Game of Thrones

[Fangu]

Okay according to bf I m past the biggest stuff in Book 3 now so I'll take my chances. But I'm gonna encourage people to be clever about their spoiler tags when it comes to Book 4 and 5

I am a bit disappoint though.

Spoiler: S03E03

No thlobbering or mention of thappireth. The fellow in the book was much moar comic relief, .

Spoiler: S03E03

Yeah I was so disappointed about him not being there - he was a source of many a lols in the book But maybe it just wouldn't be as funny in the show. I dunno. Maybe they're saving him for later too, like they did with Jojen and Meera.

Speaking of which, they cast Jojen SO RIGHT. Meera maybe not so much, I imagined her a bit more like the actress playing Ygritte, actually. But, she's the physical part of their duo, so I guess her actress makes sense. She's supposed to be older than Bran, but I think she just looks a bit too old. I dunno.

Spoiler: Spoilers for end of Book 3

In the book Bran really likes Meera and to me it seems like he's having a slight crush on her.

Spoiler: S03E03

I guess they could also stress the importance of that hand a bit moar.

Spoiler: S03E03

Well they sorta demonstrated how good a swordsman Jaime is, with Brienne. Maybe not that much, but still. I'm betting there'll be more of that later, as I have a feeling losing that hand will mean a major character change for Jaime. It's like Spike and his chip implant. He'll be forced to focus on different sides of his personality.

Spoiler: Spoilers for end of Book 3

...which his falling out with Tywin is a good example of.

The little we see of Dany in this episode is nice. I can't wait for the scene where she takes over Astapor!!

I really like what they're doing with Shae's character. The actress playing her is really really good. Shae always struck me as a bit one dimensional in the books - really cool, but one dimensional. I always wonder if she has an agenda. Which she just as well might, but if she doesn't, the show portrays better what the deal with her is. She actually really likes Tyrion. (And if she doesn't... well played.)

 

[Fangu]

Also, sorry for the double post but I just have to get this off my chest

THE EYES
ON THIS MAN

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I FUCKING LOVE THE HOUND I WANT HIM TO POUND ME IN A DIRTY MILL


...that is all. *crawls back into hiding in shame*

 

[Cthulhu]

Spoiler: early book 3 spoiler iirc

Spoiler: about Jaime's appearance

I do quite hope they'll cut off his hair and make his beard even bigger in the TV show,

Also keep reading book 3, imho, before someone makes remarks about the stuff you wrote before you finish the book, .

Spoiler: S03E02

I quite like the actors for Jojen / Meera, Jojen the betterer. They could've / should've introduced them earlier though. But eh, they saved it nicely in this season.

Spoiler: S03E03, also book 4 iirc

btw, what are they doing with Greyjoy? Wasn't he supposed to have half his feet cut off and fingers removed and destroyed completely into a Gollum-like servant wretch? Or maybe I'm being too far ahead of myself here.

 

[Carlie]

What Yop said Fangu. I suspect you haven't reach my spoilers so finish the book so nothing is spoiled for you.

Also:

 

[Masamune]

D&D are clearly dicks who hate Stannis. Didn't one of them actually say in an interview that Stannis would be a "terrible king"? Get that shit out of here.

That scene where he was dry-humping Melisandre on the beach was a major bitchslap against the character. Not a great fan of Stephen Dillane as Stannis anyway (Mark Strong ftw!) but the writing & direction there was dreadful. Looked like something that should've been left on the cutting room floor.

 

[Masamune]

Spoiler: S03E03, also book 4 iirc

btw, what are they doing with Greyjoy? Wasn't he supposed to have half his feet cut off and fingers removed and destroyed completely into a Gollum-like servant wretch? Or maybe I'm being too far ahead of myself here.

Spoiler

Theon's fate wasn't revealed until ADWD (the fifth book). Since they skipped the 'Reek' storyline in S2, it seems they're doing their own take on it this time. Ramsay "rescues" Theon (it's all a set-up) to earn his trust before he decides to break him. Wasn't Theon castrated in the books, too?

