DaveNinja

I thought he was pounding the metal bindings that attached the handle to the axe head. Obsidian is pretty fragile so you need to chip little pieces off to make blade edges. Native Americans used other rocks to break off big chunks and sticks to break off smaller chips when they would shape spear/arrow heads.
My take on the set up was they were just using metal as parts to attach the dragonglass to.

Why So Blu?

Oh, and I thought Jaime's wig and hair club for men "disguise" was godawful.

No wonder Bran caught him slipping so easily. He fooled no one with that look.

Giantrobo

Bran knew he was coming though. Jaime was the old friend he was waiting for. Bran's visions are Wig Proof...

Aphex Twin

what about mad dog girl?

Giantrobo

And Bronn's 3 hookers?

eXcentris

Sure, I guess he can die doing something heroic.

DVD Polizei

I liked ep01. Building a good climax, so I'm impressed so far.

DVD Polizei

I thought it was commented in the episode (very quickly and casually) about the craftmanship challenges of forming metal around the obsidian. Which is why this guy was so good and valued. But yeah it's not forged just the shell of metal that retains it in a tight position.

smokedragon

Can someone clear something up for me? Is The Mountain dead? Is he a walking, head smashing corpse, or is there some semblance of life? Because if he's dead, couldn't the Night King conscript him into his undead army? Would be a shocker if The Mountain Martelled Cersei's head. Y'know, sometimes prophecies are BS.

If Jon rides a dragon, Dany should know he's a Targaryen, that he's related, so why isn't she at least a little upset that she's committing incest? Reminds me of when Luke finds out Leia is his sister, and he doesn't look shocked and embarrassed as he thinks back of all the times he fantasized shooting a load into her face. Then again no one seems to be questioning Jon's resurrection, not even debating whether it truly happened, or, the fact that he's abandoned his watch. Sam's still on the Night's Watch, yes? So, can't be Lord Tarly?

Dany, to me, at least, is slowly becoming a true Targaryen. She made Tarly's men her slaves. Join me, or, burn. Will she burn Sansa? How will she react when she finds out about Jon's true lineage? That he's the King? Will Arya pump Gendry's bladder? Will Tyrion say anything witty, and profound? Will Varys, The Spider for fuck's sake, do anything at all? Will he be involved in the story? Or, is he just fodder now? Theon's Seal Team Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten sure rescued Yara quickly. I mean, I bent down and scratched my leg, and when I looked up, Yara was free! Fuck battling the Night King, send in Theon, the man's a marvel!

I'm rambling, I do that, it is my cross.

Kill the Night King, kill them all. Classic trope. Easy out. Of course, it could be worse, there is the time traveling theory, where Bran resets everything, unless he's too busy watching Arya, and Gendry forge their fire. Please, God, if you're out there, please, have pity, not time travel, not that, not that.

Shannon Nutt

I agree completely. "What do dragons eat?" "Whatever they want." That was groan-inducing (not to mention unoriginal).

General Zod

I'll be disappointed if this show doesn't end with Lyanna Mormont ruling the seven kingdoms.

Giantrobo

It sounds like he is alive. Qyburn saved him.


https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Gregor_Clegane




Targaryens are cool with Incest. There is a history of it.


5 Times Targaryens Banged Each Other and Bad Stuff Happened

funkyryno

OK. That makes the most sense.

I took an archaeology class in college a long time ago. In one of our lab sessions we learned how to make stone tools, and it does take a surprising amount of skill to do it right. We didn't use obsidian -- probably would've been a lot of cut hands if we had.

eXcentris

Quote:

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 premiere pirated 54 million times in 1 day, says digital analytics company

Sounds a little low.

Raul3

So, in most list of who dies and who survives, even here, I get the feeling that people forget that this is Game of Thrones.

I'm expecting a lot of dead people, "good" and "bad" guys. I'm not expecting a "happy" ending.

I can see Danni going crazy and dying. Jon Snow can be a Christ figure, etc. Maybe Sansa will survive and rule the new world.

Or maybe Sansa and Cercei will need to share the power.

Yes, there may be a few gifts to fans, but I expect the rest of the episodes to be classic GoT.

Bill Needle

But has it really been that way since they started going past the books? While they have kept up on the killing off of characters, it seems to have settled into more typical storytelling where it is mostly scheming "bad" guys getting their just desserts.

Major character deaths:
Season 6 - Margaery, Tommen, Roose Bolton, Ramsay Bolton, Balon Greyjoy, High Sparrow, Pycelle, Hodor
Season 7 - Walder Frey, Littlefinger, Lady Olenna, the Martell women (sand snakes).

Add to that, during season 6 Jon (good guy) is resurrected from the dead, and The Hound -- who we last saw in season 4 being left for dead -- returns and is now a (relatively) good guy.

Jason

Wild-ass guess predictions:

No one is going to kill Cercei. She'll take her own life first.

Bronn will be forced to kill Jamie. Tyrion will witness this, tell Bronn how dishonorable he is. Bronn will end up letting Tyrion live. Bronn walks away, fate unknown.

Dany's actions at the Battle of Winterfell will be seen as betrayal of the North. Ayra attempts to kill Dany "for the North, for the family." and will be roasted by the dragons. This will cause a split between Jon and Dany that will lead to the climactic scene of the series.

Why So Blu?

The Mountain will be unleashed and he will fuck shit up. The only way I see him dying is by a dragon.

Decker

eXcentris

I predict none of this happens.

- Cercei must die a horrible death, just like Joffrey or expect audiences to come out with pitch forks and torches.

- The only way I see someone "forcing" Bronn to do something he doesn't want to do is if he has a knife at his throat behind a tree and says: "He dies or you die, shoot him now." Possible since he was given a crossbow, but I say it's highly unlikely.

- I think that despite heavy losses, Dany will have proven her worth as an ally and show that Jon was right when he said to Lyanna Mormont: "titles don't matter". I think the split between Jon and Dany naturally occurs when he says to her: "Hey guess what, you're my aunt and I get to sit on the Iron Throne, not you! Hehehe!". Sounds contradictory but I think that as much as he doesn't want the title of King, he'll be forced to assume it.

TGM

The Hound and the Mountain will kill each other.

Bill Needle

Not before reconciling and heading south to open the Summer Islands hottest new gastropub where they adopt a chimp and find themselves in countless wacky situations while pursuing their true love of solving mysteries.

Jason

They die together by dragon fire.

dom56

I believe that Dany will be pregnant in the final season.

E Unit