It's a Nice Day for A Red Wedding

[AkatsukiLeader13]

Am i the only one who hated both Robb and Catelyn?

I mean Robb was a spoiled brat who basically abandoned the war he started for a nice piece of ass, and Catelyn always seemed like a ... well, not a very pleasant lady.

No you are not. I was always a bit detached from Robb since we never got any POV chapters from him, and Catelyn just came across as a self-righteous, stuck-up, egotistical snob of a ***** (I find her more sympathetic in the series, where we don't delve into her thoughts. Her irritating, blinkered thoughts). When she got the chop I was glad, though admittedly shocked as well, because now I felt vindicated in my utter dislike for her

Not read the books, don't click this. Seriously, DON'T CLICK THIS! YOU, HAVE, BEEN, WARNED! Watched the episode in question? STILL DON'T CLICK IT!

Entertainingly, dying only served to make her MORE of an self-righteous, stuck-up, egotist!

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I'm not sure I'd call Lady Stoneheart stuck-up and egotist. Self-righteous, vengeful, bitter, hateful and about a dozen other negative things but not really stuck up or egotistical. Truthfully I like her more after the Red Wedding than before and it's something I can't wait to see next season. Along with the Purple Wedding, Tyrion's revenge and a few of the other high points of second half of the third book.

 

[gyrobot_v1legacy]

That red wedding. It sure caught me by surprise when I read it.

But then, the end of the last book was even more surprising.

For the Watch!

I really hope GRRM finishes the books, unlike Robert Jordan.

While sad, Brandon Sanderson did a fine job of wrapping up the series in my opinion. Which was surprising, since I'm really not much of a fan of Brandon Sanderson's other work. I guess having to work with someone else's characters, rather than using the same stock characters he populates most of his work with, rather helped him out.

On topic:

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I've not been keeping up with the TV series. Still, all I really remember about the Red Wedding was that I was just so overwhelmingly relieved that Catelyn was dead. People talk about throwing the book across the room in anger at the Red Wedding, well... I nearly did the same thing when it turned out she was still alive. Rob I couldn't care less about, so other than that my only interest in the whole scene was that it was continuing Arya's transformation into a child psychopath.

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Robb's death pretty much says: House Stark is fucked beyond salvation, it is only a matter of time before all men of Stark is dead and the women are reduced to whores in one of Littlefinger's Brothels while the Freys and Boltons turn the North into their own playground of pain/skyrim mod

 

[Dirty Apple]

I've been enjoying the reaction videos immensely. They sustain me.

On a side note, what truly shattered me while reading it years ago was

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not getting to see Arya reunited with her family.

It was an ugly gut shot. I had to learn how to trust again after that.

 

[Sexy Devil]

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[Fijiman]

Am I the only one who wants to hear a Game of Thrones version of White Wedding now?

 

[Azahul]

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Robb's death pretty much says: House Stark is fucked beyond salvation, it is only a matter of time before all men of Stark is dead and the women are reduced to whores in one of Littlefinger's Brothels while the Freys and Boltons turn the North into their own playground of pain/skyrim mod

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Yup. I know. So? Arya's the only Stark woman I give a fig about, and the death of her family basically just gives her extra fuel over the next few books to help her become a proper little psychopath. As for the males... Bran and Rickon are well out of the whole deal and presumed dead by pretty much the entire population of Westeros. Just leaves Sansa, and she does a good job of matching her mother in terms of annoyance. Littlefinger's welcome to her.

Really, it's Daenerys that should be the focus. Her part of the story is a bit like this weird tangent for the first book, but after you find out there are full-blown prophecies regarding her return to Westeros it's pretty clear that she's the archetypal Chosen One/Saviour/generic fantasy hero of the setting.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

This is by far the best one yet!

This is how I was to everyone else who wasn't spoiled after the 9th episode aired.

 

[Fiairflair]

I'm starting to think i should just stay off everything Game of Thrones related since nobody seems capable of shutting their mouths <_< (Slightly bitter, yes. How'd you tell?)

This is the forum thread for a comic strip about how viewers unfamiliar with a book would be surprised/horrified by the events of the latest episode in a television adaptation of the book; a place set aside for discussing the thing lots of people watched and want to talk about.

Do you want everyone to stop talking so you don't hear them? One doesn't walk into a room with a neon light flashing "Red Wedding discussion" above the door and complain that the topic came up.

 

[SteewpidZombie]

I read the book...and watched the episode...and surprisingly the episode was more horrible than imagined at first XD

 

[Olas]

How wonderful, a comic I don't understand because I'm still on book 2. I guess I should bookmark it so I can come back and read eventually.

