I misunderstood you completely
(I'm not sure whether I have to put a spoiler tag on that)Television Game of Thrones (TV) • The watch has ended
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(I'm not sure whether I have to put a spoiler tag on that)It has become automatic for me
When’s the last time they did this on the show? Struggling to remember any deaths like that since season 4.
It was clear very early on that the undead would play a pivotal role in the final run in of the show. It was always clear as day that Dragons would be part of that. It was always going to end up being a fantasy ending because it's been slapping everyone in the face from the Pilot. I'm generally baffled how people can complain about the show changing when it's been the main storyline of the entire show and it's been building to this from Season 1. It's not like the White Walkers were introduced later on, they were in the first scene and Dragons have been the main talking point since Daenerys got her eggs early on in Season 1.
It's not like the show was written like Rome and then suddenly the writers threw in a dragon and a few zombies.
“You’re a cold little bitch aren’t you?”
He’s always the highlight in any episode he’s in
He’s always the highlight in any episode he’s in
They blew up a whole church full of characters at the end of season six. Did they count as popular though?
Aye, a good 10+ characters died in that episode.
Apart from Marge they were mostly dullards?
Yeah but none of them were particularly popular or even central to the plot were they? Maybe Margaery but in a showdown with Cersei her dying was always the more conventional path to take.
Yeah that’s the one, ta mate.
Margaery was popular, and another interesting female character who I must hate eh, @RedSky ?
The rest I don't think anybody will have missed.
She also tutted at male characters and rolled her eyes a lot. Guess you should go back and rewatch some of the episodes.
Her brother also calls her Dany when he’s pleading with her just before he dies in season 1.
Actually feck the church full of people, poor auld Hodor got killed in season six too.
This is a big and diverse thread. People participating in it have different needs and requirements. Some are comfortable with aired episodes being outside spoiler tags, others aren't. We need to respect each other's wishes.
She did, but that wasn't all she spent her time doing, and at least she was tutting at genuinely stupid male characters (rather than ones previously established as intelligent) and did it with some sort of definable personality.
Like @Art Vandelay said, this episode was basically a competition from the female characters of who can do the iciest stare.
Viserion the dragon was probably the biggest death last season.
I really can't understand why anybody would feel the need to go in to a discussion thread about game of thrones and not expect to see spoilers about the most recent episode of .. game of thrones.
If that's the way people wanna roll, then fair enough, but to me that makes zero sense. Anybody remotely sensible would avoid this thread like the plague if they haven't caught up.
Hodor was always the sort of character you'd expect to die though, or who was at least expendable. Last major one I can think of is Stannis...but even then he was sorta expendable in the end. Other big name deaths have been villians.
Aye, one of the problems with last season was the low death count. Or rather the low death count as compared to the amount of times the show wanted you to think a character was threatened by death. The journey beyond the wall episode being the lowpoint, where a load of randomers and Dennis Pennis were the only human casualties
Technically that thing is pretty much alive. How else would you explain him being capable of making a mockery of a wall that has overseen 999 lord commanders of the night's watch?
I only noticed that watching it the second time (almost 2 years later). They bring like 5 randomers and they all die horribly
No we don't, the spoiler policy in the entertainment forum is clear, if an episode has aired it will be discussed. If you haven't seen it stay out of the thread, it's not rocket science.
Well yeah, tell that to the mod who has threadmarked a 24h spoiler tag request which resulted in 10 pages of spoiler tags. My take:
I miss the most (potentially) gimmicky character, Tyrion, having the best lines and most complexity.
The lookers were superficial in comparison to the real characters. It has turned a bit Westeros 90210.
I can't remember the last revelation that wasn't signposted with a virtual drum roll.
The lookers were superficial in comparison to the real characters. It has turned a bit Westeros 90210.
I can't remember the last revelation that wasn't signposted with a virtual drum roll.
Tyrion's basically done nothing for about three seasons. Shame.
Ran out of use for the character .. he's just an adviser now who let's face it, gave a shit ton of terrible advice last season.
I too am baffled how you've completely missed my pointIt was clear very early on that the undead would play a pivotal role in the final run in of the show. It was always clear as day that Dragons would be part of that. It was always going to end up being a fantasy ending because it's been slapping everyone in the face from the Pilot. I'm generally baffled how people can complain about the show changing when it's been the main storyline of the entire show and it's been building to this from Season 1. It's not like the White Walkers were introduced later on, they were in the first scene and Dragons have been the main talking point since Daenerys got her eggs early on in Season 1.
It's not like the show was written like Rome and then suddenly the writers threw in a dragon and a few zombies.
The Admin who asked people (no threat of punishment if you didn't) to be courteous and use the spoiler tags as there were special circumstances due to the anticipation and timing in the UK of the first episode. Most seem happy to do so, the 24 hrs is very nearly over and there are no plans to repeat it next week.
At this point the term first world problems leaps to mind.
ffs @Wibble it's your own bloody policy you're going against!!
The current pathetic watered down version of the spoiler policy isn't strictly mine
I'm joking as I know a stricter policy isn't manageable/enforceable even if it was considered desirable.
Yeah, that's the baffling thing. I have no idea why Daenerys trusts him, or why she regards him as her central adviser. She'd known him for about 5 minutes when she fecked off with her dragon, then left him to run Meereen which was in ruins when she came back, and then in Season 7 his tactical approach lost her Highgarden almost instantly. There's no reason as to why she should place so much faith in him, even if she trusts him.
The problem is though that they've sort of fecked up the character. They've turned him into a fairly noble sage who's a bit cheeky and sarcastic once every few episodes, instead of the fairly bitter and broken but intelligent chessmaster he is in the early seasons who uses humour, alcohol and whores to cover up his own self-doubt.
An episode like that one there should've ideally been perfect for him to serve as a mediator and negotiator since he's generally on decent terms with all sides of the conflict. Instead he didn't really speak to Daenerys or Jon once and just sort of kicked about doing nothing in particular, except inciting the Starks further when he said his family was coming north to help out.
An episode like that one there should've ideally been perfect for him to serve as a mediator and negotiator since he's generally on decent terms with all sides of the conflict. Instead he didn't really speak to Daenerys or Jon once and just sort of kicked about doing nothing in particular, except inciting the Starks further when he said his family was coming north to help out.
Great first episode. Looking forward to #2 already. John Snow literally knows nothing.
The current pathetic watered down version of the spoiler policy isn't strictly mine
I'm joking as I know a stricter policy isn't manageable/enforceable even if it was considered desirable.
I like the simplicity of the "stay out until you're up to date" policy.
I know and generally so do I but a number of people expressed worry that the air time would hugely increase the chance of the first episode being spoiled that it seemed like a good idea as a one off.
Plus I might have gone postal if it had been spoiled for me since the episode dropped 7 hours before I get home from work.
Again joking - I kept out of here.
Yeah I feel it’s just been overdone on the show in recent seasons.
Boring episode.
Too much screen time for boring characters discussing boring things.
There's 6 episodes left and they wasted an entire one on boring people walking about being boring
Too much screen time for boring characters discussing boring things.
There's 6 episodes left and they wasted an entire one on boring people walking about being boring
I didn't mind it as a season opener. It's early setting things up. Did people just expect to be plunged straight into a huge battle?
That said the whole Jon riding a dragon segment was fecking awful.