Game of Thrones

[wildturkey]

I'm trying to think.

Big battles:
Battle of the Blackwater: no one important dies, that I recall.
Battle of Castle Black: we lost Grenn, Pyp, Ygritte.
Battle of Hardhome: no one important dies.
Battle of the Goldroad: No one important dies in fighting, we lose Sam's dad and brother in the after-scene, Jaime almost got cooked.
Battles of Casterly Rock/Highgarden: No one dies in battle. We lose Olenna in the after-scene.
Battle of the Bastards: Wun-Wun and Rickon die. Ramsay dies in the after-scene.
Ship battle: Two Sand Snakes die, everyone else escapes or is captured.
Daznak's Pit: Dany's husband dies.

Outside of single combat, not a lot of people important to the story die in battle.

Good on ya for going thru it. That's what I was thinking. The battles we lose some fun characters, but their mostly secondary. Like the main characters, or ones that have vital importance, usually die in other ways.

 

[ill]

He wasn't changed at the Winterfell Weirwood. He was changed quite a bit further south, at Isle of Faces.

It was just about him getting stabbed in his dragonglass.

I think he means stabbed in the same place in his body, not location on a map?

 

[Superbelt]

like I said, 2nd viewing helped and made more sense. Would've been better had 1st viewing was as clear.

I'll put everything at 100 to watch it again before next Sunday.

 

[ill]

I never felt stannis was a major character

he wasn't a POV character in the books, but I would consider him a major player in the show

 

[PnkPanther]

I'll put everything at 100 to watch it again before next Sunday.

I turned my picture setting to GAME mode which helped, Vivid may have worked.

 

[Superbelt]

I never felt stannis was a major character

He was never a POV character.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I never felt stannis was a major character

<looks down at foreskin; frowns>

 

[ill]

Good on ya for going thru it. That's what I was thinking. The battles we lose some fun characters, but their mostly secondary. Like the main characters, or ones that have vital importance, usually die in other ways.

can the same be said for the books?

I can't remember

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I'll put everything at 100 to watch it again before next Sunday.

Better turn it up to eleven. . .

 

[rsw626]

I need to go look up why Gilly is looking so rough.

Sam had needs.......

 

[ill]

He was never a POV character.

I don't consider all POV characters major characters and not all major characters on the show are POV

 

[Superbelt]

I don't consider all POV characters major characters and not all major characters on the show are POV

The POV are all central to the importance of the story though.

You know anyone who doesn't have their own POV chapters is just an also-ran.

Stannis is certainly a high 2nd-tier character.

 

[PnkPanther]

he wasn't a POV character in the books, but I would consider him a major player in the show

he was important, but I never cared about Stannis

Never once did I watch an episode and go, hmm, I can't wait to see what he's up too

 

[Gatorchip]

He wasn't changed at the Winterfell Weirwood. He was changed quite a bit further south, at Isle of Faces.

It was just about him getting stabbed in his dragonglass.

But it wasn't just about that. He had to be stabbed in the same location/place/something. Per the writers of the episode.

That being said, is the Isle of Faces the correct location from the book or the TV show? If it's from the book, then it doesn't matter. There are too many differences to be able to rely on that.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Never once did I watch an episode and go, hmm, I can't wait to see what he's up too

Even when he was putting the stones to the Fire Witch?

 

[Superbelt]

But it wasn't just about that. He had to be stabbed in the same location/place/something. Per the writers of the episode.

I think they were simply talking about where his dragonglass heart is as far as being stabbed in the 'same location'.

That was his achilles heel. the source of all his power.

 

[flyerhawk]

So I'm guessing we are going to have a heavy dose of Bran this Sunday. Gonna need an explanation for why he warged away.

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

He believed his sister and Sansa summed it up pretty well when they got to Winterfell and she told him he was pretty dumb for so smart a man. He misjudged that one. Cersi was on the ropes and wouldn't have been able to stand up to the dragons after her largest army just got wiped out. They could have taken Kings Landing with little resistance and then marched north.

There was always the whole not killing a bunch of innocent city folk as your first act as new queen thing. It would be hard to do that quickly.

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

Heh. I guess this is why people can't even agree if the fucking world is round these days.

WTF are you talking about? How in any objective sense can you say that the cinematography was shitty?

Lemme guess, you were one of those people who doesn't know how to change the black level of your TV?

No kidding!

 

[Gatorchip]

I think they were simply talking about where his dragonglass heart is as far as being stabbed in the 'same location'.

That was his achilles heel. the source of all his power.

Yes you could be right. Most seem to think this.

But then how would Arya know?