I love how she was like a school girl denying a crush when talking to Sansa: "And that wildling with the beard!" *looks at the ground and almost blushes*
Can we talk about Varys turning into an uncircumcised penis?
How did the priestess know all that stuff? Is she old AF too? Does she know the sorcerer? Was he a priest of the Lord of light?!
Well she has the creepy necklace. But Melisandre knew stuff too. So there is some magic to the Lord or Light crap. I mean, it brought back Jon didn't it?
Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on May 23, 2016 1:57:24 GMT -5
I can finally hang with the cool kids!!! All caught up. And BTW, binge watching Season 5 and 6 in one weekend was VERY emotionally taxing. JFC.
#holdthedoor
I still can't believe that connection. How beautifully tragic.
I have hope the grayscale cure is found. I was joking earlier - dragon blood, fire, tears, snot??? Maybe we should start a gofundme for finding the cure. LOL
I can finally hang with the cool kids!!! All caught up. And BTW, binge watching Season 5 and 6 in one weekend was VERY emotionally taxing. JFC.
#holdthedoor
I still can't believe that connection. How beautifully tragic.
I have hope the grayscale cure is found. I was joking earlier - dragon blood, fire, tears, snot??? Maybe we should start a gofundme for finding the cure. LOL
MH was amazed at the writing with the hold the door. That GRRM had to have had that scene planned from day one.
Other thoughts- Where is yara greyjoy going with all the ships? I have a bad feeling about Sansa and Brienne. Sad about Jorah, but don't think he will find a cure. Would be interesting if he went to the house of black and white to die.
Yara and Theon definitely had balls taking all those ships.
I am still reeling. I do not advise watching the Hodor scene while PMSing.
But seriously, the amount of forethought to create that character and his entire backstory that somehow involved the future as well...amazing. Tragically amazing.
Dear HBO/GRRM - you do not get to kill a direwolf AND show me that scene in the same episode. This is not okay.
I'm totally spiraling on reviews of last night's episode. Some are saying that maybe Bran is the voice(s) the Mad King hears? How messed up would it be if Bran is the reason this entire story happened in the first place??
This is my sisters exact theory. I basically laughed in her face about it. But now.....not so sure
Post by housecarder on May 23, 2016 8:21:16 GMT -5
Also H keeps going on about how selfless Hodor was. Yes the scene was tragic but can you call him selfless when if left to his own devices he would still be freaking out? He only saved them because Bran was controlling him. Which makes Bran seem like kind of a dick for sacrificing Hodor instead of Hodor sacrificing himself.
Also H keeps going on about how selfless Hodor was. Yes the scene was tragic but can you call him selfless when if left to his own devices he would still be freaking out? He only saved them because Bran was controlling him. Which makes Bran seem like kind of a dick for sacrificing Hodor instead of Hodor sacrificing himself.
Yup.
Hodor was Hodor because of Bran, and then he dies because of Bran.
I'm starting to really not like Bran. He better be pretty damn important to be worth this.
Also H keeps going on about how selfless Hodor was. Yes the scene was tragic but can you call him selfless when if left to his own devices he would still be freaking out? He only saved them because Bran was controlling him. Which makes Bran seem like kind of a dick for sacrificing Hodor instead of Hodor sacrificing himself.
Yup.
Hodor was Hodor because of Bran, and then he dies because of Bran.
I'm starting to really not like Bran. He better be pretty damn important to be worth this.
I mean I guess you could argue that if he hadn't sacrificed Hodor then they all would have died, but it's still not the noble self-sacrifice portrayed.
Hodor was Hodor because of Bran, and then he dies because of Bran.
I'm starting to really not like Bran. He better be pretty damn important to be worth this.
I mean I guess you could argue that if he hadn't sacrificed Hodor then they all would have died, but it's still not the noble self-sacrifice portrayed.
Meh. Probably not. Bran is the one they were after. If they had left him, I bet Hodor and Meera would be alive. But then Hodor wouldn't be Hodor...
I mean I guess you could argue that if he hadn't sacrificed Hodor then they all would have died, but it's still not the noble self-sacrifice portrayed.
Meh. Probably not. Bran is the one they were after. If they had left him, I bet Hodor and Meera would be alive. But then Hodor wouldn't be Hodor...
Ugh, time loops.
I thought they were after them all as revenge and just used Bran as the way in. But they didn't really explain much and everything happened very quickly.
