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« Reply #1190 on: June 05, 2013, 03:05:19 AM »
No way, people are just bluffing.
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« Reply #1191 on: June 05, 2013, 03:06:51 AM »
No way, people are just bluffing.

Just like those who threw the book in the fireplace and then caused themselves burns of the third degree to retrieve it right away.


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« Reply #1192 on: June 05, 2013, 03:18:52 AM »
Really people did that?

do you mean zombie cat?
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« Reply #1193 on: June 05, 2013, 03:28:52 AM »
Tywin for president, I think he is my favourite character.
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I'm not even kidding. He does what must be done and doesn't let stuff like honour get in the way. And he is one of the smartest characters, something I appreciate in a universe where people tend to make bad decisions (Starks, I'm looking at you). The only downside is his bitching at Tyrion.

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« Reply #1194 on: June 05, 2013, 03:35:23 AM »
Tywin for president, I think he is my favourite character.
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I'm not even kidding. He does what must be done and doesn't let stuff like honour get in the way. And he is one of the smartest characters, something I appreciate in a universe where people tend to make bad decisions (Starks, I'm looking at you). The only downside is his bitching at Tyrion.

All considered, it's a pretty huge downside, and we know that.

Really people did that?

do you mean zombie cat?

'course I do!  :tup
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« Reply #1195 on: June 05, 2013, 03:52:16 AM »
Tywin for president, I think he is my favourite character.
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I'm not even kidding. He does what must be done and doesn't let stuff like honour get in the way. And he is one of the smartest characters, something I appreciate in a universe where people tend to make bad decisions (Starks, I'm looking at you). The only downside is his bitching at Tyrion.

All considered, it's a pretty huge downside, and we know that.

What happens to Tywin probably made me sadder than Robb dying. Maybe I'm just weird
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Really people did that?

do you mean zombie cat?

'course I do!  :tup
I was mad when zombie cat appeared. That kinda took the whole magic thing a step too far for me (as did dondarion).

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« Reply #1196 on: June 05, 2013, 05:40:04 AM »
I suspect a few characters will have some rather sublime endings at the end of the series. Getting people to suspect disaster allows a massive payoff on 'happy' endings.
Yeah no kidding. "You lived= happy ending" I like the real aspect of what it most likely resembled to live in a medieval environment like that. History suggests it was brutal and I enjoy the fact that no character seems immune to unlawful prosecution or dying.

Yeah, I've found that interesting too. It's about as realistic a depiction as one might hope for, because it's brutish, nasty, and short, but not everything about it is terrible. Love historiography, especially when it bleeds into our entertainment.
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« Reply #1197 on: June 05, 2013, 07:28:11 AM »
I suspect it will be more bittersweet than anything.
Yeah, Martin has said in the past that the series' ending will be bittersweet like the ending of LotR.
Lord of the Rings is one, massive, happy orgy at the end. Yeah, there's some sadness, but it's completely buffered by long, fulfilling, prestigious lives for most of the characters. If Song of Ice and Fire is like that, nobody in their right mind will buy it. :lol

edit: Buy as in accept it as a reasonable conclusion to the story, not purchase. It'll sell a shit ton even if he decides mickey mouse gets pooped out of a dragon and builds a castle on the bottom of the sea to rule the entire world.
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« Reply #1199 on: June 05, 2013, 09:37:44 AM »
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« Reply #1204 on: June 05, 2013, 02:12:00 PM »
On a different note, does anybody else think that a certain battle will be cut from the series due to the would-be attacking party having been cut down to only two members?

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« Reply #1205 on: June 05, 2013, 02:28:48 PM »
On a different note, does anybody else think that a certain battle will be cut from the series due to the would-be attacking party having been cut down to only two members?
That's way to vague for me to remember which one you're referring to.
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« Reply #1206 on: June 05, 2013, 02:44:06 PM »
On a different note, does anybody else think that a certain battle will be cut from the series due to the would-be attacking party having been cut down to only two members?
That's way to vague for me to remember which one you're referring to.
Tormund and Ygritte can still pose a deadly threat to the wall if they attack head-on-

Also, the recap  :rollin
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« Reply #1207 on: June 05, 2013, 03:01:01 PM »
On a different note, does anybody else think that a certain battle will be cut from the series due to the would-be attacking party having been cut down to only two members?
That's way to vague for me to remember which one you're referring to.
Tormund and Ygritte can still pose a deadly threat to the wall if they attack head-on-

Also, the recap  :rollin
Aaaaahhh!

