Game of Thrones Season 6 Thread "I choose violence"

[Phoenix Dark]

For a second I thought that red priestess was my waifu Eve Hewson

[Mupepe]

Also- I can't find the name of the woman that played the "Sansa actress" in the play.

You know. For, uh, science and shit.

It's Eline Powell, you useless jerks.

 

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I can't believe none of you homos liked or quoted this post. POTY

[Joe Molotov]

People still watch this show?

[I'm a Puppy!]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

[dkdk]

Hope all these reveals are getting breh sweating and writing more, rather than him being resigned and deciding to masturbate to anime or whatever the fuck he does at home.

if anything the show is saving him from doing a lot of work. he's never going to finish this. and i honestly wouldnt expect a new book before the show ends tbh. i know i wouldn't bother if i was him.

[bluemax]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

I think it's to show that even after 2 seasons of "A girl has no name" Arya still can't let go of being a Stark and that her whole plot line is incredibly stupid without a time skip.

[ZephyrFate]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

The point of the test being that the actress plays Cersei, a name on Arya's list. And still Arya can't give up her identity, because she keeps asking questions.

[Mupepe]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

I think it's to show that even after 2 seasons of "A girl has no name" Arya still can't let go of being a Stark and that her whole plot line is incredibly stupid without a time skip.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks her arc is now the dumbest on the show.  Quite a feat to take that from Bran

[TVC15]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

I think it's to show that even after 2 seasons of "A girl has no name" Arya still can't let go of being a Stark and that her whole plot line is incredibly stupid without a time skip.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks her arc is now the dumbest on the show.  Quite a feat to take that from Bran

Dumber than Dorne? Arya at least has Jaqen H'ghar, Sexiest Man of Essos.

[Mupepe]

I didn't get the whole play thing. They spent like 12 minutes on it just to show Arya planning on how to kill the actress and it's like "Bitch, arya's killed a slew of people with no exposition at all. why now?"

I think it's to show that even after 2 seasons of "A girl has no name" Arya still can't let go of being a Stark and that her whole plot line is incredibly stupid without a time skip.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks her arc is now the dumbest on the show.  Quite a feat to take that from Bran

Dumber than Dorne? Arya at least has Jaqen H'ghar, Sexiest Man of Essos.

Dorne had some glorious titties.  Although the ones from the play in the last episode were damn amazing.  It really is a toss up between the dizzying lows of this show.

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't understand the point of rehashing the same beats with Arya nonstop. Seems like it would have made sense to skip a bit of time instead of showing all the training, or at least show her progressing through the training instead of repeating the "getting your ass beat" phase for two seasons. Thematically it would be more powerful for her to be the only Stark kid who has forgotten who she is, during a season in which the other Stark children are coming into their own as Starks who are fighting for their home.

By the time Arya views the play in the book

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she is wearing a face and doesn't even recognize the play features her sister or father. 

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That would have been a nice contrast to depict how lost she becomes, the price of being a Faceless Man etc.

[TVC15]

Yeah, they really should have done what they did with Bran and shelved Arya for season 5, but she was probably too much of a fan favorite to do that to.

[Kara]

How about instead of insipid Stark plotlines we get an update on the "fearsome" Iron Bank of Braavos which was funding Westeros for 3+ years (which somehow operates without mining gold at all for the same amount of time*), funded Stannis (lol), and is supposed to be suuuuuuuuuuuuuper scary if you don't settle up your debts. 

*Insert joke about central banks here.

[Human Snorenado]

A bank has no name

[TVC15]

How about instead of insipid Stark plotlines we get an update on the "fearsome" Iron Bank of Braavos which was funding Westeros for 3+ years (which somehow operates without mining gold at all for the same amount of time*), funded Stannis (lol), and is supposed to be suuuuuuuuuuuuuper scary if you don't settle up your debts. 

*Insert joke about central banks here.

Mace Tyrell('s mighty mustache) took care of that. Note that while his mustache was there, Jaqen H'ghar was demoted to the second sexiest man in Essos.

[Kara]

Yes, the last time we saw them it was just a plot point in Arya's Creed: Revelations.

Meanwhile a couple of slavers were funding an insurgency that grinded out an occupation by The Most Elite Fighting Force in the Known World, or whatever.

[Phoenix Dark]

A bank has no name

- John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865

[Mandark]

The Sons of the Harpy being able to operate because of outside funding feels pretty anachronistic, right?  The Mereen plotline can be read as a very loose metaphor for US adventurism in the Middle East, but it's not like the resistance of the SotH is anywhere near as capital-intensive as a modern insurgency.

Unless those are actual gold masks they use, and absolutely refuse to stab anyone while wearing anything else.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm going to assume that while the show has only mentioned outside funding, they are also being funded/supported/given safe haven by various slave master families within Meereen like in the book.