Post by goldenlove3 on May 23, 2016 11:32:51 GMT -5
I'm annoyed that some guy wrote an episode recap and didn't bother to watch the behind the scenes right after. Claiming that the show writers out-wrote GRRM with Hodor.
"I know, saying HBO’s Game of Thrones has anything on GRRM is bold, if not outright traitorous to some people. But I think there’s a good chance that when the credits rolled on last night’s episode, “The Door,” ol’ George stroked his beard and said, “Damn, I wish I’d thought of that.”"
Post by goldenlove3 on May 23, 2016 11:34:02 GMT -5
Does anyone think that Littlefinger sincerely feels bad for what he did to Sansa or is he still playing his game? I want him to feel like shit but I don't know if he's capable of it.
Does anyone think that Littlefinger sincerely feels bad for what he did to Sansa or is he still playing his game? I want him to feel like shit but I don't know if he's capable of it.
He didn't look that upset. Probably just worried that Brienne would cut him down.
Does anyone think that Littlefinger sincerely feels bad for what he did to Sansa or is he still playing his game? I want him to feel like shit but I don't know if he's capable of it.
He didn't look that upset. Probably just worried that Brienne would cut him down.
He didn't look surprised or upset at all to me. Even if he might feel a teensy tiny bit bad about what happened to Sansa, I think he is primarily still playing his game.
I'm annoyed that some guy wrote an episode recap and didn't bother to watch the behind the scenes right after. Claiming that the show writers out-wrote GRRM with Hodor.
"I know, saying HBO’s Game of Thrones has anything on GRRM is bold, if not outright traitorous to some people. But I think there’s a good chance that when the credits rolled on last night’s episode, “The Door,” ol’ George stroked his beard and said, “Damn, I wish I’d thought of that.”"
I read an article about what the actor who plays Littlefinger feels about how Littlefinger feels (did that make sense) and he was explaining that this is the first time we see Littlefinger get thrown off his calculations and actually be remorseful. That didn't come across for me.
His normal arrogance is not there, though, so maybe that is as close as he gets to feeling like he's made a mistake. FWIW, I don't think he truly KNEW the level. That he was a brute, maybe, but compared to what we've seen Joffrey do to whores, I think maybe LF thought Ramsey was an improvement.
I'm annoyed that some guy wrote an episode recap and didn't bother to watch the behind the scenes right after. Claiming that the show writers out-wrote GRRM with Hodor.
"I know, saying HBO’s Game of Thrones has anything on GRRM is bold, if not outright traitorous to some people. But I think there’s a good chance that when the credits rolled on last night’s episode, “The Door,” ol’ George stroked his beard and said, “Damn, I wish I’d thought of that.”"
Does anyone think that Littlefinger sincerely feels bad for what he did to Sansa or is he still playing his game? I want him to feel like shit but I don't know if he's capable of it.
I think he looked like he felt more remorseful that he miscalculated, not necessarily that Sansa was hurt, if that makes sense. He's not used to being stymied or being able to control a situation by talking his way out.
I'm here!!!! My personal laptop decided last night and this morning was a great time to be an asshole so I had to wait until I got in to work to catch up. 9 pages keeping me quite busy.
- Loving the new badass stick-up for herself Sansa. Much better than Sansa before she got to the Vale.
- +1 on thinking Arya is being tested big time. No way was it a coincidence that the actress she's supposed to kill is in a play where people are horribly portraying her father and sister.
- Um, holy shit about the Children creating the White Walkers. War against the First Men or not, that was stupid as fuck.
- It's nice to see Theon acting more like Theon again. Loved him sticking up for his sister, but of course this is GoT and things can't just go right for her. LOL at the driftwood crown.
- Also I liked that we actually learned why the Iron Born say "What is dead will never die"
- Bran is stupid. As soon as he started walking through the dead people I commented to my neighbor that I was just waiting for something to react to him like Ned Stark did when Bran yelled in the Tower of Joy flashback. No sooner had I said that then the Night's King was right there....
- ABSOLUTELY LOVING more Tormund googly eyes for Brienne. It's hilarious and I love it.
- FUCKING PISSED about Summer. It felt completely unnecessary. Did we really need to lose 2 direwolves so quickly??? LEAVE THEM (the only 2 left anyway...) ALONE!!!!
- So sad about Hodor. When I realized "Hold the Door" = "Hodor" I gasped and started tearing up. I didn't think I was all that attached to him but I cried.
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