Spoilers Game of Thrones: The Final Season

[Scout101]

They also made it 'clear' last week that the Night King died because he was stabbed in the exact same spot as when he was turned to begin with. Well, not the same spot physically, but the location. Well, not THAT Godswood, but A Godswood. So vaguely near a tree, I guess, was his weakness.

So yeah, not taking much of what they say as gospel, especially when it conflicts with what they showed or what GRRM wrote. They know the broad strokes, but not feeling that they get the nuance...

 

[JirinPanthosa]

When the Hound told Sansa none of that would have happened if she left with him.

Well, yeah, but he probably would have made it to the Twins before the Red Wedding. So she’d be dead or in a Frey dungeon.

 

[Thestral]

If Jaime really is just wandering his way back to Cersei, then what a waste of multiple seasons of character development and what a cynical end to his story (and Brienne's).

 

[Random_Spock]

Game of Bucks!

Thanks!

That's insane. Here's to hoping it stays for the dvd/blu ray release .

If Jaime really is just wandering his way back to Cersei, then what a waste of multiple seasons of character development and what a cynical end to his story (and Brienne's).

Agreed. It makes no sense at this point, after what he's been through. It would just be way too anti-climatic.

 

[DigificWriter]

If Jaime really is just wandering his way back to Cersei, then what a waste of multiple seasons of character development and what a cynical end to his story (and Brienne's).

It's not a waste of character development because it's actually 100% in-character for him to make progress and then slip back into old habits.

He's done it time and again, even mentioning specific instances of it happening when he chooses to leave Brienne behind.

 

[Forbin]

Cersei should die right at the hands of her brother, Jaime. It will complete their storyline.

Hand.

 

[Thestral]

If it's the same thing over and over as before then it's not development, it's status quo.

 

[DigificWriter]

I've decided that to counter my frustration, I'm going to listen to The Ringer's Binge Mode: Game of Thrones podcasters Mallory and Jason talk about Season 5 (my personal favorite season of the series) episode-by-episode.

Given that most people didn't like Season 5, it's possible that said reviews just end up leaving me even more frustrated, but I'm hoping that Mallory and Jason's banter and the podcast's format will offer enough lightness and humor to counteract any frustration I feel.

 

[matthunter]

I've decided that to counter my frustration, I'm going to

Down a bottle of vodka? It could only improve your demeanor from stuffy, know-it-all tosspot to drunk, stuffy know-it-all tosspot.

listen to The Ringer's Binge Mode: Game of Thrones podcasters Mallory and Jason talk about Season 5 (my personal favorite season of the series) episode-by-episode.

Given that most people didn't like Season 5, it's possible that said reviews just end up leaving me even more frustrated, but I'm hoping that Mallory and Jason's banter and the podcast's format will offer enough lightness and humor to counteract any frustration I feel.

Ah.

Well, I can't say I'm ENTIRELY shocked.

 

[matthunter]

Would my previous post have seemed more or less badass if I revealed I thought it was in the TNZ GoT thread?

Ah well, Valar Morghulis.

 

[Reyman]

I've got allegiances switching. Dany and Euron teaming up to attack Cersei. Jon not wanting to see innocents die comes to Cerseis aid.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Just because Jamie is going back to Cersei now does not mean he will stay by her side at the end.

I find him falling back on his old emotions as more interesting than a generic path of his personality drifting toward “Generic goody”.

 

[Romulan_spy]

I am hoping Jon Snow sits on the Iron Throne in the end. I find the idea of the reluctant king very appealing and I like the idea that the character who ultimately wins the game of thrones is the one character who was not playing the game. Plus he is the legit heir to the Iron Throne.

 

[eschaton]

Another thought in the light of day - have we basically seen the end (save the inevitable epilogue) for Sansa, Bran, and Brienne?

I mean, we know that Dany, Grey Worm, Tyrion, and Varys are down there already. Jon is on his way down with the northern armies (conveniently offscreen) with Davos. Arya is on her way down with the Hound, and Jaime is on his way down alone. Kingsroad is going to crowded!

Regardless, Brienne won't go back on her oath, which means unless Sansa leaves, she's staying put. Sansa has zero desire to go back to King's Landing. Hence we're not going to see much of them next week.

Is Pod still getting laid?

 

[dahj]

Sansa has zero desire to go back to King's Landing.

She'll have to get there for her coronation as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

 

[DigificWriter]

If the stuff I've seen turns out to be accurate, very few people are going to be happy about the series' ending... and not in a 'bittersweet' way, but in a 'torches and pitchforks' way.

 

[Brolan]

It's just WTF is going on with the nuclear-powered ballista bolts? In the books it's clearly explained that dragons are fully armored and extremely hard to kill. If all it took was ballistas on a fleet or a castle wall to repel an attack by dragons then all of the dragon lore and related history in GRRM's books is complete bunk. Things like Harrenhal wouldn't have happened. Because I do believe in an era that dragon attack was a constant threat they would have the best anti-dragon countermeasures there were.

Plus entire ships getting completely demolished by ballistas? 18th century cannons didn't destroy ships that quickly or completely. We're supposed to believe a hand-cranked ballista is going to do that?

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Jon being King is the logical culmination of the sort of story where Ned Stark wasn’t built up as the show’s moral center and immediately killed.

 

[DigificWriter]

It's just WTF is going on with the nuclear-powered ballista bolts? In the books it's clearly explained that dragons are fully armored and extremely hard to kill. If all it took was ballistas on a fleet or a castle wall to repel an attack by dragons then all of the dragon lore and related history in GRRM's books is complete bunk. Things like Harrenhal wouldn't have happened. Because I do believe in an era that dragon attack was a constant threat they would have the best anti-dragon countermeasures there were.

Plus entire ships getting completely demolished by ballistas? 18th century cannons didn't destroy ships that quickly or completely. We're supposed to believe a hand-cranked ballista is going to do that?

Qyburn perfected his Scorpion design since we first saw it used at the Battle of the Loot Train and was able to mass-produce the weapon.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Jon being King is the logical culmination of the sort of story where Ned Stark wasn’t built up as the show’s moral center and immediately killed.

Indeed. I really hope Jon becoming king isn't the ending because that it would be boring and predictable.

I wasn't before, but I'm all aboard the Sansa as queen bandwagon now.