***Official Game of Thrones thread***

[Ice-9]

Is it just me or is R'hlorr the only God that actually does stuff?

R'hllor hasn't done anything.
Red priests have.

[Embalmist]

tha fuk? did you even pay attention?

her father was overthrown by Robert, and she and her brother escaped and grew up in exile in the outerlands across the narrow sea. her brother actually had the claim, and sold her to khal drogo to get his army to go back and retake the throne, but you know how that ended...

think i need to rewatch, short-term memory loss sucks sometimes cause i dont remember. Because I was clueless, when i started watching. i remember her being in a nice place i guess that was kings landing? But I dont remember rob workin with ned to take over anything... Fuark. gonna watch s1 today again I guess.



please dont hate, just tryin to fill this missing link in my mind.

[Randall Flagg]

Have not read the books yet, but will be definitely reading them soon so I know what the phuck is going on. I can't wait years to know the entire story, it's driving me crazy.

ROFL!

brb read the first three books in 2001, still do not know the entire story
brb GRRM taking 5 years between the last two books and they end up sucking
brb still no end in sight

Sorry brah... you are in for disappoint. At this point I have higher hopes for the TV show than the books. (srs)

[kromie]

R'hllor hasn't done anything.
Red priests have.

But Red Priests would have to get their power from somewhere (most likely R'hlorr).

[Smokes]

Harrenhal look fuarking sick, I got way excited during the opening credits when they added it and Qarth. I really like how they add the new destinations to the opener

^^^^^ edit: you guys might wanna take that to the spoiler thread

[Tip Top]

^^ agreed. the intro's one of the best parts. always fun seeing a new location in it.

think i need to rewatch, short-term memory loss sucks sometimes cause i dont remember. Because I was clueless, when i started watching. i remember her being in a nice place i guess that was kings landing? But I dont remember rob workin with ned to take over anything... Fuark. gonna watch s1 today again I guess.



please dont hate, just tryin to fill this missing link in my mind.

wow.

not rob, Robert. Baratheon. they only talked about it...they never showed it, since it happened ~15 years before the events of the first season. the 'nice place' she was in was Pentos, her and her brother were being protected by the magister Illyrio since he acknowledged their claim to the throne.

[genericandwitty]

ROFL!

brb read the first three books in 1999, still do not know the entire story
brb GRRM taking 5 years between the last two books and they end up sucking
brb still no end in sight

Sorry brah... you are in for disappoint. At this point I have higher hopes for the TV show than the books. (srs)

edit:

guess we can't use the white font trick? Whatever.

[Embalmist]

^^ agreed. the intro's one of the best parts. always fun seeing a new location in it.

wow.

not rob, Robert. Baratheon. they only talked about it...they never showed it, since it happened ~15 years before the events of the first season. the 'nice place' she was in was Pentos, her and her brother were being protected by the magister Illyrio since he acknowledged their claim to the throne.

thank you.i meant the fat king when i said rob. but eyah, thanks now it makes sense.

[Tip Top]

GTFO with this spoiler sh*t. ^^^ delete that post.

[gentao]

I really like how they add the new destinations to the opener

yes, this

[BanWagon]

ROFL!

brb read the first three books in 2001, still do not know the entire story
brb GRRM taking 5 years between the last two books and they end up sucking
brb still no end in sight

Sorry brah... you are in for disappoint. At this point I have higher hopes for the TV show than the books. (srs)

Books have been dragging. I expected a time skip in the 4th book but we didn't get ****.

[An hero]

just that hers was first, time-wise. the targaryans united the seven seperate kingdoms, so they didn't usurp anyone before them, they conquered and brought together. they 'started' the realm, so she really just had the claim first.

note that we're acknowledging that other kings have 'claims' to the throne as well...the term 'claim' is up to interpretation for all of them, but hers is the strongest.

By your logic, this bitch is the rightful ruler of the USA

[Tip Top]

By your logic, this bitch is the rightful ruler of the USA

see: Treaty of Paris.

the Targaryans never signed a treaty.

[NYbrah]

By your logic, this bitch is the rightful ruler of the USA

retard pls go

[Smokes]

edit:

guess we can't use the white font trick? Whatever.

a lot of people run the black/grey background format since it's less intense and easier on the eyes (fewer headaches for me) and all text is white so the trick doesn't work

[maybesew]

Any of you guys want to write episode recaps or opinion pieces for my web site? Traffic is taking off, almost 2,000 page views a day. PM if interested

[genericandwitty]

a lot of people run the black/grey background format since it's less intense and easier on the eyes (fewer headaches for me) and all text is white so the trick doesn't work

oh...

I can't believe they haven't added ****ing [spoiler ] tags yet. I'm on forums that are significantly less well run, make way less money, and they all have them. It's awesome, you have a button you press and it drops down. Even if quoted.

Sorry for the spoilers then. Thought I was being all clever.

[An hero]

retard pls go

Very eloquent explanation of your position on the matter

[Motaba]

"I never win anything,” Dolorous Edd complained. “The gods always smiled on Watt, though. When the wildlings knocked him off the Bridge of Skulls, somehow he landed in a nice deep pool of water. How lucky was that, missing all those rocks?”
“Was it a long fall?” Grenn wanted to know. “Did landing in the pool of water save his life?”
“No,” said Dolorous Edd. “He was dead already, from that axe in his head. Still, it was pretty lucky, missing the rocks."

