What aunt_zelda Thinks: Game of Thrones, "The Children"
X-Posted to my tumblr because why not.
SO MANY SPOILERS. ALL THE SPOILERS.
Also, discussion of differences between certain scenes and how they are depicted in the show and the book. Since I just finished the book like, three days ago.
ANOTHER BIG FANTASY BATTLE SEQUENCE WITH HORSIES AND SWORDS??!?!?!? IT'S NOT EVEN MY BIRTHDAY!??!?!?!?
FUCK YEAH STANNIS IS HERE YAAAAAAAAY!
OH MY GOD DAVOS IS HERE! DAVOS IS HERE! HE WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! OH MY GOD! DAVOS! TELLING PEOPLE TO ADDRESS HIS KING RESPECTFULLY.
STANNIS AND DAVOS STRIDING FORWARD, IGNORING GUY WHO TRIES TO STAB THEM. LIKE A BOSS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EYEFUCKING GOING ON WITH STANNIS AND JON I AM STRANGELY OK WITH THIS.
Ew medieval surgery gross.
WHOA. CERSEI AND TYWIN. THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK. OH MY GOD THIS SCENE IS EPIC. EMMY NOMINATIONS PLEASE.
Fantastic use of handheld in this episode. Really enhances the emotional stress going on for all the characters.
So, since we've agreed to retcon the rape scene, this scene with Cersei and Jaime is really awesome. I'm happy. And grossed out. And conflicted. Because … two hot people making out = yay. Confidant woman = yay. Incest = gross.
Dany's hair game too strong.
Glad they're addressing the "educated slaves wanting to sell themselves back into slavery" thing. They don't have time for the extended ethics debate from the books but this scene is good enough I guess?
OH GOD NO. DROGON GOING AROUND MURDERING CHILDREN. JESUS. (Great acting from that extra btw.)
AND THEN DANY LOCKS UP THE OTHER TWO DRAGONS AND CRIES AND THEY NUZZLE HER AND I'M SO SAD NOW WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MAJESTIC QUEEN DANY AND HER HOT BOYFRIENDS AND NON-CHILDREN-EATING-DRAGONS WHY WHY WHY?!!?!?!??!?!
Nooooo … noooooooooo … how did I go from being so happy to being so sad?
AND NOW I'M CRYING SOME MORE BECAUSE FUNERAL PYRES. (OHAI SELYSE AND SHIREEN.)
*bawls* THIS IS REALLY GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY! THE SWELLING MUSIC IS REALLY GETTING TO ME. GODDAMN YOU RAMIN DJAWADI. I LOVE YOUR SCORES.
OH HAI MEL. OH NO. I'M NERVOUS. GANG'S ALL HERE. TOO MANY FOR A THREESOME. I'M CONFUSED.
So I sobbed, a lot, during the stuff with John and Red Bearded Guy (Tormond?) and Ygritte's funeral. It was good, I think. Not "she's dead whatever let's move on." No, Jon has to drag her body out and burn it by the weirwood and cry and think about the consequences of living in a shitty, shitty world. I kind of like that.
None of ya'll are wearing hats. Dumbass children.
Ooooo, really pretty tree!
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!>!??!?!?!?
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!??!?!?!?!?
SKELETONS???!?!?!??!?! SCARY FUCKING SKELETONS!??!?!?!??!?!?!?
NOOOOO JOJEN NOOOOOOOOOOO
O hai creepy scruffy child. Let's trust you. She has pyromancy.
Oh god, Meera mercy-kills him. I wanna cry more.
Oooooooo, I'm seriously digging this set. It's very Dagobah meets Labyrinth meets … Pan's Labyrinth.
Auuuugggh, the cameraman is drunk, someone help him up! It's like one of those planetarium shows that tilts the sky and makes me seasick.
Raven: You will never walk again.
Me: Oh, good! None of that ableist bullshit "fix you" rubbish!
