ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Daniel said: 12 minutes ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said: Yeah, the showrunners and writers. Aegon conquered the 7 kingdoms with 3 dragons, and apparently nobody during that entire period of time was smart enough to build a superpowered crossbow. They were. One of the 3 dragons he came with was killed in Dorne via a ballista bolt to the eye. They had them, but it turns out, aiming at a moving target from hundreds of yards away with a not very accurate supersized crossbow (sort of--different propulsion mechanisms) is really, really, really difficult, so that was a one-in-a-million shot. Aegon overwhelmed 6 of the 7 Kingdoms really quickly, and had a ton of allies before long. They don't talk about that on the show, but pretty much overnight he 10x'd his army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scar988 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Aegon overwhelmed 6 of the 7 Kingdoms really quickly, and had a ton of allies before long. They don't talk about that on the show, but pretty much overnight he 10x'd his army. Yup. He basically came in with a force around the size of the unsullied with the 3 dragons. And before long, the entirety of the forces either bent the knee and joined or got burned and replaced with someone who would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, scar988 said: Yup. He basically came in with a force around the size of the unsullied with the 3 dragons. And before long, the entirety of the forces either bent the knee and joined or got burned and replaced with someone who would. And because the Seven Kingdoms were...seven kingdoms and not at all intent on helping each other, he could fight each one individually. It took them a long time before they banded together to resist, and by then he had enough allies that it didn't matter. Conquering The Seven Kingdoms is much tougher than conquering Seven Kingdoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, scar988 said: Yup. I'm intrigued to see how they get through those Ballistas. I'm pretty sure they gave this away in the season preview, in spoilers because I think i'm right, I have no actual knowledge though. In the season preview you see a dragon head emerge in a dark place and then shoot fire. I'm about positive that Drogon is going to burrow through the ground to get inside the walls of the castle or in the sewers below to get past the ballistas and start wrecking havoc. My best guess is that he is going to be in the same room that has the skull of Balerion where Qyburn tested his early version of it, and that's how Qyburn is going to go out. In the books they make a point about the Dragons being diggers when they are kept inside the pyramid in Mereen. The show didn't do this, but I expect them to halfass the explanation during episode 5. Edited May 10, 2019 by THE DUKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 are you guys still looking forward to the spin-off shows? I think knowing that we will be back in this world soon is easing the blow of this mediocre last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, August4th said: are you guys still looking forward to the spin-off shows? I think knowing that we will be back in this world soon is easing the blow of this mediocre last season. As long as there are different show runners and writers, i'm at least intrigued. They'll get at least 3-4 episodes the grab my attention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: As long as there are different show runners and writers, i'm at least intrigued. They'll get at least 3-4 episodes the grab my attention. Agreed. HBO needs to learn its lesson and keep GRRM as close as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 4 hours ago, scar988 said: I think at a certain point, we're just being nit-picky. I think if you as a writer were such a fan of the show. You would know the bastard difference between Waters and Rivers. It seems nitpicky, but then again. A fan invested would know the difference and that's who we were told was writing the show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, seminoles1 said: Agreed. HBO needs to learn its lesson and keep GRRM as close as possible. He charges per pound though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said: Yeah, the showrunners and writers. Aegon conquered the 7 kingdoms with 3 dragons, and apparently nobody during that entire period of time was smart enough to build a superpowered crossbow. Aegon conquered The Vale by offering the king a ride on a dragon. It took a lot less to get a bent knee back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, skywindO2 said: Aegon conquered The Vale by offering the king a ride on a dragon. It took a lot less to get a bent knee back then. Dany could become the Queen of the Vale by offering Robin one boob 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Dany could become the Queen of the Vale by offering Robin one boob I mean... Who wouldn't been the knee for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, rob_shadows said: I mean... Who wouldn't been the knee for that? It's what got Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrILL! Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 400p! maybe we should ghost-write Martin’s next book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, thrILL! said: 400p! maybe we should ghost-write Martin’s next book. We haven't talked about food enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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