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Old 05-03-2019, 11:47 AM   #3962
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants View Post
Yeah, "Olly, bring me my sword" didn't have the same power.

The nod from Stannis was perfectly executed, however.
And the scene demonstrates how impossible it is to carry full gravity in a visual medium. It didn't have as much power because it didn't have the inner monologue.

Here's the written version of the scene - being in Jon's head during the process built the suspense and gave a couple more beats that really made that whole thing work well:

https://twitter.com/SerASOIAF/status/592675914510655488


And here's the show version:



Good. Not as good.
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