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Post by Guest Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:11 am

Because I haven't read the books and don't intend to do so in the immediate future: Is the show veering further and further away from the books as the show catches up to the arcs in the books?

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Post by Gentleman Johnny Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:40 pm

That's yone way of putting it. Another would be that it took a hard right at the beginning of the season and wondered off into the Land Of Do As You Please (V for Vendetta fans? Anyone?) to the point that its got very little to do with what's going on in some parts of the books.
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Post by reboot Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:21 pm

The books are also not finished yet, so in some of the storylines the plot is past where the books ended. Which makes me wonder how the show might start influencing the books. Will GRRM have to out dismal the show?
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Post by kath Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:31 am

I definitely think it's a misinformation campaign.

Also it's totally the show is the show and the books are the books now. I sort of think it will dovetail in some ways and do something else completely in others, and I have no way of knowing which will be which.
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Post by Conreezy Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:33 am

reboot wrote:The books are also not finished yet, so in some of the storylines the plot is past where the books ended. Which makes me wonder how the show might start influencing the books. Will GRRM have to out dismal the show?

I want to stop watching the show, just so I'm not accidentally spoiled (or contaminated) by plot points the show will hit that will more than likely end up in the books.

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Post by KitKat Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:18 am

A little bit late to the party because of being very very busy when the actual season ran.

I really disliked the show veering away from the books but less for "book-purist"-reasons than personal ones. Since I know the contents of the show are quite triggering sometimes, up until now I could kinda use the books as a "pre-screening" and knowing ahead made it easier to get through the unpleasant bits. And then they dropped Shireen, Sansa and that gross paedophile-abusing-children-scene on us. Oh and Cersei and Jaimes daughter died too in a very obvious and ham-handed way. And Gilly had to be rescued from almost-rape.

I agree with the people who complain about Sansa being more upsetting in that position than Jeyne Poole but it isn't really about that. This season just heaped objectification and sexual violence onto its female characters with pretty much every episode, often very clearly for the advancement of the male characters plotlines. When the camera veered away from Sansa's face to focus on Theon is when I hissed and yelled at the TV in frustration and indignation because HOW DARE YOU. How dare you put Sansa in that position and then not take responsibility for it and look away instead of sticking with her until the end? How fucking dare you prioritize Theon fucking Greyjoy's pain in that situation above hers? I think the reason it got to me so hard is that it's so damn representative of our culture in general, willing to exploit sexual abuse for the titillation and shock value but never willing to take the consequences for it or suffer with the abused, instead expecting them to quietly slink off and process their feelings off-screen. And fuck that noise from the very angry bottom of my heart. Yes, keeping the camera on Sansa's face would have been uncomfortable and painful but guess what, depicting abuse should be uncomfortable. I'm not going to swear on this and others may have an entirely different interpretation but I have pretty hefty feeling about which demographic's feelings you took into account and which you chose to disregard when you decided to go for that angle dear show-makers and none of it speaks to your credit.

I hated how very casually it all was approached in the name of "plot-convenience", especially in the case of Stannis. I haven't re-read the books in a bit but I'm quite certain he even spoke out against the burnings in a "more than half my men are what you call heathens, hell no"-way + all the father-daughter buildup (which were the only times we saw Shireen) which ultimately had very little payoff. So Brienne got her 'revenge' for Renly, was anyone even particularly invested in that anymore? Selyse's change of heart I actually found believable but of course what the entire man-burns-child-causes-wife-to-hang-herself plotline served was to effectively shuffle Stannis family out of sight and out of mind.

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Post by Werel Tue May 17, 2016 4:54 pm

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Post by Hirundo Bos Tue May 17, 2016 5:13 pm

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Post by Werel Tue May 17, 2016 5:41 pm

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Post by bomaye Mon May 23, 2016 3:26 am

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Post by Andrew Corvero Mon May 23, 2016 5:32 pm

bomaye wrote:
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Post by bomaye Mon May 30, 2016 5:07 am

So me after nearly every story plot ending of this episode

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Post by bomaye Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:44 am

Yup, all of that sure happened x_x

I don't know how they submitted the previous episode to the academy and didn't submit anything from this one, the first 20ish mins were fucking INCREDIBLE
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Post by bomaye Wed Apr 03, 2019 5:31 am

I'm catching up on Season 7 right now.

Whole season has been the A and B characters doing this

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And then a few C characters dying just to make it seem like something's happening when it's mostly just setting up for the main event

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Post by bomaye Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:08 am

S7E6

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Post by bomaye Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:44 am

S7E7

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Post by bomaye Mon May 13, 2019 2:14 am

Did me a solid in that second-to-last final episode, GoT

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