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Game of Thrones (spoiler-free zone)
A few have suggested it, might as well test the waters. The idea is to give people who haven't read the books a safe place to talk about the show.
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05-25-2015, 12:52 AM | #2896 |
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5/19/15, 8:19 AM Ok, I'm done Game of Thrones.Water Garden, stupid.Gratuitous rape scene disgusting and unacceptable.It was a rocky rideC that just ended.
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05-25-2015, 07:26 AM | #2897 |
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I didn't see the Cersei thing coming until the High Sparrow started talking about Lancil. That was pretty impressive turn of events.
Up until now, Goeffrey dying is really the only bad blow she'd been dealt. She was going to give the middle finger to old man Lannister, at that point there wasn't any real reason to believe that Dorne was that dangerous for her daughter, and she seemed to give no ****s that Rob Stark captured her love. Now she is in ****ing prison..... Those were good tits. But the fight scene was pretty bad. |
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05-25-2015, 08:02 AM | #2898 |
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05-25-2015, 12:03 PM | #2899 |
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05-25-2015, 01:13 PM | #2901 |
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05-25-2015, 04:46 PM | #2902 |
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Dude. Those tits were ****ing fabulous.
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05-25-2015, 06:05 PM | #2903 |
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05-25-2015, 08:10 PM | #2904 |
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I'm nine minutes in. This scene with Reek an Sansa is intense!
Oh shit... Poor, poor Reek. What's their problem with Sam? Thought I was gonna get some sweet Daenerys boob there. Damn those no nudity clauses. Ooh. I like that short hair. And her spectacular tits. ****. He's sick. Arm slice. I love Baelish. Playing the long game. I knew a guy at my first real job out of college like that. Looked exactly like him and had the same vocal cadence. This is ****ing great! Not sure what happened but **** Cersei. Ova. I'm lost with the spiritual/Cersei arc though. Last edited by eDave; 05-25-2015 at 09:14 PM.. |
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05-26-2015, 04:33 AM | #2905 | |
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Brief background -- the main religion in Westeros (except in Stark lands) is The Seven. The MOther, the Father, the Stranger, the Warrior, etc. Because of all the troubles during the civil war, and the siege of King's Landing, the peasants increasingly turned to religion for solace. A branch of the main religion developed which was led to the fellow in rags, nicknamed teh High Sparrow. He is and htey are very pious. Religous zealots, basically. When they caught the High Septon (the normal, "real" leader of the religion) in a brothel, they shamed him. The Septon then goes to Cercei and demands that they punish them, and throw the High Sparrow in prison. Instead, Cercei thinks she sees an opportunity and instead puts the Septon in prison, and goes to the High Sparrow and elevates him to High Septon. What she doesn't realize is that this guy doesn't give a shit about money, power, prestige, wealth or the Game of Thrones. He won't be doing any quid pro quos. Cercei doubles down on her mistake by allowing them to have their own quasi-military. The Faith Militant. They were banished long ago (precisely because kings couldn't control them). Fast forward to Sunday's episode -- the dude with the crazy tattoo on his head -- that's Lancel Lannister, Cercei's cousin. He was the guy who (1) spiked Robert's alcohol (at Cercei's bequest) with a stronger alcohol, so he would be extra drunk and hopefully fail when fighting the boar, which happened and led to his death, (2) was ****ing Cercei after Robert died and Jaime left, and (3) got turned by Tyrion into a spy against Cercei after Tyrion intimidated him into it. Shacking up with cousins apparently isn't allowed, so now Cercei is in jail for it. What hasn't helped is they switched actors for Lancel. They announced this once episode when we see the new actor, and they're like "surely you remember your cousin Lancel" or something. Same dude (for purposes of the show):
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05-26-2015, 04:36 AM | #2906 |
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Watch this starting at the 2:00 or so mark for the full story on Lancel:
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05-26-2015, 05:23 AM | #2907 |
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They've imprisoned his brother in law, then his wife and now his mother. He has to do something or the Lannister name is dirt.
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05-26-2015, 08:44 AM | #2910 |
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It becomes even worse if the Tyrells stop the grain shipments to Kings Landing. Then you have riots again.
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