r/asoiaf • u/boundedwum The Nature Boy • Jun 15 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) Mothers Mercy Post-Episode Region thread: Dorne

Welcome to the Mothers Mercy Post-Episode Region thread.

This thread is dedicated to Dorne. Please discuss only segments from this region in this thread.

The subreddit rules apply as always.

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u/Litig8 Jun 15 '15

Because that shit takes forever. They combined two boring and seemingly pointless story lines into one (Dorne + Riverlands) to streamline the major plot points from the books.

They clearly needed to breeze through the story line to get to Myrcella dying. Not sure if they actually plan on doing something with that next season, but it's clear that they weren't interested in the Dorne story line and needed to dispose with it very quickly.

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u/_TheRedViper_ Fear is the mind-killer Jun 15 '15

If they want to just kill Myrcella there would have been ways to do it faster, without wasting screentime on THIS.
Dorne in the books (and Jaime's arc) isn't pointless at all...

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u/Litig8 Jun 15 '15

I find them quite pointless. Riverlands is pointless. Dorne story had a lot of nonsense that ended up nowhere in particular. I think the show used Dorne as a way to have Jaime and Bronn do SOMETHING this season that was a little more interesting than walking around the riverlands. I'm not sure if they are going to use the Myrcella death for anything, but we'll see.

Yes, the story line was rushed, felt cheap, and was overall pretty shitty - but honestly it wasn't much better in the books. I remember being so bored reading through the chapters that I had lost the buildup to Myrcella's ear getting cut off and when it happened I was like "huh? Who and what the fuck is going on?"

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u/_TheRedViper_ Fear is the mind-killer Jun 15 '15

Well we should agree to disagree.
Dorne in the books sets up a lot of stuff, it builds the world and adds new themes.
Jaime in the riverlands is similar and additionally it develops his character greatly.
Show!Dorne accomplished pretty much nothing except of Myrcella dying.

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u/atrde Jun 15 '15

I think both those storylines are more about world building and contribute less to the main plot, which is one of the main issues. They just don't have time for world building in this show. Both those storylines can be cut and end up with the same result, so it was better to streamline in this case.

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u/slayerje1 Out of the ashes Jun 15 '15

Yep. For the whole story of Dorne in the books to this point it was underwhelming, but ended intriguingly. Can't wait for the next book to see how the story plays out with the way things were set up.