Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon!

[Rantz]

Re: the "missing" scene: I count two people complaining about it being missing (and one expressing mild disappointment), and at least four people yelling at "everyone", or "you lot", to stop complaining about it. xD

[Shorty]

Don't include me in the yelling, I wasn't yelling :colbert:

[Ayen]

Moar Night's King, white walkers, and wights, please.

[Del Murder]

Hey Del? Remember you called me as Tyrion and I immediately called you as Tywin? Been waiting all this time for this moment. That's why I said you were Tywin. Suck it. :smug:
Good for you. Enjoy your crate.

[Psychotic]

The crate is actually built like a TARDIS so I will be chilling in the pool all the way across The Narrow Sea :cool:

I'm curious about how the book goes about that in that case, because Pike and I both entirely felt she was just a stupid backstabbing whore who deserved to be choked to death.Yep, nobody else in my office has read the books and they were all absolutely furious about Shae - even before you see the final and worst betrayal of her fucking the father Tyrion hates. They normally don't want spoilers but such was the hatred, they wanted to know whether or not she would get what she has coming to her.

[Ayen]

The crate is actually built like a TARDIS so I will be chilling in the pool all the way across The Narrow Sea :cool:

I'm curious about how the book goes about that in that case, because Pike and I both entirely felt she was just a stupid backstabbing whore who deserved to be choked to death.Yep, nobody else in my office has read the books and they were all absolutely furious about Shae - even before you see the final and worst betrayal of her smurfing the father Tyrion hates. They normally don't want spoilers but such was the hatred, they wanted to know whether or not she would get what she has coming to her.

Be sure to kick Dany's plot in the rear while you're at it, will ya? I didn't find her scenes as boring as other people did, but I would love to see some Dany/Tyrion interactions in the future.

[Pike]

The only thing about GoT that I'm getting bored of is having to tiptoe around spoilers every fecking Monday :mad2:

Last night I had a dream that Peter Dinklage came to my house dressed as Tyrion and I took all sorts of great photos of us posing together and then I put them on Facebook all :smug: and you guys were all impressed but then I woke up and this had not, in fact, occurred. :(

[Shlup]

Didn't Tyrion mention Cersei sleeping around when they were talking in his cell a few episodes prior?
I don't think so... I remember what scene you're thinking of, I think, but it was a huge deal when it happened in the book.



Also, the re-characterization of Shae made her murder really, really dark. In the books she was just some stupid whore who deserved to be choked to death.

I'm curious about how the book goes about that in that case, because Pike and I both entirely felt she was just a stupid backstabbing whore who deserved to be choked to death.
In the book they aren't lovers that have a falling out. She's not getting back at him for scorning her. He does fall in love with her and you might believe she's in love with him because she does all the lovery things, but they don't have lover's quarrels and stuff. She's really just a whore, so when he kills her he's killing the whore that betrayed him. When you murder someone who you were mutually in love with but had a falling out with, I think it's much darker of a murder.


Best finale so far, and maybe the best episode. It brought a satisfying conclusion to every storyline and opened the door to new adventures. Can't wait for the TyrionxVarys adventures!
Agreed. Every storyline had a nice transition to something new and exciting.


Re: the "missing" scene: I count two people complaining about it being missing (and one expressing mild disappointment), and at least four people yelling at "everyone", or "you lot", to stop complaining about it. xD
I count two people saying "everyone" and "you lot" and one person being a fat bitch, so suck it you fat bitch.


Be sure to kick Dany's plot in the rear while you're at it, will ya? I didn't find her scenes as boring as other people did, but I would love to see some Dany/Tyrion interactions in the future.
To be fair, her storyline is just as dull in the books at this point. Maybe moreso.

No, definitely moreso.

[Aulayna]

I hate to say it, and I'm probably going to get blasted for it, but I'm beginning to get bored with this show now. It's all becoming really predictable.

I don't know, this season felt like a whole lot of nothing. I mean a lot actually happened, but none of it really felt truly impacting to me - this season really hasn't had the "omg I can't wait to go home to watch it tonight" vibe that the previous seasons did.

Obviously your taste is your taste, but I have a hard time understanding how people think it wasn't a hugely impactful and crazy season. Dany's story (much as I love her) was fairly slow this season, and we didn't see much of Varys, but aside from that trout has gone completely berserk. The wildling armies attacked The Wall, were repulsed, and have been crushed by Stannis. Stannis got a new army and took it north to defeat Mance Rayder, which he did with very few casualties. Joffrey died, Tommen took the throne, and now Tywin is dead, which makes Cersei the power behind the throne. Sansa escaped from King's Landing and has gone pro. Littlefinger is now basically in charge of the Vale. Roose has largely secured the North. Bran's reached some crazy-ass place with full on skellies and fireball magic. Tyrion's trial, both in court and by combat, was absolutely amazing television. Qyburn's up to something seriously messed up with The Mountain (Pycelle isn't one to go against Cersei without good reason).

Like I say I'm obviously not trying to argue that your feelings on the show are wrong :p I'm just not sure I really see where they come from.

Yeah I was just tired and grouchy with it last night. My main issue with this season is that a lot of the fleeting jokes I've made to colleagues about what I think is going to happen ("Joffrey totes gonna die at his wedding" and people were like no way man. "Tyrion's totally going to get busted out and kill his father") most of these actually happened, and that broke my immersion a lot in the show - that these big pivotal moments were something I actually called weeks beforehand with flippant jokes.

But after sleeping on it and chatting over coffee at work this morning, it's grown on me again.

[Carl the Llama]

Man that was a great episode.

The saddest part was the dragons in chains :whimper:

I beg to differ, the saddest part was I have to wait another year for the next episode :colbert:

I agree with Carl the Hound Llama.

I fixed this for you lol

I am disappoint, son.


EDIT: Joffrey didn't die in the first episode. It was the third episode this season, I believe.

Second.

I kept my sig the ENTIRE season, unlike SOME people around here *stares intently*.

The stare would be more intimidating if you still had your Hound set.

You clearly do not know the power of a dangerous sociopath with a long history of violence aka Carl the Llama.

[Jiro]

I like where the season ended. I feel like there have been some resolutions. If they had ended with an ass-pull, I would be sitting here going "fuck me how many seconds until the next season, I can't wait." Instead, I am pleasantly looking forward to what's on the horizons without burning myself out. It was a solid ending, one that lays the foundation for more excitement. I do love the sheer amount of spoilers I've seen because of people's disappointment though. People lose their shit "oh no we're being stooged" and suddenly I don't need to watch 12 months to know all about that character​.

[Del Murder]

Looking forward to next season:

Arya's adventures in Braavos.
Tyrion & Varys adventures in wherever the hell they are going.
What the hell Stannis is up to at the Wall.
Cersei making a royal muckup of King's Landing without Tywin, Tyrion, or Varys there to keep her reigned in.

King's Landing, and by extension Westeros, just lost it's three most sensible people in one episode. I hope that has dire consequences.

[The Man]

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[Madame Adequate]

In the book they aren't lovers that have a falling out. She's not getting back at him for scorning her. He does fall in love with her and you might believe she's in love with him because she does all the lovery things, but they don't have lover's quarrels and stuff. She's really just a whore, so when he kills her he's killing the whore that betrayed him. When you murder someone who you were mutually in love with but had a falling out with, I think it's much darker of a murder.

Ah, see, I felt that that's exactly how it was in the show as well - she had no or barely any affection for Tyrion and betrayed him at best because he was selfish enough to want her to be safe.

[Shorty]

In the book they aren't lovers that have a falling out. She's not getting back at him for scorning her. He does fall in love with her and you might believe she's in love with him because she does all the lovery things, but they don't have lover's quarrels and stuff. She's really just a whore, so when he kills her he's killing the whore that betrayed him. When you murder someone who you were mutually in love with but had a falling out with, I think it's much darker of a murder.

