Spain Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 The more I think back, the more excellent bits I remember (and not just the battle itself). Jon attempting to explain tactics to to Tormund "It means they won't come at you from the side", "That's good". Tormund is brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 The more I think back, the more excellent bits I remember (and not just the battle itself). Jon attempting to explain tactics to to Tormund "It means they won't come at you from the side", "That's good". Tormund is brilliant. To Davos - "Enjoy your shitting" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Tormund is brilliant. He' going to die, isn't he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 He' going to die, isn't he? Brienne may kill him during sex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Brienne may kill him during sex. I think that's exactly how he'd want to go. And me, possibly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 What an amazing episode, heart was pounding for almost the entirety of the b*****d bowl. Was expecting Ghost to rip Ramsay limb from limb but no sign at all?! The trampling scene was tense as and agree with most that Rickon is a tit for not weaving at least a little. Thought the wee bit when Tormund and Davos said Jon Snow not being a king was significant. Perhaps a wee hint to the future 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Fabulous episode. The battle sequences were amazing, there was a real feeling of peril amongst the crashing swords and galloping horses. That crush was one of the most claustrophobic pieces of television I have ever seen - I had a visceral reaction to that which is testament to all involved and the power of the scene. Wun Wun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Bearing in mind comments above, I'm trying not to be a "book w****r" - mostly because I can't remember whether this was in the book or the series. Didn't Robb Stark declare Jon Snow as his heir as King of the North? So long ago, sorry.... -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Wun Wun #sumboi #BFG Some heroes hold the door - others break them. Hilarious watching him demonstrate in one simple move that any attempt by Ramsey to hold out in Winterfell would have been equally as doomed had they decided to sit it out. It was a pity no one thought of forging a big f**k Off Size Sword for Won Won - he could have had fun with that scything it through the Bolton ranks. WunWun & Tormund were brilliant - every time you thought, no, that's them this time, no more left in the tank, they went straight into "is that your best shot?" mod & started tearing Boltons in two like they'd merely stopped for a tea break. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I did think at one point that Tormund's tea was oot. Thankfully he broke out his best Mike Tyson chomp and got out of it. I'm watching that episode again and again. A truly stunning piece of entertainment. As someone said, heart was pounding from start to finish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Bearing in mind comments above, I'm trying not to be a "book w****r" - mostly because I can't remember whether this was in the book or the series. Didn't Robb Stark declare Jon Snow as his heir as King of the North? So long ago, sorry.... I not sure we actually heard him name an heir and legitimise him as a Stark. I think there was just speculation at the time that it would be Jon. It's a fair bet though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Didn't Robb Stark declare Jon Snow as his heir as King of the North? So long ago, sorry.... Why would he do that when he'd just got married? Surely he'd be planning on producing a few direct heirs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Stannis offered to legitimise Jon as a Stark and install him as Lord of Winterfell if he agreed to have the Watch help him out. Jon knocked him back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Only route left to him assuming nobody will know his true lineage apart from Bran would be the highly unlikely event of Sansa becoming Queen in the North and legitimising him. That obviously won't happen though and even if it did, Sansa would be making him a better claimant to Winterfell than her which ain't desirable for her 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Only route left to him assuming nobody will know his true lineage apart from Bran would be the highly unlikely event of Sansa becoming Queen in the North and legitimising him. That obviously won't happen though and even if it did, Sansa would be making him a better claimant to Winterfell than her which ain't desirable for her I still think it'll be Howland Reed with the big reveal when we get to meet him properly. He was the other person at the Tower of Joy where baby Jon would have been discovered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Don't think being Queen of the North is Sansa's ambition - getting back Winterfell was the sum total of her world scope, but knowing they who hold Winterfell hold the North. They know now they're going to have a Lannister-Frey army coming up after them (unless Jaime decides to avenge Caitlyn on Brianne's behalf - stranger things have happened!) once word heads south - however events in Dorne and King's Landing may leave the latter preoccupied enough to allow the north to rebuild and repair, so by the time the south gets its act together they'll have little realistic choice left but to come to terms, especially with the crown & Lannisters both skint, & a possible bunch of raiding Iron Islanders to contend with when Dany tells King Hipsterbeard "sorry but I prefer Yara's small but perfectly formed ass - er I mean fleet - to yours!" The pieces are coming nicely together for Dany to come over with the Northerners happy to accept her thanks to Jon's soon to be revealed ancestry, Tyrion's kindnesses to Jon and Bran paying dividends years later to make peace with the Starks as a Lannister (& southerner) they can trust (there's also the small matter that technically Tyrion's still married to Sansa...), and ultimately for the bigger picture (the White Walkers). There is however one major fly in the ointment - Littlefinger. He never learns his lesson, like Cercei he is doomed by his nature to play "the Game" until it is his undoing. What price him wrecking it all because he'd happily see the whole world destroyed just to rule the ruins? Edited June 21, 2016 by WaffenThinMint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKillie Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 How did they film that battle? Jesus! Never seen anything like it in movies even. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93k4uhpf7g 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 A bit of googling tells me it was the books. Sorry Robb Stark had planned to legitimize Jon Snow and name him his heir until a son was born to him from Jeyne Westerling - given that he falsely believe that his other trueborn brothers were dead, Arya was probably dead, and Sansa was a prisoner of the Lannisters. He signed the decree in the presence of several lords as witnesses. However, it is unknown what became of the decree, as it is no longer mentioned in the books. It is speculated that Robb gave it to Maege Mormont and Galbart Glover, but their current location is unknown. So far Jon has not received the decree, and has no idea of its existence. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I'm fairly sure that Robb sent a letter naming Jon king of the north if he dies. Inevitably it will turn up and Jon will be king. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) They know now they're going to have a Lannister-Greyjoy army coming up after them once word heads southA Lannister-Frey army.How will that pan out when, effectively, Jon and Sansa have just avenged the death of Walder's great grandson and Walda? Edited June 21, 2016 by Nizzy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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