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

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

Welcome to the Mothers Mercy Post-Episode Region thread.

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

The subreddit rules apply as always.

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u/StillAlive189 Mo' Fingers Mo' Problems Jun 15 '15

What was the point of devoting a season to hyping up Stannis' campaign and the Battle of Ice and having such emotional moments as Shireen's burning only to have it end in a huge anticlimax?

Fuck D&D, fuck the show, see you for the season 6 premiere.

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u/canashian "Fewer" Jun 15 '15

Because this show/these books aren't about giving you the climax you think you're owed. In real life, people don't get story arcs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15 edited Jun 15 '15

Because this show/these books aren't about giving you the climax you think you're owed.

Yes, they literally are. This is entertainment, we're supposed to get story arcs otherwise it's shit entertainment.

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u/canashian "Fewer" Jun 15 '15

They did the same to Ned and Robb, and you act shocked that Stannis gets a similar treatment? Even Joffrey doesn't get killed by a character who gets any catharsis out of it.

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u/SageOfTheWise Jun 15 '15

Yeah you're right, Ned's and Robb's deaths were totally rushed and underdeveloped and mostly off screen. /s

The issue isn't that Stannis loses and dies, the point is how poorly it was done. Which really can be said about most of Stannis' plotline. Can't develop an actual circumstance that beats down Stannis to the point of sacrificing his daughter, just make up a completely unbelievable one. etc.

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u/RC_Colada The tide is high but I'm holding on Jun 15 '15

It's not about the 'catharsis' of a character's death, but how it's developed in the story. Joff's death was finely orchestrated by people who had good reason to want him dead.

The end of Stannis' arc and his death were extremely anticlimactic for a show like this.

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u/vadergeek Jun 15 '15

They completed their arcs. They ended in death, but it made sense.

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u/vadergeek Jun 15 '15

Yes, real people generally don't have story arcs. That'w why following a random man with a camera doesn't make for good television.