Lord Lannister

Distinction noted. Just was poking fun at the silliness of it. Been a couple years since I've been around here regular and yeah, people are still trying to tear down characters that threaten their favorites.

You can't kill the tinfoil theory threads. They rise again, insaner and stupider.

I guess I'm just not seeing why Dany would care one way or the other about the Frey-Stark feud unless one house or the other ends up pledging to her. To her they're just the usuper's dogs fighting amongst themselves.

Which gets irony points given how much of Game of Thrones is based on the War of the Roses.

Holy crap, that was a powerful episode and a lot to get excited over. I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole episode. A weak season over all, but it went out with an epic finale. Perhaps the most epic episode of GoT ever. The whole Wildfire plot was just chilling to watch unfold, and the music captured the moment perfectly.

I think this is going a bit far, though I do feel that Sansa feels threatened by Jon. She made a point a couple of times this season to point out that Jon's not a Stark, seems critical of everything he does, and went to great lengths to conceal that she had an army just waiting for her beck and call. I doubt she wanted Jon dead but I'm not sure she's very sad that the wildlings personally loyal to him took the brunt of the fighting,

It's amusing how many people watch this show every week if they hate it as much as they profess.

Almost wish we had Joffrey back. He would've stormed the Sept on day one. Sure Marg and Loras would likely die, but at least a Tyrell/Lannister war might be more interesting than... whatever we have now.

I'd say this one was the weakest all season so far. There were some good scenes in it, but also some random ones as well. I enjoyed the sequence of the Hound just strolling up and murdering the brigands. It was nice to see him in action again. Though as amusing as Beric and Sandor arguing over who gets to kill who and how was, it just seemed random to make Lem and his hand renegades. It seemed just a clunky plot device to reintroduce Beric and Thoros and to bring the Hound in alignment with them. The Riverlands plot was mixed. I enjoyed Bronn and Pod's little interaction and Jaime and Brienne's reunion was nice. Despite how the previews were trying to make it look like they were going against one another, they both seemed to understand where each other stood in this and were as aligned as they could be in the matter with their conflicting goals. Jaime and Edmure's exchange and threats was easily the highlight of the episode. Though giving the Blackfish an off screen death was... highly unsatisfying. But they did it with Dorne, so who knows? Maybe all the Stonefish speculation is true, but that would just seem bizarre. Either way the Riverland plot seems to be in a nose dive now and it's only a question of what they'll hit at rock bottom. The Mereen scenes were... again mixed. Tyrion and Varys little scene was nice, and the book readers likely have a good idea where the story is going with his departure. Oddly enough I enjoyed the little banter between Tyrion, Grey Worm and Missandrei. His attempts to coax life out of them were almost successful and Grey Worm's "joke" did make me laugh. Until the plot just takes another random turn and oh.. .the slaver fleet is attacking with no warning whatsoever. If only Dany had a brilliant spymaster in her entourage that could've warned them of this.... speaking of her, her return was... disappointing at is was random. Did she really just use Drogon as a bus and let him go? That scene ending on a cliffhanger of Drogon breathing fire at the camera as he swoops end would've been all the hook we needed to keep us wanting more. Cersei's scenes... well the whole "I choose violence" scene just seems to have been trailer bait because it did nothing for the plot. With all the "burn them all" and wildfire flashbacks this season, Qyburn's little "secret" is fairly plain what it's building up to. And what the hell is up with Tommen? A few episodes ago he was crying saying he'd never let his mother get hurt again. Now he drinks the koolaid and is all but condemning her to a kangaroo court? So the one interesting build up to all this, Cleganebowl, was canceled. Fuck the king. Arya... ugh. I did like the actress giving Cersei a Shakespearean spin, though I'm still scratching my head at the whole sequence of events with her relationship with Arya. Arya couldn't go through with killing her and warned her about the young actress so she struck at her first. So did she just randomly take Arya at her word... or did Arya tell her everything? In that case why the heck is she sheltering Arya given how much the Faceless Men are known and feared in Braavos? I dunno. The chase scene was neat, up until the point you remember she just got gutstabbed repeatedly last episode. But hey, she was sewed up and got a night's sleep, so right as rain? The cowering in the dark hole bit would've been neat except for it was rather... predictable. Also... what the heck is up with Arya just storming into the House of Black and White to mouth off to Jaqen? Oh don't get me wrong, it was badass, but.... what was the point of any of it? Her scenes the past two seasons were incredibly repetitive and all for her just to say fuck off when she's accepted in? And Jaqen let her do that? So we have pointless ends to the Blackfish's story, Tyrion's peace negotiations, Cersei's trial by combat and Arya's entire Braavos arc. Meh. This one gets 4/10. Next episode better live up to the hype.

