Game of Thrones (S6)
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Bullfrog
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I'm one of those hopeful types that believes things will improve. 
I enjoyed the premise of the stories, I just had a really hard time with Martin's writing style. You had to wait too long for the interesting things; there'd be storylines that served no purpose; his insistence on explaining every time someone took a piss or "broke their fast."
I enjoyed the premise of the stories, I just had a really hard time with Martin's writing style. You had to wait too long for the interesting things; there'd be storylines that served no purpose; his insistence on explaining every time someone took a piss or "broke their fast."
Another spoiler-heavy show with probably more than a few watchers here. So feel free to talk more openly here.
bustaheims
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Joe S. said:
Admittedly, last night's episode was slow and didn't move the story along much. It was definitely more focused on setting things up for future episodes.
I thought this was a great episode. Although I've been pretty happy with the season as a whole. With the structure of the show right now there's always going to be stories that you don't really care about, or stories that you want to see more of.
I've lost a lot of interest in what's going on in Westeros, although that might change once this army goes up against the priests. Meereen's been pretty uninteresting too, which is a shame since it's wasting Peter Dinklage.
Very glad that Brienne, Sansa, and Jon are all together, as those are probably my 3 favourite characters in the show right now. I've always liked Littlefinger too. Well, maybe not liked, but I've thought his character made the show better. Nice to see him pop into an episode.
I've lost a lot of interest in what's going on in Westeros, although that might change once this army goes up against the priests. Meereen's been pretty uninteresting too, which is a shame since it's wasting Peter Dinklage.
Very glad that Brienne, Sansa, and Jon are all together, as those are probably my 3 favourite characters in the show right now. I've always liked Littlefinger too. Well, maybe not liked, but I've thought his character made the show better. Nice to see him pop into an episode.
Bullfrog said:I'm one of those hopeful types that believes things will improve.
I enjoyed the premise of the stories, I just had a really hard time with Martin's writing style. You had to wait too long for the interesting things; there'd be storylines that served no purpose; his insistence on explaining every time someone took a piss or "broke their fast."
If you cut out the descriptions of food and clothing the books would be a crisp 400 pages.
herman
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Joe S. said:
Joe, have you tried the Farseer Trilogy?
Takes all the tropes of fantasy novels, mixes in some more realistic reactions and situations (a la ASoIaF) and some honestly earned come uppins (and aww dangs too). Plus, if you were wondering where all the warging went after hyping it up and then basically offing every direwolf but Summer and Ghost (one way or another), this will fix that. Also, Robin Hobb writes hella fast.
McGarnagle
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I haven't read the books, so I'm likely missing something, but I can't get my head around how a relatively new on the scene religious order can essentially kidnap the queen, the king's mother, etc, and yet the army in King's landing doesn't seem to be an option to address, like on the day of.
Otherwise, the level of general stabbings seems to be about average.
Otherwise, the level of general stabbings seems to be about average.
L K
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McGarnagle said:
It's not really a new religious order. It was THE religion to begin with and what hasn't really been represented well is that Robert Baratheon bankrupted Kings Landing and things only got worse as the Lannisters waged war all over the place. The city fell into decay and they hate(d) Joffrey/Cersei so when you get a pious religious leader the city turned closer toward religion in a time of turmoil. They couldn't use the army/Kingsguard because it would have literally created a civil war within the city.
herman
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L K said:
The High Sparrow is the head of the Faith Militant, and as their name suggests, it is an extremist faction of the Andal religion (the Faith of the Seven) that was largely quashed by the rule of the Targaryens. In the absence of a ruling power in King's Landing to oppose him (as L K outlined), and thanks to Cersei's shortsighted machinations, the High Sparrow ousted the existing High Septon and rang him up on corruption and perversion charges.
It's an uprising of a fundamentalist version of the faith that lifts up the poor, of which there are many in King's Landing, and casts down the corrupt elite (whose vices the proletariat are well aware of). It's an illustration of where (ruling) power comes from, initially posed in Varys' riddle back in Season 2: