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Post by Aj_June on Aug 7, 2017 5:47:39 GMT
Nothing needs to be said now. Can hold of the one who defeated the Hound. And that combined with her other powers such as changing faces makes her among the deadliest person alive. The show-stealer for sure. More power to the North.  |
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Post by poelzig on Aug 7, 2017 9:22:51 GMT
Cersei will probably throw a biscuit at Arya and kill her. Then Cersei will somehow steal Arya's face and infiltrate Dany's castle, kill her and all the dothraki and snap all the dragons spines. All without ever changing that same smug constipated smirk she's had plastered on for the entire series.
Cersei is the only character everyone knows will always be propped up. That's why she's so boring.
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Post by Marv on Aug 7, 2017 10:00:44 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Aug 7, 2017 11:40:26 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength. Yep, I think it's a style you have to learn about. Jorah knows how to fight them well. However, if Arya was an assassin she would have been trained to be even better than normal. The compression of the story almost completely removed her training except to show the animosity she had for T2000 girl |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 7, 2017 13:15:39 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength. Agreed, you saw it in the scene with Syrio protecting Arya. It's a bad matchup, and I also have to believe Brienne was holding back a bit. She isn't going to try to kill anyone during a sparring session, especially Arya. |
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Post by Marv on Aug 7, 2017 13:16:06 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength. Yep, I think it's a style you have to learn about. Jorah knows how to fight them well. However, if Arya was an assassin she would have been trained to be even better than normal. The compression of the story almost completely removed her training except to show the animosity she had for T2000 girl I think the main point of the fight, other than just being a cool reunion scene for Arya and Brienne, was to establish her ability with a sword and remind the viewer that she doesn't just rely on trickery with her many faces but that she could hold her own in any fight. Also to have Sansa and Littlefinger see that about her. |
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 7, 2017 15:44:51 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength. Agreed. But I was quite surprised at how Dothraki completely manhandled the Lannister and Tarly soldiers. As far as I can remember once Ser Jorah had said that a proper Knight will easily take down a Dothraki. But I guess there weren't many knights with Lannisters. But they fought very poorly. Arya is so good now. Full of tricks and skills. I wonder if she will actively participate in the war. Meera has hinted that she might. |
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Post by pk9 on Aug 7, 2017 16:10:36 GMT
Agreed. But I was quite surprised at how Dothraki completely manhandled the Lannister and Tarly soldiers. As far as I can remember once Ser Jorah had said that a proper Knight will easily take down a Dothraki. But I guess there weren't many knights with Lannisters. But they fought very poorly. Well, Jaime fought left-handed and survived. There wasn't a lot of one-on-one dueling. It was a battle, the Dothraki had far greater numbers, they were on horses, and.... oh yeah, some fell beast was flying overhead torching strategic points in their line. |
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Post by Marv on Aug 7, 2017 16:22:45 GMT
I think Westerosi knights in general struggle with the water dancing style. Much like Bronn exploited in season 1, the armor slows them down and water dancing favors speed and agility above brute strength. Agreed. But I was quite surprised at how Dothraki completely manhandled the Lannister and Tarly soldiers. As far as I can remember once Ser Jorah had said that a proper Knight will easily take down a Dothraki. But I guess there weren't many knights with Lannisters. But they fought very poorly. Arya is so good now. Full of tricks and skills. I wonder if she will actively participate in the war. Meera has hinted that she might. But not on horseback. King Robert mentions in season 1 that only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field, and that's exactly what it was. Not that Jaime meant to, they were caught completely off guard. Plus ya know, the dragon. No matter how well trained the knights may be they just watched a dragon burn hundreds of their fellow soldiers. |
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Post by Marv on Aug 7, 2017 16:24:54 GMT
Nothing needs to be said now. Can hold of the one who defeated the Hound. And that combined with her other powers such as changing faces makes her among the deadliest person alive. The show-stealer for sure. More power to the North. Brienne didn't defeat the hound, and you are a complete moron. Enjoy.Brienne obviously defeated the Hound. The Hound admits this, even if it were a question, which it's not. |
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Post by bluerisk on Aug 7, 2017 18:07:43 GMT
Most of the soldiers were farm boys etc. pp., the last offering, after a long period of war at all fronts.
