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meanolmrcloud posted:I know amazon says PST but this fucker better be on my kindle at 1201 or there will be hell to pay On my Nook touch now lol.
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My main problem with the 5th book is how many new loose end it has opened. So many twists are relied on newly introduced characters. It basically....has changed the game rule of the series so much that its impossible to predict the future books. On the other hand, quite a few of the secrets that I care about (for example, the true motive of Varys and Illyrio) has revealed. I find myself not as eager to look forward to the next book as I did with ADWD. There are quite a few secrets I am sure will only reveal in the final book, for example, * The deal with Rheagar and Lyanna * The deal with Ashara * The Others * The importance of Bran I actually doesn't care about these secrets myself. So if GRRM kicks the bucket, I will feel bad only because I won't be able to find out the result of these loose ends: * Will Bronn come back and kcik major rear end? * Will Ramsay Bolton get skinned? * Will Tyrion find his wife? * What will happen to Asha? At these point, I can't think about other character I care about. Book 5 kind of hosed up both Jon and Dany for me. I don't care about them any more.
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Jul 19, 2011 04:03
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Tony Danza Claus posted:We're told fairly specifically that the Queen of Thorns killed Joffrey. He has already unlocked the "Kinkiller" achievement, might as well admit killing Joffre to collect the "Kingkiller" badge.
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Jul 20, 2011 02:04
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Mr. Pool posted:I think people are reading into it because Merman is definitely house Manderly, and he has already eaten one set of characters, while there are many more we HOPE he will eat (preferably Ramsay.....alive) That would totally make my day. I can even forgive GRRM for his Brienne and Mereen chapters.
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Jul 20, 2011 02:21
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euphronius posted:The Melisandre one is the best imho. They are all pretty terrible. People can't draw shouldn't use Photoshop to "draw". Dany looks like a cheerleader.
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Jul 20, 2011 03:37
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showbiz_liz posted:Hahaha imagine if Dany just gradually became insane and started burning the poo poo out of Westeros and then it turned out that the Others were the only way to stop her and her dragons. Take THAT, genre conventions! Somebody need to do a "phamton edit" style editing that eliminate all the Brienne ad penny chapters.
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Jul 20, 2011 23:27
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Phylodox posted:I think this book just continued the trend set up in the previous four books: behaviour that would, in your average fantasy novel, win the day and lead to a happily-ever-after just gets you hosed by people who are willing to be bastards. Ay, my favorite is the Red Vipor/ Mountain fight out of all of them.
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Jul 20, 2011 23:40
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"No body gently caress with THE MOUNTRAIN!"
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Jul 21, 2011 15:57
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FINGERBLASTER69 posted:This season is awesome. Things that took hundreds of pages to slog through are resolved in an episode. And thank god, no Lady Stoneheart. What a poo poo character. Yeah. It's like reverse of DBZ episodes. Also enjoy the Brienne and Pod adventure.
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Apr 14, 2015 18:54
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420 Gank Mid posted:The show will suffer for not having Aegon. He's the only Targaryen who actually gets off his rear end and invades Westeros and JonCon is not only the only surviving compatriot of Rhaegar (if Selmy stays down for good) but he's also a big part of the grayscale plot that the show doesn't seem to have dropped. What's the theory on the grayscale?
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Apr 14, 2015 23:40
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Dany is going to die during her circumnavigation around the non-earth. Only one ship will make it back to the west coast of Westeros.
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Apr 16, 2015 12:18
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InFlames235 posted:Love how the show just outright made Jaqen the teacher for Arya at the house of black and white. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's only hinted in the books that he is the one teaching her right? Never thought this was explicitly said. I like this Kung Fu training routine much better. The book version is too creepy. I hope there is training montage.
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Apr 16, 2015 15:24
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CaptainRightful posted:So Iwan Rheon, Alfie Allen, and Sophie Turner have all mentioned that something truly horrific happens in the middle of the season and Iwan even said he didn't want to go through with filming it. You have to keep in mind the show LF is dumber than book LF. He pushed Lysa out the moon door without a backup plan. It was a moment of passion for the dumb rear end show LF. This is what he said to Sansa Sansa: "There's no justice in the world." LF: "Not unless we make it." "You loved your family." "Avenge them." It's pretty obvious to me that he is organizing a revolt. Also something will gently caress up and Theon and Brienne will be there to be "The Cleaner". whatever7 fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Apr 17, 2015 |
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Do you guys think thematically the whole Arya training should be part of time skip like Bran. I have been thinking about this. If GRRM really intend to turn Arya into bad rear end assassin, she should go away for a good 3-5 years at lease for the training. I don't see the point of GRRM keep writing Arya level up quest. They are really not part of the ASOIAF story. Unless, GRRM intend to have Arya break the vow to assassin guild very soon.
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Apr 18, 2015 11:38
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Also Bran warging a tree. Now somebody need to make it and put it on Youtube.
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Apr 18, 2015 17:11
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mind the walrus posted:Aside from the CGI s'plosions the Blackwater looked dinky as all gently caress when it came to actual soldiers/ships fighting. I mean it still looked like the very best that the most money in television could offer, and it still failed to capture more than 1/5th at best of the scale I got from the books, which I do consider thematically relevant enough to count as a mark against the show even if I know they can't help it. If you want realistic epic war fighting scenes, you have to make the series into a movie trilogy. You have to hand the story to Ridley Scott or Peter Jackson to make 3-6 movies series, who no doubt will throw out 90% of the intrigues and palace power struggles. It's a compromise no matter what media you choose to adapt the books. I am very happy HBO have been very faith to the intrigue and mystery elements of the books and do the best job they could for the fighting. When I read the book I didn't think the battle of Blackwater was that big of a deal. The battle of Wall was way bigger and epic in the book.
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Apr 20, 2015 17:00
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I felt the opposite, like Mance never really made a full-on assault in the books the way Stannis did on the blackwater. He sent a few parties forward, including the giant in the tunnel, but not the majority of his host. When I read the book I didn't get the sense that Stannis was going to take Kings Landing, therefore not a lot was at stake when I read it. Maybe it had something to with GRRM tips the hand by not letting the Red Witch going to the battle? Maybe I knew deep down Tyrion was a much bigger character than Stannis?
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Apr 20, 2015 18:17
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SaviourX posted:Hello my Mildest of Cards, I finally went and completed what I'm sure Georgey will just love, my ASoIaF and Tarantinoverse crossover fan script thing. I want to read A Game of Bones.
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Ague Proof posted:The Faceless Man using Jaqen's identity went to Oldtown as the Alchemist, tricked Pate into getting him a key and then killed him. He's now using Pate's identity and is with Marwyn and Alleras/Sarella. Anyone want to speculate where this plot is going? He is trying to steal alchemy magic.. to do what? Sound more like a RPG quest than an ASOIAF story.
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Apr 21, 2015 13:08
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Wait... faceless men were responsible for the destruction of Valyria? That was in the book?
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Apr 21, 2015 13:26
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AtAt-de-fay posted:Imagine. Late at night. Alone in bed. And then ... I just want to quote this.
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Iron Lung posted:I honestly think Aegon would be way too confusing for show watchers at this point, its just way too many story lines converging. And unlike GRRM they plan on finishing something, ANYTHING, in their contracted seasons. Sansa is going cut off Ramsey's dick during sex to avenge her half brother Theon. Sansa is Littlefinger's Myranda.
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Sheikh Djibouti posted:I still wonder about how the books / show are going to deal with this in anything like a plausible way. I mean, picture the conversation: Come on, it should start with Tyrion ripping Dany a new one. One thing that annoy me the most is that I am not getting the reason why doesn't GRRM start moving Dany back to Westeros in book 5 beside his own dumb prophecy. He even planned it in his original trilogy proposal. Now I am hearing humor of Dany not meeting Tyrion until the end of book 6. If that's the case, GRRM didn't plan to give Dany a real chance to take the Iron Throne whatsoever. Its like Dany start the playoff with severe plot handicap. gently caress that fat man! whatever7 fucked around with this message at 16:51 on May 4, 2015 |
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Mike N Eich posted:The jokes on all of us because the show keeps getting worse and is going to be the only way the series gets a conclusion. Stannis is a good guy. I didn't pick it up when I read the book. He willingly give up the fortress on the wall and take on the thankless task of invading Winterfell just because its the right thing to do. And he didn't even give a its the right thing to do speech. I hope Brienne kill him because he can go out as a hero.
