Walk of Punishment

[netgirl_y2k]

I have fallen victim to an apocalyptic death cold, luckily I only really had two reactions to this week's Game of Thrones.


Obviously, the part of me that was prepared to fly to New Zealand and start punching people in the face if Eowyn's "I am no man" line was cut from Return of the King fucking adored Dany's "All men must die... but we are not men."

Dany's stuff is definitely proving to be a highlight for me this season. I get a bit fixated on Sansa sometimes and forget how much I love Dany too, and I think she's at her best when she's in full on unrepentant dragon queen mode. And this year she's doing things to me.

Congratulations, in the scene with Tyrion, Bronn, and Pod in the brothel you've created a scene so devoid of merit that not even the presence of Peter Dinklage could salvage anything from it. You'd get a prize for that except, ew, yuck, you deserve no prizes.

It was even more annoying coming on the back of the scene where the Lannister siblings are playing passive aggressive power games with furniture, proving that the show can do subtle character dynamics when it wants to.

And on that note, my germs and I are off to bed.

Comments

[karatam]

I honestly don't understand what they're trying to do with all the brothel scenes. YOU ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY CHARACTERS AND PLOTLINES AND NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TIME. SO WHY ARE YOU WASTING IT ON THIS USELESSNESS?

Oh man, the smile I get on my face whenever Dany shows up is ridiculous. Best line of the night.

Booo, no Sansa or Margaery.

[netgirl_y2k]

Last week I read a comment somewhere that said the show must have taken the hint because they had eased way back on the gratuitous sex this season, AND WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT? YOU FUCKING JINXED IT!

Ah well, I shall just focus on Dany and Missandei, Sansa, Shae and the Tyrells, and the many ways Cersei has of conveying that she's surrounded by idiots using only her face, for those are the best bits.

I hope we get a reveal that Dany's understood High Valyrian all along, ideally just before she burns the entire place to charcoal. It will be epic.

[kmo]

looooved the Dany/Missendei stuff so much. next week is going to be SO satisfying when she just goes in there and fucks their shit up. and i am with you on dragon queen mode- that's what makes me love this Dany storyline so much. i often wish GRRM had just done a time jump rather than ADwD- it really was a huge step back for her. so i am just going to sit and enjoy Dany being unrepentantly awesome for a whole 2 seasons.

UGH. that scene. yes, because in this incredibly dense storyline, what we really need is more of Podrick Payne's sex life. honestly, scenes like that make me ashamed to be a fan of the show. and make me think HBO has *no idea* that people other than straight d00ds watch this show.

i was really impressed with the scenic stuff for Riverrun. they made it look really pretty, much more beautiful than i imagined in the book. and the Blackfish was perfect.

hope you feel better soon!

[netgirl_y2k]

Yeah, Dany's storyline in the books-- in theory I love that she has to learn to be a ruler on the fly, that she flounders and fucks up, and still tries to be a good queen, in practice I find it incredibly frustrating to read about her taking two steps back for every one forward.

I mean, I think it's pretty obviously Dany's storyline that got hurt the most in the series turning from a duology into a however-many-it'll-end-up-ology, but maybe a better way to deal with it would have been to cut way back on the Essos stuff and have her progress told mainly through the rumours the characters back in Westeros hear about her.

But, yes, awesome dragon queen Dany, if you keep giving me that, show, I may find it in my heart to overlook some of your more egregious brothel scenes. But, just, UGH, and this was an episode with a lot of good stuff in it, too, and it's like, how can this show be so awesome and so shit in the same episode?

Riverrun was lovely, I'm frequently impressed with the settings in this show. But I could have lived without the shot of Robb laughing at Edmure at his dad's funeral. Show, you are writing the Young Wolf wrong when I am literally rooting for Roose Bolton to shank him.

[kmo]

i agree- in theory, I appreciate the realism with Dany's storyline, and her having to learn the difference between being a conqueror and being a queen. in execution...it's hard to watch and if anything makes me angry because of the way ADwD just gives the Dany haters so much ammunition.

I've always found Edmure kind of insufferable, so I can't deny enjoying a few jokes at his expense. But there was a way that show!Robb's dressing down of his uncle felt undeserved, considering what tv!Robb has done lately. Jon Snow's not really working for me either- I blame the actor. With Robb, I blame the writers.

[st_aurafina]

Dany and Missendei! I love that they've aged her up for the series - I love that Dany sees her as an ally, and I'm so looking forward to the havoc she's going to wreak.

But wow, the scenes with Pod. The brothel scenes are so pathetically pointless. What a load of crap.

[netgirl_y2k]

I had a sort of moment of cognitive dissonance when I saw the casting for Missandei, because, like, aren't you meant to be twelve? But it's really working, and I can see her and Dany having a really interesting dynamic. Especially with Dany asking for, well, taking Missandei, rather as her being offered as part of the deal. And I loved Missandei's little smile after Dany's we are not men line.

God, I can have a lot of patience with the sex scenes, especially if they tell us something we didn't know before or have an interesting character beat, but those were just so utterly shamelessly pathetic.