Likewise I'd expect "The Harpy" to be someone in Meereen. Hard to guess who it'll be on the show given that no Meereen citizens have a role on the show anymore. Unless Hizdar faked his death last season and is actually the Harpy leader?

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[Kara]

The Sons of the Harpy being able to operate because of outside funding feels pretty anachronistic, right?  The Mereen plotline can be read as a very loose metaphor for US adventurism in the Middle East, but it's not like the resistance of the SotH is anywhere near as capital-intensive as a modern insurgency.

Unless those are actual gold masks they use, and absolutely refuse to stab anyone while wearing anything else.

I assumed the money went more to buying intelligence, turncoats, and the assistance of people who really don't have an interest in a return of the ancien regime than weapons per se. (Though I'm sure it's not cheap to procure labor intensive durable goods in a mode of production characterized by small-scale output and the transmission of knowledge through apprenticeship.) I can see your reading though, it's hard to really say what's metaphor in Essos since it's much easier to relate to as a person living in 2016 than Westeros is.

[Kara]

(Though I'm sure it's not cheap to procure labor intensive durable goods in a mode of production characterized by small-scale output and the transmission of knowledge through apprenticeship.)

 

[Tasty]

http://imgur.com/gallery/ZSAS6

Good shit

[Rufus]

Did NOT expect the Patreon link at the end.

[Brehvolution]

[bluemax]

Rumored episode titles for the final 3 episodes:

http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-rumor-mill-unconfirmed-episode-8-10-titles/

Gotta say if they really do go with that one for number 10 it's the best F you to GURM yet.

[ZephyrFate]

Probably when the White Walkers hit the Wall and/or tear it down, since Bran is likely heading south.

[TVC15]

Predictions for tonight:

Jonah learns the only cure for greyscale is getting banged by a white walker

Tyrion mentions Varys's cocklessness

In a shocking twist, Arya's plot evolves when she finds a beaten-up copy of Honky Chateau, revealing that the world is actually a far future planet Earth. She finds a way to listen to it and it's all awesome and shit. Honky Cat replaces Rains of Castamere on the shows soundtrack

[toku]

https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4llng2/grrm_confirms_longheld_fan_theory_spoilers/

[fistfulofmetal]

Episode 6

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Cold Hands is Benjen

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[TVC15]

I'll just say what everyone is thinking: I want Sam's dad to yell at me while fucking me.

[Phoenix Dark]

Episode 6

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Cold Hands is Benjen

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In the show. Martin is on record saying he's not Coldhands in the books.

interesting change, makes sense.

[TVC15]

I'm moderately excited about Arya's plot now.

[CatsCatsCats]

Toldddd yaaaaa

[eleuin]

no walk of atonement  :'(

[Phoenix Dark]

Best episode of the season. Pretty good. Really liked the scene with Arya and the actress. And the Sam stuff was great although I'm not sure what the plan is. His dad knows he's going to Oldtown, it shouldn't be hard to find him. Unless he's going somewhere else?

[ZephyrFate]

I thought it was one of the worst. Very much table-setting and only one arc had any sort of plot structure. Everything else felt piecemealed together.

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Benjen with the silly infodump shows how awful the dialogue can be without Martin.

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[toku]

kings landing gonna be lit come finale

[ZephyrFate]

best part of the ep for sure. I kind of want the final shots of King's Landing just complete meltdown and civil war and violence. Because that's the only way this ends when theocracies are put in place.

[CatsCatsCats]

That was a great fuckin episode.

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And honestly I don't care if she just went around a corner and bam I'm a dragon rider now bitches -- does anyone really need more dragon bonding montages? I hope Euron just shows up with 1000 ships and we can get those fuckin dragons to westeros

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[CatsCatsCats]

Arya part was awesome too. Show is like crack version, just give me some plot hits yeahhhhhh

[seagrams hotsauce]

With zephyr on this, thought that was pretty dull apart from setting the pieces for the endgame.  Enjoying this season a great deal more than last regardless, though

Kind of wish I wasn't week-to-week invested in this show, since binging it makes it way more easy to follow. I'm evidently too distinguished mentally-challenged to remember who the fuck 'blackfish' after he disappears for three seasons without googling it

[toku]

https://twitter.com/harvilla/status/737729034986094592?lang=en

[TVC15]

http://www.avclub.com/article/robert-kirkman-says-hes-disappointed-george-rr-mar-237701

So, to PD and other GRRMlins, how would you feel if GoT operated as Kirkman suggests it should have:

“I would never do that,” Kirkman assured the interviewer. “That’s the one thing I’m disappointed in George R.R. Martin for doing. He should have just been like, ‘Fuck you. You make it up now, I’ll get to mine when I’m ready.’”

