Game of Thrones (TV, fantasy) Thread

[kaos2900]

Another solid episode, though slower than the rest. I felt the Danny/Drogon part seemed out of place and would have made more sense to have in the last episode. Sam taking the sword will be a major plot point I'm guessing. Tommen joining the faith was interesting twist, I have a theory on how that is going to end and it won't be good the Lannisters. I'm glad Arya's plot is finally moving somewhere. I love the show so much that I find myself getting distracted trying to figure out what is going to happen next lol I'm guessing we'll have 2 more episodes until the big battle of the north in episode 9 and I'm also assuming that this season is going to have the craziest season finale yet.

[BlackInk]

Another episode further helping to make season 6 my favorite season yet.

A big reason I especially loved this and the last episode is that things seems to be falling back into their right place. Both Jamie and Brienne are now heading for the Riverlands. The Riverrun stuff is being reintroduced. The Iron Islands stuff is back on track. Coldhands is finally here.

While it had some great moments, season 5 is my least favorite season, much because they scattered everyone. Made some strange choices. This season seems to be correcting those "mistakes", which I appreciate greatly.

[Prog Snob]

Season five was slow in the beginning, and for a while I thought it wasn't going to be a good season, but luckily it really picked up speed towards the end and there were some great scenes.

[Evermind]

As much as I'm in "eh, whatever" watching mode right now, this season is easily much better than Season 5. That one was just dreadful and terrible except for probably Hardhome.

Randyll Tarly is just the dick I imagined him from the books. Good job there from the show.

[gmillerdrake]

How does Arya evade getting killed by her counterpart, or for that matter get out of serving the God of many faces without losing her life? I can see where she expects her counterpart to come and try to kill her....and she's readied herself for it, but can she just desert the cult without any reperations?

Or do you think the man with no name already knew this was going to happen, knows she's gonna be ready for her counterparts attack and kill her?

Having a tough time believing she's just gonna leave

[Progmetty]

Yeah I don't see Jaqen H'ghar letting it slide and I don't see Arya managing to kill him, she could -and probably will- manage to kill the waif and escape Bravos but shit you don't wanna be hunted by the faceless assassins!
It would be cool to see Jaqen H'ghar lose his shit though, just wanna see what he'd look like pissed off

[MirrorMask]

Finally we got Benjen Stark back!!!

...and he found Bran and Meera in the middle of the goddamn north. D'UH. I hate TV tropes about people showing up at the exact moment they're needed.

There may be a logical explanation but I didn't fully grasp it - he said the "Three Eyed Raven" called him, what he meant by that? Max von Sydow warned him somehow telling him to come to the cave? Bran himself - now the Three Eyed Raven - didn't, he didn't even recognize his uncle until he showed his face.

No walk of atonement for Margery. Damn!  but a couple of episodes ago she was all fierce and determined while talking with Loras, proving her meekness with the High Sparrow was just a facade. Now she's truly converted? and this happened basically off screen?

Loved Dany's scene at the end, I always like when she goes batshit insane and burn things down or makes arousing speeches. Even though she could have just said "Bitches, I have a dragon.. We do what the hell I want" 

[Phoenix87x]

Yeah I don't see Jaqen H'ghar letting it slide and I don't see Arya managing to kill him, she could -and probably will- manage to kill the waif and escape Bravos but shit you don't wanna be hunted by the faceless assassins!
It would be cool to see Jaqen H'ghar lose his shit though, just wanna see what he'd look like pissed off

Yeah, she's cruising for a bruising. Amazingly she was given a 2nd chance and still pulled that stunt. I can't wait to see how she gets out of this. I totally agree, these people are not to be messed with.

[Prog Snob]

Maybe this means the end for Arya.

[gmillerdrake]

Maybe this means the end for Arya.

I don't know why I've always had the feeling that she'd never be killed off being that this show kills off any and everyone. But I've always had a sense that she 'safe'. Even now with her essentially picking a fight.

I think Jaqen knew all along that she'd never truly turn, and didn't mind.

[Prog Snob]

It's hard to tell if he minds. He kind of has the same emotion towards everything. Even when he wants someone killed, his demeanor is placid. Do you think Jaqen would save her from The Waif? Any other fight/sparring scenes between Arya and The Waif show Arya to be extremely outmatched.

[home]

Maybe this means the end for Arya.

I don't know why I've always had the feeling that she'd never be killed off being that this show kills off any and everyone. But I've always had a sense that she 'safe'. Even now with her essentially picking a fight.

I think Jaqen knew all along that she'd never truly turn, and didn't mind.

