Photos of Dany and Tyrion together

[The Reader Lisa]

GRRM and D&D, a parable:

Once there was an older man who had a beautiful classic car he was restoring in his garage. He had

worked on this car, off and on, for many years but could not seem to complete the restoration. One

day, along came two well-scrubbed, well-spoken boys, practically Mormons in their wholesomeness.

"Please, sir," they said, "we love your car. We think it is the bees' knees! Could we borrow your car

and take it to our shop class? Our teacher would love to see it and we could use the extra credit to

bump up our grade. You know how hard it is nowadays to get into a good college." The older man

agreed and turned his beloved classic car over....to a pair of juvies who promptly took it on an ex-

tended joyride, scraped it up against various things and then backed it into a telephone pole. And if

that wasn't enough, they decided to pimp their ride (which wasn't their ride) to suit their own tastes.

Embarrassed, the older man tried to put a good face on it by trying to pretend that that had been the

plan all along....except the boys might have exceeded their mandate...in a couple of places...maybe.

But the boys ignored the older man for by this time they truly believed that it was their car, theirs to

do as they liked. Drag race with it, hang fuzzy dice from the rear view mirror, slap on offensive bumper

stickers, you name it. After a while, the older man began to feel he didn't really want the car back. It

didn't seem like his car anymore and he did have other projects to complete, so.........

had

[sj4iy]

GRRM and D&D, a parable:

Once there was an older man who had a beautiful classic car he was restoring in his garage. He had

worked on this car, off and on, for many years but could not seem to complete the restoration. One

day, along came two well-scrubbed, well-spoken boys, practically Mormons in their wholesomeness.

"Please, sir," they said, "we love your car. We think it is the bees' knees! Could we borrow your car

and take it to our shop class? Our teacher would love to see it and we could use the extra credit to

bump up our grade. You know how hard it is nowadays to get into a good college." The older man

agreed and turned his beloved classic car over....to a pair of juvies who promptly took it on an ex-

tended joyride, scraped it up against various things and then backed it into a telephone pole. And if

that wasn't enough, they decided to pimp their ride (which wasn't their ride) to suit their own tastes.

Embarrassed, the older man tried to put a good face on it by trying to pretend that that had been the

plan all along....except the boys might have exceeded their mandate...in a couple of places...maybe.

But the boys ignored the older man for by this time they truly believed that it was their car, theirs to

do as they liked. Drag race with it, hang fuzzy dice from the rear view mirror, slap on offensive bumper

stickers, you name it. After a while, the older man began to feel he didn't really want the car back. It

didn't seem like his car anymore and he did have other projects to complete, so.........

had

D&D have done absolutely nothing at all to Martin's work. The show is theirs, and they've not touched Martin's books. Your 'parable' is nothing but a false analogy. Since when can a tv show ruin the books it was based on?

[Konradsmith]

Not to mention how much the richer the show has made Grrm and expanded his readership...

[sj4iy]

Not to mention how much the richer the show has made Grrm and expanded his readership...

A better 'parable' would be this:

Martin was working on a house that he had been building for 20 years, but hadn't been completed yet. 2 young men come by and say "Hey, we really like your house. If we give you the money, will you give us the plans so that we can build a house similar to yours?" Martin agrees, and gives them the plans. As they are building, they change some things because the land they are building their house on is very different from the land that Martin has built his house on. In the end, D&D finish their house much faster than Martin's house, and they aren't exactly the same, but both are great houses that don't affect the other in anyway.

The End.

[I Hate Daenerys]

A better 'parable' would be this:

Martin was working on a house that he had been building for 20 years, but hadn't been completed yet. 2 young men come by and say "Hey, we really like your house. If we give you the money, will you give us the plans so that we can build a house similar to yours?" Martin agrees, and gives them the plans. As they are building, they change some things because the land they are building their house on is very different from the house that Martin has built his house on. In the end, D&D finish their house much faster than Martin's house, and they aren't exactly the same, but both are great houses that don't affect the other in anyway.

The End.

^THIS

[Hiram McDrogon]

^THIS

Yes, but you missed the part when lots of the people look at the weather vane and skylight that D&D have put up on a roof that Martin hasn't got to yet, and shout "RUINED! SPOILED! HOW CAN THEY DO THAT TO US?!"