Would you still have been interest in a ASOIAF adaptation if it was originally advertised as "we're just going to make up our own ending"? I'm just curious. I'm not sure I've ever seen an on-going adaptation operate that way.

[Phoenix Dark]

Sounds like RS clickbait

@RobertKirkman

"Disappointed" is probably the wrong word. I was just joking about how I would have handled that situation. Love GOT, love GRRM.

The show has drastically diverted from the books over the last few seasons but the show writers claim they are aiming for the same ending as Martin. Honestly while I hate the idea of major things being spoiled by an inferior product, I can't help but prefer the show exists as is simply as an indictment of Martin. Ultimately all of this is his fault and the show having a completely different ending would bail him out...which he doesn't deserve. The concept for the show was pitched to Martin in 2006. By January 2007 it went into development. Between the very beginning of this process (2006) and now (2016), Martin has released one book. I understand the structural problems he faced with AFFC/ADWD and how he re-wrote thousands of pages before figuring out his solution to the 5 year gap+Mereenese Knot...but there's simply no excuse for this. And all you have to do is look at his travel schedule to see why this happened and why it'll likely happen again.

In terms of this season there are so many plots that aren't going to happen in the books, so really the only major spoiler I count is Hodor. I think most readers knew Jon was coming back, and the way he's resurrected in the upcoming book will be very different from how the show did it. And while he hasn't criticized the show, I don't think it's a coincidence that nearly every Winds sample chapter Martin has released displays how drastically different the show is from the books, often to the show's detriment IMO; the chapter from last week comes to mind.

[CatsCatsCats]

I really should find time to watch Brotherhood

[bluemax]

This all assumes of course he's ever going to do anything besides release chapters that got cut from A Feast For Crows er, A Dance With Dragons, until even those lunatics on Westeros stop caring.

[TVC15]

I want my Ian McShane soon please.

[El Babua]

Him trashing the show before his episode even aired was fucking hilarious.

[TVC15]

I just nutted

[Tasty]

Him trashing the show before his episode even aired was fucking hilarious.

[El Babua]

Him trashing the show before his episode even aired was fucking hilarious.

After he spoiled some shit during a preseason interview, he said:

“You say the slightest thing and the internet goes ape,” he says. “I was accused of giving the plot away, but I just think get a f---ing life. It’s only tits and dragons.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/11/ian-mcshane-game-of-thrones-is-just-tits-and-dragons/

[Human Snorenado]

Queen of Thorns insulting Cersei for like 3 solid minutes was

[Tasty]

Queen of Thorns insulting Cersei for like 3 solid minutes was

God that was so fucking good

What did the rose drawing mean?

[Tasty]

Him trashing the show before his episode even aired was fucking hilarious.

After he spoiled some shit during a preseason interview, he said:

“You say the slightest thing and the internet goes ape,” he says. “I was accused of giving the plot away, but I just think get a f---ing life. It’s only tits and dragons.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/11/ian-mcshane-game-of-thrones-is-just-tits-and-dragons/

Can we make this the new thread subtitle?

[helios]

Queen of Thorns insulting Cersei for like 3 solid minutes was

God that was so fucking good

What did the rose drawing mean?

That Margaery is playing the church. She's still a Tyrell.

[Phoenix Dark]

Lots of pretty shots of castles this episode, especially Bear Mountain. I want to go there and see the waterfalls

Not really a fan of the northern stuff this ep though. I guess as with laws on kinslaying, vows don't matter either huh. Starks? Fuck em.

OH and why is Lady Mormont traveling with the army? Is this a convenient, poorly written way for Ramsay to capture and flay her? Tune in next time to find out!

I hope we can all agree the absolute best thing about the episode: no Dany.

The Hound stuff was cool. Kinda makes me wonder though brehs. Could it possibly be...true...dare I say

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Cleganebowl?

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if that shit happens I'm going to laugh my ass off for eternity

Arya....dunno. I want to believe she was baiting the waif, and it's not as simple as her being dumb enough to openly walk around a city full of the best assassins in the world. But those gut stabs looked pretty real. Maybe it's all a trick to fake her death?

[Tasty]

Queen of Thorns insulting Cersei for like 3 solid minutes was

God that was so fucking good

What did the rose drawing mean?

That Margaery is playing the church. She's still a Tyrell.

I figured, and I knew she didn't actually switch, so that's good to see. Wonder how she gets Loras out of things. Hopefully shit goes down in ep9 or 10.

[Tasty]

Yet again no Bran. What the fuck.

First they cut him out of a whole season and now it's been two eps since we've seen him. Fuck.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=205766973&postcount=11472

i don't know enough about anime to comment!