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GoT Season Seven

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Deepster said:
Have you seen him talk about The Walking Dead? If not. You cannot judge.
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No, but I have great love for myself and I was compared to him, so I've decided it must be a thing of beauty. Besides, I was talking about complaints about this season. I think it has been great.
 
How about this?

Dany and her two dragons. They convince Cersei to fight with them. Dragonglass arrows killing the zombie dragon with the crossbow.
 
The show is still very fun, its just not great. Is there anyone not enjoying this immensely, even with the inane writing? Call me a sucker but all the fan service is emotionally satisfying. And that will continue next week when John learns his parentage.
 
walker11 said:
And that will continue next week when John learns his parentage.
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And littlefinger gets his throat cut. And Cleganebowl. And Dany and Jon schtupping. And Jamie and Brienne doing their dance and Cersi agreeing to fight walkers in the most transparent lie yet only to think privately that she will let the walkers take care of all her enemies for her. maybe she goes down on the night king.

There I wrote ep 7 for you. No need to watch.

If GOT is anything this year it is eminently predictable.
 
I'm gonna post this ignorant to most other post-episode posts so forgive me if someone mentioned this already. I see people talking about the wights, and the rift at Winterfell, the ridiculousness of the ambush -> saved by Danny sequence of events. While I do have an issue with Arya's belligerency, the random shift in constitution of the wights, and the utter craziness of Danny flying from Dragonstone to ...wherever they were (I just started a re-watch with my girl; we just watched S1 E6 where Tyrion is captive in the Vale, initially requests Jaime to represent him in he trial, and lyssa tells him the distance between just the Vale and Kings Landing is hundreds of miles), my biggest issue was the final sequence from Jon pulling himself out of freezing water and the deus ex machina with Benjen.

I saw someone mention regarding Danny flying at top speed not just through the country north of the wall, but in the heart of the "winter" that the white walkers bring; how cold exactly is this environment? Because a regular dude dragged under freezing water, in armor, by zombies, is not going to just shake them off, swim back up, and pull himself back up through the ice. Speaking of the re-watch, Allister Thorn tells Jon and Sam how if you exposed a finger to the cold, you'd lose it almost instantly. So Jon shouldn't have survived that plunge, shouldn't have gotten out, shouldn't have been able to make it 20 feet let alone ride all the way back to the Wall without succumbing to the cold (unless this is due to some power he has had/acquired unbeknownst to all except the writers).

That entire sequence did not have to happen. It was clearly all a ploy to inject some extra drama and to kill off benjen for who knows what reason. But if they really had to kill benjen off, they could have very easily had him jump in and stop the wights who would have tackled Jon, fought and distracted the walkers while inadvertently revealing a key unknown weakness, allowing everyone to get on the dragons and ride out in safety. Part of the reason I can get over the strife in Winterfell is because that can somehow be resolved. But you can't go back and un-end a character arc. And Benjen deserved a way better ending than what we got. He got a Podrick-level heroic exit. Hodor's was better, more dramatic, and more heroic. A single "THERES NO TIME" are the final words of Benjen Stark? Incredibly disappointed in that. The time issues are lazy writing; the Winterfell stuff is confusing writing; that sequence was flat-out bad writing.

I feel like Jon has been saved as many times and in as nearly as ridiculous of fashions as did Frodo; and I thought Game was above/different from those cringey fantasy stories. That's the feel I had the first 4 seasons.
 
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August_West said:
And littlefinger gets his throat cut. And Cleganebowl. And Dany and Jon schtupping. And Jamie and Brienne doing their dance and Cersi agreeing to fight walkers in the most transparent lie yet only to think privately that she will let the walkers take care of all her enemies for her. maybe she goes down on the night king.

There I wrote ep 7 for you. No need to watch.

If GOT is anything this year it is eminently predictable.
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Especially if you read the spoilers... ;)
 
walker11 said:
The show is still very fun, its just not great. Is there anyone not enjoying this immensely, even with the inane writing? Call me a sucker but all the fan service is emotionally satisfying. And that will continue next week when John learns his parentage.
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I was forgiving of a whole lot, then they killed off Benjen the way they did. I will be watching the rest of this show with arms folded, waiting the next predictable and/or stupid sequence. I told my friend I feel like I'm watching the final season of Dexter all over again
 
Rocktheworld said:
I was forgiving of a whole lot, then they killed off Benjen the way they did. I will be watching the rest of this show with arms folded, waiting the next predictable and/or stupid sequence. I told my friend I feel like I'm watching the final season of Dexter all over again
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it's going to be a Seinfeld ending, just watch.
 
CTMike said:
I dunno? Are you?
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I dont know. We will see.

I was right about Thoros dying last episode. I was wrong about Tormund, I was sure he was a goner. So my batting average aint that great. I could be wrong about Cleaganebowl, but its no reach or spoiler to say Cersei is definitely putting on kneepads for the night king. Who doesnt think that?
 
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August_West said:
And littlefinger gets his throat cut. And Cleganebowl. And Dany and Jon schtupping. And Jamie and Brienne doing their dance and Cersi agreeing to fight walkers in the most transparent lie yet only to think privately that she will let the walkers take care of all her enemies for her. maybe she goes down on the night king.
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I've too many Warnings right now to post a proper reply to this, but the possibilities for this are endless.

The Ice Queen indeed.

The great conundrum for me is, do Danny and Jon schtup before they find out the truth, or after? The first would be funnier, the second more scandalous. I'm hoping for the latter.
 