 

[Cthulhu]

Spoiler

Theon's fate wasn't revealed until ADWD (the fifth book). Since they skipped the 'Reek' storyline in S2, it seems they're doing their own take on it this time. Ramsay "rescues" Theon (it's all a set-up) to earn his trust before he decides to break him. Wasn't Theon castrated in the books, too?

Spoiler

That was Ramsay? Ah okay, things make more sense now,

. I do admit to having trouble identifying new characters unless they explicitly state their name and some background, like in the books. I first imagined they'd start every 'chapter' in the TV series with a name tag showing whose chapter it was, or something. But it's fine as it is now, the locations and characters make it clear enough what storyline is in what scene.

 

[Carlie]

I loved the ending of tonight's episode,

Spoiler

Daenerys revealing she knows Valyrian, killing Kraznys with her dragon and freeing the slave soldiers, it was awesome.

From next week's promo -

Spoiler

It seems like the cave scene is coming up.

 

[Hisako]

I loved the ending of tonight's episode,

Spoiler

Daenerys revealing she knows Valyrian, killing Kraznys with her dragon and freeing the slave soldiers, it was awesome.

My absolute favorite part about Danaerys' story arc since it shows she can be just as shrewd and cunning a leader when she puts her mind to it, and in the books the last badass thing she did since after that

Spoiler

she gets bogged down in politics and it honestly starts to get dry as fuck >:

 

[Carlie]

Forgot to mention the scene with Olenna and Varys was full of win. Olenna is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters.

 

[Roger]

Just think: next week

Spoiler

we might find out whether Coldhands is Benjen Stark.

 

[Cthulhu]

Just think: next week

Spoiler

we might find out whether Coldhands is Benjen Stark.

I wouldn't be too sure, I'm pretty sure they could

Spoiler

chuck a deer head on his head and make him unrecognizable. Pretty sure they wouldn't spoil anything that hasn't been in the books.

Then again,

Yeah, pretty awesome episode, epic dialogs and shit. Varys is a boss. Dickless, but a boss

 

[Ite]

The show has been strikingly on form this Season.

 

[Carlie]

Spoiler: More Jon Snow funny things

 

[Cookie Monster]

A tracking of Varys' shipment.

 

[Zee]

i just wanted to say that olenna tyrell is the fucking best

tyrell pride for life, motherfuckers

 

[Ⓐaron]

Olenna Tyrell is indeed a badass. And TV show viewers who haven't read the books don't even know the half of it yet.

 

[Carlie]

Spoiler: Ending of book 3 spoilers

From what I heard she's the one that orchestrated Joffrey's death wasn't she?

 

[AvecAloes]

Dammit Carlie, specify book spoilers!!

 

[Hisako]

The show has been strikingly on form this Season.

It's been alright (much better than S2) but there's still been certain things that bug me. Lack of Strong Belwas, Barristan's relatively lackluster introduction, Sam's odd lack of initiative with the dragonglass (book readers know what I'm talking about) and Bran's segments still being relatively boring as shit imo (although tbf that's probably more to do with the source material not being all that great with it).

Generally just book deviations that detracted from what it could have been if they had included them. Not that all their deviations have detracted from it (a lot of scenes which weren't in the books, I absolutely love) but imo S3 is still falling a tiny bit short of Season 1 brilliance, which was a great bunch of episodes that perfectly encapsulated the first book.

Hopefully with the plot in the near future they'll be able to surpass it by leaps and bounds.

 

[Danseru-kun]

This kinda summarizes Dany's screen time haha. I love Jorah here

Spoiler

 

[Carlie]

Spoiler: Tonight's episode

Oh god the cave scene it happened, I needed a change of panties after that. The lack of John naked was disappointing but the scene was so good and funny with Ygritte being very surprised about John going down on her and then being very intrigued afterwards cause apparently no one had done that to her before.

I'll talk about the rest of the episode once I'm done processing the cave scene.

 

[Roger]

Jon nipped that "you know nothing Jon Snow" thing in the bud early, goodo.

 

[Tennyo]

I have still never seen this show or read any of the books, but I saw this today:

 

[Danseru-kun]

Jon nipped that "you know nothing Jon Snow" thing in the bud early, goodo.

Spoiler: slight nsfw