Arbor Gold I'm Sold Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Well it still worked somewhat for Thorne since John Snow lost half his guys that were on the raid. Five less votes for Snow as far as Thorne is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbor Gold I'm Sold Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 But yea your right. I can't wait to see their reactions when John returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 In the absence of a nitpick thread: Tywin's oh-so-dramatic talk about the Iron Bank wasn't great. It'd be better if they just lifted this passage from Jon's chapter. Each of the Nine Free Cities had its bank, and some had more than one, fighting over every coin like dogs over a bone, but the Iron Bank was richer and more powerful than all the rest combined. When princes defaulted on their debts to lesser banks, ruined bankers sold their wives and children into slavery and opened their own veins. When princes failed to repay the Iron Bank, new princes sprang up from nowhere and took their thrones. Or some variation of it.Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boar of Gore Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Couldn't find the nitpick thread, but it just struck me that Oberyn doesn't have an escort of soldiers. He's a Prince of Dorne, so he should have a retinue including armed retainers. Details like that show that the writers don't really get how power works in this world. It was like in Season 3 when the sellsword captains were allowed to get up close to Daenerys and disrespect her, which would never happen to someone in her position. It's a shame because this is something they did so well in Season 1, with the Starks and Lannisters. The Lannister guardsmen have a great look, and the Starks do too. So where are the Dornish guardsmen? Come to think of it, do the Tyrells have guardsmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Couldn't find the nitpick thread, but it just struck me that Oberyn doesn't have an escort of soldiers. He's a Prince of Dorne, so he should have a retinue including armed retainers. Details like that show that the writers don't really get how power works in this world. It was like in Season 3 when the sellsword captains were allowed to get up close to Daenerys and disrespect her, which would never happen to someone in her position. It's a shame because this is something they did so well in Season 1, with the Starks and Lannisters. The Lannister guardsmen have a great look, and the Starks do too. So where are the Dornish guardsmen? Come to think of it, do the Tyrells have guardsmen?Didnt Bronn Tyrion and Pod meet some Dornishmen in E01, but Oberyn was already in the city?And iirc the Sellsword captains got.close to Dany in the book too, because she invited them there to talk to (which is when Mero basically calls her a whore and says he "had her" in a whorehouse in Lys) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reserectedjonsnow Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Couldn't find the nitpick thread, but it just struck me that Oberyn doesn't have an escort of soldiers. He's a Prince of Dorne, so he should have a retinue including armed retainers. Details like that show that the writers don't really get how power works in this world. It was like in Season 3 when the sellsword captains were allowed to get up close to Daenerys and disrespect her, which would never happen to someone in her position. It's a shame because this is something they did so well in Season 1, with the Starks and Lannisters. The Lannister guardsmen have a great look, and the Starks do too. So where are the Dornish guardsmen? Come to think of it, do the Tyrells have guardsmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reserectedjonsnow Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 No, "left" and "right" are noticably absent from all of the q.o.t. sceans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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