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I think Arya's ark is BS. She spent years breaking herself down psychologically, reprogrammed herself to be a nameless cold blooded killer, only to become scared little Arya Stark in crucial moments. Yet she keeps falling upwards.Btw, it seems to me that being a veteran in the battle against the army of the undead is a more stressful and PTSD-inducing experience. The northerners and dothraki sacking, pillaging and raping their way through King's Landing just seems like appropriate behavior for the time period.
Quote from: agrajag on May 14, 2019, 06:18:30 PMI think Arya's ark is BS. She spent years breaking herself down psychologically, reprogrammed herself to be a nameless cold blooded killer, only to become scared little Arya Stark in crucial moments. Yet she keeps falling upwards.Btw, it seems to me that being a veteran in the battle against the army of the undead is a more stressful and PTSD-inducing experience. The northerners and dothraki sacking, pillaging and raping their way through King's Landing just seems like appropriate behavior for the time period.I believe the fire is the problem.The starks are used to the cold but they don't do well in the south.A song of Ice and Fire.
There were dragons and lots of fire i Ep 3. Including a hostile zombie dragon.
Quote from: agrajag on May 14, 2019, 06:21:24 PMThere were dragons and lots of fire i Ep 3. Including a hostile zombie dragon.It‘s like when people go to Florida, it‘s not the heat that gets to you it‘s the humidity.
Btw, it seems to me that being a veteran in the battle against the army of the undead is a more stressful and PTSD-inducing experience. The northerners and dothraki sacking, pillaging and raping their way through King's Landing just seems like appropriate behavior for the time period.
Quote from: agrajag on May 14, 2019, 06:18:30 PMBtw, it seems to me that being a veteran in the battle against the army of the undead is a more stressful and PTSD-inducing experience. The northerners and dothraki sacking, pillaging and raping their way through King's Landing just seems like appropriate behavior for the time period.So you're saying that man is the real enemy and the real monster? Is that it?
Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on May 14, 2019, 06:28:08 PMQuote from: agrajag on May 14, 2019, 06:18:30 PMBtw, it seems to me that being a veteran in the battle against the army of the undead is a more stressful and PTSD-inducing experience. The northerners and dothraki sacking, pillaging and raping their way through King's Landing just seems like appropriate behavior for the time period.So you're saying that man is the real enemy and the real monster? Is that it?That goes without saying, but what I'm getting at is that Jon is naive as fuck for -ing about it. He must have had his head buried in the snow this entire time if he didn't realize that's the world he was living in.
Season 7 was fine. However, people satisfied with Season 8 make less sense to me than the insane people who think TLJ was a great film.
Quote from: Steve Contra on May 14, 2019, 08:10:50 PMI liked this episode, but this whole plotline was rushed and it feels a little empty. Dany going wildcard was always a possibility, and lots of folks are pretending it wasn't.Sure, but Anakin turning to the Dark Side was an absolute certainty, and the problem was that it was executed like shit. However, Dany's turn makes Anakin's look like Walter White's.
I liked this episode, but this whole plotline was rushed and it feels a little empty. Dany going wildcard was always a possibility, and lots of folks are pretending it wasn't.
One user on Zhihu drafted a speech for King Jon Snow's theoretical inauguration ceremony. “Comrade Varys’s life is a life of glory and honor… The suffering he has been through laid ground for his dream to seek welfare for the people and the country.”The speech continues: “Before he was arrested, Comrade Varys took off all his rings, and for the first and last time, proved himself a member of the proletariat.”
