Bronx Bomber
Footballguy
The coin wasn't just for passage to Bravos, it was to find the faceless men also and train with them, right. He is already a faceless man so all he would need to do is find regular passage to Bravos.
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Game of Thrones, tv only, books don't exist, no backstory...NERDS already ruining a series that hasn't started (8 Viewers)
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Chadstroma
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I suppose the Hound was not 100% either. If it was infected then it could have been a significant injury to hamper him and there was that comment Arya made about him being 'slower' because of it. No matter- it is still impressive to beat Loras (without any excuses) and a not fully healthy Jaime (with two hands) and the Hound.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
I was actually expecting the Hound to kill her when they began to fight.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
One of the things I love about this show is that I fully expected one of them to die once the fight began. Compare that to most shows where any random sword fight between two major characters would almost certainly be fought to a draw.
Like many, I was sad to see The Hound go. But hey, we were starting to like him so I guess he had to die. I just wonder if killing off every character we like (sure we "hated" Joffrey, but we loved to hate him) is going to come back to bite them as the uninteresting characters (Jon Snow, I'm looking at you) tend to be a lot more bulletproof.
Bronx Bomber
Footballguy
Do they really gave a choice who they kill off and don't? People would flip if in the book the Hound dies but HBO decides to let him live.
Pots
Footballguy
We didn't care for The Hound very much prior to this season, but here we are feeling bad for the guy. If there's anything to doubt about the show, it's definitely not it's ability to make us like/dislike a character.
shadyridr
Footballguy
lmfao why the #### would i care?
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
What books?
Seriously though, replace "they" with "he".
The Hound, Oberyn, Joffrey, Tywin. Four really interesting characters, gone, while Jon Snow and Bran keep bumbling around. Although I guess now that I think of it some less interesting characters got axed as well. Ygritte, Jojen, Lysa. Man a lot of people bit it this season. Crazy.
shadyridr
Footballguy
huh? Lmao you think i say to myself "i cant believe they killed off Ned Stark, i loved him, im pissed. Oh wait that must be how it was written in the books. Im cool with it now."The reason people are ok with it is because there are SO many great characters and the story is filled with so much drama.
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Norman Paperman
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Really? I thought the Hound showed redeemable qualities when he was protecting Sansa in earlier seasons.
Drifter
Footballguy
My comment has nothing to do with the audience and everything to do with how producers think about TV series
Chadstroma
Footballguy
I just read an article with the show runners that mentioned that they kill people off more so than the books do.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Kill everyone.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
If the show runs the planned 3 more seasons, I have to imagine they will. Who would be the most shocking at this point?
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KarmaPolice
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Chadstroma
Footballguy
Though I agree, her death would be far be the most shocking at this point- don't you think that her coming back to the throne is exactly the kind of obvious writing that the original author actually writes against?
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
now that I think about it, they really are all expendable. half way through season 1 I would have said Ned Stark and look how that turned out...
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Dany, Jon and Arrya seem like the most likely to survive. But why? Why not axe them? The show has proven Wire-like in that it isn't about a certain character(a) or a certain story line, but it's about a place and it's about the inevitable doom of all those trapped in that place. Winter is Coming. We always knew that wasn't just literal, but I think we are just starting understand how deep that runs and how nobody escapes it.
Wyld Stallyns
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The death that would surprise me the most is probably Sam. I know he's a side character, but I'm thoroughly convinced that him and his wilding family are bullet proof.
Mister CIA
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shadyridr
Footballguy
whos stannis?
the moops
Footballguy
Mister CIA
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Ilov80s
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GregR
Footballguy
Yeah, you'd never find something like that in this thread.
Unless you scrolled to the top of the page anyway.
sn0mm1s
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aardball44
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NutterButter
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Officer Pete Malloy
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NutterButter
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KarmaPolice
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Thunderlips
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culdeus
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Bojang0301
Omar4Heisman
Actually it wouldnt surprise me (and in face scares me) that TV producers will turn to this method so they can keep actors costs low and give them less creative autonomy in their performances. Then again when they already know they are going to be offed you can get a Oberyn like performance.
LAUNCH
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Northern Voice
Footballguy
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Get out, READERS.
Pots
Footballguy
Here's something that's been bothering me since I saw the last episode. The fight between The Hound and Brienne seemed extremely forced and contrived, unlike nearly everything else that has happened in this series, There didn't seem to be any point to it other than to kill off The Hound and get Arya to go to Bravos.
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shadyridr
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They set this up a few episodes earlier when The Hound found out the Lannisters put a bounty on his head. He noticed Brienne's sword was made with Lannister gold and made the fair assumption she was there to collect the bounty.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
The Hound knew there was a price on his head. He was also trying to get Arya somewhere where someone might remunerate him for returning her. Brienne in her Lannister get up was a threat to him either way and he hasn't exactly been the king of nuanced negotiation when he feels threatened.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
Agree that the fight scene itself was probably insignificant, but it set up the conversation between Arya and the Hound that showed Arya's conviction for whatever actions she will take in the upcoming season imo. She made a decision to let him die slowly rather than mercy killing him and she took the gold or whatever currency he stole from the old man that they stayed with a few episodes back. Innocence completely lost. In the conversation we are also reminded that the Hound was on Arya's list of people she wants to see dead.
Chaka
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aardball44
Footballguy
So...what are your impressions of the book so far? Has it fleshed out any particular story line for you? (Granted, the first 250 pages probably don't vary much from the first five episodes of the first season.)