Ah, see, I felt that that's exactly how it was in the show as well - she had no or barely any affection for Tyrion and betrayed him at best because he was selfish enough to want her to be safe.

I feel quite differently! Go back and watch the scenes with the two of them, when she calls him her lion and they tell each other that they belong to one another and when they spend time together in general. There is one part in particular, I think, after Tyrion's face was mangled at Blackwater, I think, when she is holding his head in her hands and looking at him telling him something very firmly about how he is hers and she is his or something and he just starts crying and they embrace. She would get upset when he didn't spend time with her, got jealous about him and Sansa. They felt like they were in an actual relationship to me.

[Mirage]

Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

[Shaibana]

Looking forward to next season:

Cersei making a royal muckup of King's Landing without Tywin, Tyrion, or Varys there to keep her reigned in.




ooeh indeed, with Tywin gone there is nobody to keep Cersei's leashe.
im pretty sure she will scare the Tyrells away :o
and the marriage to Loras? well.. thats off the table

[Shorty]

Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

I never thought her betrayal was an act of revenge. I perceived it as self-preservation.

[Psychotic]

I like what they've done with Stannis at the Wall. Both storylines were in danger of being stale. Stannis's kind of petered out after Blackwater and the aftermath, and "yes there are still things that want to attack the Wall" gets repetitive. Merging the two creates whole new levels of intrigue and character interaction. A common criticism of GoT is that it has too many different storylines and only 5 minutes of each gets shown per episode - merging two certainly helps with that.

Also as a character it shows you Stannis's worth. The Night's Watch calls for help and nobody else cares - they even laugh at them - even though the White Walkers are the true threat to the realm, even bigger than Danaerys. Not Stannis. He could've made another attack on King's Landing with his new army but instead he's putting his ambitions to one side to save the realm. A true fucking King.

[Mirage]

Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

I never thought her betrayal was an act of revenge. I perceived it as self-preservation.

I dunno. I can't say for sure. When I first saw her speak at the trial I think I thought it could be out of self preservation just as much as it was revenge, or a combination of both. It's just in this final episode that I started thinking she might have been really mad at him for reals.

[Shauna]

Shae called Tywin her Lion. What a bitch. :colbert:

[Freya]

Also as a character it shows you Stannis's worth. The Night's Watch calls for help and nobody else cares - they even laugh at them - even though the White Walkers are the true threat to the realm, even bigger than Danaerys. Not Stannis. He could've made another attack on King's Landing with his new army but instead he's putting his ambitions to one side to save the realm. A true smurfing King.
"Rather then become king to save the realm, he saves the realm to become king"

[Shorty]

Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

I never thought her betrayal was an act of revenge. I perceived it as self-preservation.

I dunno. I can't say for sure. When I first saw her speak at the trial I think I thought it could be out of self preservation just as much as it was revenge, or a combination of both. It's just in this final episode that I started thinking she might have been really mad at him for reals.

Shae's a smart girl. She saw the army on the move, and went there in search of someone to protect her or keep her, likely hoping to find some general or lord to dote on her. She was perfectly happy to go from the dude Bronn brought her from to Tyrion without a fuss because she knew who he was and that he was a powerful man in the kingdom, and she played her part well. She made the same transition from Tyrion to Tywin easily enough, and you can hear her calling him "her lion", etc. She was angry at being sent away from King's Landing because I believe she feels the need to be around powerful men who will care for her and make sure she is taken care of. When Tyrion sent her away, she viewed that as a threat to her motives, so she returned to find a better place for herself and when she saw him again as she was in Tywin's bed, she instinctively tried to kill him instead of apologizing or begging for mercy as I think she would have done if she had ever actually loved him.

I suppose that it could be interpreted either way, though. Seems to me like she was trying to climb the ladder. That's how I see it, based on the progression of her character.

[Ayen]

I'm just going to leave these right here...

http://i.imgur.com/UWSeata.jpg

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[Jinx]

Can someone explain to me how Stannis' story is deviating/combining with other things from the book? I can't remember...thanks! :)

[Jess]

One thing that was missing from this season (as a whole, not the finale!): Rickon Stark.

Fine that we didn't see him this season, but they could have at least mentioned him a few times.

I watch the show with non-book readers and a few times they've been like 'who the crap is that?' when somebody turns up again when they haven't been seen or even mentioned for ages. It's a complex story with a ton of characters! And seeing that Rickon hasn't played a huge part of the story so far and wouldn't necessarily be remembered automatically; it would be nice to remind people that he is also a living Stark (well, as far as we know - as he went off with Osha)

[Shaibana]

I watch the show with non-book readers and a few times they've been like 'who the crap is that?' when somebody turns up again when they haven't been seen or even mentioned for ages.

be happy with that, becaus my bf cant even name the main characters :P

[Dr Unne]

Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

I never thought her betrayal was an act of revenge. I perceived it as self-preservation.

I dunno. I can't say for sure. When I first saw her speak at the trial I think I thought it could be out of self preservation just as much as it was revenge, or a combination of both. It's just in this final episode that I started thinking she might have been really mad at him for reals.

Shae's a smart girl. She saw the army on the move, and went there in search of someone to protect her or keep her, likely hoping to find some general or lord to dote on her. She was perfectly happy to go from the dude Bronn brought her from to Tyrion without a fuss because she knew who he was and that he was a powerful man in the kingdom, and she played her part well. She made the same transition from Tyrion to Tywin easily enough, and you can hear her calling him "her lion", etc. She was angry at being sent away from King's Landing because I believe she feels the need to be around powerful men who will care for her and make sure she is taken care of. When Tyrion sent her away, she viewed that as a threat to her motives, so she returned to find a better place for herself and when she saw him again as she was in Tywin's bed, she instinctively tried to kill him instead of apologizing or begging for mercy as I think she would have done if she had ever actually loved him.

I suppose that it could be interpreted either way, though. Seems to me like she was trying to climb the ladder. That's how I see it, based on the progression of her character.

GRRM quotes on Shae:


"Some of the other characters, Sibel Kekelli's version of Shae, TV Shae, is very different from book Shae. I've come to, initially I didn't like it very much, but then I came to particularly in the episodes late in the second season, really like TV Shae, but there's no question of that having any influence on future portrayals (I won't say more than that), so that's just a question of which version you like better. But certainly, they're two different characters."[2]

Supposedly in the commentary for season 3, GRRM says book-Shae was 100% after money/status and never cared for Tyrion, whereas show-Shae did care for him to some degree. I don't know if he really says that, I just read it somewhere. We don't know her motives for sure, and her feelings are probably not 100% black and white, which is why this story is so good.


One thing that was missing from this season (as a whole, not the finale!): Rickon Stark.

And nothing of value was lost.


Can someone explain to me how Stannis' story is deviating/combining with other things from the book? I can't remember...thanks!

For the part where Melisandre is going to sacrifice that blacksmith kid (whose name I forget) to her god, in the book they were instead going to sacrifice some nameless relative. So that was different. It's following the books pretty closely though, from what I remember. He does show up at the Wall in the books etc.

[Del Murder]

I like that they are combining the Stannis/Jon storylines, but they countered that with splitting Tyrion off of the other King's Landing crowd. So we are left with the same number of splintered storylines. :/

I wish Arya & The Hound would have combined with Brienne & Pod permanently and they could have foursome adventures!

[Jinx]

I do remember that, Dr. Unne!

[Psychotic]

King's Landing has never really been just one storyline - you'd have several different character interactions going on in each episode. With Tyrion, Tywin, Shae, Sansa, Bronn, Pod, Joffrey, Littlefinger, Oberyn and Varys all departing for one reason or another there should be less emphasis on that area now anyway.

