game of thrones (the show) (SPOILERS)

[Tempest]

so like, did they have a plan for rickon and osha when they wrote them out of the show that just completely fell through? it seems really weird to me for them to write these characters out for, what, 3 seasons? maybe even 4? only to bring them back and instantly kill them off.

[Gorilla Tits]

That's kinda what this show does though, isn't it? Kill off any character indiscriminately at any time? Maybe they were plot fillers that they just didn't need anymore

[grue]

yeah rickon seems to have been added recently for the sole reason of being killed, thus establishing motivation for jon. he was a loose end aswell, so killing him gets rid of that.

I can't complain enough about the writing here. but the directing itself was pretty great. the battle was fucking intense, at any rate. completely predictable, but great. and seeing Bad Guy TM getting his comeuppance is always satisfying.

it's great that Davos finally seems to give a damn about Shireen, though "why only now" is a good question. did it not occur to him that she might have been sacrificed? maybe he thought she died in the battle. you'd assume he had asked, though.

Melissandre having her screen time so people don't forget she exists. can't say the same about Ghost though, that CGI must be really costly. anyway Jon asks why she wasnt at the war room and she said it's not her place and to be fair, jon's question was a pretty good one, because Meli has been in every war room that i can remember so far. "you do not command me" she tells him - lmao wasn't he the prince that was promised or something? also if she's not in his service, how does she get a fancy tent all for herself.

Mereen was bad as expected. that girl power pseudo-feminist pandering between Daenerys and Yara was cringeworthy, god damn. its saving grace was watching Tyrion going full Lannister on those masters, that was pretty sweet, and it reminded me of his father - though i dont know how intentional that was from the showrunners.

also those masters are pretty fucking stupid for not arming their ships with ballistas or some other anti-dragon artillery. i mean... they just kinda float there spitting fire. you'd assume they're easy to hit.

finally dude, that silence of the lambs moment between sansa and ramsay. i half expected him to say "i can smell your cunt from here"

[grue]

the rains of castamere actually played in my mind when the two masters were killed

[Delirious Biznasty]

jesus fucking christ I almost gave myself a hernia when jon decided it was ripe time to break the only fucking strategy they had SO HE COULD JUST CHARGE IN LIKE A FUCKING MORON

the battle was fucking stupid in terms of practicality as such with any TV or movie, but then phalanx came in and confused the hell out of me

[Delirious Biznasty]

also that dragon scene

that fucking dragon scene

[grue]

jesus fucking christ I almost gave myself a hernia when jon decided it was ripe time to break the only fucking strategy they had SO HE COULD JUST CHARGE IN LIKE A FUCKING MORON

the battle was fucking stupid in terms of practicality as such with any TV or movie, but then phalanx came in and confused the hell out of me

quick rundown of sansa's actions for those who are interested:

- "you're gonna die tomorrow, ramsay!!!" (assuming she has a backup plan she is so confident)
- "how the fuck are we gonna win this jon we have like 10 men also if we lose tomorrow ill slit my wrists 4sure" (assuming she's actually scared and thinks they will fail)
- the next day, where the fuck is sansa
- seriously jon, she's nowhere to be seen, did she sneak out while you were catching some melissandre sideboob
- you broke camp and still no sansa Jon Where Is She
- she's nowhere. great. did she leave alone? did she take men with her? maybe brienne teleported back to cover her ass?
- 85% of jon's men die
- oh there she fucking is
- next to littlefinger???
- how did that army get there? how? thousands of men just march all the way up from the riverlands, ramsay doesn't know/care?
- either sansa knew about lf and she left halfway through the night completely bypassing the camp lookouts to meet littlefinger, in which case WHY DID YOU NOT TELL JON ABOUT THAT ARMY A LOT OF LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED
- or she didn't, in that case what happened there

[Tempest]

That's kinda what this show does though, isn't it? Kill off any character indiscriminately at any time? Maybe they were plot fillers that they just didn't need anymore

yes, the show kills off characters that appear on the show; they usually don't bring back an actor from 3 years ago for 2 episodes just to kill them off again. it makes no sense.

[Spastic]

Is it like a dank ass meme to watch something you despise so much or is there some sort of bet you guys are trying to win or something???

[grue]

I do it to confuse you specifically

[Spastic]

It worked!

[Tempest]

i don't watch it, i haven't watched an episode yet this season

[Delirious Biznasty]

Is it like a dank ass meme to watch something you despise so much or is there some sort of bet you guys are trying to win or something???

contrary to my post, I liked this episode

the battles are to be expected in tv shows etc etc but I was impressed by the line infantry formation

I just hate queen dragon cunt, the other peeps in that story line interest me a lot. No memes here, honest.

[Delirious Biznasty]

oh and the dumb stark boy running in a fucking straight line I was fucking crying from laughter

[Tempest]

well god damn. this makes me want to at least watch the season finale.