I mean he seems like he does but I think its less than people think it is.

We have a concrete example of how the future can influence the past. Bran's actions determined Hodor's entire fate. Now, let's think about the Targaryens, whose seemingly spontaneous and bizarre decisions ended up changing the course of history in incredibly significant ways.

• Daenys the Dreamer SUDDENLY has a prophetic dream and convinces her entire family to leave Valyria just before the Doom and settle as close to Westeros as possible.
• Aegon the Conqueror SUDDENLY decides to conquer an entire continent and become its sole ruler, even though his ancestors had shown little interest in the west, preferring to focus on the intrigues of the Free Cities.
• Aegon IV SUDDENLY decides to legitimize all his bastards, and how convenient that one of them eventually ends up beyond the Wall.
• Rhaegar Targaryen SUDDENLY decides to abduct Lyanna Stark, which leads to the death of Brandon Stark, which leads to Eddard marrying Catelyn, which leads to Bran being born.

Am I the only one who sees a pattern here? What do you all think?

anybody dressing up as their favorite Game of Thrones character for Halloween and if you are, who are you dressing up as.

I'll even go extra mile that he is one of the top fighters (just unseen and undiscovered)

-He taught aria not just assassination but also fighting

- you can't teach what you don't know/have

-by the end of the show aria is one of the best fighter alive (able to go toe to toe with brienne)

- so I think it's safe to say jaqhen is on par with the top fighters

If you are please post a pic😊 I am rewatching right now thinking what a scary and cool costume Knight King is!

What I mean is if Robb did everything as he does in the show but doesn’t marry Talissa would it have actually changed the outcome.

Walder Frey is shown to be a cautious man and when he could tell that the war was shifting in favour of the Lannisters with the Karstarks abandoning Robb, losing Jamie, the iron born attacking and the formation of the Lannister/ Tyrell alliance. If Tywin or Roose still approached him with the idea of betrayal then he probably would still have agreed.
If he doesn’t have quibbles over killing his own guests and his king, and doesn’t care about Catlyn killing his wife then would it really make a difference that the king he’s killing is his son in law?
I can imagine that when Robb comes back to the Twins to ask for his army, Walder simply demands that he weds his daughter then and there at the twins in case anything would happen to him in the war and then the red wedding just happens as it did anyway. Or maybe Walder would have waited for Robb to get his wife pregnant then order the Frey troops to turn on Robb or abandon him.

Roose Bolton would still have betrayed him and Walder would have seen the tide turning against him, Robb breaking his oath was really just a convenient pretence that the Freys could use to justify they’re actions.

Since Arya Stark and Tyrion Lannister never shared a screen together if they did, what type of conversation do you think they would have with each other And would they get along.

You don't have the viewer's knowledge of what actually happened. You're Robert Baratheon in this scene. You have Joffrey's version of events, Arya's version, and Sansa claiming she doesn't remember much. Ned is furious that his daughter was brought before the king instead of being taken to him, while Cersei demands Lady's death. How do you handle the entire situation?

My absolute favorite POV is Melisandre. Her magic and her infatuation with her god are my favorite perspective. And hearing the reason she asked for davos's son to stay with her humanized her and I like that. I waited 4 and a half books to finally see the world through her ruby tinted eyes. I knew it was coming inhad watched videos about her and it didnt disappoint

Least favorite is basically anything to do with the iron born. I won't skip them entirely but I read quickly when a Yara or a victarion chapter comes up.

Are there any good fan edits of S8E03 "Long Night" that have made the Battle of Winterfell scenes enjoyable / visible?

I know, I'm coming to the party late on this one. Just thought about it the other day. I do know how to find a boat with a skull on the mast, if the answer lies there ...

For the first 5 seasons, there was this whole build up of the dragons disobeying Dany and not trusting her anymore (even Drogon), especially after she chains them. But that all suddenly vanishes in season 6 when they burst out of the cave and are suddenly obeying her every command.

I always thought the book scene of Daenerys beating Drogon into submission with a whip was 10x cooler, more logical, and more symbolic than Drogon just being a deux ex machina and flying her away like in the show.

