Game of Thrones [2]

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Forest Shepherd wrote:Mrs. Figg: BEST EVER EPISODE!!!!!!!


...............WHAT............

Forest Shepherd wrote:I liked parts of the episode, was not surprised by the end, but still found plenty of stuff that was off-putting. 

The worst bits were with Ramsay of course. I am so ever-loving bloody sick of every single fucking thing he ever fucking tries to do just automatically succeeding. And fuck the show for pandering to idiots with that shock-value dog scene. In D&D terms, he's like the DM's favourite villain, who the DM keeps safe no matter what, and who the DM eventually gets stabbed with a pencil by his exasperated players over.

Arya's stuff continues to be re-written a good deal. She may have been stuck over there for what felt like ages in the books, but at least she was active in deciding her fate. In this episode it felt too much like she was literally a beggar: placed into a situation in which she either has to beg to be taken back in by Sexy Man, or stubbornly refuse to bend. Whichever, it's not like much happened with her anyway. 

Ugh, I am beginning to really dislike the High Sparrow. Maybe it's the directing, or the writing, or maybe it's just the actor. He plays pious in such a pompous and insufferable way. There was one bit of acting that stood out to me as rather false feeling, which is odd because usually the acting is quite good in the show. It happened when Jaime was speaking with the High Sparrow. Jaime's look of shock in reaction to the Sparrow saying that he did not fear death felt disingenuous. Like, how thick are you Jaime?

funny I thought the High Sparrow said that he did fear death. maybe I misheard, but that's why Jaime was surprised.

I kind of liked Tommen's interaction with Cersei. Although Cersei in her current frowny-faced-but-not-weeping mourning stage is kind of boring or at least uninspired. One thing that was idiotic, as usual, was when Franken-Mountain killed that one random. Firstly, who told Cersei about what the guy was saying? Secondly, how is this any kind of important task for Franken-Mountain? Thirdly, why the fuck isn't Franken-Mountain guarding Cersei? Fourthly, if that's what the Franken-Mountain "promised" when the ex-maester spoke of defeating Cersei's enemies, then Franken-Mountain is pretty worthless.

Cercei is deeply traumatised, and sometimes that manifests itself through a shock so profound people go into a kind of zombie no emotion phase, its not boring if you know whats happening to her, because its the quiet before the storm. Frankenclegane started the ball rolling on her path to revenge by starting at the bottom feeders and working her way up, its a taster of what she is going to do to those who fuck with her. squished heads is the horses doofers before the main course.

Forest Shepherd wrote:One thing that was idiotic, as usual, was when Franken-Mountain killed that one random. Firstly, who told Cersei about what the guy was saying? Secondly, how is this any kind of important task for Franken-Mountain?

Thirdly, why the fuck isn't Franken-Mountain guarding Cersei? Fourthly, if that's what the Franken-Mountain "promised" when the ex-maester spoke of defeating Cersei's enemies, then Franken-Mountain is pretty worthless.

Eldorion wrote:

Forest Shepherd wrote:One thing that was idiotic, as usual, was when Franken-Mountain killed that one random. Firstly, who told Cersei about what the guy was saying? Secondly, how is this any kind of important task for Franken-Mountain?

I've seen a bunch of people bring this up, but having rewatched much of the final episode of S5 right before this one started, I noticed that the bragging guy (or an extra who looks a lot like him) did appear during the Walk of Atonement scene and did indeed flash Cersei as he was describing. My take on the scene in the most recent episode was that Cersei sent the Mountain out to find that guy and possibly other specific individuals who had participated in her humiliation. Of course, that raises some plausibility questions of its own, but it's the best I've got.

Thirdly, why the fuck isn't Franken-Mountain guarding Cersei? Fourthly, if that's what the Franken-Mountain "promised" when the ex-maester spoke of defeating Cersei's enemies, then Franken-Mountain is pretty worthless.

Cersei's back in the Red Keep surrounding by Lannister men-at-arms; she doesn't need Frankenmountain next to her 24/7. I think it's safe to say that his main purpose is to serve as Cersei's champion in her forthcoming trial by combat (CLEGANEBOWL!), though.

Forest Shepherd wrote:I must be forgetting things. Why is she going to be having a trial by combat? Was it that Lancel stuff?

And as for that bragging guy being the same one as had flashed her before, the actors used are definitely different. The characters might be the same, I guess. 

But still, way to miss the bigger picture. One random on the street flashing his junk at Cersei? Like yeah, terrible, but why isn't Frankenmountain smashing Shame-ding-dong-shame lady's head against a wall?