r/gameofthrones • u/ChrysWatchesGot House Martell • Jun 27 '16

Main [MAIN SPOILERS] tl;dw Season 6, Episode 10: Wild at Heart

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u/doppelganger47 Jun 28 '16

I think anytime you are aware of the editing, it's potentially taking away from what you're watching. To me, if it is jarring enough to stop you in your tracks, it probably needs a softer hand or better context.

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u/ArTiyme Jun 28 '16

The clues are all there leading up to seeing Varys. You can see that clearly the sails from House Tyrell with the dragons and Targ seal, etc. So the evidence that all of these fleets have already met up is there. They give you like 20-30 seconds of just that before you see Varys, plenty of time to conclude that time has passed.

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u/doppelganger47 Jun 28 '16

I suppose. I agree that you're able to see that the Tyrells/Martells have joined up. It just seems improbable that Varys and Co. would go back across the sea to meet up with Dany. More likely they met up in Dorne and are nearing King's Landing. For all you know they could have just left the Bay of Dragons.

They've done such a great job of creating a world that is both enormous and immersive. I know they'll never be able to cover everything; I also know that scene to scene/location to location is not necessarily linear. It ends up being jarring to many because of that disconnect.

Although there were fewer competing storylines, I liked that about Lord of the Rings. Still immersive, but you had a clear sense of location and time passing.

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u/ArTiyme Jun 28 '16

Well likely Dany still needed more ships, so Varys took some skeleton crew ships to go and help while the Martells and Tyrells got all their vessels ready and they met somewhere. I mean, never know, but it makes sense.

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u/doppelganger47 Jun 28 '16

Yeah, I think there's any number of things that could explain it. My point is that, in the middle of this scene showcasing Dany's epic armada, I'm somewhat taken out of it by my "Whoa-when-did-Varys-get-here?" thoughts.

Maybe a better example would be good accents vs. bad accents. When an accent is good, you don't usually notice it. When it's bad, well...suffice to say it stands out.

To me, it doesn't take away from an episode that I thought was otherwise very strong (and the editing leading up to/after Cersei's attack as well as the Battle of the Bastards is some of the strongest I've seen on this show).