Red Mosquito

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Also, how fucking MAJESTIC was Arya losing her weapon, getting overcome by very real fear, and having to go back and rely on all her previous training -- her sneaking, her chasing cats, her water dancing -- in order to get through that scene in the library? FUUUUUUUCK.

SO GOOD!

Arya's entire arc paid off. Every Arya scene mattered and reflected the journey.

I'll just say that Arya Stark is now my all time favorite character in literature.

But did you spot the walking dead Maester Llewynn in the library?

I did not, no! Was he really there?

Yep. My other half spotted him and then I did later.
It’s blink and you miss it but he’s in there.

Awesome

a'ight so here's a thought... I'm sure others have talked about this but I haven't seen any discussion on it.

Possible that Craster's kid is still alive? Or no because the NK made him?

Like, is there any way that somehow that kid is still around and grows up over the next 1000 years to grow strong and bring on a new Long Night?

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:What was that song at the end? It was an instrumental of a song I already know, but I can't place it.

Read somewhere the composer recycled it from West world?

Yeah, that's where I heard that version

I hope the final scene of the series is whoever is on the throne sitting there smiling, then, before cutting to the credits, they show a wight waking up in the ground and climbing out.

Also, someone put the Leroy Jenkins audio to Theon charging the Night King.

I thought it was a beautiful fitting piece of music. Ominous and atmospheric.

I’d never heard it.

Theon. Thank the old gods and the new that that fucker is finally goddamn dead.

They tried so hard to give him this redemptive, emotional death and the whole time I was like... "fucker should have died AGES ago and now that you're finally gonna do it I have to watch it in slow motion for an hour???!!! FUCK YOU DAN AND DAVE!"

But at least he's gone.

I thought his redemption was the best part of the episode.

Anders wrote:I thought his redemption was the best part of the episode.

I'm sure others will agree. But the was so far beyond redemption for me. There was no way he was coming back at all. For me, there was no redemption. He was a piece of shit and he didn't deserve to live as long as he did.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:I thought his redemption was the best part of the episode.

I'm sure others will agree. But the was so far beyond redemption for me. There was no way he was coming back at all. For me, there was no redemption. He was a piece of shit and he didn't deserve to live as long as he did.

On that.

Jaimie has had the most amazing journey as a character. From utter cunt to guy who’s seen the error of his ways.

I can totally see a hard switch back to form before the end.
Somehow.

He’s just been too Fucking nice lately.

durdencommatyler wrote:a'ight so here's a thought... I'm sure others have talked about this but I haven't seen any discussion on it.

Possible that Craster's kid is still alive? Or no because the NK made him?

Like, is there any way that somehow that kid is still around and grows up over the next 1000 years to grow strong and bring on a new Long Night?

The other walkers shattered so I assume the baby did as well. I also assumed that being turned into an Other pretty much accelerated growth into the wispy haired walkers we know and love

So, Miguel Sapochnik is also directing ep 5, yeah? I think it's safe to assume, then that GoT is following it's familiar formula even in this truncated season. The penultimate ep will be another big battle. Probably with the "shocking twist" everyone is desperate for. And then the final will be the fallout and quiet resolution -- the dream of spring, as it were.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I get why people are upset the Night King went out so easily, but I'm really glad Arya's multiple season arc with the Faceless Men finally paid off.

Arya killing the night king made no fucking sense. They laid no groundwork for it. Why even have an azor ahai prophecy if this is where you're going to go?

Chris_H_2 wrote:i still feel cheated with no real white walker action and this 8-season-long threat disappearing so quickly and relatively easily.

You should feel this way. They fucked it up.

dimejinky99 wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Also, how fucking MAJESTIC was Arya losing her weapon, getting overcome by very real fear, and having to go back and rely on all her previous training -- her sneaking, her chasing cats, her water dancing -- in order to get through that scene in the library? FUUUUUUUCK.

SO GOOD!

Arya's entire arc paid off. Every Arya scene mattered and reflected the journey.

I'll just say that Arya Stark is now my all time favorite character in literature.

But did you spot the walking dead Maester Llewynn in the library?

I did not, no! Was he really there?

Yep. My other half spotted him and then I did later.
It’s blink and you miss it but he’s in there.

*while its still quiet and hasnt gone crazy yet and she’s sneaking

sorry, but pictures or it never happened. People sometimes see what they want to see in these cases.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I get why people are upset the Night King went out so easily, but I'm really glad Arya's multiple season arc with the Faceless Men finally paid off.

Arya killing the night king made no fucking sense. They laid no groundwork for it. Why even have an azor ahai prophecy if this is where you're going to go?

Because prophecies are just prophecies

dimejinky99 wrote:100% atonement by Theon. Even though Bran was like ‘nothing to forgive’.

ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I get why people are upset the Night King went out so easily, but I'm really glad Arya's multiple season arc with the Faceless Men finally paid off.

Arya killing the night king made no fucking sense. They laid no groundwork for it. Why even have an azor ahai prophecy if this is where you're going to go?

b/c HBO

The best: 1. Theon and Bran 2. The scene with the Dothraki. 3. Tyrion and Sansa 4. In general: the action, the mood, the music, the tension, the intensity. 5. Lyanna - what a hero. 6. When Davos sees Arya fight. 7. Arya’s episode (What do we say: Not Today).

Good: 1. Arya’s killing of the Night King. 2. Jon fighting. 3. Dany vs the Night King. 4. Sir Friend Zone. 5. Beric and the Hound 6. The Red Woman. 7. Sam and Edd. 8. Dragons attacking. 9. The fire around Winterfell.

Not good: 1. Too dark. 2. Dragons in the snow storm. 3. The whitewalkers all being destroyed in one episode. 3. Nearly all major characters saved at the last moment several times. 4. Ghost in one scene, and then gone.

All in all a successful episode.

Mecca wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:a'ight so here's a thought... I'm sure others have talked about this but I haven't seen any discussion on it.

Possible that Craster's kid is still alive? Or no because the NK made him?

Like, is there any way that somehow that kid is still around and grows up over the next 1000 years to grow strong and bring on a new Long Night?

The other walkers shattered so I assume the baby did as well. I also assumed that being turned into an Other pretty much accelerated growth into the wispy haired walkers we know and love

Yeah, that's where I'm at with it, too. But I thought it was worth spinning in the ol' brain. If that's where you're at, though, I'm gonna roll with it.

I basically had this horrible vision of a final scene, after all the dust settled in Westeros, that we cut up to the way north and land of always winter and we see that fucking baby open his blue eyes and that's the big final "cliffhanger" shot. And I really, really, really, REALLY don't want anything like that.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:I get why people are upset the Night King went out so easily, but I'm really glad Arya's multiple season arc with the Faceless Men finally paid off.

Arya killing the night king made no fucking sense. They laid no groundwork for it. Why even have an azor ahai prophecy if this is where you're going to go?

100% disagree.

Her entire arc lead to that moment and it was goddamn poetry in motion.