so you think you can DANCE WITH DRAGONS(NO TV, OPEN SPOILERS ON BOOKS 1-4)

YaYa

MARK YOUR FUCKING SPOILERS.



so this is out tomorrow for some of us and the day after tomorrrow for others, and it's been decided (and mod-approved!) that we should have a seperate place to talk about it

there's going to be some rules here, so read carefully

THREAD SPOILER RULES

ANY SPOILERS FROM A GAME OF THRONES UP TO A FEAST FOR CROWS DO NOT REQUIRE MARKING

if you are in this thread, you're here exclusively for full-series discussion. any TV show fans or people reading the series should get out now, you will be spoiled otherwise.

Dance With Dragons will still require spoilers in this thread

MARK YOUR SPOILERS, AND SPOIL YOUR CHAPTERS

for added security and to prevent impulse clicking, we're going to do a bit of a complex system. please mention which chapter you are talking about. if you're unsure of an exact number, say a fraction, or a page number.

e: fine, you doofs, no nested spoilers
example:


TYRION CHAPTER 2

or

TYRION, ABOUT A QUARTER THROUGH

or

TYRION, pg 255

Spoiler:

TYRION WAS A GHOST THE WHOLE TIME!

please try and follow these rules, guys


also, here is the place to submit your DANCE WITH DRAGONS DEATH POOL!

we all know that George R. R. Martin is the Jack the Ripper of literature, so let's figure out who he's gonna kill! simply make a list of your predicted deaths, spoil it, and title it like so:

YaYa's Death Pool

Spoiler:

blah dead people blah

when you get to the end of the book, talk about how well you did!


have fun, guys, and please follow the rules

SimBen

Here's my death pool, reposted from the other thread:

Spoiler:

1. Mance Rayder
2. Myrcella
3. Doran Martell
4. Victarion
5. Ramsay Snow
6. Lord Walder
7. Stannis
8. Roose Bolton
9. Tommen
10. Cersei

captaink

Death pool, eh?. I'd have to think.

I think the double spoilers is a bit of overkill, but if that's what the people want

jkylefulton

My death pool:

Spoiler:

Surprise! I don't think Martin will kill anyone of importance in this book.

I'm probably wrong.

captaink

Death Pool

Spoiler:

1. Cersei Lannister
2. Sansa Stark
3. Barristan Selmy
4. Victarion Greyjoy
5. Thoros of Myr
6. Lancel Lannister
7. Qyburn
8. Stannis Baratheon
9. Quentyn Martell
10. Maester Marwyn the Mage

I'm not sure I really belive Sansa will die but I feel like I have to throw a Stark in there somewhere.

chromdom

Death Pool

Spoiler:

1. Jon
2. Dany
3. Tyrion
4. Gendry
5. Arya
6. Davos
7. Rhaegar (you didn't really think he was dead, did you? That big a death, off screen?)
8. Varys
9. Sandor
10. Bronn

No, not really. Mainly just wanted to blue dot.

Galy

Galy's Death Pool. Half of these are shamelessly stolen from SimBen's list.

Spoiler:

1. The Late Lord Frey (he's got to die eventually right?)
2. Doran Martell
3. Victarion Greyjoy
4. Varys
5. Mance Rayder
6. Hodor (god I hope not)
7. Jorah Mormont
8. Alliser Thorne
9. Janos Slynt
10. Dolorous Edd

Galy

Awww dang I feel like #7 on captaink's list is a pretty sure bet. But I'm going to preserve the integrity of my half-assed list and leave it alone.

Hunter

Hunter's Deadpool:

Spoiler:

1. Cersei Lannister
2. Stannis Baratheon
3. Tommen Baratheon
4. Victarion Greyjoy
5. Thoros of Myr
6. Jorah Mormont
7. Mance Rayder
8. Lancel Lannister
9. Quentyn Martell
10. Syro Forel comes back as alive and dies for real

captaink

I did the same thing for 8/9 on your list. But it is set!

In other news I am reading A Feast for Crows but I probably won't finish it before Tuesday.

It feels like a lot of the big events have already happened but I'm only halfway through.

1)Areo Hotah surprising Arys Oakheart & Co. on the Greenblood.
2)Brienne fighting off some of the remaining Bloody Mummers
3)Euron being declared King of the Ironmen

My brain just remembers these happening more towards the end I guess. Still plenty to come now that I think about it.

Sassori

I'm expecting my boss to be a unbearable after he picks up this book.

He keeps wanting to talk to me about it. But he keeps saying silly things that make me want to throw my stapler at him.

YaYa

Sassori wrote: »

I'm expecting my boss to be a unbearable after he picks up this book.

He keeps wanting to talk to me about it. But he keeps saying silly things that make me want to throw my stapler at him.

silly things about the books, or silly things in general?

YaYa

YaYa's Death Pool

Spoiler:

1. Victarion Greyjoy
2. Ser Jorah Mormont
3. Stannis Baratheon
4. Cersei Lannister
5. Theon Greyjoy
6. Mance Rayder
7. Lord Walder Frey
8. Hodor (YEAH I SAID IT)
9. Strong Belwas
10. Quentyn Martell

Snicketysnick

Snick's Death pool:

Spoiler:

1 Cersei
2 Jojen Reed
3 Selyse Baratheon
4 Mance Rayder
5 Brynden "the Blackfish" Tully
6 Janos Slynt
7 Randyll Tarly
8 Podrick Payne
9 Hot Pie
10 Qyborg

Some of these are padding I admit, we all know that #9 has plot armour.

I cannot remember being this stoked for a book in a long time

No Great Name

Theon is the prince that was promised sorry ya'll he isn't going to die 8-)

YaYa

the Qyborg can't die until Sandor fights it! don't be silly Snickety

the rest of your calls are pretty good though

Eddy

I was going to suggest making a separate thread but I imagined my post having the opposite effect

of everyone laughing at me

and then laughing at my death pool

which is:

Spoiler:

1. Tommen
2. Victarion
3. High Septon
4. Loras
5. Jorah
6. Stannis
7. Janos
8. Rickon
9. Osha
10. Jojen Reed

Sassori

YaYa wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

I'm expecting my boss to be a unbearable after he picks up this book.

He keeps wanting to talk to me about it. But he keeps saying silly things that make me want to throw my stapler at him.

silly things about the books, or silly things in general?

Both. He had some ridiculous idea of what Jon Snow's parentage could be but it was so bad that I sort of blocked it out of my head.

Though he recently stopped by my desk to complain about Catelyn since he has just started book three. I had to laugh when he said "I just hope she dies. She bugs me."

YaYa

Eddy that's not actually a bad pool

but there is no fucking way Loras is anything but utterly fine and chillin' in Dragonstone

Snicketysnick

I must admit I am surprised to see so many people picking

Spoiler:

Ser Jorah

I'm not expecting that one until there is some sort of

Spoiler:

mad dash for a revenge kill/heroic redemption on his part..

which I don't see happening until one more book.

Unless it's a cliffhanger deal.

dammit

..

YaYa

Snickety you ain't gotta spoil anything that isn't from Dance

Snicketysnick

I know, I'm just getting in the habit now, so that when I come here to be all WTF Martin? Why you have to go kill HotPie?! I don't spoil everyone else's fun

I'm kinda sad that we won't be getting much (or any) of Littlefinger's Scheming School (Which I imagine is going to be an Open University course at some point in the future). Still..more of the other dwarf with the hideous facial scar should make up for it though.

Fuga

fuck it I'm not gonna make it through AFFC before adwd. I hope there's some thorough synopsis somewhere on the internet, I forgot pretty much everything from that book

YaYa

a surprising amount of stuff happens, considering that it's basically the 'oh god we killed everyone in Storm of Swords how do we recover' book

jkylefulton

I will be mad if/when Jorah dies - the show has made me love the character. They fucking nailed that casting.

YaYa

Jorah is basically Obi-Wan Kenobi in the show

it's great

too bad he's kind of a shitheel!

Sassori

jkylefulton wrote: »

I will be mad if/when Jorah dies - the show has made me love the character. They fucking nailed that casting.

It's true. They nailed that casting in the same way they nailed how fucking obnoxious Joffrey is in the books.

Hunter

My guess if he doesn't die, Jorah will become the new commander of the nights watch and it somehow frees up Jon to march with Dany to basically fucking own everything in Westeros.

Then he'll be king and marry his...well, aunt right.

Bucketman

I am going to swing by the Barns tomorrow after work and see if I can't talk my buddy into selling this to me early. If not then I'm going to be late to work Tuesday

Snicketysnick

Can you win an award for "Best casting director"?

I'm hoping that Strong Belwas turns out to be the enormous Sumo Wrestler-Gladiator guy that I picture him to be

Turambar

Deadpool:

Spoiler:

1. Stannis Baratheon
2. Roose Bolton
3. Nightingale
4. Tommen Baratheon
5. Mance Rayder
6. Janos Slynt
7. Strong Belwas
8. Asha Greyjoy
9. Illyrio Mopatis
10. Doran Martell

Damn, I wanted Petyr and old man Frey on there, but with the Sansa and Brienne chapters being pushed to the next book they'll have to wait
Threw Asha in there since at least one POV has to croak
Nightingale just 'cause Arya has to kill someone

Fuga

I h hope Rickon dies. what an asshole kid

YaYa

oh shit, I forgot Illyrio

he's gonna get his ass taken apart by Dany

Jars

I can't make a deathpool because I have enough patience to wait for the paperback to save a couple bucks and then by winning the deathpool I would spoil the book!

Fyndir

Death Pool WITH POTENTIAL KILLERS:

Spoiler:

1: Bran - Hodor.
2: Jon - Hodor.
3: Jorah Mormont - Hodor.
4: Dany - Hodor.

Spoiler:

Then Hodor takes control of the dragons and takes his place as last true Targaryen.

Galy

Nah it's gonna turn out that Hodor was in league with the Others the whole time so Coldhands has to kill him.

Shadowen

YaYa wrote: »

Jorah is basically Obi-Wan Kenobi in the show

it's great

too bad he's kind of a shitheel!

So you're saying he's kind of like a combination of Obi-Wan and Anakin, if Anakin hadn't gone off the deep end in 3 and instead sent himself into exile as penance after, e.g., killing Mace Windu?

...yeah, I could buy that.

Fearghaill

Deadpool:

Spoiler:

Shadowen

Saw that comin'.

Balefuego

I dont even want to speculate on deaths at this point

I just want to read

DeliciousTacos

I bet no one of note dies.

Did anyone die in Feast?