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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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I was actually happy when they stopped showing him flaying his finger. That was more brutal than most horror movie shock scenes I have seen. I guess it is because when I go into a horror movie I expect to see some shit. But when watching the Game I expect to see boobies and plot.
He's not the Slayer if none of his brothers see him do it. They should've kept that part in its place, I felt like him getting respect from his fellow crows is what gives him the courage to take Gilly away.
I turned my face away. It was too gruesome.
From memory, it went something like "...I see a darkness, and in that darkness I see blue eyes, green eyes, brown eyes. Eyes you will close forever."
Translated (as I interpret it): Girl, you're gonna be conducting your own murder train at some point. Respect.
Faceless Man reference, either the faces she takes, or the lives she ends. Could've also been a warg reference, but they've really downplayed that in the show.
A bit of Jaqen's theme played when that scene ended, so yes, it is a direct reference to her becoming a Faceless Man in the future.
Same. Knew where it was going, didn't need to see what a flayed finger looked like. From the gasps in the room it wasn't a pretty sight. Makes it seem more likely they're gonna fully depict the Red Wedding though. Should be fun.
Which perfectly sums up the series really.
I don't know if it was your or someone else pointing that out earlier in the thread, but I much appreciate little stuff like that. I have a terrible ear for music :P
And am I the only one who heard the 'eyes you will close forever' part of the line (or did I mishear it)? If that wasn't there, I could totally go with the eyes meaning faces Arya will wear. With that there though, it seems abundantly clear that she's talking about Arya killing people.
Still to be determined if she will become a full Faceless Man. She did hide Needle so Arya has not yet thrown away her Stark identity.
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So it was "brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes" right? Green eyes sounds like Cersei, any bets on who the other two are?
Yes, indeed. She is trained in the arts of the Faceless Men. We'll just have to see where it goes from there.
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I only foresee less boobies going forward, it is the cruelest twist.
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So does my little brother.
I felt like his brothers still largely shit on him after that, which didn't make sense to me. John forbidding him to call himself a craven and Aemon's prodding seemed to do more for his self confidence. It really isn't until he gets stuck in Braavos that he actually mans up on anything.
Well we should have at least one more viewing of Cersei and Dany at least
And White Walkers, somewhat more plot relevantly.
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What I'm saying is that people shouldn't take the eye colors to mean that she'll only ever kill three people. Melisandre was saying that she'll kill a whole fucking lot of people.
Or Missandei.
Ramsay decides when it's enough.
But yeah, what the hell are they going to do with these two next season? Break him to Reek and go take Deepwood Motte?
Show more of the Ramsay at Winterfell stuff. Just like the torture, it all happens off-page, so they could easily toss it in there. Or just cut him out of episodes like they do with other characters.
It's a nice little bit of prophecy, as I'd think show-only folks would feel smart for realizing that she's going to kill at least 3 people with those eye colors, and trying to figure out who they'll be.
Meanwhile the book-readers can go, "Awww shit, Arya's going to take more faces!" And "eyes you'll close forever" refers to her going blind (for not actually forever).
And either prophecy could be cool and work, or even both could be true. For a show original it nicely copied the style of prophecies in the books, most of which haven't made it into the show.
The brown are clearly her greatest enemy of all, the most talented swordsman in Westeros, He Who Keeps the Pimp Hand Strongest, the Slayer of the First Sword of Braavos (in one on one combat, no less), Azor Ahai reborn... Ser Meryn Trant.
Can't be Winterfell, he would've recognized it. It's somewhere he's never been and isn't iconic enough (like Harrenhall) that it'd be recognized.
It's either the Dreadfort or some other less notable Northern castle.
yeah that was great
It would appear Geth agrees.
I'd say Dreadfort, given that it's Ramsay torturing him and their emblem is in a few places. Winterfell was on fire, so it can't be there, and I can't imagine the other Northern lords would be too cool with the flaying thing.
Plus GRRM did like 971 pages just on Theon being tortured; I'm surprised they didn't do a whole season of just that.
Yeah, this was a condensed version of the scene with Arya and the old hag in the books, who talks about a dead fish that opens its horrible eyes (a certain zombie-Tully) and some other stuff and then freaks right the hell out when she looks at Arya, and tells Arya to get her murderous demon evil bitchself outta there before the hag has to put on some Depends. I do think there is some double-meaning in there about different colored eyes and eyes closed forever, but they do give Arya her sight back in the books IIRC, don't they? She isn't blind forever.
more properly, they gave it back after she figured out who was assaulting her.
They assumed (I think) she deduced it based on her other, normal, senses. They are unaware (as far as I know) of her warging ability.
They may be. I thought she had explained it to them, but the explanation was her inner monologue, and she decides that she can have secrets if they can.