firesprite
Master Member
And Asha/Yara.
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And Asha/Yara.
And the Sand Snake that is Ellaria's daughter(forget her name) because I only saw 2 of the Sand Snakes die in the battle. And I believe it was their 2 bodies Theon saw on the front of the ship. Speaking of Theon it looks as if he is in need of some redemption yet again. Poor Theon.
asalaw
Sr Member
Yeah, who called it? I'm too lazy to scroll up.
Happy it wasn't Tyrion after all.
Mortified by the hyperthyroidic crossbow.
DARTH SABER
Master Member
How did Euron find Yara's fleet?
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asalaw
Sr Member
He followed his nose. He could smell the betrayal.
kibosh
Sr Member
Are we sure that was wrapped up? I'm hoping she shows up again. If not, that was a rather pointless, and expensive, scene to include.
I'm going off what the show creators have said. That was exactly their point for including the scene and also a bit for foreshadowing regarding "the pack" and how sometimes the lone wolf can't really come back once its moved on.
Solo4114
Master Member
The "prince/princess who was promised" bit is actually something from the books, if memory serves. If not the books, then the source material that's made it's way out to the fans. They just wanted to introduce it explicitly in the show. It was a little clunky, but acceptable. I think we're going to see a lot more "let's get to the point" design for this season, given that it's only 7 episodes long. Which is why, instead of showing the journey for Yara's fleet or the iron fleet, you just see it show up and clash and then it's over in a few minutes. Same story with this, instead of teasing it out. Just say it right there in the meeting, and bim bam boom. Done.
Also the same story with Jon heading south. Like, in a normal season, Jon would debate that for like 2-3 episodes, as would Dany and her "small council." This episode, it's just "Should we do this? Yeah, we're doing this." And with Sam's letter. Sam would've spent, like, 2-3 episodes researching the dragonglass thing, then it would've taken a full episode
for his message to reach Jon, and then Jon would've thought about what to do, and so on.
It's an abrupt change of style for the show. The inflection points in the show usually take longer to build up to, but they don't have the time or source material this season. In a way, it almost feels like they're ticking points off on the outline Martin gave them for what happens, without putting all that much between the bullet points. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, either, it's just a real change of pace from what the show has been up to this point.
harrisonp
Sr Member
Solo4114
I think the line felt off to me because Missandei just pops in with an "actually its..." And the idea of a prophecy having the word "or" in it is kind of funny. Tyrion undercuts the moment with a worthy quip though about it rolling off the tongue. You would think instead of a mistranslation of gender Missandei could have informed them that it really meant "heir"
I think the line felt off to me because Missandei just pops in with an "actually its..." And the idea of a prophecy having the word "or" in it is kind of funny. Tyrion undercuts the moment with a worthy quip though about it rolling off the tongue. You would think instead of a mistranslation of gender Missandei could have informed them that it really meant "heir"
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Solo4114
Master Member
Yeah, that's a good point. "Heir" makes more sense. I just took it as "It's one of those words that's a single word but the direct translation is actually, like, four words in our language."
Like, schaedenfreude doesn't have a direct, single-word translation; it means "joy in other people's sorrow" although the literal translation is, I believe "shadowy joy" or something like that. If you were to explain it to someone, you'd be explaining a concept that's encompassed by the word itself. Same story with whatever the High Valyrian word for "prince/princess/whatever" is.
Solos blaster
Sr Member
Ahh, Dorne....so mistreated. I'm almost glad it went down like that. Dirty, rotten bad plot written kinslayers.
Monkey67
Sr Member
Euron can sure take a bunch of hits in a fight and still not fall. Snakes fight was a poor let down. I was hoping for more out of their skills than that. Let's just whip a guy around the neck twice. Ok what now..bring him down and hog tie him to win the rodeo. Reek was a total let down as well. I thought he would atleast fight for his sister. I'll take stab in the dark and say Bronn saves the dagger snake hottie.
The lone wolf can come back bigger and badder to lead its own pack.
The lone wolf can come back bigger and badder to lead its own pack.
Like Solo4114 said, the part about the prophecy comes straight from the books. Maester Aemon figures it out on his deathbed, then tells Samwell that he thinks it must be Daenerys and that she must have a maester to advise her. The book is able to go into more detail about the prophecy and why there are no gender specific pronouns in High Valyrian, something having to do with dragons being born neither male or female. The prophecy doesn't actually say and\or. Its just the only way to translate it directly into the Common Tongue.
Laspector
Master Member
How are they filming this stuff if the books haven't even been written yet?
They're writers. They write it. GRRM gave them some important points that he already has mapped out, including how he plans to end it, but basically they're making up their own story. Martin has said even though he gave them certain info, there's no guarantee thats how hes going to end the books. He might change his mind between now and whenever the hell he ends up finishing this thing.
