And I thought it couldn’t get stranger than last week!
Axey here, but you knew that. Twitter Post time! This week we’re doing something slightly different. As we mentioned HERE, today we’re rolling out our “Tweeting it Forward” contest, so REMEMBER, when you comment, ALSO quote your favorite Tweet from this post! We’re randomly picking a commenter AND the author of their favorite Tweet, and they will EACH win a RedBubble tee-shirt designed by our warg-friend Jenny Slife!
This contest is WORLDWIDE, and the deadline to enter is FRIDAY at 12:00 PM ET.
If you want to read the SLIDESHOW VERSION, CLICK DIS.
For this week’s post, the hashtags were, as usual, #GameOfThrones, #GoTs6, #DemThrones, and the episode-specific #BookOfTheStranger. But y’all already know this shite. Let’s get on with it!
HODOR!
DougyQuote Reply
Wylis!!
MFDQuote Reply
Hodor
JewelsQuote Reply
Woot!
A flayed man noneQuote Reply
Aah, my favourite recap. Will look over it right after Finland and Canada finish playing world championship ice-hockey (Finland leads 1-0 in the second period.)
talvikorppiQuote Reply
I had to stop for a minute. The Sansa/Jon reunion tweets are making me cry all over again.???
OK let’s try again.
DarkstarQuote Reply
Hoping that Cersei’s hair grows fast. Not loving that Carol Brady wig this season!…..fav quote! Great job Axey!! Looking forward to episode 5 already!!! OMG!! It will be half over already!!!??????????????
RellaQuote Reply
My fave has to be:
Squire McSquireface @you_there_boy
“Dear fucking dead ass bastard wilding loving dickface”
“Rude.”
BeautyBrienneQuote Reply
Fave tweet:
Squire McSquireface @you_there_boy
“Dear fucking dead ass bastard wilding loving dickface”
“Rude.”
ShellisandreQuote Reply
Love @lordsnow’s Plans for Olly tweet that made me crack up loud!
FreyjoyQuote Reply
My favorite has to be the GIF of Tormund’s first look at Brienne, with the caption of the Sir Mix A Lot parody. I wish I’d thought of that! Great stuff!
Lyanna_TargaryenQuote Reply
Congrats on keeping yourself puckered this week, Pycelle. #GOTs6
Dead…
Pycelle’s fright fartQuote Reply
LadyLyanna_’s tribute to Brimund is my favorite. https://twitter.com/LadyLyanna_/status/732251286532325376
Oh God I was embarrassed (IN A GOOD WAY) over my Mace freak-outs making the recap. Seriously, though, where did he go?!?!?!
duckandcoverQuote Reply
I loved Victoria Aveyard’s tweet about Tormund getting sprung and the Night’s King’s tweet about Brienne telling off Mel: “I killed Stannis. Bye!” But my favorite is seeing Gemma Whelan looking all Muggle-like in her dandelion garden: “SO much SOWING #wedonotsow #oops.”
GinevraQuote Reply
it was a good episode, i lovr the stark reunion sansa i am pretty neutral ( in a good way) toward jon 2.0 i like him he less one dimensional than before he smile more,laugh more and even make joke, he is also more of a realist (obviously) and less reckless than before….but on the other side there is something “off” with i don’t know if this is the acting or the will of the writters but i expected a better reaction for jon,not necessesary on the letter but by the simple that rickon is implied, i find hard describe his emotion when he saw rickon on the letter…was that anger or fear? jon was wise there they need time to gather armies…..but there weaird abiout him in that scene that i can’t truly describe….the pink letter is huge part on jon storyline…but sansa his thunder on that scene and shows her level up moment that all i wanted for sansa since season 1 but i wanted THAT particular scene to be for jon….and that fact he didn’t read it until end dissapoint me… i think jon is still in shocked and don’t truly realise that he came back i hope this is just a phase and jon don’t end being “the loyal sidekick” all the seasonnhe need a purpose and i hope D&D don’t fuck his character up for the sake of the plot…….oh and he need a talk with mel
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emperorQuote Reply
So, random….but does anyone keep up with Jason Momoa on Instagram?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEouvU1vHIT/?taken-by=prideofgypsies
Is he just trolling here?? He also says “see you soon” in the post after, which is another screenshot of the show.
LollyspopQuote Reply
Thanks man, fun as always
EDIT: Oh wait is that contest thing happening because I just came here to say hey. Don’t mind me…
BexQuote Reply
Who was guy that was just answering questions about the show on Facebook? I asked is benjen is alive and he kinda was like what’s alive mean lol
Shane snowQuote Reply
My fav tweet, well there were a lot of favs but I think I have to go with
@brilund
Did Tormund Gianstbane just hear ‘Dreamweaver” play in his head when he saw Brienne of Tarth? #got #loveatfirstsight
Damn it I also loved
@StannisAF
AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED
and HannSolo’s hashtag #screwthebooks had me nodding ‘yes!’
