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The only thing they did right on Arya was have her fight the Waif in total darkness. There was no other realistic way for her to defeat the Waif, but in darkness, Arya's recent blindness helps giver her the advantage, but more to the point, having the huge reach advantage of a sword over a knife when the Waif can't see the sword coming is game over for the Waif.
It was dumb that Arya let herself get stabbed in the first place by being so careless.
The good thing is that we know it won't go down like this in the books, hopefully it will be handled better. Everything about her story in Bravos was better int he books, so I assume the ending will be as well. [Reply]
Fans spent the last week giving the writers WAY too much credit w/ the Arya storyline. It falls apart when all the legitimately interesting fan theories go nowhere and so now fans are trying to find new ways to give the writers way too much credit.
I don't think she set her up. I think it was blood but like any wounded animal, she went back to her 'den' and when she was cornered, she fought back.
People are trying to salvage an unsalvagable storyline by making it more complicated than it was, IMO. It's the last gasp of folks that are hoping that D&D didn't really just write some of the most banal crap the show has seen in its entire run.
Sorry folks - nothing tricky and nothing clever - D&D just wrote a shitty story there.
It seems like the only thing D&D are consistently good at is figuring out ways to display cocks on the screen. They do excel at that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Swanman:
It seems like the only thing D&D are consistently good at is figuring out ways to display cocks on the screen. They do excel at that.
Exactly, they actually took a good story and fucked it up in their version. How do you do that? [Reply]
"No one speaks for the Many-Faced God.
The kindly man is someone.
The waif is someone.
No one is no one.
A sweet girl has shown mercy.
A debt must be paid.
One life shall be taken.
Which life matters not.
A life is a life.
It is all the same to the Many-Faced God.
A smart girl knows she cannot beat the waif in simple combat.
A clever girl must deceive the waif.
A girl must play the game.
A girl knows an actress.
An actress knows the art of lying.
A lost girl has trained in the art of lying for two years.
An actress has given a sweet girl what she needs.
A girl has all the rest.
"You have very expressive eyes, wonderful eyebrows. Do you like pretending to be other people?"
A hunted girl must attract the attention of someone.
A hunted girl must stand openly where escape is easy.
The waif is someone.
The waif has desires.
An experienced girl knows the waif will want her to suffer.
A clever girl knows where the waif will stab her.
A lying girl must become a wounded girl.
A lying girl must act wounded when no one is watching.
For no one is watching.
A wounded girl must lead the waif into the darkness.
A girl has trained in complete darkness before.
The waif has not.
The waif is unprepared.
The waif has been tricked by a girl.
The waif believes she is after a wounded girl.
A girl is not a wounded girl.
A girl will deliver a life to the Many-Faced God.
A life is a life and the debt is paid.
A girl is not no one.
A girl will never be no one.
A girl is Arya Stark
and Arya Stark has many faces."
I got this from a comment chain on Facebook. Take it for what it's worth. [Reply]
Arya's story had so, so much potential left on the table. I see this as nothing more than D&D wanting to stick to their original estimate of having only 13 episodes left to tell after this season, and they have to get shit moving to get shit wrapped up. And in doing so, they short changed the story and the fans. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BleedingRed:
Is there a reason she would have?
On to more fun stuff.. Anyone notice that the Bolton Army looks to be more like 8,000 strong+
Like I said before... they are using large battles as their shiny object. Look over here so you don't see the shitty story telling we are doing. [Reply]
