TV Game of Thrones [S7 SPOILERS]

[Juno]

July 23: Tidying this thread up a bit/updating it for the new season!​

Season 7 is finally upon us! Discuss anything related to Game of Thrones here - there will be a lot of talk about the new episodes as they come out so if you haven't seen them yet, be mindful of spoilers that will be present!

Original Thread / S7 Trailers

Spoiler:

Season 7 hype! If you haven't seen it already, yesterday HBO finally released a new trailer for the upcoming season - a ton of action packed into these 2 minutes:

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Which part of the trailer are you most excited about? I'm so happy to see Arya in the North again! Dany also looks super badass in her Winter gear.

Feel free to talk about anything else Game of Thrones-related if you like - it's not limited to just discussion about the trailer. :)

PREVIOUSLY, ON GAME OF THRONES...

Spoiler: Past episode previews

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S7E03: "THE QUEEN'S JUSTICE"

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[Bay]

I too am looking forward to Arya back in the North (maybe she'll be reunited with her direwolf? D = ). One other thing caught my eye is this ship scene.

Spoiler:

Can't help but remember the one time Martin read an excerpt from Winds of Winter in which there's supposed to be a big ship battle going on featuring Barristan Selmy...who died in the tv show's fifth season lol.

 

[Juno]

More importantly, is Gendry still rowing?? I do miss Nymeria though, hope they do get to reunite!

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Spoiler:

Yeah, on the topic of Barristan, that death was so stupid - he was such a great character and I can't believe they just killed him off so pointlessly. I can understand killing off characters to make an impact, but he just kinda died for nothing :(

Do you know if he played a big role in that battle? I suppose they would just have to give his part to a different character.

 

[Bay]

Spoiler:

I think he was going to have a big role in the sixth book, yeah. It's been a long time since I've heard about that, I need to find that source (found it in a protected livejournal community so I'll have to do some digging haha).

 

[Lunar]

I loved this trailer too much. Can't wait to see Dany's invasion of Westeros with her dragons and of course Arya back in the North. Plus, the Lannister storyline is gonna be really interesting too.

 

[Bay]

The Barristan saga continues.

Spoiler:

Ok, so I found the excerpts of the Barristan chapters Martin mentioned at a book con four years ago, oh my gosh Martin finish Winds of Winter faster

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[Cool_Porygon]

Hells yeah! Can't wait for this. Wanting to see Daenerys and her dragons conquer and the Starks reunite.
I'm also anxious about how Martin will write things in the next book.

 

[Juno]

NEW TRAILER (AGAIN)! 24 days left. I actually got goosebumps watching this, the hype can't be contained:

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Sansa's line at the end!!! Readers of the series will recognize the quote from the first book and it's so cool to hear her say it.

 

[Lunar]

I got major goosebumps too and had a slight fanboy scream. With Sansa's line at the end, I remember it from the books but for some reason thought it was said in the show too, it's pretty significant though. There was some much action in this trailer I loved it and Beric Dondarrion's sword just setting alight was so epic.

 

[Cool_Porygon]

So keen!

 

[HIMDogson]

Have legitimate hopes for this new season; I am dissapointed from a storytelling standpoint that the Night's King is a more generic Satan style menace than an actual character (which is why I'm holding out hope that in the books Euron Greyjoy will be the Night's King) but there seems to be significant human conflicts left anyway. My biggest gripe with the show remains with how they handled Euron; reducing him to thinly-veiled commentary on Trump IMO is an insult to the character and the idea of fiction as a whole.

 

[EC]

This day next week we'll all be discussing the latest theories and rumors.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

I want them so badly to kill off a main character in the first episode. It would be such a Game of Thrones plot twist.

 

[Lunar]

I want them so badly to kill off a main character in the first episode. It would be such a Game of Thrones plot twist.

Imagine if everything we saw in that trailer was from Episode One and Dany just gets killed off at the end of it.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

Imagine if everything we saw in that trailer was from Episode One and Dany just gets killed off at the end of it.

Hahaha what if everyone just killed off the very first episode and the next twenty episodes for both seasons was just following the normal lives of the White Walkers.

 

[moon]

lol

I'm not extremely hyped simply because I'm not a super duper fan I guess haha. I've just generally been following this show for the past... what, 6 years now? But we might stay up late on Sunday to catch the first ep hahaha

#ygritte #youknownothing

 

[HIMDogson]

Well, Euron was certainly significantly better than in last season; Pilou Asbaek nailed the darkly humorous, charismatic air Euron has in the books. I also hope he's manipulating Cersei; calling her a beautiful Queen definitely hinted at that, because it's her big point of vanity.

 

[Bay]

Last night's episode was off to a good start for the season, especially with the strong beginning with Arya and House Frey. A lot of folks have been walking about Ed Sheeran's cameo, which while I admit is kinda odd I'm not that mad about it like some other people haha.

So looking forward to next episode with Arya reuniting with her direwolf.

 

[Juno]

A lot of folks have been walking about Ed Sheeran's cameo, which while I admit is kinda odd I'm not that mad about it like some other people haha.

I heard about that! I thought people were just a little upset at first but oh my god people are MAD. It's so insane, Ed Sheeran literally had to disable his Twitter for a while because he was getting so much hate, I don't get it lol.

Yeah, Arya absolutely stole the show with that cold opening - everything else was great too, of course, but holy crap that was satisfying. And yees, I hope they're not just teasing us, it definitely looks like Arya and Nymeria are reuniting in that split-second of ep2's preview.

 

[Cool_Porygon]

Decent episode, awesome to be back in Westeros.
The Ed Sheeran hate doesn't make sense, but that doesn't stop some people. He plays a legit character in an important scene. It was great that they included Tyrion's song from the books.