 

[lucky_sharm]

I haven't watched the series nor read the books.. so this confused me until I investigated-

Wow.. so basically the whole main cast is killed off. Like, major likable characters including one who's pregnant. That's pretty much a move a LOT of writers wouldn't be willing to take but nether the less I bet so many people are going to stop watching the show even if the series continues.

Poor Erin.

You really haven't seen the show or read the books, then. Only two major characters out of 12 main characters were killed.

I'm surprised people were so shocked by the Red Wedding. Every event following Robb's marriage to Jeyne/Talissa lead him to his grisly end at the Twins.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

I'm starting to think i should just stay off everything Game of Thrones related since nobody seems capable of shutting their mouths <_< (Slightly bitter, yes. How'd you tell?)

This is the forum thread for a comic strip about how viewers unfamiliar with a book would be surprised/horrified by the events of the latest episode in a television adaptation of the book; a place set aside for discussing the thing lots of people watched and want to talk about.

Do you want everyone to stop talking so you don't hear them? One doesn't walk into a room with a neon light flashing "Red Wedding discussion" above the door and complain that the topic came up.

It's not so much about the Red Wedding (because i already saw the episode when it came out), but rather the "encouraging" hints that get dropped which are supposed to make this event seem surmountable. Thanks for leaving out the main focus of my post in your response

 

[gyrobot_v1legacy]

I haven't watched the series nor read the books.. so this confused me until I investigated-

Wow.. so basically the whole main cast is killed off. Like, major likable characters including one who's pregnant. That's pretty much a move a LOT of writers wouldn't be willing to take but nether the less I bet so many people are going to stop watching the show even if the series continues.

Poor Erin.

You really haven't seen the show or read the books, then. Only two major characters out of 12 main characters were killed.

I'm surprised people were so shocked by the Red Wedding. Every event following Robb's marriage to Jeyne/Talissa lead him to his grisly end at the Twins.

But ah Contrare, this was like what O'Brein once said...

"Imagine the boot stepping on your face, forever."

In this case, it was the greaves of the Boltons and the Freys on the face on the Starks, forever.

 

[kurupt87]

Huh, since nobody else has said it; nice Billy Idol nod.

 

[MorganL4]

I don't get the strip. I've seen the episode. I've not read the books.

What am I missing?

Most people who haven't read the books had a huge OMG!!!! moment when they saw that episode......

 

[Stalydan]

I don't watch the show nor have I read the books so this doesn't mean much to me, but that face in the last panel is truly terrifying.

The latest episode has a very unexpected plot moment, one that practically nobody could see coming.

Unless you read the book or someone who read the book told you about it. XD

Seriously, how did this scene not get completely spoiled? I'm surprised by people's restraint to not just blurt out "HEY GUESS WHAT HAPPENS LATER LAWL!"

Because what is better? Spoiling a scene for somebody watching them go "What?! Oh shit really?" or sitting next to them and seeing their reaction as it unfolds?

 

[NightHawk21]

Honestly probably the best episode of the series so far. As a non reader I saw most of the other major events, or at least wasn't particularly shocked by them but this one got me.

Really? I thought this was pretty well foreshadowed.

Neither my partner or I read any of the books, but Robb's death seemed guaranteed the moment he broke his oath to Frey. He never seemed to have much of a shot at winning the conflict, but having to go crawling back to Frey seemed doomed to failure.

I was a bit surprised it was done as it was though. I was expecting them to just be lured into an ambush, but I guess since Game of Thrones is less about battle and more about drama and politics, I should've anticipated it sooner.

Oh no I agree. I pretty much knew he was going to die, I just really didn't think it would be in this way. I figured it would be something like Frey would stab him in the back when they were sieging the Lannister's castle, or report to the Lannisters what Robb's plans were.

 

[Talaris]

Well it was originally my plan to watch entire 3rd series once it had all finished, until this whole "shocking scene" thing blew up everywhere. Not wanting to accidentally have it spoiled for me I decided to catch up quickly, but annoyingly the Escapist title for this comic "It's a Nice Day for a Red Wedding" is pretty much a giant spoiler to begin with; couldn't Carter have named it something less obvious?

I really dislike Game of Thrones. I think it's a good show, probably even a great one, but it never clicked with me.

Now, this comic really reminded me of a couple years ago:

Kinda like this.

I've seen Code Geass R2 but I'm struggling to remember the event you're referring to, which one exactly (spoiler tags obviously) was it?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Muhahahaha. Totally had the third panel look going when the rage threads appeared on the forums here. >

 

[Jumwa]

Oh no I agree. I pretty much knew he was going to die, I just really didn't think it would be in this way. I figured it would be something like Frey would stab him in the back when they were sieging the Lannister's castle, or report to the Lannisters what Robb's plans were.

Ah yeah, that's more of what I was expecting too. Was a surprise in that regard, for sure. If only because it's a bit hard to imagine that many people keeping up a ruse all that time without giving it away.