Game of Thrones Thread

I recall someone somewhere using a comparison to the Lord of the Rings to show off how bad the Night King death was, not sure if it was someone here who said it, so I apologise if it was.

Imagine if in an alternate reality, we had The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, exactly as we watched them. There is this journey to destroy the ring, people die, there is this big battle fending off the Orcs/Uruk-hai and it's time for The Return of the King. 10 minutes into the film, Gandalf uses magic bullshit to get to Mount Doom, uses some magic cup to take some molten lava from the Mountain, go back to Frodo, and get him to drop the ring inside. Sauron dies, all Orcs and Ringwraiths are killed, and the rest of the film is about Aragorn mustering up an army to fight Denethor. Imagine that Denethor manages to kill off a few heroic characters who survived the two other films using human soldiers when the forces of darkness couldn't.

That is the stage Game of Thrones is at...

And then after all that shit, Tom Bombadil of all people gets crowned king.
 
Reddit is up and flames and I don't understand why.
Dany going mad is not only predictable it also makes complete fucking sense.

She's shown time and time again that she not one for diplomacy and she's super incompetent. If the books have this ending I'd be pretty ok with it.

On the other hand D&D are horrible writers so I'm sure the whole thing will be executed terribly, trying to have a character change so significantly in such a short amount of time is going to feel super forced.

Seing the danny and jon shippers having aneurysms is fun as fuck too.
 
Hey Tom Bombadil deserves it!
His songs are stronger songs after all.
Also on a somewhat related note imagine how cancerous D&D making a Silmarillion adaption would be.
I don't think the world could handle something so awful.

Fingolfin actually wins his duel with Morgoth.
Rest of the series is low-rent jockeying for ownership of the Silmarils between the Dwarves and the Elves, with Feanor leering at Galadriel and threatening to "insert mine digits into yon glorious bum."
 
Reddit is up and flames and I don't understand why.
Dany going mad is not only predictable it also makes complete fucking sense.

She's shown time and time again that she not one for diplomacy and she's super incompetent. If the books have this ending I'd be pretty ok with it.

On the other hand D&D are horrible writers so I'm sure the whole thing will be executed terribly, trying to have a character change so significantly in such a short amount of time is going to feel super forced.

Seing the danny and jon shippers having aneurysms is fun as fuck too.

Same. In the books it's an interesting twist and makes sense with the themes of the novels and backstory of Dany/the Targs previously established. Making the magical dragon princess descendant from an ancient family with a claim to the throne, that we've seen grow and develop and empathize with since day one, the final villain would be the plot twists to end all plot twists in ASOIAF.

But the show has been so worked over the first season making her an "empowered" feminist figure that now suddenly turning her evil is gonna come off super awkward. Not to mention the feminists throwing the tantrum of a lifetime over seeing her turn evil and die REEEEEE. People on Tumblr are already throwing pitches about Missandei dying, but these bitches were the same people who couldn't stop drooling at all the bad writing from last week. Tumblr should stop calling itself "smart" when they're gonna praise such basic bad writing.
 
Fingolfin actually wins his duel with Morgoth.
Rest of the series is low-rent jockeying for ownership of the Silmarils between the Dwarves and the Elves, with Feanor leering at Galadriel and threatening to "insert mine digits into yon glorious bum."
You give them too much credit.
Feanor would overcome the Balrogs before storming Angband and killing Morgoth singlehandedly in the Battle Under The Stars before the rest of the Noldor even set foot in Beleriand.
Then it would devolve into a bitchfest over the Silmarils.
 
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I glad everyone hates it now. D&D and GRRM deserve nothing less.
You give them too much credit.
Feanor would overcome the Balrogs before storming Angband and killing Morgoth singlehandedly in the Battle Under The Stars before the rest of the Noldor even set foot on Middle earth.
Then it would devolve into a bitchfest over the Silmarils.
They'd throw in a dragon or two because "girls like dragons"
 
Reddit is up and flames and I don't understand why.
Dany going mad is not only predictable it also makes complete fucking sense.

She's shown time and time again that she not one for diplomacy and she's super incompetent. If the books have this ending I'd be pretty ok with it.

On the other hand D&D are horrible writers so I'm sure the whole thing will be executed terribly, trying to have a character change so significantly in such a short amount of time is going to feel super forced.

Seing the danny and jon shippers having aneurysms is fun as fuck too.
This is the same woman who took a leaf out of Vlad Tepes' book and had 600+ people crucified on the road up to a major city, or in true family tradition burning enemies who have surrendered alive as opposed to having Jorah or Grey Worm slit their throats. Constantly needs to be reminded to extend an olive branch to potential allies. Her time dealing with the Masters has more or less shown her that diplomacy and deals never work, but burning/killing people does.

