Absolutely, I think they are 100% behind them because he already saved them (if he didn't come there with ships, they were all dead) and now Tormund is absolutely behind him. Oh, and he also came back from the dead. The wildings are now an army that no one other than Snow knows about.
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Game of Thrones, tv only, books don't exist, no backstory...NERDS already ruining a series that hasn't started (9 Viewers)
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Skoo
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I think the big reason is that now Tyrion has the dragons on his side. They made a point to talk about how smart they are, and they clearly didn't have any interest in eating the little guy. Have nothing to base this on but I would guess this isn't the last we see of Tyrion with the Dragons.
Read something on Reddit about Tyrion maybe being a Targareyan also?
Tyrion taking Kings Landing on top of a dragon would be a series-ender everyone would be happy about.
timschochet
Footballguy
So is Cersei, Tommen, and Jamie going to crush these fanatics already? I've been waiting patiently for Cersei to get her revenge.
I guess in a way he is. If Melissandre follows him around like Thoros, one might say he is. I didn't notice that line at all.
Skoo
Footballguy
I want this to happen so bad. Pretty amazing how the show has done that to the audience.
After the first few seasons, nothing would have made me happier than to see Jamie and Cersei lose their heads.
At this point I don't want them to have the throne permanently, but I definitely wanna see them take the religious nuts down. That whole part still seems a little weird to me. I get that they put the zealots in charge, but how the hell do they keep the king's mom and wife in jail? He can't just use an executive order or presidential pardon on them?
I know they explained it a little last night with the King telling Mommy he's sorry, but that part seemed thin to me.
jamny
Footballguy
Loved when the giant slammed that guy against the wall. Had to immediately rewind to see it again.
I hope they do a lot more backstory with Bran. I know Max von Sydow is the three-eyed raven in Bran's dreams but I wonder what his story is in the real world. Who is he and how does he have this ability?
Thought it was a great line when Tormund said "Until you" since Jon just let them pass through but Castle Black fell under Thorne's rule. Still laugh when I see the guy playing Tormund in those hotel commercials. I guess Thorne is facing being burned alive.
I hope they do a lot more backstory with Bran. I know Max von Sydow is the three-eyed raven in Bran's dreams but I wonder what his story is in the real world. Who is he and how does he have this ability?
Thought it was a great line when Tormund said "Until you" since Jon just let them pass through but Castle Black fell under Thorne's rule. Still laugh when I see the guy playing Tormund in those hotel commercials. I guess Thorne is facing being burned alive.
jamny
Footballguy
Yeah, I still don't get how this is allowed to continue. I know Tommen is a ##### and there is a fear of an revolt from the people but it's gone too far, imo. Especially with Jamie back. I don't think it will be long.
Skoo
Footballguy
I don't think so, but that's only because I feel like every time we see those characters we hear that phrase 50 times.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
"That which is dead can never die" is the phrase and it's the phrase used by those that follow the Drowned God.
Kind of like "the night is dark and full of terrors" for the followers of the Lord of Light, and "Valar morghulis" and the Many Faced God.
I guess they need a rallying cry.
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Chadstroma
Footballguy
I think that that is just the religions saying. Like how Muslims have the standard saying and standard reply. Not sure there is any hidden meaning there.
packersfan
Footballguy
Yup which is why I hope it doesn't happen.
The show's done an amazing job of making me want to see Cersei get her revenge. She's truly despicable but the High Sparrow is a smug SOB. I really wanted Jamie to take him out.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
Not sure they are an Army. How many are left at this point? They lost a lot attacking the Wall. They lost a whole bunch when the White Walkers attacked. The group in front of the wall waiting to come in looked more like hundreds than thousands. Sure, more than the 30 or 40 left of Nights Watch but I am not sure they amount to an Army now.
Am I wrong on that thinking?
Chadstroma
Footballguy
I think the brute response would be to crush them but the political response may be different. If they people are behind the Sparrow then going after them may end in a city wide revolt. I think Cersei is too smart for that. Most likely why we saw a small revenge of the dude showing his ding dong to her than going after the Sparrow. The revenge will most likely need to be asymmetrical.
Anyone else think that a Jamie with two hands would have decided to kill the Sparrow and take down the followers?
Northern Voice
Footballguy
I like the notion that the lord of light values good manners above all else.
Harry Manback
Footballguy
jamny
Footballguy
Its a book readers thing - Bran will visit the Tower of Joy via the tree - see his father in the past - learn some things about the extended family - nobody knows what Bran will learn, book readers or show readers - there are theories - but the books have not divulged what happened at the end of the battle at the Tower of Joy.
sn0mm1s
Footballguy
Skoo
Footballguy
sn0mm1s
Footballguy
Skoo
Footballguy
Hawks64
Footballguy
Harry Manback
Footballguy
packersfan
Footballguy
packersfan
Footballguy
I'm not so sure. They had him pretty well surrounded. I think he gets taken out no matter what.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
But the day old baby is cheaper than the fresh baby.Capella said:
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Agree x2. Having a little one in the house I was tearing up a tad knowing they were walking to their doom. I could be making it up, but I also thought I saw a split second after he sent the dogs where even Ramsey flinched or had to look away, then looked back with the Ramsey evilness we know. Thought it was a great sequence from start to finish.
Gustavo Fring
Footballguy
Can't wait to see that bible-thumping High Sparrow eat it...my hope is the mountain rips his head off (literally), or something worse than what he did to Oberon.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I think Martin loves the bittersweet endings. Something on the lines of somebody good like Jon sitting on the throne at the end, but the Kingdom is in ruins and people he loves dead is more what I am expecting.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I took that as being more of echoes of scenes we saw of the Stark kids together before they all went their separate ways in Season 1. I like the Jon/Olly take too.
skol asylum
Footballguy
packersfan
Footballguy
I'm not sure who I want to see die more painfully him or Ramsay. Pretty damn close.
Throw in Olly and go for the perfect trifecta.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
As to #1, I take the North as being vast as spread out. For whatever reason, I assumed that they all spread out after the big battle and went back home. Maybe it's just because of the similar names, I took the Karstarks as being close geographically to Winterfell, and maybe more likely just to side with whoever is there. Rob didn't help matters by beheading Daddy Karstark either. They are on board with team Bolton. I fully expect houses closer to the Wall (maybe that includes the Umbers) to fall in line with Jon as he marches south to whoop the #### out of Ramsey. Also, one of the houses has to be hiding Rickon, so there have to be people that know a Stark is still alive and are still loyal to that family.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
The three Houses Ramsey mentions are the Karstarks, the Umbers, and the Manderleys.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I don't think it will be very easy. The Mountain killing that guy was to show his awesomeness, but I also read it as a way to show how people are talking about Cersei and the rulers. The people are on board with the fanatics - Sparrow even hinted at that when he talked about how they came from nothing. There can't be much love for the Lannisters in King's Landing, so while they technically still rule, any move on their part better be a damn smart one (when have we seen Cersei make a smart move?) or the city will fully turn on them.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
And the Karstarks are on board with team Bolton. Are the Umbers and Manderleys? They way that he said it seemed to suggest that they already were. The Karstarks make sense because they would not love the Starks like the rest of the Northern houses due to the old Karstark getting beheaded but why the Umbers and Manderleys?
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Not sure reunite is the right word. I really hope they cross paths, and she helps take out somebody important. Just because she has to let go of her list, doesn't mean she can't take out somebody on that list if she is asked to do so, or takes out somebody else - maybe Littlefinger? Maybe she says something to them just before she disappears so they know it was her and she is OK - for example she helps out Jon and tells him to "stick them with the pointy end" (probably not remembering the line 100%).
If she doesn't get back over to the action in Westeros, what is the point of her storyline?
You aren't wrong, but their army at one point dwarfed all of the armies south of the wall. Mance said it was 100,000. I don't think all of the wildings were in that one bay and many were just fisherman/living there. Remember the huge army that Snow saw? I don't think they are all gone now, even with the attack on the wall or the white walkers. I would say it is still a sizable army. I'd have to go back and look at when Jon came to the wall and Thorne let them pass through. Maybe there are still other wildings they could let through now?
At this point, it would be interesting to know how many wildings are left and how it compares to the northern armies.