Like the German Volkssturm when young boys and old men were the only ones left to fight.
The rest was dead, wounded, captured or cornered by superior forces.
At the beginning the Lannister had 70000 men, when they marched for Riverund it were merly 8000. Ok, Tarley men were among them, but also mostly conscripts, and certainly a 1000 were still back at home or the Riverlands.
There is no Lannister army left.
Some remenants (=> groups like the one Arya met) which can hardly maintain the occupation save for fighting the combined forces of "fire and ice".
And more so the gold for the Iron bank is gone. It ws made pretty clear that the support of the Iron bank was entirely bound to this gold.
Now Dany has it: she can return it, or keep it for her war effort. To destroy the grain was stupid.
She needs food and at some points even gold cannot provide her that.
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Post by poelzig on Aug 7, 2017 18:21:58 GMT
Most of the soldiers were farm boys etc. pp., the last offering, after a long period of war at all fronts. Like the German Volkssturm when young boys and old men were the only ones left to fight. The rest was dead, wounded, captured or cornered by superior forces. At the beginning the Lannister had 70000 men, when they marched for Riverund it were merly 8000. Ok, Tarley men were among them, but also mostly conscripts, and certainly a 1000 were still back at home or the Riverlands. There is no Lannister army left. Some remenants (=> groups like the one Arya met) which can hardly maintain the occupation save for fighting the combined forces of "fire and ice". And more so the gold for the Iron bank is gone. It ws made pretty clear that the support of the Iron bank was entirely bound to this gold. Now Dany has it: she can return it, or keep it for her war effort. To destroy the grain was stupid. She needs food and at some points even gold cannot provide her that. Didn't Sam's dad make a point of telling Jaimie all the gold was safely in King's Landing? Poor Bronn may have had his gold melted but he can always scoop it back up when it reforms. It may be pancake shaped though. |
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Post by bluerisk on Aug 7, 2017 19:02:25 GMT
Most of the soldiers were farm boys etc. pp., the last offering, after a long period of war at all fronts. Like the German Volkssturm when young boys and old men were the only ones left to fight. The rest was dead, wounded, captured or cornered by superior forces. At the beginning the Lannister had 70000 men, when they marched for Riverund it were merly 8000. Ok, Tarley men were among them, but also mostly conscripts, and certainly a 1000 were still back at home or the Riverlands. There is no Lannister army left. Some remenants (=> groups like the one Arya met) which can hardly maintain the occupation save for fighting the combined forces of "fire and ice". And more so the gold for the Iron bank is gone. It ws made pretty clear that the support of the Iron bank was entirely bound to this gold. Now Dany has it: she can return it, or keep it for her war effort. To destroy the grain was stupid. She needs food and at some points even gold cannot provide her that. Didn't Sam's dad make a point of telling Jaimie all the gold was safely in King's Landing? Poor Bronn may have had his gold melted but he can always scoop it back up when it reforms. It may be pancake shaped though. Ok, my fault, but it is still not in Braavos...it's like with meth, cocaine etc. pp.: having it is one thing, getting it to the customer an other. Well, maybe Euron has still some value: getting the gold to Braavos, and the Golden campany to Westeros. But if you take a look at this map it is hard to understand how Euron can get undetected to kings landing, or Dany from Dragonstone near High Garden, or Euron's fleet to Castely Rock (his flagship was leading the attack)  Dragenstone is sitting right in front of the black water bay. |
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Post by pk9 on Aug 7, 2017 23:29:16 GMT
Damn. If you draw a straight line from Dragonstone to any point on the Roseroad (which apparently connects Highgarden and King's Landing), it'll basically pass right over KL.
But also, according to that map, the Kingsroad doesn't pass anywhere near the Twins, so I don't get why Robb was forced to make a deal with the Freys to get his army South. So maybe this map is inaccurate?
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Post by Marv on Aug 7, 2017 23:41:13 GMT
Damn. If you draw a straight line from Dragonstone to any point on the Roseroad (which apparently connects Highgarden and King's Landing), it'll basically pass right over KL. But also, according to that map, the Kingsroad doesn't pass anywhere near the Twins, so I don't get why Robb was forced to make a deal with the Freys to get his army South. So maybe this map is inaccurate? I feel like it had something to do with control of the river, which the Twins sit right on. |
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