Game of Thrones Season 8, we can finally stop waiting on GURM

[Himu]

Sacking the entire city would have been normal in warfare all the way up until the Renaissance period. If you surrendered immediately the denizens would go largely unmolested but if you resisted because you calculated you could hold out until reinforcements arrived every person in the city would have been considered an enemy combatant.

I find it weird how one who incoherently screechess (please remove this stupid word filter rumbler) mention stuff like this. "Modern morals and medieval morals are different!" as if sacking an entire city isn't lacking in morals no matter the time and place it occurs.

I read a comment on reddit from some dude saying,"Aegon the Conquerer burned Harrenhall to the ground. Was he mad? No he was not" as if it justifies Dany's actions and okays barbarism as "it's just what what they did in those days".

The medieval example is also cute because we have multiple examples of sackings and damn near dictionary defined exampled of evil within the last 100 years, including the Rape of Nanking.

Not saying that's what you're saying.  But it reminds me of the "ackshully" fedora hat bs I've been reading to justify Dany's tyranny before and after this episode.

[agrajag]

I just think that if it was so easy for her to obliterate the defending armies with just the dragon alone, she could've simply done thay last episode. She could have burned down the Iron Fleet, fuck up the defenses, torch the Golden Company, Lannister forces. No need yo touch the civs. Then she could just lay siege, surround the coty, choke off the supply lines. Do patrol fly bys with Drogon. Smoke them out, so to speak. Before long the inhabitants of King's Landing would've served them Cersei on a silver platter with an apple in her mouth. That shoulda been the strategy all along, instead of getting rekt by Euron's harpoon launchers.

[TEEEPO]

but dany would've never sacked king's landing had the legitimacy of her crown never came into question. she has, in essence, created a new capital where no one can or will dare challenge her rule, economic costs be damned. she essentially burnt down the rule of law, i.e. the people, a point varys made to john earlier in the episode and what tyrion has tried to teach her throughout his time as her hand

[BisMarckie]

Would love to see Dany get spitroasted

She would have had the same expression the whole time.

[Tasty]

What was that big Reddit theory a while ago (like 3-4 years ago), can someone link it, I want a laugh

[Tasty]

Jon seeing his men fall to the barbarism of mankind committing every sin imaginable after trying to rally against an inhuman enemy for two-three seasons was POWERFUL to me. Here's this guy who has been saying,"the Night King will be the end of us" and nope, humanity is.

It makes sense thematically too... the Night King was just some dude, who only came into existence cause dudes were fucking the world up.

And here we see that even post-NK, humanity has learned nothing since The Long Night.

[Huff]

Team Arya

Hope she kills everyone else next episode

[Himu]

Arya might be the worst character at this point. Keep the powerful ninja shit out of my dark fantasy please. Arya literally deserves not one single important kill at this point. Bitch is fucking greedy. Like seriously.

Jon seeing his men fall to the barbarism of mankind committing every sin imaginable after trying to rally against an inhuman enemy for two-three seasons was POWERFUL to me. Here's this guy who has been saying,"the Night King will be the end of us" and nope, humanity is.

It makes sense thematically too... the Night King was just some dude, who only came into existence cause dudes were fucking the world up.

And here we see that even post-NK, humanity has learned nothing since The Long Night.

Yup. NK and the wights only became a thing because humanity massacred the children of the forest.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

People reacting with anger over Dany like it hasn't been foreshadowed since the very beginning are baffling me today.

That ep was pretty good tbh (minus Tyrion flipping on Varys)

[TEEEPO]

lol ppl are mad?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Yeah, and I really don't get it because this was always where Dany's character was headed.

[TEEEPO]

  i've been avoiding most threads due to the supposed leaks but this might be worth the risk

[Himu]

Post people being mad

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Well I woke up to Abby from Giant Bomb losing her mind on twitter for example lol
https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/1127788263299850240

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Here look at this
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-final-season-backlash-female-characters-daenerys-targaryen-twitter-reactions-1210005

[Himu]

Remember when Dany said she’d raze astapor and that other place to the ground and it was Tyrion that had to convince that wasn’t a good idea?

Whoever thinks this was headed towards a good ending hasn’t been paying attention. Full stop.

[BisMarckie]

Remember when Dany said she’d raze astapor and that other place to the ground and it was Tyrion that had to convince that wasn’t a good idea?

Whoever thinks this was headed towards a good ending hasn’t been paying attention. Full stop.

But my hopepunk.

[BisMarckie]

Can‘t wait for all the great think pieces from people who take their schlocky entertainment too seriously this will spawn.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Remember when Dany said she’d raze astapor and that other place to the ground and it was Tyrion that had to convince that wasn’t a good idea?

Whoever thinks this was headed towards a good ending hasn’t been paying attention. Full stop.

But but but I named my daughter Khaleesi

[Himu]

Remember when Dany said she’d raze astapor and that other place to the ground and it was Tyrion that had to convince that wasn’t a good idea?

Whoever thinks this was headed towards a good ending hasn’t been paying attention. Full stop.

But but but I named my daughter Khaleesi

“Mom why is my name Arya now?”

[BisMarckie]

[Himu]

Dany watched her own brother get murdered with a melted pot of gold and reveled in it.

Sam, who was emotionally abused and disinherited by his father, mourns him after finding out about his death.

READ THE SIGNS. You know it to be true.

[BisMarckie]

I love how people are melting down when it was super obvious that GoT is:

The show.

[Himu]

Here look at this
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-final-season-backlash-female-characters-daenerys-targaryen-twitter-reactions-1210005

https://www.twitter.com/meganeellison/status/1127775511432847360

Anyone familiar with George’s work KNOWS that this is his ending.

