A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Lorizael]

In the books she already burned down the red keep after her father was killed so I guess that is just another area wherw the book and the tv show differ.

Just the Tower of the Hand within the Red Keep, not the whole castle itself.

[Dinner]

Ahh, it has been a few years since I read the books.

[BeBMan]

Finally did watch the rest of season 6. Just saying.

In other news, a friend told me we might get two more seasons, but less than 10 episodes in each. Dunno if that's final.

Let's hope that Jon does better than the 1st King of the North. I for one would be careful with marriages, ehh

[Proteus_MST]

Finally did watch the rest of season 6. Just saying.

In other news, a friend told me we might get two more seasons, but less than 10 episodes in each. Dunno if that's final.

Aye, sounds like 8+7 Episodes are planned

Let's hope that Jon does better than the 1st King of the North. I for one would be careful with marriages, ehh

Hmm ... Jon already did a very very bad job at the battle against Ramsey ...
and all because Jon fell for Ramseys psychological warfare trap, like a little schoolboy ....
without the last minute aid of the knights of the Vale, the Boltons would have won without too many losses.

I would rather trust young Lady Mormont to become a good ruler of the north, than Jon

[Dinner]

Well, after Bran comes back he should replace Jon as the figurehead while Jon remains the battlefield commander.

[BeBMan]

I never uderstood the face-changing thing of the Faceless Men and Arya. During earlier seasons I thought they're basically shapeshifters.

Then, after watching the later "house of black and white" stuff, I thought they basically recycle skin/faces from the death, possibly with some magic involved, as for example the Jaqen (-sp?) guy was able to change face several times in a row. Now Arya can change too, but isn't even part of the "Faceless" anymore? Or is she?

Is anyone a "faceless" who can change like this, or only those who officially belong to that house of B/W? Arya seems to be some kind of independant now. When she killed that old Frey chap, did she have to kill the other girl before to take her face, or can she now just change here appearance freely?

[Lorizael]

The totally non-canon explanation I've seen is that The House of Black and White has a database of faces that can be accessed via those who have the right permissions, and Arya basically hacked her way into the face database (via crafty social engineering).

[BeBMan]

Sounds like some kind of Face....book?

[rah]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[BeBMan]

My totally irrelevant opinion about this season:

- not enough Bronn, Varys appearances
- Osha character kinda wasted, Rickon death had not much of an emotional impact on me, since he was never developed as character
- nice action/FX stuff, incl. HORSE IN DA FACE
- personally I enjoyed the Hound and the brotherhood being back, I found esp. the "debate" on who gets to kill how many of those bad (former brotherhood) guys amusing

[korn469]

What got me in the last episode, is while there might be a slight chance that Jaime can recognize Arya, I don't think any of the other, including Walder Frey have ever met her, much less could recognize her. She could have came up to him without wearing that other girl's face, and the same series of events would have happened.

[Ming]

But what fun is that

[BeBMan]

What got me in the last episode, is while there might be a slight chance that Jaime can recognize Arya, I don't think any of the other, including Walder Frey have ever met her, much less could recognize her. She could have came up to him without wearing that other girl's face, and the same series of events would have happened.

My private little explanation is that she wanted Frey to know who killed him, but did not want to reveal herself to everyone else she met in the process of getting to and into the Twins, killing Frey, escaping etc. It's not supported by anything I saw in the show, but works for me

[rah]

I'm good with that.

[Lorizael]

That's in line with what I think is going to happen next season. Arya is not going to have a family reunion, but continue being a revenge-assassin. No one will know who's doing it, and stories will spread that a ghost or demon or fate is out to kill the Stark enemies for their crimes.