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Game of Thrones, tv only, books don't exist, no backstory...NERDS already ruining a series that hasn't started (5 Viewers)

I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?

 
It appears I lent too much credence last week to Varys' belief that Littlefinger would just try to burn down the whole kingdom because he wanted to. As Sansa eventually gets him to admit, he arranged the assassination — using the necklace Ser Dontos gave her — at the whims of his new friends the Tyrells.
I don't get this exactly. Grandma Tyrell and Littlefinger were involved in plotting the murder and there was posion in the necklace but do we know how the posion got into the cup?
Before this week's episode, I think the common thought was either the Queen of Thorns or Margery. Since Margery seemed surprised at her grandmother's admission, I say its pretty certain grandma took the missing gem from Sansa's necklace and, at some point, put in Joffery's food or wine.

Sansa received the necklace from Dontos (out of the blue), she wore it to the wedding, Olenna admired and touched it, Joffery died. Littlefinger confirmed the poison was in the jewels and a jewel was in fact missing from the necklace.

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
no clue, seemed like a plan doomed to fail. How littlefinger would even know she would wear it to the wedding for sure seems far fechted. I suppose they wanted her involved for some reason....

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
no clue, seemed like a plan doomed to fail. How littlefinger would even know she would wear it to the wedding for sure seems far fechted. I suppose they wanted her involved for some reason....
Yeah, I get why they had this whole elaborate plan to tie Sansa into the death somehow, but in actuality, it was complete nonsense since grandma didn't need to act shady and "pickpocket" a vial from the necklace and could have just already had the damn bottle in her palm ready to squeeze. The writing on this show is clever, but sometimes it gets a bit too cutesy like this where it really doesn't make any logical sense when you think about it.

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
no clue, seemed like a plan doomed to fail. How littlefinger would even know she would wear it to the wedding for sure seems far fechted. I suppose they wanted her involved for some reason....
Not a spoiler, just my guess.

Sansa gave her word that she would wear it with pride, so her wearing it was pretty much assured. I think the main plan of putting it into the necklace is if the plan failed in anyway Sansa would be the scapegoat. From Olenna's perspective it wouldn't be as big a deal to have Sansa out of the picture seeing that she's married to Tyrion and she can't gain the north from the arrangement. From Petyrs point of view I would assume that the plan only really works if both Joff dies and Sansa gets on the boat. I assume the north is part of everything :)
 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
Most plots need some sort of patsy to fall back on. The grandmothers limiting her risk by Sansa muleing the thing in.

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
Most plots need some sort of patsy to fall back on. The grandmothers limiting her risk by Sansa muleing the thing in.
Actually makes sense. If Sansa was somehow caught after the wedding they blame her and they would find the poison on her body still. Still doesn't answer why the grandma needed to actually lift the poison from Sansa, just having Sansa wearing the poison was enough for their plan in case she got caught. I am satisfied with the plan now!

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
Most plots need some sort of patsy to fall back on. The grandmothers limiting her risk by Sansa muleing the thing in.
Actually makes sense. If Sansa was somehow caught after the wedding they blame her and they would find the poison on her body still. Still doesn't answer why the grandma needed to actually lift the poison from Sansa, just having Sansa wearing the poison was enough for their plan in case she got caught. I am satisfied with the plan now!
if sansa needed to be framed, she would also need to be missing a stone for it to work.

 
I get that the necklace Sansa wore had poison in it and the grandma took one of the vitals to poison Joff. What I don't understand was why the grandma, and Peter, needed to go through the whole necklace charade instead of just giving grandma the poison and having her squirt some into the cup?
Most plots need some sort of patsy to fall back on. The grandmothers limiting her risk by Sansa muleing the thing in.
Actually makes sense. If Sansa was somehow caught after the wedding they blame her and they would find the poison on her body still. Still doesn't answer why the grandma needed to actually lift the poison from Sansa, just having Sansa wearing the poison was enough for their plan in case she got caught. I am satisfied with the plan now!
if sansa needed to be framed, she would also need to be missing a stone for it to work.
All hail the genius of this show (or George RR MArtin who must not be named)

 
also, didn't littlefinger crush up a stone on the necklace before tossing it on dontos' body? setting sansa up more if that boat is found in the harbor?