Awesome recap as usual 🙂
Kellie is ComingQuote Reply
Motels on Mars @motelsonmars
Jonathan Pryce is awesome but I’m so bored with this. He’d better be Howland Reed to make this all worthwhile. #GoTs6
This, so much this.
StavrossQuote Reply
I haven’t gone through them all yet but oh man this made me laugh:
Princess Vespa
Every child on this show is thirty now. #demthrones #gameofthrones
AryamadQuote Reply
Fave tweet: “Theon’s penis made it home before he did.” (AuthorNinaPerez)
koempelQuote Reply
I would like to elect my own commentary fail in which I refer to Julian Glover as “Adrian” Glover.
(Thx, RawJah.)
AxechuckerQuote Reply
best. recap. eva.
my fav: “azor ahug, the hug that was promised.”
IzattyQuote Reply
Whew that was a lot of hilariousness to get through! Thanks for putting it together again. SOOO many good tweets. A few of my favs:
@Thoros_X_WiC “Pack your bags Jon Snow, Edd is taking you on a guilt trip. #BookoftheStranger”
@alysonmiers “I felt the same way the first time I tasted beer, Sansa. Now I can’t get enough. #GoTS6”
@crystalkei “Brienne is like “HI IM THE AWKWARD SITUATION BRINGER”
@you_there_boy “Oh, good. Robin Arryn. We were lacking in whiny, spineless, entitled people. #GameofThrones #GoTs6 #BookoftheStranger”
@ReadersRambling “Did he just throw dirt at him? that seems… ineffective at best. #GoTs6”
BUT my favorite goes to
@BastardGendry
“Large sorry. You wait so fat time.” Google Translate failed Tyrion. #GoTS6
Fucking google translate is the worst.
AshleyQuote Reply
Love it. Favorite is “Pack your bags Jon Snow, Edd is taking you on a guilt trip. #BookoftheStranger” I don’t know why. I could get behind a Jon and Edd road trip, though.
sharonQuote Reply
It has to be a @Motelsonthemoon tweet. Either good soup or the Mu-Shu one
joffreysbleedingeyesQuote Reply
Kellie is Coming,
Okay, key point to remind people of- if you liked several tweets, pick ONE definite fave because there’s a prize at stake here, and if yours is the comment that gets picked, we can’t give rewards all the tweets you liked. 🙂
Sue the FuryQuote Reply
Move along, nothing to see here.
JCDavisQuote Reply
Axechucker,
I knew someone would help you fix that pronto. Also, Dany slept with Irri not Doreah in books. And you misspelled Daenerys in one of your comments. But FANTASTIC recap! So many feels! Tears of joy, laughing out loud, rage, humor, grief, more laughing. Thanks so much for all your hard work!
FionaQuote Reply
I copied 7 of the Tweets altho there are really a ton of good ones to choose from. But from jump one stood out:
From – Thoros hearts R’hllor: Pack your bags Jon Snow, Edd is taking you on a guilt trip.
Clever and fast. Nods to #PrayForRickon; RedViperofDorne; Squire McSquireface; Danielle Bates; Shellisandre and Myrcella Baratheon.
JCDavisQuote Reply
Have we got any news about the Season 6 soundtrack? It’s already mid-season and we still have no soundtrack online…
MokaQuote Reply
My favorite tweet was from Victoria Aveyard
✔
@VictoriaAveyard
when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/FFitAKkamk
MonicaQuote Reply
My favorite was
“@Azad_Injejikian
Being fireproof is one thing. Immune to smoke inhalation and Hypoxia is a step too far #gameofthrones”
I agree. Dany def needs oxygen. I wonder how is it to ride with the dragons if they fly too high and you pass out.
Yay!Quote Reply
My favorite:
@brilund
“did tormund giantsbane just hear “dream weaver” play in his head when he saw Brienne of Tarth? #got #loveatfirstsight”
Brilliant! And now every time I re-watch that scene, I, too, will hear “Dreamweaver.”
mariambQuote Reply
Stavross,
Yes! this was a fav too. Sent me googling like crazy!
Kellie is ComingQuote Reply
KHALESSI DROPPED THE RESUME SAID FUCK A 2ND INTERVIEW AND TOOK THE CORNER OFFICE HOLY SHIT
Best tweet of the bunch! lol
SillyMammoQuote Reply
Sue the Fury,
Ok Ill go with @StannisAF
AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED
because it was a long time coming and so satisfying!
