Roadrage editionprev >>218012999
Cute and canon!
>Monster, not oil. Oil would kill him
>>218013644Rowan Robinson
>>218014215>The laughing storm>Doesn't laugh
Just watched the episode. I presume the consensus is the flashback was 1) just eating runtime for what could have been a more focused fight between different combatants, and also 2) sort of interpreted the flow of things. The main thing that saved the flashback was the Arlan part where he rescued Dunk, but the gist of that could have just been done in a better handled flashback to begin with; even if they were to keep the girl it seems like it could be streamlined, same with Dunk following Arlan around could have been streamlined. If it was a 45 minute episode maybe it would not seem as bad, but a good chunk of the episode was the flashback when what people are going to want to see is the actual trial.
A bear there was, a bear, a bear!All black and brown, and covered with hair.The bear! The bear!Oh come they said, oh come to the fair!The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear!All black and brown, and covered with hair!And down the road from here to there.From here! To there!Three boys, a goat and a dancing bear!They danced and spun, all the way to the fair!The fair! The fair!Oh, sweet she was, and pure and fair!The maid with honey in her hair!Her hair! Her hair!The maid with honey in her hair!The bear smelled the scent on the summer air.The bear! The bear!All black and brown and covered with hair!He smelled the scent on the summer air!He sniffed and roared and smelled it there!Honey on the summer air!Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair!I'll never dance with a hairy bear!A bear! A bear!I'll never dance with a hairy bear!The bear, the bear!Lifted her high into the air!The bear! The bear!I called for a knight, but you're a bear!A bear, a bear!All black and brown and covered with hairShe kicked and wailed, the maid so fair,But he licked the honey from her hair.Her hair! Her hair!He licked the honey from her hair!Then she sighed and squealed and kicked the air!My bear! She sang. My bear so fair!And off they went, from here to there,The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair
How was last nights episode received on here? Positive or seething about the black girl?
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>>218014249>implying I didn't just skip to 23 minutes when the flashback started
"And who are you?" The proud Lord said"That I must bow so low"Only a cat of a different coatThat's all the truth I knowIn a coat of gold or a coat of redA lion still has clawsMine are long and sharp, my lordAs long and sharp as yoursAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hear"And who are you?" The proud Lord said"That I must bow so low"Only a cat of a different coatThat's all the truth I knowAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hearAnd so he spoke, and so he spokeThat Lord of CastamereBut now the rains weep o'er his hallAnd not a soul to hearand so he spoke(That Lord of Castamere) Lord of Castamere(But now the rains) weep o'er his hall(And not a soul to hear)And not a soul to hear
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>half the season is about a tourney>nothing about the tourney is ever explained and the presentation is utterly nonsensical>a big trial is introduced and a nobody has to find six guys to fight with him>some nameless guys show up in the next scene without reason>big fight with 14 guys>actually it's just 1 guy getting mutilated for half an hour before a magical comeback while the nameless guys are killed offscreen>meanwhile lots of dicks, shit and niggers10/10 you did it again nepojews
>>218014232white monster is midi prefer the originalgive me that sugar essence
>>218014249They said that they're sticking religiously to sticking with Dunks POV for as much as possible.but yeah the flashback could've been 5-10 mins max
>>218014239>the amusedly exhaling through his nose storm
>Maekar kills Baelor by hitting his head with a fucking plate crusher>Aerion dies drinking wildfire>Daeron dies from a STD>Valarr dies from the flu>Egg kills himself and everyone else by being an arsonistIs this the most retarded Targaryen generation?
>>218014265the entire flashback could have been five minutes or less. nobody needed the nigger girl or arlan screaming in dothraki while dunk limps after him. that isnt what people tuned in for last night
>>218014249The consensus is that we hate niggers.
>>218014288drink the White Monster, as every true knight must
>>218014287dumb frogposter
>>218014291>They said that they're sticking religiously to sticking with Dunks POV for as much as possible.This was a bad decision. It works in a short novella but the result in the tv show is a confusing mess.
So in the GRRM books there is:>premonition magic>possesion magic>resurrection magic>shapeshift magic>elemental control magic>blood hex curse magic>time travel magicMissed anything?
>>218014300All caused by the gigajew Bloodraven.
>>218014317I refuse
>>218014328sex magic
>>218014317nah it tastes even worse than the original
>>218014302I liked the Arlan parts.I liked that Ira wrote the nigger as a kleptomaniac with no understanding of the idea of consequences, she acted just like a dindu in real life who tries to grab a gun off a cop. I quite enjoyed the episode, thank you very much.
>>218014331What was his issue?
>>218014328Telephone magic.
>>218014300Maesters poisoned Maekar's maceMaesters poisoned Aerion's wildfireMaesters poisoned Daeron's whore.Maesters poisoned Valarr.
>>218014334You cant refuse>>218014338t.a weak craven like that red apple fuck
>>218014328magic magic
>>218014291>>218014323it also has nothing to do with the structure of TV. a totally normal way to give audience's context is to cut to other characters having scenes together. especially important in stories where characters travel around and keep getting in the middle of conflicts that are already ongoing.
