The Taxman

Aside from the assassination of one Stannis Baratheon, Drogon looked awfully small.

Looked like Wun Wun could have taken that dragon 1-on-1 and come out unscathed.

Anyone else here think that Roose is totally going to use Ramsay as a pawn and basically let him get killed by Stannis?

Also, the Grey Worm/Missandei scene was absolute garbage. Why on Earth are they pushing this storyline?

Missandei is The Sons of the Harpy.

They really messed up Dorne this season. Should have included Arianne and Darkstar... and the Golden Company.

No Illyrio Mopatis, the Cheesemonger? Lame.

I feel like the events at the Wall are somewhat rushed... but then again they really want to show Jon Snow's reenactment of Julius Caesar.

Loras going to Dragonstone and sustaining major battle wounds in critical condition was the only time I paid attention or respected him in the books... and yet D&D couldn't even give him that.

And damn Dany... show a little bit more skin yeah? You're supposed to be showing half of your breasts every episode anyways.

Stannis will be there next week. That I assure you.

Well no shit.

Leaked from Ep 10.

• Jon and Mance reach a truce

Acknowledge that they must fight together to defeat the White Walkers

Suddenly trumpets are heard

Mance looks outside

fire everywhere, knights are charging towards the wildlings

Baratheon men cutting down every man, woman and child

Mance valiantly fights, but is captured and burnt alive on the spot

Stannis arrives

Orders his men to rape every wildling women

A couple of his men protest

Stannis has them gelded for insubordination

Offers Jon a Lordship and orders him to burn all Weirwoods

Jon refuses

Stannis then burns Jon alive on the orders of Melisandre

STANNIS! STANNIS! STANNIS!

Written by David Benioff and Daniel Brett Weiss

Fucking brilliant.

It was actually a very emotional scene in the books:

"He found Ygritte sprawled across a patch of old snow beneath the Lord Commander’s Tower, with an arrow between her breasts. The ice crystals had settled over her face, and in the moonlight it looked as though she wore a glittering silver mask.

The arrow was black, Jon saw, but it was fletched with white duck feathers . Not mine, he told himself, not one of mine. But he felt as if it were. When he knelt in the snow beside her, her eyes opened. “Jon Snow,” she said, very softly . It sounded as though the arrow had found a lung. “Is this a proper castle now? Not just a tower?”

“It is.” Jon took her hand. “Good,” she whispered. “I wanted t’ see one proper castle, before … before I …” “You’ll see a hundred castles,” he promised her. “The battle’s done . Maester Aemon will see to you.” He touched her hair. “You’re kissed by fire, remember? Lucky. It will take more than an arrow to kill you. Aemon will draw it out and patch you up, and we’ll get you some milk of the poppy for the pain.”

She just smiled at that. “D’you remember that cave? We should have stayed in that cave. I told you so.” “We’ll go back to the cave,” he said. “You’re not going to die, Ygritte. You’re not.” “Oh.” Ygritte cupped his cheek with her hand. “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” she sighed, dying."

Not really feeling it.

I predicted this would happen. That they will have Jon volunteer for the suicide mission. It gives him agency, and makes it more heroic for him to basically give his life to save Sam and the rest of the Watch.

I'm pretty sure in the books they made his ass go be a the negotiator or die in attempt at Mance's camp in the books lmao... poor bastard.

You're kidding right? He was in the middle of a fookin' battle! what did you want him to do cry, go and kill the kid? Thats not Jon.

I loved that scene, i thought it was done appropriately

He had no emotions in the book in regards to Ygritte's death.

No emotion during Ygritte's death.

Kit just stood there and did nothing other than "welp shit happens I guess!.

I felt the same way with Lena during Joffrey's death, it was just so bad as if Cersei didn't care. ... "I have still 2 children left! It's not a big deal."

He showed more emotion in that 1 scene than he did for the entire duration of the books. Jon Snow in the books really didn't give a fuck about Ygirtte's death. He wasn't even sure if it was him or somebody else that shot her down. He was too enthralled into the battle itself.

When he saw Ygritte's dead body, he was just "welp, there goes another dead wilding".

Here's a good illustration of her death in the books imo:

http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32600000/asoiaf-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-32690632-636-1000.jpg

That is a more accurate representation of what went down.

They had an extra 7 minutes to add in Stannis this episode... fuckkkkkk

Who gives a fuck about Jon Snow we all watched this episode for Stannis.

Where the mother fucking fuck is Stannis Baratheon?

D&D, if you're still reading this, don't forget to cast Darkstar.

OMG please by the old gods and the new, the seven, the lord of light, the drowned god, and the red god please D&D with all of the dumb changes you have made to this adaptation please let Oberyn live... I don't give a fuck if you and GRRM have to change the rest of the storyline to accommodate this change...

Margaery was sweet eye candy during the trial. Probably the most attractive person there, aside from Oberyn.

Reread the epilogue from ADWD. His time will come, my friend.

His time will come in the finale of next season.

I pray that there is no Quentyn, it will be a blessing, LOL.

I don't really care about Vic, but my guess is that the Greyjoys are going to be more important in subsequent books so they will have to at least have one of them.

Screw Quentyn. Dude is useless and makes Dorne looked weak as hell. However, they better cast Darkstar for next season!

And he better look good. I hope they don't cast no angry ugly old dude. Darkstar is younger than Oberyn.

Stannis never claims to be King in the North...He's just the King. He tries to offer Jon Winterfell and the Lordship, but Jon is hesistant because the seat isn't his to take and he would have to burn down the Godswood, not to mention he'd be abandoning his NW duties. In the show Stannnis will offer it, Jon will want it but ultimately not take it for the same reasons and then get voted to LC anyways. I'm not sure how this fucked up anything. It makes the decision possibly slightly easier for Jon, but he will still be tempted and ultimately decline for the right reasons.

What do you think the battle of Ice is for? Stannis is trying to reunite the North under his rule... duh?

They pretty much fucked up Jon/Stannis storyline.

Stannis can never make the claim as KitN, likewise with Jon.

Where's the character development now? Jon knows Bran is alive. They should have introduced Coldhands last season... as a semi-human looking mofo.

It's obvious there will be a reunion... R+L= J people...

The Reeds kids are there!! Surely they must know something... c'mon D&D grow some balls and drop this bomb now please.

Side note: If Olenna put the poison in after she took it off of Sansa, wouldn't it have been wasted when he poured the wine on Tyrion's head?

So when the fuck did she pass it to Margaery? She was at another table. No way she got up off her ass and planted it in the drink when Joffrey was slicing the bird cake.

You really can't fault the show directors for this portion of the books. This was just bad writing in the books from GRRM. Again, even when LF was explaining to Sansa what went down I was still mighty confused. Imagine the unsullied.

That's were Marg places it, yet when Tyrion picks it up , from the camera angle it seems closer to Olenna than where it was put down.

That might be a continuity error.

Or maybe in the pigeon hooha it got moved.

I notice oddly that before Sansa hands the cup to Tyrion her left hand passes over the top of the cup.

Then Marg handles the cup and we really can't see where her hands are all the time.

(Now I don't think Sansa dropped the crystal in the cup, but it's odd.)

Just saying.

But how the hell did Olenna give the poison to Marg in the first place? That "plink" sound is would be from Joffrey's chalice. And how would Joffrey not see it? The drop off from Olenna to Marg I mean.