Game of Thrones Season 6 Eps 1-4

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Still finding getting my head around posting very difficult for some reason, so here, very belatedly, are some brief thoughts on the first four episodes of Game of Thrones season 6. Still clueless about the books, btw, but I doubt that matters any more.



To be honest I could distil what I think about the season so far into just one sentence, which is,
God, I'm sick of Ramsey Bolton. And even sicker of him after episode four, in which he offed a character I really liked and was glad to see back on the show (Osha) in a completely offhand way, then smirked about it. Mind you, he does smirk a lot, mostly before or after horribly murdering/raping someone. So, not only is he very unpleasant, he's incredibly dull and boring.

More than anything, I'd like someone to kill him in an even more offhand way than he just killed Osha- the way Indiana Jones shoots that bloke with the sword in the first Indiana Jones film- and for the action to just close over him as if he never existed in the first place. I can only put his longevity in the series down to the fact that Benioff and Weiss get off on the character somehow, or have the mistaken (in my case anyway) belief that the audience just loves a psycho.

Sorry, no. And in any case, even if they do get rid of Ramsey Bolton, there are still plenty of psychos in the show. They're just not quite so one-note.

The boring Boltons apart, in the series so far I've been completely unsurprised by Jon Snow coming back from the dead, a little surprised by Brienne not ratting on Melisandre to Ser Davos about the horrible death of Princess Shireen, pleasantly surprised by Sansa's determination to get Winterfell back, moderately interested in what's going on with Arya, not terribly interested (though not actually bored) by events in Kingslanding and Meereen, and quite enjoyed seeing Dany prove that she's still inflammable. Looks like she might get that Dothraki army Khal Drogo promised her after all.

We'll see how it goes. As things stand, if I have to endure another season of the boring Boltons after this one I may bale on the show for good. It's become a bit of a deal breaker for me.

Comments

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

To be fair to the producers, GRRM has Ramsey alive to this point in the books as well. The letter to Jon is staged differently in the book. But the letter demanding that Jon return his wife and Reek and for 'the bastard' to come to Winterfell 'and see' is actually in Dance of Dragons.

And I still think this is Ramsey's final season.

I did love the Jon/Sansa hug x a lot.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

God, I'm sick of Ramsey Bolton. And even sicker of him after episode four, in which he offed a character I really liked and was glad to see back on the show (Osha) in a completely offhand way, then smirked about it. if I have to endure another season of the boring Boltons after this one I may bale on the show for good.

This. I'm so fucking tired of him. I actually yelled at the TV when he killed Osha. God, I miss Joffrey.

That scene where Jon and Sansa are reunited, though. *snff* And Dany's big moment. And I'm actually kind of liking Bran's storyline so far, and not even just because of Max von Sydow. I want more backstory on what we thought we knew. And if Arya finally gets around to actually start killing people after 4 seasons of muttering about it, I won't complain. It's a good, if not terribly surprising, season so far.

ETA:

As you increase the amount of fire, the number of problems that can't be solved approaches zero #GameofThrones

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) 16 maj 2016

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I did love the Jon/Sansa hug x a lot.

Yes, me too. In fact, I completely meant to mention the fact that this was the first time since season 1 that any of the stray Stark children had actually met each other.

I hope someone icons that moment, or if not, I'll have to do it myself.

And I still think this is Ramsey's final season.

I so hope you're right. Maybe Ramsey will think he's won again only to get squished by a passing White Walker?

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This. I'm so fucking tired of him. I actually yelled at the TV when he killed Osha. God, I miss Joffrey.

Me too. Joffrey seems like a nice, reasonable psycho in comparison, and I don't remember him ever being dull. Also, Osha was a gazillion times more interesting a character than Ramsey. :(

I agree about Bran's storyline. It is interesting. I'm hoping we get to see more of Ned Stark's past, and possibly learn who Jon Snow's real parents are. After all, the show is off piste now. They can do what the hell they like.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I am tired of Ramsey. I mean, he's killed at least one person an episode so it's not even shocking anymore. I hope they end him soon.

But I was happy to see Sansa and Theon escape him and Brienne finally finding Sansa.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I think the White Walkers are next year's villain which will make Ramsey expendable. Ramsey has no bigger game so I think his picking this fight with Jon and Sansa will be his end. There's no compelling reason to keep him.

And I also loved the look Tormond gave Brienne like he thought she was awesome.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I don't see Ramsey going anywhere soon, but by the end of the season someone will wipe that smirk off his face. I agree, he is a predictable bore. You know who is even more tedious than Ramsey? The high sparrow. I want him squashed. But in general, I am rather liking the season so far. Nice to see Sansa taking her power back. And I always love scenes with Brienne.

[ex_peasant441]

Osha hasn't registered for me so it was just one more death. The one that got me was Shaggy Dog :(

No Arya this week?

Grr - there is something wrong with the sound on the YouTube clip of John and Sansa's reunion!

