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A Thread of A Series of Books of A Song of Ice and Fire (BOOK AND TV SPOILERS HERE)
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P.S. more ninja training.
P.P.S. Mel also takes the place of the old crazy soothsayer. Works for me.
I would imagine they'll keep her around 'till she's no longer able to work.
The old school 3 signs of psychopathy were: animal cruelty, firestarting, bed-wetting at an older age as I remember.
I'm not sure how accepted that still is.
I can't think of any good candidates for that kind of thing, though.
They're not gonna do flashbacks, they can't do internal monologue and thoughts, they don't want to have one of the big part actors sit it out for a year.
It's been generally debunked, though the correlation is definitely there with those three factors
It's so we don't have the character on the sidelines for two years. Helps the viewers with a cast that is already intimidatingly sprawling, and you don't have to tell Alfie Allen "Okay, so... go do nothing, but you're not allowed to commit to anything long term because in two years we'll need you full time." That, and apparently the show runners are incredibly fond of Alfie.
Though, speaking of Theon... can't believe no one has brought up yet that Ramsay woke him with the horn. It's foreshadowing that, in season seven/Winds of Winter, Theon is going to kill Ramsay.
I feel like tonight's episode threw down some foreshadowing that didn't exist in the books in more than one way
Specifically
My theory is that
Most of the horror of his torture comes from internal narration, so it makes sense that they would show it now and extend the cliffhanger
I feel bad for complaining about Ros so much last season now that she's dead. She was so hot.
The Littlefinger/Varys scene was probably the highlight for me. It's always magic whenever the two of them are onscreen together, and the music is just menacing with it's "these are the masters of the game" tone.
To be fair, we know Melisandre likes throwing out ominous sounding bullshit that can't be fact-checked. The TV writers are still playing Mel's sizeable limits pretty close to the vest for now, but we did get a hint of it tonight with her, "raising the dead is impossible!" reaction
The rest of her little spiel was DEFINITELY foreshadowing Arya's turn as a Faceless Gal
- Tyrion Lannister, talking about Joffrey with Cersei
Back to the brotherhood? Probably not. Maybe he sails out of the series entirely.
Back to Arya, where they have tons of Baratheon/Stark babies and live out their lives in happiness FOREVER.
Delicious foreshadowing indeed.
I like this take on it, it at least continues the theme of Joff doing Bad Shit from the bastard-slaying and Tyrion thinking Cersei is behind all of it
It was posted here a couple days ago.
Littlefinger, or ser Pod's Rod Though the Face acting on his own. But Joffrey's just as believable.
And Ygritte's toast pretty soon, possibly as early as episode ten. Queenscrown should be one of the next two episodes.
" guess why I'm torturing you, and who I am!"
Possibly he settles down with a bossy young peasant girl at the World's Unluckiest Inn?
There must be a lot of show people who know by now. Roose said he's sending his bastard to Winterfell, Bolton's love flaying people, Ramsay was flaying Theon, their sigil is identical to Theon's current position...
The Iron Islanders were promised safe passage if they hand over Theon, why would they burn Winterfell...
I've seen plenty of show only people guessing it already. It's not much of a puzzle, but even that can be extremely challenging for your average TV viewer.
Fer reals though the guy playing Ramsay is fucking brilliant. I could never have thought about someone just perfectly nailing it. He's the right mix of vile and smart. Love it.