Another thing to mention, their sizes. In the early seasons the dragons grow suuuuuper slowly. However, when Drogon takes Dany to the Dothraki sea, he's the same size as he was at the end of season 5, and then like a few episodes later (after Dany burns the Khals) he's suddenly HUGE, more than double in size.

It just bothered me how the show did the dragons so poorly, I know that they needed to have less screen-time and be less complex for budget and time reasons, but inevitably the chaining of the dragons means nothing.

Oh and the fact that Jon effortlessly claimed Rhaegal like it was nothing and nobody batted an eye. That always pissed me off.

What I really loved about the show was just how medieval and believable the world felt. This feeling remained until season 8, but it definitely dwindled. And I think a lot of that has to do with the costumes and wigs.

In seasons 1-3 the costumes and wigs all looked like something you might genuinely see in Medieval times. (To an extent)

A good example is Dany, in earlier seasons her hair is still braided and beautiful but it doesnt look like she has 6 different people hair on her head. Her braids become incredibly unrealistic, and she has these Dyson looking ass curls.

And the costumes, what the hell was she doing pulling up to the Long Night in a big ass white and red fur coat? that shit looked more expensive than Winterfell

Obviously this isn’t a big deal, it was all still very beautiful and the hair/costume teams did amazing, but to me it just kinda reflects how the later seasons were more focused on spectacle.

Were there more than one Coldhands sent to clear Jon's path?

For me its Jorah. You do get hints of it in the show, obviously. His slave trading is still part of his backstory, he originally spies on Dany and his feelings for her can definitely get uncomfortable. So show Jorah isnt exactly portrayed as perfect.

But I think the show softens him a lot. Dany is aged up, Jorah is playyed as this attractive, restrained, tragic older guy, and most of his love for her is framed as loyal and self-sacrificing. The books make it much harder to romanticize.

Book Jorah is way more possessive and entitled toward her. He grabs her and kisses her without permission, keeps pushing the idea that she should want him as more than an adviso, and Dany actually starts making sure she isnt alone with him afterward... He also sleeps with a silver-haired prostitute who resembles her, which makes the obsession feel a lot less noble.

His past also comes across worse. He sold poachers into slavery and spends a lot more time being bitter about Ned Stark punishing him than really confronting what he did. The show keeps the slavery part, but surrounds it with so much loyalty, suffering and redemption afterward that its much easier to see him primarily as a good man who made mistakes.

Book Jorah still genuinely cares about Dany, which is why hes interesting, but imo he feels much more like a deeply flawed man with a serious entitlement problem than the tragic knight the show turns him into.

Who else got seriously sanitized by the adaptation?

Starting from the rise of Aerys and Tywin to them splitting apart and the Mad Kings descent into madness after Duskendale all the way through the Tourney of Harrenhal with the laughing night and Robert’s Rebellion is way more interesting, fleshed out, and deeper emotionally than Aegon taking over.

We have plenty of indicators of Littlefinger defrauding the crown: selling government positions, ghost employees that report to him, unnecessarily complicated accounting, and unexplained private wealth (owning brothels, offering to buy Chataya's).

There is no evidence that Robert knew he was spending above his means. Giving away golden eggs is fine if you have a golden goose. The real problem is that Littlefinger appointed cronies (keyholders, counters, scales, mints, tax farmers, toll collectors) to cover up the red flags, put a ticking time bomb in Robert's hands, and convinced him that it was a golden goose.

And it's not like Robert was the only one who Littlefinger fooled. Jon Arryn appointed him to the Small Council and died to Littlefinger's plans. The Faith was willing to provide further loans even after Jon Arryn's death. Even Tywin Lannister only saw that Littlefinger had increased the crown's incomes by tenfold in seven years. For comparison, it took over 16 years for $AAPL to achieve the same feat in modern times (2009 - 2026).

The fact that Littlefinger managed to trick so many people is frankly incredible. With the benefit of hindsight and our omniscience as readers, it's easy to view Robert and other characters as inattentive and foolish. You might think this would never happen in real life. But what happened less than two years after "A Storm of Swords" came out? Enron, which claimed a tenfold increase in revenue over 6 years (1995 - 2001), collapsed under the weight of its accounting fraud and debts.

Pa: this pic is not made by me credit @thora flower

Do you think thay fortune teller was telling about bran ?