8/10 While I'm thrilled the Hound returned, I felt the whole plot was a bit overdone. Certainly the intent was to make him sympathetic to the Faith and want to kill their enemies, likely to set up Cleganebowl. A few lines of dialogue could've explained how he ended up with them and the surprise reveal of him walking forth to challenge Gregor would've been much more... dare I say hype? Still he never seemed to break character during this whole sequence even if he was down. Lyanna Mormont was awesome. Purely awesome. I hope we see more of her. Daddy Davos still has it as well. I can't help but start thinking there's a bit of a rift between Jon and Sansa however, mainly on her side. She seems to feel threatened by everyone looking to Jon as the leader of the Northern alliance. I also like that most of the houses seem reluctant to commit to an obviously losing side. The letter "mystery" really isn't much of one though. Should've just let us read it, since we all know it's going to Littlefinger. The Theon/Asha scene... eh, didn't care for it. Just there to fill the boob quota and even Asha's making dick "jokes" now. The Arya scene was kinda mixed. Was nice to see her actually doing SOMETHING in booking passage back to Westeros... then apparently forgets all her training(which a man found all those scenes repetitive...) and stands in broad daylight when she knows she's on a hit list. And let's face it... we know she's not going to die... so yay, drama. Margaery... oh she's a master actress in this one. I'm still just not sure which side she's playing on though. I just have this vision of the sparrows waiting for her on the road between King's Landing and Highgarden now. Cersei's situation seems more and more precarious. All she has is Qyburn and the zombie. Jaime and the Blackfish was awesome. Though I was disappointed he didn't threaten to have the Tully bannermen attack first, then the Freys, then if anyone's left the Lannister forces will attack as in the novels. It seemed perfectly logical and would be the perfect rebuttal to the Blackfish's determination to die. Was nice to see Jaime dishing it out to the Freys and some Bronnage. Though he seems unhappy with the Lannisters these days. I'm wondering if he'll jump ship again when a certain old friend comes back to Westeros in the company of a dragon queen. All and all I can't wait for the next one.

Well given the amount of people who hate the show no matter what and will watch it every week to comment how much they hate it, I'm not sure these poll results will be entirely meaningful. An hour of mostly nothing happening, but it sets things up to come. There was some good moments(Jaime and Cersei's grief), some cringe worthy moments(The Sand Snakes) but mostly this was just checking in on all the major characters with what they were doing. So middle of the pack, this episode gets a 5.

