Thoughts after a rewatch.
Just did a binge watch of all 8 seasons and a couple of things stuck out to me.
1. I remember having an issue with what felt like people traveling at fast speeds from place to place in the later seasons. Upon rewatch, this was a thing in the early seasons as well. In the first episode alone we see Jamie and Cersei in Kings Landing and a few scenes later they arrive in Winterfell. Yes, there was offscreen passage of time but the same can be said for the later seasons too. And this was only one example of many. 1.5 episodes later they are back in Kings Landing.
2. Instead of thinking of seasons 7 and 8 as two shorter seasons, I went in pretending season 7 was the final season of 13 long episodes. It felt so much more epic and fitting overall. I think the hype and delay of season 8 made it so that nothing would meet expectations. Had season 7 been a final epic long 13 episode season upon release it would have hit much harder.
3. Danys turn at Kings Landing could be seen from a mile away this time. For multiple seasons characters in the show saw it coming, warned people to see reason and they weren’t heard. It wasn’t out of the blue, it was built up for several seasons. I found myself at times wondering why no one was doing anything and why people were just letting it happen when almost everyone knew she would do this at a certain point.
Anyway these were just a couple of things that stood out to me. It was a super enjoyable binge and the show played out so much better than I remember, including how it ended and wrapped up. I still have nitpicks, but that’s really all they are - nitpicks.
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Just did a binge watch of all 8 seasons and a couple of things stuck out to me.
1. I remember having an issue with what felt like people traveling at fast speeds from place to place in the later seasons. Upon rewatch, this was a thing in the early seasons as well. In the first episode alone we see Jamie and Cersei in Kings Landing and a few scenes later they arrive in Winterfell. Yes, there was offscreen passage of time but the same can be said for the later seasons too. And this was only one example of many. 1.5 episodes later they are back in Kings Landing.
2. Instead of thinking of seasons 7 and 8 as two shorter seasons, I went in pretending season 7 was the final season of 13 long episodes. It felt so much more epic and fitting overall. I think the hype and delay of season 8 made it so that nothing would meet expectations. Had season 7 been a final epic long 13 episode season upon release it would have hit much harder.
3. Danys turn at Kings Landing could be seen from a mile away this time. For multiple seasons characters in the show saw it coming, warned people to see reason and they weren’t heard. It wasn’t out of the blue, it was built up for several seasons. I found myself at times wondering why no one was doing anything and why people were just letting it happen when almost everyone knew she would do this at a certain point.
Anyway these were just a couple of things that stood out to me. It was a super enjoyable binge and the show played out so much better than I remember, including how it ended and wrapped up. I still have nitpicks, but that’s really all they are - nitpicks.
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"Robert is 6'6 foot tall and has a warhammer, he won easily" (yeah, the same guy who admitted Rhaegar slipped midfight, and ended up on the bed for a few days because of the wounds he sustained from the fight)
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I’m seeing a lot of discourse recently that defends Dany’s ‘heel turn’, arguing that it was hinted at as early as season 1.
I think a lot of people are conflating ruthlessness with madness.
The worst thing she probably did pre-season 8 is crucified 163 masters, of which she believed none of them to be innocent. As soon as it was pointed out to her that one of them might not be, she showed remorse and let the master in question be buried.
People also point to her burning the Tarlys. While I agree this was unjustified, they were still enemies who had taken up arms against her. It is such an unfathomably large leap going from burning two enemy soldiers, to burning an entire city of innocent civilians.
The war was done. She’d won. And then she hears some bells and decides to burn the entire city and all of the people in it? And this was hinted at earlier because she was ruthless to people who deserved it?
It just makes no sense to me and I don’t think it ever will. That being said, I’d love to hear from some people who disagree and have a discussion about it.
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I’m seeing a lot of discourse recently that defends Dany’s ‘heel turn’, arguing that it was hinted at as early as season 1.
I think a lot of people are conflating ruthlessness with madness.
The worst thing she probably did pre-season 8 is crucified 163 masters, of which she believed none of them to be innocent. As soon as it was pointed out to her that one of them might not be, she showed remorse and let the master in question be buried.
People also point to her burning the Tarlys. While I agree this was unjustified, they were still enemies who had taken up arms against her. It is such an unfathomably large leap going from burning two enemy soldiers, to burning an entire city of innocent civilians.
The war was done. She’d won. And then she hears some bells and decides to burn the entire city and all of the people in it? And this was hinted at earlier because she was ruthless to people who deserved it?
It just makes no sense to me and I don’t think it ever will. That being said, I’d love to hear from some people who disagree and have a discussion about it.
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Who would have won between Robert and Mountain?
Lets assume both of them are in their prime and Robert is not being fed wine by a Lannister
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Lets assume both of them are in their prime and Robert is not being fed wine by a Lannister
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