Kellie is ComingQuote Reply
One question:
Why include the photos of Odor clocking Jose Bautista? Amusement value?
mariambQuote Reply
“@Obienator Oh this is happening! (made by silly ol me! ) @helencarnateNH @Axechucker @bastique @lordnyalas @lovegwendoline”
Plus the video. The video killed it.
Cary StormQuote Reply
Love @LordHodor’s tweet
#GameOfThrones Hodor pic.twitter.com/hCFWK0d93y
Scott PeyattQuote Reply
Oops, not sure if I was clear in my previous post. My personal favorite tweet for the contest is:
@BastardGendry
“Large sorry. You wait so fat time.” Google Translate failed Tyrion. #GoTS6
*I standby my previous statement that fucking google translate is the worst.
Also thanks for hosting another contest. Those shirts are great!
AshleyQuote Reply
Yay!,
Dany is protected by a thick layer of Plot Armour. A little smoke inhalation isn’t going to get in her way. To be fair, it would be a crappy way for her story to end.
Bob WarrenQuote Reply
mariamb,
It’s a meme now, used as a reaction image a lot.
Sue the FuryQuote Reply
So many good ones…..
Margaret @magsham16
OH MY GOD SANSA MADE IT AND STARKS HAVE REUNITED 2 MINUTES INTO IT AND IM CRYING #GoTs6
8:21 PM – 15 May 2016
Retweets 1 1 like
Mike IngbritsonQuote Reply
wooohooo!! OK, i know it’s a contest, but I made the slideshow!! (I can’t help it, i’m excited LOL) Bawling at the stark reunion 😉
This was my favorite though, the one i’m voting for (Made me laugh my @ss off!!):
@brilund
“did tormund giantsbane just hear “dream weaver” play in his head when he saw Brienne of Tarth? #got #loveatfirstsight”
Dragons125Quote Reply
“Glad to see even in fiction slave owners get compensated while the slaves get shit #GameOfThrones #DemThrones” by @blknrdproblems easily the best one of this bunch.
hodorQuote Reply
So many to choose from, but I snorted the loudest when I read @SweetshadeLane: “Lannisters and Tyrells, working together… mass hysteria!” I could see Bill Murray’s face.
Motels On MarsQuote Reply
@Lesdoggg
Wtf do I want?! Bitch I want a shower & 2sleep for 7 days. I have no dick bitch he cut it off! Can I please sleep!!
* poor Theon…
gnarlytarlyQuote Reply
This week has some seriously amazing tweets! Mostly because Sansa & Jon were finally reunited *teeeeears!!! And obviously Tormund’s new love <3
Fav:
@VictoriaAveyard
"when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/FFitAKkamk"
Maester VictorQuote Reply
My pick has to be –
Squire McSquireface @you_there_boy
“I HATED YOU IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. THERE, I CONFESSED.” -Margaery #GameofThrones #GoTs6 #BookoftheStranger
Squire is bringing it this season. Too many fun tweets to choose from.
PaigeQuote Reply
BryndenBFish wins! That T-shirt is perfection – I MUST have one like it! #direshibainuftw
3eyesQuote Reply
Thoros ❤️’s R’hllor
@Thoros_X_WiC
I can’t remember a warm and fuzzy feeling from GoT…Ah yes that’s right Lysa flying out the moon door. #BookoftheStranger #Familyreunion
Bwahahaaaa.
newbietothegameQuote Reply
MarieBostonQuote Reply
Lots of them are great! If I must choose one, it is Winterlark’s… not sure if I need to use the spoiler code, but just to be safe
Shy Lady DragonQuote Reply
My fav tweet was from Squire McSquireface @you_there_boy
“Dear fucking dead ass bastard wildling loving dickface” “Rude”
HaHaHa!! Lmao!!! Great recap again Axey!!
RellaQuote Reply
My favorite tweet is
@BastardGendry
“Large sorry. You wait so fat time.” Google Translate failed Tyrion. #GoTS6
ThekinginthegreatwhitenorthQuote Reply
My favorite tweet:
@undercover_emi Not even daring to hope for an Umber conspiracy or something near safety for Osha and Rickon. No way this ends well. #GoTs6
Justin RogersQuote Reply
This one is my favourite.
https://twitter.com/jkozal/status/732014389348438016
This moment was everything. Most emotional one since the RW, and it was positive!
FrYoQuote Reply
Absolutely love that you included #demthrones. Best tag ever!
My fave tweet is from PrincessVespa. I also BAWLED at the “where will WE go” moment! ?
