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Dazed.
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32743 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:49 Dazed. wrote: why was bronn made lord of the reach again? god what a joke this season was. my only solace will be the implosion of d@d's careers. their exposure as complete frauds is now complete. He was also made Master of Coin I think? The self-serving mercenary who probably can't read or write, let alone understand the economics of kingdoms, is now the head of their treasury department. Who knows, maybe he got a maester's link in commerce from Oldtown. | ||
KadaverBB
Germany25657 Posts
It was establishd that Bronn can read in season 2 when Tyrion and him were planning the defense of Kings Landing. He has perfect qualfications for being master of coin, he can read!! | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:47 KwarK wrote: They seemed to think he was willing to kill them because they didn't just get some wine and catch up on old times together. None of it makes any sense. I mean his wanting to be paid for services rendered made sense to me so it probably made sense to Tyrion. Once he was paid what he was owed they got back to normal. | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:53 KadaverBB wrote: I think there was some minor set up for Arya to sail west like 2? seasons ago. When she was wounded by that faceless assassin chick she had a conversation with the actress that patched her up and she mentioned wanting to find out what was West of Westeros. It was establishd that Bronn can read in season 2 when Tyrion and him were planning the defense of Kings Landing. He has perfect qualfications for being master of coin, he can read!! "Its always been a grubby job, better to give it to a grubby man." | ||
KwarK
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FreakyDroid
Macedonia2616 Posts
"I am back home again now, and back once more in Westeros, working on WINDS… which, let me add once more, has NOT been finished and hidden away for years." http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/19/more-stuff-more-nonsense/ | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:57 KwarK wrote: Bronn is unashamedly a completely mercenary individual seeking only to enrich himself. Better put him in charge of all the money. I mean so was Littlefinger and he was a damn good master of coin (his job was to find the money and he found the money). | ||
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KwarK
United States43212 Posts
On May 20 2019 12:01 Adreme wrote: I mean so was Littlefinger and he was a damn good master of coin (his job was to find the money and he found the money). Littlefinger? He just kept borrowing more and more money from the Iron Bank and didn't tell anyone about it. He was a shit Master of Coin, he let Robert spend the entire kingdom into bankruptcy because he couldn't say no. Sure, everytime Robert asked Littlefinger to find money to host a tournament Littlefinger came up with it, but the kingdom was utterly bankrupt and owed a shitton of money to the Lannisters, the Tyrells, and the Iron Bank. Hell, that was part of his plan to ruin the kingdom. Part of his "chaos is a ladder" thing was to cause chaos by deliberately sucking as Master of Coin. | ||
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wherebugsgo
Japan10647 Posts
On May 20 2019 09:01 HelpMeGetBetter wrote: I'm trying to think if this situation has happened before - where the source material is not finished and they rely only on major plot points and fill in the blanks themselves. The only example I can think of is Harry Potter. Were all those books finished when they started making the movies? I think this has happened several times with anime/manga. The one I can think off the top of my head is Fullmetal Alchemist, where Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was released in 2009 after the manga finished and is much closer to the manga while the original FMA anime was released in....2003 (?) and diverged from the manga halfway and had a different ending. I mentioned this earlier in the thread but if there were an anime reboot of ASOIAF after GRRM finishes the books (if that ever happens) I'd probably watch it. | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On May 20 2019 12:02 KwarK wrote: Littlefinger? He just kept borrowing more and more money from the Iron Bank and didn't tell anyone about it. He was a shit Master of Coin, he let Robert spend the entire kingdom into bankruptcy because he couldn't say no. Sure, everytime Robert asked Littlefinger to find money to host a tournament Littlefinger came up with it, but the kingdom was utterly bankrupt and owed a shitton of money to the Lannisters, the Tyrells, and the Iron Bank. Hell, that was part of his plan to ruin the kingdom. Part of his "chaos is a ladder" thing was to cause chaos by deliberately sucking as Master of Coin. I mean he was not exactly hiding it. Robert just did not care. Robert needed money and he clearly seemed to know who he owed me money to (he even tries to get Ned to stop fighting the Lannisters because he is "half a blood kingdom in debt" so he probably knew where the other half was but did not care). Tywin seemed to know the entire time as well. So he was not keeping it a secret from the important people. He just did his job. "The master of coin finds the money. The king and the hand.. spend it." | ||
