"A Game of Thrones" Spoiler-Ridden Catch-All of Doom - books and HBO show

Grenn wrote:

The more I get into the final book, the more difficult it gets to read. Why? Not because of inactivity or dumb character decisions. No. Every sympathetic character has the same problem.

I've been struggling through the last one as well, I hope to finish it by the time Dream for Spring comes out (in 2015)

Lucky Wilbury wrote:
Grenn wrote:

The more I get into the final book, the more difficult it gets to read. Why? Not because of inactivity or dumb character decisions. No. Every sympathetic character has the same problem.

I've been struggling through the last one as well, I hope to finish it by the time Dream for Spring comes out (in 2020)

Fixed that for you ...

Mere Anarchy wrote:

I'm sure Sanderson would be happy to finish off the series after Martin dies.

That would give Sanderson the triple kill for sure.

Too soon?

So I have a couple of questions after watching all of season 2.

When they knock out Theon and bag his head, are we supposed to not know what happens to him until a later date? I just wanted to know if I missed something because there are 2 options with what I saw go down: his men snuck out and carried him to the ship to home, or his crew handed him over to the Northmen trying to take back Winterfell in exchange for their freedom...

The second thing is what happened to the incredibly hot redheaded prostitute from season 1 (from imdb I believe her character is Ros). Did they recast her? Is she gone? Or will she come back at a later point? (I am not the hugest fan of redheads, but this show certainly has some extremely lovely ones like Jon Snow's wilding friend)

Theon becomes a thrall of the Bastard of Bolton. He is the new "Reek."

The redhead prostitute will return, but they are using her in place of Alayaya, who is not a northern prostitute come to King's Landing. In the book Alayaya is stripped, lashed bloody, and cast into the city on the orders of Cersei, who thinks Alayaya is Tyrion's girlfriend and is holding her hostage for Tommen. In the book, Tyrion uses a hidden passage in Alayaya's chambers to sneak into the house Tyrion has Shay setup in.

fangblackbone wrote:

So I have a couple of questions after watching all of season 2.

When they knock out Theon and bag his head, are we supposed to not know what happens to him until a later date? I just wanted to know if I missed something because there are 2 options with what I saw go down: his men snuck out and carried him to the ship to home, or his crew handed him over to the Northmen trying to take back Winterfell in exchange for their freedom...

The second thing is what happened to the incredibly hot redheaded prostitute from season 1 (from imdb I believe her character is Ros). Did they recast her? Is she gone? Or will she come back at a later point? (I am not the hugest fan of redheads, but this show certainly has some extremely lovely ones like Jon Snow's wilding friend)

She's a character that's only in the TV show, so it's a bit hard to say.

1. All will be revealed in time.

2. She was never that important. I think she was a made up exposition character. Important characters would f*ck her and tell her history and stuff as a way of cluing in the audience to the backstory/unseen plot developments.

edit* I forgot they were replacing Alayaya with her.

Ros went on to King's Landing, IIRC, and now works in Littlefinger's brothel.

Where's mah Winds of Winter?! Writer faster, dear Martin, write faster!

I saw this thread and had to just peek in. Since I am one of those "losers" that got into Game of Thrones via the HBO show and started watching IMMEDIATELY, I think I'm gonna stay out of this thread if it is spoiler ridden book territory.

So, this is my small attempt to get engaged in this thread from this point and see if it's still spoiler ridden...

Cuz I don't wanna know about anything past where I'm at with the show, but just to pop in and say how excited I am for this season! Can't wait!

Le0hart85 wrote:

I saw this thread and had to just peek in. Since I am one of those "losers" that got into Game of Thrones via the HBO show and started watching IMMEDIATELY, I think I'm gonna stay out of this thread if it is spoiler ridden book territory.

So, this is my small attempt to get engaged in this thread from this point and see if it's still spoiler ridden...

Cuz I don't wanna know about anything past where I'm at with the show, but just to pop in and say how excited I am for this season! Can't wait!

You probably want to be in this thread instead
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/1...

Yup! Thanks for the redirect, just found it! Thanks for the heads up! Backing out slowly now!

Le0hart85 wrote:

So, this is my small attempt to get engaged in this thread from this point and see if it's still spoiler ridden...

Dude! It's the spoiler-ridden catch-all of doom! It doesn't get more spoilerific than this thread!

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I don't understand how Ghost got a hold of Needle to stick them with the pointy end. He doesn't even have hands. How the heck is he going to stick them? I think Jon was just going crazy from all the daggers he was getting stabbed with.

I also don't understand why the dwarf isn't a evil statue. At one point he was turning into a statue and in the next moment he was cured.

I really don't understand the cats that protect King Tommen. How can cats be knights? I mean they are cats. They can't hold a sword. Wait is he training these cats to fight Ghost. That is crazy. Ghost is a dire wolf and those knights are just cats. Ghost will eat those cats for lunch.

Why aren't there any female giants? Where do baby giants come from?

So that one guy attacks a dragon with a whip and now he is dead. Then he lets the dragons out. What was he thinking. You attack dragons with buckets of water, everyone knows that.

Is Bran really going to become a talking tree? Does he know there are no talking tree women.

Enough with all the dead people walking around doing stuff. Please just die already, no one wants to smell your rotting flesh. You got the iron island guys killing people just to bring back zombies. A bunch whites raising the dead just for fun. The priest of the light bringing people back to life to have someone to talk to. A dead crow guy riding on a giant elk because he has nothing better to do. And now Khal Drogo has come back riding a pale horse and army from hell behind him. Just die already. Go away.

What is Trunks doing with that little boy and shaggy dog? We haven't seen them in months or years. Did she take them to hogswarts to learn magic?

Cersi was walking around naked. I think she forgot her dress or something. She should buy some new clothes.

heavyfeul wrote:

I don't remember this being posted so...

Chapter from the Winds of Winter

Crap!!! I had completely forgotten about this.
Thanks!!!

I don't remember this being posted so...

Chapter from the Winds of Winter.

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Season 3 trailer!!

I need some dream wine so I can just sleep till the end of March.

It's going to be really disappointing when this series is canceled at the equivalent of book six, isn't it?

bnpederson wrote:

It's going to be really disappointing when this series is canceled at the equivalent of book six, isn't it?

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Looks like I found a new paper target. Rifle range, here I come.

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Less then one week away. I wait patiently.

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heavyfeul wrote:

Less then one week away. I wait patiently.

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Wait, who is Mac playing?

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:

Wait, who is Mac playing?

I had the exact same thought.

Am I the only one who thinks that the only really good episodes of the show are the ones done by Alan Taylor?

Nevin73 wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:

Wait, who is Mac playing?

I had the exact same thought.

Mac hosted a panel with everyone in the picture for the Emmys. While nothing really new came out it's actually quite entertaining and he's clearly a big fan of the show. It also reaffirms how awesome Peter Dinklage is with his deadpan delivery. The banter between he and Mac is hilarious.

Emmys Season 3 panel (NSFW-language)

*edited to include NSFW tag, didn't want to get anyone in trouble. Also, fast forward to 58 minutes for a great story from Dinklage answering the question "most memorable fan interaction".