I don't think Arya will be killed either. She is the only main character in that place, it would be a bit lame if that part of the story just ends.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yea I agree, she's the only main character in that storyline and no one knows she's there and we finally see some progress so for her to suddenly be killed off seems more weird than shocking.

[Progmetty]

The one truly big kick I got out of that episode though was seeing Aerys Targaryen, however sloppy the little footage they shot of him on the throne and getting killed by Jaime looked, I still loved seeing something that has only existed in stories told and never footage. It makes me hope we get to see Rhaegar at one point, it's a bit weird but over the last couple of years he's become my favorite character from AWOI&F, which is weird seeing we only heard of him but never met him, that's some GRRM genius right there.
The sloppy footage of Aerys Targaryen also included something I found a tad funny, he gets killed by Jaime Lannister who proceeds to sit on the iron throne waiting for the rebels, but it's current Jaime Lannister, not a younger one, Jaime Lannister as he looks now in season 6.. thought that was either silly of them or an attempt to make things clearer to casual viewers, I don't know.

[Prog Snob]

I'm re-reading the books and I noticed something that I either missed the first time or just never paid much attention to it. In AGoT, when Ned is imprisoned in King's Landing, Varys comes to see him. The show makes him appear his regular self. However, in the book it's completely different. Here's the exact passage:

The eunuch's plump cheeks were covered with a dark stubble of beard. Ned felt the coarse hair with his fingers. Varys had transformed himself into a grizzled turnkey, reeking of sweat and sour wine. "How did you...what sort of magician are you?"

It's obvious the Varys is capable of changing faces, no? Did anyone else pick up on this?

[RuRoRul]

Varys doesn't change faces like the Faceless Men I think, he is just very effective at disguise and acting. When Tyrion is keeping Shae in the city in secret in A Clash Of Kings, Varys comes to visit them dressed like a hobo which Tyrion fails to recognise at first as well. The show didn't show such extreme transformations when he disguises himself, maybe it wouldn't have worked or appeared silly. But he is definitely much better at disguising and hiding in the books, though I think it is by mundane methods rather than magic.

[Prog Snob]

He's a mysterious character and I feel we still don't know everything about him.

[gmillerdrake]

It's hard to tell if he minds. He kind of has the same emotion towards everything. Even when he wants someone killed, his demeanor is placid. Do you think Jaqen would save her from The Waif? Any other fight/sparring scenes between Arya and The Waif show Arya to be extremely outmatched.

I wouldn't put it past Arya to be tanking a bit as to not reveal to the waif that she (Arya) is actually much stronger than she lets on....

[Prog Snob]

That's always possible as well. I guess we'll know if she escapes by the end of the season. I doubt her storyline in Braavos will end any sooner than that.

[hefdaddy42]

Another great episode, holy crap.

[seasonsinthesky]

It's hard to tell if he minds. He kind of has the same emotion towards everything. Even when he wants someone killed, his demeanor is placid. Do you think Jaqen would save her from The Waif? Any other fight/sparring scenes between Arya and The Waif show Arya to be extremely outmatched.

I wouldn't put it past Arya to be tanking a bit as to not reveal to the waif that she (Arya) is actually much stronger than she lets on....

The other thing is that he knows the Waif enjoys beating the hell out of her. She's probably wanted to kill Arya from the start. Is she not training to be faceless too? Why would she be around the temple if she wasn't faceless or training to be? She participates in all the same stuff Arya was doing. If so, her desire for personal anti-Arya violence is just as much a failure as Arya doing the same for her hitlist. So maybe Jaqen will ensure Arya kills her (or at least survives) because they both need to learn the ego problem has to dissolve.

[Cyclopssss]

I can remember a scene early on where Varys was in disguise... it´s vague, but I´m sure I´ve seen something like that.

[MirrorMask]

I'm pretty confident that Varys is a master of disguise in the sense that he knows how to use costumes and makeup to appear as other people, not that he's a faceless man.

Varys loathes magic, that's basically his entire backstory and the origin of his emasculation (the man who cut him burned his pieces in the fire and he heard a voice), no way he's involved with the faceless men and their rituals.

[masterthes]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

[Prog Snob]

I'd like to think so. They are such favorite characters that if someone like Arya were to die, it would be worse than Hodor or Robb dying.

I'm pretty confident that Varys is a master of disguise in the sense that he knows how to use costumes and makeup to appear as other people, not that he's a faceless man.

Varys loathes magic, that's basically his entire backstory and the origin of his emasculation (the man who cut him burned his pieces in the fire and he heard a voice), no way he's involved with the faceless men and their rituals.

