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shapinglightJust watched Game of Thrones ep 9 and...
Spoilers within
...oh dear! That was very upsetting. I did think it was very unlikely that Ned would last the season, but all the same, that was quite horrible. Poor little Arya, and poor, poor Sansa. Joffrey is just such an obnoxious little git! Seems from the way the execution scene was staged that even his mother was taken aback by his decision. Unless it was an act, of course. People have hinted at such awful things about Cersei that it wouldn't surprise me.
Elsewhere, the Dothraki scenes were equally, if not more, horrible. Didn't like them at all. And slightly disappointed that even GoT goes with the old cliche of women who go into labour instantly being convulsed in agony. It really doesn't work that way. I don't know what to expect of that storyline at all now. If Dany loses the baby, will she also lose Khal Drogo's affection? That is, if he isn't dead himself, or only exists as some sort of zombie. Either way, I don't see how Dany will maintain any hold over the Dothraki, and perhaps she doesn't, but then what happens to her?
Don't tell me, btw. Don't want to be spoilered. I'm just speculating.
Apart from the above mentioned nastiness, there was a lot of good stuff in the episode. Jon Snow's scene with Master Aemon was terrific (and now I've remembered, that actor played Wolfie Smith's girlfriend's dad in Citizen Smith. How odd). I can't decide what decision Jon is likely to make. I suppose the final episode will tell us. Then there's Tyrion. Every scene of his was a delight, and - apart from her propensity to strip naked at the least provocation - thank goodness this Shae person isn't much like the annoying Roz. I liked her, and I particularly liked the 'game' scene, where Tyrion failed to learn a single thing about her, while giving away almost everything about himself. Also, Bronn's face is just priceless. They can't have too many scenes together as far as I'm concerned.
I can't really guess what might happen in the final episode, except that the Starks' capture of Jaime Lannister will feature strongly in it. I don't know about Lord Tywin, but Cersei won't want anything to happen to him. Maybe Robb will manage to exchange Jaime for his sisters? Or maybe King Robert's brother will come along and complicate things even further? Whatever happens, no one has their eye on the Wall, and that's probably a very bad thing.
One final thing: are we supposed to have recognised the man in the crowd who exchanged looks with Ned and then grabbed hold of Arya? I'm sure we were supposed to, but I have no idea who he is.
Also, in one of my previous reviews, I made predictions about various things happening, and so far they all have. :is a bit smug:
Spoilers within
...oh dear! That was very upsetting. I did think it was very unlikely that Ned would last the season, but all the same, that was quite horrible. Poor little Arya, and poor, poor Sansa. Joffrey is just such an obnoxious little git! Seems from the way the execution scene was staged that even his mother was taken aback by his decision. Unless it was an act, of course. People have hinted at such awful things about Cersei that it wouldn't surprise me.
Elsewhere, the Dothraki scenes were equally, if not more, horrible. Didn't like them at all. And slightly disappointed that even GoT goes with the old cliche of women who go into labour instantly being convulsed in agony. It really doesn't work that way. I don't know what to expect of that storyline at all now. If Dany loses the baby, will she also lose Khal Drogo's affection? That is, if he isn't dead himself, or only exists as some sort of zombie. Either way, I don't see how Dany will maintain any hold over the Dothraki, and perhaps she doesn't, but then what happens to her?
Don't tell me, btw. Don't want to be spoilered. I'm just speculating.
Apart from the above mentioned nastiness, there was a lot of good stuff in the episode. Jon Snow's scene with Master Aemon was terrific (and now I've remembered, that actor played Wolfie Smith's girlfriend's dad in Citizen Smith. How odd). I can't decide what decision Jon is likely to make. I suppose the final episode will tell us. Then there's Tyrion. Every scene of his was a delight, and - apart from her propensity to strip naked at the least provocation - thank goodness this Shae person isn't much like the annoying Roz. I liked her, and I particularly liked the 'game' scene, where Tyrion failed to learn a single thing about her, while giving away almost everything about himself. Also, Bronn's face is just priceless. They can't have too many scenes together as far as I'm concerned.
I can't really guess what might happen in the final episode, except that the Starks' capture of Jaime Lannister will feature strongly in it. I don't know about Lord Tywin, but Cersei won't want anything to happen to him. Maybe Robb will manage to exchange Jaime for his sisters? Or maybe King Robert's brother will come along and complicate things even further? Whatever happens, no one has their eye on the Wall, and that's probably a very bad thing.
One final thing: are we supposed to have recognised the man in the crowd who exchanged looks with Ned and then grabbed hold of Arya? I'm sure we were supposed to, but I have no idea who he is.
Also, in one of my previous reviews, I made predictions about various things happening, and so far they all have. :is a bit smug:
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Date: 2011-06-13 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 03:17 am (UTC)And killing Ned will raise the North - remember Robert mentioned that Ned's share of the 7 kingdoms is as large as the rest of the kingdoms combined. It made sense to send him off to the wall - but Joffrey is well beyond seeing sense - he wants immediate gratification.
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Date: 2011-06-22 05:45 pm (UTC)So did Robert - Joffrey believes Robert is his father, after all, and Robert actually SAID that he's the King and he can do what he wants. I don't think Robert gets off the hook for the way Joffrey turned out - at the very least, if he thinks his heir is being raised to be a sociopath by his mother, he should have, y'know, intervened a little bit.
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Date: 2011-06-28 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
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