>>218014239>Rides his horse up to maekar slowly with his lance pointing off to the side and is promptly unhorsedMore like the jobbing storm
would a headplate stretcher have saved baelor?
>>218014215TAOOBA!
>>218014338>>218014288Kys zoomer
>>218014328you're not ready for what the hightowers have stashed https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1771256386544118.mp4
>leave Ser Duncan's virginity to me
>>218014300Aerion cursed his entire generation by breaking the fingers of a POC. Think about that the next time you use the n word on /dunk/.
>2 guys died in the initial chargeyeah this trial of seven concept really has legs. reminder that in medieval europe there were professional jousters because it was an actual sport not a way of committing suicide.
>>218014360A trail of Energy Drinks
>>218014265Mostly positive but the flashbacks drag down what could've been a stellar episode. Once the normie heartbreak over Baelor settles you will see that eventually even they'll agree that the flashbacks were weak.
>>218014378the white monster meme has been dead since 2019 anon grow up already
So, what is the next episode going to be about. Even with a short runtime of 30 minutes how much is there really to do with Dunk and Maekar talking, then Dunk and Egg ridding off?
>>218014395There's 0 chance she fucked Duncan. It's more likely that Aegon's sister bangs Duncan.Also Duncan probably banged the kettlemaster's daughter than her.
>>218014416the sport was done with lances made specifically to shatter on impact, not with actual war lances made to penetrate armored knight and horses alike.
>>218014416There’s a reason Baelor and Maekor thought Aerion was a fucking retard for invoking it.
>>218014420trial*
>>218014357Pretty funny Targredditors used to blame the Maesters for everything, when actually it was a Targ secretly controlling everything in the background (Bloodraven) and Maesters were just protecting the Andal-First Men's realm from them.
>Commits multiple felonies>Antagonizes the police>Brandishes a weapon>Gets killedI thought this was supposed to be a fantasy series
>>218014416it was a fight to DEATH not a jousting match
>>218014450what the fuck is a trial of energy drinks
>>218014440Dunk lying in bed as his insides flood with shit
>>218014395sorry but Red is going to have 2 minute long sex scene with Dunc in season finale
>>218014466Well, a fight to the death/yield of Aerion or Dunk. Nobody actually had to die.
>>218014376maybe he wore his sons helmet witch was too small for himit at least contributed to his death
>leave my brothers brains to me
>>218014464I cant sympathize with a character if they're butt uglyrip bozo
objectively speaking that goldcloak guy was basedsteal this dagger BITCH *shinng*
>>218014249I re-watched it. This time skipping the entire flashback and suddenly the episode became much better. I rolled my eyes when they included the long flashback like some shounen.
>entering the trial of the seven because someone snapped your waifu's thumbs>versus entering the trial of the seven because you believe in the power of friendship, plus you're not a 7 foot giant with tard strengthwho is the real hero of the story
sex with baelor
>>218014440funeral for generic honourable crown prince manshow will give maekar some character development finally just in time for him to permanently disappear from the show.
>call for the trial of seven>1v1 dunk anyway
>>218014470The lance didn’t punch through his mail, it punched his mail into his abdominal wall.
>aerion would've actually won a simple trial by combat against Dunk
>>218014467you nmust drink seven (monsters)
>>218014464>police are corrupt and steal from and assault childreni enjoy the realism
>>218014484Tell that to Beesbury
>>218014500Raymun was much better trained in combat than Dunkbut like Volk, he took the fight on short notice
>>218014519god she's so pretty too bad about hotdwould have been amazing if they kept monke and the two of them had a sex scene, full penetration, not stimulated but real hardcore porn sex haha
How did Maekar know?Is there any kind of background lore that he picked up that lead him to strike precisely at the weak spot?I feel like there should've been more foreshadowing, like Baelor scratching the back of his head and saying "always been a sore spot for me", and then changing the camera to Maekar watching him.
>>218014510>1v1Aerion gets like 3 free hits in from his team running interference
>>218014519He does pull off some sick moves
>>218014500Dunk's Samwell
>>218014500Raymon is the true hero and bro of this storyEven hits Aerion from his horse and saves Duncan
>>218014551He didn’t? In the show he blindly swings behind him when he’s getting 2v1d by Baelor and Lyonel. It was just bad luck Baelor was there to take the hit and was wearing ill fitting armor.
Was Lyonel always a cunt like this?
rewatched the killing blow scene>Baelor swings at Maekars body kind of gently. not even trying to hit the unarmored parts>Maekar just slimes him full forceits actually funny when you watch it on repeat
>>218014554>everyone roasting aerion's armor in previous threads>it ends up looking fucking sick when covered in mud
>>218014265People are seething about the flashbackI liked the Arlan stuff and once it came back there was enough nice satisfying action afterwards
>>218014449someone in the last thread said that in the novella Baelor suggested they use tourney lances for the trial, but that it was left out of the show. it doesn't actually make sense that they would even have 14 war lances at a tourney, while there would be abundant breakable lances. plus no one except Aerion and Dunc had any incentive to seriously try to kill each other. idk, blame the fat man I guess. >>218014443he was a retard for invoking it and they were retards for listening to him. the show really pushed it too far by also having him cheat at the event earlier. makes everyone look stupid.
>>218014500>runs into the puppeteer's tent with blade drawn>joins the trial>unhorses Aerion>saves Dunk's life twice while still on the horseBased
>>218014500if you actually look at what Raymun does in the trial he's unironically the MVP of his teamkept his cousin in check despite being underarmored, and saved Dunk's ass twice
>>218014554I think the initial spin duck move he does to hit his ankle was pretty slick
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>>218014554brutal
>>218014466ASoIaF isn't meant to be about characters who behave like robots in a computer program coded by Honour.
>>218014551No it was an accident and the dude is distraught over killing his brother. Looked like he aged 20 years.
>>218014599It doesn’t make them look stupid, it makes their legal system look stupid (which it is). Theyre in a position where they know the laws are retarded but are forced to abide them.
>>218014607>underarmoredhes wearing a coat of plates. dunk is rolling around in chainmail like a peasant
>>218014587I mean, I'd be a little pissed too if I was actual royalty and I risked my life for some retard and all he can do is cry about a prince who wasn't risking as much and died from a freak bonk.
>>218014416Jousting evolved into non-lethal versions from the lethal versions that were straight up imitation of warfare and they still had to ban it after a king managed to get himself killed.Don't think that GRRM doesn't know this shit. The trial of seven is specifically based on the early accounts of what jousting used to be.
>>218014551It was an accidentThe trial haunts Maekar for the rest of his life
>>218014618classic beesbury forshadowing
>>218014618>Dont worry bro I'll handle them, they legally can't touch me>Lets Beesbury and Harding die immediatelyWhat was Baelor thinking here?
>>218014464I have no idea what was that all about, i started skipping the moment this goblin jumped on screen, had to give a quick rewind once ser Arlan of Cocktree made his entrance, rule of thumb any oc hbo comes up with skipping ahead is the only correct course of action.
hate how these episodes are like 30 min long, now I gotta wait a full week for the next one
>>218014499>skipping the entire flashback and suddenly the episode became much betterI disagree lolI did this and it just compressed the stupidity of Duncan being a human pincushion.
so the flashback ruined the rhythm of the trial and really did nothing, it didn't show dunk being adept at brawling "flee bottom style".i'd prefer if they'd scraped it and showed more of the other fights happeningthey really missed the mark this episode
>>218014440Judging from the preview it's the funeral followed by Dunk checking in with all the named characters for final conversations to tie up any loose ends.
>>218014554Pretty sick and was an actual move, more of an last ditch effort, and Aerion was in pretty much in that situation
>>218014594>son might be getting killed>your more beloved brother hits ya with a playful bonk while helping your son's potential murdererHe had it coming desu
>>218014554Dunk was a fucking pin cushion by the end of that fight considering how many times he got stabbed. Hell, his face is bloated from all the hits to the helmet.
They really padded out the fight giving Dunk and Aerion a bunch of extra major injuries for no reason like an entire sword fight that never happened in the novel and a permanently fucked left hand.>Dunk fucks up the charge because he's never been in a real joust eating a lance to the gut and thrown from his horse>Aerion hits him in the side of the head while he's getting up giving him a concussion and closing one of his eyes>Dunk knocks his weapons away and beats Aerion into the ground with his owns shield>Dunk drags him over to the judge to yield
>>218014554retarded slop, but not that dissimilar from similar retarded slop in GoT.
>>218014653You'd also have to wait a week if they were an hour long, anon
>>218014551He had a mace and he aimed for the head, it's not rocket science. Doesn't listen to targtards playing cover for Makear Kinslayer. He knew what he was doing. Baelor even only goes for bodyshots. Raymun, who is really trying to kill Aerion, swings for his head on each pass as well.
>my brother is strong
>>218014671seeing as he was wearing chainmail, he got stabbed a lot, but the wounds wouldnt be that deep.The big problem was the lance, hip and hand stabs
>>218014287>nothing about the tourney is ever explainedBut it isThey show how you have to challenge the championsEgg even says that on the first day only the highborn may challengeThey even show how the jousting is done>a big trial is introduced and a nobody has to find six guys to fight with himYeah its almost like its an obstacle for the main character and a setup so that he would fail>meanwhile lots of dicks, shit and niggers1 dick1 diarheea3 black women with speaking lines and none of them were fully black (they have been BLEACHED at some point)You did forget to complain about prostitutes being portrayed as good people, put that in the copy-pasta next time
>>218014618>>218014643dyed stache is goated
>>218014655>this episodeThey've been shitting the bed for the last two episodes. They even forgot the line that embodies the soul of the story. "A knight who remembers his vows"
>>218014618Gone too soon
>>218014484Is it ever explained that the accusee even has the possibility of yielding? It's never happened in the books and wiki states that he only has the possibility of winning or dying but there's no source for that.
>>218014232dude was only alive because the helmet was keeping his brains in
>>218014655Still thought the actual battle was great, and I'll take more /dunk/ missed marks over /hotd/. Remember when Rhaenys burst through the dragonpit and roared at literally all of the major greens, toppling and murdering dozens of small folk in the process, only to fly away a few seconds later? You remember that shit? All because some hapa retard wanted a girl boss moment?Fucking flashback where dunk witnesses his first gf get murdered before trailing after Arlan is fucking genius by comparison.
>>218014742pretty much
>>218014551It's not that he knew the weak spot, the maester's simply poisoned the mace
>>218014729>call>not ravenONE JOB ANON
>>218014618>Gets one line>immediately diesThey did my man dirty
>>218014744it's not genius it completely killed the momentum of the trail, wasted time and did not set up dunk's superiority in fisticuffs
>>218014722no, the show has always been slow-paced and over-extended. it's just that now the climax has happened so there is no illusion that it could be worth it. you're doing the same thing as normies who only noticed GoT was bad in season 8.
>>218014551It was not on purpose. It's a 7v7 fight in which they were mostly meant to incapacitate each other, but Maekar saw his own son seemingly about to get executed. So he tried to rush to his aid but someone behind him (Baelor) tried to stop him so he just swung the mace behind himself to deter the person stopping him. And if Baelor actually wore his own helmet with the proper padding he'd probably have a concussion at worst, but the ill-fitting helmet without any padding made it a much more serious hit than it should have been. Also Maekar is a strong dude and was pretty angry at the moment so he likely didn't even think about checking his blows.
>>218014582>wearing ill fitting armor.uh yeah that totally explains why the entire back of Baelor's head was gone.
>>218014744I'd take 10 more episodes like this than a single HOTD episde anon
>>218014249>eating runtime for what could have been a more focused fightThe fight is already longer than it was in the books. In the actual story Dunk goes from falling off the horse to tumbling Aerion to the ground with him and the pummeling in the mud begins. You got 15 minutes worth of choreography + a great flashback that further contextualizes Dunk's character and adds to his present conundrum.
How would Brienne have fared in this trial?
Dunks gf so ugly they didnt even rape her just straight up murdered her
>>218014776you wanted the previous 2 hours 20 minutes to be about setting the characters who were going to fight?? hey, shut up idiot!
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>>218014800did you not hear pate?it was crushed in
>>218014800I'm not sure if you've ever seen armor up close but it's not supposed to fit extremely tightly over your body, anon. It's supposed to be a bit loose so if it gets caved in, it won't cave in your body as well. Baelor's helmet was too small for him, you could tell back in episode 4 when he seems to briefly struggle in taking it off.
>>218014328Shadow magicEvocation magicMelly Sanders does both
>>218014800it was extremely ill fitting
is Bloodraven responsible for my erectile dysfunction?
>>218014215Any webm requests?
>>218014803>10 more instead of 1 moreyou fucked up you doofus
>>218014680sure but if I gotta wait a full week at least make it worth my while
>>218014800Yeah, it does. It was basically just a sheet of metal bracing the back of his instead, instead of a padded helmet with space for crumple. Instead of crumpling and soaking the blow of the mace, it just transferred the blow directly to the back of his skull.
>>218014843No I didnt
>>218014842The scene where everyone thinks Dunk is dead and Egg is screaming.
>>218014831he's a big knight
>>218014809>a great flashback that further contextualizes Dunk's character and adds to his present conundrum.What is Dunk's conundrum in this episode, and what from the flashback helps add to it? Spoonfeed me.
>>218014842Arlan popping out while puking
>>218014618And what of good Ser Humphrey?
>>218014813Probably very well.Even the initial charge she shouldn't struggle too much, which is probably her weakest point.
>>218014842Arlan decapitating that one jobber
>>218014842I'd like a webm of all the productive things I could have been doing instead of watching this shit.
>>218014464plapped by the gold cloaks
>>218014862
>>218014788Amazing
>>218014464I unironically was expecting her to get raped which is what inspired Dunk to become a knight to stop rapes which explains his first lines. Its poetry
This motherfucker spent the whole fight keeping the kingsguard off of everyone's backs.He and Lyonel took out 1 of the 3 in the first half, but then Lyonel changed focus to help Baelor with Maekar.For the entire second half of the fight Robyn was the only one on Duncan's side that was still mounted.He spent over half the fight in a 1 vs 2 against two mounted kingsguard.How the fuck is he still alive? He has neither plate nor helmet and he's an old man well past his prime.
>>218014813We don't know how good of a jouster she is. She's great with a sword but maybe she'd just get lanced instantly like Beesbury did.
>>218014708>They show how you have to challenge the championsWhat's a champion?>They even show how the jousting is doneYeah, they show us that it's several guys at the same time except then it suddenly isn't like that.>Yeah its almost like its an obstacle for the main character and a setup so that he would failYeah and it ends up being completely irrelevant because some guys just show up in the next scene, almost like that was my whole point.>none of them were fully black One drop rule.>You did forget to complain about prostitutes being portrayed as good peopleI remember them being annoying cunts.
>>218014464DEFUND THE GOLD CLOAKS
>>218014940You sound miserable
>>218014618Buzzed
>>218014929Madness was bid
>>218014944why did they choose poop and pee for their banner colors
>>218014843no
>>218014929>How the fuck is he still alive?I can think of 7 reasons.
>>218014813If she survives long enough to do ground fighting I'd bet good money on her winning
This episode really was bad, I didn't enjoy it at all.>fight choreography is shit>flash back is stupid and doesn't even make sense (Dunk was an infant at the time)>completely skips the tourney lance plot point which is essential for Mystery Knight later>doesn't show most of the trial even the deaths>terrible delivery of most linesI guess the first 2 episodes were a fluke because they clearly ran out of budget, time, and ideas for the rest of the show.
>>218014940>What's a champion?Use google if you dont know what a word means anonRedeem the word as people in your culture says>Yeah, they show us that it's several guys at the same time except then it suddenly isn't like that.Yeah its almost like they were doing a show the night before the jousting began and then the next day we see Aerion jousting with the Harding dude>Yeah and it ends up being completely irrelevant because some guys just show up in the next sceneExcept it was not, Egg said he would bring knights but they still rigged it with FossowayAerion could not know that Baelor would take Dunks side>One drop ruleDont care>I remember them being annoying cunts.You should get along with them then considering you are so alike
>>218014929Are there any webms of him during the trial? I barely saw him.
>>218014964kid's overreacting was annoying there
>>218014551Hopefully Alt Shift X explains it in his next video
>>218014972those are beebro's colors you pleb
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>>218014842BY THE SEVEN LEAVE THAT BOY ALONE
>>218014842Egg looking dejected after Duncan turns to line up with the rest of the knights
>>218014888The flashback shows that he was always a bit of a pussy in the direct face of danger. It also shows his constitution after being stabbed in the leg. But more importantly it shows his insane willpower to just keep going physically. And the whole "get up!" parallels.Dunks conundrum is that he's a fraud, his life is a fraud. They show his childhood to further prove it. Rafe literally did everything and abbied him, he didn't know how to do basically anything. He just so happens to be outside the bar Arlan is drinking at. He just so happens to see the comet, he just so happens to befriend Lyonel and appeal to Baelors honor, who single handedly deals with Maekar and 3 kingsguard
>>218014964Do the next 30-40 seconds after this. You get a pretty good idea of were the battle is up to and I'm fairly sure one of the KG is just riding around in the background not doing anything.
>>218014828it's because it's Valarr's armor
>>218015036DUNK BORE THE SWORD
>>218015036thats a big sword
>>218015038My guy.... how did you forget his line already?
I didn;t mind the flashback. If you've read the book you know they needed to stretch the episode somoehow for another episode. Yeah, tehy could have showed all the battles, but the flashback was to show that Dunk was a street rat that has a lot of determination and resolve. They did a good job with it
>>218014900
>>218014464Jesus christ, was fucking phenotype is this?
>>218014287this anon is right
>>218015036>Fuck you. I'm a knight, the real deal, right down to the fuckin' marrow of my bones. Don't lump me together with you faggot-ass Targaryens.
>>218014987>Could've had the Laughing Storm knocking out one of the Kingsguard>Could've had Raymun and Steffon beating each other near to death>Could've had Robyn acting like a mad lad and fighting the Kingsguard>Could've had the Kingsguard fuck up Harding and Beesbury to show they mean business and aren't jobbers like it might seem if they just get beaten by everyone elseWhat could have been
Baelor talking about his visor was so fucking upsettingBro is walking basically half blind and completely unaware of surroundings. They portrayed a clueless dead man incredibly perfectly.
>>218015091Neanderthal woman
>>218014906Use AI
>>218014813Once they were off their horses she’d dominate
>>218015066i had a few pints yesterday
>>218014888The flashback shows the kind of person he was growing up to be when Rafe was his role model. You see the same ol' simple yet endearing Dunk that hopes his mom comes back and takes the time to pet a goat goodbye while Rafe is more down to earth and cynical and knows what needs to be done to survive, with the major flaw that she just doesn't know when to stop. It's tragic because the two of them genuinely cared for each other but Rafe was going down a path that could only ever end in death. It's Dunk's turning point, what informs the entire rest of his character all the way to punching Aerion in the name of a girl that reminds him of his first love.They could've both survived that alleyway encounter had Rafe not taken the dagger from the goldcloak. She won quite literally nothing out of doing it other than a false sense of superiority and 'fighting back' that got her throat slashed. Dunk tries to fight back for justice and gets a spear to the leg. You then get a drunk ass hobo Arlan saving his life and killing two City Watch members just because it was the right thing to do. Previous episodes showed Arlan to not be a particularly amazing or well remembered knight who seemed more preoccupied with drinking and whoring than anything else. Might make you wonder why Dunk sees him in such grand esteem other than child cope, but here you get the answer: while Rafe's path in life ends with you bleeding out in a Flea Bottom alleyway, Arlan's has you fighting for what's right and saving little kids from evil people.Dunk's conundrum is that he's out of his fucking league and there's a 99% chance he's gonna fucking die. He freezes during the initial charge and eats a spear to the gut as his first move. He's done. In any other story, he'd be a background NPC that ragdolls offscreen. But he keeps going. "Get up". That's the lesson, no matter what. The first words that Arlan ever directed his way after becoming his new role model save his life once more in the present.
>>218015069>Dunk was a street rat that has a lot of determination and resolvehe came off like a scared little pussy
>>218015045The flashback also adds to the overall series theme about how true Knights don't have to be great noblemen. A drunk retard like Arlan risks his life to save a random kid because that's a vow he took. Up until then we only really had Dunk's word that Ser Arlan was a true and honourable man.
>>218015091Is it racist if i say that she looks exactly like the brown girl that they cast in the new Harry Potter series, she is gonna play Hermione
>>218015085decapitating a nigga would be a bit harder that no?
>>218014929He’s a vessel for the warriorAnd madness was bid
that ep.. holy fucking kino
>>218015091congoid-iberian
>>218014929>How the fuck is he still alive?He's the Warrior's mortal flesh made manifest.
Why did they give him the JUST haircut here?
>>218015098Yeah it's a travesty how when presented with a golden opportunity to fill in the blanks and background of the novel they decided no fuck that, that would be too organic and fun, let's do a 20 minute ultra generic flashback because the show needs more lumpy domed female niggers.
>>218014788Baelor the Cozy
>>218015069The problem is they didnt show him being a dirty street fighter from the hoodThey portrayed him as a pussy
>>218015085Savageee>>218015136Not for Ser Arlan of Pennytree
>>218015091zendaya
>>218014964I didn't hear no horn
Name the porn-parody>A Knight of the Seven cocksI feel like its not good enough
>>218015155It looks cute on him
>>218014992Embarrassingly juvenile attempts desu.Now call me a tranny, that's a good trick.
>>218014929Beware old men in a young man's game
>>218015119I had a Guinness while watching the episode.
>>218015179Dick and balls
>>218015170>tfw thanks to the bad writing I have no memory of when this happened and don't care
>>218015049Did you mean this part?
>>218015091loli Calypso from Pirates of the Caribbean
>>218015085What was he thinking in this moment?
>>218015085Based Ser Arlan of Penistree
>>218015185Low IQ
>>218015155do 15 minutes of intense cardio wearing a metal helmet
>>218014215For real how the fuck does Aerion still have a nose, lips, teeth, or a working jaw after a 6'5 big guy with mailed fists knelt on his chest and pummelled his unarmoured face for over a minute?
>>218015001Its pretty on par for kid that age around such a situation
what did chuckling cyclone mean by this?
>>218015185>Now call me a trannyAre you a tranny?
???
>>218015179>A Knight Of The Seven Domsits right there
>>218015001have you ever been around children
>>218015179>A cock of the seven brothels
>>218015038see>>218015033
>>218015124it showed that he can take a lot of punishment and pain and keep going. He had a hole in his leg, got infected and still kept following Arlan. It showed his charcater and how after he got fucked up during the tourney he still won. Because that's how he is bulit.
>>218015045>>21801512099% of what you wrote there does not in any way give any new information about how Dunk acts this episode. Yes we know he would have killed Aerion if necessary but he would prefer not to, because he's out to prove his innocence and not to kill someone. If "get up" was the purpose of the flashbacks then it could've been communicated in a much briefer more elegant way than inventing some OC subplot about Rafe.
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>>218015221you get half your hp back if you short rest
>>218015221He should've been withdrawing his accusation while his jaw flapped around loosely
>>218014987my friend and I actually had a bingo card for how many tropes they'd use in the episode to not show the fighting, hit bingo 3 ways. Flashback, no sound shellshock scene, dead but brought back by cheering, etc... I get action scenes are expensive but holy shit at least make an effort to create something that isn't worse than AI generated scenes.
>>218015036Make another edit with the Moonlight Greatsword pls
>>218015226dude missed
>>218015033realistically speaking wwyd if you were the Gold cloak here
>>218015223he was foreshadowing the flashback
>>218015033loved the clusterfuck claustrophobic melee here, was viseral as fuck, as were all the fights in this ep
>>218015120Utter fucking kino.
>>218015045>kingsguard can't harm Baelor>just stand their waving their weapons at him instead of going to kill Duncoh wait, does Baelor's armour have a very powerful magnet inside? were they physically being drawn towards him?
Dunk votes yes to medically assisted euthanasia
>>218015044Do you have a timestamp? Not able to pin point the exact moment this happens
The trial of seven... whatever happened there
Is this character.. supposed to be sympathetic?
>>218015311If you're an unhappy woman, yes.
>>218015310
>>218015091Wasn't she in Dune Prophecy or whatever that HBO show was called
>>218014874>>218014874>>218014874>>218014874
>>218015311None of the nobles are meant to be sympathetic except for the kids
>>218015311yeah and successfully so.
so uh, can you really just call a trial by combat for any possible crime
Why does HBO struggle so much with continuity errors?
>>218014838>It was me Bittersteel>It was me all along!
>>218015155>Yup, that's me
>>218015155hat hair
>>218015350The visor got broken off. He says that.
>>218015350
>>218015346only when GRRM has a novella to write between finishing the first 3 books of ASoIaF.
>>218015305Get fucked, Quentyn Ball, get choked out. Dunk was killing Blackfyre fucking shits since childhood.
>>218015346Any possible crime against a nobleman unless they don't want to risk any lives
So why is dunk into brown women? What's the backstory there?
>>218014874If I pull of his helmet would he die?
>THE HAMMER AND THE ANV-ACK
>>218015311Yes and they go about it by completely whitewashing her and giving her 0 urgency for an entire season.Just ignore that she raped Criston Cole because he calls her a cunt, what would you have her do?