[Ayen]

I wish Arya & The Hound would have combined with Brienne & Pod permanently and they could have foursome adventures!

They might have if she didn't have that sword. They're getting closer to the Eyrie. I wonder how they'll interact with Littlefinger and Sansa if they meet.

[Del Murder]

King's Landing has never really been just one storyline - you'd have several different character interactions going on in each episode. With Tyrion, Tywin, Shae, Sansa, Bronn, Pod, Joffrey, Littlefinger, Oberyn and Varys all departing for one reason or another there should be less emphasis on that area now anyway.
Yes but the character interactions are what made it so great. The strength of this show is when the main characters play off of each other rather than having splintered storylines with one main and several side characters. I hope that happens more and more often.

Really I just hope for a lot of Varys/Tyrion interaction next season and not that they reach shore and go their separate ways.

[Psychotic]

I won't go into any detail other than give a one word answer, but if you want to know whether to expect what you want: don't. :(

[Freya]

Look! Special Effects!

bkp1n5_1Y1o

[Shlup]

Yeah I was just tired and grouchy with it last night. My main issue with this season is that a lot of the fleeting jokes I've made to colleagues about what I think is going to happen ("Joffrey totes gonna die at his wedding" and people were like no way man. "Tyrion's totally going to get busted out and kill his father") most of these actually happened, and that broke my immersion a lot in the show - that these big pivotal moments were something I actually called weeks beforehand with flippant jokes.

But after sleeping on it and chatting over coffee at work this morning, it's grown on me again.
Well quit trying to predict everything, smartass!


Looking forward to next season:

Arya's adventures in Braavos.
Tyrion & Varys adventures in wherever the hell they are going.
What the hell Stannis is up to at the Wall.
Cersei making a royal muckup of King's Landing without Tywin, Tyrion, or Varys there to keep her reigned in.

King's Landing, and by extension Westeros, just lost it's three most sensible people in one episode. I hope that has dire consequences.
Agreed on all points. I do hate to see things get overhyped, but I have to say I really like this next branch of Arya's storyline in particular. I hope they do well with it in the show.



Me too. However, she might have really started to hate him after he tried to get her away, so who knows maybe her feelings of love disappeared and she went back to just whoring.

I never thought her betrayal was an act of revenge. I perceived it as self-preservation.
He set her up with her own estate in Essos. She's just a stupid asshole.


Also as a character it shows you Stannis's worth. The Night's Watch calls for help and nobody else cares - they even laugh at them - even though the White Walkers are the true threat to the realm, even bigger than Danaerys. Not Stannis. He could've made another attack on King's Landing with his new army but instead he's putting his ambitions to one side to save the realm. A true fucking King.
This is why he's called Stannis the Mannis. They've done a lot to damage his character in the show (in the book he's more honorable and doesn't burn heretics at the stake) but you can't take this away from him! He's pretty boss.


Can someone explain to me how Stannis' story is deviating/combining with other things from the book? I can't remember...thanks! :)
Events are pretty much the same, just details are different. In the book he laments killing Renly, is an athiest, doesn't burn heretics at the stake, is all about duty and there's no evidence in particular that he lusts for the red woman.


I wish Arya & The Hound would have combined with Brienne & Pod permanently and they could have foursome adventures!
Yeah, I really wanted Arya to be all "Stop, guys! We can all adventure together! No need to fight!"

[Pike]

I really wanted Arya and Brienne to go on girlbro adventures. You know, they enjoy sunsets, walks in the rain, and killing men.

Sadly it was not to be. :(

[Shaibana]

Look! Special Effects!

bkp1n5_1Y1o

they dont even fire real arrows, i feel decieved :colbert:


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[The Man]

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[Ayen]

Not complaining or anything, I just saw this on Facebook today and thought it was funny:

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[The Man]

I really don't get why they cut that. It's going to completely gut Tyrion's motivations for his actions over the next two seasons. The number of time he obsesses over Tywin's "Wherever whores go" line in his internal monologue in Dance numbers in the double digits.

[Jinx]

As I've seen around the internet (and could figure out on my own) it's mostly because Tysha hasn't been mentioned since what, season 2? Season 1? Show-only people might have a hard time remembering who she is.

I'm not justifying the cut, just what seems to be the consensus on WHY it was cut.

I'm really happy they had the balls to kill off Shae.

[Dr Unne]

I agree, Jinx. The books tell you what people are thinking, the TV show doesn't. The Tysha thing in the book is entirely in Tyrion's mind and it would be hard to convey on the TV show. The show already has so many characters, I'm shocked people who haven't read the book can keep up. Each character gets barely a couple minutes of screentime each week to tell their story. They've done a lot of combining characters and plotlines together probably in an effort to keep things simple, and I think it's worked well so far.

[Shorty]

I agree, Jinx. The books tell you what people are thinking, the TV show doesn't. The Tysha thing in the book is entirely in Tyrion's mind and it would be hard to convey on the TV show.

It's not all in his mind. He asks it of enough people for it to be apparent that it's something he is fixated on. It would have been feasible to keep within the show. They've managed to take an overwhelming amount of liberties so far, and could have written it in to be appropriately fitting in one way or another.

[Del Murder]

I've been reading the books in parallel with the show (almost done with ASoS) and I'm not noticing an 'overwhelming' amount of liberties. It's been remarkably consistent, and it will never be a perfect adaptation (nor should it).

[chionos]

It could simply be that the producers know something we don't and perhaps the revelation doesn't have an impact on the end-story. With everything else they're going to want to put on screen with that storyline, it may have been an unnecessary distraction.

[Shorty]

I've been reading the books in parallel with the show (almost done with ASoS) and I'm not noticing an 'overwhelming' amount of liberties. It's been remarkably consistent, and it will never be a perfect adaptation (nor should it).

Not to be petty, but here's a list off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are a myriad of others out there on the internet xD


Ros
Cold Hands
Jojen's death
Missing Vargo Hoat, kindof a little bit replaced by Locke
Missing Edric Storm
Missing Patchface
Tyrion's messed up face
Renly & Loras were spelled out as being gay
Arya & Tywin instead of Arya & Roose
Pod being sent to squire for Brienne
The Hound and Arya meeting Brienne and Pod
The Hound's "death"
Missing Strong Belwas
Sansa confessing who she is to Bronze Yohn Royce and his little group in an effort to save Littlefinger
Robb's wife Talisa, the entire omission of the Westerlings
Ilyn Payne teaching Jaime to swordfight instead of Bronn
Asha/Yara
The characterization of Shae
Jon had already been elected Commander by the time Stannis reached the Wall
and now the omission of Tysha and "where do whores go" with Tywin's death
House of the Undying

Overall, sure, the plot has basic consistencies, but many liberties have been taken.

[Del Murder]

I guess we have different definitions of liberties.

[Shorty]

Perhaps we do!

[Jinx]

Oh, Shorty! Add the House of the Undying to your list! :D

[Rantz]

I'm happy with how they've handled the book-to-show conversion so far, so I'll definitely hold off on judging the decision to leave out Tysha until I see what comes of it.

[Shlup]

It could simply be that the producers know something we don't and perhaps the revelation doesn't have an impact on the end-story. With everything else they're going to want to put on screen with that storyline, it may have been an unnecessary distraction.

Yeah, I'm thinking if Tyrion ever finds Tysha in the books, I'll be very surprised now.

The only alterations that I've been displeased by have been the omission of Renly's peach, and Tyrion and Jaime's goodbye being cut. The later of which I will probably end up forgiving; it's too early to tell. I certainly don't mind changes, but if it's a simple thing that they leave out that would've improved the characterizations... I'm a bit bothered, sure.

[Psychotic]

They've taken huge liberties with Daenarys's story the most to try to make it less shit and boring.

