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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 24, 2019 11:42:19 GMT
I mean, I'm certainly shaking my head at that statement. He should have known better. It's common sense really. Sansa's sudden love for northen independance is enough to justify a conflict between her and Dany, saying Dany's looks are also a factor is just sexist. I honestly love the complete failure of the idea of this Northern independence nonsense. I mean Tyrion gives a rousing speech going on about "what unites us", and one of the big themes of the story was about all these people from different backgrounds, cultures and parts of the world, coming together to fight the WW, and while it didn't work out ideally, they're at least left with an understanding that it can work out, with time. That commoners can be as component as high lords, that "savages" like the Wildlings and the Dothraki aren't all evil monsters, and so on... Unless you're from the north, in which case fuck that noise. You don't need no King telling you what to do. You're a Kween! It's just such a weird conflicted message. Again, what have the Northerners had so much worse than anyone else that they get independence? Why did Yara forget that she herself asked Dany for independence like 2 seasons ago? It was the sole reason she supported her. Why don't the Vale, or the Riverlands, or Dorne want independence? Northern Independence is such a weird concept, and I am 100% certain as with many things (like Lord Bronn of High Garden) this will not happen in the books. If anything, Sansa is responsible for Dany spiralling into "madness". I don't get how that something we're supposed to applaud, especially since that kind of scheming from people like Littlefinger and Cersei was considered to be the thing that helped start all these pointless wars in the first place.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 23, 2019 15:56:40 GMT
Kind of reminds me of how Roose Bolton decides to have Robb killed at the Red Wedding because he's prettier than him, and probably like, a total skank as well. Roose probably had a mad crush on Talisa. Roose Bolton likes fat bottomed girls, who make the rocking world go round. It is known.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 23, 2019 15:52:55 GMT
You gotta be kidding me. Kind of reminds me of how Roose Bolton decides to have Robb killed at the Red Wedding because he's prettier than him, and probably like, a total skank as well.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 22, 2019 18:42:53 GMT
All I'm gonna say on the "is Bran good or evil debate" is that he spent more time explaining the origin of his wheelchair than he did explaining the Others, Cersei's plans, Daenerys' turn to the dark side or literally anything that could have avoided all the ridiculously uneccessary bloodshed that occured over the past two episodes.
Bran literally did nothing when the fate of the world was at stake, what makes anyone think he'll lift a finger when, IDK, the Iron Bank want all that money they invested in Robert, Jofferey, Stannis and Cersei back? What will he do if Yara suddenly remembers that she asked Dany for independence back in S6? What will he do if any of the Free Cities decide now is a good time to take advantage of a weakened Westeros and invade? Maybe he'll explain the origins of his haircut or something...
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 20, 2019 22:31:49 GMT
Is Sansa going independent supposed to be a win? She's basically more Cersei/Littlefinger than Stark. Her scheming kind of led to the destruction of a city. Her crown looks a lot like Cersei's. IDK how to feel about her ending. Fanservice aside, Sansa betrayed Jon by telling his secret and in exchange she gets what she wanted, to be QITN. The only consequence for her actions seems to be Jon not saying he forgives her during their goodbye, otherwise nothing else changes because Bran and Arya were not going back north anyway. This is why inhate the ending, i can’t feel good about the Stark kids getting happy endings when they have all behaved so horribly all season. Guess its okay to be awful when your name is Stark, there shall be no repercussions. i know it was intended as humour but i hated sansa humiliating her uncle in front of all of the lords I watched this episode with a room full of casuals and the only thing anyone said about that scene was "who the fuck is that?"
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 20, 2019 22:29:24 GMT
I keep trying to play FFXV, but the completionist in me won't let me leave side quests unfinished, but all of the side quests are boring fetch quests.
The game looks and plays really nice, but it's such a chore to actually do anything in this game.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 20, 2019 21:54:04 GMT
Proposed alternative ending to that "Kingsmoot".
Davos: "Ser Brienne gave me this several years ago..."
