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Game Of Thrones Season 6 Discussion (Spoilers)

Ollie literally killed him. In cold blood. Killed him. With a knife to the heart.

I'm a pretty forgiving dude, but that isn't the sort of thing you let slide.
Don't really disagree. Just thinking about how Jon Snow might be different from the Jon Snow from before. Similar to the
mercilessness of Lady Stoneheart. She had every reason to seek vengeance, but she takes it to 11.

Kill me once, shame on you. Kill me twice, shame on me- R'hllor, Lord of Light
"There's an old saying in Winterfell—I know it's in the North, probably in Winterfell—that says, 'Kill me once, shame on...shame on you. Kill me — you can't get killed again" -George W, of House Bush.
 
Now that I'm thinking about it, where the hell is Jon Snow going? Isn't the most important job in the world right now defending the Wall against the White Walkers? Or maybe he's just going on a press junket to drum up some armies to join them.
 
Now that I'm thinking about it, where the hell is Jon Snow going? Isn't the most important job in the world right now defending the Wall against the White Walkers? Or maybe he's just going on a press junket to drum up some armies to join them.
Next on Good Morning King's Landing, Jon Snow and the threat from beyond the wall, but first our top 10 Arbor wines.
 
The same with Melisandre just cutting some of Jon Snow's hair and saying some mumbo jumbo. Up till now, magic use has been something hard to do. Something that's given regular folk some pause before using it, because it usually comes with a high cost. This just seemed too easy.
This actually meshes into my earlier point. Exactly yes - it is becoming easy to do such things, where it was difficult before. This is due to the emergence of magical energies in the world since the dragons and white walkers have returned; energies that had long been dormant until recently.

This profound change has only been glossed over in the most superficial way in the show, but a major clue as to what's going in the world in the books, to which the show is inexorably tied. The alchemists' wildfire is more potent than before, through no alterations in the formula on their own. The Pyromancers of Qarth noticed their fire spells were easier to cast. The obsidian glass candles of Old Valyria at the Citadel were starting to spontaneously ignite. So, it stands to reason that Mel's resurrection spell, which she once thought impossible to do, was not only possible, but probable, by one with her level of skill in other magical arts.
 
It's too bad Jon didn't know in advance what a clusterfuck Hardhome would turn out to be. Seems like his murder could've been avoided if he brought Thorne along with him. Thorne would've change his tune about Wildlings south of the Wall if he saw firsthand how much of a threat the White Walkers really are.

I seriously doubt it.. Thorne was always a prick, he hated Snow from the start and when he was voted Lord Commander over him i think it sealed the deal. Bringing over the Wildlings, the sworn enemy of the Night's Watch, gave him the public support he needed to get rid of Snow and be the hero who saved the Night's Watch from a traitor. He is of course aware of the White Walkers, Hardhome is pretty hard to ignore with so many witnesses to the existence of the Walkers, but i think he believes he'd be a better leader for the coming fight.

While he is a very good battle leader as evidenced from his defense of Castle Black during the Wildling attack his ego is too big to be a good strategic leader which Snow is who took his ego out of the equation and looked at the bigger picture. He now has a loyal and experienced fighting force who undoubtedly will follow him out of Castle Black and i think his next steps is to unify the North by getting rid of the Boltons and those Houses that can't be trusted (as evidenced from the trailer) so his back is free and well supported when the Walkers finally arrive at the Wall and overrun it (I'm curious to see how they will deal with the supposed magic that prevents Walkers from crossing the Wall.. will they try to actually blow it up somehow?).
 
Did anyone notice the Pycelle fart when the mountain walked in small council meeting:
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I rewatched the scene on my dvr and it is there. The closed captioning mention it too, so it must have been in the script.
 
OMG! I thought I imagined it!!!!

Bringing over the Wildlings, the sworn enemy of the Night's Watch, gave him the public support he needed to get rid of Snow and be the hero who saved the Night's Watch from a traitor. He is of course aware of the White Walkers, Hardhome is pretty hard to ignore with so many witnesses to the existence of the Walkers, but i think he believes he'd be a better leader for the coming fight.

Thorne tended to forget why the Wall was erected in the first place. His awareness should have had more weight in his handling of the current situation.
 
Given the jeopardy of his situation, I suspect some poo accompanied the fart. I agree with Robert Webb on Thronecast that this was mostly a "fluffy" episode but I enjoyed it more that some people seem to have.
 
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I rewatched the scene on my dvr and it is there. The closed captioning mention it too, so it must have been in the script.
Could be a nod to the GoT Bad Lip Reading video:

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Skip to the 4.47 mark for flatulent loveliness.
 
...when the Walkers finally arrive at the Wall and overrun it (I'm curious to see how they will deal with the supposed magic that prevents Walkers from crossing the Wall.. will they try to actually blow it up somehow?).
Well, there was the
"Horn of Winter/Joramun" in the books that was said to be able to do just that - blow up the wall. Maybe it will finally make an appearance.
 
Ollie literally killed him. In cold blood. Killed him. With a knife to the heart.

I'm a pretty forgiving dude, but that isn't the sort of thing you let slide.

Between that and killing his girlfriend, Ollie was definitely off the Christmas card list...
 
Ollie was a kid who saw his parents murdered and eaten by wildlings. He had to be killed, because he committed treason, but kids that age (By modern standards) are not fully responsible for their actions.

Jon hesitated to cut the rope because he did not like what he was doing. It's a callback to the execution carried out by Ned Stark in the first episode.
 
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