Game of Thrones Season 7

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The dragons are invaluable. She can't send them into a battle alone. Those ships all have ballistas.

That's not the problem, or at least not the one Dany knows about. The problem, as they laid out in the episode, is that she would basically have to go searching for Euron alone, with no idea how long or even if she would find his ships. Also, if they did find the Greyjoy fleet, Dany would be at risk.

The ballistae are still mostly secret, I believe.

I assumed those green missiles Euron was firing came from ballista's. I bet they could do damage to a dragon. I wouldn't risk Dany and her dragons going alone to take on the Greyjoy fleet.

I suppose it's possible, but generally one would assume those were from something more like a trebuchet. A ballista is basically a crossbow writ large, like the one the mad scientist of Cersei's showed to her. I'm not sure how well those would work to shoot burning ammunition, since they fire a large bolt. A trebuchet, on the other hand, is what I usually think of when I see the term catapult: a sling or bowl holds the ammunition, and it is flung in an arc onto the target. That allows you to use a wider variety of ammunition, and seems like it would be easier and more efficient for throwing something on fire.

I just looked it up. In the books they were called "spitfires" and they shoot wildfire.

Yep, those appear to be more of an arm-style catapult than a ballista.

I don't remember if they were used in any sea battles. It's been years since the last book came out, and the show has moved beyond the books. None of what is going on now has been in the books.

Go to 1:26. I guarantee we see that next episode:



Along with 1:14 of this one, as Jaime rides across the burned remains of his army:

 

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Montrovant, rightwinger, GHook93, mamooth, martybegan, and anyone else who's posted in this thread.

Major nerd alert here... but what do you all know about the Targaryen's Blackfyre sword? It's last known location was with the Golden Company that was founded and I think still probably headquartered in Volantis. In last night's episode, Melisandre told Varys she will head to Volantis before returning to Westeros....

What do you think about my theory that she's going to go fetch Blackfyre?

 

[Montrovant]

Montrovant, rightwinger, GHook93, mamooth, martybegan, and anyone else who's posted in this thread.

Major nerd alert here... but what do you all know about the Targaryen's Blackfyre sword? It's last known location was with the Golden Company that was founded and I think still probably headquartered in Volantis. In last night's episode, Melisandre told Varys she will head to Volantis before returning to Westeros....

What do you think about my theory that she's going to go fetch Blackfyre?

I haven't a clue. I don't remember anything about the sword. I suppose it's possible she'd be getting it, but why? There haven't been any magical weapons in the show or books that I can think of, although Valyrian steel kills white walkers, if I'm remembering correctly.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I keep telling you that the entire GOT series is but a prequel for Martin's real work: The Rise and Fall of Easteros, a land due east of Westeros and way more fun.

 

[rightwinger]

Montrovant, rightwinger, GHook93, mamooth, martybegan, and anyone else who's posted in this thread.

Major nerd alert here... but what do you all know about the Targaryen's Blackfyre sword? It's last known location was with the Golden Company that was founded and I think still probably headquartered in Volantis. In last night's episode, Melisandre told Varys she will head to Volantis before returning to Westeros....

What do you think about my theory that she's going to go fetch Blackfyre?

Never heard of it

Makes sense. She said she would return to Westeros to die. Could be dying in battle

 

[martybegan]

I wonder if Dany is going to decide to throw in with Jon and fight the white walkers, leaving Cersei to think she has won......right up until Arya assassinates her?

I think that they're either going to play out the Dany vs. Targaryen war and then deal with the white walkers, or try to unite the kingdom against the white walkers leaving Cersei in charge of her armies. If they do the latter, I think a good plot turn would be for Cersei to betray everyone in the hope that the white walkers will kill off her enemies, and for Jamie to kill her for it after finally realizing how crazy she is.

Cersei has gotten a lot smarter since her first attempt at power behind the throne with Jofffrey.

She figured out Castily Rock would be a target, and the Tyrells would be pretty much defenseless without Tarly to back them up.

They also figured out Castley Rock had no value while the Tyrells had a ton of gold to plunder to fund the war and pay back the Ironbank. I like how she is playing Euron.


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The next question is does the Tyrell gold make it back to King's Landing or not. You do have all those unsullied about to go all Xenophon through the center of Southern Westeros.

 

[martybegan]

A few things don't make sense. The UnSully were at dragonstone. Castley Rock is a port castle on the other coast. How did they and then how did Euron get there so quickly. It should have taken months to sail there! It would be like sailing from Florida all the way around South America to get to California!