SansaStarQuote Reply
Loved @VictoriaAveyard’s tweet with the .gif of Tormund seeing Brienne. She’s also one of my fave authors.
erinkath82Quote Reply
Because it is the small things that matter, my favorite was:
@TheLadyShelly
SEVEN HELLS DOES JON HAVE A ….. MAN BUN???
Yes I laughed! And it clearly made an impact, because once the show was over she shared her feelings on it again.
@Theladyshelly
Jon’s man bun got me feeling some typa way yall
TargaryenagmenQuote Reply
Just because Shaggydog is NOT the only direwolf!
@blknrdproblems
Ghost: Oh Sansa back? Cool, where’s Lady? Ummm somebody goin tell me where my sister is tho?
Yup, he deserves to know!
thisissillysebQuote Reply
My favourite tweet is the one from Jon Snow @LordSnow: My plan with Olly.
Marco BuccioneQuote Reply
Thoros ❤️’s R’hllor @Thoros_X_WiC
Pack your bags Jon Snow, Edd is taking you on a guilt trip. #BookoftheStranger
RabidXdogQuote Reply
Really looking forward to next episode and finding out who dies. Somebody has to die by now right? My thought are Margaery or Loras but who knows?
(it’s the picture lol) FAVE TWEET: Katharina @Waldfee2707
Oh Shaggydog. But I love this Show. #Got #GOTS06E03 #gotseason6 ##gots6
5:05 PM – 9 May 2016
Christina HainesQuote Reply
My favorite tweet from Squire McSquireface:
“Dear fucking dead ass bastard wilding loving dickface” “Rude.” #GameofThrones #GoTs6 #BookoftheStranger”
Great.
AngelaQuote Reply
I agree! Nobody understands but you lol. There was something off in that scene especially and I agree not liking them giving Sansa the part of reading most of and reacting to the letter where Jon is just like ho-hum (sheepish or whatev) with his expressions. Ok so maybe he not get so angry because he’s tired of fighting but have more reaction than just pause for Rickon in dungeon and I think the writers can have Sansa becoming strong woman without overshadowing Jon’s personality and development but this how they choose to do.
ygritteQuote Reply
@VictoriaAveyard
When a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones
🙂
ygritteQuote Reply
It was a tough call but I’m going with Darla gif “Sansa right now #GameofThrones #Gots6 #SheIsSoDone #SheIsDraggingEveryonetoWestorosHell” from Squire Mcsquireface @You_There_Boy
Probably because seeing Darla again gave me all the childhood feels, right after all my Stark feels was just too much.
TheFightingAgathonsQuote Reply
excellent recap as usual Axey!! Shout outs to Black Nerd Problems with Ghost wondering about Lady, @obienator & the ode to the breast plate stretcher!, Shelly calling out the Jon man bun, The Wolf Maid Oprah ugly crying, Say What Sugar’s underwhelming sand throw comment, & Sarah’s Still a better archer than Admare Tully (my #2 fav)! Fav = “Azor Ahug the hug that was promised” @StannisAF
p.s. I NEED BryndenBFish’s shirt!!
SarahQuote Reply
From one Jenny to another, methinks this rocks:
Omar Brown @Obienator
Seems Lord Royce made ample use or Robert Baratheon breastplate stretcher! #GotS6
9:30 PM – 15 May 2016
[email protected]Quote Reply
Btw I want to nominate Axey for some kind of Miss Congeniality prize for this, “NOT UNTIL JAIME IS DEAD AND COLD IN THE GROUND #JAIMENNE4LIFE” because SAME!
TheFightingAgathonsQuote Reply
So many good ones this week! Here’s my fav: https://twitter.com/BeautyBrienne/status/732022745194729472
@beautybrienne
EurekaQuote Reply
Loved this one too!
EurekaQuote Reply
This gets my vote:
#580
Sarah_Walsh
“HOLY SHIT TORMUND #GIANTSBAE IS INTO BRIENNE. PLEASE GOD PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN”
jennyofoldstonesQuote Reply
Great post! Thanks, as always, Axey!!
Favorite quote:
from @Victoria Aveyard
when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG
Made me laugh out loud. 🙂
Ashara DQuote Reply
Great show/great post – thanks Axey…
Fave tweet:
Thoros ❤️’s R’hllor
@Thoros_X_WiC
Dany’s got her crazy eyes on again. #BookoftheStranger
Cersei’s BrainQuote Reply
So many good ones to choose from! I will go with “Hell may have just frozen over” (about the stark reunion), by Casey Rostorfer, with an honorable mention for Stephie of Oldstones for “Will Jorah check his greyscale”. Thanks to all of those who find the time for twitter during the show, and for Axechucker for his selections and comments!
