[TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion - Page 582

GRRM has said that there are too many PoVs and he has to kill some off. Barristan is probably a prime candidate. I half expect he doesn't survive the battle of Meereen. If he dies here, that deprives the show of his little knights of the round table/queenmaker run, but ultimately might not be so big a departure.

Dont know what episode you all watched, but in the one that i've seen, Barristan was cut at his leg, and was stabbed in the abdomen with a small shiv. neither looked lethal at all, the son of the harpy moved in to slash his throat, since he obviously seen that he s not dead, then Grey Worm saved him, by taking out the SotH.
As to GRRM saying someone important will die who lives in the book, that might be him, but i doubt it, certainly wont die off-scene bleeding to death from a shiv-wound. I'd say its 60% likely that it s Bronn, other candidates are Barristan, Jorah, Alistair Thorn, or who knows really...
Plus i dont count Ser Meryn Trant who will obviously be killed towards the end of this season by Arya in Bravos, taking the place of Raff the Sweetling, but no way GRRM is referring to him.

Brienne and Jaime's story looks far more interesting than in aFfC.

No Bran in sight (YES!).

Janos Slynt's death was delicious.

Barristan is a god. Hopefully not a dead one.

Tommen is baller of the universe.

Didn't like Tywin's funeral. Not ignoble enough.

- season 5 seem to go beyond Dance of dragons and contain major WoW spoilers.
- show makes Stannis very loveable, which unfortunately means one thing. He will die
- hope Barristan will die, that fight was to hollywodish, thats fucking one old man with no armor. However, I want Snow to live after he is stabbed.
- can't make sense about Sansa and Jaime storyline. Anyone can elobarate, whats changed, whats expected to happen in contrast to the books?

I have a feeling Cersei will die this season. I was surprised she survived aFfC and given the accelerated pacing and the opening to the season I think her clock has run out.

Nah, we're running out of villains too fast. Besides, we already had glimpse on her savior - mountain clone, they wouldn't have bothered to show him for no reason.

Unliekly... could be a big finisher, but we have to witness Myrcella's and Tommen's deaths first, we know from the prophecy that she will watch all of her children die, then will be killed by "the little brother" which is Tyrion, or in my read, Jamie. And before all that she has to have her walk of shame, and the trial by combat, featuring the revived Mountain. If they wanna fit all that in the remaninig 6 episode, we re gonna have Cersei in focus for like half of them remaining airtime. And there 0% for taht to happen, imo.
It's far more likely, if they re gonna spoil major death scene from the 6th book, it is gonna be Stannis's, or really numerous other candidates for the role.

- As i explained like a page before, Barristan isnt dead
- Sansa's storyline is the watered down, nonsensical fusion between the fake-Arya story from the 5th, and Sansa's bethrotal to Harry the heir, from the 6th book. LF reveals he s betting on Stannis, which makes no sense considering his actions up to now (series or books), but whatever, but ultimately wants the same thing as in the books. Have a strong grasp over the Vale, and to get the North's backing through Sansa, while the south is in dissaray. Ultimately, the whole shenanigans with Sansa are the buildup for LF's endgame, which gonna be similar, regardless of the story leading up to it that is 100% new stuff compared to the books.
- Jamie's storyline is less obvious, and way cooler, obviously he and Bronn are filling in for Ser Arys Oakheart. Im almost convinced he's gonna meet face to face with Doran and he'll let him go, but well, who knows. Also Bronn is gonna take one for the team, most likely ( But this one plotline is probably the most intriguing of the changes, I really dont know where Jamie will end up, and i think he somehow needs to start doubting/ hating Cersei, or maybe they will scrap that interaction in the show as well, i'm really curious about this one story.

I can't remember well, but where did Jaime and Brienne go in the books?

I'm not so sure about Stannis' death, but it's about damn time they make him likeable. His character has been butchered for four seasons, with barely a few redeeming moments.

I still don't want him to die though