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Post by Majic on May 16, 2016 13:24:57 GMT -6
you have to think that he is going to lose some support after the recent events. rumors are out that he killed his father, the frey girl and the baby.
that mixed with Jon Snow and Sansa calling on the bannermen would have to dilute some of his army
yea, its pretty obvious that Ramsey's demise is coming. It's just a matter of how many people he takes down with him cant imagine Rikon makes it out alive.. my guess is his last stand is him holding Rikon and killing him before Sansa shanks him right after |
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 16, 2016 13:42:34 GMT -6
I would think flaying Ramsay would be the most fitting end for him, but I don't know if the Starks would do something like that.
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Post by Souper Troopers on May 16, 2016 13:54:56 GMT -6
Saw a great theory on what happens to rickon
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Post by Face-in on May 16, 2016 13:57:38 GMT -6
Saw a great theory on what happens to rickon His leg? |
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Post by Majic on May 16, 2016 13:59:55 GMT -6
Saw a great theory on what happens to rickon care to share? |
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Post by Souper Troopers on May 16, 2016 14:19:48 GMT -6
Fason posted it. Had to do with a training montage showing Arya. When ever she asked about certain people she was hitting Arya on the body part that corresponded with her brother/the hound. When she said Rickon she hit her in the leg. |
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Post by Majic on May 16, 2016 15:12:48 GMT -6
Fason posted it. Had to do with a training montage showing Arya. When ever she asked about certain people she was hitting Arya on the body part that corresponded with her brother/the hound. When she said Rickon she hit her in the leg. meaning they will cut his leg off? |
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Post by Souper Troopers on May 16, 2016 15:14:43 GMT -6
Fason posted it. Had to do with a training montage showing Arya. When ever she asked about certain people she was hitting Arya on the body part that corresponded with her brother/the hound. When she said Rickon she hit her in the leg. meaning they will cut his leg off? Or something |
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Post by Majic on May 16, 2016 15:17:41 GMT -6
meaning they will cut his leg off? Or something the gif in that article really helps |
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Post by Souper Troopers on May 16, 2016 19:51:13 GMT -6
Also I love Khaleese so much and she is my top bitch... But of all the tits and ass i've seen no one touches Melisandre 1) Melisandre 2) Margaery 3) Missandei Uh did you not see when Bronn and the sandsnakes were in the cell? |
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Post by Majic on May 17, 2016 9:46:07 GMT -6
By Jason Concepcion
The world of Game of Thrones is so vast that even the act of characters meeting is notable. Before Sunday night’s “Book of the Stranger,” the last time Jon and Sansa were in the same place was the first episode of Season 1, when Lord Eddard Stark, his family, and his favored servants lined the yard at Winterfell to greet King Robert Baratheon. Sansa stood in the front with Ned; Jon was one row back with Theon. They never interacted. Sansa’s arrival at Castle Black marks the first time the audience sees the two of them speak to one another. And not a moment too soon — Jon’s big plan for his second life, before Sansa put her boot in his ass, was basically to roam the land alone, feeling sad and stuff. It’s a pivotal meeting, and I haven’t even gotten around to shipping Tormund and Brienne yet. They have so much in common, namely intimate experiences with bears.
Now, to the questions.
North asks, “How many days would it take an army to march from the Vale to Castle Black?”
The journey would take weeks, not days. Westeros, from the Wall to the tippy-toe of Dorne, is roughly the size of South America. In Season 1, Cersei Lannister mentions that the ride from King’s Landing to Winterfell, a journey of roughly 1,800 miles,* took a month to complete. The distance from Runestone in the Vale (where Lord “Bronze” Yohn Royce has been laboring unsuccessfully to turn young Lord Julian Casablancas into a martial man) to Castle Black is about the same, though the route is more winding and involves negotiating the Mountains of the Moon. The knights of the Vale would be moving north with more purpose and haste than the late King Robert’s bloated royal retinue. Assuming House Arryn’s banners muster swiftly, employ forced marches, are made up exclusively of cavalry, have a minimal baggage train, and are blessed with good weather, I think a two-and-a-half-week journey is probably a reasonable guess.