BelacelQuote Reply
It is so hard to pick a favorite. Great tweets for a great episode!
My favorite:
@motelsonthemoon: Sansa right now. With the picture of Mushu and Cri-Kee saying, “My little baby, off to destroy people.”
Honorable mention:
@you_there_boy: “I hated you in Pirates of the Caribbean. There, I confessed.” Margaery
Honorable mention two:
@becca_diane11: I’ll bet the trip advisor reviews are not good for Castle Black.
Sunday NightsQuote Reply
Seriously, are you guys missing the obvious point that Jon stopped reading the letter at the point where he did because he was trying to protect Sansa from hearing the next part, about what Ramsay was threatening to do to her? He just has some catching up to do with how tough she’s had to get. I thought that was a great interchange.
(Off-topic, my apologies.)
FirannionQuote Reply
Wow, never mind get one, but TWO tweets in here?? awesome, thanks Axechucker!
I adored several of these, but my mind is so much into the starks reuniting that i will quote this one by Gendry:
I need a Jon/Arya reunion next. Need. #GoTS6
https://twitter.com/BastardGendry/status/732041638181101568
JehphgQuote Reply
Some amazing tweets! I think my fave has to be this one though:
Barry Allen @StannisAF
AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED
Not TodayQuote Reply
So many good ones, but for my official entry I’m gonna have to go with @StannisAF “AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED” because STARK REUNION!!!!
Good luck everyone!
OldTown NoviceQuote Reply
My favorite has to be:
Tormanu Giantsbane @ManuclearBomb
“I liked that Davos doesn’t let the Shireen/Stannis thing go, and that Brienne strolls up with shade throwers at full power”
Like Davos, I’ll never let Stannis and Shireen go!
Also, it’s my birthday. Could that be taken into consideration? 😀
Mancos SeaworthQuote Reply
I have to go with Danielle’s:
Loras: My name is Reek
Raoul_DukeQuote Reply
Yay!,
I can’t imagine the dragons reach an altitude of >10,000 ft, so she should be fine.
dwmQuote Reply
I’m doing two, because they’re both from @whitless26
“Dany, try telling them all your titles. Maybe that’ll work.”
“Great. Now we have to add Roaster of Khals to Dany’s titles.”
dwmQuote Reply
dwm,
But if I have to choose, “Roaster of Khals.”
dwmQuote Reply
This one made me laugh!
from…
@Thoros_x_Wic
“Pack your bags Jon Snow, Edd is taking you on a guilt trip.”
#BookoftheStranger
Terri ZQuote Reply
I always feel so honored when my Tweets are chosen for the recap. It’s only slightly embarrassing that one of my Tweets was from my mini break-down when my cable would not work, but I bought an HBONOW subscription and all was well in the realm.
I have to say, ever since I discovered your Twitter recaps at the beginning of season 5, Tuesday afternoons have become my second favorite time of the week. I love that you are now having a give-away along with it as well!
Because I cannot nominate Axey’s witty commentary that always makes me laugh the most, I choose The Red Viper of Dorne’s (@DeadlyDiva) hilarious Tweet because it is now my go-to line at the bars: “‘I don’t think you could ride the dragon.’ I’m saying that to every lackluster man. #DemThrones”
There were so many great choices, per usual. My runner-up was Cool Breeze’s (@Maine_Char) “I just realized Brienne had her sword ready. Say something smoke vag. Say one word. Off with her head. #DemThrones” Because smoke vag.
Keep ’em coming! I’m loving the enthusiasm for this show and this for this season!
Margaret Nymeria SandQuote Reply
Loved this week’s tweets! Lol!
One of my faves: “Ghost: Oh Sansa back? Cool, where’s Lady? Ummmm somebody goin tell me where my sister is tho? #Demthrones #Gameofthrones ”
Camila beltraoQuote Reply
My favorite was from Danielle Bates
@duckandcover
NOT NOW ROYCE #GoTs6 #GameofThrones
KatreesiQuote Reply
@lordsnow Plans for Olly
Brilliant!
rhymeswithweakQuote Reply
Firannion,
But we are assuming they said a lot of stuff off-screen. She must have told him the reason she was there before they had their evening dinner. Why would he think she so delicate that he can’t repeat what she already knows and that her husband has already put her through many times?
ygritteQuote Reply
jennyofoldstones,
That’s funny, I didn’t see that one:)
ygritteQuote Reply
I too nominate this tweet. I actually read it in GB Bill Murray’s voice.
