Game of Thrones begins....

[viper37]

FYI guys, it's a made-up world.

that's no excuse!  So are Star Trek and Star Wars, yet people are really fighting over that!  C'mon Languish!  We can do better than those nerds!   

[Solmyr]

Jaime's Worst Fear

Excellent point actually. Jaime sacrificed his honor to kill a mad king who wanted to burn everyone, and now he faced that king's daughter who burned everyone.

[grumbler]

I don't think it was strictly for visuals.  Arya wanted everyone to know she could take care of herself, she wasn't just that little girl who left King's Landing hiding from everyone 6 years ago.  What better way than the spar with real weapons against one of the toughest sword bearer of Westeros?  Practice swords would not have made the point.  This did.  You don't mess with Aria Arya.

You don't train with edged weapons because (1) it damages the weapons, and (2) it runs a very serious risk of someone getting hurt.  Blunting her epee (or whatever that is) with a small wooden ball, or using a blunt one if available, like the real people do it in the real world, would not have changed the impact of her demonstration at all.

[The Minsky Moment]

Jaime's Worst Fear

Excellent point actually. Jaime sacrificed his honor to kill a mad king who wanted to burn everyone, and now he faced that king's daughter who burned everyone.

yeah Jamie's a pretty decent guy.  When he's not throwing little kids out windows to hide his incestuous adultery.

[grumbler]

Jaime's Worst Fear

Excellent point actually. Jaime sacrificed his honor to kill a mad king who wanted to burn everyone, and now he faced that king's daughter who burned everyone.

After leaving his sister who burned everyone.

I'm betting Euron burns somebody.  We know Jon wants to burn everyone, and he will get at least some of that wish fulfilled next season.

[grumbler]

Jaime's Worst Fear

Excellent point actually. Jaime sacrificed his honor to kill a mad king who wanted to burn everyone, and now he faced that king's daughter who burned everyone.

yeah Jamie's a pretty decent guy.  When he's not throwing little kids out windows to hide his incestuous adultery.

Or threatening to throw an infant over the walls of Riverun as soon as it is born.  He's a sweetheart, except when it comes to the defenseless.

[HVC]

[The Larch]

 

[Josquius]

More suggestions of evil dany.
"did Ed sheeran die"

http://www.nme.com/news/tv/ed-sheeran-character-die-game-of-thrones-2122339

[grumbler]

More suggestions of evil dany.
"did Ed sheeran die"

http://www.nme.com/news/tv/ed-sheeran-character-die-game-of-thrones-2122339

...the Lannister army were desecrated at the hands of Daenerys and her dragons.

Timmay is writing for nme.com now?

[viper37]

I've rewatched the Bron-saves-Jamie sequence.  It seems plausible to could escape the dragon's fire relative unsacathed since they jumped into water almost immediatly while they were at the edges of the flames.  The water would have extinguished any fire left over the arms or legs.  They should still have minor burns though.  Had there been no water, they would have been well done.

For nitpickers, what is left to argue, is how fast can Bron get back to Jaimie and could he really achieve sufficient momentum to really clear both of them out of the fire's way

[Berkut]

That had someone do something dumb, like spar with edged weapons or burn up supply trains, for the visuals. 

I don't think it was strictly for visuals.  Arya wanted everyone to know she could take care of herself, she wasn't just that little girl who left King's Landing hiding from everyone 6 years ago.  What better way than the spar with real weapons against one of the toughest sword bearer of Westeros?  Practice swords would not have made the point.  This did.  You don't mess with Aria Arya.

I think the issue is likely more that they would not have a suitable practice sword anyway. Arya uses a small foil, right?

[Grey Fox]

I still think it's not Bron who pushes Jaime.

It's Billy Bones.

[Razgovory]

I'm assuming that Bron and Jamie fall in the river so they aren't captured.

[HVC]

I'm assuming that Bron and Jamie fall in the river so they aren't captured.

Bronn will get captured so that there is a bronn Tyrion reunion... and then Dany will kill him for shooting her dragon.