Game of Thrones Final Season Discussion Thread. (SPOILERS ABOUND, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)
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That did not have the body count I was kind of expecting...
Right now I really liked it but I may change my mind as I think more about it as this episode had plenty of shit that I was busting last seasons balls over ("Oh no, I'm about to die! Oh hey, someone saved me JUST in time!!!!). Maybe I'm still giddy as a child about Endgame but I was happy enough with this last episode.
Also, I take back my prediction on Danny. I think the show runners are setting up for the happy ending after this last episode rather than Thrones as it used to be.
Right now I really liked it but I may change my mind as I think more about it as this episode had plenty of shit that I was busting last seasons balls over ("Oh no, I'm about to die! Oh hey, someone saved me JUST in time!!!!). Maybe I'm still giddy as a child about Endgame but I was happy enough with this last episode.
Also, I take back my prediction on Danny. I think the show runners are setting up for the happy ending after this last episode rather than Thrones as it used to be.
I don't know...I feel they lost too much.tippy2k2 said:
The Night King is predictable....Cersei isn't.
Please. Well all know that Podrick will rise to the Iron Throne with Briene as the head of his guard after everyone else dies in a MacBeth-esque bloodbath in the throneroom.tippy2k2 said:
No he wasn't. He didn't appear until Season 2 but they sort of 'No, he was there the whole time, we swear!' it.Samtemdo8 said:
Anyways.
As someone who's favorite character was always Arya, I feel pretty good. I fucking loved the knife flip in the spar with Brienne, but I was surprised it ended up being so important. I do wish she was more assassiny in the library area.
More people lived than I thought. Lyanna was the only surprising death. Kinda hoped Jorah would live though, especially after she died. I knew Sam had plot armor, but they didnt have to be so obvious about it.
I do wish Jon and the Night King had a duel. I was all 'Duel of Fates' when they were facing off, but then NK literally 'upped and ran'.
Characters have always had plot armor in Thrones, so I'm not surprised so few actual favorites died. Lyanna and Jorah are the only two that people liked by my count, although Theon is beloved by some. Still, I'm mad the crypts had undead in them. Even if the Starks didn't cremate, then bury their dead, most of those corpses should be ash at this point. Pretty much only should've been a handful.
I am happy that Arya pulled out the win though, as my money was on either her, Jon, or Jamie killing the Night King (with Theon as the long shot).
I am happy that Arya pulled out the win though, as my money was on either her, Jon, or Jamie killing the Night King (with Theon as the long shot).
If the Alliance employs those types of battlefield tactics against the Crown, they are solidly fucked.
What kind of madman sends light cavalry on a blind charge into the snow? Why would you put palisades BEHIND your spearmen? Why were the catapults and trebuchets in front of the palisades as well? Where were the pickets with scout riders?
What kind of madman sends light cavalry on a blind charge into the snow? Why would you put palisades BEHIND your spearmen? Why were the catapults and trebuchets in front of the palisades as well? Where were the pickets with scout riders?
To be fair Dothraki probably wouldn't have followed better tactics anyway. They likely think tactics are for nerds and wimps. In the lore their conquests even came to an end because they decided to just blindly charge straight into an Unsullied Phalanx rather than flank them. ''Because to the Dothraki men without horses are fit only to be run down'' Jorah sums up.Abomination said:
I'm not overly impressed. I like Arya but I don't see any reason she would get to kill the Nightking. I suspect its just because pretty much everyone loves Arya and thinks she's really cool rather than for thematic reasons. Jon not being the chosen one kinda brings down Rheagar. There's implication that he desperately sought to fulfill the prophesy of the prince that was promised and that Lyanna might be part of that. But no, he just doomed his dynasty and abandoned his wife and kids because he was feeling horny.
The White walkers are also kinda pathetic, getting defeated in a single episode. Maybe Jon Snow really didn't know anything after all and house Lanister was the true danger all along.
The White walkers are also kinda pathetic, getting defeated in a single episode. Maybe Jon Snow really didn't know anything after all and house Lanister was the true danger all along.
I guess Jon vs the Night King in a Sword fight would be TOO cliche. But those Cliches are awesome!!!Saelune said:
Fucking Chronicles of Narnia had Peter fighting the White Witch herself:
I guess the show is emphasizing the "GAME OF THRONES" part of the name now.Hades said:
It was always about the Throne.
Who knows, mabye the books will be more about fighting the actual White Walkers as the real Climax.
Oh, so they're stupid AND disobedient - exactly what you want from your light cavalry.Hades said:
I feel I am the only one that actually like that the episode was practically pitch black.Abomination said:
The Night Is Long And Full Of Terrors. But then again, I loved the Dark-Blue Lighting of Helm's Deep better:
Yeah - a boy who's never used a sword or shield prior to arriving in Narnia is able to hold his own against a jinn/giant hybrid who's existed for at least centuries.Samtemdo8 said:
Logic!
On the other hand, he'd probably have lost if not for Aslan, so, um, yeah.
Yeah, now I really want someone to make a fanfiction replacing the Night King with Arthas, Arya would have a tougher time stabbing through that Armor of his: