Warning Spoliers Who Will Take the Iron Throne?

[nikantw]

I was thinking about the end again....

Spoiler

I really can't see how Dany can survive. No real chance in battle and Varys wants her dead.
But even I want her dead now that she turned "mad".

Only way out would be to tell she is pregnant, ground the dragon and turn good. And hope that someone will kill Cersei.

Unless she drives a dragon glass into her heart and become Night Queen?!

Speaking of that, do you think they will go there? Use magic in that way I mean.
Like Arya puts on the face (and takes the powers) of Night King, or useless Bran takes control of the Mountain and kills Cersei?

 

[sapit222]

This season of GoT has been a real disappointment sadly.

The pace is too fast and most of the characters seems to be imbecills now.

Hitting a flying dragon a few hundred meters away with a giant crossbow on the first try (and 2nd and 3rd..)?

 

[dionysus]

yup, it was pretty weak all around

 

[dionysus]

This season of GoT has been a real disappointment sadly.

The pace is too fast and most of the characters seems to be imbecills now.

Hitting a flying dragon a few hundred meters away with a giant crossbow on the first try (and 2nd and 3rd..)?

"Hey, I've a really swell idea, on my last dragon I'm gonna fly really close and do....nothing"

 

[The Dude]

WTF is the purpose to be flying your (rare) dragons around while your slow ass navy is trailing along? Dragon recreational time doing loop de loops? No, it should have been a high flying recon mission knowing that your enemy has a massive naval force. Those arrows would never had reached her, and she should have banked around and attacked from behind. No matter how well those arrow tripods can pivot, they are positioned on the bow and can't shoot through their own sails. The writers lost me at that point.

And yeah, I have to agree, many of the characters have lost it. Brienne sobbing like a whiny bitch? Sorry, but no. I want my bad-ass stoic tall woman back.

 

[nikantw]

Bran: "I made a cool chair"
Me: "How about some weapons dude? Tell someone what the enemy is doing? Just take control of the Mountain and kill her to save hundreds of thousands FFS!"

 

[Dinahnana]

This show has turned into a parody of itself. 8 fucking years of build up for season 8 and we get so far 3, count them 3 filler episodes where very little happens. 1 episode so dark you couldn't see what was happening. No payoff for the winter is coming slogan. The excuse given for the darkness of the episode was "get a better TV". Never mind they all should be dead many many times over. So my prediction will be that Bran will take the throne cause he has done fuck all in the last two seasons so they must be keeping him around for a reason. Benioff and Weiss will now go and do some more ruining of Star Wars. They are in the same school of Rian Johnson.

Remember when they told us we had to wait two years because they wanted to get it right? I am so pissed off at this show and predict at the end there will be a large increase of Game of Thrones box sets being put up for sale on eBay because there is no point in re-watching this show.

 

[goatwack]

Yes, also note how every single major player's still ALIVE

Only two episodes to go. I reckon it's headed to a WWE-style Royal Rumble, with Bran somehow prevailing

I wish someone would 'Dracarys' the show at this point

 

[mina1929]

I haven't watched episode 4 yet, is there only one dragon left?

They were my favourite actors

 

[goatwack]

I haven't watched episode 4 yet, is there only one dragon left?

They were my favourite actors

Brace yourself for some premium cringe.

And watch out for the best acting on the episode

(the Starbucks cup)

 

[nikantw]

Brace yourself for some premium cringe.

And watch out for the best acting on the episode

(the Starbucks cup)

LoL. To be fair it had some fun moments at the party, like you know who leaving with two girls.

BTW, not the biggest concern I know, but did you notice that almost every hot girl is dead?

 

[shadow123]

I haven't watched episode 4 yet, is there only one dragon left?

They were my favourite actors

Possibly still 2 , didnt say for definate that one actually died, just said it was seen crashing into the sea, didnt look too well though

 

[goatwack]

Possibly still 2 , didnt say for definate that one actually died, just said it was seen crashing into the sea, didnt look too well though

I mean it was only the arrows to the heart and neck before helplessly pummeling to the ocean. Probably just a flesh wound

 

[Dinahnana]

So I was thinking about GRR and his release of the last book in the series and can come up with 2 scenarios. Scenario 1. The book is finished and he is waiting till the show ends to publish as a big FU to B&W or Scenario 2. He is waiting to see how the ending of the show is received so he can alter his books to give a more satisfying ending to the saga.

There is another fantasy writer out there Patrick Rothfus who wrote "The name of the Wind" and "Wise Man's Fear" Part of a trilogy. Book 3 has been anticipated since 2011 and since I am a fan of the books was following his blog for a while and back in 2011 he said he was finished but wasn't happy and was going to re-write it. 8 years later no book. Now his series has been optioned for movies and T.V. and I sure as hell am not going to get invested into those until that dammed book is published.

I think maybe these fantasy book writers just write themselves into a corner and get stuck. All trying to one-up each other. I say just finish the dammed book, worry about your own work. And the BIG lesson here is to not get invested in a series that is based on unfinished works. It doesn't always end well as Game of Thrones has taught us.

 

[shadow123]

I mean it was only the arrows to the heart and neck before helplessly pummeling to the ocean. Probably just a flesh wound

how much harm can a plastic arrow do ?

 

[nikantw]

how much harm can a plastic arrow do ?

Lol, from the damage they do they must have uranium core, weight a ton and move faster than a bullet

 

[eizei]

So I was thinking about GRR and his release of the last book in the series and can come up with 2 scenarios. Scenario 1. The book is finished and he is waiting till the show ends to publish as a big FU to B&W or Scenario 2. He is waiting to see how the ending of the show is received so he can alter his books to give a more satisfying ending to the saga.

There is another fantasy writer out there Patrick Rothfus who wrote "The name of the Wind" and "Wise Man's Fear" Part of a trilogy. Book 3 has been anticipated since 2011 and since I am a fan of the books was following his blog for a while and back in 2011 he said he was finished but wasn't happy and was going to re-write it. 8 years later no book. Now his series has been optioned for movies and T.V. and I sure as hell am not going to get invested into those until that dammed book is published.

I think maybe these fantasy book writers just write themselves into a corner and get stuck. All trying to one-up each other. I say just finish the dammed book, worry about your own work. And the BIG lesson here is to not get invested in a series that is based on unfinished works. It doesn't always end well as Game of Thrones has taught us.

I think he's done a bunch of re-writing because he wasn't happy with it. He infamously thought he was around 3 months from being finished towards the end of 2015, yet here we are still waiting. I think it's due to his writing style of being a gardener as he calls it. He knows where the story is going but doesn't know all the specifics of getting it there. We can only hope he'll manage to complete the story in 7 books, otherwise there is practically no chance of it ever being finished and even then it's in no way guaranteed.

 

[goatwack]

LoL. To be fair it had some fun moments at the party, like you know who leaving with two girls.

BTW, not the biggest concern I know, but did you notice that almost every hot girl is dead?

Still got Gilly

erm

 

[shadow123]

Anyway back to the subject of the thread, its about the right time for predictions ,with 2 episodes left they might
get round to killing off some major characters soon.
My picks are (too bored to explain why, but given it some thought)

Tyrion
Sansa
Bran

 

[Dinahnana]

This video sums up my thoughts clearly.

 

[nikantw]

This video sums up my thoughts clearly.

Warning! Warning! Nobody see this video if you haven't seen Avengers Endgame!
Now I am gone offline and switching off my phone until I see it

 

[shadow123]

oops I did and havnt, lucky the dementia kicked in and I forgot what happenned

 

[The Dude]

Warning! Warning! Nobody see this video if you haven't seen Avengers Endgame!
Now I am gone offline and switching off my phone until I see it

Well, that was brutal.

 

[Dinahnana]

Warning! Warning! Nobody see this video if you haven't seen Avengers Endgame!
Now I am gone offline and switching off my phone until I see it

I don't think Howard the Duck can be considered a spoiler. But hey that's me.

 

[nikantw]

I don't think Howard the Duck can be considered a spoiler. But hey that's me.

Wow! What a movie .... what an experience ..... I am so happy and sad and content at the same time ...

I apologize if my reaction was too much. I actually didn't know what he said. As soon as he said Endgame I closed my eyes and ears end run out of the room doing "lalalalalalala...."

I think I should thank you for making me watch the movie right now. Thank you for that.

 

[Dinahnana]

Wow! What a movie .... what an experience ..... I am so happy and sad and content at the same time ...

