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[dark sister]

I don't have much time here, so I'll just get right to the point: what are the most ridiculous scenes/moments in ASOIAF? I'll add my own opinions a little later....God willing.

ETA: Embarrassing moments count, too.

Edited by dark sister, 22 January 2012 - 06:44 PM.

[Phat Walda]

Embarrassing in an AWESOME way? The reveal with Asha and Theon. I laughed for like, 10 minutes. Every time I piped down I would picture it again and start cracking up.

[David Selig]

Jon Snow getting a Valyrian steel sword just like that, while Tywin the richest guy in the realm was unable to get one for years. Completely ridiculous.

[mediocre cheese]

Sam getting laid.

Edit:

Also Aegon knocking over a chess board because he got mad that he lost. That what you miss out on when you don't play board games. Shutting your wifi off and telling your opponent that Verizon fucked up again doesn't give you quite the same feeling as knocking over the peices and making the dwarf pick it up.

Edited by mediocre cheese, 22 January 2012 - 07:32 PM.

[The King in the South]

"500 silvers"
"And one"

[Bastard Walder]

David Selig, on 22 January 2012 - 07:23 PM, said:

Jon Snow getting a Valyrian steel sword just like that, while Tywin the richest guy in the realm was unable to get one for years. Completely ridiculous.

He killed a zombie.

[David Selig]

Bastard Walder, on 22 January 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

He killed a zombie.

So? That's his job - to protect the Lord Commander. If those swords were given away for defending your lord, they would've switched hands all the time , and that's clearly not the case.

[Val the Wildling Princess]

Tywin Lannister's death, so not classy Also, Daenerys wardrobe must look pretty ridiculous according to the descriptions GRRM gives, and I'm not even gonna start with Daario and his odd and colorful style

[ManyFacedOne]

mediocre cheese, on 22 January 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Sam getting laid.

What's so ridiculous about that?

David Selig, on 22 January 2012 - 07:44 PM, said:

So? That's his job - to protect the Lord Commander. If those swords were given away for defending your lord, they would've switched hands all the time , and that's clearly not the case.

He defended him from a supernatural zombie on a killing spree. He surely would've perished without Jon's help and who knows how many more besides him. I'd say he earned it.

[master]

two dwarfs in wooden armour, riding on pigs and dogs.

the enire yunkai army.

[The King in the South]

ManyFacedOne, on 22 January 2012 - 08:02 PM, said:

What's so ridiculous about that?




He defended him from a supernatural zombie on a killing spree. He surely would've perished without Jon's help and who knows how many more besides him. I'd say he earned it.

I think the point is it's very very cliche-ish. The Lord Commander just happens to have Valyrian Sword that he can just hand out like that? hmm

[ManyFacedOne]

The King in the South, on 22 January 2012 - 08:06 PM, said:

The Lord Commander just happens to have Valyrian Sword that he can just hand out like that? hmm

Why not? Many houses, big and small, are known to have ancestral blades.

[CC-Kingmaker]

Tyrion laughing after the red viper gets his head smashed by the mountain

[King Rickon and his Dawg]

The King in the South, on 22 January 2012 - 08:06 PM, said:

I think the point is it's very very cliche-ish. The Lord Commander just happens to have Valyrian Sword that he can just hand out like that? hmm

Uhh most major and even minor houses have Valyrian steel swords. Would it have been cliche-ish if Robb got Ice? Tywin couldn't get one because his family's sword was lost in Valyria. Gods, even House Corbray has a Valyrian steel sword. The Old Bear made it quite clear that, since Jorah was in exile, he had no male heir to inherit Lonclaw so he gave it to Jon for killing a freakin ice zombie. Not unreasonable at all.

[David C. Simmons]

Anything involving little Walder and big Walder. Also I find patchface insufferable. Every scene with him is ridiculous to me

[The King in the South]

Err you guys are kidding right?

There are about 15 or so Valyrian Swords mentioned throughout the entirety of the series. That means like 5-10% of the Houses have one, not most.

And yes, it is a bit unreasonable, considering there was another ice zombie and I don't recall any of those guys that killed it getting Valyrian swords. And Longclaw just happens to be a perfect fit for Jon.

Jon is just the biggest cliche story in the series, face it. I mean theres nothing wrong with it, but it is a bit ridiculous when you look at it in terms of likelihood.

Edited by The King in the South, 22 January 2012 - 08:28 PM.

[David Selig]

Every House which has a Valyrian sword sees it as a big treasure and doesn't want to lose it under any circumstances - even the big sums Tywin offered couldn't convince anyone to sell such a sword. Jorah Mormont, a guy absolutely desperate for money, already disgraced and a fugitive, still left the sword to his House instead of selling it - that's how important keeping it in the family was for him and for everyone in Westeros from what've seen. Everyone, that is, except from Jeor, who gifts to a guy he barely knows.

Why did Maege send the sword to Jeor anyway? She or one of her daughters could've used it (though IIRC they preferred other weapons), or it could've been kept for the future Mormont generations. Jeor had left behind his House and the sword when he joined the NW.

The whole thing is a huge plot contrivance to get our hero his special sword against all logic.

Edited by David Selig, 22 January 2012 - 08:35 PM.

[corbon]

The King in the South, on 22 January 2012 - 08:25 PM, said:

Err you guys are kidding right? There are about 15 or so Valyrian Swords mentioned throughout the entirety of the series.

Actually there are about 200 Valyrian blades in Westeros (and presumably many more around the world).
But it isn't fair to say that most houses have one.

[The King in the South]

corbon, on 22 January 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

Actually there are about 200 Valyrian blades in Westeros (and presumably many more around the world).
But it isn't fair to say that most houses have one.

Gonna need a source on this one because I'm pretty sure the quote you're referring to is in regards to the world.
Personally I can only think of a dozen or so
Ice-Stark
Longclaw-Mormont
Lady Forlorn-Corbray
Nightfall-Drumm?
Red Rain-Harlaw
Blackfyre-Targaryen
The other Targaryen one whose name I am forgetting
2-3 that Tywin tried to buy, presumably in the hands of Westerland/Riverland Nobles
Hearstbane-Tarly

I think their might be 200 daggers, but swords sounds unlikely

[Chelly]

mediocre cheese, on 22 January 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Also Aegon knocking over a chess board because he got mad that he lost. That what you miss out on when you don't play board games. Shutting your wifi off and telling your opponent that Verizon fucked up again doesn't give you quite the same feeling as knocking over the peices and making the dwarf pick it up.

Seriously, that was soo stupid on Aegon's part. It made him look like some fussy little diva, not the son of Rhaegar,who will restore the glory and power to House Targaryan. It was so RUDE, too.

As for another ridiculous moment, can I say Ned revealing to Cersei the ONLY piece of leverage he has over her and then giving her a freaking DEADLINE to plot her counterattack to back down and retreat peacefully. HAH!