[Randall Flagg]

oh...

I can't believe they haven't added ****ing [spoiler ] tags yet. I'm on forums that are significantly less well run, make way less money, and they all have them. It's awesome, you have a button you press and it drops down. Even if quoted.

But how would that help sell supplements?

[KenshinR1]

By your logic, this bitch is the rightful ruler of the USA

some would you say that you are correct.....

[toasted11]

R'hllor hasn't done anything.
Red priests have.

Brb melisandre shiiting out that thing was just smoke and mirrors. Moran

ROFL!

brb read the first three books in 2001, still do not know the entire story
brb GRRM taking 5 years between the last two books and they end up sucking
brb still no end in sight

Sorry brah... you are in for disappoint. At this point I have higher hopes for the TV show than the books. (srs)

AFFC was more talky than the other books but it sets up the plot for ADWD. If you thought ADWD sucked, you should give up on the series now because the show will never be better than the books. Derp.

[gentao]

nothing but bickering in this thread

[Randall Flagg]

Brb melisandre shiiting out that thing was just smoke and mirrors. Moran



AFFC was more talky than the other books but it sets up the plot for ADWD. If you thought ADWD sucked, you should give up on the series now because the show will never be better than the books. Derp.

The problem wasn't too much talk, it was too many irrelevant characters and no forward movement for the relevant ones. Without getting spoilery, ADWD focused on more relevant characters, but there was still almost no forward movement at all. Yet we're still "two books away" from the end according to Martin... just like we've been since 2001.

Honestly bro, I pretty much have given up on the series. Martin looks about one cheeseburger away from a heart attack. I foresee a Robert Jordan type scenario for finishing this series as I doubt the guy's even got another 2 books (that is, 10 years) in him.

Either way, at this rate the TV series will catch up to and pass by the books, which may force them to go their own way to finish the story. In which case it's entirely possible it ends up better than however the books end. IMO.

EDIT: All this said, the first three books remain among my favorites ever, and will be fondly remembered whatever the outcome.

[Tip Top]

nothing but bickering in this thread

and spoilers...you forgot to mention the spoilers.

i want to talk about the show just as much as you do but people keep posting either spoilers or retarded questions about stuff that has already been explicitly described by the show. it's like there's no middle ground

[genericandwitty]

The problem wasn't too much talk, it was too many irrelevant characters and no forward movement for the relevant ones. Without getting spoilery, ADWD focused on more relevant characters, but there was still almost no forward movement at all. Yet we're still "two books away" from the end according to Martin... just like we've been since 2001.

Honestly bro, I pretty much have given up on the series. Martin looks about one cheeseburger away from a heart attack. I foresee a Robert Jordan type scenario for finishing this series as I doubt the guy's even got another 2 books (that is, 10 years) in him.

Either way, at this rate the TV series will catch up to and pass by the books, which may force them to go their own way to finish the story. In which case it's entirely possible it ends up better than however the books end. IMO.

That's when you say **** it and read the Erikson series because it's actually finished.



I still have hopes for the series, but he doesn't seem to be taking it half as seriously as Jordan did. I mean, when Jordan said in the author's notes in his books that he would keep on writing until they put the nail in his coffin, he was serious. If a new book isn't released in 2013, I'm going to get scared.

[Motaba]

That's when you say **** it and read the Erikson series because it's actually finished.



I still have hopes for the series, but he doesn't seem to be taking it half as seriously as Jordan did. I mean, when Jordan said in the author's notes in his books that he would keep on writing until they put the nail in his coffin, he was serious. If a new book isn't released in 2013, I'm going to get scared.

Read the 1st book, didn't like it and to much fantasy.

[toasted11]

The problem wasn't too much talk, it was too many irrelevant characters and no forward movement for the relevant ones. Without getting spoilery, ADWD focused on more relevant characters, but there was still almost no forward movement at all. Yet we're still "two books away" from the end according to Martin... just like we've been since 2001.

Honestly bro, I pretty much have given up on the series. Martin looks about one cheeseburger away from a heart attack. I foresee a Robert Jordan type scenario for finishing this series as I doubt the guy's even got another 2 books (that is, 10 years) in him.

Either way, at this rate the TV series will catch up to and pass by the books, which may force them to go their own way to finish the story. In which case it's entirely possible it ends up better than however the books end. IMO.

EDIT: All this said, the first three books remain among my favorites ever, and will be fondly remembered whatever the outcome.

I agree for the most part. I thought ADWD started slow but really picked up. The series was first supposed to be a trilogy, then it became 5, now 7. I definitely think we're on track still but I could see another book being added. GRRM has a couple hundred pages to the next book done already and has released some preview chapters already. Also, with the show taking off, there's more pressure to keep him motivated to finish the books. Hopefully summer of 2013 we get the next book.

[Ice-9]

Brb melisandre shiiting out that thing was just smoke and mirrors. Moran

So Red Priests have an innate ability, strengthened through training....much like wargs or maesters.
What does that have to do with R'hllor....moran

[TurboLagBrah]

Was bored so I checked out a GoT forums to see what they had to say about this episode. Was surprised by how many people wanted Ros dead (shot by Joffrey in that whore scene). She does get too much screen time though.