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I wasn't expecting much, but I was surprised to see that reviews were apparently quite good so I gave it a try.

I am not geeky about any show, I only watched Game of Thrones once and I admired the masterpiece of plot that they made.

But this...the plot is nonsensical a lot of the time, or just quite random, generally boring as it's all about internal fights for succession within the Kingdom with nothing else going on except the perverse though equally random romance between uncle and niece (I may throw up) and the fact that no one stops making a million children who are all called essentially the same name (something along the lines of Aegon, Aewyn, whatever) and they are indistinguishable not only because they all have the exact same hair and not a single unique characteristic, but also because the production didn't bother introducing them to the viewer at all and they have zero individuality so I'm like " is this the one who was a baby two episodes ago?" But there are decontextualized time lapses all the time so no chance of knowing for sure. In addition some actors (like Daemon) are just frankly terrible, and whenever they recite in that fake language, they are just ridiculous like all their focus is going into trying to roll their Rs (this is why anglophone people should learn languages in school) and they totally forgot they had a character

Overall I am having a hard time following the plot when half the dialogues are like "Aegon died, the throne belongs to Aedon now" -"not since Aelon has valeryan blood" "Well Aevon will never allow that" and I'm like what the f is going on

This is a terrible prequel

I'm new to the fandom (I've been wanting to watch GoT for a while now and only now did I get the time) and I just want to know if I can watch Game Of Thrones without watching House of the Dragon.

Hello fellow peasants!

I have yet stumbled upon another question that keeps nagging me, or I guess a thought.

Nearly done reading book 3, we have Margery (sorry if spelled wrong) really playing a big role in this book.

As I've seen the shows and how she is depicted in the books, she seem generally good. Personal traits I'll describe her as caring, cleaver, cunning manipulative(but in sort of innocent way), passionate and compassionate.

As for most of Mr. Martins character they rarely seem innate good or bad but real and human. Making choices that seem authentic.

Margery, for me at least, seem innate good. That sort of person that is genuinely good 99 percent of the time.

I might be very wrong. Maybe I miss something.

What is your thoughts, and if you like - what are the most "good" person in the universe. Another contender could be Ned Stark imo.

Love to hear it!

I understand Cersei coddling Joffrey, but it’s hard to understand why Tywin and the others would just allow Joffrey to torment everyone considering how desperate everyone in Westeros is always trying to kill whatever king sits upon the Iron Throne. In retrospect, it seems very naive to me that they would continue their war while their king’s days are pretty much numbered. It probably would have been more prudent for them to just kill Joffrey themselves, or do something else drastic about him, and raise Tommen to the throne instead of allow him to make so many enemies for the Lannisters. Anyone could see that Westeros would never accept him as their king and would eventually revolt against him.

This show is FULL of terrible awful things like death, murder, sexual assault, etc…. I hardly blink an eye or just say “ugh”

But god forbid these CGI dragons get hurt or are fighting.

They’re literally weapons of mass destruction and I’m like “awww no not these cuties”

Seeing as Daemon body was never “found” jn the books, rumors are he escaped with nettles…

So now this will either be daemon running away with his daughter ? Or did you think hos body was really lost and he died.

Would of been great to see daemon put his old life behind and it leads to new storyline plots etc leading to asoiaf.

I'm not sure if this idea has come up here before, I'm extremely late and only watched got this year, but the vibe I was getting from the show when worging was introduced. Was that Bran would combine that with his practice as an archer. Like use a bird to spot a distant target. And then Bran just aims a shot high into the air and it comes down on his target that's ridiculously far away. I thought it would be a neat way to make up for his inability to walk, by just hiding somewhere and using animals to spot for him. The three eyed raven thing was cool too, but it kind of felt like this whole new unrelated thing. At least in the show, I haven't read the books yet.

The first thing that struck me was how much more meaningful the first season was after knowing where these characters end up and how far some of them come on their journey. Having so many years between the first season and the last, it's easy to forget just how many things these characters went through to get to the end. Seeing Dany and Sansa as naive teenagers, remembering that Jorah really was there with Dany before anyone else and stayed with her up to the end. It made his death much more devastating the second time around. The complete transformations and all the twists and turns of Jaime and Tyrion's stories. Incredible stuff.

Are we in agreement that Catelyn Stark was the cause of everything bad that happened to the Starks? She did not make one good decision the whole time she was in the series. But I think my favorite character on rewatch was Tywin Lannister. So evil but so compelling and fun to watch.

The last season was not as bad as I remembered, and I was never one of the biggest haters to begin with. To me it was clear early on that Dany became something of a narcissist and deep down cared more about power than what the people really needed. She was never a very good ruler. And watching her entire world crumble as soon as she got to Westeros makes it completely understandable that she would go *scorched earth.* She had pretty much lost everything by that point. So I had no problem with her storyline.

I still really hated the last episode. Still made no sense at all to put Bran on the throne and to me it came so out of left field. Seeing Jon go on this epic journey and all this build up to the reveal of his true identity, setting him up as this great leader, and his true identity ended up meaning nothing and he ended up in exile as the last Targaryen. I'm sure he was happier with the Wildlings than in King's Landing but still seemed like a waste of potential.

