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thomond2006

GoT Episode 5

So Jon is the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms as Rhaegar and Lyanna were married! :eek: For a massive reveal it was subtle..

Yeah_Right

thomond2006 wrote: »

GoT Episode 5

So Jon is the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms as Rhaegar and Lyanna were married! :eek: For a massive reveal it was subtle..

Yeah they brushed over that quite nicely. Easily missed.

thomond2006

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Yeah they brushed over that quite nicely. Easily missed.

My guess is Bran/3ER will spill the beans to Jon/Dany about this important fact eventually! Dany is looking more and more the tyrant by each episode. I could easily see a point where her followers turn on her for Jon.

If Ned knew that Jon was indeed a legitimate heir as opposed to a bastard it makes his efforts to hide his identity even more necessary.

b.gud

thomond2006 wrote: »

GoT Episode 5

So Jon is the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms as Rhaegar and Lyanna were married! :eek: For a massive reveal it was subtle..

Yeah and they did it in such a subtle way it was great. I also liked the way they pretty much confirmed that he was a Targaryan without explicitly saying it in the scene with the dragon.

Podge_irl

My viewpoint:

Buer is a loser

Enjoyed the episode. Think it is building to a much better one.

Buer

Well that escalated.

b.gud

b.gud wrote: »

Yeah and they did it in such a subtle way it was great. I also liked the way they pretty much confirmed that he was a Targaryan without explicitly saying it in the scene with the dragon.

Surely that was confirmed a few seasons back in Bran's visions? Unless you don't count him as a Targ due to being a bastard.

irishbucsfan

Emilee Bitter Ginseng wrote: »

Surely that was confirmed a few seasons back in Bran's visions? Unless you don't count him as a Targ due to being a bastard.

That's the big difference. The fact that Rhaegar and Lyanna were married. Which was just a rumour everywhere until now, it was assumed by a lot of people that she had been kidnapped. It means Jon isn't a bastard and that his claim for the iron throne is a lot stronger than Daenarys'

b.gud

Emilee Bitter Ginseng wrote: »

Surely that was confirmed a few seasons back in Bran's visions? Unless you don't count him as a Targ due to being a bastard.

I could be wrong on this but I don't think it's officially been confirmed.
If I remember correctly in Brans vision we see Lyanna give the baby to Ned and she tells him something, which I assume is who the father is, but the audience is never explicitly told what that is. The audience is able to figure out what is going on based on clues that we have heard.

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

That's the big difference. The fact that Rhaegar and Lyanna were married. Which was just a rumour everywhere until now, it was assumed by a lot of people that she had been kidnapped. It means Jon isn't a bastard and that his claim for the iron throne is a lot stronger than Daenarys'

Well yeah that's obviously the bombshell here, they were married. Would mean Jon is straight up rightful heir to the Iron Throne, Dany has no legal claim now surely as long as Jon is alive? Her army, dragons etc tell a different story of course.

I had a chuckle when Gendry said that their fathers were friends. Also thought it was a real nod to the internet fans when he said I wondered if you were rowing all that time.

It was a good episode with lots of humour but the increased pacing is taking something away from the show as well in my view. It's moving much much faster than it has in any previous season and by comparison it almost feels rushed now.

Podge_irl

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a chuckle when Gendry said that their fathers were friends. Also thought it was a real nod to the internet fans when he said I wondered if you were rowing all that time.

It was a good episode with lots of humour but the increased pacing is taking something away from the show as well in my view. It's moving much much faster than it has in any previous season and by comparison it almost feels rushed now.

The magic transporting of people is starting to grate on me a little I have to say but its also pretty necessary I guess.

Curious how Dany would react to finding out Jon is the rightful king. She's rather fond of espousing her birthright.

awec

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a chuckle when Gendry said that their fathers were friends. Also thought it was a real nod to the internet fans when he said I wondered if you were rowing all that time.

It was a good episode with lots of humour but the increased pacing is taking something away from the show as well in my view. It's moving much much faster than it has in any previous season and by comparison it almost feels rushed now.

Tyrion in three places in one episode was a bit mad, Jon in two places at the opposite side of the world.

If you ever go back and watch all the seasons from start to finish it is going to be a bit strange when you hit this season.

