[nacht]

Nicodimas, on 22 April 2019 - 02:30 AM, said:

Too much humor ... everyone's dieing

Aryas secret note was apparently... sex.

That was love.
and regarding humour


“It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.”

https://www.goodread...n-anything-else

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Okay, Thrones made me well up (more than) a bit.

Spoiler

Rise, Brienne of Tarth, a knight of the Seven Kingdoms

That. Was. PERFECT.

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 22 April 2019 - 08:21 PM

[Cyphon]

Not reading the latest posts as I haven't seen the latest episode yet. However on from the discussion on Sansa in this thread I thought this was a good article about Gothic and Sansa at tor.com https://www.tor.com/...of-sansa-stark/

[QuickTidal]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 April 2019 - 08:05 AM, said:

Okay, Thrones made me well up a bit.

Spoiler

Rise, Brienne of Tarth, a knight of the Seven Kingdoms

That. Was. PERFECT.

Easily the finest moment in an episode filled with nice moments. Made me well up something fierce. Especially when Tyrion stood up and stood witness directly to the act. Amazing.

Other fave moments included:

Spoiler

- Sam giving Heartsbane to Jorah, knowing that he could not weird it himself because of its size.
- Arya and The Hound (and Beric) on the wall and her perfect exit line.
- Podric's song.
- Tormund's giantess story.
- Arya got her Gendry on.
- Bran and Jaimie in the Godswood.
- Brienne standing up for Jaimie to Dany and Sansa.
- Sansa VS Dany, nice convo turned ice cold (<-----it's this that makes me wonder about Dany's eventual sitting the Iron Throne[as opposed to Jon; who clearly doesn't want it], and I don't think Sansa is going to buckle and kneel, so that would mean more war)


What I liked best about this episode was that it was the calm before the storm that allowed our characters their reprieve. Their night of doing nothing with each other and basically just hammering home both WHO they are, and what they face come the battle by dint of a dozen little scenes filled with stuff we want to see.

Some might want to jerk their knee and call this filler. It is absolutely no such thing. In this type of fiction such a sequence is required to really do the heavy lifting of drama and emotion for the battle. During the battle we might see, for example, Jorah defend someone, swing his sword and it would land fine enough...but knowing it's Heartsbane, the ancestral sword that rightly belongs to Samwell Tarly who cannot himself wield it...adds the extra oomph to that. Was that scene a tad rushed? Sure, but that robbed it of nothing and it still did me well.

My wife turned to me every time something "nice" happened (and I mean, in a show where "nice" things haven't happened a lot) and I kept reiterating that these people were very likely to die, so we are being given something to cling to before that happens and of course that will make their peril and death all the more traumatic.

Great episode.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 22 April 2019 - 01:33 PM

[Malankazooie]

[Gorefest]

So. They are putting all the women, children and elderly in the crypts. Where the dead lie. With an army approaching that can raise the dead. They are really thinking this through.

[Malankazooie]

nacht, on 22 April 2019 - 04:56 AM, said:

Is there a music category for these kinds of songs.
Very little music accompaniment, mostly human voice, not but high whatever those opera arias are. (and in english and not italian or french or german )

Some stripe or sub-genre of folk music, I'm guessing. The 'musicologists' on the forum probably have more knowledge about what type of song it is. The song is performed by Florence Welch (from Florence + The Machines). She likens it to a 'Celtic folk song' > 'Game of Thrones': Florence and the Machine's Frontwoman on That Haunting Closing Song

If you're interested, here are links to some examples I think fall into what you may be looking for, although with the caveat that these are more 'americana' folk or 'country' folk, so it may not fall in line with your particular tastes. YMMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.youtube....h?v=OLVWEYUqGew
https://www.youtube....h?v=p4WOys7sWvU
https://www.youtube....h?v=Vc0FzJdxK1o

[Traveller]

Gorefest, on 22 April 2019 - 06:01 PM, said:

So. They are putting all the women, children and elderly in the crypts. Where the dead lie. With an army approaching that can raise the dead. They are really thinking this through.

This. How many times did we hear 'you'll be safe in the crypt.'

They seem to have forgotten what happens when the NK is near... they even have dragon glass on the battlements - and yet they'll be turned inside out by dead Starks!

Loved the Brienne scene. She's wanted that all her life, and it was so well done.

It's just a shame that finally all these characters are together, sometimes many in the same room, but none are sharing their stories or knowledge or revelations. At least Tyrion sat down with Bran - they have someone who can see the past, present and future all at the same time, you'd think they'd be all over him for information.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 22 April 2019 - 08:05 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

I cried when Brienne was knighted.

[Nicodimas]

Traveller, on 22 April 2019 - 08:03 PM, said:

Gorefest, on 22 April 2019 - 06:01 PM, said:

So. They are putting all the women, children and elderly in the crypts. Where the dead lie. With an army approaching that can raise the dead. They are really thinking this through.

This. How many times did we hear 'you'll be safe in the crypt.'

They seem to have forgotten what happens when the NK is near... they even have dragon glass on the battlements - and yet they'll be turned inside out by dead Starks!