Season 2 was the biggest one. Nobody stole her dragons, there was no mass Qarth master murder, she did not lock Xaro Xhoan Daxos (who was white as hell xD) and Doreah (who randomly dies in the desert of some disease) in a vault. Xaro hits on her, she says no, so he eventually bores of trying to woo her and tells her to gtfo his house.

[Jiro]

I didn't mention it before but I was chuckling like a motherfucker when Jon suggested that Stannis burn the bodies. Like duh motherfucker Stannis burns everything that's his jam. He's blessed by it and shit. So even though I think Stannis is a bit of a knob sometimes (thank fuck for Davos ey) I am hedging all of my bets on him fucking over the White Walkers.

[Shaibana]

http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/av0KbxE_700b_v1.jpg

p.s how does the hippo get light from above when theres a crate on it?

[Shiny]

My bf spotted Oberyn in a Starbucks today. If it were me I would've asked if his eyes were okay.

[Psychotic]

If it were me I would've kissed his beautiful handsome face and asked him to use his long spear to inject me with his poison.

[McLovin']

If it were me I would've told him OBERYN MARTELL. I WILL RAPE YOU. I WILL MARRY YOU. I WILL HAVE YOUR CHILDREN. I CONFESS.

then what psychotic said.

[The Man]

Quiz: Which Game of Thrones Character Would You Be? - The Oatmeal (http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/got_character)

[Alive-Cat]

I can't believe I got Hodor, what :confused:

[Shaibana]

Omg, alive-man, such a coinsidence
http://theoatmeal.com/img/quizzes/generated/18_hodor.jpg

[Psychotic]

I got Tyrion! :)

[Noctis Caelum]

My bf spotted Oberyn in a Starbucks today. If it were me I would've asked if his eyes were okay.
Should've asked if he had a headache.

[Loony BoB]

Oatmeal: Hodor
Buzzfeed: Jon Snow
BuddyTV: Ned Stark

My fave test I've stumbled across so far is the one on Quizfarm because it tells you your "ratings", although it doesn't have any recent characters (I'm unsure if there is one that is as recent as season four). On that one, I got...

Ned Stark 75%
Tyrion 65%
Jamie 65%
Drogo 60% (really? xD)
Dany 50%
Jon 40%
Robert 35%
Petyr 30%
Joffrey 15%

Here's the quiz. (http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/quiz/Churchill14/which-game-of-thrones-character-are-you/)

[Psychotic]

I got Littlefinger at 75% and then 65% for Jaime and Tyrion. Pleased with those three!

I was least like Dany, Joffrey and King Robert. Two of those I'm happy enough about xD King Robert is smurfing awesome though.

[Quindiana Jones]

85% Khal Drogo, apparently. Ned Stark and Jaime Lannister took second and third, with 80% and 75% respectively. 70% Daenerys Targaryen, though, and 40% Joffrey. xD

[Psychotic]

You were the Joffrey to Steve's Sansa.

[Shaibana]

lol

Eddard Stark 70%
Petyr Baelish 50%
Jaimie lannister 40%
Khal Drogo 35%
Robert Baratheon 35%
Danny 35%
Tyrion 30
John 25
and 10% joffrey

[Del Murder]

I got very close to Shai.

Eddard Stark 70%
Petyr Baelish 55%
Jaimie Lannister 55%
Khal Drogo 50%
Tyrion Lannister 35%
Joffrey Lannister 25%
John Snow 20%
Daenerys Targaryen 15%
Robert Baratheon 5%

[I Took the Red Pill]

80% Jamie Lannister. I don't have a sister, so I'm in the clear. :redface: I do enjoy having two hands, though.

[The Man]

Eddard Stark - 80%
Daenerys Targaryen - 70%
Jaimie Lannister - 60%
Tyrion Lannister - 60%
Khal Drogo - 60%
Petyr Baelish - 55%
Robert Baratheon - 50%
John Snow - 50%
Joffrey Lannister - 25%

No surprise there, I guess.

[Shorty]

Eddard Stark 85%
Jaimie Lannister 70%
Daenerys Targaryen 65%
Tyrion Lannister 60%
Khal Drogo 45%
Petyr Baelish 35%
Robert Baratheon 35%
John Snow 25%
Joffrey Lannister 15%

Well that was unexpected.

[chionos]

John[hic] Snow 90%
Daenerys Targaryen 85%
Eddard Stark 80%
Tyrion Lannister 80%
Jaime Lannister 70%
Khal Drogo 50%
Robert Baratheon 45%
Petyr Baelish 35%
Joffrey Lannister 10%

Didn't expect that, such a high % with Daenerys and Jon.

[Shaibana]

i know this has been pointed out before but.. :3
http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/aQqLdRd_460s.jpg

[Freya]

http://cdn.winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tom-Wlaschiha.jpg

He's jut been listed that he'll be filming on Game of Thrones again. What he'll be doing, dunno. He may replace a character or something but this sexy man is back.

[chionos]

http://cdn.winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tom-Wlaschiha.jpg

He's jut been listed that he'll be filming on Game of Thrones again. What he'll be doing, dunno. He may replace a character or something but this sexy man is back.

OMG my panties!

[Quindiana Jones]

A man is very excited by this.

And that man is me.

I am very excited by this.

[Loony BoB]

Danielle got 55% for Joffrey. :erm:

[Jinx]

I haven't taken this quiz, because I don't like how it's only about 10 people, some of them not even main characters.

[Shaibana]

http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/aLKZQK6_460sa_v1.gif

[Del Murder]

Oh wow, I forgot how cute Arya used to be.

[Psychotic]

I haven't taken this quiz, because I don't like how it's only about 10 people, some of them not even main characters.tbf with the inclusions of Ned, Robert and Drogo I think it was made during if not just after Season 1.

[Jinx]

I haven't taken this quiz, because I don't like how it's only about 10 people, some of them not even main characters.tbf with the inclusions of Ned, Robert and Drogo I think it was made during if not just after Season 1.

Yeah, fair enough!

[Shiny]

You Scored as Eddard Stark
You are Eddard Stark. King of the North, you are very honorable and a loyal friend. However, this kindness and nobility, although admirable qualities, may end up hurting you in the long run.


Eddard Stark
80%
Jaimie Lannister
65%
Tyrion Lannister
65%

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

http://cdn.winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tom-Wlaschiha.jpg

He's jut been listed that he'll be filming on Game of Thrones again. What he'll be doing, dunno. He may replace a character or something but this sexy man is back.

OMG my panties!
Who is this beautiful creature?

[Freya]

http://cdn.winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tom-Wlaschiha.jpg

He's jut been listed that he'll be filming on Game of Thrones again. What he'll be doing, dunno. He may replace a character or something but this sexy man is back.

OMG my panties!
Who is this beautiful creature?
https://31.media.tumblr.com/00db637253b9b263666ccd1de26c4cab/tumblr_mi2rj7CZZs1qiyseco6_250.gif

[Jinx]

A Man, plef, a Man.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Oh goodie! I loved his character!

And I love his face.
I keep looking at it.
Mmmmm.

[Formalhaut]

I got very close to Shai.

Eddard Stark 70%
Petyr Baelish 55%
Jaimie Lannister 55%
Khal Drogo 50%
Tyrion Lannister 35%
Joffrey Lannister 25%
John Snow 20%
Daenerys Targaryen 15%
Robert Baratheon 5%

Well here's what I got:

Eddard Stark - 80%
Daenarys Targaryen - 65%
Tyrion Lannister - 60%
John Snow - 55%
Jaime Lannister - 40%
Petyr Baelish - 30%
Robert Baratheon - 25%
Joffrey Baratheon - 20%
Khal Drogo - 10%

Besides being surprised that John Snow wasn't higher up the list, I'm pretty happy.

