HBO's Game of Thrones

[GasparZizou]

Yes, Jeofrys crossbow and pull back mechanism. Irony at its finest!

You want irony? It was father's day

 

[greygoose]

That was an incredible episode. It had everything. The music was beautiful too.

For those who have read the books can you please tell me:

Spoiler:

Does the Hound come back (and if so, as a main character again)?

 

[Spartan Rex]

That was an incredible episode. It had everything. The music was beautiful too.

For those who have read the books can you please tell me:

Spoiler:

Does the Hound come back (and if so, as a main character again)?

Are the books really that reliable as a predictor of what will come?

Spoiler:

Lady Stoneheart

says no.

 

[Kibagami]

Are the books really that reliable as a predictor of what will come?

Spoiler:

Lady Stoneheart

says no.

Not no more. It's so different now. Same for the most part but different.

 

[Star Puffs]

Not sure Tywin is dead, none of those shots were fatal areas.

The chest isn't a "fatal" area?

Pretty sure Tywin is D-E-A-D.

 

[carbo-fation]

Both arrows weren't in the anatomical kill box. Fist one looked like it struck beneath the diaphragm and the second one right beneath the clavicle. Didn't seem all that deadly....but who knows.

 

[Kibagami]

Both arrows weren't in the anatomical kill box. Fist one looked like it struck beneath the diaphragm and the second one right beneath the clavicle. Didn't seem all that deadly....but who knows.

He is old too. Not so spry to stand a couple bolts to the torso.

 

[TheFiend]

Awesome finale. That fight scene between Hound and Brienne was ****ing awesome. It was brutal and dirty. The more they adavnce into the books the more they change. I ain't hating, just an observation.. They took out the Tysha part of the conversation between Tyrone and Jaime, which I'm glad because it didn't make sense in the book, although I can imagine some fans being upset because its one more twist to that scenario. Just a little fun fact for those who haven't read the books, that scene between Jaime and Tyrion during the rescue was the only scene between those two in the books.

Fans of the show are lucky in a way. Book fans had to wait over a decade to find out what happens to Tyrion after his escape.

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[pixletwin]

Can someone explain to me the importance of Arya's iron medallion? I seem to have forgotten something.

 

[quadcent]

Can someone explain to me the importance of Arya's iron medallion? I seem to have forgotten something.

I was thinking the exact thing, what was it and why did it mean so much to the sailor????

 

[devilof76]

The guy who killed three men for her gave it to her when they parted ways (and he changed his face). He told her that when she was ready, give it to any man from Braavos and say, "Valar morghulis."

 

[pixletwin]

Oh duh. Yeah I remember that.

Gracias.

 

[jedijim3002]

Jaqen H'ghar was his name.

https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Jaqen_H'ghar

 

[dw316]

Just saw the finale, was exciting! I heard for the past few days that there was a "twist" in the finale that was trending worldwide. I have not begun reading the books yet, have them all ready waiting at home once I fly back, so I was wondering what it was, and if it was different from the books, hence people calling it a "twist"?

 

[galactiboy]

And am I losing it or was there a lot more discussion in the privey scene in the book? Seems like a pretty key motivating situation was left out...but maybe that conversation comes later?

I believe they are dropping the significance of that situation for the HBO version.

Spoiler:

In the book the line about "wherever whores go" was pretty key afterward, so it seems that rather than go into that or have the bitterness between Jamie and Tyrion they just let it go.

 

[Crash1207]

That was an incredible episode. It had everything. The music was beautiful too.

For those who have read the books can you please tell me:

Spoiler:

Does the Hound come back (and if so, as a main character again)?

Spoiler:

No, he does not come back. If I remember right (been awhile), someone comes across his body and steals his armor and helm and runs rampant across the countryside committing crimes and murder as "The Hound" and is hunted down.

 

[greygoose]

Spoiler:

No, he does not come back. If I remember right (been awhile), someone comes across his body and steals his armor and helm and runs rampant across the countryside committing crimes and murder as "The Hound" and is hunted down.

Thanks.

 

[Ex-Parrot]

Not having read the books, it struck me while watching this episode...

Spoiler:

...That I was watching a battle between The Hound and Brienne, and that I honestly didn't know what the outcome was going to be. That Brienne could come out alive, that The Hound could triumph, that both or neither could conceivably survive or die. Nothing was forshadowed. Nothing was heavy handed. It didn't tell us who was good, who was bad, who we should be hoping to see triumph, or what we should feel. That on any other show, in a confrontation such as this, it would be pretty clear who would survive and how it would play out, but on this show it truly feels like anyone could die in any such confrontation. That no one is ever truly safe. I mean how rare is that?

And that's what I think truly sets the show apart. It's the only modern day story where the story always seems to comes first, and where character popularity doesn't seem to play any part in who lives and who dies. It's always story first. And it's all the better for it.

And now the long wait begins for next season...

 

[Crash1207]

This season especially I have realized that reading the books beforehand is both a blessing and a curse. I'm glad that I chose to read the books after S1 since they let me see things in my own interpretation (much like LOTR) and then I love seeing how some of those events play out in someone else's vision on the screen. But on the other hand, I get a large sense of build up waiting for certain things to happen and play out and then they don't quite follow the book and I'm a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely in love with the show and I think they've done a great job but there are certain "Tom Bombodil like moments" in the books that just haven't been touched on yet that I wonder if they are completely skipping or they'll get to eventually.

 

[sarakawa]

The guy who killed three men for her gave it to her when they parted ways (and he changed his face). He told her that when she was ready, give it to any man from Braavos and say, "Valar morghulis."

Did this happen in the show as well? I seem to have forgotten this...