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cutuphalfdead wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:is bran able to time travel whenever or only we he touches the roots from that tree? i seems to me to be the latter.

We talked about this a few pages back, and the latter seems more likely. The prevailing theory is that the Children carved faces into the Weirwoods so they could keep an eye on the First Men, and most of the trees were cut down by the Andals to prevent this (or, if they didn't know about the power, than simply because they followed the Seven).

To expand: so, basically, it seems like Bran can tap into the Weirwood "network" and see/experience anything that the trees have seen, but he's gotta be at one in order to log on.

In the book,

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didn't Bloosraven say or imply that once bran develops his skills far enough he'd be able to see even beyond the reach of the Westwood's?

Yes

cutuphalfdead wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:is bran able to time travel whenever or only we he touches the roots from that tree? i seems to me to be the latter.

We talked about this a few pages back, and the latter seems more likely. The prevailing theory is that the Children carved faces into the Weirwoods so they could keep an eye on the First Men, and most of the trees were cut down by the Andals to prevent this (or, if they didn't know about the power, than simply because they followed the Seven).

To expand: so, basically, it seems like Bran can tap into the Weirwood "network" and see/experience anything that the trees have seen, but he's gotta be at one in order to log on.

In the book,

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didn't Bloosraven say or imply that once bran develops his skills far enough he'd be able to see even beyond the reach of the Westwood's?

Maybe in the Swedish version.

Fuck posting from my phone.

It's all good. I was feeling bratty. But I think the answer is yes.

Zantac Junkie confirmed.

spike wrote:that's almost hodor. hodor is coming.

Dude.

Bammer wrote:

spike wrote:that's almost hodor. hodor is coming.

Dude.

and going.

Have we talked about the Alt Shift X recap and theory videos? They're generally great, but I won't link directly to them here since some are a bit spoiler-y if you're not a book reader. Head over to the YouTube channel if you're interested. I recommend the White Walker episode, all the recaps, and the Varys episode.

Simple Torture wrote:Have we talked about the Alt Shift X recap and theory videos? They're generally great, but I won't link directly to them here since some are a bit spoiler-y if you're not a book reader. Head over to the YouTube channel if you're interested. I recommend the White Walker episode, all the recaps, and the Varys episode.

Never heard of this.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Have we talked about the Alt Shift X recap and theory videos? They're generally great, but I won't link directly to them here since some are a bit spoiler-y if you're not a book reader. Head over to the YouTube channel if you're interested. I recommend the White Walker episode, all the recaps, and the Varys episode.

Never heard of this.

Well worth your time. Most videos are between 15 and 20 minutes and most of the theories aren't crackpot (he does have a Euron=Daario video, which I haven't watched; and there's another joke video about Ser Pounce being Azor Ahai).

cutuphalfdead wrote:This is single timeline time travel. So anything that Bran goes back and changes, we've already seen the effects of. This also implies that everything in this world is predestined, since past present and future exist simultaneously.

woah

I had sort of a shitty day, but at least Game of Thrones is on tonight, and since they killed Hodor last week, they can't* kill him again.

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*Unless he's a wight, but that wouldn't be so bad.

I was most excited for the brief, brief flashback we got to the Mad King this week (besides the fact that Walder Frey is back--I love that guy). This was a sneaky-important Jaime episode, I think: there was a 1/8 of a second clip of him literally sitting on the Iron Throne; he was embarrassed in front of the whole realm, basically; he lost his last remaining son (figuratively, not literally, but it probably stings like the others); and he lost his position in the Kingsguard. His last scene there with Cersei was pointing to something that a lot of people have been speculating about, and I'm all aboard this train now:

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Jaime will not survive this season.

Really looking forward to some nerd's frame-by-frame analysis of Bran's visions come tomorrow morning.

True love is waiting to watch Game of Thrones until your significant other gets home from work.

durdencommatyler wrote:True love is waiting to watch Game of Thrones until your significant other gets home from work.

That's not true love. That's just basic relationship etiquette 101.
So Arya's men with no faces are basically just contract killers? Have we known that all along? I thought they had a more justice-oriented vigilante thing going. Pretty lame use of their powers if all they are is contract killers.

I think they're both, sort of.

Simple Torture wrote:Really looking forward to some nerd's frame-by-frame analysis of Bran's visions come tomorrow morning.

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The Argonaut wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:True love is waiting to watch Game of Thrones until your significant other gets home from work.

That's not true love. That's just basic relationship etiquette 101.
So Arya's men with no faces are basically just contract killers? Have we known that all along? I thought they had a more justice-oriented vigilante thing going. Pretty lame use of their powers if all they are is contract killers.

As chud said, I think they're both. There's a lot that's still vague about the FM, most notably the "price" people pay for their services. Sure, I'm sure some people pay gold--in the books, it's implied that Euron Greyjoy doesn't directly kill his brother, but that he hires a FM to do it, and he could've afforded to give them booty from his voyages--but I imagine that's not always the case. Do we really think the young actress could have afforded a price that usually only royals can ante up? I imagine there's always a "karmic" price you can pay as well, whether it's promising yourself to their cause or providing information or something like that.

Simple Torture wrote:I was most excited for the brief, brief flashback we got to the Mad King this week (besides the fact that Walder Frey is back--I love that guy). This was a sneaky-important Jaime episode, I think: there was a 1/8 of a second clip of him literally sitting on the Iron Throne; he was embarrassed in front of the whole realm, basically; he lost his last remaining son (figuratively, not literally, but it probably stings like the others); and he lost his position in the Kingsguard. His last scene there with Cersei was pointing to something that a lot of people have been speculating about, and I'm all aboard this train now:

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Jaime will not survive this season.

I don't see this happening,

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but I can't say the same for Cersei

Simple Torture wrote:Do we really think the young actress could have afforded a price that usually only royals can ante up?

Tits like that and you think money has to be involved?

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That's my last post about "younger actress" and her tits. Promise.