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Post by Marendil on Apr 2, 2019 7:57:30 GMT
And I think that sort of 'blink-and-you-miss-it' reference qualifies much more as an easter egg than 'setting something up.'
It was not even an Easter egg, just a horn. That could be too, but the inclusion of a horn in a weapon's cache by the production (company] suggests more of a wink at the book audience than your explanation above as to why the Night's Watch might have done so.
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Post by Leo of Red Keep on Apr 2, 2019 8:41:24 GMT
It was not even an Easter egg, just a horn. That could be too, but the inclusion of a horn in a weapon's cache by the production (company] suggests more of a wink at the book audience than your explanation above as to why the Night's Watch might have done so. I don't think so. Horn calls are used in the show, the three blasts of the end creating tension for the final scene. That's the pay-off. If winks or trolling occurred, it was later after the writers found out there was an audience for that sort of thing, not in the 2nd season. It makes the "Dark Sister trolling" question legitimate. The very same way, Jaime's look at Cersei in the throne room is obviously targeted at book readers. The writers know they can create misdirection this way.
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Post by Marendil on Apr 2, 2019 9:06:25 GMT
That could be too, but the inclusion of a horn in a weapon's cache by the production (company] suggests more of a wink at the book audience than your explanation above as to why the Night's Watch might have done so. I don't think so. Horn calls are used in the show, the three blasts of the end creating tension for the final scene. That's the pay-off. If winks or trolling occurred, it was later after the writers found out there was an audience for that sort of thing, not in the 2nd season. It makes the "Dark Sister trolling" question legitimate. The very same way, Jaime's look at Cersei in the throne room is obviously targeted at book readers. The writers know they can create misdirection this way. I think they found out right quick just how committed (certain segments of) the audience was to attention to certain details, next time you watch season one note the incorrect sigils next to some of the actor's names the first few episodes and how they get corrected by mid-season or so.
What I was getting at is there's no reason for a prop assistant to naturally include an elaborate horn in with the dragonglass, there's no verbal reference to it, they just talk about the obsidian and there's nothing else wrapped in the cloak. Someone had to make the decision to include that engraved horn and nothing else in with what that scene was actually about...
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Post by Seto on Apr 2, 2019 11:49:37 GMT
And I think that sort of 'blink-and-you-miss-it' reference qualifies much more as an easter egg than 'setting something up.'
Yes, you've made that quite clear several times. Like I said, we disagree. Time to move on.
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