You can thank Bryan Cogman for that.

D&D were going to bypass Dorne but after everyone loved Oberyn, Cogman convinced them to pursue the Dorne storyline for S5 and "give Jamie something to do."

Which pretty much stunted Jamie's character growth as he was supposed to be going around the riverlands with Ilyn Payne trying to get the Freys from being overrun by the Blackfish. Along the way he realizes how much he really doesn't like his family.

Compare to the show where he has just returned to being Cersi's lap dog.

I dunno, man...that part brought me in, if anything. I can't remember seeing Varys on the ropes like that and although I don't dislike Varys, I thought it was interesting to see.

They sailed across the Narrow Sea, on the same boat even, and didn't get that worked out until just then? Yea.

I was thinking the same thing. I just thought the entire scene was odd.

She was just waiting for us, the viewers, to be there for it. :)

Almost as bad as Arya pretending to be Walder for at least a few days (long enough to set a banquet and get his family in town in an era where that shit took weeks) and somehow not knowing that Jon Snow was running the show in Winterfell and the Bolton's had been wiped out.

Or almost as bad as Jon Snow telling Sansa that she'd be in charge in front of his entire 'kingdom' without so much as giving her a head's up. Or Ellaria and Tyrion getting over the whole "you murdered my niece" thing through a single line of dialogue.

The storytelling this season has been pretty bad, to be honest. The dialogue has been solid in parts but the story itself has had so many moments that require you turn your brain off in a mere two episodes that it's become frustrating.

Without the source material to pin themselves to, D&D have shown themselves to be fairly mediocre storytellers, IMO.

Things GRRM is doing instead of writing. These are great.

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Yaaaaaarp. We're full speed ahead toward the end goal now, and the storylines have been streamlined toward that end.

Whatever, if they can do the ending justice, I'm okay with overlooking issues such as how experienced seafarers somehow missed an entire ****ing armada approaching them for combat.

As of now, I'm assuming most of these issues are due to the fact that this season consolidated down from its traditional 10 episode format to 7 episodes. It's all good, I get it, and perhaps one day I can read the more detailed version once Brandon Sanderson writes it, but for now, just do the ending justice and I'll be happy, D&D.

This one is particularly jarring. I realize that the actual passage of time gets lost occasionally, but seriously, news from the north should reach the Twins before it reaches Hot Pie.

I had just assumed that Arya had become so dark and hardcore and was so fixated on whacking Cersei that she deliberately chose that over returning to Winterfell and reuniting with the family.

I swear this man just enjoys trolling his fans. I honestly think he enjoys people begging for him to finish. Maybe he has some sort of mental complex.

I don't know if the show will have him play a role in the end, but I imagine the books will, especially with his bonkers WoW teaser chapter.

You don't have to go through the wall if you can go around it.

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I think he'll continue to wreak havoc in Season 8. He won't nearly have the depth that his book counterpart will, but I could see him flipping on Cersei, causing her blowing up KL as a last resort or some such.

Yep, agreed.

Well, Varys was important to locking down Dorne and the Reach, right? So maybe she wanted to make sure she had them on her side before confronting/testing Varys.

Yes. That part was pretty jarring. Plus teh whole "wow, out of hundreds of ships attacking hundreds of ships, Euron's JUST HAPPENED to hit upon Yara's! What luck! Meh, whatever. Get thee to the end.


ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL Well played, sir, well played!

Oh...fine catch there.

Makes the Hound's vision make more sense now.

What happens when Bran tells John what Littlefinger did to their father?

Come to think of it, why wouldn't that weasley guy who was in charge of the gold cloaks tell John what Littlefinger did when Weasley guy got sent to the Wall?

Janos Slynt wouldn't tell Jon shit because he felt Jon was beneath him. No bastard born northerner is going to help Lord Slynt so why give him the time of day?

Based on what was leaked

Apropos of nothing but I hated how they pussified the Damphair on the show. Would rather they did justice to the Ironborn arc and minimized the Dorn/Sandsnake fail.

Eh. Have you seen the complete leaks?

I knew about the second half of that but not the first. Interesting if true.

I'll shoot you a message over Rep. If anyone else is interested shoot me a PM.

The two corpses were of the 2 dead sand snakes. One stuck to the bow of the ship with her spear and the other hung with her whip. Yara isn't dead yet. Not sure why. Perky tits and Angry stupid bitch are still alive too.

First off, I thought the scene was well done. Especially on Varys' part. That is some acting chops.

But the timing is reeruned. NOW? After the plan is set? What if he leaks the plan? Then you're ****ed or have to start over.

But whatever. These are the things we deal with to bring a ginormous fantasy to screen.

I'm not as worried about the Arya stuff though. She rolled into westeros, and took right to waxing some freys. While she was dressed as Walter I can believe she wouldn't hear about it because he's such a one who sucks the penis that nobody talks to him.

