[Suongadon]

Oh dat song :swoon:

[Phantom Hoover]

due to the author's failing as a structural and prose writer, his Robert Jordanesque inability to track or manage his own threads, and his slightly puerile fixations; b

What do these mean

I'm assuming the first part is referring to the way that the narrative has just completely metastatised as the series drags on (how many parallel viewpoint characters are we up to now? I'm pretty sure it's well over ten.) with little hope of any real closure before the author either gets bored or dies.

[swashmebuckle]

Oh dat song :swoon:

White Wedding is just perfect <3

[IronBeer]

So, finally got around to watching it. Gonna go ahead and do this, because I know plenty of people will get their panties in a bunch if I don't:

Spoiler:

Regarding the instantly-infamous Red Wedding, I didn't see that event in particular coming. However, I had a sneaking suspicion that Walter Frey had some evil in mind- major kudos to his actor! Excellent twist, and a kick in the balls to be sure, but I think people forgot just how harsh the series had been up to this point. Grimdarkness in of itself a compelling narrative does not make, but I'd say it's being used quite well as a narrative tool.

Obviously I haven't read the books. Bite me, yadda yadda. I never liked Rob that much as a character (I thought him and his portrayal were rather blandly "heroic"), but currently I'm way more concerned about the war effort. The Northerners are probably screwed, and I don't even need my Dwarf Fortress-honed "screwed sense" to make that conclusion.

[Scourge of Ages]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

[LordPomposity]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

Some people got married, and the reception sucked.

[Suongadon]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

Spoiler:

Heroey type guy is assassinated suddenly at his wedding, along with everyone else in the wedding party, including his also-heroey mom. Heroey-type guy's dad was the heroey type guy of season 1, and got beheaded. Fans (who didn't read the books) were outraged and relatively angsty over this, but somehow decided to go with 'well that's over, so nothing like that will ever happens again!' rather than accepting that heroey people can and will be killed in the future for lulz the greater good plotty-reasons.

Oh dat song :swoon:

White Wedding is just perfect <3

Yeah that's good too. Doesn't have quite the same tear-bottling potential though

[Sandwich]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

Spoiler:

End of season 1, the head of the Stark family, a character you thought was the main hero/good guy, is beheaded by a rival family. His family lives on. His daughters are held hostage by his beheaders, but his eldest son rallies the bannermen, is declared king in the north, and wages war on the family that beheaded his father in order to get back his sisters. For 2 seasons we see events from his viewpoint, presuming that he is the new "main hero/good guy". You see where this is going...

During the course of the war, he offends an overly-sensitive minor family located in a strategic geographical position. Later on he needs to appease them for the war effort, and pledges his uncle to one of the minor family's daughters. At that wedding, the king in the north and his widowed mother are betrayed and brutally killed.

[Mika]

Come on, man. These books have been around since long before the TV show, and you know I'm an SF/F writer with pretty developed opinions about storytelling. Is it so hard to believe I have substantive reasons to think GoT is mediocre that totally predate the TV series and its popularity? They're not **** awful, there's actually a couple important things they do really well.

I guess I should probably just snap something back and roll my eyes in return but damn, that kind of stung.

Apparently, everybody's a critic nowadays

[Scourge of Ages]

Ah, yep, that would explain it. Cool, thanks.

[NGTM-1R]

Apparently, everybody's a critic nowadays

Everyone will in fact evaluate your story for basic elements of storytelling and entertainment.

...this is news how?

[SpardaSon21]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

Spoiler:

End of season 1, the head of the Stark family, a character you thought was the main hero/good guy, is beheaded by a rival family. His family lives on. His daughters are held hostage by his beheaders, but his eldest son rallies the bannermen, is declared king in the north, and wages war on the family that beheaded his father in order to get back his sisters. For 2 seasons we see events from his viewpoint, presuming that he is the new "main hero/good guy". You see where this is going...

During the course of the war, he offends an overly-sensitive minor family located in a strategic geographical position. Later on he needs to appease them for the war effort, and pledges his uncle to one of the minor family's daughters. At that wedding, the king in the north and his widowed mother are betrayed and brutally killed.

Spoiler:

Don't worry.  She gets better... ish.

[Sandwich]

I couldn't resist (upvote plz?): http://redd.it/1fm4hl

[Hobbie]

I read the books and knew this was coming. As did one of my roommates. My other roommate has not read the books and therefore had no idea.

It was very, very fun watching him freak out and sit there blubbering in denial.

[Sandwich]

I just spent an hour watching people's reaction videos on YouTube.

[BloodEagle]

The outcry is pretty delicious to watch, even though I have no idea what's going on.

Does anybody feel like spoiling it for somebody who has never and has no plans to watch any episodes or read the books?

Some people got married, and the reception sucked.

I really feel like we should have a /. rating system for posts.

 

[An4ximandros]

I think this video perfectly embodies the GoT TV series' fanbase right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgJjqwmhN28&feature=player_detailpage&list=PLAHq2bTr6tyDT1IPxBMKAndBsZUkyowvp#t=12s

[Turambar]

[deathfun]

xD

Spoiler:

Was watching it with my mother today and all was well and good until the end. Her reaction was hilarious to watch
Mine on the other hand was that of "I knew this **** was going to happen" as soon as that ominous music started playing. Nobody closes to doors and starts playing a minor key song for kicks at a wedding. The look on mother Stark's face also gave it away

Although that stabbing of the "Queen of the North" was bloody brutal! I mean ****. That's also more slit throats than I've seen in one episode

Excellent scene in my books. Loved every moment of it and am seriously wanting to know what happens next

[redsniper]

Not just any ominous music, but Lannister music. Yeah, I knew something was up as soon as it started playing.