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Messages - Rara Avis

#451
Well tbf Dany did take out the Dothraki 'high command' (for want of a better phrase) on her own recognisance. Everything else she achieved was because of the dragons iirc.

Tyrion was the mastermind of the Battle of the Blackwater while Cersei at that point was planning on poisoning her children.

Cersei, or Jamie or both have really upped their game this season. She's got the kingdom out of debt with the Iron Bank, neutralised the Dornish and Highgarden threats, forged an alliance with the Iron Islands leaving only the Riverlands up for grabs. Dany only holds Dragonstone (or held)  as of the last episode.
#452
Well that remains to be seen but it does look like Jamie takes a backseat to her so I am willing to give her the credit. Although they did get Ser Tarly on board and he was mentioned to be a renowned strategist so maybe it was him?

At the start of the season I really thought she was going to be fucked but she is making Dany look like a rank amateur.
#453
@ Sheridan, yeah the idea is that at the end of the series she comes out as the hero as she is the only one left to mount the defence against the White Walkers. If this happens we'll see that the series was about her all along. Pretty interesting way for it to go considering how despised she currently is however the last few episodes have shown her to be a pretty incredible military strategist.

She was also Queen Gorgo in 300.

#454
I bought this as a gift for a friend's child a while back. The Guardian reviewed it as 'The Usual Suspects' for children.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/14/fortunately-milk-neil-gaiman-review

#455
By rights he should die when one of his schemes backfires on him ... maybe the Vale men will find out that [spoiler]he pushed Lyssa out the moondoor and Robin will finally get to make someone fly ... or Jon Snow might lop his head off the way Ned's was in Season 1 ... [/spoiler], there are so many ways to die in Westeros. Can we agree that we don't think he'll make it to the end of the series?

Also read an interesting theory online that maybe when all is said and done Cersei will be the one to command the Westerosi forces and that she will ultimately become the hero proving that the ends justify the means... interesting no?
#456
Well like Sheridan said she'll come around soon enough ..


Re: Littlefinger, we don't know why he's still in Winterfell but it doesn't necessarily mean that the writers have run out of story for him and he's just waiting around for the truth to come out. I'd be very disappointed if that's what happened. Maybe he'll be the main character to die this season in a suitably ironic way?
#457
General / Re: Hope for the Future
09 August, 2017, 04:25:47 PM
I can wait until next week I guess ... I suppose I'l have to  :)

I am following the Black Monday Murders but not weekly so I have to wait for the next trade to come out.
#458
Film & TV / Re: Preacher (TV Series)...
09 August, 2017, 04:15:34 PM
I really hope so because he really is an incredible character and didn't deserve that ignominious [spoiler][spoiler]end[/spoiler][/spoiler].
#459
General / Re: Hope for the Future
09 August, 2017, 04:13:02 PM
Ok so the bad news is that there's still no Hope in this weeks prog but the good news is that it gave me the opportunity to post this gif...



#460
Film & TV / Re: Preacher (TV Series)...
09 August, 2017, 04:06:44 PM
I haven't read the novels but I am watching the show. The first season was incredible and the second is shaping up to go the same way.

However I am a tad disappointed that [spoiler]the Saint of Killers has been dispatched so quickly and so easily after being built up so much[/spoiler]. I'm going to assume that that story arc is not not complete and will await [spoiler]his return[/spoiler] with as much patience as I can muster.
#461
It just seems ridiculous to me that she's riding around on the back of a dragon and yet doubts the existence of a zombie army.

The preview for next weeks shows Jon getting close up wit Drogon, I wonder if it will recognise his [spoiler]Targaryen blood?[/spoiler]
#462
Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Collection
09 August, 2017, 03:40:41 PM
I signed up for this yesterday for the exact same reason .. after so many years in the wilderness I want to re-read some of my old favourites and other things I might have missed out on over the last couple of decades.

This is amazing as far as I'm concerned! This is amazing as far as I'm concerned! This is amazing as far as I'm concerned! This is amazing as far as I'm concerned! This is amazing as far as I'm concerned!
Quote from: abelardsnazz on 09 August, 2017, 12:49:40 PM
I am the target audience for this, given my 19+ wilderness years. As with the Mega Collection, I'm looking forward to catching up with what I've missed and revisiting the classics. I've bought a few GNs during the MC run but hopefully there won't be too much duplication.
#463
It's worth noting that Dany rides dragons and doesn't believe in the White Walkers ...
#464
They weren't main characters though, they never really had their own seperate story arcs but they were important characters.

I guess [spoiler]Stannis [/spoiler]was the last main character to die?

#465
OK if you say so, it can be very confusing keeping track of book GoT and tv GoT.

I just don't see his character petering out (pardon the pun). Maybe he's just there so he can be exposed for what he's done. I see him going out with a bang!