Raven: But you will fly.
Me: … soooooo … does this mean he can't inherit Winterfell anymore?
Priorities: I've got them.
Brienne and Arya meeting. And talking. THIS IS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED.
Brienne vs. the Hound. BRIENNE VS THE HOUND. BREINNE. VS. THE. HOUND.
I AM SO HAPPY OH MY GOD THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK IN THE BOOK IT WAS DUMB HERE IT IS AWESOME FINALLY CHANGE I CAN AGREE WITH.
THIS FIGHT WAS SO GOOD OMG. SHE GETS THE UPPER HAND. THEN HE DOES. THEN SHE BITES OFF HIS EAR. THEN THEY PUNCH EACH OTHER AND SHE HITS HIM WITH A ROCK AND SCREAMS AND I AM SO HAPPY I COULD SCREAM.
Oh. Whoa. Broken leg bone jutting out of the skin. I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THAT THANKS.
Arya: I'll last longer than you.
Me: Ooooo, burn! *remembers this is Sandor* I mean … ouch?
Oh, wow. Oh, oh my god. This scene is even better than in the book. (I read the book like, 3 days ago.) Arya just sits there and watches and Sandor acts his fucking heart out and then he starts almost crying and I start crying and WOW and I wanted her to kill him and she doesn't she doesn't say a goddamn word and walks away and can Maisie Williams win an Emmy please jesus H. christ give her all the Emmys now.
Awwww, brother-hug. Jaime and Tyrion's scenes have been great this year.
My mounting anxiety about what's about to happen just keeps getting worse and worse. I read Storm of Swords last week. That is all I read, basically. (So … much … reading. Haven't read like that since high school.) This is still fresh in my mind and I'm still pissed about what's about to happen. Well, half of what's about to happen. The other murder I'm fine with. It's Shae that pisses me off.
… huh. Well that was … very different. Very, very different.
Like, there's no talking. She goes for a knife and tries to stab him. Determinedly. And hits him. And fights him. And he eventually strangles her and looks horrified the whole time. Not angry or enraged or anything. No yelling about betrayal or anything. And then he says "I'm sorry" over and over again. This looks a lot more like "oh god stop trying to stab me stop just stop oh god I've killed her" than "fuck you lying whore for fucking my dad and fucking me over in court no I will not run away with you fucking DIE."
Which … I mean I'm glad because now I don't have to hate show!Tyrion. But now my feelings about this character have changed, like a lot.
How come Tyrion gets made more sympathetic in the show and Stannis gets made less sympathetic? How the fuck is that fair? Book!Tyrion strangles a teenage girl to death. Book!Stannis burns some people who were going to sell him out. Show!Tyrion acts kind of in self-defense when a woman tries to stab him. Show!Stannis burns the non-believers because The Red God Says So.
Twyin: Doesn't matter.
Tyrion: Doesn't … matter?
Tywin: *shrugs* She was a whore.
Tyrion: *raises crossbow*
FUCKING YES.
I mean we can't see into his mind about the whole Tysha stuff, but book readers know that backstory, and we did get the monologue about it on the show, so … ehhhh? I'm ok with this.
Tywin: You're no son of mine.
Tyrion: I have always been your son.
Me: HELL YEAH!!!!!!! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!
I find it hilarious that today's episode came out on Father's Day.
And Arya goes off to Braavos for her Gap Year. YAY!
I'm digging this cover song. I want it on my iPod and I want it now.
So, it was a rocky year. Some … some big problems and mistakes early on. Some not so good episodes. Some criminal treatment of Stannis. But some really damn good fight scenes. And some great cinematography. And overall really good character stuff. Mostly. It ended well. I'm happy. And I'm really happy with how Tyrion killing Shae was handled. Considering the source material, they did a fine job. I don't hate him. Book!Tyrion, however, he can kiss my ass. Show!Tyrion, you are the man, and I hope you have cool adventures next season. Or at least don't die. Please don't die.