>>218015346>knightmaxx and become an elite tier fighter>can get away with any capital crime in perpetuitynothing personnel
>>218015240no it showed he was a scared little kid, not some adept brawler molded by flee bottom
>>218015350that helmet design is a deathtrap even if it fits. what the fuck is the point of all the grooves.
>>218015350Look closer the outline of the visor is pretty visible
>>218015378everyone in flea bottom is brown
>>218015374That was a Frey thoughever.
>>218015378why does she look like young ned
>>218015391Is this really the smack? Looks like it only hits the side of the helmet here?
>>218015378She was his first and it cemented his type
>>218015406because that actor was also mad ugly
>>218015399to increase structural strength, rigidity, and durability without adding heavy weight
>>218015399Its just meant to look cool with zero expectations youll actually be in a real battle. It suffers clear design flaws for style points.Steely Pate knew this.
>>218015399They were just retarded the way they got it out
>>218015391>Maekar>Bobby BAre maces/warhammers the meta of Westeros? Should they be nerfed?
>>218015378"I can fix her" vibes>yfw you'll never have a childhood love you'll live with in a dirty basement while working together every day to get enough money to escape this life while every night you hug each other for warmth while dreaming of a better future
>>218014215>Never even saw the kingsguard engage in combat>Besides Dunk and Aerion you only saw Baelor and Lyonel distract MaekarShit episode, why wouldn't the kingsugard try and kill Lyonel?
>>218015411It's hard to choreograph a blow to the back of the head that makes Maekor sympathetic. I think they did a good job.
>>218015397It showed a kid who's terrified yet still has that dogged persistence
>>218015427this>>218015426not this
>>218015426the ridges are thicker but the blade will slide down to the little valleys between them anyway where metal is thinner no
>>218015324Aerion doesn't get unhorsed by Raymun, his horse throws him off as he unhorses Dunk.
>Was expecting Lyonel to be an absolute unit in the fight>Instead its Maekar
>mfw Raymun btfo FAGerion and saves Dunk
I'm more concerned with the complete lack of helmet padding for everyone involved, they should have chainmail on top of it too
>>218015415Puppet girl was cuter than the girl at Flea Bottom
>>218015457Should have kept the helmet on (for life) so he wouldn't have died.
>>218015454You see one hacking down Hardyng at the beginning and one engaging Lyonel at some point.
>>218015482bro, he smashes baelor's face there.
>>218015474>his horse throws him off as he unhorses Dunk.this show is so fucking shit lmao
>Baelor BREAKSPEAR>because he broke his dick as a childDamn......
>>218014291>They said that they're sticking religiously to sticking with Dunks POV for as much as possible.And that's the problem. They should do an a-plot with Dunk & Egg, and a b-plot with Bloodraven in Kingslanding. That would have allowed them to stretch the shortstory out to the lenght of a season while giving them the creative freedom to invent a whole new storyline.If they want to focus on Dunk 100%, then they should have made the story in to a 90 min movie.
>>218015155>All for some Hedgeknight
>>218015482mace is kind of op NERF!!!
>>218015504this. they should have cut to him taking a bath wearing it. with a laugh track.
>>218015523anon if they did that it would become dangerously easy to convey information organically while keeping the audience engaged. they needed to spin this out for six episodes remember.
>>218015527The whole point is that class means jackshit, and that "hedgeknight" has more honor and reason to stand ̶t̶a̶l̶l̶ proud than the shitty nobles.
>>218015482possibly the only time a targaryen expressed concern for his family
>>218015512what do you enjoy
>>218014913Baby boi
>>218015550
>Beesbury and Hardying taken out at the 1st charge>Raymun fighting his cousin>Lyonel & Baelor 2v1ing Maekar >Dunk fighting AerionSo what the fuck were the 3 Kingsguard doing? Getting 3v1'd by fucking Robyn Rhysling? Protect your princes you shitters.
>>218015397yes, he was a scared little kid, like most kids in his situation would be. He is scared as fuck at the beginning of the torunament when he vomits all over. But he keeps going and takes a lot of pain and gets himself up.The flashback showed exactly that, no matter how scared he is he keeps going.are you a zoomer that has been fed so much shit in recent time that can't comprehend good story telling that shows and doesn;t tell?
>>218015457Man its like he’s reminiscing about the times when they were kids playfighting
>>218015482that unmounted lance stab one-shotting the horse is unironically one of the stupidest combat details in any ASoIaF show.
>>218015527For honour* he knew his nephew was in the wrong and it was him who told Dunc to do a trial by combat because he thought Aerion would then withdraw the accusation
You people are retarded.Let me explain it to you.Duncan met Rafe by chance and circumstance.He developed a crush on her because she was the only girl he knew.Tanselle is nearly identical to Rafe, which caused Duncan to associate the two in his head.When Aerion hurt Tanselle, he saw the gold cloaks hurting Rafe and snapped.It had nothing to do with a race fetish. That's modern brainrot that was never a thing in the story.
