Official Game of Thrones Season 5 Thread (No books/leaks spoilers; spoiler tags not allowed)

[King Crimson]

Annual reminder

Spoiler: NSFW

http://i.imgur.com/gl3v6.jpg

What's this from? For the record, I'd smash her in that pic. Not because she's attractive or anything, but at 6'3, I don't find many chicks taller than me. I'd have to do it just because I could.

 

[Troublesome]

Damn bruh you are seriously lost

I mean, most people that rush through have a tough time following all the characters and locations but some of these questions are

you are lost as fukk bruh

im sure adam answered all your questions, if you got more feel free to post. we like to flex our trivial knowledge in here

I expected to get these responses. I don't know how I got this deep into the series without knowing this information. @Adam3000 if I could rep you more, i would. I appreciate the info. The 7 kingdoms they kept talking about was throwing me off. I thought Stannis, Drogo, Joffrey, The king of the North Stark, and Tywin Lannister all had their own kingdom. I was trying to figure out who had the other two.

1 last question: Why do they call Jamie Lannister the King Slayer? What King did he kill? I'm guessing it was a Stark?

 

[jericho]

What's this from? For the record, I'd smash her in that pic. Not because she's attractive or anything, but at 6'3, I don't find many chicks taller than me. I'd have to do it just because I could.

Not sure breh, think someone posted it a few years back and I make sure to spread the message each season

 

[dennis roadman]

I expected to get these responses. I don't know how I got this deep into the series without knowing this information. @Adam3000 if I could rep you more, i would. I appreciate the info. The 7 kingdoms they kept talking about was throwing me off. I thought Stannis, Drogo, Joffrey, The king of the North Stark, and Tywin Lannister all had their own kingdom. I was trying to figure out who had the other two.

1 last question: Why do they call Jamie Lannister the King Slayer? What King did he kill? I'm guessing it was a Stark?

he killed khaleesi's dad, whom he was sworn to protect

story is deeper than that tho

read the books

 

[satam55]

Complex story? The books are notorious for sudden and pointless deaths. I don't look much into it because it is entertainment value but lots not get it twisted in thinking these books are some holy writ. Most of the characters plot arcs end in death and play the audience for the shock value. Any time a character is about to get enough influence to make things better, or more stable, he will die. Any character who poses a threat to the continuing chaos which drives the plot will first be built up, and then killed off. Its lazy writing.

STFU you are spewing random idiotic nonsense, there have been virtually ZERO shock deaths in either the show or the books so far. They all play a key role in character or plot development. SMH at you acting like this is the Walking Dead. Don't make someone waste their time writing up a literary analysis for you:stannisgtfo:



No, he obviously has not. And if he has, he is a clown who doesn't understand narrative purpose.

I'm sure the shock deaths will start piling up on the show in order to condense the plot and in the books in order to close up open threads, but up to this point it hasn't happened

If a character died, they were envisioned to die from the start. Period. Their story served another purpose.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I expected to get these responses. I don't know how I got this deep into the series without knowing this information. @Adam3000 if I could rep you more, i would. I appreciate the info. The 7 kingdoms they kept talking about was throwing me off. I thought Stannis, Drogo, Joffrey, The king of the North Stark, and Tywin Lannister all had their own kingdom. I was trying to figure out who had the other two.

1 last question: Why do they call Jamie Lannister the King Slayer? What King did he kill? I'm guessing it was a Stark?

 

[Black Magisterialness]

I expected to get these responses. I don't know how I got this deep into the series without knowing this information. @Adam3000 if I could rep you more, i would. I appreciate the info. The 7 kingdoms they kept talking about was throwing me off. I thought Stannis, Drogo, Joffrey, The king of the North Stark, and Tywin Lannister all had their own kingdom. I was trying to figure out who had the other two.

1 last question: Why do they call Jamie Lannister the King Slayer? What King did he kill? I'm guessing it was a Stark?

Think of the kingdoms as the land and not the "kings" they were seperate kingdoms but now they aren't...they are basically states under the rule of a president (king)

You have The North (Stark/Bolton), The Vale (Arryn), The Riverlands (Tully/Baelish?), The Westerlands (Lannister), The Crownlands (Baratheon), The Reach (Tyrell), Dorne (Martell)

Out of all of em really only Dorne really operates like a Kingdom. They were allowed to keep most of their customs and traditions (like calling their rulers Prince/Princess, and have equal primogeniture) Dorne also was the ONLY kingdom NOT to bend the knee to Aegon the Conqueror when he and his dragons took over the rest of Westeros.

