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He should leave it unfinished and just open up the universe to guest authors. Like eldaec mentioned, I'd love a full novel exploring Arya or Briennes further adventures.
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Apparently the first four episodes of the season of leaked online so I guess be wary of spoilers out there.
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eldaec
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Pretty sure GRRM has already said seasons are related to magic, not astronomy.
Presumably whatever is causing dragons is also causing snow.
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Yeah, my assumption has been that the terrible winter will be magically stopped as soon as the white walkers have been dealt with.
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I assumed it was some stupid magic since the winters aren't ever mentioned by people on the other continent. Nor are any sort of long summers that would have to correspond. That might have been addressed in the books though. At this point I just can't see the point int reading them.
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Tannhauser
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I thought, based on the credits alone, that they were living on the inside surface of a Dyson sphere and the small 'sun' was sometimes far enough away that it caused winter. Just a weird theory.
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Slow intro to the season. We're still getting Drunk Tyrion, but at least we aren't hearing him whine even half as much.
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Unmemorable episode. Next week though, ooo the Martells look pissed!
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rattran
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They seem to be getting much beyond the books even in just the first few episodes of this season. And it seems the boobs/butts are compressed into fewer scenes with more of each in the scene. Easier for later editing them out maybe?
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Nah, just not a lot of scenes that would have allowed for it this episode. My wife laughed and said it must be a record that there were no boobs until 13 mins in. Sansa ended beyond the books last season, so no surprise they're getting away there quickly. Everything else is early books & 4/5 as expected. After discussing with the other guy in the office, I think Mance's story was handled badly. |
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HaemishM
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Game of Peter Dinklage and a Bunch of People Stealing Time Away from Peter Dinklage.
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Or you just have those zelaots be the same group. My point was there's no need for 2 groups when they're the same flavor of crazy. Sure, it makes sense from a medieval vassalage standpoint, but narratively it's not required. Crazies who are landed gentry w/ arms can also be crazies who are serfs.
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K9
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RE: All the stuff in Pentos
Enjoyed the first episode mostly. Debating watching the next three that have been leaked. Sort of want to string it out, but also suspecting that my resolve won't hold
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Thanks for that...I knew that didn't feel right watching it and now I remember why. |
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eldaec
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Hmm, not sure what I think about that.
They seem to be rewriting the plot basically from scratch, so impossible to know if that will work till I see it.
Maggy the Frog was great, and the kid playing Cersei did a fantastic job. I was a bit surprised that they cut the prophecy short though, possibly it would be a little too obvious on screen.
Really liked the Jamie/Cersei scene.
Didn't really buy Varys' white knight act. Also Lancel didn't quite work - was that religion or a threat, wasn't great as either.
Mance was great, but that just made the plot change more disappointing.
Usual first episode problem where they want to reintroduce everyone but don't have enough time.
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Thanks for that...I knew that didn't feel right watching it and now I remember why. |
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HaemishM
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I assume Littlefinger is going to Dorne.
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K9
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Nah, he's going West. What's west of the Vale? Harrenhal! Basically episodes 3-10 are going to be of Littlefinger redecorating the castle while Sansa gets drunk  |
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Technically everything is west of the Vale.
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This part is fun, none of us know where he's going, really.
Could be he's launching "Sansa, QUEEN Of THE NORTH". Or heading to Harrenhal. Or both! Or heading to Braavos. Or heading to the Tullys. Who knows?
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eldaec
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Tough to think of places beyond Cersei's reach that Littlefinger would be likely to gain influence.
Dorne certainly, but possibly too crowded if Jamie is going there, Braavos I guess, outside chance that Sansa takes Jeyne's role at winterfell though I don't see what LF could get from that.
Could be going to team up with Rickon.
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rattran
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I'd recommend watching the leaked episodes, rather than speculating, but that's just me.
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Merusk
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That means waiting 4 weeks for new content instead of one. No thanks..
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eldaec
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Haven't been able to speculate about this show for a long time, so it certainly won't hurt to able to do so for a bit.
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That means waiting 4 weeks for new content instead of one. No thanks..
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I'm just glad to see Alexander Siddig back in a series of something again. Can't wait for next week  |
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Merusk
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Oh good, I thought I was the only one who noticed and felt like a perv.
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