I absolutely love the analogy by the way.

[sj4iy]

Yes, but you missed the part when lots of the people look at the weather vane and skylight that D&D have put up on a roof that Martin hasn't got to yet, and shout "RUINED! SPOILED! HOW CAN THEY DO THAT TO US?!"

Eeeeexactly.

I absolutely love the analogy by the way.

Thanks :)

[Beric175]

Wonderfully creative analogy there sj4iy :).

[Beric175]

Also, isn't Barristan supposed to fight from the walls and later outside the gates of Meereen at some point? Could that explain his absence from those photos?

[Guard of the Rainking]

Also, isn't Barristan supposed to fight from the walls and later outside the gates of Meereen at some point? Could that explain his absence from those photos?

They don't want him identifying Tyrion. My guess would be that they need to sort out the Astapor conflict, so they send Barristan to deal with it. Barristan might die there or be back at Meereen by episode 10.

[Konradsmith]

Ian McElhinney's shot for s5 in both N.I. and Croatia, so him not being in Osuna (which for all we know is only being used for Daznak's in the Meereen storyline) might only mean that he's absent for a single episode (509, by my guess). For all we know him, Dinklage and Joel Fry have shot a show version of the Hizdahr coup for ep. 510 already in either Split or Belfast.

[The Reader Lisa]

A better 'parable' would be this:

Martin was working on a house that he had been building for 20 years, but hadn't been completed yet. 2 young men come by and say "Hey, we really like your house. If we give you the money, will you give us the plans so that we can build a house similar to yours?" Martin agrees, and gives them the plans. As they are building, they change some things because the land they are building their house on is very different from the land that Martin has built his house on. In the end, D&D finish their house much faster than Martin's house, and they aren't exactly the same, but both are great houses that don't affect the other in anyway.

The End.

Be glad I didn't give you the version where the "boys" persuade the older man to let them take his teenage daughter

to a church picnic...but instead drag her off to Tiajuana, where after a series of unpleasant adventures with the "lads",

she goes missing...having presumably become an involuntary organ donor.

Sometimes I think you people have no sense of humor . Sigh.

[sj4iy]

Be glad I didn't give you the version where the "boys" persuade the older man to let them take his teenage daughter

to a church picnic...but instead drag her off to Tiajuana, where after a series of unpleasant adventures with the "lads",

she goes missing...having presumably become an involuntary organ donor.

Sometimes I think you people have no sense of humor . Sigh.

If it was a joke, an ironic font would have worked better. The show and showrunners get so, SO much sincere vitriol around here that it's impossible to tell who's joking and who isn't.

[EddardsHead]

There is clearly a water bottle next to Dany so they may just be taking a break in the shade

[Mark Antony]

Its 100% what they're doing

[Le Cygne]

No, the doubles are in the same poses. Tyrion front and center again. His downward spiral will last one episode. What does he have to feel bad about? He's never done anything wrong on the show. Killing Shae was self-defense.

[midi]

No, the doubles are in the same poses. Tyrion front and center again. His downward spiral will last one episode. What does he have to feel bad about? He's never done anything wrong on the show. Killing Shae was self-defense.

Well he did kill his father. That wasn't self defence at least not in the usual meaning of the word (he could've just fled without killing him). Also in Westeros kinslaying is the heaviest crime there is, even a total dick like Roose Bolton doesn't want to cross that line.

[Lady Fevre Dream]

Its 100% what they're doing

Seeing Mark Antony makes a girl feel..........great.

While I do think the water bottles in the pics indicate a break, I do have to wonder.........perhaps Mereen has just invented plastics and THAT will be how Dany, I mean Tyrion cause well.......D&D, save the economy of Mereen. Tyrion will save Mereen with the invention of plastics and recycling. :uhoh:

[Mark Antony]

Hahahaha you may be on to something!

[Lady Fevre Dream]

No, the doubles are in the same poses. Tyrion front and center again. His downward spiral will last one episode. What does he have to feel bad about? He's never done anything wrong on the show. Killing Shae was self-defense.

That has to take the cake for the show's obvious whitewashing of Tyrion. The knife wielding, Daddy fucking whore taking away most of the complexity of the killing still seems cringely embarrassing.