I apologize if my reaction was too much. I actually didn't know what he said. As soon as he said Endgame I closed my eyes and ears end run out of the room doing "lalalalalalala...."

I think I should thank you for making me watch the movie right now. Thank you for that.

No problem glad you enjoyed the movie. I liked it too but not as much as Infinity War.

 

[dionysus]

just dropping these here; I'm sure there'll be 0 repercussions in the show

 

[nikantw]

So that happened ....
Can you think a worst scenario for this episode!

Spoiler

So her stupidity, modern weapons and (still) useless Bran made her mad.
Boooo, don't make Dany angry because then she won't need an army, or other dragons!
Arya just ..... left on a white horse....
And now we wait to see how John or Sansa will kill Dany and Drogon
Can I at least hope that useless Bran will make Drogon eat her?..... Bah, don't think so.

 

[dionysus]

what th ever-lovin fuck?

seven seasons of sheer in-depth character development and everything thrown out the window last 2 episodes

Brianne from a tough-as-nails bad-ass to whiny and soppy, Varys subtle to stupidly overt and overtly stupid, Tyrion to incredibly unclever, Arya from the shadows to out in plain sight, Jon weak-willed and weak-minded, and Dany..Dany to vengenful, mericless and mad.

The last, well, ok, that made sense, the Targeryans tend to go bonkers and will make quite the show-down last episode

 

[dionysus]

oh, and...

 

[nikantw]

what th ever-lovin fuck?

seven seasons of sheer in-depth character development and everything thrown out the window last 2 episodes.......

Total garbage. Impossible, unreasonable and inconsistent as far as it gets.
John is the rightful king, that is reason enough for the last episode drama.
Even this would be 100 times better with a big even 1.5 episode battle with the exact same outcome.

 

[dionysus]

Total garbage. Impossible, unreasonable and inconsistent as far as it gets.
John is the rightful king, that is reason enough for the last episode drama.
Even this would be 100 times better with a big even 1.5 episode battle with the exact same outcome.

the whole thing was so patheticially rushed; could easily have been laid out across several episodes while still having intense fan-boy moments instead of dropping everything into one; such a shame

 

[nikantw]

Even people supporting the season so far are now saying WTF



Edit: Hilarious comments like: "Confirmed: Arya kills Cersei wearing a face of Bricks"

 

[goatwack]

Cersei's chance to mount a comeback/ counter-offensive seems somewhat scuppered

 

[nikantw]

Me watching the episode

 

[paul7388]

So is there still an Iron Throne left to take

 

[nikantw]

So is there still an Iron Throne left to take

 

[goatwack]

I think I've seen at least 18 hours of footage featuring Arya running from something this season

She has more lives than a cat, whilst everyone around her's either being fried or zombified

Though I'll be hoping she ends Danny in an epic mountaintop bitch-fight

 

[shadow123]

Far more entertaining, apologies if its already been posted

 

[helafast]

If they just had made this a regular 10 episode season, they could have accomplished this much better. I never wanted a happy ending from this series, however I also never wanted Danny to change so quickly. There were signs pointing to it, but it just wasn't enough for her to become this "mad".

Sansa has to come into play next week - she must have something up her sleeve. I don't think (and don't want) the happy ending where Jon sits on the throne and harmony is restored. A nice twist would be both Jon and Danny die and Gendry rules LOL

 

[Dinahnana]

I think Jon will kill Danny and then turn his back on the throne. Bran will be king and Sansa will rule the North. It's gonna be a dumb ending either way. In the books it was said that the prior king Aerys went mad over a period of 15 years so having Danny go batshit in a matter of days is an insult to our intelligence. The Danny loses her mind arc needed at least one whole season of her losing it bit by bit (at least in season 7). My God don't get me started on Tryion. A great character ruined for the sake of just getting the scene of Varys being burned alive. Tyrion was a schemer, yes but he was intelligent and never blindly followed people (he is smarter than that).

So season 8 gave us mad queen Danny and regression for the character arcs of everybody else. Totally pointless.

