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Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]

Last thought (probably) - In a story filled with noble warriors such as Beric, Jorah, Jon, Brienne, Jaime (ish), and at least four of those wielding Valyrian Steel swords, not a single one is engaged in or has a brief fight with a White Walker before the army of the dead is droid-protocol killed?

Maybe it would have been fanservice, but it would have been decent fanservice.
 
Lord Camomile said:
I think one of my problems is it seems he was barely even that. I have a terrible memory so could be forgetting stuff, but when did he actually do anything? He generally just seems to stand around, staring silently, and then every now and again will raise the dead on the battlefield. A strong move, no question, but it didn't really make him very intimidating, in the end. All this build up and he gets caught out by a sneak attack. We didn't even get a big ol' fight with Jon :(
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He gave Arya the dagger she killed the Night King with
 
Orang Utan said:
He gave Arya the dagger she killed the Night King with
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I was talking about the Night King, not Bran.

There was all this portent and "arrrggggh, he's fucking terrifying", which is fine if it has a payoff, but it seemed like in the end, no he wasn't.

As I said, raising the dead, very strong move, but beyond that all the slow build up resulted in a bit of a damp squib.
 
I wasn't stoned but my heart was going like the clappers in the buildup to the battle. The doom-laden music and then nothing happening for ages. Then the annihilation of the Dothraki just seen as lights disappearing on the horizon.

It was ace. I might watch it again tonight. :D
 
I think he was scary. I was scared.

He was winning! Easily! They were utterly fucked!

Had Arya not been there he would have won. We may be disappointed that it came down to a snatching victory from the jaws of defeat but the massive battles in GoT always work out that way. Hell, the massive battles in nearly all fiction always work out that way.
 
Voley said:
I wasn't stoned but my heart was going like the clappers in the buildup to the battle. The doom-laden music and then nothing happening for ages. Then the annihilation of the Dothraki just seen as lights disappearing on the horizon.

It was ace. I might watch it again tonight. :D
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Yeah, I quite enjoyed the build up, to be fair.

They also seemed to be really telegraphing Greyworm dying, although I assume that was intentional to play with our expectations.
 
SheilaNaGig said:
But it was also to demonstrate that Jon is a Targaerian: only Targaerians can ride dragons. Or at least, only a true Targaerion can ride a dragon at first attempt. It was a clumsy cringey scene but it deftly gave us two things: the dragons accept Jon, and Daenerys trusts him as her consort. So it’s a set up for him usurping her rule.
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nah she's gonna do away with him...
 
Plumdaff said:
I think he was scary. I was scared.

He was winning! Easily! They were utterly fucked!
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This is my point though, was he scary/winning, or was it just the seemingly insurmountable odds of facing a massive undead army? What did the Night King himself do that was scary, beyond stalking around with a moody look?
Plumdaff said:
Had Arya not been there he would have won. We may be disappointed that it came down to a snatching victory from the jaws of defeat but the massive battles in GoT always work out that way. Hell, the massive battles in nearly all fiction always work out that way.
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I'm not disappointed it was snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, it was always going to be that, I just don't think the Night King himself was actually shown to be a particular threat. His army, absolutely. Him..?
 
Lord Camomile said:
They also seemed to be really telegraphing Greyworm dying, although I assume that was intentional to play with our expectations.
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I was surprised he's still alive too. The huffing and puffing he did before the battle seemed to signal the end. I do hope him and Missandei get to retire to their nice butterfly island when this is over.
 
Lord Camomile said:
This is my point though, was he scary/winning, or was it just the seemingly insurmountable odds of facing a massive undead army? What did the Night King himself do that was scary, beyond stalking around with a moody look?
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besides raising and controlling an army of the dead, raising the freshy killed "goodies" and making them fight for him, riding around on a zombie dragon, wiping out most of winterfell and its surrounding areas, destroying the freefolk north of the wall? :D

What would have made you happy? If he turned out to be freddy krugger?
 
joustmaster said:
besides raising and controlling an army of the dead, raising the freshy killed "goodies" and making them fight for him, riding around on a zombie dragon, wiping out most of winterfell and its surrounding areas, destroying the freefolk north of the wall? :D

What would have made you happy? If he turned out to be freddy krugger?
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Don't forget shooting down a dragon with a javelin.

And then turning it into an undead dragon with blue flames and using that to destroy the millennia old unbreachable wall.
 
joustmaster said:
besides raising and controlling an army of the dead, raising the freshy killed "goodies" and making them fight for him, riding around on a zombie dragon, wiping out most of winterfell and its surrounding areas, destroying the freefolk north of the wall? :D
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Yeah, all fair points, but that feels like he was being set up as a tactical/existential threat rather than a forebody, fighting threat. The original point I was him being likened to an 'Ice Terminator', which I don't think he was.

tommers said:
Don't forget shooting down a dragon with a javelin.
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Yeah, fair, that showed more skill. But then he missed the second time :p
 
Lord Camomile said:
They also seemed to be really telegraphing Greyworm dying, although I assume that was intentional to play with our expectations.
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Did he leave all his mates on the nasty side of the barricade thing. One minute they're there, the next they're not. More 'fuckit, that'll do' nonsense.
 
Next episode/s might be fall out from this, and Jon/Dany schism while Cersei sits in Kings Landing, receiving ravens while drinking all the Dornish wine and going 'LOL! LOOOOOOSERS!'
 
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