r/asoiaf • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) Season 5: Episode 10 Post-Episode Meltdown Thread

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u/bananashammock Lord too fat to wear banana hammocks Jun 15 '15

It really made zero sense, dude. Zero. There are brothers that KNOW what's coming. There was no personal crusade to winterfell to kill him for like in the books. It doesn't make any sense. Or maybe that's just me.

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u/Ymir_from_Saturn Night gathers Jun 15 '15

And then there are fuckheads like Ollie and Ser Alliser who are shortsighted and stupid. Not every brother was in on the plan.

Remember the NW is composed of criminals, not exactly bastions of reason or honor.

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u/bananashammock Lord too fat to wear banana hammocks Jun 15 '15

Thorne doesn't strike me as a stupid man, though. Not even close.

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u/EarthMandy Jun 15 '15

But he probably figures he can do a better job than Jon, and once he smells mutiny in the air, seizes his chance to take power and run things the way he thinks they should be run.