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I thought Stannis's conversation with Sam, combined with Sam's convo with Gilly, would serve as the rationale for sending Sam on. Stannis told Sam to keep reading because it is important to know how to kill what we will have to fight + oh, this is a tiny library in the scheme of things.
I was about to post the same thing last week Been. In the HBO show Stannis definitely seems "stronger". I'm sure I'm forgetting something but how does he have so many men?
Yes, Hizdahr zo Loraq.Man I am really interested in where this grey scale is going.
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Also isn't that the same guy that Dani marries in the books?
Yes I don't recall seeing him yet this season though.I agree with redson something is up with grey scale the show has put to much emphasis on it for it to be nothing IMO. I guess there is only Ghost I forgot Bran was cut out this season. Ghost is with Jon at Castle Black though right?
Thats because in the books there is the Grey Plague which is a worse disease and is much faster acting than Grey Scale. They will probably combine the two for the show.I doubt Davos finds Rickon before things come to a head between Stannis and the Boltons. GRRM has said that he had to cut the battle for Wingerfell out of DWD at the last minute. I am pretty sure that the battle will happen within the first few chapters of WoW.
I am not so sure Greyscale is as key as you think. Maybe so. It does seem to be more important in the show as compared to the books.
Sorry got that mixed up with the bloody flux. There is a grey plague though.I don't remember reading anything about the "grey plague'.
They have really started to white wash her from the book version. In the books she is more concerned about taking back what is hers with "fire and blood" and that is her driving force not trying to help the regular folk as they have tried to portray her this season.I can't stand Daenerys, most annoying character on the show easily.
I'm interested in how the Stannis stuff plays out. In the books I feel like Stannis is going to be successful in his Northern campaign. I'm not saying he lives but I do think he helps beat back the Boltons and somehow reunite the North.
On the show, they portray Stannis as such a heavy favorite that I can't help but feel like he is heading for a pretty big loss.
They have really started to white wash her from the book version. In the books she is more concerned about taking back what is hers with "fire and blood" and that is her driving force not trying to help the regular folk as they have tried to portray her this season.
They missed the point of Stannis by doing that as well. He is supposed to be the underdog in everything and feel slighted. It shows how his will is iron and that he will break before bending. That is what drives him to lay claim to the Iron Throne even though he has the worst odds And what makes him march on Winterfell when he has the smaller army and its snowing its ass off.
I'm interested in how the Stannis stuff plays out. In the books I feel like Stannis is going to be successful in his Northern campaign. I'm not saying he lives but I do think he helps beat back the Boltons and somehow reunite the North.
On the show, they portray Stannis as such a heavy favorite that I can't help but feel like he is heading for a pretty big loss.
I agree that Stannis will be mostly victorious in his northern campaign as well. GRRM has portrayed him as being in dire circumstances. He has lost a ton of men. They are out of food. Some are resorting to cannibalism. They are snowed in and stuck in a village that is a mile or 2 away from Winterfell. But, Stannis is a master strategist and war general. Additionally, the reader knows that the Boltons and Freys have the Manderlys with them and that the Manderlys are only pretending to be allied with the Boltons/Freys. We, also, can't forget that the Boltons/Freys comprise some of the most evil characters in the books, and it seems likely that they will eventually get what they deserve. I think it is safe to assume that Stannis will gain the upper hand.
I am wondering where Stannis will go from there. Will he eventually be killed off, removing the last Baratheon claimant to the throne? Or, will he eventually put aside his pride and feelings of entitlement in order to ally with other characters who are working to save Westeros from the White Walkers? Or, maybe something else entirely happens with his character.
IMO, he really is one of the most interesting characters in the books. I really didn't appreciate this until I noted the changes that they have made to his character in the show. I'm not crazy about what HBO has done with him.