Season 6, Episode 3 "Oathbreaker" Discussion Thread

[ComicChick]

or you could just say 'it was cooler seeing Dayne fight 4 people at once'.

Yep.

i just thought it was to further show just how great Dayne was as a swordsman. isn't that his legend?

 

[Reek]

i just thought it was to further show just how great Dayne was as a swordsman. isn't that his legend?

Yep. Barristan is probably the only person who could have challenged him.

 

[ComicChick]

i haven't read the books, but i've browsed some wikis etc. did GRRM really put this much history into the pages of the story as it moved, or are they parts of other things? i dont know how to word that. side-stories, a random history guide of the realm? etc

 

[ComicChick]

Yep. Barristan is probably the only person who could have challenged him.

he was a good character. i liked him :/

 

[Roose Bolton]

i haven't read the books, but i've browsed some wikis etc. did GRRM really put this much history into the pages of the story as it moved, or are they parts of other things? i dont know how to word that. side-stories, a random history guide of the realm? etc

Bit of both. He put a lot of history into the main books, then elaborated it some more in the prequel Novellas, and then recently he put out a World Book covering a lot of the backstory.

 

[ComicChick]

^ thanks. prequels/novellas are what i was thinking of i think? lol
the world book sounds interesting.
i would like to read these books one day. they're on my ever-expanding list

 

[Reek]

it's pretty overwhelming, really.

@CC yeah, he doesn't die like that in the books ... [BLACKOUT]He's still alive actually.[/BLACKOUT]

and the world book is pretty goddamn awesome.

 

[Roose Bolton]

^ thanks. prequels/novellas are what i was thinking of i think? lol
the world book sounds interesting.
i would like to read these books one day. they're on my ever-expanding list

The novellas are pretty fun, and they're a lot less gruesome lol

 

[ComicChick]

it's pretty overwhelming, really.

@CC yeah, he doesn't die like that in the books ... [BLACKOUT]He's still alive actually.[/BLACKOUT]

and the world book is pretty goddamn awesome.

i actually read an article stating that recently

 

[Fist of Khonshu]

^ thanks. prequels/novellas are what i was thinking of i think? lol
the world book sounds interesting.
i would like to read these books one day. they're on my ever-expanding list

It's beautifully-done with many fine paintings. You can look at some of the pages here by clicking 'look inside':
http://www.amazon.com/World-Ice-Fire-History-Westeros/dp/0553805444

 

[Da-Scribe]

That's not accurate either. We're specifically told in the books that the only time a Baratheon and a Lannister ever married was the above instance with Gowen and Tya, and there were no living children from that union. The only other Great House that the Baratheons ever married into was the Targaryens, because they themselves were an offshoot of House Targaryen.

Ah, true. Family tree info I had was incorrect. So yeah, no real rightful heir to the throne I suppose.

 

[Reek]

Reek 2016

 

[dude stannis]

Reek 2016

Make SuperheroHype Great Again (For Once)

 

[Victarion]

Bit of both. He put a lot of history into the main books, then elaborated it some more in the prequel Novellas, and then recently he put out a World Book covering a lot of the backstory.

The novellas are all collected in one volume now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. I picked it up and start reading from The Mystery Knight; bottom line, CC - you get to learn more about Bran's mentor, the three-eyed raven.

 

[dude stannis]

You started reading them in reverse order? Did the stories make too much sense for you or something lol?

 

[Victarion]

Erikson ruined my brain.

 

[Roose Bolton]

The novellas are all collected in one volume now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. I picked it up and start reading from The Mystery Knight; bottom line, CC - you get to learn more about Bran's mentor, the three-eyed raven.

Why? in god's name. If you only wanted to read them for Bloodraven you've missed a lot of material that's mentioned in the Hedge Knight and the Sworn Sword.

 

[dude stannis]

Erikson ruined my brain.

Reek can fix it.

 

[ComicChick]

It's beautifully-done with many fine paintings. You can look at some of the pages here by clicking 'look inside':
http://www.amazon.com/World-Ice-Fire-History-Westeros/dp/0553805444

thanks

 

[Iceman]

I loved the Arthur Dayne stuff.

 

[Raiden]

I hope Osha and Rickon won't be unceremoniously killed just to make Ramsey even more despicable than he is already now. And Karstark and Umber can go to hell.

Poor Shaggydog, we hardly knew you.