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KwarK
United States43212 Posts
On May 20 2019 12:09 Adreme wrote: I mean he was not exactly hiding it. Robert just did not care. Robert needed money and he clearly seemed to know who he owed me money to (he even tries to get Ned to stop fighting the Lannisters because he is "half a blood kingdom in debt" so he probably knew where the other half was but did not care). Tywin seemed to know the entire time as well. So he was not keeping it a secret from the important people. He just did his job. "The master of coin finds the money. The king and the hand.. spend it." But would you call that "a damn good master of coin"? He was awful at generating revenues for the crown and was working to deliberately sabotage the crown. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:38 Adreme wrote: I get why Jon cant be king. It makes sense that after murdering the Queen a war would break out over that (and we are kinda at the series finale so no time for that), but he clearly seems to just be getting to travel north and live with the Wildlings which makes me think the whole "join the Nights Watfch" thing was nonsense as they have no purpose to exist as Jon notes AS ITS BEING TOLD TO HIM. My logic is simply if they still existed Sam would not be a lord so they must not and the Unsullied just got played. Jon got his good ending. He doesn't want to be king and he gets to hang out with his bros for the rest of his life. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
I just kind of feel empty and hollow inside about the show. It wrapped everything up as best it could, so that was nice, but my expectations were so low that I couldn't really be satisfied with it. Dany's death scene was well-done (aside from the actual writing and internal consistency in it, which was poor). Aside from that, there are a whole lot of "WTF"s concerning Bran being the king, Bron being the master of coin, Arya sailing west, and Jon going to the wall. There were also way too many blatant self-references in the episode and the LotR references were painful (the book that Sam brought in was just too fucking much). | ||
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KwarK
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
On May 20 2019 12:02 KwarK wrote: Yeah but your looking a his qualities from the civil society standpoint. From a standpoint of just individual competence, littlefinger couldnt have defrauded everyone without being very intelligent and more than qualified for the job. Bronn is...a guy who thinks threatening powerful lords leads to castles.Littlefinger? He just kept borrowing more and more money from the Iron Bank and didn't tell anyone about it. He was a shit Master of Coin, he let Robert spend the entire kingdom into bankruptcy because he couldn't say no. Sure, everytime Robert asked Littlefinger to find money to host a tournament Littlefinger came up with it, but the kingdom was utterly bankrupt and owed a shitton of money to the Lannisters, the Tyrells, and the Iron Bank. Hell, that was part of his plan to ruin the kingdom. Part of his "chaos is a ladder" thing was to cause chaos by deliberately sucking as Master of Coin. On May 20 2019 12:17 KwarK wrote: Hes also an "imp" who served a foreign queen that killed tens of thousands lolTyrion killed Tywin and caused the rift between the lost and forgotten kingdom of Dorne and the Crown. How could he not be in the book. awful writing. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17428 Posts
On May 20 2019 11:49 Dazed. wrote: why was bronn made lord of the reach again? That's what Tyrion promised him for not killing him and Jamie at Winterfell. Wasn't it? | ||
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KwarK
United States43212 Posts
"They sailed into the West" "Right, let's do that" | ||
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KwarK
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32743 Posts
Also I can't help but feel that Dany being whisked off and Bran smirking when saying he would search for Drogon was some kind of sequel bait. Who knows, maybe Drogon went off to Valyria's smoking ruins and executes some blood magic that resurrects her. I'm amusing myself by watching Alt+Shift+X's livestream analysis of the episode and there's so many plot chains that went nowhere. | ||
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