Quote from: Glen on May 14, 2019, 08:39:50 PMQuote from: Steve Contra on May 14, 2019, 08:10:50 PMI liked this episode, but this whole plotline was rushed and it feels a little empty. Dany going wildcard was always a possibility, and lots of folks are pretending it wasn't.Sure, but Anakin turning to the Dark Side was an absolute certainty, and the problem was that it was executed like shit. However, Dany's turn makes Anakin's look like Walter White's. Dany's look of rage on Drogon was more convincing than anything in the prequels.
people who keep defending the writing need to be beat over the head with "Dany's not her father, she's not insane, she's not a sadist, she's one of the good Targaryans"
All of a sudden this crazy story about my finishing The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring years ago is popping up everywhere. No, I am not going to provide links. I don’t want to reward purveyors of misinformation with hits.I will, however, say for the record—no, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring are not finished. Dream is not even begun; I am not going to start writing volume seven until I finish volume six.It seems absurd to me that I need to state this. The world is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, water is wet…do I need to say that too? It boggles me that anyone would believe this story, even for an instant. It makes not a whit of sense. Why would I sit for years on completed novels? Why would my publishers—not just here in the US, but all around the world—ever consent to this? They make millions and millions of dollars every time a new Ice & Fire book comes out, as do I. Delaying makes no sense. Why would HBO want the books delayed? The books help create interest in the show, just as the show creates interest in the books.
Quote from: Glen on May 14, 2019, 07:39:19 PMSeason 7 was fine. However, people satisfied with Season 8 make less sense to me than the insane people who think TLJ was a great film.I have great news for you. With D&D directing new Star Wars, those two groups can now be one and the same!
These dudes really bailed on GOT (to the point of straight up rushing a season just to get it over with, at the expense of the writing and 7 years of build, with HBO begging them to do more), which was only growing in popularity and could have gone on basically infinitely with more and more money each year, for Star Wars, which hit critical mass and has had diminishing returns 3 movies in a row?
The real failure was on the part of HBO's brass for not putting their foot down. They should have given D&D an ultimatum: finish the show with two full seasons, or get replaced as showrunners. If you'd rather be on Star Wars, there's the door.
"Dany's not her father, she's not insane, she's not a sadist, she's one of the good Targaryans"[/url]
And so now the show doesn't feel like it's ending in the natural way it's always unfolded. And worse yet, now subversive moments like a dragon being shot out of the sky don't feel earned or shocking, they feel frustrating because we can see it was only done to serve the plot, to limit Daenerys's capabilities for the final battle. Just like when the Dothraki were foolishly sent charging into the darkness against the army of the dead, it was actually done just to serve to story, to thin out their numbers for the coming battle at King's Landing. It was done or future drama, not because it made any sense in the moment and this is all happening because they now working backwards. They've come up with an ending to the story and they now need to aim everything in that direction instead instead of letting the characters move about as they would normally and letting events unfold in their natural way.
it's evidence of her not viewing people as expendable fodder and of her having empathy.
She probably will feel remorse in the next episode. If you think she was gleefully burning King's Landing down you should rewatch Missandei's execution.
Quote from: agrajag on May 15, 2019, 01:41:57 PMall my posts combined are shorter than your one long ass carepost, riopogi! How many hours of videos have you watched in the last day about this? lol
all my posts combined are shorter than your one long ass carepost, riopogi!
after re-reading (listening) to that passage, do you believe that gleefully committing genocide is in her character?
Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on May 15, 2019, 01:32:03 PMHere we are, a book fan, asking if Dany is a bad person. A Song of Ice and Fire isn't not about bad people. There are very few actual bad people in this story. Ramsay, Joffrey, and arguably Tywin. She is not bad, but she's certainly not good. "Arguably" Tywin?Directly responsible for wanton rape and murder. Horrific abuse to his own children. I reminded someone the other day who had forgotten about Tyrion's first wife; that story tells you exactly what kind of man Tywin was...What's the "argument," that he thought the definition of a "good man" was doing literally whatever it took to make his family - the ones he liked anyway - stronger? All that is is a motive. Monsters almost never think they're monsters. There are total monsters everywhere in this crapsack setting; the difference between Tywin and the others you might list off is just that he was the most calculating and intelligent monster.
Here we are, a book fan, asking if Dany is a bad person. A Song of Ice and Fire isn't not about bad people. There are very few actual bad people in this story. Ramsay, Joffrey, and arguably Tywin. She is not bad, but she's certainly not good.
are you saying she mentaly snapped?
The Mountain is a major character. Lord Frey, the Mad King himself, Euron, etc. etc.