*I arrived at this number by using the length of the Wall (300 miles) to estimate the total distance.
Jay asks, “Surely Littlefinger knows that the knights of the Vale will have to travel through the Twins in order to get to the North. What's the play here?”
After the knights of the Vale descend the High Road over the Mountains of the Moon, they can then make a right turn at the Kingsroad. From there, it’s a straight shot up to Castle Black. This takes them well east of the Twins and the Green Fork of the Trident River, which Walder Frey’s great double-middle-finger toll bridge stands astride.
You’re probably thinking of the Neck, the swampy isthmus connecting the North with the rest of Westeros, and the ancient fortress of Moat Cailin, which bottlenecks the Kingsroad there. No army has ever taken Moat Cailin from the south. The stronghold is not continuously manned, though, owing to its generally dilapidated state and location smack in the middle of a pestilential bog. It’s up to the Warden of the North to order it garrisoned. Lord Ramsay Bolton has a lot going on right now, so staffing up Moat Cailin is probably several slots below “torture Rickon (again)” and “beat off while feeding Osha’s corpse to the dogs” on his to-do list. Also, real talk, ease of travel through the Neck would help the showrunners expedite the plot.
Doug Tulak asks, “If the Reach has the second-largest army (according to Jaime), who has the largest?”
It has to be the Vale. Lysa Arryn — even though she was Catelyn Stark’s sister and the aunt of the late King in the North — pointedly held her realm out of the War of the Five Kings, and as a reult the fighting men of the Vale are fresh as daisies. Like Switzerland in The Sound of Music, the Vale’s valleys and meadows are untouched by the war that raged just beyond her mountains. In the books, Littlefinger uses this oasis of stability as an opportunity to Bobby “Axe” Axelrod the Westerosi commodities market, buying up the Vale’s harvest to take advantage of future increases in food prices. The only snag in the Vale’s rocky mountain high — besides having a teenage breastfeeder with poor impulse control and no hand-eye coordination as its Lord Protector — is increased raiding by the emboldened mountain clans that Tyrion armed back in Season 1 as a reward for, among other things, escorting him south without cutting off his cock and feeding it to “the goats.” Other than that, the Vale is a very chill place.
Liam asks, “With the addition of the Dothraki, how many soldiers does Khaleesi have in her army now?”
To quote Herman Melville, “We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Daenerys now has an enormous military at her disposal. Khal Drogo commanded the largest khalasar of his day — 40,000 murderous horsemen. I counted seven khals present at Dosh Khaleen HQ when Daenerys showed them how she got the title “The Unburnt.” (Vaes Dothrak, beef up your fire codes.) If we assume that each khal had a horde half the size of Drogo’s, that’s 140,000 men. Daenerys’s Unsullied have suffered heavy losses in Meereen, but they originally totaled 8,000 spearmen. That brings us to just under 150,000 men. Those estimates are conservative; the books speak of Khal Pono, originally one of Drogo’s followers, commanding a khalasar 30,000 strong. We’re also ignoring the 2,000 horses of Daario’s Second Sons cavalry, the emancipated slave gladiators of the fighting pits, and the various noncombatant camp followers attached to each group. The question now is how to get all those people across the Narrow Sea.
Katie asks, “Why didn’t anyone make Dany join the Dosh Khaleen when Drogo died?”
There was simply no one interested in delivering her to Vaes Dothrak after her failed attempt to save Drogo’s life turned him into a vegetable. The Dothraki have a strong aversion to sorcery. Daenerys showing mercy toward Mirri Maz Duur — a maegi! — was bad enough. Allowing the sorceress to sacrifice Drogo’s horse was several steps too far. Drogo’s bloodriders became enraged. One of them, Qotho, tried to kill Dany and, if not for Ser Jorah, would have succeeded. Most of what remained of Drogo’s khalasar when the khal fell ill abandoned Dany then. Those who stayed had, by that point, broken every taboo in Dothraki culture; they had no incentive to follow through with the Dosh Khaleen tradition.