Davos pulls out a jar with a well preserved head inside. He turns to Bran and asks
Davos "You can bring the dead back to life?" Bran: "I can..." Davos: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Bran: "He'll need a body..."
Bran looks at the melted remains of the Iron Throne.
Bran: "We can rebuild him. We have the technology."
From the melted remains of the iron throne they created a new king: Mecha-Stannis.
Mecha-Stannis: "I am the Iron Throne. All those that deny that are my foes."
If D&D can write bad fan fiction, so can I.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 20, 2019 21:35:14 GMT
At least good boy Ghost got what he deserved.
The rest of it was "good" but required more context. This episode felt super rushed, like they were desperate to get everyone shipped off to where they had to be.
I hate the Sansa/independent north nonsense, it makes 0 sense. Why are all the other kingdoms ok with this? Why has the north suffered more than any other Kingdom? The Riverlands got the worst by far, do they get to claim independence? Again, needs more context.
I also like the idea of King Bran, but show Bran is not book Bran and that will never not annoy me.
I don't know. I didn't enjoy this at all, aside from Ghost pats.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 18, 2019 17:44:15 GMT
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 18, 2019 15:16:51 GMT
Because they've learned how to live there over hundreds of years. The Wildling's problem (at least this "generation" anyway) wasn't the inhospitality of the land north of the Wall, it was the White Walkers. That threat no longer exists, so they can go back home now. Real gratitude shown there by the Wildlings... Like Tormund says, his people need space. They don't want to live by the ways of the Seven Kingdoms and (although the show doesn't really show it) the northerners, and people of Westeros at large probably aren't to find of the idea that these "savages" are going to be mingling with the decent folks south of the wall. Honestly, of all the issues in the show, the Free Folk heading back up North makes a lot of sense to me. I mean, yeah sure, maybe wait till after winter, when you can take some provisions, and give the animals in the north a chance to recover after years of undead mobs slaughtering anything that moved. But yeah, you can't expect them to address everything... I learned that years ago.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 17, 2019 13:04:51 GMT
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 14, 2019 19:42:27 GMT
There are very good reasons to play Sekiro with the original Japanese VA. Namely, hearing the armoured warrior scream "ROBERTO!!!" as he falls to his death.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 14, 2019 8:14:37 GMT
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 13, 2019 21:34:02 GMT
So... All that stuff about valonqar was a big pile of wank... alright.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 6, 2019 20:48:14 GMT
Rewatching the episode, and Bronn's scene is just awful.
"Your sister offered me Riverrun" is so cheesy. All his lines feel like they should end with "see" or "eh" as if this were some cliche gangster film.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 6, 2019 10:11:41 GMT
Narrative and visual boredom.
I know Kit Harrington said this episode was very Shakespearean. Much like Shakespeare has many plays of varying quality, Game of Thrones has plenty of episodes, many of which are good, some of which are great, and some which are steaming piles of shit that HBO should be fined for leaving lying around like this.
It's as if all the subtext, metaphor and subtle hints have disappeared entirely. First Arya kills the Night King based on a quote from 4-5 years ago (willing to overlook that one), then Euron, with 0 build up or hints whatsoever pops up from out of nowhere and offs a dragon.
Btw, why do Cersei and Euron know, or care who Missandei is? She was Danny's translator in Essos, but it's hardly like she's the woman behind her entire campaign or anything like that. The idea that any of these people would be able to identify in a sea of drowning people, and capture one lady who they've maybe only briefly seen once in the dragonpit is ridiculous. And once again, there's no precedence, whatsoever for Missandei getting killed here. It's disappointing because this was a show that always, always acted on precedence set in previous episodes/seasons. This entire episode is an oddly paced mess, that lingers too long in some areas (ie. the edgey, xenophobic mess that is the Stark family) and rushes through other stuff in a second. Stuff that feels important.