Dorne is gully im so happy to see them this season.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Also if the crownlands don't count then remeber the Iron Islands and the Greyjoys

 

[karim]

favorite out of the five was ASoS. I found it telling about his thinking of character deaths when he said:

"I killed Ned because everybody thinks he’s the hero and that, sure, he’s going to get into trouble, but then he’ll somehow get out of it. The next predictable thing someone is going to rise up and avenge his death. And everybody is going to expect that. So immediately killing Robb became the next thing I had to do."

That is not endorsing the internal or external motivations, growth, and development of a character. If we want to believe that is the foundation of a well thought out and structured plot, hey, cheers to you; no need to get into literary discussions. Believe what you want and make your own decisions.

oh, and negs returned

characters deaths aren't pointless. remember when cersai told ned stark "when you play the game of thrones, you win, or you die"? that dialogue right there is the key to the logic of the show:



it's a game of thrones in a merciless world, as such, characters who make mistakes and disregard certain rules loose and die. all those important characters that got killed made mistakes that led to their deaths. basically all of them chose pride, honor or vanity over what needed to be done. ned stark shouldn't have given cersai the chance to leave kingslanding. robb stark shouldn't have chosen love over a strategic marriage, geoffrey should have payed more attention to what tywin and tyrion tried to teach him about power, tywin shouldn't have preferred the son who looked the part over the one who was the real heir fit to continue his legacy. all of their deaths make complete sense if you follow the logic of the story.

 

[Troublesome]

Just started season 3 and I actually know what's going on now But i'm done with this thread until I catch up. No spoilers

 

[dennis roadman]

Also if the crownlands don't count then remeber the Iron Islands and the Greyjoys

i never considered the crownlands to be one of the 7 kingdoms, but what was that area considered before Aegon I built KL? part of the Riverlands?

it doesn't seem to have its own cultural identity, and even its name is derived from the founding of KL. compare that to the Iron Islands their Old Way and its really nonexistent

 

[Black Magisterialness]

i never considered the crownlands to be one of the 7 kingdoms, but what was that area considered before Aegon I built KL? part of the Riverlands?

it doesn't seem to have its own cultural identity, and even its name is derived from the founding of KL. compare that to the Iron Islands their Old Way and its really nonexistent

yeah you are right...i just totally forgot about the iron islands because the greyjoys suck

 

[King Crimson]

characters deaths aren't pointless. remember when cersai told ned stark "when you play the game of thrones, you win, or you die"? that dialogue right there is the key to the logic of the show:



it's a game of thrones in a merciless world, as such, characters who make mistakes and disregard certain rules loose and die. all those important characters that got killed made mistakes that led to their deaths. basically all of them chose pride, honor or vanity over what needed to be done. ned stark shouldn't have given cersai the chance to leave kingslanding. robb stark shouldn't have chosen love over a strategic marriage, geoffrey should have payed more attention to what tywin and tyrion tried to teach him about power, tywin shouldn't have preferred the son who looked the part over the one who was the real heir fit to continue his legacy. all of their deaths make complete sense if you follow the logic of the story.

Dap and rep.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

i never considered the crownlands to be one of the 7 kingdoms, but what was that area considered before Aegon I built KL? part of the Riverlands?

it doesn't seem to have its own cultural identity, and even its name is derived from the founding of KL. compare that to the Iron Islands their Old Way and its really nonexistent

yeah you are right...i just totally forgot about the iron islands because the greyjoys suck

The Game of Thrones wikia lists the 7 kingdoms as (define at the time of Aegon's conquest):

• Kingdom of the North, ruled by House Stark of Winterfell

• Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale, ruled by House Arryn of the Eyrie

• Kingdom of the Isles and Rivers, ruled by House Hoare of castle Harrenhal. Formed when the Iron Islands conquered the Riverlands.

• Kingdom of the Rock, ruled by House Lannister of Casterly Rock

• Kingdom of the Stormlands, ruled by House Durrandon of Storm's End

• Kingdom of the Reach, ruled by House Gardener of Highgarden

• Dorne, ruled by House Martell of Sunspear.

So in present day, Tullys rule the Riverlands (since Aegon put the beats on Harren Hoare ), the Tyrell's rule the Reach (again thanks to Aegon) and Baratheons rule the Stormlands though I'm not sure....who occupies Storm's End now?

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Ahh brehs do y'all still hate Dario #2?




I've always thought it was good replacement casting ever since scenes from the season 4 premiere was released last year.

i like this dario

but dario 1.0's swag