HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)

15showsandcounting · Post by **15showsandcounting** » Mon May 11, 2015 2:36 pm

bada wrote:"A Targaryen Alone in the World is a Terrible Thing"....
Spoiler: show
cut to John Snow....TV 101 foreshadowing.

Haha. I was just going to ask about this. Do people watching the show have any inclination of this, though? Or is it only a reader thing? I've bounced between both and am totally confused with book vs. show stuff about now. Heh.

Post by **epilogue** » Mon May 11, 2015 2:44 pm

15showsandcounting wrote:
bada wrote:"A Targaryen Alone in the World is a Terrible Thing"....
Spoiler: show
cut to John Snow....TV 101 foreshadowing.
Haha. I was just going to ask about this. Do people watching the show have any inclination of this, though? Or is it only a reader thing? I've bounced between both and am totally confused with book vs. show stuff about now. Heh.

It's subtle, but it's absolutely there in the show. More than a few non-book readers have talked to me about it.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:06 pm

OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).

Post by **epilogue** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:08 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).

Yes.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:09 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).
Yes.

what's up joey?

Post by **epilogue** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:12 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).
Yes.
what's up joey?

Not much, man. GoT and Mad Men were both outstanding again last night. I'm a little tired from all the enthusiasm and rehashing that the wife and I did last night. We were up way past our bedtime.

How YOU doin?

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:37 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).
Yes.
what's up joey?
Not much, man. GoT and Mad Men were both outstanding again last night. I'm a little tired from all the enthusiasm and rehashing that the wife and I did last night. We were up way past our bedtime.

How YOU doin?

I'm dragging today -- stayed up watching the Tigers/Royals after a long rain delay. Totally not worth it.

Post by **epilogue** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:41 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:OK, so I think I know the answer to this, but . . .

Tyrion was technically touched (when he got pulled down in the water). But as far as we know, he didn't get the greyscale. So I assume it's because he wasn't touched on the skin, right? (again, this probably pretty straightfoward).
Yes.
what's up joey?
Not much, man. GoT and Mad Men were both outstanding again last night. I'm a little tired from all the enthusiasm and rehashing that the wife and I did last night. We were up way past our bedtime.

How YOU doin?
I'm dragging today -- stayed up watching the Tigers/Royals after a long rain delay. Totally not worth it.

As a life long Royals fan, I can say that's almost always the case.

15showsandcounting · Post by **15showsandcounting** » Mon May 11, 2015 6:55 pm

This show just doesn't quit. Can't wait to see where Sansa's story goes. Poor kid.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:32 pm

15showsandcounting wrote:This show just doesn't quit. Can't wait to see where Sansa's story goes. Poor kid.

I'm assuming STM reaches the gates of Winterfell just as she and Ramsay are about to do the deed--I think it'd be too brutal for Ramsay to rape her on TV, and I just don't see Sansa giving it up to him.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:35 pm

Based on the titles of the next three episodes, I think we're going to get (of course, spoilers follow)...

Spoiler: show: EP 6 - "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" - Lots of Dorne stuff. Sandsnakes abduct Myrcella, Jaime and Bronn get somewhere important.

EP 7 - "The Gift" - Arya makes her first kill as a faceless (wo)man. Meryn Trant?

EP 8 - "Hardhome" - Obviously, battle of Hardhome.

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Mon May 11, 2015 8:21 pm

15showsandcounting wrote:
bada wrote:"A Targaryen Alone in the World is a Terrible Thing"....
Spoiler: show
cut to John Snow....TV 101 foreshadowing.
Haha. I was just going to ask about this. Do people watching the show have any inclination of this, though? Or is it only a reader thing? I've bounced between both and am totally confused with book vs. show stuff about now. Heh.

i suspect that for people like me who haven't read the books but follow the show and read and participate in online/watercooler discussion, they have invariably had the prevailing theory 'spoiled' for them already. for people who watch the show only and don't get into the chatter, i would guess they have no clue. while it seems some of the foreshadowing has been far less subtle these last couple episodes, to me the clues haven't been very obvious unless you're looking for them and non-book readers, non-participators certainly are not.

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Mon May 11, 2015 8:48 pm

i think this season has been no less than excellent. i, too, could do without the grey worm/missandei garbage and it seems some of the humor in the episodes of late has felt more like bad writing than anything. but those are minor nits to pick. the show feels like it's moving forward every week (despite a lot of actual action) and i am definitely invested in the characters that have been given the majority of the screen time so far. sam + gilly, for example, have been relegated to the sidelines for now, which is a very welcome turn of events in my opinion.

with stannis becoming a likable character, i fear for his immediate future.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Mon May 11, 2015 9:09 pm

I also didn't like how the Boltons had a Stannis/Shireen moment. Too much father declaring love for child going on for my liking. And then Stannis making the less/fewer correction like he did on Blackwater was a bit eye rolling for me. And then the whole scene with grey worm. This might have been my least favorite episode of the season.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon May 11, 2015 9:45 pm

AndySlash wrote:
with stannis becoming a likable character, i fear for his immediate future.

this is my fear as well

pnjguy · Post by **pnjguy** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:04 pm

To the book readers, you never actually found out what happens when Stannis arrives at Winterfell? So anything that takes place in his storyline will be all new?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:06 pm

Spoiler: show: correct

Post by **epilogue** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:09 pm

pnjguy wrote:To the book readers, you never actually found out what happens when Stannis arrives at Winterfell? So anything that takes place in his storyline will be all new?

Spoiler: show: Yes and no. Technically we're told what happens, but it comes from a very unreliable source. We don't have confirmation that that person wasn't just being a big giant lying asshole.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:11 pm

What Joey said.

spike · Post by **spike** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:32 pm

chris h 2 has asked me to ask you guys what happens to stannis at winterfell

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