>post yfw you enjoyed the episode>post yfw you can look past the flaws and focus on the good shit>post yfw your not a bookfag suckling the toes of the fat man who will never finish anything>post yfw you had fun watching /dunk/>post yfw you enjoy things and dont sit around seething about some gay nerd shit or cry over black people or slight missteps in storytelling
>>218015576>So what the fuck were the 3 Kingsguard doing?1 of them got knocked out in the first charge i thinkRobyn Rhysling got DP by the 2 other
>>218015576The fanatic was keeping them busy
>>218015527A loyal and honest knight, a man of integrity, one with little self interest Very few of those in that fucked up world
>>218015596there were also parallels with him saying sorry as rafe & baelor died in his arms
>>218015569I like "based" things and dislike "cringe" things
>>218015605
Watching the Michael talks about stuff breakdown of the fight and Baleor actually gets smashed TWICE in the back of the head, the second time being while Dunk is making Aerion withdraw
should have wore a cup
>>218015605>or cry over black people
>>218015646
I just watched the last episode. Damn, that flashback was way too long and irrelevant. A drunken Arlan btfo'ing some pigs was pretty cool, but the rest was clearly just there to stretch the show out to the demanded runtime. Though I guess it was funny how they (probably by accident) portrayed the black girl:>>218014340>I liked that Ira wrote the nigger as a kleptomaniac with no understanding of the idea of consequences, she acted just like a dindu in real life who tries to grab a gun off a cop.It has been a while since I read the book, but I think the fight in there was much shorter and less spectacular. So that was a good change for the adaptation to a visual medium. But they overdid it with Dunk getting stabbed a hundred times.Also, doesn't Baelor's brain fall out in the book?
>>218015627uhuh, so nothing
>>218015646>MY GRANDKIDS
>>218015605>post yfw your not a bookfagThe episode's enjoyable even if you are because again, the fight we got is *extended* from the books. In the book it's extremely fucking short.
>>218015646>NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MY LITTLE DRAGON
>>218015482dunno why you didn't expect maekar to be good. among his siblings he doesn't excel in anything except at being a strong soldier
What if Blackfyre Was a Mace?3 million views
>>218015596this is why the flashback was in the show, but its still stupid because the value of setting up his attitude towards Tanselle only existed before the end of episode 3. I'm really disappointed with HBO for greenlighting the adaptation in this form. I thought I Love LA was quite poorly structured but that was a9 episode season and this is just so much worse.
Get up
>>218015596>Tanselle is nearly identical to Rafehow disingenuous are you rn
>>218015044>>218015309Found it
>>218015482>he expected the amount of time the show spent developing a character to be related to how much focus they got during the climaxlol get a load of this idiot
>>218015705Was he talking to his penis here?
>>218015703Cry more fag
>>218015576Robyn has the Warrior within him you shit!
>>218015194>Baelor gets killed in the last 30 secondsGrim
>>218015482I WILL SMASH MY BROTHER IN THE FACE BECAUSE ME AND MY TWO KINGSGUARD ARE HAVING EXTREME DIFFICULTY EVEN BYPASSING HIM.
>>218015646Penis status?
So it's clear this guy was obviously a Frey. What side do you think he was fighting for?
>>218015749>pulling a Witcher 1Nice
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>>218015443Maces are the meta of all medieval armour because almost every other weapon is literally fucking useless against it which is why in real melees and this sort of ritual combat they would ensure everyone used swords so all the nice valuable nobles didn't get hurt for real
>>218015749he flips the sword?
>>218015581nothing he did was that please watch the episode
>>218015596We don't want out of place niggers in our shows, is it so hard to understand?
>>218015715All non white people look the same for that anon
>>218014800Actually, yes. An improperly-fit helmet worn without the proper elements cannot protect your skull fully, and even then, such a heavy blow to the skull might do serious harm (closed head injury at best).Maekar didn't do it on purpose.
>>218014215SLEEPY DAERON
>>218015777https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordhau_(weaponry)
>>218015777If you have mailed gauntlets you can grip a sword blade safely - extremely useful for grapples, smashing a fucker with the pommel/hilt for when you need a percussive attack instead of a slash, or as in this case, leveraging the blade into an unarmoured joint
>>218015853gigakek'd at that scene
>>218014929Because the Seven guide the righteous in a trial by combat. That's the whole point.
>>218014813We've not really seen her at the joust. It favors extreme upper body strength and superior horsemanship. Once the game goes to ground she's provably an extremely dangerous opponent.
>>218015136Generally speaking, cutting a human head off is difficult even when the person is braced against an object, the decapitator is experienced, and the tool is specifically selected for decapitation.BTW, a guy decapitated that cleanly would still be aware and conscious for a brief window of time before drop in blood pressure rendered them unconscious.
>>218014929He legitimately has no fear of death whatsoever and is fighting like he's in death's grip and has just a little bit of time to leave a last word, which even to a Kingsguard Knight makes for a tough fight.
>>218014809Shit choreography that was starched with slo mo. Shit argument helms deep was ten pages in book and over an hour in film could have made it longer easy. Also the cinematography was dog shit.
Dunk is never in his life gonna get over the people who died for him in this, is he?
>>218015853Absolute Chad.
>>218015309>>218015724Sorry, I wasn't checking the thread when you replied but thanks!