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May 4, 2015 17:34
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Junkenstein posted:Now that Barristan has been confirmed dead, I'm pretty confident that 'twist' involves him and is specifically meant to gently caress with the show. D&D will give his stupid Barry twist to Brienne. 
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May 7, 2015 16:22
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I really like the additional of Mad Queen burning off one guy as a warming. Of course Kelly C's acting couldn't carry that scene but whatever. Man gently caress Dany and gently caress Jon, I am with Stannis all the way.
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May 11, 2015 15:50
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kcroy posted:.... I am sure by season 8 I will be rooting for Ramsey.
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May 12, 2015 22:36
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I know how HBO can fix it. Combine the last 2 books into 1 15-episode season.
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May 13, 2015 19:04
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Preach it brother. #teamstannis after Stannis is murdered by GRRM #teamwhitewalker
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May 14, 2015 03:51
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People poo poo on HBO and the showrunners need to recognize the showfinger's plans make much more sense than bookfinger's plan. And gently caress Sansa's virginity, don't put it on a pedestal.
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May 26, 2015 15:01
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Solice Kirsk posted:This entire series could probably be condensed down to 12 hours of content if they really wanted. And I'm counting the 2/3 books that haven't even come out yet. They can adopt it into movie series. First movie is about the struggle of the Starks and the Lannisters with covers the first 2 books; Second movie would cover the rise of Daenerys Targaryen. Third movie tell the story of Tyrion, that should cover all the major event of the 3rd book and ends with Tyrion meeting Dany. The last movie is about Dany and Tyrion returning to Westeros and confront their destinies. I don't even think the Others invasion is all that important of a plot point anyway. Just make them villain of the last movie. Throw in another Jon movie if you want to.
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May 27, 2015 14:13
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I found something completely ridiculous yesterday. Might as well, Stephen King came back from the future to stop GURM from writing the series ending worse than Dark Tower.
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Mar 16, 2016 16:29
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I dunno what sort of closure people were expecting - the sopranos ending was pretty appropriate given the tone of the show. I liked it. I want to see Tony brutally gunned down Sonny style. David Chase is a loving pussy.
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Apr 7, 2016 23:25
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HBO will pull a Sopranos and go to black screen in the final episode of GoT, we will never find out who sits on the Iron Throne.
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Apr 15, 2016 03:43
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Evil Fluffy posted:If HBO has a deal with GRRM that lets them write more poo poo using the ASOIAF world then whether D&B want to do it is irrelevant because HBO will just find replacements. Doing some Dunk and Egg, Robert's Rebellion, the Dance of Dragons...etc could be a few seasons each on their own. Maybe they wouldn't be as big since people will know what the outcome of those events are already but we could still get something like Bran greenseeing to the far north's land of eternal winter and show us a season with the Thens facking ice spiders and whatever other crazy poo poo is way up in those places. OR we get some Assai and Jade Sea stuff (based around Euron?) or even just post-ASOIAF poo poo with the winner trying to rebuild and fend off challengers. Nobody wants to watch any Dunk and Egg. But HBO can make a spinoff of GoT about Tyrion wondering around Westeros and the fantasy European continent.
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Apr 15, 2016 14:15
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Errant Gin Monks posted:How big is the pool yet on if GRRM will publish the next book before the series ends in 3 years? What's odd of GRRM announcing the publishing date for book 6 but he will need two more book to finish the series at the same time?
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May 23, 2016 04:04
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I really don't like Dany's new dress. It's some dumb star trek uniform. She can't hold a candle to my Queen Cersei.
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