I think that'll still happen and just add people, like the Magnar of Thenn who's been announced for season 4.
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« Reply #1208 on: June 06, 2013, 10:50:41 AM »
This is really funny! NSFW language

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« Reply #1210 on: June 06, 2013, 04:39:24 PM »
That guy is my new idol.
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« Reply #1211 on: June 06, 2013, 05:15:01 PM »
The Princess Bride + Red Wedding mashup?? Yes please!

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« Reply #1212 on: June 07, 2013, 04:44:53 AM »
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« Reply #1213 on: June 07, 2013, 05:47:25 AM »
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« Reply #1214 on: June 07, 2013, 06:35:31 AM »
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« Reply #1215 on: June 09, 2013, 08:38:51 PM »
Well alrighty then.
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« Reply #1216 on: June 09, 2013, 10:11:19 PM »
I don't watch this show, but I watched the Red Wedding scene. Pretty brutal.

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« Reply #1217 on: June 10, 2013, 03:56:08 AM »
It's even more brutal when you care about those characters!  :-\

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« Reply #1218 on: June 10, 2013, 04:35:24 AM »
Really hard to top the last episode so the finale felt like a let down, but in reality it kind of ended a lot of the season story arcs and set up for next season by showing the grey joys and pretty much setting the Bolton's up as the bad guys.

I wasn't crazy about the Jon and ygrette scene. I guess they are trying to show more on screen feelings between those two since you mostly get Joins feelings from his POV which doesn't work for TV. And he did get the arrow shots which we all thought would be cut since he didn't get it on the escape. What I don't get though is why she was alone.

maybe this is when Tormund dissapears and there will not be an attack on castle black? That would really suck and I hope ygrette doesn't live

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« Reply #1219 on: June 10, 2013, 06:18:31 AM »
Liked the finale, sad the season's over.

Probably my favorite part of the episode was when Stannis and Meliswhatever is shown the letter from the night's watch. Even the red lady, who has been so hell-bent on the whole 'Stannis must defeat the other kings and become king' thing was all like "yeah, your little war here doesn't mean shit anymore". I like that they recognize the seriousness of the situation with the Walkers. Those types of things are always cool and I can't wait to see how that will develop through the next season/s.

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« Reply #1220 on: June 10, 2013, 07:30:01 AM »
Can someone remind me of the significance of that coin Arya has, and what she whispered? Isn't connected to that shape shifting fellow?
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« Reply #1221 on: June 10, 2013, 08:21:39 AM »
I don't recall how much the TV series showed the significance of the coin but ya, the man who did the revenge killings for her gave it to her and told her if she ever really needed help to give the coin to one of his countrymen and speak the words.
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« Reply #1222 on: June 10, 2013, 09:10:33 AM »
Can someone remind me of the significance of that coin Arya has, and what she whispered? Isn't connected to that shape shifting fellow?
Jaqen H'ghar gave it to her and told her that if she ever wanted to see him again she should give that coin to any man from Braavos and say "valar morghulis".

That thing she did with the coin is actually taken from ACoK when she was still at Harrenhal, she did that to a Bolton man. It was nice seeing it in the show.
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« Reply #1223 on: June 10, 2013, 10:00:09 AM »
From over on IGN.

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The other issue here is Martin's books which if a new one isn't done in the next - say - three years the show will have run out of material to adapt. And while it's probably a good bet that Martin will get the next novel, Winds of Winter, out by then, he still has the final book to work on afterward. As a failsafe, Martin did tell Weiss and Benioff his overall plan for the story, but has also expressed that he'd be displeased if the show went on ahead of the books. "I don't think I'd be happy with that," Martin told EW. But for Weiss and Benioff, there are other things to consider.


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« Reply #1224 on: June 10, 2013, 10:01:49 AM »
The he needs to get his ass on the writing desk and stop flying to conventions and stuff!
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