That might be so, but I still feel there is something about him that hasn't been told yet. Very few character's stories are superficial.

[cramx3]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

What's interesting this season is the breakout of the Starks in general.  Return of Rickon, Bran, and Benjen this season.  Sansa is becoming powerful and Arya is becoming stronger as well.  Jon came back to life.

Maybe Catelyn comes back as well

[hefdaddy42]

Only a matter of time before one of them dies.

[cramx3]

Only a matter of time before one of them dies.

Rickon is my bet, I think that's the safest bet of them all.

[Prog Snob]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

What's interesting this season is the breakout of the Starks in general.  Return of Rickon, Bran, and Benjen this season.  Sansa is becoming powerful and Arya is becoming stronger as well.  Jon came back to life.

Maybe Catelyn comes back as well

Well, they are heading to the Riverlands.  Hmmm....  Jon Snow and Benjen came back. Maybe Catelyn and The Hound will make a reappearance.

Only a matter of time before one of them dies.

Rickon is my bet, I think that's the safest bet of them all.

His death would be the least tragic.

[seasonsinthesky]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

What's interesting this season is the breakout of the Starks in general.  Return of Rickon, Bran, and Benjen this season.  Sansa is becoming powerful and Arya is becoming stronger as well.  Jon came back to life.

Maybe Catelyn comes back as well

Well, they are heading to the Riverlands.  Hmmm....  Jon Snow and Benjen came back. Maybe Catelyn and The Hound will make a reappearance.

If Lady Stoneheart is happening in the show at all, now is good timing.

[orcus116]

They could kill Rickon, Bran, and Sansa and I would not care one bit.

[Prog Snob]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

What's interesting this season is the breakout of the Starks in general.  Return of Rickon, Bran, and Benjen this season.  Sansa is becoming powerful and Arya is becoming stronger as well.  Jon came back to life.

Maybe Catelyn comes back as well

Well, they are heading to the Riverlands.  Hmmm....  Jon Snow and Benjen came back. Maybe Catelyn and The Hound will make a reappearance.

If Lady Stoneheart is happening in the show at all, now is good timing.

Since it's during Jaime's time in the Riverlands, when he is sent to deal with the Blackfish, that she appears, I assume that if it doesn't happen now, it's not happening at all.

[Logain Ablar]

Got caught up with the latest episode last night. It wasn't as dramatic as last week's, but it did a good job of keeping multiple plot points ticking along.

Nice to seen the return of Benjen and his fiery mace - that was cool! Good call on that, Snob and cramx3!

I'm glad that Arya's time with the faceless men is coming to an end. I thought that storyline was in danger of dragging on too long, but it seems like she's learned what she needs to, and from her taking 'needle' from its hiding place, it seems like she's ready to go back and settle a few scores. Did you notice Richard E Grant as the boss of the acting troupe?

Walder Frey and Randall Tarly = arsewipes 

I agree with the comments in tiny writing. It feels like events are being set up to converge at Riverrun, and the Brotherhood got a mention too, so I hope we see who I think we're going to see again. 

Also, we haven't seen Jon Snow or Ramsey Bolton in a couple of episodes, so I think they they might be building up to something there too. Maybe a fitting season finale?

[Prog Snob]

There will probably be a battle in episode 9 with the season finale revealing the truth about Jon's parents. The reason why I say this is because the actor who plays young Ned is appearing in episode 10.

[cramx3]

I have a feeling the rest of the Stark children will live till the end of the show

What's interesting this season is the breakout of the Starks in general.  Return of Rickon, Bran, and Benjen this season.  Sansa is becoming powerful and Arya is becoming stronger as well.  Jon came back to life.

Maybe Catelyn comes back as well

Well, they are heading to the Riverlands.  Hmmm....  Jon Snow and Benjen came back. Maybe Catelyn and The Hound will make a reappearance.

If Lady Stoneheart is happening in the show at all, now is good timing.

Since it's during Jaime's time in the Riverlands, when he is sent to deal with the Blackfish, that she appears, I assume that if it doesn't happen now, it's not happening at all.

Couldnt agree more, I thought Stoneheart was cut but given the Riverrun plotline, it makes sense to be introduced now (if ever). 

There will probably be a battle in episode 9 with the season finale revealing the truth about Jon's parents. The reason why I say this is because the actor who plays young Ned is appearing in episode 10.

Also agreed and the final episode is titled "Winds of Winter" and I think the white walkers will get to or pass the wall.