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One unfortunate thing they will run into to is even if the next battle is bigger and better the stakes will be much lower so it won't make for the ideal climax
I do agree about Lost although its pretty understandable why people were so disappointed. I'm not personally bothered by the ending but I would have to say they failed to do what they needed to do in terms of story.
People need to remember that the series of books is called A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones is just the title of the first book.
Of course the throne is a big part of the story, but the squabbles of the people even in the face of impending evil was supposed to be the point. There's so much more in the books about the prophesy Azor Ahai. It is going to feel like a major letdown if the rest of the show is just Cersei and a mercenary company.
It will be interesting to see how they beat a fresh army with what has to be a horribly depleted force (granted it isn't clear how many died but if you weren't a named character you probably didn't fare well)
Of course the throne is a big part of the story, but the squabbles of the people even in the face of impending evil was supposed to be the point. There's so much more in the books about the prophesy Azor Ahai. It is going to feel like a major letdown if the rest of the show is just Cersei and a mercenary company.
It will be interesting to see how they beat a fresh army with what has to be a horribly depleted force (granted it isn't clear how many died but if you weren't a named character you probably didn't fare well)
They reminded us of what Mel said to Arya...
Brown eyes = Walder Frey
Blue Eyes = Night King
Green eyes =
Brown eyes = Walder Frey
Blue Eyes = Night King
Green eyes =
Cersei
But the show isn't.People need to remember that the series of books is called A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones is just the title of the first book.
Of course the throne is a big part of the story, but the squabbles of the people even in the face of impending evil was supposed to be the point. There's so much more in the books about the prophesy Azor Ahai. It is going to feel like a major letdown if the rest of the show is just Cersei and a mercenary company.
It will be interesting to see how they beat a fresh army with what has to be a horribly depleted force (granted it isn't clear how many died but if you weren't a named character you probably didn't fare well)
I don't think that is true per se. I get the logic, but this battle didn't really do anything.
That would be so dumb. Dumb in every way.
It doesn't even make sense. She has killed way more people than that. It would also be clear that they aren't following GRRM's ending if that happens.
I don't know what you mean. They defeated the army that would have destroyed Westeros. Who sits the throne isn't a bigger deal than everyone living.
The thing about that that doesn't work for me is she was with Stannis at the time. She believed Stannis was the "Prince That Was Promised". Stannis is going to save the day. So why was f***ing around with him if she knew Arya was going to kill the NK?
That is what happens when you are building to one conclusion and drop it because reasons
Isn't it? I would say that is subjective from a viewers point of view.
As for what I mean about "didnothing," it didn't change the dynamic of what we as viewers of the show have been become invested in, the Game for the Throne. The fact this battle happens in ep3 and doesn't kill any major characters implies, to me, the writers are of the same opinion.
Did she, though? All she saw were eyes looking back at her through the darkness. It is very easy to assume she didn't know who the eyes belong too Add in that her Stannis stuff was buls***. Then factor in how she seems to have become more powerful as time passed..
I can(and i hope I'm wrong) see Arya killing Jaime and taking his face to kill Cersei.
I have to think Bron plays in. Was he told to kill both Lannisters or just Tyrion? I was thinking both but might have remembered it wrong.
He got way too much screen time for him not to play a big role somewhere. You have to figure he kills someone.
He got way too much screen time for him not to play a big role somewhere. You have to figure he kills someone.
Well I think she clearly didn't. I think people are trying to take it as Melisandre knew all along probably because that is what we are supposed to believe.. She couldn't have.
But her Stannis stuff being bulls*** isn't really the point. We were clearly meant to believe that she was wrong about the person. Which is why she then believed it was Jon. Then they dropped the storyline completely....maybe.
Could be a driving point that finally turns Jaime against Cersei. Which is unfortunate because that was clearly where his arc was going years ago until they decided to bail and make him her lapdog again.
No main characters died? Melisandre, Jorah, Theon..
Not to mention several characters who have been regulars throughout the 8 seasons.
Not to mention several characters who have been regulars throughout the 8 seasons.
I know everyone is picking it apart now, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that I was fully engulfed in the episode. It was a real nail biter for me. The only time I did a real double take during the show is when the dead formed a flat bridge on the fire. I just don't think their bodies would put out a fire like that. If anything, their dry, if cold, bodies would just exacerbate the flames. Also, one post-show nitpick I haven't seen brought up much is why they didn't put any flame barriers closer to the walls. They could have thrown down barrels full of oil into crowd hordes of the undead or made the flame pits closer to the actual wall. Maybe put spikes along the wall or something.
I don't know about that, Dany pretty much lost most if not all of her army. She can count the number of supporters she has left on her one hand. I know she still has dragons, but that's literally all she has left and nobody in the North seems to care for her.
Yeah, but that is what I mean by the Night King being a distraction more than the be all end all. Before the Night King Danny had more than enough to take Kings Landing with ease. Since the Night King it seems it will be a far more even fight.
A few side characters? The entire Dothraki army and a huge percentage of the unsullied died as well, that's going to mean something going forward. I'm also wondering if her dragons are going to be compromised a bit because of all the punishment they took, we can already see Rhaegal has holes in his wings now.
Taking Kings Landing without killing everyone in it would always have been a challenge, she was trying to avoid that and of course doing that first and allowing the Night King and his army to work their way down to Kings Landing and continue to grow would have spelled doom for them all.
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