)
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 07:33 |
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Without going too far into it, Saruman basically had no "power" left by the end of ROTK, only his voice. The ruffians are some hobbits and some men of Saruman's - it turns out a lot of the trouble started not long after Frodo & co left the Shire. But yes you're right, and that was basically the point. Saruman was so petty and worthless that he resorted to ruining the Shire simply because he could, rather than doing anything more useful. There's also hints that Gandalf knew (or had some idea) of what was going on, but just ignored it because he knew Frodo/Sam/Merry/Pippin had grown up enough to deal with it themselves.
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 11:26 |
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Krinkle posted:Gandalf lied, lotho died. What did he know and when did he know it? Bagendghazi
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 12:34 |
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BlindSite posted:Targaryen: In a bit of strife since Dany is barren and Dany isn't barren. She either miscarries or has a period during that "making GBS threads in the grass" chapter we all love so much. I'm also going to make two bold predictions: - Harry the Heir will amount to exactly nothing and Sansa will inherit the Vale directly - None of the remaining Stark children will ever meet again in person (in the books)
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# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 04:48 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 05:36 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The cat was such a pain in the rear end to film that hey will never do it again. I guess it was a lot like herding cats
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