Game of Thrones Season 7 - Monday Morning Torrenters Thread
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
That's surprising. GoT is the biggest series in the world and if it's not making loads of money, someone has fucked up. I can imagine the budget being tight in series 1 but not series7
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Consensus seems to be that it's a sand snake dangling from the bowsprit at the end there, with mama snake speared above. So Yara is still alive, maybe. It would seem like a waste of a promising arc to kill her off but that's never stopped them before.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
There'll be a per-episode budget. That means pinching a few pennies one week leaves them with more money to spend on a big battle next week.
Possibly this is why we got a rushed and confusing Greyjoy battle crammed in at the end of an episode which also featured a long, painful but ultimately cheap scene with Missandei and Grey Worm. They can't afford huge epic battles every week.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
It's the 2 Sand Snakes killed by Euron during the battle, Obara is speared to the bow and Nymeria is hung by her own whip.
Ellaria Sand (and her only daughter Tyene, she of the infamous 'bad pussy' line and Bronn-distracting boobs) were kept alive as Euron's 'gift' to Cersei (as they killed Myrcella), while Yara is probably being kept alive for Euron to play with.
Technically Theon may have saved her life by not attacking Euron.
Dread to think what Cersei will do with Ellaria and Tyene, probably some fucked up mother / daughter punishment, perhaps mirroring Rickard / Brandon Stark's deaths at the hands of the Mad King that kicked off the whole of Robert's Rebellion.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Meh. They killed off Doctor Bashir and Prince One Direction in pretty unpleasant ways themselves.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
True, I just don't like seeing Cersei win.
Plus they've completely bollocksed up the Dorne storyline in the show, it's unrecognizable.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
If he ever does get the last books out i don't think I'll want to read them because it will be obvious what subplots are unimportant filler from where the TV series goes.
So a prediction - anyone else think that Sansa might die this season? I feel like because of the show's unforgiving nature that another Stark will have to go at some point, and of the four remaining she seems like the most dispensable as things stand. Could be tied into a betrayal story arc engineered by Littlefinger.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I think it's either her or Arya. I think they'd be cruel enough to us to off Arya just before she's reunited with the remnants of her family
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
I agree that they're both more likely than John or Bran, both of whom seem likely to be central figures in the mythology. Arya's been trained up with some interesting and, compared to the other main characters, unique skills though. And she's still got people on her list. My money is on Sansa.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Bran has to warg a dragon, after that he can toddle off.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
No way does Arya's arc end happily.
Stark fates:
Jon will either sit on the iron throne or sacrifice himself in the final battle with the night king.
Sansa = Queen In The North.
Bran goes to live in a tree.
Arya dead by hubris, but not till she's had a chance to do a bit more killing.
PS: This is the thread now then? See how pointless it is to split them?
Stark fates:
Jon will either sit on the iron throne or sacrifice himself in the final battle with the night king.
Sansa = Queen In The North.
Bran goes to live in a tree.
Arya dead by hubris, but not till she's had a chance to do a bit more killing.
PS: This is the thread now then? See how pointless it is to split them?
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
he wont. When you look at him, only thing you see is that he is one beef burger away from a fatal heart attack....
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He says the next one 'might' be months away now 
Game of Thrones: Winds of Winter could be out in 2018, says George RR Martin
Game of Thrones: Winds of Winter could be out in 2018, says George RR Martin
Idaho
blah blah blah
He's just trolling the book wankers.He says the next one 'might' be months away now
Game of Thrones: Winds of Winter could be out in 2018, says George RR Martin
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
what?
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
what he needs to do is write down exactly how this saga will play out. eg.
dany will burn jon who survives. he is true heir to thrown. dany dies. killed by littlefinga
cersi dies - killed by jamie
Hound and Mountain fight
Jon sits on crown
tyrion is hand of king
Then if he dies, someone will have a draft of what he wanted and it would be then up to them to finish it. Similar to authors writing new james bond novels.
dany will burn jon who survives. he is true heir to thrown. dany dies. killed by littlefinga
cersi dies - killed by jamie
Hound and Mountain fight
Jon sits on crown
tyrion is hand of king
Then if he dies, someone will have a draft of what he wanted and it would be then up to them to finish it. Similar to authors writing new james bond novels.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
That evolution of language you're so keen on
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
can you translate then?
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
He gave the showrunners the broad strokes of the plot a long time ago.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
'Please don't be beastly to the book wankers'
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
They seem to be sowing some seeds for a disasatrous stint as Queen o' North for Sansa. Littlefinger will clearly be emboldened in Jon's absence and will be looking to stir the pot. Some of the Northmen may also be less than happy about the new creeping feminist agenda.
On the subject of which, I'm really enjoying how the show has gradually arrived at a point where almost all the most powerful characters are women. I didn't even notice at first that Dany's war council contained only female rulers, but when you stop and think about it it's a big fucking deal for a medieval world. And then there's the contrast between those women and man's man Randall Tarly, paralysed by oaths and honour, traumatised coward Theon and sneering perv Littlefinger. The question now is whether a bunch of women who have been forced to become brutal and hard-hearted in order to survive this far will make any less of a hash of things than the lords and kings did.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
sounded like the opposite!
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Quite
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Yep. I really enjoyed episode two for exactly this reason
Seems a welcome change from the rampant and often gratuitous misogyny from earlier seasons.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
That's always been the argument of the show's fans. The worrying bits are where the people making the show seem to be enjoying the misogyny a little too much and laying it on thicker than is really needed for world-building or storytelling.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Yes and that's why to a degree I've found it justifiable. But some of the things the TV series has done - having Jaime rape Cersei, the ongoing gratuitous tits, and the absolutely appalling attempted titilation of rape scenes at Crastors, have seemed pretty unnecessary.
Tbf I know the off screen rape of Sansa by Bolton got a lot of stick but I thought that was justifiable as it was plot driving and also not shown (it didn't need to be). I can see why some people were so cross though given the history of the show up until then. It was a bit like the idea of crying wolf.