[Shorty]

I refuse to believe this many people are as honorable and loyal as Ned Stark. Something's miss here. :colbert:

[The Man]

The test is probably unbalanced in Ned's favour. It seems pretty unbelievable to me, too. :monster:

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

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[Quindiana Jones]

I refuse to believe this many people are as honorable and loyal as Ned Stark. Something's miss here. :colbert:

For future reference, it's "amiss". :)

[chionos]

I refuse to believe this many people are as honorable and loyal as Ned Stark. Something's miss here. :colbert:

For future reference, it's "amiss". :)

:nod: Thank you Quinn. Thank you for taking one for the team and being our resident douche. I didn't want to say anything mean to Shorty, but that's what you're here for yo. So, again, thank you. :beer:

[Agent Proto]

Some bad news for next season... maybe... (http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/game-of-thrones/236794/anticipated-game-of-thrones-character-to-be-omitted)

[Shorty]

I meant to type amiss, you ass monkeys.

[chionos]

That's lame. And lame reasoning. And probably fabricated lame reasoning at that.

[The Man]

As a Doctor Who/Sherlock/Orphan Black/Lost fan, I learnt a long time ago never to trust things showrunners tell you in interviews :monster:

[Jinx]

Besides, that particular article is only about half of the interview and taken kind of out of context.

[chionos]

As a Doctor Who/Sherlock/Orphan Black/Lost fan, I learnt a long time ago never to trust things showrunners tell you in interviews :monster:

lol, fair enough.

[Freya]

Best place for GoT news is winteriscoming.net (http://winteriscoming.net/) and yeah, it was Alex Graves who mentioned it before that they were debating about adding it and then that article where the person says something about it but both aren't D & D and they are the ones who decide.

Stop linking spoiler articles guys if you're not gonna tag that it could be a spoiler xP

[Shiny]

http://cdn.winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tom-Wlaschiha.jpg

He's jut been listed that he'll be filming on Game of Thrones again. What he'll be doing, dunno. He may replace a character or something but this sexy man is back.

OMG my panties!
Who is this beautiful creature?
https://31.media.tumblr.com/00db637253b9b263666ccd1de26c4cab/tumblr_mi2rj7CZZs1qiyseco6_250.gif
Yay! I missed this guy.


I refuse to believe this many people are as honorable and loyal as Ned Stark. Something's miss here. :colbert:

Nah I'm loyal as smurf.

[Rantz]

6iAgXzGah4M

[Vyk]

I couldn't make out the melody. It's like a dying cow lol Hilarious cow

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

6iAgXzGah4M

If I were asked to sum up my life with one video, I would put this on infinite repeat and just walk away.

[The Man]

https://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/984142_10203943617888413_4322069478202345846_n.jpg

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

George RR Wonka

[Carl the Llama]

Apparently I channel Ned Stark...

http://i.imgur.com/Fdowv2o.png

On a side note 0% Joffery, happy days lol

[Ayen]

I got Ned too. It was a close one, though.

Eddard Stark: 60%
Jaimie Lannister: 55%
Daenerys Targaryen: 50%
Tyrion Lannister: 40%
Joffrey Lannister: 35%
Khal Drogo: 30%
Robert Baratheon: 15%
John Snow: 15%
Petyr Baelish: 5%

[Rantz]

I was unsure whether to put this in the cute stuff thread or here but:

2EoQCtPR2-I

[Shaibana]

omg, i wanted to post that vid earlyer but the my browser couldnt get on EOFF a few days :S .. and then i forgot about it

[Ayen]

http://i.imgur.com/bdh733O.png

[Psychotic]

How did you manage that?

Also hell yes, pugs are the best dog breed.

[Ayen]

How did you manage that?

Obviously Ser Pounce recognizes my natural born abilities and intends to offer me a place at court.

....I shared my Game of Thrones review. I got a favorite from an Arya Stark account that way, too. I didn't even know this was a thing. Now I'm seeing a bunch of them when I pull up Twitter. The floodgates have been opened!

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA2LzA2LzBlL2dhbWVvZnRocm9uLmY1MWUyLmdpZgpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/c7feb64a/8d4/game-of-thrones-open-door.jpg

[The Man]

GRRM wants the series to end with a feature film (http://www.mtv.com/news/1863951/game-of-thrones-movie-george-rr-martin/).

[Del Murder]

A clever ploy.

[Shaibana]

http://9gag.tv/p/aV7del/game-of-thrones-season-4-vfx-making-of-reel-mackevision#comment

stuff like this reminds me of how stupid acting is :P
most of the time you are in front of a green screen with some props, pretending to be somewhere else xD

[Shlup]

I love those videos. It's a good reminder that acting is really just playing pretend.

[Shiny]

http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA2LzA2LzBlL2dhbWVvZnRocm9uLmY1MWUyLmdpZgpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/c7feb64a/8d4/game-of-thrones-open-door.jpg
Every gif made of that moment is pure genius.

[Jinx]

They're all so cute and excited! I love it! SO excited for the Sand Snakes (although it seems they've unbastardized them?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2ri8RhSnw

[Freya]

EDIT: Okay nevermind on me posting things, the editing keeps messing up xP

Just go here for casting news (http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/25/new-cast-members-game-thrones-season-5-announced/)

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

http://www.themarysue.com/sailor-oberyn/

On Behalf of Dorne, Sailor Oberyn Will Punish You

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[Ayen]

That is the great picture ever taken in our history.

[Jinx]

He is the most charming man alive.

[Psychotic]

EDIT: Okay nevermind on me posting things, the editing keeps messing up xP

Just go here for casting news (http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/25/new-cast-members-game-thrones-season-5-announced/)Trystane Martell is Prince Doran’s son and heir to Dorne.

Arianne? ruh-roh!

[Shaibana]

Bloopers!! always good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-7Fs9HJvs0

[The Man]

Some speculation on season five casting information (one of my facebook friends said this; I'm not sure if she wants to be identified):


Game of Thrones speculation: Wait what if they're merging Ellaria and Arianne's roles, so it's Ellaria plotting elaborate revenge and they get to keep the actress (whom I love) rather than introducing a new character.

That would make Quentyn the heir to Dorne as the eldest legitimate child of any gender, but Dorne could keep primogeniture and the Myrcella plot still works and it's not a horrible disservice to the awesome female characters. /reading too much into casting information

I sincerely hope this is what they're doing. Anything else would be pretty close to unforgivable.

Also:

http://i.imgur.com/jL7eBZP.jpg

[Bunny]

At this point, I am actually hoping for drastic changes from the novel because the outrage from book readers is just too delicious.

[Shlup]

Whether or not we're outraged depends entirely on the quality of the changes. Everyone's been really happy with the changes to Arya's storyline, for example.

[Bunny]

Even if the changes are bad, it is hilarious how some people (not particularly members of this forum) overreact to the changes.

[Shaibana]

lets take a minute to admire my new signature

[Ayen]

The greatest disappearing act the world has ever seen.

It's a shame she was burnt at the stake on the following episode :(

[Formalhaut]

Great signature Shai!

[Rantz]

It's telling of this show's quality how active this thread remains even between seasons. :D

Something worth pondering: http://litreactor.com/columns/usurping-the-thrones-game-of-thrones-and-george-r-r-martins-dilemma - I also like will.mazgay's comment below.

[Jinx]

Great article, actually.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

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[Quindiana Jones]

Who was he?! OHMIGOD WHO WAS HE?! :excited:

[Shorty]

You silly man, he's the creep who replaced Virgo Hoat who cut off Jaime's hand!

[chionos]

I assumed the joke was that he bears a resemblance to the six-fingered man in The Princess Bride?
I dunno, maybe I'm missing something here.

Noah Taylor wasn't actually in The Princess Bride, I know that much.

The character is Locke. And he replaced Vargo Hoat.

