Game of Thrones (The Final Season / 8 )

[Wryan]

Also, it'd be hilarious if the Mountain, being more or less undead himself, gets controlled by NK and just turns and kills Cersei.

[Scar]

I'll be very surprised if any major character dies from here on out. (Major as in: They've been on the show since the first episode.)

The best fan theory I heard for next ep is:

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The Night King isn't at Winterfell. He split his army, left a token force in the north, and is marching on King's Landing.

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Oooooh. Me likey.

[Ezee E]

Also, where is Melisandre and what is she up to? She talked about this battle every time she opened her mouth and now she's suspiciously absent. Something big's going to happen with her next week, I would think.

Arya/Melisandre intrigues me more than Clegane Bowl.

While Clegane Bowl will likely happen, outside of it just being a heavyweight battle, there's really nothing else that's special about it, right?

[Dukefrukem]

Maybe that wasn't Arya fuckin' Gendry.

[Ezee E]

Oooooh. Me likey.

Ha... This would really be able to extend the Night King's character and some ramifications for all of Westeros.

Winterfell comes out victorious but depleted...

Ope, time to take on the same army, plus Night king and Dragon... But with a depleted squad.

Cersei/Mountain naturally got lucky and head to Essos with the Bank.

[bac0n]

Maybe that wasn't Arya fuckin' Gendry.

Ooh, maybe it was Jaqen H'ghar?

[Wryan]

Ooh, maybe it was Jaqen H'ghar?

[Ezee E]

Ha. THe worst theory I've seen out there is that Littlefinger wasn't actually killed last year, and had someone "wearing his face" and he got the hell out.

[Grouchy]

Ha. THe worst theory I've seen out there is that Littlefinger wasn't actually killed last year, and had someone "wearing his face" and he got the hell out.

Heh, I think we saw the same YouTube video.

The theory is far fetched and makes very little sense but it's true that one of the scenes the maker of the video offers as proof (Littlefinger giving some random girl a silver coin shortly before they kill him) hints at the Faceless Men appearing again. And really, if they don't, that whole storyline really went nowhere.

[Grouchy]

I'll be very surprised if any major character dies from here on out. (Major as in: They've been on the show since the first episode.)

You're crazy. Either Jon or Daenerys will die before the finale, and Jaime's prospects aren't looking so good either.

I like that Night King prediction.

[Irish]

You're crazy. Either Jon or Daenerys will die before the finale, and Jaime's prospects aren't looking so good either.

Dany is a meme. She not only iconic to the series, she's a pop culture icon in her own right. No way they kill her. (Jesus, can you imagine the twitter mobs if the "Mother of Dragons" dies and a man ascends the throne?)

If Jon dies, he will need to have the grandest death in all television because he's already died once and bringing him back just to die again ~2 seasons later will rub people the wrong way. Maybe that can be done but I don't think Benioff & Weiss are capable of pulling it off.

Jaime could go, and I saw a theory suggesting that he will fall killing the Night King and then die in Brianne's arms. That seems a little more likely because it'd actually be a decent end to his character.

But then again I keep thinking this is no longer a self contained story --- it's a franchise. Every one of the major characters has a vocal and active fanbase. And HBO/ Warners / ATT is too chickenshit to risk a "bad" ending that will keep people from watching subsequent shows.

I think they will pull their punches one way or another. Genre shows are all about fan service these days and GoT is obviously not immune to that.

[Spinal]

The ending to this story was decided well before Twitter existed. I don't think that has any impact.

[Irish]

You're assuming they will follow Martin's blueprint. But the show is its own thing now, and Hollywood producers being Hollywood producers ... why would they listen to the writer?

[Spinal]

They said their story ends in the same place as Martin's.

[Irish]

See also: previous sentence about not alienating fans. Like, I don't think B&W would publicly announce that they deviated from the novels and went contrary to the wishes of Ser George of Martins. Because they know saying so could negatively impact the show.

Granted, I'm more cynical about producers & press than most.

ETA: To put it another way. Dany --- and the show --- are bigger than the books now, and certainly bigger than Martin.

[Ezee E]

It's been pretty well agreed that the show and book will end in the same result, and also be bittersweet.

But with that, even in the books, I agree with your idea that Dany can't die at this battle, and Jon's would have to be some type of sacrifice for all situation, which I don't think will happen either. Tyrion, Jaime, Arya, Sansa, and The Hound are the others that I would give a 0% chance at dying in the battle.

[Grouchy]

See also: previous sentence about not alienating fans. Like, I don't think B&W would publicly announce that they deviated from the novels and went contrary to the wishes of Ser George of Martins. Because they know saying so could negatively impact the show.

Granted, I'm more cynical about producers & press than most.

ETA: To put it another way. Dany --- and the show --- are bigger than the books now, and certainly bigger than Martin.

I see the obvious truth in what you're saying but I'd also like to believe B&W are grateful and honest enough not to betray the ending of the saga, at least not in spirit - specially since they have the unwanted task of getting there before the actual creator of the story.

What hooked me on the show was its unpredictability and lack of compromise. Well, that and the wonderful writing. It's obvious that the writing went down several notches when they ran out of source material, because it's easier to adapt someone's labored invention and rich dialogue into the rythm and pacings of a tense TV show (which B&W excelled at) than create your own detail from a general blueprint. But I hope they stick to that blueprint. It's somewhat of an unheard of situation in Western fiction and fandom, though the Japanese are used to it.

[Peng]

looooool

[Dukefrukem]

That's hot.

[Spinal]

The one who I feel is guaranteed to die next week is Grey Worm.

"Someday, when this is all over, let's get out of here and visit your home island with the peaceful people and the butterflies ..."

Yeah ... dead.

[Ezee E]

From predictions around, it looks like Grey Worm has the best odds to die, with Brienne being a surprising second.

[Gizmo]

I don't disagree

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I will never understand these prediction games. Who dies is literally at the bottom of the list of things that interest me about this final season.

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[Morris Schæffer]

I'll be very surprised if any major character dies from here on out. (Major as in: They've been on the show since the first episode.)

The best fan theory I heard for next ep is:

[

Show Spoiler

The Night King isn't at Winterfell. He split his army, left a token force in the north, and is marching on King's Landing.

]

But with next week's episode looking like the big battle, one that took double as many days to film as Battle of the Bastards, it would be unlikely if the opposing forces weren't gonna pull out all the stops next week.

[Morris Schæffer]

The one who I feel is guaranteed to die next week is Grey Worm.

"Someday, when this is all over, let's get out of here and visit your home island with the peaceful people and the butterflies ..."

Yeah ... dead.

Ha yeah, this now comes to mind