Rocktheworld said:
my biggest issue was the final sequence from Jon pulling himself out of freezing water and the deus ex machina with Benjen.

I saw someone mention regarding Danny flying at top speed not just through the country north of the wall, but in the heart of the "winter" that the white walkers bring; how cold exactly is this environment? Because a regular dude dragged under freezing water, in armor, by zombies, is not going to just shake them off, swim back up, and pull himself back up through the ice. Speaking of the re-watch, Allister Thorn tells Jon and Sam how if you exposed a finger to the cold, you'd lose it almost instantly. So Jon shouldn't have survived that plunge, shouldn't have gotten out, shouldn't have been able to make it 20 feet let alone ride all the way back to the Wall without succumbing to the cold (unless this is due to some power he has had/acquired unbeknownst to all except the writers).

That entire sequence did not have to happen. It was clearly all a ploy to inject some extra drama and to kill off benjen for who knows what reason. But if they really had to kill benjen off, they could have very easily had him jump in and stop the wights who would have tackled Jon, fought and distracted the walkers while inadvertently revealing a key unknown weakness, allowing everyone to get on the dragons and ride out in safety. Part of the reason I can get over the strife in Winterfell is because that can somehow be resolved. But you can't go back and un-end a character arc. And Benjen deserved a way better ending than what we got. He got a Podrick-level heroic exit. Hodor's was better, more dramatic, and more heroic. A single "THERES NO TIME" are the final words of Benjen Stark? Incredibly disappointed in that. The time issues are lazy writing; the Winterfell stuff is confusing writing; that sequence was flat-out bad writing.
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Hahaha we're so on the same page there. Damn near exactly. About 9 pages ago:

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I later posited that Jon is some sort of Arctic Aqua Man.

The time issues are lazy writing; the Winterfell stuff is confusing writing; that sequence was flat-out bad writing.

I feel like Jon has been saved as many times and in as nearly as ridiculous of fashions as did Frodo; and I thought Game was above/different from those cringey fantasy stories. That's the feel I had the first 4 seasons.
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On the writing:

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EDIT: I just realized how much I'm pissing about the lazy writing. Can't stop won't stop
 
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CTMike said:
Especially if you read the spoilers... ;)
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I haven't read any spoilers, but I was thinking the same thing about Cersei and the Night King. Well, not the going down part, but thinking she could make a deal with the NK. They share a common enemy and an alliance would solve all her problems. She could offer to let the NK have everything north of The Twins. Her problem is that the NK can take everything, if he wants, and, unlike Euron, he doesn't seem to care about the ladies. I don't know what his incentive would be to agree.

As for the big summit in the finale, does Dany's side take the initiative and double cross Cersei? It doesn't seem likely considering Tyrion urging her to be less ruthless. On the other hand, they have to know Cersei is planning something similar, so why not beat her to the punch?

In the big picture, this potential alliance seems like it will lead to as many problems as it solves. Both sides will be worried about the other stabbing them in the back while fighting alongside them and will be trying to conserve their strength to continue the fight after the WWs are defeated.
 
John said:
it's going to be a Seinfeld ending, just watch.
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I'm only about to turn 27 so Seinfeld was before my time, but I just read the plot. Holy wow.

But that does give some good bad-ending-inspiration that also involves a Green Day song

It comes to be revealed that the White Walkers are now a force of nature that the world to some degree depends on for its equilibrium, or some such (I remember links between magic, dragons, and the walkers so as long as Danny's dragons are around so too will be the walkers). Or that, as in World of Warcraft and its undead army led by the Lich King; where if the leader dies, the army of the dead will be free to run rampant across the world, effectively being even more dangerous. Thus, there must always be some Night King to rule them. Jon takes it on himself to become the Night King with some of his human will intact, to control and suppress the army of the dead so that they may fill their purpose without being a huge direct threat. Jon receives Dragonglass to the heart, and sits atop and relaxes into the Frozen Throne; the Game theme musically shifts in to and becomes a full-on "Wake Me Up When September Ends" instrumental as we zoom in on Jon becoming more Night Kingy and breathing an increasing amount of frost. His final breath brings in the credits.

Everyone throws a brick through their televisions
 
StoweD210 said:
I haven't read any spoilers, but I was thinking the same thing about Cersei and the Night King. Well, not the going down part, but thinking she could make a deal with the NK. They share a common enemy and an alliance would solve all her problems. She could offer to let the NK have everything north of The Twins. Her problem is that the NK can take everything, if he wants, and, unlike Euron, he doesn't seem to care about the ladies. I don't know what his incentive would be to agree.

As for the big summit in the finale, does Dany's side take the initiative and double cross Cersei? It doesn't seem likely considering Tyrion urging her to be less ruthless. On the other hand, they have to know Cersei is planning something similar, so why not beat her to the punch?

In the big picture, this potential alliance seems like it will lead to as many problems as it solves. Both sides will be worried about the other stabbing them in the back while fighting alongside them and will be trying to conserve their strength to continue the fight after the WWs are defeated.
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I don't think the night king negotiates. Or talks really. He just kills people and things. He ends life. It goes back to what Beric said to Jon, death is the enemy. Cersei isn't cutting any deals with the NK, or using her other oral skills.

Can Jon and Dany convince her to work with them? I doubt it. Not in good faith anyway.
 
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August_West said:
Do you even Cersei, bro?
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I Night King. I can see it now.

Cersei: I have a proposal....
*whoosh*
Cersei's head falls from her neck.

Don't give me any Clegane nonsense. He's dead. NK touches him and his eyes turn blue, he turns around and tears Cersei apart.
 
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