Lady Dayne Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Am I the only one who thought it was rather funny when the commander of the Golden Company trotted out to the front of his troops all cocky and smirking only to be obliterated moments later? It seemed to me like an intentional bit of humor in an otherwise tragic episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azor_ahaiii Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Yeah. Cersei noping the fuck out of the Clegane fight was funny too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martianmister Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Poor young Griff, died before showing his true colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hold_the_door Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Qyburn death made me laugh too. Actually the whole thing was a joke. So are we to believe the Hound is some sort of super soldier to wipe out the entire queens guard (bar his undead brother) in a few shakes of his sword. The Queens guard are supposed to be the best swordsman in the kingdom & yes he was maybe better than them but one second to dispatch 2 or 3 of them in full armour? Laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud RR Martin Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Hold_the_door said: Qyburn death made me laugh too. Actually the whole thing was a joke. So are we to believe the Hound is some sort of super soldier to wipe out the entire queens guard (bar his undead brother) in a few shakes of his sword. The Queens guard are supposed to be the best swordsman in the kingdom & yes he was maybe better than them but one second to dispatch 2 or 3 of them in full armour? Laughable. Much like the show, the quality of the King's guard has gone down hill in book and show. I buy the Hound easily killing the red shirts. We're not talking about Selmy or Jamie with two hands here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlong the Fat Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 49 minutes ago, martianmister said: Poor young Griff, died before showing his true colours. Actually, that fAegon. He just hadn't washed out his hair dye yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hold_the_door Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bud RR Martin said: Much like the show, the quality of the King's guard has gone down hill in book and show. I buy the Hound easily killing the red shirts. We're not talking about Selmy or Jamie with two hands here. The hound was beaten by Brienne & Brienne lost whilst sparring with Arya ... so logically if the Hound can instantly dispatch 2 or 3 Queens guard (or was it more) then maybe they didn’t need an Army to beat the Lannisters, Arya could have killed them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerevanin Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 hour ago, martianmister said: Poor young Griff, died before showing his true colours. 22 minutes ago, Hold_the_door said: Qyburn death made me laugh too. I didn't really laugh but my reaction was "So he's dead? OK. That was fast." I didn't care at all about his death. Or about anyone's death in the episode. Yeah, Jaime and Cersei made me more angry than sad (8 freaking seasons just to be killed by collapsing walls? FU!) but Varys' death was the only one that was at least a bit touching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajjo Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 19 hours ago, Lady Dayne said: Am I the only one who thought it was rather funny when the commander of the Golden Company trotted out to the front of his troops all cocky and smirking only to be obliterated moments later? It seemed to me like an intentional bit of humor in an otherwise tragic episode. Yeah, a bit of humour was included and the fear-stricken Harry Strickland trying to run away. What is more important, though, is the comparison with the very similar scene of Jon Snow opposing the incoming Ramsay army in the Battle of the Bastards. Jon stood his ground, ready to strike, brave, valiant. Harry tried to flee. This difference of very similar scenes was a nice flashback to the old season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoboe Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Funniest part was the red soldier in charge of one of the scorpions yelling out "FIRE" just as he was fried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darmody Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 18 hours ago, Hold_the_door said: Qyburn death made me laugh too. Actually the whole thing was a joke. So are we to believe the Hound is some sort of super soldier to wipe out the entire queens guard (bar his undead brother) in a few shakes of his sword. The Queens guard are supposed to be the best swordsman in the kingdom & yes he was maybe better than them but one second to dispatch 2 or 3 of them in full armour? Laughable. The Hound was Kingsguard under Joffrey, don't forget. Or at least that's what Tyrion called him at the Blackwater. He is hyped as one of the strongest fighters on the continent. We've seen him literally cut men in two with a single swing. The only thing I can't explain is how he lost to Brienne. I have to assume she's magical. It would be one thing if Cersei's Queensguard had a Sword of the Morning or Barristan Selmy. But the only named characters were Jaime of the Wrong Hand and Zombie Mountain. I guess we're supposed to assume all the good ones were crushed by rubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darmody Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 17 hours ago, Nerevanin said: I didn't really laugh but my reaction was "So he's dead? OK. That was fast." I didn't care at all about his death. Or about anyone's death in the episode. Yeah, Jaime and Cersei made me more angry than sad (8 freaking seasons just to be killed by collapsing walls? FU!) but Varys' death was the only one that was at least a bit touching. It occurred to me that Bronn at one point asked Jaime how he'd like to die, and Jaime said in the arms of his lover. So there that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darmody Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I laughed at Qyburn. That's the way I wanted Little Lady Mormont to die, too, but they ruined it by having her survive the initial zombie giant attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuzu Bolin Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 17 hours ago, Nerevanin said: Yeah, Jaime and Cersei made me more angry than sad (8 freaking seasons just to be killed by collapsing walls? FU!) That's like being an Elvis fan and being mad that he died on the shitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajjo Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 12 minutes ago, darmody said: and Jaime said in the arms of his lover. So there that. Yes, that was surely intended. Well done. I like most of the farewell and death scenes of S8 very much. They are well done and thought-through. People moan so much, but there are really nice scenes in here. Daenerys/Jorah, Sandor/Arya, Sandaor/Clegane, Jamie/Daenerys, Harry Strickland running away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runaway Penguin Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 18 hours ago, Hold_the_door said: The hound was beaten by Brienne & Brienne lost whilst sparring with Arya ... so logically if the Hound can instantly dispatch 2 or 3 Queens guard (or was it more) then maybe they didn’t need an Army to beat the Lannisters, Arya could have killed them all! Brienne also beat Loras, considered the finest knight in the realm. In contrast, who was in the Kingsguard? Boros Blount. Kettleblack. Meryn Trant. Hardly the peaks of competence... And both the books and the series often play with unfounded reputation and past glory. I mean Robert used to be a jousting champion and warrior, yet by start of the story he would be more threat to himself than to anyone else. Heck, boith barristan and Jamie bemoaned the state of Kingsguard and when Barristan ragequit, he made a specific point that even at his age he would go through the remaining Kingsguard like butter. He did not speak about the Hound though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMario Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Qyburn's death was hilarious. That made me crack up. My favorite part of the episode. Especially considering he died getting thrown onto some rocks and Arya survived several times having rocks fall on her. If only Qyburn had equipped his plot armor when heading to Maegor's Holdfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernPeasant Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 5:17 PM, Bud RR Martin said: Much like the show, the quality of the King's guard has gone down hill in book and show. I buy the Hound easily killing the red shirts. We're not talking about Selmy or Jamie with two hands here. They are not great warriors but they must still be decent knights in plate armour. To just cut through them in the way the Hound does is stupid and would never have happened in earlier seasons when they still cared about realism and attention to detail(The things that made the series great). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajjo Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 4:10 PM, Lady Dayne said: Am I the only one who thought it was rather funny when the commander of the Golden Company trotted out to the front of his troops all cocky and smirking only to be obliterated moments later? It seemed to me like an intentional bit of humor in an otherwise tragic episode. Sure, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br16 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 9:42 PM, Kajjo said: Sure, yes. True. Also, I found it even funnier that he thought he could outrun the charging enemy despite being injured and too far ahead. He should have just accepted his fate and try to justify his salary by cutting down at least one Dothraki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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