" I am Loki Scar-Lip, Loki Skywalker, Loki Giant's Child, Loki Lie-Smith. I am Loki, who is fire and wit and hate. I am Loki. And I will be under an obligation to no one."
Previously known as Nefarius
I'll read the books as they come out, although from what I'm hearing we probably won't get the next one before the show's done anyway. My theory is that GRRM is waiting to see what Benioff and Weiss do with Daenerys, because it's obvious he doesn't have a clue.
I only have two of the five books, and haven't read any, but I very much doubt that's true.
But, very happy with the trailer, the big focus on Daenerys, the stuff with Tyrion, and Varys.
Some good Littlefinger and Sansa stuff. Might be right about making the justice, but I wonder just exactly what he means by that?
Very much looking forward to more of that, in Season 5. Hope there's some of it in the Premiere.
Left wondering who'd end up the better, or the worse, out of their relationship, or machinations, though I lean towards Baelish on the better.
Though, I definitely, if only because of Melisandre, the Red Woman, if not Stannis himself, would say things'll end up worse on poor Jon Snows' end, but we'll see.
Can only trudge so long.
Awkward how Jamie's the one Cersei's giving out to, about Tyrion still being alive, free, all that, considering he was one of about three or so people who freed him.
Hopefully see where the Wildling stuff goes now, after the Stannis thing, or the Knightswatch, due to that.
And, more White Walker bits, too. And, hopefully see Arya in Bravos too.
We'll get the next book before the show's over. The next one will be out by the end of 2016 (probably) and the show still has at least 2 more seasons after this one--it's been confirmed for 7 seasons with a possible 8th. We almost definitely will not get the 7th book before the show ends (if we ever get it at all).
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This season would be the true test of Benioff and Weiss' creativity.Previous seasons were more easy to create,because they were based on the first 3 books of ASOIF and those books have tons of strong characters and moments.Unfortunately,i felt the fourth season to be 'so and so'.It had some strong moments,but i felt it was pretty rush,tried to alter things and generally not as great as it should be,considering the moments it had to adapt.
It's sad that this season would probably ignore Kingsmoot and Iron Islands story.Except Cersei's chapters,Iron Islands chapters were the best parts of A Feast for Crows.
" I am Loki Scar-Lip, Loki Skywalker, Loki Giant's Child, Loki Lie-Smith. I am Loki, who is fire and wit and hate. I am Loki. And I will be under an obligation to no one."
Previously known as Nefarius
Without going into detail, what was it that was so good about the Iron Islands chapters?
My theory for an ending would be Daenerys and her forces marching into Kings' Landing, sacking the place, taking it...and, after a few minutes, a chill enters the air.
Not of death, not of any natural Winter, but a beastly one, one they were not prepared for.
This...is the White Walkers.
After a melee of attacks, of frost, and steel, and blood, many of them find they have fallen.
They are overwhelmed by such beasts, such creatures, and unprepared for such harsh, unforgiving climate, as opposed to their usual one, be they Unsullied, or command.
A flap of wings in the night air.
Daenerys looks up. Surprisingly, she still feels cold. But, how could that be...when she is the Mother of Dragons?
She should know these two creatures. She should be able to control them, feel them, command them. But they didn't accompany them here.
But, they may accompany them to the Land of the Undying.
The Walkers turn, one growling, loud and guttural. An odd sound from things like them. They see the Dragons, flying, screeching in the wind, riding their own way forward.
The Dragons screech simultaneously, turning into a roar, performing an alleoop, twisting around, spinnning, and bursting forward, toward the Walkers, toward their Mother.
The Walkers horses ride on, pelting at full speed, a chill air surrounding them, their breath, making its' wake out of undead nostrils.
They neigh, an unnatural, unkind sound, and the the undead warriors pelt forward, a determined look in their eyes, as fiery as any Dragons' breath.
As they do, they come face to face at long last with the Dragons, the leader, pushing forward one, little word 'D...I...E'.
Winter has come...but will it remain?
A Song of Ice and Fire - END.
" I am Loki Scar-Lip, Loki Skywalker, Loki Giant's Child, Loki Lie-Smith. I am Loki, who is fire and wit and hate. I am Loki. And I will be under an obligation to no one."
Previously known as Nefarius
Indeed.
Of course, Benioff & Weiss have inserted plenty of their own storylines and characters, as we all know, so I guess if people have liked those, that would be a good sign. I think the record is pretty mixed - off the top of my head I can think of a couple of examples:
1. Daenerys' plot in season 2 with the dragon-napping. Introduced because Daenerys' storyline in book 2 is a bit static, although it has a great climax. Pretty underwhelming - reminded me of a SyFy channel movie
2. Yara Greyjoy's abortive rescue of Theon. Rather silly, it's surprising to say the least the Dreadfort is so easy to infiltrate by a raiding party - and then they just leave ? Still, it achieved the probable intention of keeping Yara in the viewers' mind, because otherwise she would have in effect vanished for a season.
Having said that, I do recognise that those storylines were introduced for a reason, and it's a bit tricky because they couldn't really alter much in the main plot. (I'm also probably remembering the less impressive additions because they were more memorable for being bad.) Maybe B & W's new storylines will be better now they have a much freer hand?
In any event the Varys bit in the trailer might indicate spoilers:end of spoilers
the Aegon subplot has been jettisoned, which could be an important change.
Pieces on the A Day in the Life Season 5 Special:
http://screenrant.com/game-thrones-s...ideo-day-life/
GRRM already locked himself in a room with the creators and outlined the end of the series. They paid for the rights to the whole series, not just what Martin had already written. They already expressed they are doing the real ending, the way they get there might be different, but the major plot points will be intact. Martin's known the ending for years, he's just gotten himself stuck in writing conundrums and had to figure his way out of them.
But he's always had the three major phases of the series in his head. It was originally supposed to be a trilogy.
1. The War of the Five King's
2. The New Targaryen Conquest of Westeros
3. The War with the Others.
He just got really side tracked with the first part and let it go on into it's own trilogy, and had to write his way out of the mess it made in the last two books. Now he's finally on to the final two books, which he always intended to be the final two of the series.
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