Madness is completely doable, but instead of showing it over the past two seasons, it's going to be her snapping after the recent killing without her being able to temper it after she's done. It's not going to be great.
 
How the fuck did Aegon conquer Westeros with such weak creatures?
Those dragons would have impeccable eyesight, as they evolved to rely on hunting from the sky to survive. Their hearing would probably be impressive as well. So with such clear skies, with all in line of sight... fuck this fucking show.

Too bad GRRM didn't have the 6th novel ready in time for this season, I think sales are going to suffer over this joke of a final season. My eager expectation has turned to grievous expectoration.
 
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Those dragons would have impeccable eyesight, as they evolved to rely on hunting from the sky to survive. Their hearing would probably be impressive as well. So with such clear skies, with all in line of sight... fuck this fucking show.

Too bad GRRM didn't have the 6th novel ready in time for this season, I think sales are going to suffer over this joke of a final season. My eager expectation has turned to grievous expectoration.

He needs to write it before he can sell it- something his publishers are probably kicking themselves over right now.
 
This show is going to go down in history as one of the biggest fuckups in all of TV history. HBO completely blew it by rushing the show closure to essentially 7 seasons vs more that was needed.

D&D have diverged from GRRM’s original story as well as HBO execs have put pressure on the show to go in different direction for ratings and alienating fans. My only guess is they’re ending the show in a way they think will be popular and get people to watch the spin-offs but not realizing they’re really pissing off fans. HBO is mega fucked.

They were swirling the drain before AT&T bought them but they don’t know how to run that garbage either.
 
I read the spoilers for this episode but I waited to comment until I saw the actual episode. I can't believe they just fucking murdered Rhaegal like it was nothing. I honestly wouldn't have been as mad if he just died fighting Viserion, but they kept him alive specifically so he could get murdered by a bunch of drunk pirates with a crossbow. He's a fucking dragon and he went down like a paper bag.

Fuuuuuuuuuck D&D. I've been liking the episodes and defending some of their writing but this is beyond the pale.

If the leaks are true and Dany does end up becoming the Mad Queen, I'm going to fucking riot. 8 seasons of character development thrown down the fucking toilet. Why does D&D hate Dany so much? I'm not even touching the whole "Bran or Sansa sits on the Iron Thone" thing.
 
I read the spoilers for this episode but I waited to comment until I saw the actual episode. I can't believe they just fucking murdered Rhaegal like it was nothing. I honestly wouldn't have been as mad if he just died fighting Viserion, but they kept him alive specifically so he could get murdered by a bunch of drunk pirates with a crossbow. He's a fucking dragon and he went down like a paper bag.

Fuuuuuuuuuck D&D. I've been liking the episodes and defending some of their writing but this is beyond the pale.

If the leaks are true and Dany does end up becoming the Mad Queen, I'm going to fucking riot. 8 seasons of character development thrown down the fucking toilet. Why does D&D hate Dany so much? I'm not even touching the whole "Bran or Sansa sits on the Iron Thone" thing.
I've never liked Dany, Book or Show, so I'm okay with her going Mad Queen and getting put down.
Plus the show is already a trash fire anyway so what difference does it make at this point?
 
I've never liked Dany, Book or Show, so I'm okay with her going Mad Queen and getting put down.
Plus the show is already a trash fire anyway so what difference does it make at this point?

Well they have been leaning into that with the show, though the books it is aggressive actions she prefers because of her very young age with having no diplomacy whatsoever. Though in reality who really cares who sits on the throne? That throne is pointless was the whole point of the book series and because of shit writing, it has now made it paramount which defeats the purpose of humanity going to unite under that threat of death bearing down on them.
 
Same. In the books it's an interesting twist and makes sense with the themes of the novels and backstory of Dany/the Targs previously established. Making the magical dragon princess descendant from an ancient family with a claim to the throne, that we've seen grow and develop and empathize with since day one, the final villain would be the plot twists to end all plot twists in ASOIAF.

That takes real skill and discipline, both of which GRRM lacks. It took Tolkien years to write LOTR, he was a professor of English Literature, translated Beowulf (among other works) while he wrote it and his son has to finish the Simarillion. Nothing GRRM has done come close and the "But what was Aragon's tax policy?" meme sums up his pedantic approach.
 
This was inevitable:
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Black characters must be invincible, only whites should die.

She's a professional journalist, don'tcha know.

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How many non-white characters in the show are white in the source material? Salladhor Saan and Areo Hotah, for sure.
 
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