TotalAverageJoQuote Reply
5mash
@5mashed
thought prince was bad? here’s RAMSAY BINGO bitches, let’s get this #banned party started. what’s good @Axechucker pic.twitter.com/R0fJlGLmSj
I find this really funny …….that Ramsey pic made me …….lolroflmao. .,,…..so this is my favorite …..
prasQuote Reply
This was my favorite & deserves a prize:
@VictoriaAveyard
when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones
RygritteQuote Reply
SO many good ones, but I gotta go with @SweetshadeLane’s “Lannisters and Tyrells, working together… mass hysteria!”
BigMacQuote Reply
Because it is his instinct and upbringing to be chivalrous with women. He did it with Ygritte, remember? Even though she was a wildling and lived rough – and she laughed at him for it. How much more protective he would want to be with his sister, whom he 1) never thought he was likely to see again and feels incredibly grateful to be with, 2) remembers as a fragile and ladylike young girl and 3) knows has just been through a series of horrific ordeals! Of course he would want to spare her further ugliness: It’s the gentlemanly thing to do, for a well-brought-up young man.
FirannionQuote Reply
It was hard to choose but I had to go with
@StannisAF
AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED
RebeccaQuote Reply
Favorite tweet by @brilund:
did tormund giantsbane just hear “dream weaver” play in his head when he saw Brienne of Tarth? #got #loveatfirstsight
Because oh yes he did
WinterlarksQuote Reply
This! Looks like a lot of people have missed the point of that scene.
ghost of winterfellQuote Reply
It was a tough choice, but in the end this was a highly accurate description of my feelings on the subject:
Starkalypse
@starkalypse
I did not emotionally prepare for happiness this week 404 does not compute #GameofThrones
KateQuote Reply
ghost of winterfell,
I do not think we missed the point, it was obvious. It’s the way it was executed is maybe just not in line with what a couple of us would have preferred to see. No biggie.
ygritteQuote Reply
ygritte,
Fair enough. We all have different expectations and I know you were always very apprehensive about Jon changing after his resurrection. The good news is he really has not changed, in terms of what he is at his core. The only big change in him is he thought he was done fighting for others and he wanted to live for himself. The scene where he tells Sansa all the things he has had to do so far makes it quite clear how tired he of fighting and he just wants to get away from it all. And when he read the PL, he had to reluctantly admit to himself that there is no getting away. Given his state of mind, it was quite natural that he took his time wrapping his head around the idea that he would be fighting once more. So for me, the PL scene in no way showed that Jon was weak. And the reason why he stopped reading the letter at that point, is he was trying to spare Sansa from having to hear what Ramsey had to say. By picking up the letter and reading it anyway, Sansa showed she did not need such protection.
Besides, I think Jon losing his sense of purpose is part of his arc for the season, and there will be adequate payoff at the end.
Sorry for the off topic post!
ghost of winterfellQuote Reply
My fave tweet:
@VictoriaAveyard “when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG”
Wolf RunnerQuote Reply
ghost of winterfell,
Yes, this is very true about a payoff. We have to deal with a laissez faire Jon where we get a bit frustrated so that when he becomes bad-ass again it’ll make it feel more triumphant 🙂 You’re right about being worried how he would come back and I’m very relieved he’s not a robotic sadist lol. As for him wanting more to live for himself that’s understandable especially as far as no longer wanting to be tied to the Watch. One thing I really like about him was how altruistic he was, like he got satisfaction in life from proving himself a good leader and protector of those who are weaker. I tell you though, upon reflection even more so now I do wonder why Mel bringing him back to life hasn’t made him reflect and seek out counsel with her about that. Or rather, why the writers didn’t add a scene where we get some insight into what he thinks about that. It could have been a short dialogue with Sansa, Mel, Davos or even Edd.
ygritteQuote Reply
My favourite this week:
brilund
@brilund
did tormund giantsbane just hear “dream weaver” play in his head when he saw Brienne of Tarth? #got #loveatfirstsight
Yup, I’d pretty much say he did! 😀
Kathrina MartinsenQuote Reply
Firannion,
I do understand why he did it. Just when book readers have talked about the pink letter they always use in context of Jon receiving and reacting to it. So it was in my mind a certain way it would play out on show. Some people at another site were complaining that the show runners had Sansa involved in order to start her on the road to BAB and it feels contrived just to make a character more powerful than she is written to be. It doesn’t bother me that much, but admittedly a little bit of the book purist effect has rubbed off on this unsullied 🙂
ygritteQuote Reply
I guess, this was my favourite. Simple, true, fun, best of the week!
Gendry
@BastardGendry
Jon and Sansa hug is the best thing I’ve seen since @TheRedWoman bewbies. #GoTS6
ValouQuote Reply
“here’s RAMSAY BINGO bitches”
Loved 5mashed’s Bolton Bingo. Gets my vote.
