Game of Thrones discussion thread

[viberunner]

But as for Daryl? He is my Tyrion.

This.

[viberunner]

Opinions on episode... spoiler free: THAT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.

[Spindles]

Just to be safe.

The giant rocked, I'd just seen a number of characters I thought looked like they had potential for the future and 20 minutes later they were dead.

Cersei's final humiliating moment in that scene was something I'm sure we've all longed to see.

Tyrion still gets the best lines, but Dani has never looked more regal.

The battle was brilliant, loved the reveal that valyrian steel is as good as dragon glass as well, but how is that wight back when he destroyed it?

[viberunner]

To answer

It was a different walker. The one he killed had longish hair and a spear, the one doing the raising has been called The Night's King (by fanboys) due to his apparent crown of ice (and apparent lead role).

Yeah, I thought that woman was going to last longer than she did. When she waved goodbye to her kids I knew that was a kiss of death but I was more expecting their boat to sink.

Edited June 1, 2015 by viberunner

[Spindles]

Ah, thought it was the same wight I saw (not the one on the jetty), to be fair I'm pretty lacking in sleep, so easily done.

I usually watch an episode twice, so I'll be better prepare next time.

I thought the fenn was going to be important, coming round to King Crow's cause (great new name for Jon Snow/Stark/Bastard of Winterfell/Lord Commander).

[viberunner]

Okay, well, I'll be rewatching later so I'll keep an eye out.

PS, wight traditionally meant "a living thing", particularly women or children, as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton used it A 19th century translation of the Icelandic saga Grettis saw wight used as a name for an undead creature, a Barrow-wight, which Tolkien popularised. In Game of Thrones a wight is the undead "meat" that gets raised up by the "Others" aka White Walkers.

[Spindles]

Ah right, I was mistaken, for some reason I recalled that wight was another term for the others (as white walkers didn't seem to get mentioned in the books I'd read) but you are quite right.

[viberunner]

It's all good.

If I were any more of a nitpicker then Orangutans would hire me to do their grooming.

[justanothername]

That episode was fantastic! Best one so far by a mile. Gutted I can't talk about it until later though as I really don't want to ruin it for anyone

[RichieSpenno]

Just to be safe.

The giant rocked, I'd just seen a number of characters I thought looked like they had potential for the future and 20 minutes later they were dead.

Cersei's final humiliating moment in that scene was something I'm sure we've all longed to see.

Tyrion still gets the best lines, but Dani has never looked more regal.

The battle was brilliant, loved the reveal that valyrian steel is as good as dragon glass as well, but how is that wight back when he destroyed it?

Not sure if my answer is necessarily spoileriffic but just in case.

The only reason Daenerys looks any more regal or interesting is Tyrions influence on her storyline/scenes. He's going to carry her for the rest of their combined storyline, however long that will be.

Great episode.

[Spindles]

Everyone is lit by the brilliance of the light of Tyrion. Honestly, his character in the books isn't as striking as in the show and Peter Dinklage is probably one of the key reasons for the success of the series.

Going to be tricky to bring many of these story threads to a satisfactory conclusion before the end of the series. We shall see. Episode 9 in GoT tends to be pantwettingly brilliant. (Which this episode was, up there with the battle of blackwater bay and the exploding out of the ground skeletons and brief glimpse of the children of the forest for me).

[gary1979666]

Going to be tricky to bring many of these story threads to a satisfactory conclusion before the end of the series. We shall see. Episode 9 in GoT tends to be pantwettingly brilliant. (Which this episode was, up there with the battle of blackwater bay and the exploding out of the ground skeletons and brief glimpse of the children of the forest for me).

That was Ep 8, so 9 is next week! More to come hopefully!

As for prior Ep 9's, you missed the beNEDding and the red wedding!

[philipsteak]

Well about bloody time. Despite watching that while kind of half reclining, I still feel like I need to go for a bit of a lie down

[viberunner]

Not sure if my answer is necessarily spoileriffic but just in case.

The only reason Daenerys looks any more regal or interesting is Tyrions influence on her storyline/scenes. He's going to carry her for the rest of their combined storyline, however long that will be.

Great episode.

On a second watch I know why...

... she's appearing regal.

She sits up straight and doesn't move her face much whilst she's talking. Check it out.

[Winslow Leach]

Well that was probably the best episode the show has ever done.

[Winslow Leach]

Can someone with a better memory remind me: does Ramsay know that Bran and Rickon are still alive?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Confess

Confess

Confess

No no not the comfy chair.

[justanothername]

Can someone with a better memory remind me: does Ramsay know that Bran and Rickon are still alive?

Yes as Roose Bolton sent Locke out to join the Night's Watch to so he could go beyond the wall to kill them.

Edited June 1, 2015 by justanothername

[gary1979666]

Wow! What a battle!

Mix that with classic tyrion and arya getting interesting again.

Shame there's only 2 left now!

[bunique]

That was freaking sweeeeeet!

Someone who pays more attention than me, remind me - where did Jon get Valerian Steel?

[bunique]

Also enjoyed the liberal use of the work fuck this week.

[gary1979666]

That was freaking sweeeeeet!

Someone who pays more attention than me, remind me - where did Jon get Valerian Steel?

Jorahs dad gave him it when Jon and ghost saved him from the undead back in S1.

[bunique]

Christ I need to watch it all again from the beginning!

[justanothername]

The last 20 minutes was great. I was thinking the episode was great when Jon was talking to the wildling leaders and then it kicks off! It was so tense and epic and I loved it and is one of the best episodes of GoT in general. The only problem is that the it was clear that wildling woman was going to die from when she sent off her kids. Also Mastodon were extras in the episode which is a nice bonus

Edited June 1, 2015 by justanothername

[Thearg]

Well that was brilliant.

I couldn't understand what they were saying at the meet so I turned the subtitles on,they even translated what the giant was saying,think I'll be doing that now on,theres a lot of mumbling in this series