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GAME OF THRONES S08E05 CHITCHAT THREAD
5/12/19 | Marty f

Posted on 05/12/2019 11:04:41 AM PDT by martin_fierro

I haven't had a chance to watch episode 4 yet


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KEYWORDS: gameofthrones; got
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Anyone remember the ultra-wild wildlings that ate Wildlings?

Me neither.

1 posted on 05/12/2019 11:04:41 AM PDT by martin_fierro
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Valar Pingus


2 posted on 05/12/2019 11:05:50 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Listen for the music at the end.


3 posted on 05/12/2019 11:07:54 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: martin_fierro
There are all kinds of spoilers flying around. The loudest buzz about episode 5 is that Dany finally goes batshit Targaryen. If so, the question is who puts her down and when.

Dany going mad late in the game has always been a leading theory. If that's her path, I'm surprised the show has taken this long to do it. There have been hints all along, but she's held together reasonably well. A main character doing a Jekyll and Hyde at the last minute is awfully gimmicky, but this is probably driven by the artificial time constraints under which the show now labors. And again, for the umpteenth time, the subtlety and complexity of the plot has continued to decline since the show outran the books.

4 posted on 05/12/2019 11:12:04 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: martin_fierro

It seems like that massive battle was GOT shooting its wad. What has come after, so far, is tying up loose ends. Surely the producers did not make the show peak too soon. Nobody would do that.


5 posted on 05/12/2019 11:14:34 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sphinx
P.S. People have worked out the family trees in great detail, but I'm not going to look it up now. Dany going mad is to be expected. But Jon is also half Targaryen. He's a Stark on the maternal side, just as Dany is a Martell. I don't remember about predecessor generations. There are many good Targaryen's in Game of Thrones lore (just in the show, we have met Maester Aemon and Bran's predecessor as the Three Eyed Raven), but madness does run in the family.

The show hasn't signaled that Jon is unstable, but if I were writing it, I'd throw an ominous sign or two into the mix in the last episode. I wouldn't have Jon commit any grave crimes, but I'd do just enough to give people an unsettling feeling as the show wrapped up.

6 posted on 05/12/2019 11:21:07 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Dany has recently lost:

-2 “children” (dragons)
-Ser Jorah
-best friend Missandei
-Most of the Dothraki horde

They helped keep her grounded.


7 posted on 05/12/2019 11:22:09 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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8 posted on 05/12/2019 11:23:32 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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Danny isn’t a Martell, because her father Aerys married his full sister, Rhaella Targaryen.


9 posted on 05/12/2019 11:32:34 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: martin_fierro

All shows must end....


10 posted on 05/12/2019 11:41:56 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: martin_fierro

I look for the demise of a few characters that are no longer needed. Varys could get the brunt of Daney’s wrath, treason talker that he has become.
Euron and his fleet are no longer a factor as everything from here on is going to happen on land. Look for a dragon to come out of the water and finish the fleet.
With Sansa gone, there would be no threat of an uprising in the north, so Daney might do that, which would put her in the sights of Jon and/or Ayra.


11 posted on 05/12/2019 11:44:28 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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Yes, you are right. I should’ve looked it up. Rhaegar married a Martell. A little outbreeding is good.


12 posted on 05/12/2019 11:48:40 AM PDT by sphinx
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Jon’s father, Prince Rhaegar, first married Princess Elia Martell. So Jon’s half-brother and half-sister were half Martell.


13 posted on 05/12/2019 11:48:48 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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Yes, this might be why Jon seems to be more stable than Dany (less inbreeding).


14 posted on 05/12/2019 11:51:54 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: martin_fierro

Watched first 2 eps of 8, and hard to stay awake. Hope it gets better soon.


15 posted on 05/12/2019 12:05:17 PM PDT by montag813
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Varys could get the brunt of Daney’s wrath, treason talker that he has become.

The Red Woman told him that it was both their destines to die far from their home countries.

16 posted on 05/12/2019 12:07:53 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: KC_Lion

“All shows must end....”

Yes. GOT, however, will have a prequel on HBO. Apparently there or 4 or 5 premises for such a series in pre-development. Only one of them will make the cut.


17 posted on 05/12/2019 12:18:37 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: martin_fierro

https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4-starbucks-coffee-cup.html


18 posted on 05/12/2019 1:28:42 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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” Anyone remember the ultra-wild wildlings that ate Wildlings? “

I thought they ate oompa loompas.


19 posted on 05/12/2019 1:47:01 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: sphinx

How much of a threat is Dany without even a single healthy dragon?


20 posted on 05/12/2019 1:58:53 PM PDT by Rockingham
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