Game of Thrones (Official Thread)

[Buckeye86]

Tormund is definitely a guy I want to hang out with; both the character and the actor who plays him.

 

[Taosman]

I would definitely hang out with Natalie Dormer!

She has a great......personality!

 

[Saw31]

Wifey was pretty happy about last night's turn of events. She has decided to stop production of her firebombs she had planned to use on HBO headquarters pending next week's episode, of course.

Myself, I was happy to see Melisandre put her magic young shit back on...

 

[tsteele316]

ramsey bolton, he's a nice fellow.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I had a problem with the night's watch just laying their shit down like that. They're supposed to be warriors. There was half a season dedicated to them battling these same people that just burst through the door. Now they're like.....shit those guys look tough, nevermind.

 

[Buckeye86]

I had a problem with the night's watch just laying their [Mark May] down like that. They're supposed to be warriors. There was half a season dedicated to them battling these same people that just burst through the door. Now they're like.....[Mark May] those guys look tough, nevermind.

I didn't have a problem with it.

They're actually common criminals forced into shit work to avoid prison or execution.

It is mentioned how pathetic they are quite frequently in the show and books (or maybe more so in the books and I'm getting my wires crossed)- especially after losing almost all of their capable fighters in Mormont's ranging and the battle with the wildlings.

 

[tsteele316]

I had a problem with the night's watch just laying their [Mark May] down like that. They're supposed to be warriors. There was half a season dedicated to them battling these same people that just burst through the door. Now they're like.....[Mark May] those guys look tough, nevermind.

besides the fact they were outnumbered severely by the wildlings alone, let alone the rest of the night's watch that was still loyal to john snow, and there was a giant about 10 feet away from them that would have basically slaughtered them all in about 2 minutes.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

But aren't these the same night's watchmen that fought against all hope to keep Mance on the other side of the wall?

 

[BUCKYLE]

But aren't these the same night's watchmen that fought against all hope to keep Mance on the other side of the wall?

They were fighting Mance because they thought if the Free Folk got past the wall, they'd all be slaughtered. They're down to their last 100 men. And seeing a giant straight droopy dog that dude has to have an effect as well.

 

[tsteele316]

They were fighting Mance because they thought if the Free Folk got past the wall, they'd all be slaughtered. They're down to their last 100 men. And seeing a giant straight droopy dog that dude has to have an effect as well.

And fighting from behind a 700 foot wall and fighting a giant directly in front of you are two quite different things.

 

[RugbyBuck]

Agreed. Actually seeing someone slammed against a building has got to have a sobering effect. To paraphrase Urban, before it was theory, now it's real.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

They dropped their shit before the guy got slammed. But fair enough.

 

[Buckeye86]

They dropped their [Mark May] before the guy got slammed. But fair enough.

It also could be a story telling mechanism to help emphasize that Jon Snow is a good leader and Alliser Thorne is not (or the dynamics of the men questioning the legitacy of the coup... or whatever).

 

[BUCKYLE]

Everyone has a plan til their buddy's bones are used to paint a castle wall

 

[OH10]

Looks like Alliser Thorne was right though... letting the Wildings in really did effectively end the Night's Watch.