A long awaited episode, and it was interesting. The Castle Black sequence was about what I expected, though the opening angle of viewing it from the west as the sun comes up was interesting. While it's nice to see that Davos is governed by his conscience and acts on it now that he's released from his oath to Stannis. What surprised me is his seeming lack of emotion in the aftermath of Shireen's burning and Stannis' fall. Melisandre is clearly devastated and seems to be questioning her faith, but Davos just seems lost in the moment and falls right in with Jon's inner circle to avenge him... just because. Thorne's bluntness is refreshing and there really doesn't seem any ambiguity where this is going. Though if the objective is to assassinate Thorne, I'm not sure why they holed themselves up in a room. They could've just gone along with the new order until they manage to lure Throne out in the middle of the night for example, if the objective is killing him. Ramsay feeding Miranda's corpse to the dogs was just strange, even for him. But I guess the audience needed to be reminded he was the bad guy, just in case we forgot. Roose is a much more interesting villain and it's nice to see that Ramsay is seemingly starting to lose everything he's gained because of his self-indulgent vices. The chase scene with Theon and Sansa was compelling and for a moment, I thought they were going to kill Theon. I don't know why, but Brienne charging in surprised me. It was nice to see that Pod's growing as a character too. Maybe Ramsay should've sent "twenty good men" after them. Though it was a nice scene, I couldn't help thinking that hypothermia should be setting in on Sansa and Theon. But hey, I guess that's a small thing to surviving a fall off a wall in good enough condition to escape in the wilderness. Jaime returning home with Myrcella's body seemed to me to be the best scene of the episode to me. You can almost feel sorry for Cersei and their grief seems the most real thing of the episode. Certainly Cersei and maybe even Jaime are about to go over the edge. The scene with Margaery seemed kind of random beyond reminding us that hey she's there. It seems to me the High Septon was trying to lead her towards admitting she lied to save her brother. Which doesn't really seem a big deal to me, if he let Cersei go for confessing. The Dorne scene now... well it surprised me. But I suppose someone pulling out a gun and pointing at me would also. If they were going to kill Doran so randomly, what was the point of any of the arc last season? But maybe planning isn't the strong suit, for I could've sworn all four Sand Snakes were on the dock as the ship sailed, so how two of them got down to King's Landing is beyond me. Keeping Trystane alive would've been interesting too. An exile prince backed by the Iron Throne against his treacherous family... but instead... the Sand Snakes manage a coup killing only three people. But with this level of support they still managed to have a hard time killing Myrcella last season. Meh. An obligatory Tyrion scene, not much there beyond a bit of character interaction between him and Varys. Though I suppose pointing out that the Red Priests are taken by Dany and the Harpies are a going concern for the Imp was necessary. Another obligatory chase scene with Jorah and Daario. An interesting pair, some interesting interaction but no real surprises. Last season ended on a dramatic cliffhanger for Dany, being captured by the Dothraki but it takes all of two minutes for her not to be in any danger even if she can't leave on her own free will. All the talk of raping and killing her just for her to go "I'm Khal Drogo's widow" "Oh well we can't hurt you" is kind of disappointing. Though Dany has character shields out the wazoo so nothing bad can happen to her. I guess it's only a question of will her loyal followers save her or will her dragon? I do enjoy the Dothraki background music though, so hey the scene had that going for it. Arya's apparently been exiled from the House of Black and White. Though it's a question of if the waif is training her or just tormenting her. It would be ironic if she were similarly punished for acting on her own behalf. The oddest thing about the scene seemed to be that no one in the background even blinked an eye at the blind girl getting beaten. The scene with Ser Alliser and Davos negotiating was odd. Alliser never seemed to be a liar whatever else he was. Furthermore why would he lie about getting into a locked room? With all the losses the Night's Watch has taken you'd think he'd be genuine in offering his amnesty. It still brings up the question of why is Davos bothering with this mess when he has no stake in the Watch. Beyond being an all around "good guy" that is. Melisandre being glamoured is an old theory and nice to see that one confirmed. Though it makes me wonder if the new red woman we saw in the previews might be Melisandre if she can change her appearance at will. It does seem a bit late to introduce a new major player into the game. All and all, not much really happened in this episode, but it set the stage for what's to come, I hope.

I ran into an odd issue while trying to add someone to my ignore list(who I won't name as not to stir anything up). Apparently there are two user accounts with the same name oddly enough, and every time I try adding them to my ignore list it adds the other similarly named account. I can tell the difference between the two as they have differing avatars. I've tried both hovering my icon over the user's name to add ignore and manually typing it into the menu. Despite actually clicking on the avatar of the user I want to ignore it still adds the other to my list instead. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you.

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A couple threads similar to this one got started a few days back. Now that the board is functional again and I can find things once more, figured I'd bump this one since it's the most complete list I've seen.

