GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings
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Dandai
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Is Aegon being filler a shut topic? Because it seems to me like he's making quite the mark in Westeros...
Jozu
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lol!
This season has been chutes and ladders but the one thing that has been consistently good is rerolled fan theories.
TJT
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Aurane was just another piece on Cersei's stack of failures. I didn't think too much of it. The show is doing a pretty good job at showing the audience how much of a fuckup Cersei is even without using all the additional pieces from the books. Or if you meant Aurane being a dumb character, meh.
But you have shit like
-Cersei completely ignores/doesn't understand the threat posed by the Ironborn taking the Shield Islands
-Giving the expensive new Royal Navy to Aurane Waters. A highly questionable person for... reasons.
-Buying said royal navy by telling the Crown's moneylenders to fuck off.
-Allowing the Faith Militant to exist again to relieve the pressure of not paying off their debts.
ETC ETC.
Book Cersei is considerably more insane than show Cersei I think. But that's largely due to all of the internal monologues. Show Cersei seems more rational, just spiteful and short-sighted.
Itlan
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Cad
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Given that he completely does not exist in the show, and the Golden Company really hasn't been mentioned at all? I guess they could introduce him at this point but it seems to be that he got hit with the plot line consolidation axe. Introducing more splinter bullshit at this point with 2 seasons to go and all the characters in far-flung places in the world seems crazy.
We don't want it to be like a Rome hurry-up-and-finish warp speed consolidation either...
TJT
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I think Euron is going to be the final human Big Bad we have until the WW take their spot as the One True Big Bad of the series. They don't have the time to build up the Aegon thing reasonably. But I suppose that COULD be what Varys' secret mission actually is. But I am pretty confident he is returning to Westeros to destabilize the realm. Whether or not that includes Aegon we shall see.
Anything else might fuck up their pace f they only have 15 episodes left total after this season.
Anything else might fuck up their pace f they only have 15 episodes left total after this season.
Itlan
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I understand cutting him from the show and I guess the implication of well if he's not in the show he must not truly matter in the end.
But reading his storyline I never thought it was filler. Then again, the above does make sense so. Fuck you GRRM.
Chukzombi
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dunno where these people come up with these clickbait stories
George R.R. Martin Confirms Lady Stoneheart Will Play A Huge Role In The - Unleashed Reality
and then
George RR Martin: Lady Stoneheart wont be on Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin Confirms Lady Stoneheart Will Play A Huge Role In The - Unleashed Reality
and then
George RR Martin: Lady Stoneheart wont be on Game of Thrones
SimSimSalabim
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It's too late to introduce any major players to the fold, only interesting supporting characters. The show has done nothing to make it seem like Euron is going to be important, he is only a facilitator. He has had 2 scenes in the show, his third will probably be his death at the hands of a dragon because Yara/Theon got there first.
Chukzombi
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you mean you still clicked on those links which contradict each other and i said they were clickbait?
Itlan
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He's not filler, he's just set up for other shit. He's not in the show because the show doesn't have enough time and is ok with hand waving shit away in a retarded fashion. When your willing to do what they just did with Arya you don't need a character like Aegon because you can just write some bullshit that doesn't make any sense and move on.
Something will come from Aegon's invasion and a potential greyscale outbreak that will majorly influence the decisions of the major characters in the book, we just don't know what it will be yet.
Something will come from Aegon's invasion and a potential greyscale outbreak that will majorly influence the decisions of the major characters in the book, we just don't know what it will be yet.
Drinsic
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Aegon always seemed like something Gurrm just threw into the story late, and I have no idea why. Nothing about his plot seemed all that compelling. I agree that Euron will likely be our final human antagonist, especially after the latest WoW chapter that was released. I just don't know how he's going to steal a dragon without the horn. If they're going to introduce it later, why not at the kingsmoot? Show version was a literal dick contest.
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khalid
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I think in this case it might be a distinction without a difference. Books 4 and 5 were padded to ridiculous levels. I think Aegon was to give all these characters some motivation, to pass the time. I don't think any of it was necessary, which is why I call it filler but I guess you can call it a minor character if you want.
Either way, very clear he wasn't going to take over and suddenly Daenery's entire arc would have been pointless.