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Might want to include spoiler warnings bro.

I know when they killed Ned it was ruined. . .(sarcasm)



Learn not to get attached to anyone in this show.

Go read the books, heathen.

 rubiksnoob wrote:
Go read the books, heathen.

*Using Jesse Ventura voice* I ain't got time to read.

So horrible. :/

 LordofHats wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:
Go read the books, heathen.

*Using Jesse Ventura voice* I ain't got time to read.

I believe this is relevant:

Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

I've read all the books, so I saw this coming. It was still sad to see though.

More signs of the story being trimmed down when daenerys took the city.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
More signs of the story being trimmed down when daenerys took the city.

They kind of have to. Be glad it's a series and not a trilogy of movies, as fans originally wanted. One of the writers spoke about it, and mentioned 'Some people don't like the change we made to Robbs wife... how would you like Robb cut from the story altogether?'. Concessions need to be made when changing from a book to another medium.

 -Loki- wrote:
Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

ALL. THE. TIME. Imagine the shock if they had done it like the books, this would have happened around ep 5, with more to come.

And I'm really looking forwards to tonight, I know what's coming but the girlfriend doesn't. Musn't...give...away...

 motyak wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

ALL. THE. TIME. Imagine the shock if they had done it like the books, this would have happened around ep 5, with more to come.

And I'm really looking forwards to tonight, I know what's coming but the girlfriend doesn't. Musn't...give...away...

I can't wait for the next wedding.

Im horrified..

 -Loki- wrote:

 motyak wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

ALL. THE. TIME. Imagine the shock if they had done it like the books, this would have happened around ep 5, with more to come.

And I'm really looking forwards to tonight, I know what's coming but the girlfriend doesn't. Musn't...give...away...

I can't wait for the next wedding.

I think everyone will enjoy that one.

 -Loki- wrote:
Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

This x1000. This series is a massive emotional ride, and not for people who get easily and deeply attached to characters. I've already done this with Brienne...That chick is sweet! Hands off, GRRM.

~Tim?

 High Emperor Aggron wrote:
Im horrified..

You're horrified at this, but were seemingly okay with



There's plenty to be horrified at in this series. The Red Wedding isn't one of them, really. It was just an unexpected character death. More will come. A lot more.

edit - my own personal experiences with characters deaths went as follows:

All the enemies of the true king Stannis of House Baratheon will die. You should not be surprised of this.

Unless you are a traitor.

The problem with that is how Stannis defines an enemy. if you're not willing to hold his wang while he takes a leak, you're his enemy.

People don't just die, they occasionally come back to life.

 -Loki- wrote:
The problem with that is how Stannis defines an enemy. if you're not willing to hold his wang while he takes a leak, you're his enemy.

It is your duty to serve your King in any way he sees fit.

 Palindrome wrote:
People don't just die, they occasionally come back to life.

Spoiler:

I don't watch the TV programme but did Rob definately get a mortal wound on screen? I have had a theory that he isn't actually dead in the books as his death isn't actually described (just his wounding), a smashed up head on a stake could be anyone and it would be politically valuable for the Freys to hold onto him in a dungeon somewhere, just in case. If his dead in the Tv series is beyond doubt then never mind

No.



Also

 -Loki- wrote:

 Palindrome wrote:
People don't just die, they occasionally come back to life.

Spoiler:

I don't watch the TV programme but did Rob definately get a mortal wound on screen? I have had a theory that he isn't actually dead in the books as his death isn't actually described (just his wounding), a smashed up head on a stake could be anyone and it would be politically valuable for the Freys to hold onto him in a dungeon somewhere, just in case. If his dead in the Tv series is beyond doubt then never mind

No.

Spoiler:

His head is cut off. His wolfs head is cut off. The wolfs head is sewn to his body.

He's dead Jim.

Pretty much what Loki said

QUITE A BIG SPOILER BELOW

Oh the beautiful schadenfreude. I have been waiting for this day for so long.

...my life hurts...

Read the books as they came out, and the RW was still shocking to see on screen.

GG George RR Martin.

"Valar morghulis" seems to be the unofficial words of House R R Martin.

Just watched the episode and all I have to say is...well, that escalated quickly.

You have to remember that all of these petty squabbles of mortals are merely a setup for the final battle- Ice Zombies vs flaming Dragonriders. The only important humans are in charge of supernatural forces, like the Greyjoys.

In the next book, it is revealed that the Drowned God is in fact great Cthulu, and he teams up with the dragons to fight the White Walkers.

Then, of course, Jon Snow kills Dumbledore and becomes the Half-Blood prince.

It is a grisly story, and the only plot armor available seems to be the cursed type that brings you back as an awful zombie, abomination of pseudoscience, bound godhood, or spirit of vengeance.

Other than Daenerys, I don't think any of the current cast will see the end in their current forms.

(Edited for grammatical corrections.)

 -Loki- wrote:
Get ready.

Plenty of other characters are going to die. Characters you love, characters you hate, important characters, unimportant characters.

One important part of A Song of Ice and Fire is people die. All the time.

Valar Morghulis. There's a reason why that phrase is important.

But yes, I was also butthurt when that happened. It's for that reason why I hate the Freys.

Oh and red priests. fething witches...

Gitzbitah wrote:
Other than Daenerys, I don't think any of the current cast will see the end in their current forms.

Even Daenerys isn't technically safe. She might fulfil the prophecy, but so do half a dozen other characters.

Part of the theme of the series is 'prophecies are crap'.