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Post Post #500 (ISO) » Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:28 pm

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Has there been some indication that Gregor may be played by someone other than Conan?
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Post Post #501 (ISO) » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:42 pm

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Yeah he was played by a double once
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Post Post #502 (ISO) » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:45 pm

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Was his head visible?
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Post Post #503 (ISO) » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:57 pm

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Post Post #504 (ISO) » Sat Jun 29, 2013 3:34 am

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He was played by Conan Stevens in Season 1 and Ian Whyte in Season 2.
Conan left Thrones to play one of the orcs in the second and third Hobbit movie. Rumors suggest that his leaving was not on good terms. If true, then it probably wont be Conan who plays Gregor in Season 4.
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Post Post #505 (ISO) » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:42 am

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~ halfway through Dance now

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Post Post #506 (ISO) » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:47 am

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In post 499, RichardGHP wrote:Well, if by "meh" you mean that it doesn't have a game changer like RW, maybe.
no that's not at all what I meant? I found his episode in S3 one of the weakest, and his in S1 had some things I didn't like too. nothing to do with the characterisation I guess, so it's possible he just got kind of "lull" episodes.
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Post Post #507 (ISO) » Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:52 pm

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I HAVE FINISHED THE BOOKS

I think I need a flowchart to figure out where all the characters are.
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Post Post #508 (ISO) » Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:53 pm

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In post 507, quadz08 wrote:I HAVE FINISHED THE BOOKS

I think I need a flowchart to figure out where all the characters are.
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Post Post #509 (ISO) » Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:11 pm

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I'm reading the books but not reading this thread, and I just want to say that Asha's ownage of Theon in
A Clash of Kings
was super good. I'm glad the book is finally picking up now and most of the narrators (everyone but Bran) has an interesting plotline going on.
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Post Post #510 (ISO) » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:53 am

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Asha is such a fun character.
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Post Post #511 (ISO) » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:32 pm

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I mean I know I've heard really good things about A Storm of Swords but

The first Sansa chapter where she attends Margaery's supper

omg amazing. funny. wow.

"...Margaery you're clever, be a dear and tell your poor old half-daft grandmother the name of that queer fish from the Summer Isles that puffs up to ten times its own size when you poke it."
"They call them puff fish, Grandmother."
"Of course they do. Summer Islanders have no imagination."

plz let Olenna be at least a recurring character (although I think the preparations which occurred at the end of this chapter are going to turn sour, especially considering Sansa's plans with Dontos)
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Post Post #512 (ISO) » Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:28 am

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Olenna is my favorite Tyrell bar none. You should watch the show -- Diana Rigg plays her and she's amazing.
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Post Post #513 (ISO) » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:20 am

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I will probably start soonish. I wanted to finish the books first, but I think I'm pretty well secured to do the first and second seasons.
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Post Post #514 (ISO) » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:38 am

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Just started reading A Game of Thrones. I haven't seen the TV show. I've only read the prologue and chapter 1 so far.
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Post Post #515 (ISO) » Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:16 am

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now a quarter of the way through. really enjoying it so far.
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Post Post #516 (ISO) » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:06 am

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Finished book 1 and now I'm a few chapters into book 2. I really like how the story is told, from the viewpoints of different characters and the weaving storylines. What keeps me hooked is seeing if and when and how all the different story lines converge and what conflict it brings. The stories are so dark and sad. I wonder if anyone in the whole series will ever truly have a happy ending.
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Post Post #517 (ISO) » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:04 pm

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I am re-reading and roughly at the same spot as Rhinox.

My most persistent thought throughout reading the book was "I really want Sansa and Sandor to fall in love."

I am so weird. That is not a normal thought. I just can't help it. They're exactly the type of couple I love (meaning super weird).
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Post Post #518 (ISO) » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:29 pm

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i too want her to reveal the soft interior of the hound and for them to gently make love in the summer isles, for sandor may be ugly on the outside but on the inside he is truly beautiful and sansa realises it. he can be her protector and lover all rolled up in to one. oh the butterflies. i love my SanSan
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Post Post #519 (ISO) » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:41 pm

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They understand each other so well that they make each other understand tHEMSELVES better, despite all the things that should make them worlds apart. He is the first person to overcome her shallowness, and she is the first person he showed vulnerability to.

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Post Post #520 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:06 am

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SanSan

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Post Post #521 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:19 am

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I like SanSan, but I'll honestly be kind of disappointed if Jaime and Brienne don't have at least some feelings about each other.
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Post Post #522 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:27 am

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Frankly, I'd much rather not have Brienne feel anything romantic toward Jaime. A sense of obligation and respect and admiration and even some friendship/understanding, fine, but she is the kind of character/person who is much better off being defined by herself, not by her romantic attachments. She doesn't need a man to save her or define her. Neither does Sansa, for that matter.

I do like their interactions, but romance? Ugh no. Let Brienne be empowered by her ideals and personality and quest.
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Post Post #523 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:29 am

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i'd rather not have every great female character paired off. No desire to see Jaime+Brienne or Arya+Hound.
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Post Post #524 (ISO) » Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:35 am

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Can we confine dream pairings to somewhere else maybe, like tumblr?

Brienne getting with Jaime would be fucking stupid, and make zero sense for either character.
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