[Rantz]

You know nothing, Jon Meow.

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[chionos]

So, what, do you crazy European type people pronounce meow like "mee-oh"?

In Amurica Meow doesn't rhyme with Snow.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

I assumed the joke was that he bears a resemblance to the six-fingered man in The Princess Bride?


:up:

[Rantz]

It's not meant as a rhyme!

[Quindiana Jones]

When I first watched Princess Bride, I was absolutely convinced that the Dread Pirate Roger guy was the same guy who played Chase in House.

Apparently, the fact that he hadn't aged a day over - what, 20 years? - was completely fine with me. xD

[Psychotic]

So, what, do you crazy European type people pronounce meow like "mee-oh"?

In Amurica Meow doesn't rhyme with Snow.No, but incidentally it is often spelled miaow.

[chionos]

It's not meant as a rhyme!

THINGS SHOULD RHYME

OLE DOLE DOFF
KINKE LANE KOFF

Also, "miaow" is acceptable. It looks arrogant and obscure (especially if you read it with a French accent), which is appropriate to any cat reference.

Edit, to stay on topic. If Jon Snow is really Rhaegar's son, does that make him: |fire & ice?| :)

[Shaibana]

http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/aLQQbez_700b.jpg

[Ayen]

I just saw on Facebook that one of my friends had a status message favorited by George R. R. Martin.

SO JEALOUS!

[Shlup]

So tell us what the status was, jerkbutt.

[Ayen]

You're a jerkbutt.

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My friend still feels he may be a fake account, but if it's legit that's pretty cool. And now she has to watch the series.

[Jinx]

If she goes to the page, there should be a check mark say if it's him or not.

[Shlup]

I'm actually pretty confident that he's stated he's only on LiveJournal, now that you mention it.

[Jinx]

Nah, he's on Twitter. Here's is verified account: https://twitter.com/GRRMspeaking

[Ayen]

Yeah, found that yesterday. Only people he ever favorited were Neil Gaiman and himself. Stop favoriting you own tweets, dork.

My friend still has to watch Game of Thrones, told her so last night.

[The Man]

It's kind of a shame that GRRM is on Twitter now, because it means this joke no longer works:


Why doesn't George R. R. Martin use Twitter? Because he killed all 140 characters.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use Twitter much? Because he might kill all 140 characters.

Still sounds legit.

[The Man]

http://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10606460_720343468015044_7717087583152777669_n.jpg?oh=a5a70204cb6a3895b53607d5a4644af9&oe=547017F0

[chionos]

That took me a bit. Thought it was a mug at first...

[Jinx]

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2014/s4080510.htm

No Bran storyline in season five! I guess now we know why they sped his story up so much...

[chionos]

I don't understand how that's going to work. Isaac Hempstead-Wright (plays Bran) is 15. When we see him again, he's going to have changed so much. Unless the storyline involves the Bran character aging overnight, that's going to annoy me. Perhaps it's a silly gripe, but that's just something that irritates me: obvious changes in the actor when the character shouldn't be changing. It's going to very difficult for the showrunners to pull off a convincing chronology going forward. Not just for Bran's storyline either. Still looking forward to season 5 though.

[Vyk]

I'm not going to read that for fear of spoilers. But actors change. Especially young ones. So it's bound to happen. I guess they should have known really early on the little kid was going to be around for a long time and perhaps tried to find an actor who just naturally looked super young as an adult, so there wouldn't be any growing going on. Or just change out actors every season like they've done with a couple other characters; which I find even more disturbing than an actor growing up. But perhaps there's more going on to warrant the distaste than I realize since I haven't read the article

[Jess]

I don't really understand why they sped the Bran story up, if they're not going to continue it in S5. Why didn't they just put less focus on the Bran story in S4 and then get to the point we're at during some point in S5? Doesn't make sense to cut them out for an entire season. :confused:

Not sure if I believe this source entirely, to be honest.

[Jinx]

Yeah, good point. It's just an article I was linked to and thought I'd share.

[Del Murder]

They should have just invented a side story for Bran that would distract him until everything catches up to his story. Instead, they just drag it out and it's boring. Who cares if Bran goes off on some magical adventure that's not in the books? He should have joined up with Jon for a while and had some adventures on The Wall before moving along on whatever his path is. The writers for the show are lazy.

[Shaibana]

i do agree with you, but if they make up a side story then all the book readers will go ape poop :P

[Shorty]

I don't think the book readers' wishes are really being considered for the plot points in the show's story. If they ever were, they certainly aren't now.

Sometimes literary occurrences don't translate as well to the screen and vice versa.

[chionos]

They're going to have to really go further and further away from the books here on out, so why not add something to Bran's story? So far most of the changes to the show have been subtractions, displacements, or switches, why not some legitimate additions?

The more I think about it, though, I think we'll see Bran & co. in the coming season. Dropping an entire plotline for a whole season would be silly. So they rushed Bran's plot in order to not have enough Bran plot for season 5? What? That's bass-ackwards. I think the quote is either
a. fabricated
b. a joke
c. out of context

[Shorty]

They might be going more the way of Crows/Dragons in the coming seasons - splitting up plotlines and designating certain seasons for specific stories.

[chionos]

I think that's a terrible idea for the show. It's too long between seasons for that. I mean, it might work for readers, but I can't imagine it working for showonlies.

[Rantz]

For all the ragging on book readers, I really don't see that many complaints from book readers about the changes made for the show. xD Most book readers seem overall happy about the way the show, imo!

[Del Murder]

I've read 3/5 of the books and I don't give two smurfs about what they change for the show. Some things work for TV, some work for print. I think most people are smart enough to acknowledge that.

Filler chapters where no real action happens but you get some introspection from some main characters work perfectly fine in books (in moderation). That kind of stuff makes for boring TV, though. Also, splitting up your main cast to have adventures all over the world is a fine world-building literary device. On TV it just makes you annoyed. Actors need to feed off each other to be effective. The best scenes in the TV show have come with the interactions of main characters, some of which aren't even in the books (like Arya/Tywin).

I think they missed a great opportunity with Bran to have some interaction with Jon Snow. Not only would it have been fun to watch it would have also stalled Bran's storyline enough to give him screen time while not getting too ahead of the pace of the books.

[chionos]

Agreed. That's all I have to say. I agree with Del.

[Psychotic]

I wouldn't really mind if they deviated from the books - indeed, they did really heavily with Bran's storyline this season anyway and it was fine, indeed somewhat exciting - but not Bran and Jon meeting. I'm assuming there's going to be a big Stark Family Reunion at some point and having them meet now would cheapen the pay off for that.

[Jinx]

Yeah, pretty much that.

Also, once Jon Snow had Bran, you know he's not letting him get away. I guess he could've escaped during the battle/episode 9, but it would've been a bit contrived.

The thing about the show, is that I don't even care they're deviating from the plot. It's that they ride it juuuuuust close enough to not establish itself as an actual separate entity from the books. They either need to embrace it or follow the plot of the books. trout or get off, etc. Although, to be fair, more and more it seems they're heading down their own course.

[Del Murder]

Yeah the deviations are too subtle and gradual so far. It seems like they are toying with making it their own but not willing to go balls out. Well, they'll have to soon enough because Martin sure as hell isn't going to wrap these books up within a year or two.

[Shaibana]

http://img-9gag-lol.9cache.com/photo/ax2B9qY_700b_v1.jpg

to soon?

[Shlup]

It drives me bananas that he does not look like he could be Sandor's big brother.

P.S. I don't remember if we went over this yet.
http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/full/Game-of-Thrones-fandoms-the-mountain-jojen-1341213.jpeg

[Freya]

SO!

http://photos.vanityfair.com/2014/09/22/5420767c1019a3955fea63c0_cersei_spoiler.gif

Did you guys see the picture from the set of tyrion with dany already? What think?

