PhoenixFlame

Heh, my Unsullied father called me up after. He's only done that for the Hannibal season 2 finale and the Red Wedding.

Was his extra Mr. Owl?

If War Horse got Oscar noms, this scene can get some epic kudos.

Yarp! I suspect it will involve Ser Gregor finding out Ser Pounce stole away in his backpack after he heard Margaery say she liked corgis.

I was bored senseless by Jon until ADWD. Subsequent rereads I like him more because I can see the buildup better, but he's a character I've found more entertaining in forbidden and notably fecking immoral castaway...stuff. I sure hope so! If it's a toss-up between Foucault introspection and Angela Carter joie de vivre, I'll go with the latter every time! It's going to be a million kinds of epic when Gregor comes across Ramsay in a snowy evil place, the Bastard having cornered Jeyne, and yanks him off with a velvety baritone "Why is it I'm always rescuing Starks?" Of course he understood the true deception, but in a zenith of lemming-incomprehensible moral complexity he saw the need to keep Jeyne's secret safe.

He's basically Zaeed from Mass Effect 2.

Those Final Cut fucks! They royally massacred the part where Ser Gregor sits Tormund down for a serious discussion about safe sex and responsibility. Moon Tea isn't cheap!

Fool, he's sleeping. That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with strange aeons even death may die. Balon takes his naps very seriously.

I was really digging Alliser this episode. It was a nice callback to his "do you fucking know what it's like to get stuck North of the wall and do some Hannibal shit just to survive?" speech in season 1. A good leader out in the field, not a good ruler. Then Slynt's flaccid "meep!" had me rolling. No giants, NOPE. We got a Mountain and he's just a shade shorter! But yeah, Alliser marching down like a boss because shit was about to get real was A+ in my book.

But no one could've predicted Samwell's rise to manhood (with nary a pink mast!!!!!) :lmao: The popular Jaime GIF "I immediately regret this decision" would take on a whole new tenor.

I definitely see it. I'd love a scene where they poke fun at it while simultaneously honoring it. That was the most badass scythe since Buffy and Grim Fandango. They couldn't have installed a couple more though? :idea: I guess it was decided the same time the Night's Watch dropped collision insurance to save some money. If anyone in the ASOIAF universe gets this moneyshot, I'll die happy.

I dug Jon's Assassin's Creed roll off the platform.

Jon Snow is that Jack-of-all-Stats type character. Good at everything, God of Pwnage of none. Tormund's hissy fit makes me squee for when Jon gets knifed and the Wildlings at the Wall find out what happened. Tormund's gonna summon his bear mistress from the woods and the Brutaii of the Night's Watch will know fear! :cheers: Inspiration is found everywhere! Kiba gives me total Ghost feels.

The helpful artists of Japan storyboarded a proof-of-concept for when the direwolves reunite to take down Drogon. :laugh:

The moment I loved (for a mix of humor and cringing) was Jon's face getting smashed into an anvil. Shit man! Then he regained...usurped...stole...backhanded his street cred by spitting blood in Styr's face. Though I was a bit perplexed as to how he didn't have two split lips and a tooth or two skittering off Styr's rock-hard facial scarring. If the dragon preteens are chained up next season, can they please splurge on direwolf SFX? Ghost running into the fray was awesome but I wanted MOAR carnage. Give me something like the Princess Mononoke scene with the wolves tearing stuff up.

Mammoths just can't catch an effin' break.

:cheers: Ghost is faster than any raven. Hrm, I assumed Jon's "peace talk"/suicide mission would end with Mance telling him to fuck off. But oh ho ho Mance might not kill him where he stands but his 90,000+ warriors/fishwives/ninjas/mammoths/huskies will. Jon realizes he's fucked, until a certain unit of barded destriers smashes through the forest. Fancy import destriers who don't stop for no fucking roots or potholes.