 
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.

 
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I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
Well she was being held captive until now where she is sort of free. It's not like she had anywhere to run while being Joff's tormentee. Her dad was dead and her mom and brother were fighting a war in the North.

I recall their was a little Stark rugrat who went somewhere with that wildling woman last season. Where was he headed and why have they ignored him completely? Are they just waiting to have Bran killed then focus on the next little runt like they did with Tommen?

 
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
Well she was being held captive until now where she is sort of free. It's not like she had anywhere to run while being Joff's tormentee. Her dad was dead and her mom and brother were fighting a war in the North.

I recall their was a little Stark rugrat who went somewhere with that wildling woman last season. Where was he headed and why have they ignored him completely? Are they just waiting to have Bran killed then focus on the next little runt like they did with Tommen?
That't the youngest Stark, Rickon. He's with the Wilding woman Osha in hiding with one of the Stark bannerman (I think). When they separated Osha was supposed to take him to someone's house for safe keeping.

 
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
Well she was being held captive until now where she is sort of free. It's not like she had anywhere to run while being Joff's tormentee. Her dad was dead and her mom and brother were fighting a war in the North.

I recall their was a little Stark rugrat who went somewhere with that wildling woman last season. Where was he headed and why have they ignored him completely? Are they just waiting to have Bran killed then focus on the next little runt like they did with Tommen?
That't the youngest Stark, Rickon. He's with the Wilding woman Osha in hiding with one of the Stark bannerman (I think). When they separated Osha was supposed to take him to someone's house for safe keeping.
thanks for this. It is insane how many characters this show packs in. The thing with Khaleesi is every single season seems like the same exact path they go with her, she has trouble winning over new soldiers and then convinces them with logic and honesty that they should stick with her and kill their masters. But the execution is impeccable, I could watch a full hour Khaleesi episode and not get bored.

 
I'm hoping Hodor goes all "HULK SMASH" next episode. Preview for next week briefly showed him looking quite angry.

 
I just watched the episode on demand. Locke's cover story was he was game warden somewhere and he killed some beast to feed his family. He pretended to be peeved at being caugh by some highborn. He was offered the wall or the loss of a hand(ironic)as punishment.

 
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I just watched the episode on demand. Locke's cover story was he was game warden somewhere and he killed some beast to feed his family. He pretended to be peeved at being caugh by some highborn. He was offered the wall or the loss of a hand(ironic)as punishment.
you are right...forgot about that
 
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Juxtatarot said:
It appears I lent too much credence last week to Varys' belief that Littlefinger would just try to burn down the whole kingdom because he wanted to. As Sansa eventually gets him to admit, he arranged the assassination — using the necklace Ser Dontos gave her — at the whims of his new friends the Tyrells.
I don't get this exactly. Grandma Tyrell and Littlefinger were involved in plotting the murder and there was posion in the necklace but do we know how the posion got into the cup?
Sansa was wearing the necklace. Remember when she went to Sansa to tell her about how sorry she was that basically her entire family is now dead? If you remember that scene you may recall that she touched Sansa.... well, to be more accurate.... she touched Sansa's necklace. Got it from there?

 
SaintsInDome2006 said:
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
'member Tyrion's words..... "Sansa is not a murderer...... yet."

 
So we know how Granny Tyrell got the poison, but how the heck did she get it into Joffrey's cup?

This is as close as she ever got to Joffrey's cup during the scene where Joffrey died. She'd have to stand up, walk over to it in front of everyone, and dump the poison in.

 
So we know how Granny Tyrell got the poison, but how the heck did she get it into Joffrey's cup?

This is as close as she ever got to Joffrey's cup during the scene where Joffrey died. She'd have to stand up, walk over to it in front of everyone, and dump the poison in.
Not sure if it needs a spoiler at this point, but:

Not true. She walks past the front of the table after speaking with Sansa.
 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.

 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
Not much is known about Littlefinger's family/past but he is most certainly not the head of one of the most important families in Westeros.

 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
He asked about Littlefinger, not Tywin Lannister.
He made a mistake.

 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
He asked about Littlefinger, not Tywin Lannister.
He made a mistake.
What makes you think that? I think he's trying to figure out how Littlefinger & Olenna got together to plot the murder of Joffrey.

 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
He asked about Littlefinger, not Tywin Lannister.
He made a mistake.
What makes you think that? I think he's trying to figure out how Littlefinger & Olenna got together to plot the murder of Joffrey.
I prefer it to the alternative.
 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
Not much is known about Littlefinger's family/past but he is most certainly not the head of one of the most important families in Westeros.
Well, he's married to the Cat Stark's sister, who's child is heir to the Vale (one of the 7 kingdoms I believe). Plus he's Lord of Harrenhall - a big ### castle. The Baelish family may not have been too important a few short years ago, but it's certainly been quite upwardly mobile recently.

 
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Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
I think she has a bit of penis envy and very much dislikes the idea that she can't be a recognized ruler (cause lets face it...she's the leader of that family behind closed doors) and he's a guy who recognizes that the Tyrells are essential to building his legacy...... but I don't think they dislike each other.

 
Do littlefinger and lady tyrell have a backstory from the tv show that I somehow missed?
Not that I have picked up on other than the fact they are the true heads of the 2 most important families in Westeros and while both respect each other, they don't like each other so there is a ton of animosity.
Not much is known about Littlefinger's family/past but he is most certainly not the head of one of the most important families in Westeros.
Well, he's married to the Cat Stark's sister, who's child is heir to the Vale (one of the 7 kingdoms I believe). Plus he's Lord of Harrenhall - a big ### castle. The Baelish family may not have been too important a few short years ago, but it's certainly been quite upwardly mobile recently.
And he has possession of what is believed to be the last Stark which could effectively give him position to marry her to another major family and take back the North. There are only a handful of true power players and LF is very high on the list.

 
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
You mean being hopelessly naive and making decisions that will ultimately get her and those that surround her killed by more cunning and ruthless families and people?

I'd say she's showing her Stark blood rather well so far!

 
I'm starting to wonder when Sansa starts to show some of her Stark blood.

She started out as the spoiled princess of the group .... but come on, enough has happened to her that she has got to start being more of a fighter. She just keeps getting used, abused, set up, scammed, everyone she's loved has been betrayed and killed (to her knowledge) and she continues to play along with these people. Now she's being set up for regicide. I mean when does she finally get with the program and either escape or start taking people out in her own right, she needs to control her own destiny. She's really the only one in the show who has not changed.
You mean being hopelessly naive and making decisions that will ultimately get her and those that surround her killed by more cunning and ruthless families and people?

I'd say she's showing her Stark blood rather well so far!
Darwinism has weeded out the hopelessly stupid Starks - Ned, Cat and Robb - although not before each of them managed to do a fair bit of damage to the family.

 
One of my favorite things to do when watching Game of Thrones is to make up words to the opening theme song.
Throooones, yeah

Game of throooones, yeah

Game of thrones

(game of ####### thrones, game of ####### thrones, game of ####### thrones)
What are we, Chelsea fans?

You gotta make up words for each of the cities/places they show, relating to where the plotlines are. This should be some sort of competition.

 
One of my favorite things to do when watching Game of Thrones is to make up words to the opening theme song.
Throooones, yeah

Game of throooones, yeah

Game of thrones

(game of ####### thrones, game of ####### thrones, game of ####### thrones)
What are we, Chelsea fans?

You gotta make up words for each of the cities/places they show, relating to where the plotlines are. This should be some sort of competition.
Everyone gets plastic flags before every battle.

 

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