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/closeup.jpg

Also, jorah

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jorah1.jpg

[Jinx]

Did see. Not sure how I feel yet.

Also, Shlup, I had no idea about that! But now that you point it out, you're right. He doesn't look like he could be Sandor's big brother at all.

[Freya]

I felt conan stevens did look more like him though. Too bad that character went through so many actors!

[Shlup]

SO!

http://photos.vanityfair.com/2014/09/22/5420767c1019a3955fea63c0_cersei_spoiler.gif

Did you guys see the picture from the set of tyrion with dany already? What think?

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/closeup.jpg

Also, jorah

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jorah1.jpg

There's gonna be so much book reader outrage this season. Love it.

[Rantz]

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White Walker -> Walker White -> Walter White

Coincidence???????

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Nah.

[Ayen]

SO!

http://photos.vanityfair.com/2014/09/22/5420767c1019a3955fea63c0_cersei_spoiler.gif

Did you guys see the picture from the set of tyrion with dany already? What think?

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/closeup.jpg

Also, jorah

http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jorah1.jpg

I'm okay with this. I can already hear the banter.

[Shiny]

It's really hard to believe that guy is 25, but I know from experience that muscular guys automatically look 35+ years older. He probably looks younger beardless though.

[Ayen]

http://i.imgur.com/NmvmpYN.gif
Tyrion: If Jaime can grow a sexy beard, then so can I.

Tagged since I know some people like to avoid all promotion altogether before a new season airs.

More info here (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/22/game-of-thrones-season-5-footage_n_6367542.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024)

[Jinx]

Tyrion looks like a Klingon.

[Shorty]

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/50/cc/c7/50ccc70f50fbed12d6344c682fb44968.jpg

edit: also

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/dc/25/a5/dc25a51170279753c92a7544e293347a.jpg

Petyr Baelish what in god's name are you doing giving away free lemon cakes on the street

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/97/ec/90/97ec90cabb14de743d9d63a01e6cd658.jpg

I initially thought this was Jon Snow and Ygritte, but then read the caption as Severus Snape and Lily Potter fanart, and then Sherlock and Molly fanart. I still think it applies and that it looks like Jon + Ygritte the most because he held her in that exact way :colbert:

[Shaibana]

http://img-9gag-ftw.9cache.com/photo/aOynY3D_700b_v1.jpg

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

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[Shaibana]

this visualises very acurate on how i think those you-should-have-read-the-book-people look like

[Freya]

HBO’s online schedule, which runs about six weeks out, has a brand new featurette in the line up, scheduled for Sunday, February 8th, at 7:30pm. Entitled “A Day In The Life,” it looks to be a behind the scenes special of some sort, most likely (hell, very likely) focusing on Game of Thrones Season 5. (http://winteriscoming.net/2014/12/30/game-thrones-season-5-featurette-air-february-8th/)

[Ayen]

"WINTER HAS BEEN COMING FOR SIXTEEN SMURFING YEARS!"

That killed me.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

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[Freya]

http://winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/thechildren6.jpg


An exclusive Season 5 trailer, as well as the final two episodes of the fourth season, will get an unprecedented run Jan. 23-29 at 150 theaters in top markets across the U.S.

Those final two episodes of Season 4, “The Watchers on The Wall” (http://winteriscoming.net/?p=40192) and “The Children,” (http://winteriscoming.net/?p=40193) will be digitally remastered to work for the IMAX experience. Both episodes had some of the most impressive CGI and camera work of the whole series. “The Watchers on The Wall” had not only the huge in scope over-the-wall shot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcu8fwqQUbM), but also the big 360 degree fight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3ZNQPWxvk) in the courtyard. Both episodes were nominated for Emmys (http://winteriscoming.net/?p=37918) this past season, including writing and directing.

source (http://winteriscoming.net/2015/01/06/game-thrones-coming-imax-january-23rd/)

[Ayen]

Yay Season 5 trailer!

People like Game of Thrones, and people like cats, so here is Game of Thrones combined with cats.

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[Freya]

FINALLY A DATE

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[chionos]

Alright guys, see you in a few months. I'm going to go ahead and sleep until April 12.

[Ayen]

Spring is coming.

Wait.

[Freya]

Are we going to do sets again? I dunno who I want to be this year.

[Formalhaut]

I'm generally always Pod when we do these sets, so there's probably not going to be a change.

[Jinx]

I've been Melisandre both years, and I'd be happy to keep her.

[Shorty]

Margaery again for me :love:

[Psychotic]

I even grew a full on Tyrion hobo beard in solidarity.

[Ayen]

Arya Stark now and forever.

[Rantz]

A man with no motive is a man no one suspects.

[Shaibana]

as much as i would like to switch to Meargery, because of my sig, im still staying with Sansa probably

[Freya]

We’d first heard word of the secretive featurette in December, but now we finally know more about the Game of Thrones special set to air in February. So — for now at least — the night is a little less dark and filled with at least one less terror of the unknown.

Thanks to those very well-informed minds over at Entertainment Weekly, we now know that the wee 30-minute look into everyone’s favorite epic HBO series is officially titled Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life, as was previously reported thanks to a fan’s astute DVR observations. But what is, perhaps, more exciting are the details as to what it’s all about. Namely, focusing on the how and why behind the mind-bogglingly large, expansive, and impressive production.


Shot like a half-hour documentary, the special will focus on a mere day of season 5 production. But oh so much can happen in a day. In fact, in a single day, Game of Thrones is often in production in multiple countries around the world. On this particular day, viewers will travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Sevilla and Osuna, Spain to follow the inner workings of the series. Through the work of key crew members, we’ll all see “the epic sets, renowned cast and global scale of Thrones, as well as the more intimate and individual challenges of our subjects, giving the audience a new perspective on one of the most elaborate productions in television history.”


So there you have it! A Day in the Life debuts February 8th, at 7:30PM. GoT itself returns for its fifth season on April 12th.

source (https://www.nerdist.com/2015/01/surprise-that-game-of-thrones-february-special-is-no-longer-shrouded-in-secrecy/)

Anyone going to check out the special?

[Quindiana Jones]

I'm generally always Pod when we do these sets, so there's probably not going to be a change.

Best Pod ever, checking in. Thunderdome, right now. :stare:

[Shlup]

Oo, that sounds neat!

IMAX is playing the last two episodes of the last two seasons in theaters, followed by a trailer for season five.

Here is their trailer, which contains like half a second of Tyrion in season five (yay):

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Did no one post the viral 10 second Arya teaser? Here you go:

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[Ayen]

Game of Thrones is the master of the tease.

Is it April yet?

[Shiny]

They always release it in smurfing April. I KNOW IT'S ALREADY DONE YA JERKS. They just don't want to compete with Walking Dead prob.

[Del Murder]

A question I asked my wife: GoT is the most pirated show of all time. Obviously GoT would not be as popular if no one was able to pirate it simply because the pirating allows it to reach a much wider audience. But strictly in terms of how much money HBO makes off of the show, do you think the existence of piracy has resulted in them making more or less money overall?

[Ayen]

That's a good question. Obviously they must be making money regardless because HBO keeps renewing it for a new season.

[chionos]

A question I asked my wife: GoT is the most pirated show of all time. Obviously GoT would not be as popular if no one was able to pirate it simply because the pirating allows it to reach a much wider audience. But strictly in terms of how much money HBO makes off of the show, do you think the existence of piracy has resulted in them making more or less money overall?

In this particular case, I'd say more. The number of people who don't have cable who would get cable/satellite just to get HBO just to watch the show is basically nonexistent. The number of people who have cable/satellite without HBO who would purchase HBO just to watch this show can't possibly make up for the syndication, DVD monies, and everything else (since HBO owns most of its shows, including GoT) HBO earns because of the massive hype which just wouldn't exist in the same way without piracy.

