Game of Thrones - Book Readers' Thread - - - - - Part 22

[Drz]

Victarion, can you pm me the pic too?

 

[dude stannis]

Victarion, can you pm me the pic too?

I don't think Vic has them, Reek does.

 

[Reek]

lol so after reading the descriptions and pics and all...

Spoiler

Dorne is basically being completely discarded and never to be heard from again

 

[Victarion]

Dorne got effed in the bee

 

[Reek]

Yes it did... Yes it did

 

[dude stannis]

White corners on the bedding, purple floor. R+L=D confirmed.

 

[Marvolo]

I wonder if the leak had the previews for ep 2 with it

I doubt it. It seems the leak happened because a cable company uploaded it to their ondemand early by mistake. TV episodes ondemand dont usually have a preview for the next episode.

 

[Drz]

EDIT: Wow, why did they even bother having Dorne in the show? I'm gonna have a leap of faith and guess Ironborns will only serve the role of serving Daenerys Stormborn and we'll get nothing good out of Theon, Euron or Yara.

Yara will just be Daenerys' strong warrior woman servant who wants to stop patriarchy.

 

[Reek]

I doubt it. It seems the leak happened because a cable company uploaded it to their ondemand early by mistake. TV episodes ondemand dont usually have a preview for the next episode.

Yea it leaked on comcast... I had it ... about an hour ago.. played it... it showed the Previously on... opening credits.. then opened with Jon's face... *Error has occured*

 

[Reek]

White corners on the bedding, purple floor. R+L=D confirmed.

Stop it lol

 

[dude stannis]

EDIT: Wow, why did they even bother having Dorne in the show? I'm gonna have a leap of faith and guess Ironborns will only serve the role of serving Daenerys Stormborn and we'll get nothing good out of Theon, Euron or Yara.

Yara will just be Daenerys' strong warrior woman servant who wants to stop patriarchy.

I think they intended to develop it fully. But after the awful reaction it got, decided to toss it aside lol.

 

[Drz]

I think they intended to develop it fully. But after the awful reaction it got, decided to toss it aside lol.

I mean, in the books this could go down the line of Layer Cake, where the masterminfmd has not realized to put in mind the unimportantly seeming factors.

Still, Red Viper's legacy has pretty much been tarnished now lol.

 

[Victarion]

I think Dorne's pretty much guaranteed to be Dany country.

 

[Reek]

edit. sigh.

 

[Victarion]

This gif = Dorne plot

@Drz - do you need those pics?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well one of the older theories was at least proven true.

 

[Drz]

No need anymore thanks.

@DarthSky: which one?

 

[Marvolo]

I mean, in the books this could go down the line of Layer Cake, where the masterminfmd has not realized to put in mind the unimportantly seeming factors.

Still, Red Viper's legacy has pretty much been tarnished now lol.

His legacy was tarnished the moment he acted an idiot in his duel against The Mountain. #confirmthekill

 

[Drz]

Both Oberyn's and Doran's plan can survive without them being alive, since book Doran's plans are all about making his daughter into the Queen of Westeros.

Since she's not in the tv show, i'm guessing Dorne will be all about making Daenerys into the Queen of Westeros and "kill the evul lannisters"

 

[Reek]

Anyways

anything new today?

 

[Reek]

Both Oberyn's and Doran's plan can survive without them being alive, since book Doran's plans are all about making his daughter into the Queen of Westeros.

Since she's not in the tv show, i'm guessing Dorne will be all about making Daenerys into the Queen of Westeros and "kill the evul lannisters"

Even though you have me on ignore, which is entirely silly... Oberyn has a spear much like Unsullied soldiers... and they both fight with the same style in ways...

Makes perfect sense.

I do wonder if D&D will have Dany gain loyalty from the Dothraki, go to Dorne, and attack from the south while the walkers attack from the north.

 

[Victarion]

I do wonder if D&D will have Dany gain loyalty from the Dothraki, go to Dorne, and attack from the south while the walkers attack from the north.

Spoilers from the leaks:

Spoiler

Ellaria and the Sand Snakes assassinating Doran open up an interesting narrative that would fit nicely with Danaerys's development. Lets say Ellaria uses her and the Snakes' connection to Oberyn to solidify their hold on Dorne, making them populist rulers. As the series goes on, Ellaria begins to have a harder time holding onto her rule - other houses in Dorne begin questioning how wise it is to put their nation in the hands of people who idolized a guy too thick to confirm his kill.

So Ellaria begins facing resistance from within Dorne. Uprisings and all that good stuff. Danaerys arrives in Dorne and is faced with the same kind of situation she faced in Slaver's Bay: using methods that failed her (populism, being a Targaryen here to deliver justice for the murder of Ellia, her children, and Rhaegar Targaryen) to bring peace to Dorne.

This all just occured to me on the spot, its probably rough, but I think its one way to salvage what the show runners are doing.

 

[Marvolo]

Spoilers from the leaks:

Spoiler

Ellaria and the Sand Snakes assassinating Doran open up an interesting narrative that would fit nicely with Danaerys's development. Lets say Ellaria uses her and the Snakes' connection to Oberyn to solidify their hold on Dorne, making them populist rulers. As the series goes on, Ellaria begins to have a harder time holding onto her rule - other houses in Dorne begin questioning how wise it is to put their nation in the hands of people who idolized a guy too thick to confirm his kill.

So Ellaria begins facing resistance from within Dorne. Uprisings and all that good stuff. Danaerys arrives in Dorne and is faced with the same kind of situation she faced in Slaver's Bay: using methods that failed her (populism, being a Targaryen here to deliver justice for the murder of Ellia, her children, and Rhaegar Targaryen) to bring peace to Dorne.

This all just occured to me on the spot, its probably rough, but I think its one way to salvage what the show runners are doing.

Frankly I think whatever happens in dorne it will be much quicker and compact that what you are proposing. I just don't think D&D will dedicate much time to Ellaria, her rule, and the sociopolitical conditions of Dorne.

 

[Victarion]

Best synopsis I saw of Dorne, from the same place I found my leaks

Spoiler

Dorne gets nuked from orbit

I thought it'd be neat to see Dany dealing with a foil in Ellaria. Good way to salvage the situation, though I suspect you are right.

 

[Reek]

I think Dorne is getting.....


VICTARION'd