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Yup, Unsullied are getting sullied.
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So does the Queen of the Never Ending Story end up getting grayscale?
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That would be kinda lame....
If she lets Jorah ride one of the dragons I wonder if he can give the dragon grayscale?
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If fire didn't burn her, is she immune to that?
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She probably doesnt float either.
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Well... Drogon is still growing. He is still essentially a child. Go look up Aegon's Dragon.
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Stannis is portsyed completely differently in the books. I like how the producers are taking a different medium and give it different stories. It gives the book readers a surprise too. But, what was Dany suppose to do, let Drogon die? Her riding Drogon away from the scene was significant in that she was conquering her fear of hear babies. Drogon actually respects her now.
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Stannis being some great military mind, but stupid Ramsay can wreck his shit with 20 guys during the night?
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The Iron Bank loaned Stannis money to buy the army of sell swords he used to break the Wildling army. And the one that's currently freezing to death.
The amount of sell swords was mentioned an episode or two ago by Davos.
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Im not sure there even is an Azor Ahai in the show. Has that ever even been brought up? This whole episode was a huge disappointment. I try to separate the show from the books but I couldnt for this episode. After the episode D&D said Martin told them Stannis was going to burn Shireen eventually so they spoiled the books and did it first for shock value.
The show has treated the Unsullied like red shirts. These are supposed to be the most badass well trained fighters in the world.
And the final scene with Drogon was pretty much the opposite of the books. The show was pretty much Dany saving Drogon by getting his ass out of there. The books Drogon shows up, kicks ass and murders a bunch of people, and challenges Dany to get off her ass and start using her dragons, then he takes off with her. There seemed like a real possibility in the books that he was going to kill her if she didnt respond to his challenge. Just a weak ass episode.
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I thought the daughter-burning was a bit messed up, but hardly surprised me. Stannis is obsessed with his right to the throne and doesn't hesitate to do the crazy shit Red (W/B)itch tells him to do. He might be arguably more honorable than some of the other characters in the show, but that's not exactly a big compliment. Very cold.
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The Azor Ahai hasn't been brought up in the show that I know of, but stannis still belives he is something that he is not. I do agree about the unsullied though. These guys are treated like peasant fighters. It is really annoying to watch. You're right again about drogon.
Honestly, the most frustrating difference is the events that actually take place at the wall in the book compared to the show. I have no idea what is going to take place in the last episode.
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I think the Unsullied looking shitty in the show is perhaps being used as a device to help indicate problems due to Dany not being commanding enough as a leader.
As I read the books I am finding more and more that you get alot of story and tone out of the inner thoughts of the characters..... you don't get this in the show and they need to try to use other elements in the show to try to fill in the gaps where the book just gives you the inner thoughts and struggles of the characters.
I think Dany is supposed to be kind of indecisive in this stretch.... learning from mistakes and whatnot..... something tells me the show has alot of Unsullied dying as a way of conveying the impact of some of these lessons on Dany..... or perhaps there is subtext in the show about how dangerous the Sons of the Harpy really are.... having Unsullied dying conveys that message.
Idk it would seem odd to me for HBO to just decide to randomly make the Unsullied look like a bunch of pushovers.
As I read the books I am finding more and more that you get alot of story and tone out of the inner thoughts of the characters..... you don't get this in the show and they need to try to use other elements in the show to try to fill in the gaps where the book just gives you the inner thoughts and struggles of the characters.
I think Dany is supposed to be kind of indecisive in this stretch.... learning from mistakes and whatnot..... something tells me the show has alot of Unsullied dying as a way of conveying the impact of some of these lessons on Dany..... or perhaps there is subtext in the show about how dangerous the Sons of the Harpy really are.... having Unsullied dying conveys that message.
Idk it would seem odd to me for HBO to just decide to randomly make the Unsullied look like a bunch of pushovers.
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A mod from another site I post on made a bunch of gifs from last night's episode...
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Agreed. Weak season overall imo.
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Honestly, I think that is a fair point. You're right HBO is putting information into a different medium and doing so means they have to convey it in a different way.
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That was no bitch ass dragon. That was her child. Stannis Baratheon she is not.
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My own theory about something that I think will be big as GRRM keeps writing:
I think Varys is a Faceless Man, and probably their leader, or at the very least was in a power struggle with Jaqen.
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I dont see it. But he has been stuck in a whore house a long time for a guy with no equipment.