A flayed man noneQuote Reply
So many good ones to choose from but for some reason this tweet really amused me:
Allison Fennessy @allisonfenn
Wait so Bran can get a haircut in a tree and yet no one can give Robyn Arryn one in the Vale? #GoTs6
I think it’s because it had me imagining Bran sitting in a barber’s chair in an actual tree with the cape on and making small talk
DaeryssaQuote Reply
The tweet about Dany coming back like from McSquireFace was brilliant
SashaQuote Reply
There were so many awesome tweets to choose from but this one made me laugh so hard I cried –
Cool Breeze
@Maine_Char
I just realized Brienne had her sword ready ?? Say something smoke vag. Say one word. Off with your head #demthrones
I don’t know if she’ll win a T-shirt, but as far as I’m concerned she wins the internetz for “Smoke Vag”!
NymeriaQuote Reply
Nice job, Axey. That is a lot of tweets to get through, so I can’t imagine how many you read to get your list.
My fav tweet is [email protected] “SANSA BEING THAT BITCH RIGHT THERE GIMME BACK MY HOME YOU WEAK ASS SHITLORD SANSA RISE”.
I have said FO-EVA that Sansa will end up as the Queen in North. It is happening!!!!!
DarkstarQuote Reply
So much to love here but my choice is:
Princess Vespa
@SayWhatSugar
Every child on this show is thirty now. #demthrones #gameofthrones
Clever Girls Go BarefootQuote Reply
“Hoping that Cersei’s hair grows fast. Getting tired of the Carol Brady wig. #GoTs6”
Made me lol – definitely my fave
BrendanQuote Reply
Loved
“when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/FFitAKkamk”
but since I’m a sucker for bad jokes, I choose this one:
Casey Rostorfer @caseykassidy
Sir Jorah is looking a little stoned. Ha. Ha ha ha. #GoTS6
IllyriaQuote Reply
BANNED, ILLYRIA
AxechuckerQuote Reply
Thoros for “Edd’s sending you on a guilt trip.”
Then please give my shirt to Gemma Whelen for “So much sowing.”
DawnQuote Reply
“People always turn away from the tweets of a stranger”
Johan SporreQuote Reply
My favourite tweet (hard to pick because this has to be one of my favouurite roundups ever) was this one because it literally made my snort my coffee through my nose:
Princess Vespa
@SayWhatSugar
Every child on this show is thirty now. #demthrones #gameofthrones
Mandy CumminsQuote Reply
I love your re-cap. There were so many great tweets but my favourite is the Ramsay-Bolton-Bingo of 5mash
https://twitter.com/5mashed/status/731718264665956352
JessicaQuote Reply
I have to give it to Gemma Whelan for notsowing/ sowing in that big Gfreyjoy Garden…
LavignacQuote Reply
Well, there are certainly a few people on this site who delight in calling me a ‘book purist,’ as if that were a half-step above being a child molester… but in this instance I feel like the show’s change in the order of events – assassination first, THEN PL – makes it sort of a moot point how worked up Jon gets about the PL. And Sansa’s presence on the scene also makes it a whole different dynamic from the book version. Intervention to save Rickon/take back Winterfell becomes a joint decision rather than one that Jon undertakes on his own. And in a way it’s an easier decision now, since his watch has ended. He’s not keen on fighting and dying again, but he’s got his little sister to give him a whack upside the head now.
Anyway, I for one have no problem with how it played out, but I guess I could see how some fans might. Sansa’s never going to be a hands-on fighter like Arya, but I think it’s nice to see her finally getting fed-up and proactive. I just hope she doesn’t turn into a Lady Macbeth sort of character!
FirannionQuote Reply
I love these recaps because they are usually so amusing, but every once in a while they remind me of all the reasons I hate Twitter: the constant striving for greaterness—not greatness, but the better-than-themness; incessant impatience; abbreviated and/or infantilized language to the point of nonsense; everything is so flippant it often strikes chords quite contrary to the way the show feels to me. You can tell when people are just sitting in a room talking by watching the comments, because suddenly it’s boring and no one gives any kinds of fucks and it makes me wonder how much Tweeting whilst viewing alters the perception of the show. I really dislike the idea of Twitter in the first place, so I won’t rant anymore about that here; I’ll save it for my blog no one reads. Yay.
I am not judging, btw. Neither Tweeting or not-Tweeting makes you a better/worse person. You do it or you don’t because you enjoy it or you don’t. For me, the diminution of meaningful communication is already a chasm that gets harder and harder to cross, and I can’t bring myself to further its erosion. I also suck at smalltalk, and that’s what Twitter is like to me–endless streams of quippy smalltalk designed to one-up whatever’s come before. That works for some people. Yay for them. Not for me. Yay for me!
