Ygritte should have died at the end of season 3, her death would have had more impact then, instead of dragging out her story for 9 episodes where she barely had any appearances.
She had to die at the battle of Castle Black(it's actually Jon who kills her in the book cause she's running around hooded and he's shooting arrows and doesn't realize until he checks on her).
That and he is shooting from the top of the wall and can't really make out individuals. The battle of castle black went down right after the red wedding, so this could have easily been the season 3 finale, considering how nothing happened in the season 3 finale because they pushed this battle back.
100k men and only a small attempt to break down that gate? hmmmm
They are still under the impression the Watch has 10x the men they actually do. Plus Castle Black's reputation precedes it, and keep in mind that even if they do have 100,000 Men, they all get to funnel down into the tunnel through the wall. That can take maybe five people shoulder to shoulder, which means your numbers are little more than an attrition factor at that point. The Watch can stand at the mouth of the gate with superior numbers and kill invaders by the hundreds.
I get what you're thinking, but in terms of siege warfare, Mance Rayder is actually making the tactically sound call with the intelligence he has.
Ygritte should have died at the end of season 3, her death would have had more impact then, instead of dragging out her story for 9 episodes where she barely had any appearances.
She had to die at the battle of Castle Black(it's actually Jon who kills her in the book cause she's running around hooded and he's shooting arrows and doesn't realize until he checks on her).
read the book its NOT him who does it, cause its not his fletching on the arrow that killed her.
That and he is shooting from the top of the wall and can't really make out individuals. The battle of castle black went down right after the red wedding, so this could have easily been the season 3 finale, considering how nothing happened in the season 3 finale because they pushed this battle back.
john cant walk in the book well and goes down to the top of a tower to defend behind the wall. read the book
You know nothing forum posters! Please more read the book jerk post! Looking at the show....Sam killed her. If he had not given such a moving speech, then he wouldn't have shot her!
Cause many things aren't canon, and if you care about a story it's the original one that matters.
Mind you, many discrepancies are fine and really unimportant(despite what the most hardcord fanboys/girls say), but some are pretty major, like Robb's wife completely *** up the lore in the show.
Cause many things aren't canon, and if you care about a story it's the original one that matters.
Mind you, many discrepancies are fine and really unimportant(despite what the most hardcord fanboys/girls say), but some are pretty major, like Robb's wife completely *** up the lore in the show.
why would i care about the canonity of dumb dragon books
i cannot think of one editorial change that hasn't either made sense or at least been reasonable
jeyne westerling is a non-entity, whereas talisa actually contributes to world-building
My favourite characters are still alive, so I gotta say, pretty good episode.
They didn't really show the Hound die, so I hope he lives somehow. SO glad that Tyrion made it out alive, albeit in a box haha. And Arya heading to Bravos... awesome!!
Only bad part is that now I gotta wait till next April for the new season. Guess it's time to suck it up and read the books. All in all, a very good episode. I got a little teary when Danearys chained up her dragons though :(
The most fatal mistake of your argument is not recognizing that Television and Literature are different formats of media with different strengths and weakness.
Overall thoughts on the whole episode spoiler'd. I probably need a day or two to digest more, but in typical Game of Thrones fashion, they manage to make an EP10 that doesn't leave too much hanging/provide ample closure while also making you count the days 'til April. Nothing particularly shocking in the, except maybe a brawl between two of my favorite characters.
Anyway, good episode. I can't help but feel both Sandor and Gregor were left intentionally open for something though. At the very least Gregor will be making a combeback I think. It would be a little bit extravagant a setup to just say 9 months later "Yeah, he died anyway, despite dark ages blood transfusion lol"
As for Sandor Clegane? Not sure what to think, if anyone could survive a compound fracture of the Femur, it'd definitely be him, wouldn't be the first non-committal offscreen fatality of a hyper badass though, We all remember Syrio Forel.
North of the Wall stuff was pretty cool, I thought the sitdown between Mance and Jon was actually the best part of the episode, and then buzzkill Stannis and way-too-good-to-be-seen-with-a-***-like-Stannis Ser Davvos Seaworth come riding in from nowhere (Eastwatch?) with a whole damn army.
Jojen got *** shanked! I lol'd a little. I'm going to the seventh Hell I guess.
Daenerys making bad choices seems to be a staple of Season 4. Her big black dragon kills someone, so she locks up the two obedient ones. Wimminz logic amirite?
And finally, Tywin joined the prestigious "Elvis Presly" club. Membership only requires dying while taking a ***. Tyrion and Varys are on a boat, hur. Going to Dorne or Essos/Bravvos? Didn't see the Shae Strangle coming though. Tyrion even kills women with class.
Is anyone else incredibly psyched for this? The novels are fantastic, and with Martin being one of the writers on this series, I have high hopes. Hopefully "A Dance with Dragons" is published soon, too.