When you play the Game of Thrones...

[fazzamar]

Just want to throw this out there, Game of Thrones is, imho, one of the greatest fantasy tv series in the past 10 years

[Seerow]

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[DomaDoma]

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Now, I did joke about Mark Oshiro, but seriously, not even Mark would consider a declaration of genre a spoiler. I think you might want to take a breather.

[Mathis]

Just want to throw this out there, Game of Thrones is, imho, one of the greatest fantasy tv series in the past 10 years

It's definately a pleasant change of pace from the other stuff I've seen. Does anyone know of any good forums where there are discussions between non-readers of the book? I'd like to see some of the theories and comments they have. I'm reading the IMDB forum at the moment, but that's not really very informative at all.

[DomaDoma]

It's definately a pleasant change of pace from the other stuff I've seen. Does anyone know of any good forums where there are discussions between non-readers of the book? I'd like to see some of the theories and comments they have. I'm reading the IMDB forum at the moment, but that's not really very informative at all.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...426820&page=23
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?p=638492

Should getcha started.

[Seerow]

It's definately a pleasant change of pace from the other stuff I've seen. Does anyone know of any good forums where there are discussions between non-readers of the book? I'd like to see some of the theories and comments they have. I'm reading the IMDB forum at the moment, but that's not really very informative at all.

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity....3204374&st=615


The best spoiler-free discussion I know of.


There's also a guy on youtube I know of who has been doing an ongoing review of game of thrones each week, who is watching it spoiler free. His first review is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UA8swJtPsQ

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[Eldan]

Actually, the original spoilers of yours I meant was

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The War of Five Kings

, which is a book spoiler. Just saying.

[Mauther]

Actually, the original spoilers of yours I meant was

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The War of Five Kings

, which is a book spoiler. Just saying.

There has to be some minimum level of exposure thats acceptable though. Otherwise all of our discussions are going to be: Well I like

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Ned Stark

because

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he really cares for his children

certainly a lot more than

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that drunken lout Robert

. I mean, I could see the point if the title of a book was "Wherein Jaime Rams a Boat into Sansa" then yes that could be spoilery, but otherwise I think its a pretty big stretch.

[VanBuren]

There has to be some minimum level of exposure thats acceptable though. Otherwise all of our discussions are going to be: Well I like

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Ned Stark

because

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he really cares for his children

certainly a lot more than

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that drunken lout Robert

. I mean, I could see the point if the title of a book was "Wherein Jaime Rams a Boat into Sansa" then yes that could be spoilery, but otherwise I think its a pretty big stretch.

Ah, I'm not at that part yet!!!!!!!

[Eldan]

Don't worry, the boat isn't much of a spoiler. They discuss it beforehand, an entire chapter before it happens, and they mutually agree that ramming her with a boat is best for all concerned parties.

It's not like he told you the part where Jon Snow marries Cersei.

[VanBuren]

Don't worry, the boat isn't much of a spoiler. They discuss it beforehand, an entire chapter before it happens, and they mutually agree that ramming her with a boat is best for all concerned parties.

Wait, there are concerned parties!?

It's not like he told you the part where Jon Snow marries Cersei.

Eh, called it. After all that subtext in the last few chapters on the Wall...

[Eldan]

Of course.

See, Sansa is forced by the church to marry Renly, Robert's gay brother and become queen. Joffrey, who obviously loves her, orders the hound to fake her death, so they can elope together to the free cities across the sea. However Jaime, sadistic bastard that he is, decides to do it himself.
Joffrey finds out about it, of course, and starts the Lannister family war.

[VanBuren]

Of course.

See, Sansa is forced by the church to marry Renly, Robert's gay brother and become queen. Joffrey, who obviously loves her, orders the hound to fake her death, so they can elope together to the free cities across the sea. However Jaime, sadistic bastard that he is, decides to do it himself.

That makes sense. After Joffrey ate that kitten, I stopped wanting him to get his happy ending.

[Demon 997]

Of course.

See, Sansa is forced by the church to marry Renly, Robert's gay brother and become queen. Joffrey, who obviously loves her, orders the hound to fake her death, so they can elope together to the free cities across the sea. However Jaime, sadistic bastard that he is, decides to do it himself.
Joffrey finds out about it, of course, and starts the Lannister family war.

But then Ned Stark and Loras team up to stop it, but fall in love....

[Eldan]

Oh yeah. Ned's poem was so beautiful.

[Seerow]

Oh yeah. Ned's poem was so beautiful.

It was, but not nearly as beautiful as that speech Ros gave as she finally betrayed Dany, taking control of Westeros for herself.

[Eldan]

Hehe.

"The Dragon's fire lies not in the blood."

[thorgrim29]

I can't wait for the bit where Sam kills Gregor in single combat

[Flame of Anor]

Based on Martin's other work, it will be either

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Dr Tachyon or the Great and Powerful Turtle. Although since I believe Tachyon is now impotent that would put the kabosh upon a new Takesian empire. So the Turtle... Jersey represent!

Well, depending on which of his other work you're reading, it could also be a swarm of alien army ants.

[Eldan]

I can't wait for the bit where Sam kills Gregor in single combat is

And I still claim that was the other Sam.

[The Glyphstone]

And I still claim that was the other Sam.

Samwise Gamgee? He's from an entire different universe, though possibly badass enough to accomplish the feat anyways.



...what is it with fantasy authors and scholarly sidekicks named Sam, anyways?

[Seerow]

Samwise Gamgee? He's from an entire different universe, though possibly badass enough to accomplish the feat anyways.



...what is it with fantasy authors and scholarly sidekicks named Sam, anyways?

Gamgee was scholarly? That's about the last word I would have picked to describe him...

[Mauther]

I realize you guys are joking, but if some of the hardcore fans see these posts it could lead to heart attacks and shredded frontal lobes. Which might be fun. So I encourage people to go hit the ASOIF spoiler boards about how A Dance With Dragons ends with Arya wiping out the Others with a flamethrower mounted on the back of a Monster Truck F150. The post with the most verified kills wins a cake.

[Weezer]

Gamgee was scholarly? That's about the last word I would have picked to describe him...

Yeah he's more of a down to earth, common folk wisdom type sidekick.

[The Glyphstone]

Yeah he's more of a down to earth, common folk wisdom type sidekick.

Okay, so scholarly was a bad word to describe him. Maybe 'noncombatant' would be better.

[Eldan]

I realize you guys are joking, but if some of the hardcore fans see these posts it could lead to heart attacks and shredded frontal lobes. Which might be fun. So I encourage people to go hit the ASOIF spoiler boards about how A Dance With Dragons ends with Arya wiping out the Others with a flamethrower mounted on the back of a Monster Truck F150. The post with the most verified kills wins a cake.

Nono. That's too out there.

Franken-you-know-who, Stone-that-one and the Undead hand are the three heads of the dragon that will rule the new world of the dead when ice covers all.

[0Megabyte]

I especially love how the Others, just before Arya burns them all, turn out to be a group of misunderstood thespians doing a really intricate LARP re-enactment of a centuries-old role playing game novel series. And then Jon Snow starts a pro-basketball league in remembrance of the battle.

[Eldan]

Cersei has a change of heart and rules wisely forever.

[The Glyphstone]

_______ is ________'s Father!

Now, let's have a Mad Libs style competition to find the best fill-ins. I'll go first:

Arya Stark is Viserys Targaryen's father!

[Eldan]

Ned Stark is Jon Snow's father

Loras Tyrel is Gregor's father.