Nick asks, “Does this episode confirm that Dany is immune to fire?”
Casually strolling the interior of a building as it’s consumed by flames while khals and their henchmen turn to charred lumps around her, then emerging from the conflagration unblemished, is a strong indicator that Dany is immune to fire. This is a change from the books. “TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE,” said George R.R. Martin in 1999 in ALL CAPS FOR EMPHASIS. “The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold.” Whatever the case, there’s an internal logic for Dany’s increased abilities: magic returned to the world with the birth of her dragons; as the beasts have grown stronger, it stands to reason that magic has as well.
Michael asks, “Why can’t Jorah just cut off his arm to stop the greyscale from spreading?”
A common saying holds that there are three cures for greyscale: “axe and sword and cleaver.” (Greyscale humor!) But in the absence of the medical expertise of a maester, amputation is, in itself, practically a death sentence. And anyway, hacking off the infected limb is not guaranteed to stop the spread of the disease. Looking for a cure before his mind goes full stone-man is the best of Jorah’s bad options.
Stuart asks, “Is TV Ramsay Bolton the greatest warrior/schemer the Seven Kingdoms has ever known?”
No. He has a certain low cunning, but he’s no Tyrion or Littlefinger or Varys, just to name characters who are alive. And, while a fierce fighter, he’d be no match for Jon, Brienne, Jorah, Daario, any of Dany’s bloodriders, Lord Umber, Tormund Giantsbane, etc., etc. He owes his success to decisive action in a time when the families of the North are just trying to keep their heads down and consolidate their losses.
Paul asks, “What beat would you put to the show's version of ‘The Pink Letter’?”
The “Pink Letter” is so titled because, in the books, the Boltons use pink wax to seal their missives. Ramsay also likes to write in blood and send scraps of human skin rolled up with the parchment. (So in case you’re wondering if Lord Bolton can get worse, the answer is: yes.) As for the beat, I’m thinking trap. Probably “Jumpman”:
You allowed thousands of wildlings past the wall (whoo!)
You betrayed your own kind, you betrayed the North (ahh!)
Your brother Rickon in my dungeon, dungeon, come and see (damn!)
His direwolf skin is on my floor, my floor, come and see (woof!)
Winterfell is mine, come and see (come and see!)
Bastard, come and see Bastard, come and see (ah-ha!)
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 17, 2016 11:24:26 GMT -6
That guy is also a guest on the show After Thrones or whatever it's called. The show is kinda goofy and I'm not sure if I like it, but I've watched each episode so far.
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Post by Lazy Pete on May 17, 2016 11:27:29 GMT -6
He's a great follow on twitter for NBA talk. @netw3rk
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Post by Majic on May 17, 2016 11:34:20 GMT -6
That guy is also a guest on the show After Thrones or whatever it's called. The show is kinda goofy and I'm not sure if I like it, but I've watched each episode so far. I watched part of 1 episode and found it boring
although im likely to give it another try
and yes he is a great follow, for anyone else interested at 3pm EST he goes live and answers additional questions on The Ringer facebook page
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 17, 2016 11:36:50 GMT -6
That guy is also a guest on the show After Thrones or whatever it's called. The show is kinda goofy and I'm not sure if I like it, but I've watched each episode so far. I watched part of 1 episode and found it boring
although im likely to give it another try
and yes he is a great follow, for anyone else interested at 3pm EST he goes live and answers additional questions on The Ringer facebook page
I feel like they found their stride more in episode two, but like I said I'm still not sure if it's a good show or not. |
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Post by Bankz on May 17, 2016 14:49:58 GMT -6
Also I love Khaleese so much and she is my top bitch... But of all the tits and ass i've seen no one touches Melisandre 1) Melisandre 2) Margaery 3) Missandei Uh did you not see when Bronn and the sandsnakes were in the cell? Oh yeah Tyene Sand.... momma mia. Top of the list. First character I wanted to fuck in some time. |
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Post by Citizen Cane on May 17, 2016 14:58:57 GMT -6
not enough love for ygrite
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Post by Majic on May 17, 2016 18:18:23 GMT -6
not enough love for ygrite Fun fact, kit Harrington (Jon snow) and rose Leslie (yrgitte) date in real life now |
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Post by KwYawnza on May 22, 2016 20:34:13 GMT -6
I'm calling Peta on these motherfuckers.
