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Game of Thrones
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Yikes!!!! Not really a spoiler but I think I may need several stiff drinks before each episode when this returns : https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertain...er-final-got-scene/ar-AAxJCNW?ocid=spartandhp
Jason Momoa aka Khal Drogo just posted on his Instagram that he's in Ireland and having a pint with Dan Weiss. Wonder if this means Drogo will be in season 8 somehow? His beard is grown out, but he has a similar beard when he's doing Aquaman.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjaeZnJnKb4/?taken-by=prideofgypsies
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjaeZnJnKb4/?taken-by=prideofgypsies
I would imagine that if he is there to film some GOT stuff that it would indeed be for a flashback or dream\vision type sequence. Some fans online were suggesting Drogo wight\white walker which is ridiculous considering his body was burned. Although I'd love to see him back for the final season in any form, part of me wonders if it isnt some bit of a joke on his part. He definitely likes to do that. It couldve just been wild coincidence that he ended up on a plane with Dan and then decided to have some drinks just for fun.
Laspector
Master Member
I just rewatched season 7 and I have a question: (and forgive me for misspelling characters' names, please) Wasn't the Loot Train going to be Ceirci's way of paying off the Iron Bank? Wasn't all that destroyed by the dragon? How is she now sending Huron off to buy another army?
SmilingOtter
Master Member
If I remember right, they send the gold ahead to King's Landing, since armies don't travel that quickly.
Toadmeister
Sr Member
Yes and melted gold doesn't burn up/disentegrate. It just pools into a big gold blob.
Assuming Dragon fire doesn't eat gold...
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In the beginning they tried to be more accurate when it came to showing how long it takes to travel anywhere. Then, in season 7, because they're really trying to wrap this up, they stopped doing that. The attack on the Lannister column sort of makes sense, though because Daenerys' forces are coming from Dragonstone, which is located in Blackwater Bay and the attack took place at the mouth of the river which opens into that bay.
Solo4114
Master Member
As I recall, they were in Blackwater Bay, but would have to sail south, around Dorne, and then back up a ways along the coast to get to the Reach where Highgarden is. The Blackwater doesn't run that far south or west. In other words, it'd be like getting an army from the coast of Norfolk down around the south coast of England, and then up to Cheltenham or thereabouts. (Westeros doesn't map out perfectly to England, but it's close-ish.)
And, of course, there are various travels northwards that appear to happen in the blink of an eye, Like Dany being able to get from Dragonstone up past the Wall to rescue Jon and his buddies after he "died" again. (Which, side note, I'm about sick of.)
Basically, around Season 7, travel began to move at the speed of plot, and Season 7 had a LOT of plot to cover.
When Daenerys attacked the Lannister column they weren't in the Reach, though. They were on the banks of the Blackwater.
This map shows where it happened. The real shortcut the show used here was transporting all the Dothraki. Apparently Daenerys still had enough ships to do it.
Solo4114
Master Member
Ah, then maybe they fast-forwarded the amount of time it took the baggage train to get from the Reach to King's Landing. The situation you're describing makes more sense from the Dany end, but still plays pretty loose with time from the Jaime end.
Laspector
Master Member
I'm cool with the fast forwarding of the time it takes to get to all these places. At least it makes sense why Bran has grown so much over the seasons. I'm not really sure how much time has supposed to have passed since the beginning of the show (hell, how does time pass in Westeros?), but as much travelling as these people do, it does make sense that it's been several years.
Riceball
Master Member
What doesn't make sense is someone running a distance that took people several days to traverse in a matter of a few short hours, getting help, and having said help come back in a tiny fraction amount of time that it took to get their originally. Ok, granted that it was Danearys on dragonback but still, Jon & co. were out there for days and Gendry was able to run all the way back to find Danaerys, after which she was able to fly back before Jon has time to say, "What the F is taking Gendry so long?". Not to mention that our heroes our battling for their lives at this time while massively outnumbered, out in the open but they were able to hold on long enough to be rescued. Talk about time compression.
Solo4114
Master Member
Yeah, I didn't remember all the details, but I remember thinking "Ok, this is just too much speed-of-plot convenience here." It felt really sloppy, actually. I love the show, but it definitely has its flaws.