DaniellicaQuote Reply
I second that!
Shy Lady DragonQuote Reply
So hard to choose, but here’s a few that made me laugh:
Barry Allen @StannisAF
AZOR AHUG THE HUG THAT WAS PROMISED
The Jean Genie @undercover_emi
I keep expecting Arya to pop up behind Robin and hit the target. #GoTs6
Gendry @BastardGendry
“Large sorry. You wait so fat time.” Google Translate failed Tyrion. #GoTS6
Jacob Day @BigfootandBacon
Jorah the explorer and the quest for decent cardio #GoTs6
Lyanna Stark @TheWolfMaid
The unit of time it takes the grandmaester to walk 20 ft should be called a “Pycelle”. #GameofThrones #GoTs6
But my fave was:
Betsey Schuyler @BetseySHamilton
Grey Worm is having a crisis of conscience, as evidenced by his fine nostril work. #GameofThrones #BookoftheStranger
LinnéaQuote Reply
Aaaah, so many to choose from!
My top pick however is this by Lyanna Stark @TheWolfMaid :
The unit of time it takes the grandmaester to walk 20 ft should be called a “Pycelle”. #GameofThrones #GoTs6
DuckEggBlueQuote Reply
I’m just loving the fact that not only is Mo Ryan (@moryan) a fan, but she actually live tweets. 😛
Her “Tell us how you really feel about the patriarchy” is my favorite. Cause it would be cool if she got a t-shirt because of me.
TeamTyrionQuote Reply
Love @victoriaaveyard with the reinterpretation of baby got back for Brienne and Tormund 🙂
RoocatQuote Reply
Actual Bad Guys
@becca_diane11
All the sisters on this show are just trying to get their brothers to pull it together #GoTs6
A. StarkQuote Reply
Great work Axey! The reunion tweets are making me teary again.
Favourite tweet:
Boba Fetty Wap
@WhiskeyBison
KHALESSI DROPPED THE RESUME SAID FUCK A 2ND INTERVIEW AND TOOK THE CORNER OFFICE HOLY SHIT #DemThrones
???
IsabelleQuote Reply
Favourite Tweet
@FatPinkMast: Brienne: *Nicki Minaj voice* MELISANDRE WHAT GOOD? #GoTS6
MatthewQuote Reply
My favourite:
The Jean Genie
@undercover_emi
I keep expecting Arya to pop up behind Robin and hit the target. #GoTs6
He looks like he should go to Specsavers
DonnaQuote Reply
Favourite tweet
Casey Rostorfer
@caseykassidy
Robyn Arryn is the new Mad King, set him on the Iron Throne. He’d be better than Tommen #GoTS6 #GameOfThrones
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MoonsingerQuote Reply
It was tough, but this week I think my favorite tweet is:
“Kink confess: Jorah the Andal Speaking Dothraki”
By Kingsmanoot @ManuclearBomb 8:01 PM – 16 May 2016
I have to absolutely agree!
Also Axey – I loved:
“Valyrian” – Stannis Baratheo
Nearby-ish Jorah the Explorah and Daaaario are still seeking their Khaleesi…
And “Me too!” in response to the tweet about running around naked and setting things on fire. I LOL’d.
MaunetteQuote Reply
So glad someone else is talking about this x)
Betsey Schuyler @BetseySHamilton: Grey Worm is having a crisis of conscience, as evidenced by his fine nostril work. #GameofThrones #BookoftheStranger
https://twitter.com/BetseySHamilton/status/732018047968550912
Ser Boom BoomQuote Reply
I have to choose BryndenBFish’s Dire-Doge because it made me think of my wife and her love of doge and dogs 😉 … hey, anyone know where to BUY that shirt?b;)
VarsuukQuote Reply
Victoria Aveyard wins twitter:
when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/FFitAKkamk
Maester of CeremoniesQuote Reply
Thnx so much axey & crew! This is my fav read ea week 🙂
My favorite tweet: @blknrdprblms: ghost’s concern for lady 🙁
MaesterMercyQuote Reply
I don’t know why, but the Gemma Whelan “sowing” post made me giggle a lot more than it should have.
KGQuote Reply
It’s a tough choice, but my favorite has to be @VictoriaAveyard
“when a girl rides in with a 6 foot frame and Valyrian steel in your face, YOU GET SPRUNG #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/FFitAKkamk”
LisaQuote Reply
The Unburnt- Just a touch more useful than Chlorophyll kid and Arm Fall Off Boy
NikkiQuote Reply
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