Game of Thrones

Iecerint · Post Post #3700 (ISO) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:54 pm

Sansa was brave. She took the initiative and did good stuff. I think her character development was totally intact.

All of the Arya scenes this episode were so good omg. I forgot because they were mostly earlier.

hasdgfas · Post Post #3701 (ISO) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:28 pm

Wall/Arya/Meereen/Cersei were all good.

Dorne and the Winterfell everything were not good.

I'm just disappointed more than angry. It felt like there were no payoffs to nearly anything. Just, a bunch of stuff happened, then more stuff happened.

Aeronaut · Post Post #3702 (ISO) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:31 pm

Really just watching for Tyrion at this point

eyestott · Post Post #3703 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:37 am

I really enjoyed this episode actually
It became a game at one point
Who's gonna die in this scene?
When it got to dorne, and Sand kissed Mercella, I was all like "ITS POISON" but my sister and brother were like "don't be stupid"
Nek minnit

Rhinox · Post Post #3704 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:26 am

In post 3702, Aeronaut wrote:Really just watching for Tyrion at this point

Tyrion speaking valyrian was lolzy

In post 3703, eyestott wrote:I really enjoyed this episode actually
It became a game at one point
Who's gonna die in this scene?
When it got to dorne, and Sand kissed Mercella, I was all like "ITS POISON" but my sister and brother were like "don't be stupid"
Nek minnit

Even this "payoff" to the dorne plot is stupid. Trystane was already being willingly sent off to be a hostage. Now he's probably going to be executed. Is ellaria just trying to start a war then and doesn't care if the heir of dorne is lost? That might make a sliver of sense if it were ARIANNA doing these things...

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3705 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:11 am

Hey remember when D&D said Sansa would be actively manipulating things in Winterfell this season

Literally nothing is different because of things that she did

KayP · Post Post #3706 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:32 am

Oh man, I was so heartbroken by last night...

I was so excited for Benjen to show up, and none of my show watcher friends seemed to care that he was in the previews, which made me even sadder. Then when I realized how little time was left, and that "For the Watch" had to happen, my heart sunk a little bit. I didn't think D&D would be so cruel as to basically give a giant middle finger to us book readers, but they did, and that's a little rude. :\

I think in hindsight, I actively disliked this season. The only storylines that didn't fall flat, IMO, were The Wall and Bravos. I did think Cersei's atonement was beautifully done and it probably won Lena Headey an Emmy (she really did great work this season). I can't stand how quick and rushed the Winterfell stuff was... and the whole season has built up to Brienne and Stannis, then it's over off-screen? Ugh, come on! Also, the final scene felt really rushed to me... then again, I also felt that last year's final scene with Tyrion's escape was really rushed and out of nowhere as well.

SnowStorm · Post Post #3707 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:36 am

In post 3706, KayP wrote:I was so excited for Benjen to show up, and none of my show watcher friends seemed to care that he was in the previews, which made me even sadder. Then when I realized how little time was left, and that "For the Watch" had to happen, my heart sunk a little bit. I didn't think D&D would be so cruel as to basically give a giant middle finger to us book readers, but they did, and that's a little rude. :\

I feel like this whole season was a giant middle finger.

Nexus · Post Post #3708 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:37 am

That was pants.

It just felt rushed, like "we need to go see what x is doing. Now we need to see what y is up to."

Poor season overall.

Faraday · Post Post #3709 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:10 am

FOR THE WATCH

Faraday · Post Post #3710 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:11 am

I LOVED the Arya scenes.

Glad Stannis is presumably alive? I mean, there's no reason not to show him dying if he's dead IMO.

Iecerint · Post Post #3711 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:15 am

Stamina kept kinda looking behind them. I expected someone to interrupt Brienne.

Venmar · Post Post #3712 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:16 am

I felt like the whole episode was rushing to get to each storyline and show a character dying. It felt very rushed and each death was poorly orchestrated, I actually just assumed someone would die each new scene and I would be right.

Also that Myrcella death felt cliche. Oh, she confesses that she loves Jaime as a father and that everything will be alright! Oh shit she's dead. So much for that.

Idk, this season has just been weak honestly.

Nexus · Post Post #3713 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:17 am

We didn't see Pod during the battle so he might have done something?

Iecerint · Post Post #3714 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:20 am

Myrcella was my favorite character, so I was sad that she died.

esuriospiritus · Post Post #3715 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:24 am

Myrcella, of all people?

I'm afraid you're going to have to explain that one to me.

Iecerint · Post Post #3716 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:26 am

Her scenes reminded me of this.

Glork · Post Post #3717 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:55 am

So the post-episode interview thingy implies that

Sanda and Theon are not dead

. One of the guys said, of that scene, they're doing what they have to in order to "keep on keeping on."

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3718 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:57 am

Spoiler:

chamber · Post Post #3719 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:58 am

Was that supposed to imply their death? I assumed they jumped into a snow drift against the castle or some such.

AngryPidgeon · Post Post #3720 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:59 am

^Same. My roommates were confused as hell, but I think that might be because they haven't really been near snow for the mass majority of their lives.

Iecerint · Post Post #3721 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:09 am

Show them a video of people jumping off of buildings for fun in Boston.

hasdgfas · Post Post #3722 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:55 am

In post 3712, Venmar wrote:I felt like the whole episode was rushing to get to each storyline and show a character dying. It felt very rushed and each death was poorly orchestrated, I actually just assumed someone would die each new scene and I would be right.

Also that Myrcella death felt cliche. Oh, she confesses that she loves Jaime as a father and that everything will be alright! Oh shit she's dead. So much for that.

Idk, this season has just been weak honestly.

I think that was a lot of the problem with this season, actually. It felt cliche in a way that Game of Thrones had stayed away from for so long. Everything that happened was a logical consequence of decisions the characters had made. This season, there was a lot of "this happened, and then this happened, and then this happened", and when things needed to line up for a plot point, they did.

ISO · Post Post #3723 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:42 pm

One person I've really warmed up to is Qyburn. His relationship with Cersei is one of my favorites, because the a creepy ex-maester Dr. Frankenstein should have nothing in common with a nobleborn Queen Regent with a chip on her shoulder, but not only do they get along, he is loyal to her even after she loses all status and is a powerless woman in a prison cell. I thought the scene where he rushes to her side with the cloak was less "Gotta suck up to the boss" and more genuine concern for her physical and emotional pain.

quadz08 · Post Post #3724 (ISO) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:59 pm

In post 3723, AniX wrote:One person I've really warmed up to is Qyburn. His relationship with Cersei is one of my favorites, because the a creepy ex-maester Dr. Frankenstein should have nothing in common with a nobleborn Queen Regent with a chip on her shoulder, but not only do they get along, he is loyal to her even after she loses all status and is a powerless woman in a prison cell. I thought the scene where he rushes to her side with the cloak was less "Gotta suck up to the boss" and more genuine concern for her physical and emotional pain.

oh my god yes this