Now, I'm off to find that song.
SO MANY SPOILERS. ALL THE SPOILERS.
Also, discussion of differences between certain scenes and how they are depicted in the show and the book. Since I just finished the book like, three days ago.
ANOTHER BIG FANTASY BATTLE SEQUENCE WITH HORSIES AND SWORDS??!?!?!? IT'S NOT EVEN MY BIRTHDAY!??!?!?!?
FUCK YEAH STANNIS IS HERE YAAAAAAAAY!
OH MY GOD DAVOS IS HERE! DAVOS IS HERE! HE WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! OH MY GOD! DAVOS! TELLING PEOPLE TO ADDRESS HIS KING RESPECTFULLY.
STANNIS AND DAVOS STRIDING FORWARD, IGNORING GUY WHO TRIES TO STAB THEM. LIKE A BOSS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EYEFUCKING GOING ON WITH STANNIS AND JON I AM STRANGELY OK WITH THIS.
Ew medieval surgery gross.
WHOA. CERSEI AND TYWIN. THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK. OH MY GOD THIS SCENE IS EPIC. EMMY NOMINATIONS PLEASE.
Fantastic use of handheld in this episode. Really enhances the emotional stress going on for all the characters.
So, since we've agreed to retcon the rape scene, this scene with Cersei and Jaime is really awesome. I'm happy. And grossed out. And conflicted. Because … two hot people making out = yay. Confidant woman = yay. Incest = gross.
Dany's hair game too strong.
Glad they're addressing the "educated slaves wanting to sell themselves back into slavery" thing. They don't have time for the extended ethics debate from the books but this scene is good enough I guess?
OH GOD NO. DROGON GOING AROUND MURDERING CHILDREN. JESUS. (Great acting from that extra btw.)
AND THEN DANY LOCKS UP THE OTHER TWO DRAGONS AND CRIES AND THEY NUZZLE HER AND I'M SO SAD NOW WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MAJESTIC QUEEN DANY AND HER HOT BOYFRIENDS AND NON-CHILDREN-EATING-DRAGONS WHY WHY WHY?!!?!?!??!?!
Nooooo … noooooooooo … how did I go from being so happy to being so sad?
AND NOW I'M CRYING SOME MORE BECAUSE FUNERAL PYRES. (OHAI SELYSE AND SHIREEN.)
*bawls* THIS IS REALLY GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY! THE SWELLING MUSIC IS REALLY GETTING TO ME. GODDAMN YOU RAMIN DJAWADI. I LOVE YOUR SCORES.
OH HAI MEL. OH NO. I'M NERVOUS. GANG'S ALL HERE. TOO MANY FOR A THREESOME. I'M CONFUSED.
So I sobbed, a lot, during the stuff with John and Red Bearded Guy (Tormond?) and Ygritte's funeral. It was good, I think. Not "she's dead whatever let's move on." No, Jon has to drag her body out and burn it by the weirwood and cry and think about the consequences of living in a shitty, shitty world. I kind of like that.
None of ya'll are wearing hats. Dumbass children.
Ooooo, really pretty tree!
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!>!??!?!?!?
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!??!?!?!?!?
SKELETONS???!?!?!??!?! SCARY FUCKING SKELETONS!??!?!?!??!?!?!?
NOOOOO JOJEN NOOOOOOOOOOO
O hai creepy scruffy child. Let's trust you. She has pyromancy.
Oh god, Meera mercy-kills him. I wanna cry more.
Oooooooo, I'm seriously digging this set. It's very Dagobah meets Labyrinth meets … Pan's Labyrinth.
Auuuugggh, the cameraman is drunk, someone help him up! It's like one of those planetarium shows that tilts the sky and makes me seasick.
Raven: You will never walk again.
Me: Oh, good! None of that ableist bullshit "fix you" rubbish!
Raven: But you will fly.
Me: … soooooo … does this mean he can't inherit Winterfell anymore?