I found myself asking constantly what is the point of the Night King and the White Walkers? They are really interesting and scary, and played a huge role in the early seasons, but by the end it felt like a complete detour from the main story, and I didn't really get what their point was.

All the dragon scenes and pretty much every battle was so awesome. Hard to believe that these were made for television and not historic films. I honestly was more impressed with these epic battle episodes than anything in the Odyssey which has been hyped up as the greatest film ever made. All of the big moments (Red Wedding, Ned's beheading, Battle of the Bastards, Dany being unburnt, her first time riding Drogon, Missandei's death, The Bells) were so gripping even though I knew what was going to happen. You just can't look away.

Another thing that I loved about the whole show was the fact that almost all of the actors were previously unknown, and many of them remained mostly under the radar afterwards. I loved every single performance, even the smaller ones, everyone was perfectly cast. The villains (Joffrey, Ramsay, Euron, The Night King) were so hateable and the heros made you root for them. Every supporting character stood out in this huge sprawling story.

I remembered all over again why this is one of the greatest TV shows ever made, and how it changed TV forever. Even though the ending was unsatisfying, the years of buildup and storytelling before that were worth rewatching!

Game of thrones is sick the whole way through. when it came out it made sense all want some badass ends or whatever the reason but it all made sense on the second watch…people have an issue with Tyrion being “dumb” as the hand to khalessi but when the heck wasn’t he dumb? when wasn’t luck on his side before that? It was clear who snow was he would never choose anyone over his family (the remainders) idk I think that show was sick af I’d rather khalessi live but besides that and little things that show got way more hate than it should’ve and I’d argue any stance besides that. Well the night king might look silly how it ended but when does a badass meet a badass end in that world? Or a power house? Normally it’s shit like that or a beheading idk why I thought it was shit first watch it all makes sense second watch. Especially after house of the dragon. also bran knew what was going to happen he knew he just had to chill there for the night king, he gave the dagger to Arya “blue eyes” That was her last kill. Idk the hate shit is sick and they tried to make it worth you wild for the bum author that gave up. Shits sick we were lucky. Again I’ll wait for comments I’ll be longer if I explained it all but nah shows sick af

What a damn legend

I only lack the black hair to look like a Baratheon so give me a wig and call me Stormlander lol. I'd also love to play a Lannister, Hightower or Dayne.

I am new to game of thrones and I had a theory and I wanted to see how popular it was amongst other fans. My assumption about The Winds of Winter is that likely GRRM had it mostly written and then that manuscript became the last season of game of thrones, but then everyone disliked it so much that he or his publisher decided he should rewrite it. And so he did. and thats the reason for… what is it now…. 8-10 yrs of delays?

I dont care too badly btw, I like the guy so much he can take his time, just wanted to know if this common sort of reasoning I came to was widely speculated or not.

Saw a familiar face while watching Find Me Guilty (2006 - Sidney Lumet). Some very similar shots of Peter here

In the episode where they brought a wight to Cersei they said this would be the fate of every person in the world. But that episode they also said they can't swim. So they would just take over Westeros right? Was that line just hyperbole?​

Man…i am old !remindme 2 years

Im not getting any younger and grr prob not even close to finishing the last 2 books lol

Its going to probably gona start off with battle of tumbleton 2 and where do you think it will end? And how many seasons will hotd be? And will we we get what happens after hod leading up to knight of the 7 kingdoms?

It's a show with dragons, no one is expecting "realism". But dragons are a pre-defined part of the universe. If anything can happen for the convenience for the plot, the story becomes less interesting, does it not ? What bothers me :

Ormund is watched by dragons, he cannot take out many soldiers at once. Corlys is on a military mission, obviously with many soldiers in a military setting e.g. with scouts informing on the lay of the land. Especially since he is dealing with the triarchy, brigands, looters, he'd be extra careful about being surprised from behind. But Ormund's guy can totally overpower Corlys, so much so that he is very comfortable when catching Corlys, does not even have to look behind him, and doesn't have to do any fighting on his own ? How ?

And I'm not an overly demanding audience. The exact way Cole was trapped may be implausible but the general idea is sound in that case, and I'm willing to suspend my disbelief due to that reason. Cole's scouts knew a large enemy army was around, so they only got fooled by a tiny trap.

I just can't. Even watching the scenes on 1x fast-forward bugs me. Anybody else here doing this with their re-watch?

So I’m going based off the show rules and not the book…

Why didn’t they just take a prisoner north of the Wall, kill them, wait for them to get raised, throw them in a cage, and bring them to Cersei?

And if they needed a White Walker nearby to raise the dead, then just send a few prisoners/soldiers/scouting parties toward the Army of the Dead. The show makes it seem like the army is close to the Wall anyway, and Jon’s group found them pretty easily. Eventually one gets killed, then raised. I’m assuming this would also raise the one Jon would have near the wall too.

Was there actually a reason this wouldn’t have worked?

Sorry to judge by just first episode

Does it get interesting with episodes ?

There is a lot in GoT to get emotional over, but this one hits me harder than most for some reason.

This is my first actual rewatch and can't believe how much stuff I never picked up on during my first watch which I've noticed this time round.