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I think the White Walkers are next year's villain which will make Ramsey expendable. Ramsey has no bigger game so I think his picking this fight with Jon and Sansa will be his end.

I hope you're right, but I fear he's just one of these horrible characters who'll remain unkillable and just when you think you're rid of them they leap out of hiding and stab you in the back. :( Even if he overreaches himself attacking the Nights' Watch, I suspect he'll survive and go whining to Cersei, who'll probably make him a duke or something.

ETA: I also liked the Tormond/Brienne scene. Tormond's probably wondering if she has giant blood like he does.

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Me too. I so hope he doesn't recapture them. I was pretty sure that would happen to Theon and very happy to see him reach the Iron Islands, even if his welcome wasn't exactly warm.

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I don't see Ramsey going anywhere soon, but by the end of the season someone will wipe that smirk off his face. I agree, he is a predictable bore. You know who is even more tedious than Ramsey? The high sparrow. I want him squashed.

Agree on both points (sadly, in the case of the former. I want shipperx to be right, but I'm not sanguine). The High Sparrow is worse than Melisandre. At least she doesn't pretend that her god and the way you worship him is any less than horrific.

And I always love scenes with Brienne.

Me too. Though the scene from the series trailer with Podric being grabbed by someone has me worried. I'm afraid it's going to be yet another predictable horrific Ramsey murder, to torment and terrorise his opponents.

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No, no Arya this week, but at least Jorah had a few scenes. Poor bloke. He looks rougher and rougher every time we see him.

[lizziebuffy2008.livejournal.com]

I have honestly found the first few episodes this year incredibly boring, that is until this last one. I actually jumped up and down and then cried at the Jon/Sansa reunion. I think Brienne and the big red haired Wilding could be kind of cute as well.

I find the scenes with the High Sparrow one of the most boring parts, but I think Cercei is lying about what Toman told her and then she told the Tyrells and that she is hoping Marjorie gets killed.

I am also worried that Tyrion has made a mistake and something bad will happen to him (not death, just badness.)

I was actually relieved that Osha was killed so quickly and that we did not have to suffer more torture. I am worried for poor little Rikon, but I too think that Ramsey's days are numbered.

I think the Arya part has been boring as well and am afraid they are taking her down a road she cannot be redeemed from.

I loved the Dani part and hope this means some good/exciting things for her storyline.

There are now 6 episodes left this year and the producers are saying that the last two seasons may be shorter (not ten episodes,) so I think they will have to start converging some storylines in order to move things along.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

The boring Boltons apart, in the series so far I've been completely unsurprised by Jon Snow coming back from the dead, a little surprised by Brienne not ratting on Melisandre to Ser Davos about the horrible death of Princess Shireen, pleasantly surprised by Sansa's determination to get Winterfell back, moderately interested in what's going on with Arya, not terribly interested (though not actually bored) by events in Kingslanding and Meereen, and quite enjoyed seeing Dany prove that she's still inflammable. Looks like she might get that Dothraki army Khal Drogo promised her after all.

You sum up my feelings exactly. :)

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I think Brienne and the big red haired Wilding could be kind of cute as well.

I agree. I bet he's wondering if she has giant blood in her ancestry. I also agree about the High Sparrow being boring, and suspect you're only too right about Margaery. Cersei would be delighted to see her dead, even though she knows how much it would hurt Tommen.

I was actually relieved that Osha was killed so quickly and that we did not have to suffer more torture. I am worried for poor little Rikon, but I too think that Ramsey's days are numbered.

Well, Ramsey could still torture Rickon. I hope he won't, but as long as he has Rickon in his power I feel like Benioff and Weiss are dangling that possibility over us.

Not sure what will happen with Arya, but yes, it does seem hard to believe she undo the decision she seems to have made to become one of the Faceless Men.

There are now 6 episodes left this year and the producers are saying that the last two seasons may be shorter (not ten episodes,) so I think they will have to start converging some storylines in order to move things along.

I didn't know that. I'm glad to hear they're looking towards an end in the near(ish) future, though. This show could really do with some resolution soon.

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I suppose there might be Ramsey Bolton fans out there, but I'm glad I don't know any. ;)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Also, I just realised what Jorah and Daario's story in this episode reminds me of:

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ROFL.

Though to be fair, they must have killed the blokes guarding the doors to the Dosh Khaleen House and barred them.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

OMG YES at first I thought he was *going back* to Ramsey and I was going to scream and then he said he was going home and I felt a little better...I guess abuse from family is better than abuse from a psychopathy you hardly know?

I just hope someone walks by and stabs Ramsey and he just dies, no fanfare, nothing. Actually, it would be great if he was out in the woods and Jon just randomly came by and killed him, not even knowing who he was.

THIS SHOW has clearly turned me into a blood-thirsty revenge seeking fiend!

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Heh! You're not the only one. There's a funny list of nasty things people wish would happen to Ramsey going around on Twitter, which I'm sure Benioff and Weiss are enjoying.