Loved the Brienne scene. She's wanted that all her life, and it was so well done.

It's just a shame that finally all these characters are together, sometimes many in the same room, but none are sharing their stories or knowledge or revelations. At least Tyrion sat down with Bran - they have someone who can see the past, present and future all at the same time, you'd think they'd be all over him for information.

My comment during the episode to my group was .. so Tyrion is really the only smart character you think they would be sharing relevant info.

@ nacht: Arya want to lose her V card.... love. Ehhhhh. Totally normal teenager behavior for sure.

The crypt is rising and I think Sam is going to a hero again battling for their lives with Tyrion as backup against the former Starks...

[Malankazooie]

[nacht]

Nicodimas, on 22 April 2019 - 09:01 PM, said:

Traveller, on 22 April 2019 - 08:03 PM, said:

Gorefest, on 22 April 2019 - 06:01 PM, said:

So. They are putting all the women, children and elderly in the crypts. Where the dead lie. With an army approaching that can raise the dead. They are really thinking this through.

This. How many times did we hear 'you'll be safe in the crypt.'

They seem to have forgotten what happens when the NK is near... they even have dragon glass on the battlements - and yet they'll be turned inside out by dead Starks!

Loved the Brienne scene. She's wanted that all her life, and it was so well done.

It's just a shame that finally all these characters are together, sometimes many in the same room, but none are sharing their stories or knowledge or revelations. At least Tyrion sat down with Bran - they have someone who can see the past, present and future all at the same time, you'd think they'd be all over him for information.

My comment during the episode to my group was .. so Tyrion is really the only smart character you think they would be sharing relevant info.

@ nacht: Arya want to lose her V card.... love. Ehhhhh. Totally normal teenager behavior for sure.

The crypt is rising and I think Sam is going to a hero again battling for their lives with Tyrion as backup against the former Starks...

Maybe the starks are special and can't be controlled (like Benjen stark). Or maybe Winterfell is special and is impervious to whatever magic that the night king is using.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

nacht, on 22 April 2019 - 04:56 AM, said:

Malankazooie, on 22 April 2019 - 02:51 AM, said:

I knew it was going to be Pod to break into song. But damn though guys, can we talk about the the scene where Jaime knights Brienne?! Don't look at me! some dust just blew into my eye is all.

Is there a music category for these kinds of songs.
Very little music accompaniment, mostly human voice, not but high whatever those opera arias are. (and in english and not italian or french or german )

It's a ballad. (Also note that the content is (mostly) narrative.)

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 23 April 2019 - 04:06 AM

[Nicodimas]

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[Tiste Simeon]

Oh dang that episode was near perfect and I am so HYPE about what's coming up. I was itching for the Jon and Dany discussion all ep and then it finally happened with 5 minutes to go and it was beautifully understated. So many excellent moments.

[Malankazooie]

After the scene with Grey Worm and Missandei, it's safe to project that he's a dead man walking, right? After those north girls showed their revulsion at Missandei and then Grey Worm and Messandei talk about leaving the north and Westoros climes for sand and sun and her saying my people can't protect themselves and his reply that his people would protect them.

Holy shit, it just occurred to me, what if most of the Unsullied are killed and assimilated into the army of the dead. That would not be good.

Also, no one has mentioned Ghost making an appearance. I'm a little disappointed in you guys. J/K!

[Nicodimas]

Malankazooie, on 23 April 2019 - 09:18 PM, said:

After the scene with Grey Worm and Missandei, it's safe to project that he's a dead man walking, right? After those north girls showed their revulsion at Missandei and then Grey Worm and Messandei talk about leaving the north and Westoros climes for sand and sun and her saying my people can't protect themselves and his reply that his people would protect them.

Holy shit, it just occurred to me, what if most of the Unsullied are killed and assimilated into the army of the dead. That would not be good.

Also, no one has mentioned Ghost making an appearance. I'm a little disappointed in you guys. J/K!

I think that has always been why this particular Army of Dead is fearsome...halfway through the battle /rise!!! and you have dead soldiers inside your keep already breach'd the walls...

Unless they have a plan to burn the bodies as people eat it... after that initial volley of violence so common to medieval style battles ..

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 23 April 2019 - 10:53 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

I think considering the Battle of Winterfell seems to be coming kind of early in the series it's going to go badly and they will have to regroup somewhere closer to Cersei.

I think the writers will try and pull off some shocking Ned Stark death style plot twists so anything can happen.

[Gorefest]

Either that, or the Night King simply flies past Winterfell and straight on to King's Landing.

[Maark Abbott]

Ep2 was considerably better than Ep1. Whilst the two least bearable characters trying to have a heart to heart (more like a smug to smug, topkek) was relatively dire, the return of Brienne was great in every way, and especially at the end. Unfortunately, a death flag has tripped, which is kinda poop because she's consistently been a character whose segments I've looked forward to.

Still, roll on next week where stuff can start to happen. I get buildup, but if it goes Stormlight on me and builds for ages to naught but a wet fart, I shall be miffed.