HBO's Game of Thrones

[CAhobbit]

Spoiler:

Isn't that baby supposed to drive some of the plot? Doesn't Melisandre use the newborn for a sacrifice?

Spoiler:

The baby is important in the book for reasons you state. Jon switches Gilly's son and Rayder's son and Gilly is sent away with Mance's son to ensure he is not killed. This particular plot point seems easily changed though IMO but we'll see if it comes up. The first 'king' burning plot was changed in a previous season when Gendry showed up at Dragonstone instead of the other bastard son being the target that Davos sent away, sooooo it leads me to think the whole plot point with Rayder's son just may not happen.

 

[galactiboy]

I'm thinking you're right Alex, it can be dropped without much trouble and I'm guessing that's what HBO decided to do.

 

[Solidus]

OHHHH MY GOSHHH. That freakin' ending. I finally got caught up on the episodes. I was not expecting Tyrion to do that.

 

[bruhkis]

Say the that word again!!

 

[denger4000]

Are you sure about that?

Spoiler:

Isn't that the unamed champion for Cersie; Robert Strong which is also likely the Mountain/Gregor. I believe Sandor died and then as was said in the earlier post a member of the Brave Companions (who Brienne encounters) was wearing his helm

I'm 1100000% sure. the Other thing you talk about is also true.

Spoiler:

Neither character is "dead" per se. The Mountain dies a natural death but is brought back my Qyburn, Sandor never dies, priest find him and heal him back to health.

 

[jedijim3002]

Poison is natural?

 

[denger4000]

By natural I mean he dies, but comes back unnaturally.

 

[CAhobbit]

I'm 1100000% sure. the Other thing you talk about is also true.

Spoiler:

Neither character is "dead" per se. The Mountain dies a natural death but is brought back my Qyburn, Sandor never dies, priest find him and heal him back to health.

Spoiler:

Them being alive is not 100% confirmed yet within the books. A huge skull of some man ended up at Sunspear. Maybe it's The Mountain and maybe it's not. If Cersai's new guard truly is The Mountain I bet it's a situation of some kind of walking dead Mountain and not a cured of poison Mountain. As for the Hound, we've only heard the one tale of a eye witness (who saw him without his helm) in the last book that he really isn't dead. I secretly hope he's not dead and and the priest was telling truth just because it would be interesting to see where his story ultimately goes.

 

[jedijim3002]

By natural I mean he dies, but comes back unnaturally.

I was just pulling your "breaker of chains."

 

[Niltusk]

Poison is natural?

I don't think the Wyverns drive around in Winnebagos producing it, so I'd guess it's 100% natural.

 

[jedijim3002]

I hear ya on that. I just think of natural deaths to be more like:
Heart failure
Dying in your sleep
Old age
Things that are more likely internal issues when your body just gives out and passes on.
Unnatural deaths I think of as:
Poison
Beheading
Ax to the face
External things or things that don't naturally occur in your body. Of course if one of your intestines is sliced or you get shot in the stomach you have septic build up that poisons you with your own ***** matter so I guess that could be natural and unnatural at the same time.

 

[denger4000]

Spoiler:

Them being alive is not 100% confirmed yet within the books. A huge skull of some man ended up at Sunspear. Maybe it's The Mountain and maybe it's not. If Cersai's new guard truly is The Mountain I bet it's a situation of some kind of walking dead Mountain and not a cured of poison Mountain. As for the Hound, we've only heard the one tale of a eye witness (who saw him without his helm) in the last book that he really isn't dead. I secretly hope he's not dead and and the priest was telling truth just because it would be interesting to see where his story ultimately goes.

Spoiler:

Martin has more or less confirmed he's not dead, the Hound that is

 

[SwedishHeat]

Can we please keep book spoiler discussion out of this thread?

Label this just like the Walking Dead thread. People are marking spoilers for show and book discussion and it is impossible to tell which is which. On top of that people still talk about book spoilers without using spoiler tags.

 

[devilof76]

Is there a reason to classify show talk as spoilers? If someone hasn't seen an episode, they really shouldn't be in here. Once it's aired, it's fair game.

Spoiler tags should be for book talk only.

 

[Lejuan]

Yeh, I only drop in here once I'm up to speed. For me screen spoilers are ok, book spoilers are not.

 

[rushmore223]

Yeh, I only drop in here once I'm up to speed. For me screen spoilers are ok, book spoilers are not.

Book Spoilers are tricky, what constitues a spoiler in that regard? The existance of a character that never made it into the show?

Something that was in the book but changed in the show, therefore will never happen on the series?

Obviously if it takes place in a book that hasn't been covered in the series yet, that is a spoiler.


For me, I spoiler tag everything that hasn't transpired on the show, but I don't spoiler tag the existance of a character, like Cold Hands or Strong Belwas for instance, as the mere mention of the name doesn't give anything away.

 

[Lejuan]

Anything from the books that any reasonable viewer would be bummed to know about before watching the events play out on screen warrants a spoiler tag.

 

[greygoose]

Is there not a book thread to discuss the books in anyway?

 

[rushmore223]

Anything from the books that any reasonable viewer would be bummed to know about before watching the events play out on screen warrants a spoiler tag.

Okay, so then it's not about protecting someone who may eventually read the books, it's about what hasnt happened yet on the series.

So, if something transpired in the books, but was not included in the show and has no likelihood of being included in the series at a later date, that's fair game?

I would think it would be obvious to most to spoiler tag events that have not yet come to pass, be it from the book or inside information.

 

[pixletwin]

Unless you are the showrunner for GoT, I wouldn't think you or anyone else in here is a good judge on what is/isn't likely to appear in the series.