Priorities: I've got them.
Brienne and Arya meeting. And talking. THIS IS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED.
Brienne vs. the Hound. BRIENNE VS THE HOUND. BREINNE. VS. THE. HOUND.
I AM SO HAPPY OH MY GOD THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK IN THE BOOK IT WAS DUMB HERE IT IS AWESOME FINALLY CHANGE I CAN AGREE WITH.
THIS FIGHT WAS SO GOOD OMG. SHE GETS THE UPPER HAND. THEN HE DOES. THEN SHE BITES OFF HIS EAR. THEN THEY PUNCH EACH OTHER AND SHE HITS HIM WITH A ROCK AND SCREAMS AND I AM SO HAPPY I COULD SCREAM.
Oh. Whoa. Broken leg bone jutting out of the skin. I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THAT THANKS.
Arya: I'll last longer than you.
Me: Ooooo, burn! *remembers this is Sandor* I mean … ouch?
Oh, wow. Oh, oh my god. This scene is even better than in the book. (I read the book like, 3 days ago.) Arya just sits there and watches and Sandor acts his fucking heart out and then he starts almost crying and I start crying and WOW and I wanted her to kill him and she doesn't she doesn't say a goddamn word and walks away and can Maisie Williams win an Emmy please jesus H. christ give her all the Emmys now.
Awwww, brother-hug. Jaime and Tyrion's scenes have been great this year.
My mounting anxiety about what's about to happen just keeps getting worse and worse. I read Storm of Swords last week. That is all I read, basically. (So … much … reading. Haven't read like that since high school.) This is still fresh in my mind and I'm still pissed about what's about to happen. Well, half of what's about to happen. The other murder I'm fine with. It's Shae that pisses me off.
… huh. Well that was … very different. Very, very different.
Like, there's no talking. She goes for a knife and tries to stab him. Determinedly. And hits him. And fights him. And he eventually strangles her and looks horrified the whole time. Not angry or enraged or anything. No yelling about betrayal or anything. And then he says "I'm sorry" over and over again. This looks a lot more like "oh god stop trying to stab me stop just stop oh god I've killed her" than "fuck you lying whore for fucking my dad and fucking me over in court no I will not run away with you fucking DIE."
Which … I mean I'm glad because now I don't have to hate show!Tyrion. But now my feelings about this character have changed, like a lot.
How come Tyrion gets made more sympathetic in the show and Stannis gets made less sympathetic? How the fuck is that fair? Book!Tyrion strangles a teenage girl to death. Book!Stannis burns some people who were going to sell him out. Show!Tyrion acts kind of in self-defense when a woman tries to stab him. Show!Stannis burns the non-believers because The Red God Says So.
Twyin: Doesn't matter.
Tyrion: Doesn't … matter?
Tywin: *shrugs* She was a whore.
Tyrion: *raises crossbow*
FUCKING YES.
I mean we can't see into his mind about the whole Tysha stuff, but book readers know that backstory, and we did get the monologue about it on the show, so … ehhhh? I'm ok with this.
Tywin: You're no son of mine.
Tyrion: I have always been your son.
Me: HELL YEAH!!!!!!! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!
I find it hilarious that today's episode came out on Father's Day.
And Arya goes off to Braavos for her Gap Year. YAY!
I'm digging this cover song. I want it on my iPod and I want it now.
So, it was a rocky year. Some … some big problems and mistakes early on. Some not so good episodes. Some criminal treatment of Stannis. But some really damn good fight scenes. And some great cinematography. And overall really good character stuff. Mostly. It ended well. I'm happy. And I'm really happy with how Tyrion killing Shae was handled. Considering the source material, they did a fine job. I don't hate him. Book!Tyrion, however, he can kiss my ass. Show!Tyrion, you are the man, and I hope you have cool adventures next season. Or at least don't die. Please don't die.
Now, I'm off to find that song.