Feminists rage quitting because of this is too hilarious to me.

[Don Rumata]

This was the first episode of the season i enjoyed.
Despite some usual bullshit contrivances, which at this point i'm not even gonna bother pointing out (damn those ballistas got nerfed hard with the latest patch!) i enjoyed all the burning, killing, raping and pillaging. 

Also, some of us have been saying how shitty of a tyrant Dany is, since season 2 or whatever, so that came to no surprise, however her development, while in the right place on principle, still felt very rushed, again, par for the course for this season though.
At least this episode was entertaining to watch though, which is more than i can say for the rest of the season.

All the bitching from people expecting Daenerys to be some an ONU representative or some shit, is icing on the cake.

[TEEEPO]

Here look at this
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-final-season-backlash-female-characters-daenerys-targaryen-twitter-reactions-1210005

https://www.twitter.com/meganeellison/status/1127775511432847360

Anyone familiar with George’s work KNOWS that this is his ending.

Feminists rage quitting because of this is too hilarious to me.

though she produced the phantom thread and spring breakers, two masterpieces

but she's also been an executive producer since her mid 20s due to her daddy being a billionaire so what the fuck does she know

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I'm fine with Jaime. A tragic arc works just as well as a redemptive one for his character.

[BlueTsunami]

Man the fall of Danny is  so many people named their jizz bubbles after an unstable, damaged, and power hungry character with no foresight. It was the clear trajectory in the book as time went on.

[Tasty]

[Himu]

Man the fall of Danny is  so many people named their jizz bubbles after an unstable, damaged, and power hungry character with no foresight. It was the clear trajectory in the book as time went on.

the feminist/girl power backlash is almost as good as her down fall and i'm living for it dude

[Tasty]

[agrajag]

Here look at this
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-final-season-backlash-female-characters-daenerys-targaryen-twitter-reactions-1210005

https://www.twitter.com/meganeellison/status/1127775511432847360

Anyone familiar with George’s work KNOWS that this is his ending.

Feminists rage quitting because of this is too hilarious to me.

lol why? This is pretty much Powerful Women: The Show.

After sleeping on it, I am at peace with this episode. Certainly not anywhere near as bad as 4. I agree with the sentiment that this is a logical conclusion, but the how we got here is the problem.

[agrajag]

snip

Wow, look at this triggered, insufferable fuck  just enjoy the show LOSER.

[agrajag]

umm, that's how YOU sound so throwing that back at me is   

[BobFromPikeCreek]

The sexual tension is unbearable.

[agrajag]

Listen to me riotous. I said LOOK at me. This is the only thing that matters. So let's hold each other as we get crushed under a pile of rocks.

[TEEEPO]

nobody should enjoy prog rock

[BisMarckie]

nobody should enjoy prog rock

This is a universal truth that should be posted in every thread. 

[agrajag]

nobody should enjoy prog rock

don't tell me how to live my life!

umm, that's how YOU sound so throwing that back at me is   

I want you all to enjoy things though.

we enjoy roasting this stupid show on forums 

[Kara]

Man the fall of Danny is  so many people named their jizz bubbles after an unstable, damaged, and power hungry character with no foresight. It was the clear trajectory in the book as time went on.

My parents named me for an ethnic cleanser and it suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

[BisMarckie]

Man the fall of Danny is  so many people named their jizz bubbles after an unstable, damaged, and power hungry character with no foresight. It was the clear trajectory in the book as time went on.

My parents named me for an ethnic cleanser and it suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

Karadzic.

[shosta]

Listen to me riotous. I said LOOK at me.

world record for gaslighting

[Himu]

So is Dany like Walter White? That kind of bad character that takes people a long time to consider is actually a bad person because they were initially well intentioned?

[Tasty]

[nachobro]

I guess this was posted last week and then taken down immediately

[Himu]

One fire please.

[nachobro]

Jacken H'ghar

[agrajag]

lmao all the fan and tabloid theories of "x character is going to return and play an important role because of a series of clues.."

Burn it all down, Dany.

 

[Brehvolution]

The only thing that made me roll my eyes was Cersi saying to Jaime, "  :'( I don't want to die. :'(" 

[Kara]

[agrajag]

The only thing that made me roll my eyes was Cersi saying to Jaime, "  :'( I don't want to die. :'(" 

I thought it was very on brand. She is a narcissist, through and through. Even at the very end, she did not care about Jaime, only herself, and he was too naive/enthralled to see.

[shosta]

honestly thought Cersei's death was going to go more like this, where she recognizes all her mistakes and gracefully accepts her death

[Brehvolution]

[Tasty]

I really thought they'd end up doing something interesting with Qyburn or show some other side of him but nope. Swatted like a fly.

[agrajag]

I really thought they'd end up doing something interesting with Qyburn or show some other side of him but nope. Swatted like a fly.

Not enough time, episodes or care left in Benihoff and Weiss. Dany burning down the city was an allegory for how the writers are ending the show.

[Tasty]

Who wore it better?

[Don Rumata]

I really thought they'd end up doing something interesting with Qyburn or show some other side of him but nope. Swatted like a fly.

Not enough time, episodes or care left in Benihoff and Weiss. Dany burning down the city was an allegory for how the writers are ending the show.

It's a better strategy at this point.
Give more schlock and saltyness.

[Don Rumata]

BTW Bronn should've cashed out while he could. 

[agrajag]

Bronn's the one who's gonna assassinate Dany so he could collect his debt from Tyrion


 

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