Hot pie is basically a barkeep. He knows the good gossip.

It shouldn't be too difficult to ascertain which ship would be Yaras. He knows the fleet and would be able to pick out the ship and if they were all the same he'd know which command ship was in the formation. I buy all that.

If you think about it though Dany had to wait until she knew all of the pieces were in place and the people Varys brought to the table were actually a part of her cause.

Must be nice to be set for life.

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Had some GOT stuff on the background and they postulated that Dany has a rat, that's how Euron knew where to find them...:hmmm:

Grey Scale can be cured by peeling off the dead skin and applying a lotion.
Soooo...it's a sunburn?

Yeah, that was a little disappointing.

What were you expecting? They cook over fire and the few wheels that exist are made of wood.

The oozing pus to meat pie segue was rather amusing, though. :D

I really thought that was well done.

As was the segue from unsullied-lingus to the Maesters grasping the library books off the shelves.

Does anyone else feel that, if the White Walkers just walk around the Wall, it will be truly disappointing?

I mean, they only come during the winter and whenever they are around the temperature drops rapidly, causing the surrounding bodies of water to freeze.

Why in the hell was the wall built if they could just walk around it whenever they decided to invade!?

Brandon the Builder ran on a "Make Westeros Great Again" platform.

Did he allow trans gendered people to fight in his Army?

Just the Greyjoys.

I was assuming the lotion has dragon glass in it. That stuff seems to be the coconut oil of this world.

Milk of the Poppy is their Nyquil.

It's actually cured by dragon glass.

Fat boy novice figured out the lotion recipe in one day that centuries of grand maesters could not. Seemed legit.

ROFL OMG

It's more of the risk of the operation. The other maesters knew they could "cure him", but none wanted the risk of getting greyscale themselves.

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LMAO

I have a feeling that Gendry is gonna row by and pick him up.

Holy shit.

Or if you actually read the page showed in the book Sam was reading the first episode this season, it says the cure. It's no coincidence they were able to cure Stanis' daughter when she was surrounded by the cure.

LMAO



They need to wrap up the series so they had a True Blood moment. It happens.

It's clearly been done before, as he followed the instructions from a book. Clearly he didn't just invent it. Sorry that this show might be too complex for your little mind.

Oh, God. You're back again with this shit?

Didn't you get embarrassed trying to flex your GoT knowledge on us peasants?

This. Sam even had a conversation with the Grand Maester about it.

I've read the series twice. You know shit about GoT.
Don't make me be the next guy to bang your girlfriend stick man.

Frankie lives again.

You've read it twice, and still can't pick up simple clues?

Come on you cockless coward.

Nah I'm not Theon.

I've read the series as well. Could you clarify where in the book it said anything about the cure for Grey Scale? Not being facetious, just curious.

If I recall, Stannis called for someone/anyone, including priests from across the Narrow Sea; I just don't recall anything being definitive.

You are correct on both counts.
There was never a mention for cure. And yes Stannis called for the mining of dragon glass on Dragonstone after he learned of it's properties when he went to the wall. Nothing has come of that yet though.

:D That's a good thing.

I guess where I'm headed is that the show has surpassed the books; just because you don't like the presentation of the story doesn't make it less valid.

Also, judging by the welcoming party Dany received, I think that command has been resciended :D

I think the Maesters in the Citadel, and particularly the Grand Maester, are a bunch of curmudgeonly old bastards that couldn't care less about Greyscale or curing it, even on a knight. Once Sam learned Jorah was a Moromont, there was no way he WASN'T going to give it a shot.

And IIRC, he stumbled upon the cure while researching how to weaponize dragonglass against the White Walkers.....

I also, from reading the books, got a sense that the maesters carried themselves in high esteem. They kind of seemed to be know it alls, and looked down on the kingdoms. Not sure if anyone else got that sense.

Yes, absolutely. They kind of seem to believe they're above it all, and the affairs of man annoy them. At least that's what I think when I watch the scenes with Sam and the Grand Maester.

Look the grand maester already got in trouble once by letting Tom Riddle into the restricted section of the library. He damn sure wasn't going to do it again with Sam.

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Is Bronn still in King's Landing?

I'm hoping he rescues that sexy little Sand Snake.. **** Ellaria though. She can die.

Agreed. They definitely had a moment in the jail cells. :D

Jon is going to slay the Dragon Queen with his meat sword.

JonClaw

It's just pine resin, the green bark of elder twigs, white beeswax, and olive oil. You just scrape off the scab and apply this herbal Neosporin.

I bet Sam's trespasses are discovered and he gets kicked out of the Citadel.

He and Jorah then journey to Dragonstone to reunite with their bros, but not without the key knowledge they need to win the war.

Along the way Jorah turns Sam into a man...I hope. ****.

Pretty sure we got enough of the man-on-man dynamic from Renly and Loras, m8.

Agreed