Arya is embracing maximum edgelord with her firing arrows into random shit nonsense. If fedoras existed in Westeros, Arya would wear two for maximum effect. She's so cringe, and that scene with the stark kids in the Godswood made legit queasy. Jon is dumb, Sansa is a shit stirrer, Bran is useless and Arya is bleh.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 6, 2019 1:47:45 GMT
The Bronn scene felt so cliche. You know he's not gonna kill either of them. He literally just says one liners at this point.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 1, 2019 22:05:10 GMT
The Prince that Was Promised is Azor Ahai though. They're all cultural interpretations of the same myth, just like the Northerners have the tale of the last hero. It just feels like the impact of the person ending the long night (which has been what 9 years of television has been building to) should be a bit more significant. Unless of course it's not yet resolved and, without getting my hopes too high, since Bran and his three eyed raven deal is still ongoing, that may be the case. There just has to be more to it than the Night King waiting up North for like 8000 years, and all these cultures all over the world, somehow developing these same legends of a hero who ends the long night and saves the world. then watch the prequel, boo. The prequel... I forgot about that. Have we learnt nothing from Star Wars prequel trilogy or Harry Potter's Fantastic Beast films? Those who do not learn history, are doomed to repeat it.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 1, 2019 21:35:31 GMT
“Azor Ahai” has never been said on the show, so they actually don’t have to resolve that, cause it never started. Mel said Prince Who Was Promised but I guess that’s Arya, cause she ended the long night and brought the dawn and whatever. Remember they did that scene saying the Prince could actually be a princess, so it didn’t come *completely* out of nowhere (just like 98% out of nowhere ) The Prince that Was Promised is Azor Ahai though. They're all cultural interpretations of the same myth, just like the Northerners have the tale of the last hero. It just feels like the impact of the person ending the long night (which has been what 9 years of television has been building to) should be a bit more significant. Unless of course it's not yet resolved and, without getting my hopes too high, since Bran and his three eyed raven deal is still ongoing, that may be the case. There just has to be more to it than the Night King waiting up North for like 8000 years, and all these cultures all over the world, somehow developing these same legends of a hero who ends the long night and saves the world.
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Post by Mecha-StannisForever on May 1, 2019 17:30:13 GMT
I just can't agree, anybody could have done this. Especially after viewing The Battle of the Bastards, which was only won due to Littlefinger's army. And with the way things played out on Sunday, I don't see why Arya couldn't just assassinate The Night King. I mean we can all try to fix the writing in our head cannon, but we all thought Jon would end the Long Night because of his resurection. Anything else feels like the most egregious example of plot armor ever. How could we all get R+L=J so right, and this so wrong? Well I'm not trying to say that the writers had this planned forever; they only decided Arya would kill the Night King 3 years ago. They brought Jon back from the dead presumably because that was in the outline for the books. I don't think there'll even be a Night King-esque character to be defeated in the books, largely because that's not GRRM's style. In the show, he's there to give a name and recognisable face to the enemy for the audience.
I'm more trying to address (or rather make up) the in-universe reason as to why the Lord of Light brought him back: to bring all those forces together - which nobody else could do simply because nobody cared enough or had the same influence that Jon did. Those wildlings sure weren't going to fight for Littlefinger and Dany is definitely never gonna fall in love with him.
Similar to how Beric was brought back chiefly to save Arya in the moment she needed saving (which was also definitely not thought about when they kept him around), Jon wasn't brought back for some big save-the-day moment but for a specific purpose.
And yeah, it's pretty flimsy writing and clearly hasn't been planned for a super long time, but personally if I can rationalise it in my head, it doesn't really bother me.
I don't think it's over. There's still the entire Azor Ahai prophecy to be fulfilled. It has to be a Targaryen. There's too much build up just to swerve and say "nah, all that stuff was just a flock of red herrings. Azor Ahai was really the edgy teen with the knife in the garden." The whole thing doesn't add up. The WW have been defeated before as well, and they came back. It doesn't make sense that the Night King survived all these years and emerged now just because. If there's nothing else to it than this, then it's just a real let down.
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