 

[nikantw]

I think Jon will kill Danny and then turn his back on the throne. Bran will be king and Sansa will rule the North. It's gonna be a dumb ending either way. In the books it was said that the prior king Aerys went mad over a period of 15 years so having Danny go batshit in a matter of days is an insult to our intelligence. The Danny loses her mind arc needed at least one whole season of her losing it bit by bit (at least in season 7). My God don't get me started on Tryion. A great character ruined for the sake of just getting the scene of Varys being burned alive. Tyrion was a schemer, yes but he was intelligent and never blindly followed people (he is smarter than that).

So season 8 gave us mad queen Danny and regression for the character arcs of everybody else. Totally pointless.

I think that is what the leaked spoilers say.
At least I hope Dany will say dracarys for John but he will rush through the flames and kill Drogon without getting burned (embracing and proving his blood line).

Isn't there a scene that suggests that Dany burned everybody because she didn't ...... get some?

 

[goatwack]

I think Tyrion will fly on Drogon like that kid in The Neverending Story, and kill everyone

They'll probably play out the credits to that song too

 

[dionysus]

I think Tyrion will fly on Drogon like that kid in The Neverending Story, and kill everyone

They'll probably play out the credits to that song too

Limahl is only 5'4, maybe he can stand in for him

 

[dionysus]

I think google is sizeist; song completed and it went to Nik Kershaw (5"3)

 

[Dinahnana]

I think that is what the leaked spoilers say.
At least I hope Dany will say dracarys for John but he will rush through the flames and kill Drogon without getting burned (embracing and proving his blood line).

Isn't there a scene that suggests that Dany burned everybody because she didn't ...... get some?

I know old GRR says the show ends the same way as the books, however, there are two more books for that set up if he ever publishes. So the ending that we are given now with Danny going mad would make sense with a longer set up and a progression of paranoia and irrationality on Danny's behalf. I know Danny has been cruel in the past but she has always tried to protect the innocent in her mind. Killing everybody because she doesn't think anybody will respect her rule (John being the rightful heir) and her best friend getting killed at this juncture makes no sense and does a great disservice to her character. God this season is a dumpster fire. And remember guys these are the people that are supposed to be doing Star Wars, God help us.

 

[nikantw]

I know old GRR says the show ends the same way as the books, however, there are two more books for that set up if he ever publishes. So the ending that we are given now with Danny going mad would make sense with a longer set up and a progression of paranoia and irrationality on Danny's behalf. I know Danny has been cruel in the past but she has always tried to protect the innocent in her mind. Killing everybody because she doesn't think anybody will respect her rule (John being the rightful heir) and her best friend getting killed at this juncture makes no sense and does a great disservice to her character. God this season is a dumpster fire. And remember guys these are the people that are supposed to be doing Star Wars, God help us.

I agree with you. Even the romance John+Dany isn't done properly (no chemistry at all).
They could have the same outcome without Danny crazy and her army killing babies. If they "had" to have that they needed more time to make it properly.

But why go there? Why everybody but the Starks has to be an evil baby-killer?
Isn't it more interesting to cross a line because of circumstances?

Nothing makes sense. If she gets batshit crazy she burnes everything right there, not go home and think about it.
You don't care for babies, fine. But the person you hate most and killed your best friend is right there looking at you... crazy or not you go directly to Cersei, don't stop to kill babies to give her time to escape.

 

[goatwack]

If these writers got hold of the old Star Wars it would've looked very different.

Darth Vader would start crying after killing one his generals with the choke-hold

Yoda ends up being a buffoon and betraying the force

Luke and Leia 'get it on'

Leia realizes she's not loved and commandeers an AT-ST before slaughtering millions of innocent Ewoks

 

[nikantw]

If these writers got hold of the old Star Wars it would've looked very different.

Darth Vader would start crying after killing one his generals with the choke-hold

Yoda ends up being a buffoon and betraying the force

Luke and Leia 'get it on'

Leia realizes she's not loved and commandeers an AT-ST before slaughtering millions of innocent Ewoks

I think they tried to please everybody and cut budget at the same time.
Fan service with Jaime-Brienne, Cleganebowl, dragon burning and the prophecy, PC with a woman winning (Arya).
But at the same time the prophecy says "a young prettier woman will take everything from you" and that is the No1 nightmare of every housewife.
So D&D figured they could satisfy housewives by killing all hot girls, make Dany a batshit crazy baby-killer and have Jaime returne to the crying Cersei.

 

[Twin]

"who will take the Iron Throne?"

....What Iron Throne?