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He needed to stand up for himself, I felt. Don't get physical or anything but let his father know that he's got some type of backbone. Men like Randall respect that sort of thing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
He needed to stand up for himself, I felt. Don't get physical or anything but let his father know that he's got some type of backbone. Men like Randall respect that sort of thing.
Short of Sam turning into John Snow Randall will never respect him. Ever. [Reply]
It would take a hell of a lot to be sure. Not sniveling in the corner like a bitchmade coward would be a good start toward demanding some respect from his father though.
He should have pressed white walker issue further as well. Only three people have killed one in the past 8,000 years or so and he's one of them. That's quite the feat. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hawk:
Not sure why you have this in spoilers, but...
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...no, I don't buy that theory at all.
For one thing, Bran already saw it happen in his visions now as the mad king yelling to burn them all" was featured in his visions at the begining of last night's episode. It would be weird to show that in the manner they did if Bran was going to have that major an impact on the scene.
But more to the point, that theory ignores the fact that the Mad King spent a long time before that scene takes place having all the wildfire made and then placed all around the city. Given that pre-planning, acting like there had to be some other influence causing him to say "burn them all" really doesn't make any sense, he was clearly all along planning to burn them all.
Lastly, I don't think Bran will be warging any more people after what happened to Hodor.
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I could see the Hodor situation being a set up for something similar happening with the Mad King. They keep replaying that vision over and over in Bran's head. It could be because Bran is responsible for the madness. Perhaps he wargs into a dragon to fight white walkers and flashes back to the Mad King while doing it for some reason. Thus implanting a sick and destabilizing fascination with fire in the Mad King's mind. And I have no idea why this should be in spoiler tags.
I could see the Hodor situation being a set up for something similar happening with the Mad King. They keep replaying that vision over and over in Bran's head. It could be because Bran is responsible for the madness. Perhaps he wargs into a dragon to fight white walkers and flashes back to the Mad King while doing it for some reason. Thus implanting a sick and destabilizing fascination with fire in the Mad King's mind. And I have no idea why this should be in spoiler tags.
So, anyone buying the whole theory that Bran caused Aerys' madness by warging into him from the future, where Meera's yelling to burn the White Walkers gets leaked into the Mad King's head a la "HOLD THE DOOR" into Wyllis' mind?
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
It would take a hell of a lot to be sure. Not sniveling in the corner like a bitchmade coward would be a good start toward demanding some respect from his father though.
He should have pressed white walker issue further as well. Only three people have killed one in the past 8,000 years or so and he's one of them. That's quite the feat.
Except he wasn't there to repair his relationship with his father, he was there to make sure Gilly and Lil' Sam were provided for. That takes an entirely different kind of ego-free courage. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Is it just me, or are people glossing over what a badass baller movie that was Jaime ascending the steps of the Sept on horseback?
Maybe I just know nothing about horsemanship, but I gasped.
I thought it was pretty cool. I wanted him to hack off the Sparrow's head as soon as he did that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Is it just me, or are people glossing over what a badass baller movie that was Jaime ascending the steps of the Sept on horseback?
Maybe I just know nothing about horsemanship, but I gasped.
Jamie was a bad ass in the books and TV series until he got his hand cut off. Assuming his equestrian skills are still good one handed. Probably got his advanced skill set from tournaments and holding a lance and horse at the same time. [Reply]