I was confused...more because of the bottle of wine percolating in my veins, but still confused we faded to afterlife white. But I don't care as long as Stannis makes an epic arrival next ep. Chronologically it wasn't until Jon was getting his suicide missioning on anyway. Pwnage of the hour: - Tormund going rabid...and Jon putting him down. Just a tranq, whew! - Samwell "Open the Fucking Gate" Tarly. Heartsbane has levitated from its sheathe and is flying across hill and heather! - Ghost being needed...only Sam understands his badassery. - Grenn, the legend of fooking Castle Black ally. - Samwell "I'm not dying until I've kissed mah woman" Tarly. - Grenn, the legend of getting the teacher to leave the classroom so everyone could sit on desks and hang out...while Slynt hid in the lady's room. - Olly...um...Satin? Please don't be Satin's stand-in because I want adorable Jon/Stain UST...but I dunno there's still Stannis coming so I might be slaked. - Samwell "You May Be Fucking Ten But Step the Fuck Up" Tarly. - Jon vs. Qhorin Halfhand was the battle Westeros deserved, but not the one it needed...because it knew Jon vs. Styr was coming, and it was packing ANVILS AND HAMMERS.

Sweet darling, I crooned from your first sentence. Shit got real. Really really SKYRIM real! Mammoths and giants? Fuck this milkdrinker blockade. They've taken on dragons and dovakiin, no fucking way are some namby-pamby emotionally-scarred teenagers getting the better of them.... Oh SNAP they got Fus Ro Dah'd!

I find filming limitations interesting but it's the final product that's critiqued. Agreed, I was more viscerally "EEK!" when S1 Gregor went bonzai on Loras. I understand it's a different actor, just commenting I don't find him as threatening as the S1 tourney scene. That dude was definitely an avalanche more than a glacier, which (mayhaps a bit more in retrospect) made the Hound more of a badass for going toe-to-toe. Patience my sweet. It's so horridly awesome I'm pretty sure it'll be in S5 :laugh: Arya's laughter made me grin. I felt a ton of empathy. That's totally the kind of thrice-fucked situation I'd either laugh or cry at, and Arya doesn't cry (when it's not Gendry).

I'm pretty chillaxed when applying a rule of cool stamp on stuff, but I do have some film experience so maybe my two cents is worth...three cents? Adjusted for inflation. I think, in terms of the Mountain being an intimidating opponent, they could've choreographed/directed him a bit more savage. He was kind of a glacier. Implacable, sure, but not particularly offensive until Oberyn sashayed too close. I need to voyeur on the Unsullied boards to see what they thought of it. My only quibble was that the Mountain could've come across as more savage force of nature. I've seen comparisons to Rob Roy floating around, but that doesn't really fly for me, as part of the amazingness of the Rob Roy scene was realizing the bad guy wasn't just a sadistic fop but a nimble little death-monkey in a duel . "Oh SHIT...oh COOL...OH NO!!!" basically.

Yup, it was a bit tweaked. Book!Oberyn jumps on his chest, only for the Mountain to reach up and drag him down. He definitely shattered his teeth though. I luuuurved (in a sick way) Oberyn's teeth skittering over the ring. This ain't no tragically romantic death. Dude we are in kindred agreement. Ramsay's Bolton-morph moved me because he looks so close to choked up. This ain't a dude who bows out of habit, but he's kneeling for Roose. As he should, obviously, but it was like his childhood dream coming true. To a total nutcase, but whatevs. Plus Roose is like a suaver Scar aping Mufasa. Oh, Lannister reaction GIFs!

Thank you! I KNEW there was a film that scene was reminding me of and you named it. I also liked Tyrion's lower-self comment that scoffing at handicapped people made him feel normal. Ah, I forgot Arya. I loved her reaction. It was both weird and proof she's not a total coldhearted child soldier, despite her casual "ehee, killing evil fuckers is fun!" I like the gradual slowing of Sandor. It makes sense he'd ignore a "little" wound that gets infected. I also adored the look of "WTF OMG FML!!!!LGDKGSDF!!!" in his eyes at the end.

Ellaria! Oh my gosh I love Indira in this! Her "you go babe, take your vengeance!" face near the end, vs. her screaming horror at the end, really hit me in the feels. Dany...eh, not really wild about Clark's acting. I liked Jorah's shaking anguish, but I always get a stagey feel from Dany. It works onstage, and can work on onscreen if all the actors are doing it (take Titus, for instance) but it sticks out here.

I took is as LF surmised--better the devil you know. Lords and ladies have brutalized her; she had no reason to think these would rush to her defense if she threw LF under the bus.