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'Game of Thrones' ends season five with death and horror in 'Mothers Mercy'
Houston TV Examiner ^ | June 15, 2015 | Mark R. Whittington

Posted on 06/15/2015 11:03:21 AM PDT by Marcus

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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
My first thought was that this confirmed that Stannis will not sit on the Iron Throne

If you've been a watcher of the show since the beginning, you know that if they don't show the person being killed, they're not always dead. We never saw Stannis executed by Brienne. It was implied.

That said, I think Brienne has a vested interest in keeping Stannis alive, and I think he'll be back. She's running short on friends. Jaime is heading back to a dubious Red Keep after, presumably, losing Myrcella. Sansa and Theon escaped Winterfell. Aside from Paudrick, she has no real allies left in the world. Stannis would make one Hell of an ally.

Danaerys is going to have her hands full with the Dothraki. Remember her other two dragons are chained up in Mereen, so I'm not sure she's going to be able to pull out any tricks to dazzle the Dothraki who likely remember her as the Khaleesi who wouldn't leave Khal Drogo. We shall see.

41 posted on 06/16/2015 4:13:42 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: MeganC

Not BBQ’d. Burned at the stake as a sacrifice. Worked for Agamemnon. Didn’t work for Stannis.


42 posted on 06/16/2015 4:37:36 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: chris37

Indeed she did. I’m running out of characters to emphatize with, but even the worst of themare coming to overly gruesome fates.


43 posted on 06/16/2015 5:39:33 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: SgtHooper
I see Lena coming back with a vengeance—say goodbye to the sparrow and his nest. We will see brutality not yet perceived.

It could be since the series has diverged so far from the books. As I recall, no such vengeance transpired in the books.

What I would really like to see is Jamie Lannister turn his boat around and carry Myrcella's body onto shore and lay it at Elliria's feet...then lop off Elliria's head.

He SAW the kiss. He can't be that stupid.

44 posted on 06/16/2015 10:25:35 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: rarestia
Sansa and Theon escaped Winterfell.

I can't wait to see how that miracle transpire's. Even if there was a decent amount of snow down there (the incoming horses seemed to have no problems) it is still at least a 100 ft. drop. Two broken legs or a broken back is what they SHOULD have received, at the least, after such a stupid jump.

45 posted on 06/16/2015 10:29:10 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I read something online recently that said a sufficient snow drift could easily cushion a high fall. Some idiot jumped off a second story balcony into a snow drift in Michigan and escaped unscathed. But I agree, the walls of Winterfell seemed much higher than 2 stories.


46 posted on 06/16/2015 11:14:41 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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I read something online recently that said a sufficient snow drift could easily cushion a high fall.

Aye, therein lies the rub? At that height? Sufficient? Who can say. But to my eye, the snow at the bottom of that drop didn't look sufficiently deep or 'fluffy' to make such a jump safe. But I suppose we'll get an answer in about 8 months.

Me? I'd have climbed down slowly using any handhold available. THEN if you drop, you're somewhat lower to the ground.

47 posted on 06/16/2015 12:28:35 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Having not grown up or ever been around snow, I can’t speak for the effect of light pack snow. I only know what the Internet tells me.


48 posted on 06/16/2015 3:51:35 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia
Having not grown up or ever been around snow...

You are one of the lucky ones.

I've been living in New England for 50 years and have just about had my fill of the crap. Especially after this last Winter. It is only marginally more tolerable than the politics.

I'm settin' my sights on Tennessee.

49 posted on 06/16/2015 4:04:16 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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Sounds good to me. She is evil, yet she appears to have gotten off from the Sparrow by her lying. She is one PO’d woman, and she will get vengeance, I believe.


50 posted on 06/21/2015 2:27:17 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: Marcus

I’ve gone off Thrones. They killed my man. The Lord Commander -prettier than many men’s daughters- Jon freaking Snow.

There’s no forgiveness for that. Not to mention nobody else to really root for. I do like Brienne and Tyrion but....I wanted the dark, brooding, courageous hero to triumph.


51 posted on 07/12/2015 11:35:07 PM PDT by kelly4c (http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2900389%2C41#help)
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To: Marcus

They did not show it but Stannis eats it.


52 posted on 07/21/2015 3:28:46 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: MeganC

Its good and really not too far off from the dark age.


53 posted on 07/21/2015 3:29:33 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Marcus

Game of Thrones, IMHO, was childishly written.

An outstanding series on HBO is Sr. Avila.

Just finished watching all of Season 2. It’s imperative to watch each episode in sequence, but the last 2 episodes place Sr Avila arms and legs above its counterparts.

Combine the Godfather trilogy, Sopranos, Casino, and Goodfellas, and Ray Donovan together in a Latin setting, and you might begin to see the world of Sr Avila.

Granted it is is Spanish and well subtitled, the themes and possible storylnes are much more mature than anything north of the border.

Strongly recommended. Warning, very graphic and nudity and violence is present.


54 posted on 08/03/2015 6:52:03 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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