By no means am I advocating for piracy. I'm just saying in this case it actually works out in HBO's favor.

[Shlup]

I'm with chionos--the percentage of people who would subscribe to HBO if they couldn't pirate the show must be very small. I know I wouldn't, and it's one of my all time favorite shows. But if it weren't for piracy I wouldn't've seen it in the first place, which is a boat millions of people would be in.

[Night Fury]

Me and Aulayna have had a bit of a battle on for Daenerys. But I was Arya the first year we did them.

Don't know who I will be this time. I would like to be Khaleesi again but, eh.

[Vyk]

HBO is definitely making more on piracy. There's more fans to buy more merchandise which is licensed out by them. All the figures, and board games and everything with their particular brand of the story emblazoned on it is ridiculous and even people who don't pay to watch the show will happily pay to have that stuff. Also people who don't pay to have cable or HBO itself are frequently willing to pay to have the DVDs and Blurays. This definitely worked out in their favor, and is probably a good argument for free availability, but that's a whole different can of worms

[Del Murder]

Actually, free availability probably won't happen because of piracy. Since the people who want it for free will just pirate it, it makes sense for them to keep the premium subscription model for those willing to pay for it, rather than give it to everyone.

I also believe they make more in the long run in a world with piracy. The internet hype has really built this into a licensing juggernaut.

[Freya]

They are supposed to be rolling our their streaming service (for non cable subscribers) this spring. Rumors are it's going to come in time with the GoT season to capitalize on more money. That availability will bump them up in money making as well, or so I foresee.

[Aulayna]

Me and Aulayna have had a bit of a battle on for Daenerys. But I was Arya the first year we did them.

Don't know who I will be this time. I would like to be Khaleesi again but, eh.


Eh I'm not really arsed about the sets thing this time around. :) (spesh as I don't really post much anymore)

Plus we always seem to go for the same characters anyway (I put that down to us having clearly the best taste), so you can go for it!

[chionos]

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April 12th can't get here fast enough.

[Shorty]

I love how our forum comes together over Game of Thrones. It's a beautiful thing.

Anyone going to the IMAX experience? I'm going next weekend!

[Shauna]

:excited:

I don't think we'll be hitting up an IMAX things, but I can't even be sure we have any showings. xD

[Freya]

There aren't any showings close enough to me that will be showing it. I already looked :(

I'm hoping we can get a better version of the trailer though.

[Psychotic]

Hmmm, the trailer to me implies there's no Aegon, and Tyrion is just going right to Dany?

[Freya]

That's what it seems like. WHICH TODAY, GRRMs publisher announced winds WILL NOT be released this year. So now i'm really worried the show will catch up.

[Jinx]

I've mentioned this before, but you guys should change the thread title to "Waiting Game of Thrones".

[Rantz]

The official facebook page posted a better quality video.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152715877082734

Wauh! It's way too early to start getting hyped, but I can't help it!

[Ayen]

Nice Jon Snow tease, trailer.

Looks like Del is getting his Tyrion/Varys scenes after all.

[Shlup]

That trailer gives me so many tingles.

That's what it seems like. WHICH TODAY, GRRMs publisher announced winds WILL NOT be released this year. So now i'm really worried the show will catch up.
Part of me has just accepted that it's never coming out.

[Shorty]

A Dream of Spring will definitely not be published in GRRM's lifetime. The last two books will be ghostwritten, and they will be all weird and sucky and differing and no one will get the definitive closure they've been waiting for through the series because of it. And GRRM will laugh at us all from his grave.

The show is already catching up and surpassing. It's much too late to consider that such a thing won't happen.

[Shlup]

GRRM is the real terrorist.

[Tyson]

The show looks set to well and truly overtake the books this season, which will make it all the more exciting for me!

[Psychotic]

That's what it seems like. WHICH TODAY, GRRMs publisher announced winds WILL NOT be released this year. So now i'm really worried the show will catch up.
Says the girl who last season was like "LOL LOOK AT THIS BOOK FANS, YOU GOT SPOILED THIS CHARACTER'S NAME GOT REVEALED HA HA HA!" without spoiler tagging it :colbert:

[Tyson]

That's what it seems like. WHICH TODAY, GRRMs publisher announced winds WILL NOT be released this year. So now i'm really worried the show will catch up.

That's a given by this point, Season 5 is well and truly going to finish all the book content (with abit of Winds of Winter content aswell most likely)

Season 6 will most likely have spoilt all the Winds of Winter content before the book comes out! I mean there are differences of course but the main story arc will be the same. I've given up on reading anymore of the books honestly.

[Ayen]

GRRM is a Slow Bro.

[The Man]

Actually it's confirmed that seasons five and six will mostly split up the content from AFFC and ADWD, so it's not quite as dire as it looks. There will probably be a small amount of content from TWOW in season six, but I wouldn't expect it to be much.

[Tyson]

Actually it's confirmed that seasons five and six will mostly split up the content from AFFC and ADWD, so it's not quite as dire as it looks. There will probably be a small amount of content from TWOW in season six, but I wouldn't expect it to be much.

Not too sure about that, There have been leaked bts screens from Danerys storyline that show this season will end her A Dance with Dragons storyline completely.

Plus there is no way they could stretch Jon Snows current storyline over 2 seasons, There's barely enough for one. I imagine this season will end the same way Dance did in regards to his storyline.

Same with Tyrion, there has also been leaked BTS screens showing his story actually surpassing the books. Plus Bran and Sansa's storyline was basically caught up at the end of season 4.

I was kind of surprised too, AFFC and ADWD are two of the biggest books, that being said tho there's alot of fat to be trimmed compared to the earlier books. Plus it makes sense, Winds of Winter= Season 6, A Dream of Spring= Season 7.

[Jinx]

Well, Bran's not going to be in season 5 at all, so who knows how they'll split it up.

[Psychotic]

Well, Bran's not going to be in season 5 at all, so who knows how they'll split it up."What do you mean ten year olds shouldn't have beards?"

[Jinx]

Well, Bran's not going to be in season 5 at all, so who knows how they'll split it up."What do you mean ten year olds shouldn't have beards?"

I remember when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie came out. Game Informer had it on their monthly calendar with the caption: "The real magic of this movie will be convincing us that Ron isn't 32."

[Del Murder]

Nice Jon Snow tease, trailer.

Looks like Del is getting his Tyrion/Varys scenes after all.
Yep, one of the best changes the show makes from the books is to put the main characters together more often and I'm happy to see that they acknowledged Tyrion/Varys as one of the best pair ups of the whole series.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

How about a little GoT fan art for your Friday?
Sorry, site where I found it didn't show source.

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[Carl the Llama]

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Video has been on YT for 3 days, surprised no one has posted this yet lol.

Also, smurf YEAH ONLY 60 DAYS TILL SEASON 5!!!

[Shiny]

It's inevitable the show will pass the book and I'm entirely okay with that because I'm tired of haughty people going "har har I know what's going to happen and you don't". Pretty excited for this season.

[Carl the Llama]

It's inevitable the show will pass the book and I'm entirely okay with that because I'm tired of haughty people going "har har I know what's going to happen and you don't". Pretty excited for this season.

TBH I have never actually seen that happen, but then EoFF is the only place I discuss the show. I like to lord it up to against other book readers cause I have this:

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[Shlup]

It's inevitable the show will pass the book and I'm entirely okay with that because I'm tired of haughty people going "har har I know what's going to happen and you don't". Pretty excited for this season.

I do like to do that to BJ. He hates it. He doesn't even like knowing that I know. He hates books though so he deserves it.

The featurette was interesting.

[Tyson]

I can't wait for this season to finish so we can get to season 6. It's gonna be awesome having no idea what's gonna happen next! :D