A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

More screentime for Varys would be nice. Definitely one of the best remaining characters.

[Nikolai]

I'm posting this here, just read the following about the coming season. I'll spoiler it, but the important part to know before reading, it's a spoiler both for viewers and book readers. It's in the news though, so be careful reading the Internet if you don't want to be spoiled.

Spoiler:

Martin has said in an interview that book readers will be shocked. Four characters will die this season, three more than in the books. In other words, huge changes are happening compared to the books and no one will have benefit from foreknowledge.

[rah]

Yeah, I've seen that reported in a few difference sources.

[Dinner]

Or did he? The speculation is that Jaime saw an impostor, not the actual Jeyne.

In one of the interviews he did GRRM said he had just forgotten and mixed up the character discriptions. Besides, Westerling went back to her parents place under house arrest so he parents and all of the servants would know if it was a fake unless they were in on it too. Also remember how the mother kept getting the daughter to unknowingly drink the moon tea?

[regexcellent]

Yeah but one of those characters

Spoiler:

is Jon who's not actually dead.

The others are probably

Spoiler:

Balon Greyjoy, Janos Slynt, and either Littlefinger or Shireen.

Shireen's going to be sacrificed to bring Jon back and Sansa's going to kill Littlefinger.

Another possibility though is Bronn, in place of that kingsguard dude who dies in Dorne.

[Dinner]

Some of the story lines are already up to where they are 8n the books so it will be interesting to see what happens from now on. Will they just pause those story lines and catch up with the other story lines which aren't yet caught up to the books or will they charge ahead with new material? It will be interesting either way.

[regexcellent]

Actually come to think of it,

Spoiler:

Balon Greyjoy might survive the season for Ironborn showing up in season 6

And similarly Theon could die this season.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well there are also (who die in the books)

Spoiler:

Kevan Lannister and Grand Maester Pycelle, but maybe they are holding that for Season 6

[Nikolai]

New chapter from Winds of Winter released: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerp...nds-of-winter/

[Dinner]

I am about a third of the way through the new chapter. So far it is good stuff.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's not that long, Oerdin

[Lorizael]

Intentionally not reading it. I don't like to read things that are potentially out of order/incomplete.

[regexcellent]

It's really good. It was originally a Dance chapter, so don't worry about it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/03/george-rr-martin-winds-date

George determined to finished Winds by 2016. But this is the big bombshell I think (though I think we knew it'd be like two different stories when the show met and overtook the books):

In one intriguing new wrinkle, Martin says he just came up with a big, revealing twist on a long-time character that he never previously considered. “This is going to drive your readers crazy,” he teases, “but I love it. I’m still weighing whether to go that direction or not. It’s a great twist. It’s easy to do things that are shocking or unexpected, but they have to grow out of characters. They have to grow out of situations. Otherwise, it’s just being shocking for being shocking. But this is something that seems very organic and natural, and I could see how it would happen. And with the various three, four characters involved… it all makes sense. But it’s nothing I’ve ever thought of before. And it’s nothing they can do in the show, because the show has already—on this particular character—made a couple decisions that will preclude it, where in my case I have not made those decisions.”

[Dinner]

It's not that long, Oerdin

It has more to do with time available for reading. It is a work day.