Season 6 Episode 5 "The Door" - "Non book readers"

I'm nit picking because it was a great episode, but if the guy in the tree knew the Night King was coming for Bran, why were the two of them just lazing around in Winterfell's courtyard doing literally nothing. It was a weak way to set up the Hodor thing - we already knew Ned was sent to the Vale so it's not like Bran was learning something critical.

dark crystal wrote: »

Seems George R. R. Martin almost let slip Hodor's name origin a few years back...

https://ventrellaquest.com/tag/what-hodor-really-means/

That gives me faith at least that Martin has the whole complete story mapped out in his head, even small details, from an early stage, and this is not going to end up like "Lost" where the writers hadnt a breeze where they were going with it and it all turned to crap eventually.

North of 32 wrote: »

I'm nit picking because it was a great episode, but if the guy in the tree knew the Night King was coming for Bran, why were the two of them just lazing around in Winterfell's courtyard doing literally nothing. It was a weak way to set up the Hodor thing - we already knew Ned was sent to the Vale so it's not like Bran was learning something critical.

The Game of Thrones universe is in a continuous loop. Wyllis became Hodor because Bran was in the Winterfell courtyard during the White Walker invasion. The Three-eyed-raven brought Bran to Winterfell in order to keep the loop going. If he didn't bring him there then Wyllis would never have become Hodor. The events that happen in Game of Thrones are already set in stone, there is no changing them.

Love when TV shows do time travel and it sparks conversations like this...

What's the story with the voice Varys heard in the fire? Something creepy going on there.

Also, if the Night King wanted to harness the kind of power that Bran has, couldn't they have just used the Three-Eyed Raven? I think they must see Bran and his ilk as a threat of some sort.

leonil7 wrote: »

meera possibly turns every weapon into valyrian.



i mean its possibly not the sword or the spear, but the hand who wields it.

It's dragon glass, just like Sam killed the Walker back in Season 2. Nothing more to it.

That was the first good episode this season. As usual it starts slow and builds towards a crescendo in episode 9 (last year they went off a bit early with Hardhome).

For the first time I liked the inclusion of the children of the forest. They seem to have purpose now: but I'd love a glimpse of the war between them and men that they spoke of

I have no idea why I think that grenades in a fantasy setting are okay, but those were genuinely great.

Littlefinger travelling the equivalent distance from Miami to New York in a day was slightly immersion breaking: but getting politics on screen is a good thing.

Can't see how Bran and Meera can realistically survive. Imagine being in the equivalent of northern Norway, in a forest, in winter, at night, being chased by an army of zombies (with only a minute or two head start), one of you being a cripple, and there isn't a living human for a hundred miles? Hmm.

Also, all the Hordor memes died last night.

Reading the books or not makes no difference to your understanding of what Bran sees.





The 3 eyed raven communicated with Bran from the beginning, and has been awaiting his arrival north of the wall for some time. Obviously he saw some potential in him to hone his warging and seeing abilities and wanted to train him. Some people just have a connection to the earth and the heart trees, like the raven and Bran.