I think ever since they've surpassed the books the writing has been a bit more modern with some more humour. Like the finger up the bum stuff from last week, just seemed out of place for the GoT world.

mfceiling

Thought my eyesight was going...

GOT -

Tyrion is quick for a little fella, like Paul Marshall

.ak

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a chuckle when Gendry said that their fathers were friends. Also thought it was a real nod to the internet fans when he said I wondered if you were rowing all that time.

It was a good episode with lots of humour but the increased pacing is taking something away from the show as well in my view. It's moving much much faster than it has in any previous season and by comparison it almost feels rushed now.

Yeah I agree.

This season you don't get the feeling of how big the world is and how difficult and arduous traveling is. It should take months to travel from the south up the wall. Previous seasons were able to portray this better as they had more story arcs and more characters to spread the time over.

They did the same in the LoTR movie. Zipped all over the place, where as in the books you it took a year to complete the journey to Mordor, that didn't come across in the movies. Hard to get right, without including captions like '2 months later' etc.

Erik Shin

I've wandered into the CIA covert ops thread

molloyjh

Erik Shin wrote: »

I've wandered into the CIA covert ops thread

What!? The chopper is on the way and the black site is being prepped. It was nice knowing you Erik.

molloyjh

molloyjh wrote: »

What!? The chopper is on the way and the black site is being prepped. It was nice knowing you Erik.

He'll be arrested on charges of illegally pitching wood.

DGRulz

Be very careful what you read online for the next week folks, someone in the GoT forum saying episode 6 got aired in Spain my mistake.

OldRio

Just a quick recommendation to any foodies out there.
I was visiting family and friends in Cork City for a few days and sampled the delights of Cafe Paradiso located on Lancaster Quay.
It's a vegetarian restaurant and the meal we had was without doubt the finest food I have ever experienced.

May I add I am not a vegetarian, but if you enjoy great tasting food and are in Cork give it a try. You will not be disappointed.

OldRio

OldRio wrote: »

Just a quick recommendation to any foodies out there.
I was visiting family and friends in Cork City for a few days and sampled the delights of Cafe Paradiso located on Lancaster Quay.
It's a vegetarian restaurant and the meal we had was without doubt the finest food I have ever experienced.

May I add I am not a vegetarian, but if you enjoy great tasting food and are in Cork give it a try. You will not be disappointed.

It's like someone sat down with the explicit intention of designing a restaurant for .ak

Podge_irl

DGRulz wrote: »

Be very careful what you read online for the next week folks, someone in the GoT forum saying episode 6 got aired in Spain my mistake.

Ha, that must have been rather confusing.

DGRulz

DGRulz wrote: »

Be very careful what you read online for the next week folks, someone in the GoT forum saying episode 6 got aired in Spain my mistake.

Might have a look tonight...!

Buer

It was apparently in English but not a single person thought to actually upload it so it isn't available online aside from dodgy cam versions that people shot on their phones.

b.gud

OldRio wrote: »

Just a quick recommendation to any foodies out there.
I was visiting family and friends in Cork City for a few days and sampled the delights of Cafe Paradiso located on Lancaster Quay.
It's a vegetarian restaurant and the meal we had was without doubt the finest food I have ever experienced.

May I add I am not a vegetarian, but if you enjoy great tasting food and are in Cork give it a try. You will not be disappointed.

I 2nd this. I went there a year or two ago based on a recommendation. I was a bit unsure as I'd never been to a vegetarian restaurant and I'd definitely be a meat man, (stop your sniggering down the back), but the food was amazing

I ate in Cafe Paradiso over the August bank hol weekend. Best food I've ever had would be pushing it but it was pretty good alright.

LostArt

Buer wrote: »

It was apparently in English but not a single person thought to actually upload it so it isn't available online aside from dodgy cam versions that people shot on their phones.

Nah, quality is very good

LostArt

LostArt wrote: »

Nah, quality is very good

If it's available and decent quality I'm going to download and watch it tonight. Don't want to be messing around until Monday avoiding spoilers when all I'm going to be doing is the same thing anyway.

LostArt

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If it's available and decent quality I'm going to download and watch it tonight. Don't want to be messing around until Monday avoiding spoilers when all I'm going to be doing is the same thing anyway.

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