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 22, 2016 21:35:26 GMT -6
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 22, 2016 21:35:59 GMT -6
That's a rough episode
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 21:41:21 GMT -6
Hodor
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 21:46:16 GMT -6
That was probably the most emotional and saddest death in all the series
I don't think it can get any worse for me
not to mention they kill off another fucking direwolf
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Post by kn88 on May 22, 2016 23:51:20 GMT -6
Not my boy Hodor. Dammit man.
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Post by kn88 on May 23, 2016 0:11:05 GMT -6
Okay, we know Bran is Marty McFly on steroids. Was the Night King grabbing Bran just about getting into the cave, or does he want something from him? What if the Night King wants Bran to go back in time and change things?
I haven't read the books, so I'm reaching.
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Post by Majic on May 23, 2016 6:53:41 GMT -6
Okay, we know Bran is Marty McFly on steroids. Was the Night King grabbing Bran just about getting into the cave, or does he want something from him? What if the Night King wants Bran to go back in time and change things? I haven't read the books, so I'm reaching. I have been wondering this same thing myself. What is the end game for the White Walkers? I read an article last night talking about them, and they fact they have never gone past The Wall, is it because they cant or because they just wont? Its more of a mystery to both book readers and show watchers since not much is known about them what do they want to happen and why do they want Bran so badly? I have a feeling they dont want him to kill him but rather for other reasons. |
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Post by gbgalla24 on May 23, 2016 7:24:56 GMT -6
That was probably the most emotional and saddest death in all the series I don't think it can get any worse for me not to mention they kill off another fucking direwolf RIP Summer. There were some other theories on Hodor, but I think this explanation of Hodor was really well done. Now with this episode and the episode where Ned heard Bran, it makes you think he may have the power to effect the past/present/future. |
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Post by Citizen Cane on May 23, 2016 7:42:37 GMT -6
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Post by Majic on May 23, 2016 7:48:02 GMT -6
That was probably the most emotional and saddest death in all the series I don't think it can get any worse for me not to mention they kill off another fucking direwolf RIP Summer. There were some other theories on Hodor, but I think this explanation of Hodor was really well done. Now with this episode and the episode where Ned heard Bran, it makes you think he may have the power to effect the past/present/future. was reading a theory that everything that has happened/will happen is all because Bran goes into the past to try and stop it. also in this theory, all the Brans in the Stark lineage are the same person, or at least influenced by the Bran we see in the show. He went back in time to build the wall and was "Bran the builder" originally to stop the White Walkers |
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Post by Citizen Cane on May 23, 2016 7:52:03 GMT -6
RIP Summer. There were some other theories on Hodor, but I think this explanation of Hodor was really well done. Now with this episode and the episode where Ned heard Bran, it makes you think he may have the power to effect the past/present/future. was reading a theory that everything that has happened/will happen is all because Bran goes into the past to try and stop it. also in this theory, all the Brans in the Stark lineage are the same person, or at least influenced by the Bran we see in the show. He went back in time to build the wall and was "Bran the builder" originally to stop the White Walkers it is certainly possible considering the amount of prior planning GRRM has done when it came to this story. The more we see in the show and hear the show runners attribute things to GRRM, it amazes me he is struggling to write. It seems like he has the outline of the story already done. the Hodor arc was absolutely brilliant writing. |
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