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methinks they have been playing fast and loose with the time constraints.

 

[GHook93]

Montrovant, rightwinger, GHook93, mamooth, martybegan, and anyone else who's posted in this thread.

Major nerd alert here... but what do you all know about the Targaryen's Blackfyre sword? It's last known location was with the Golden Company that was founded and I think still probably headquartered in Volantis. In last night's episode, Melisandre told Varys she will head to Volantis before returning to Westeros....

What do you think about my theory that she's going to go fetch Blackfyre?

Could be or could not be


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[GHook93]

I keep telling you that the entire GOT series is but a prequel for Martin's real work: The Rise and Fall of Easteros, a land due east of Westeros and way more fun.

You truly are a homo


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[martybegan]

Montrovant, rightwinger, GHook93, mamooth, martybegan, and anyone else who's posted in this thread.

Major nerd alert here... but what do you all know about the Targaryen's Blackfyre sword? It's last known location was with the Golden Company that was founded and I think still probably headquartered in Volantis. In last night's episode, Melisandre told Varys she will head to Volantis before returning to Westeros....

What do you think about my theory that she's going to go fetch Blackfyre?

Might be. very interesting....

 

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I hear that Jon Snow is going to build the wall ten feet higher and he is going to make the White Walkers pay for it.

 

[rightwinger]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

 

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Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?

 

[rightwinger]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?


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Diana Rigg was HOT in the Avengers

 

[Flash]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?


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Diana Rigg was HOT in the Avengers

It is hard to like most of the characters on the series because most of them are assholes.

Dragontits, Jon Snow, Sansa , Tryion, even Arya etc are all flawed and easy to dislike.

The exceptions would be like Jamie, Samwell, Lady Mormont. Over time I really got to like Lady Olenna.

 

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[rightwinger]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?


View attachment 141595

Diana Rigg was HOT in the Avengers

It is hard to like most of the characters on the series because most of them are assholes.

Dragontits, Jon Snow, Sansa , Tryion, even Arya etc are all flawed and easy to dislike.

The exceptions would be like Jamie, Samwell, Lady Mormont. Over time I really got to like Lady Olenna.

Lady Mormont is awesome
Great little actress

 

[GHook93]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?


View attachment 141595

Diana Rigg was HOT in the Avengers

It is hard to like most of the characters on the series because most of them are assholes.

Dragontits, Jon Snow, Sansa , Tryion, even Arya etc are all flawed and easy to dislike.

The exceptions would be like Jamie, Samwell, Lady Mormont. Over time I really got to like Lady Olenna.

Go troll in another thread loser


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[Flash]

Great death scene with Lady Olenna
She knew she was going to die and made the most of it. After taking her poison she tells Jaime it is much better than the poison she gave to Joffrey

It was Tyrion who had been blamed for poisoning Joffrey

She stuck it to the Lannisters, didn't she?


View attachment 141595

Diana Rigg was HOT in the Avengers

It is hard to like most of the characters on the series because most of them are assholes.

Dragontits, Jon Snow, Sansa , Tryion, even Arya etc are all flawed and easy to dislike.

The exceptions would be like Jamie, Samwell, Lady Mormont. Over time I really got to like Lady Olenna.

Go troll in another thread loser


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You know the show is only fiction, don't you?

Good entertainment but HBO butchered the rich story from the books. . .Even the books are a rip off of "The War of the Roses".

We will get what HBO can afford to give us and what makes sense to be filmed.

I am glad you enjoy the series like I do but commenting on it is hardly trolling.

By the way, if you want to know what this season will bring then the entire outline of the scripts is all over the Internet. Somebody leaked it.

 

[bodecea]

I wonder if Dany is going to decide to throw in with Jon and fight the white walkers, leaving Cersei to think she has won......right up until Arya assassinates her?

I think that they're either going to play out the Dany vs. Targaryen war and then deal with the white walkers, or try to unite the kingdom against the white walkers leaving Cersei in charge of her armies. If they do the latter, I think a good plot turn would be for Cersei to betray everyone in the hope that the white walkers will kill off her enemies, and for Jamie to kill her for it after finally realizing how crazy she is.

Cersei has gotten a lot smarter since her first attempt at power behind the throne with Jofffrey.

She figured out Castily Rock would be a target, and the Tyrells would be pretty much defenseless without Tarly to back them up.

I'm sure that was Jamie's thinking, not hers.