Game of Thrones episode 3

[Borealis]

Yup! Also the showrunners said in an interview they chose Arya merely because it wasn't expected. Meaning they did it for shock value. Shock value absent any supportive writing. They even said they decided the make it arya AFTER season 6. Meaning those "seeds" were not meant for that initially. While there is no NK in the book, they went for bad cliche. Not even good cliche.

Yeah, these guys have taken the "subversive" or "unexpected" nature of GoT and warped it into something it never was. GRRM's writing was subversive because undermined the traditional fantasy narrative by giving us reality. Ned Stark, rather than being saved as he would be in another fantasy series, was killed as he might be in a real life scenerio-because sometimes being a good, honest guy will get you killed.

What D&D are doing-it doesn't subscribe either to reality or a traditional fantasy storyline. You have characters surviving situations where they should have totally died(battle of winterfell) and then characters being killed out of nowhere for no realistic reason(Rhaegal). Its a chaotic mess with shock just for shock's sake.

[MagnusDark]

Yeah, these guys have taken the "subversive" or "unexpected" nature of GoT and warped it into something it never was. GRRM's writing was subversive because undermined the traditional fantasy narrative by giving us reality. Ned Stark, rather than being saved as he would be in another fantasy series, was killed as he might be in a real life scenerio-because sometimes being a good, honest guy will get you killed.

What D&D are doing-it doesn't subscribe either to reality or a traditional fantasy storyline. You have characters surviving situations where they should have totally died(battle of winterfell) and then characters being killed out of nowhere for no realistic reason(Rhaegal). Its a chaotic mess with shock just for shock's sake.

Agreed. Also, all the mythos surrounding the WW, Rhollor, the old Gods were basically inspired by Indo-Aryan/Balto-Slavic myths of the endless cycle between the God of Light and God of Darkness. God of light being personified by fire(Rhollor) and the God of darkness actually representing nature with a great tree and a guardian wolf(sound familiar?). The Solar Wheel is a representation of that ancient struggle between both deities, and the symbol was constantly shoved in our faces since the very first episode and they explained and went into none of the above that they set up.

[Ford]

[Ford]

Agreed. Also, all the mythos surrounding the WW, Rhollor, the old Gods were basically inspired by Indo-Aryan/Balto-Slavic myths of the endless cycle between the God of Light and God of Darkness. God of light being personified by fire(Rhollor) and the God of darkness actually representing nature with a great tree and a guardian wolf(sound familiar?). The Solar Wheel is a representation of that ancient struggle between both deities, and the symbol was constantly shoved in our faces since the very first episode and they explained and went into none of the above that they set up.

Yeah, the most annoying part isn't even the bad writing, it's the complete disregard of the mythos (which kinda goes hand in hand but I think you know what I mean). Let's just hope Georgieboy sits down and finishes the damn books so we hopefully can have a satisfying ending.

[Skjaldemjøden]

GOT has suffered from bad writing and poor pacing ever since it ran out of books to follow.

[MagnusDark]

Yeah, the most annoying part isn't even the bad writing, it's the complete disregard of the mythos (which kinda goes hand in hand but I think you know what I mean). Let's just hope Georgieboy sits down and finishes the damn books so we hopefully can have a satisfying ending.

Agreed. I just found out that one of the David’s was the “mind” behind Deadpool in wolverine origins, including his laser eyes stitched up mouth and Baraka appearance. Goes to show that he has 0 respect for source material.

[Faklon]

The night king dies like that and what it follows is an 1 hour party with no character development and no explanation about his background. Tyrion survived the shipwreck like that...Two episodes left to save it.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

The night king dies like that and what it follows is an 1 hour party with no character development and no explanation about his background. Tyrion survived the shipwreck like that...Two episodes left to save it.

The Night King was created by the Children of the Forest as a weapon against man (they showed the scene of his creation). Man had been winning the conflict between the two and so they created the Night King out of desperation. The weapon backfired. It wanted to destroy everything in the world not just man. So man and the Children of the Forest became allies. That he's called the Night King reveals he's destruction incaranate in that most life can't survive without sunlight. He wants to cover the world in blackness. He wants to destroy everything about the world and Bran is a living memory of that world (a gate keeper to the past). That's as much of a background that is needed.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

I think people over react to TV shows. Few people are ever happy. I take it for what it's worth unless the contadictions are too outrageous.

[Faklon]

The Night King was created by the Children of the Forest as a weapon against man (they showed the scene of his creation). Man had been winning the conflict between the two and so they created the Night King out of desperation. The weapon backfired. It wanted to destroy everything in the world not just man. So man and the Children of the Forest became allies. That he's called the Night King reveals he's destruction incaranate in that most life can't survive without sunlight. He wants to cover the world in blackness.He wants to destroy everything about the world and Bran is a living memory of that world (a gate keeper to the past). That's as much of a background that is needed.

Why should he expose himself particularly for Bran(if he's just a gate keeper) and not command a wight or another walker to do it? Say that the light survives through Bran, it should have been specified in the series.