Just curious, about how much longer do we estimate performance mode being enabled now that season 5 is over?

"Look I don't have any balls, I'm one of you." "Ah, ok!"

I figured she took the ring off so the Dothraki won't know their former khalessi was promised to another.

Okay... just watched this one. What. The. Fuck? I mean I'm one to give episodes the benefit of the doubt, but this season is like putting a gun to the viewer's head to shock them. Sure it accomplishes the point, but it's not exactly enjoyable. I did enjoy the opening with Stannis, where he just realized he gave away his basic humanity. If I was one of his men, I'd desert too. Even Selysse hanging herself is just... understandable. Melisandre bailing out could've been handled better too. Just running off felt rather forced.The battle itself was just... I dunno for the last year I've been waiting for the result of this WInter Battle and I feel it was just... anti-climatic in the extreme. Brienne literally walks away from Sansa to take revenge on Stannis. Though I do wonder if he's dead with that awkward cut away and the "do your duty" line. Sansa and Theon surviving that fall seems rather certain too even if they left it hanging. Unless they really did make a mutual suicide pact.. and who could blame them? Jorah sudden is reminding me of book level stubbornness in this show, blaming Tyrion for his second exile when he saved his freaking life. Dany was going to kill him, but he conveniently forgot that. Still it was nice to see Varys return. I guess this means poor Kevan gets to live. Guess he was a minor player in the show anyways that killing him off wouldn't be that dramatic. Drogon winning the "arguement" with Dany was amusing. Beyond that, seems like Dany's reunited with the Dothraki. Not effective as a cliffhanger goes, I'd honestly have just left it a mystery and give that screen time to Daario and Jorah riding off to find her. A bit of character development instead of just... hey I'm lost with my dragon that won't fly. Now we get to the scene that just made me mad. A touchingly beautiful scene were Jaime and Myrcella embrace each other as father and daughter for the first time... nope, the Sand Snakes poisoned her because... reasons. Right? The one nice moment of the episode and even that one gets ruined. Arya, Arya, Arya... we pretty much knew this scene was coming and it was rather brutal. Reminsicent of the book Tickler death I though. The Jaqen suicide fake out kept my interest though beyond the rather predictable blinding. And Cersei... well, I can't blame Lena Headley for wanting to keep some of her hair at all. She took that rather brutal scene like a trooper and you almost felt sorry for Cersei. But then you know the second she gets back to the Keep she's all "I'm gonna make those mf'ers pay." And there's Gregorstein to do it. Not sure I like the gold armor. It would've been more surreal if they just put him in regular Kingsguard attire. The grey skin was a bit weird too. And the Wall, well we had to get Sam out of there and that was a rather hamfisted way to do it. Sam's "if I stay here I'll die" argument seems like it should've been followed up with "and so will you." Also am I the only one hoping Davos would've slapped Melisandre in that scene? First Shireen and then abandoning Stannis, I think Davos could be forgive a bit of non-chivalrous behavior. The Benjen fake out was interesting and it almost made you forget what was coming for a moment. I dunno, I don't like that Alisser led the "for the Watch" bit. Sure the man's a dick, but not quite to that degree. Having every member of the watch take part in the stabbing was just... ugh. They should've just titled this episode "All men must die." :closedeyes:

Thanks for taking the time to answer. The only alternative I could think of if that's the case is having the ASoIaF general board new threads requiring mod approval like the GoT general board. And even as I say that, I realize that would likely be a massive burn on the under appreciated staff here, so perhaps that's not an ideal solution either.

Just a random question, is there any way that topics created by users on our ignore lists could not be displayed? Let's just say that a certain number of users create multiple, what I'll be kind and call frivolous topics quite constantly that clutter the boards. Especially on the general boards, which let's face it, are cluttered enough as is. Or failing this could there be some sort of limits set on thread creation? Honestly is there a legit reason to need to create several threads a day?

Maybe her and Gendry will run into each other.