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Doc McCoy

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    So, clowns, making a comeback or overly used tropes for GOT Memes? Discuss.
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    Maybe if Picasso, Shakespeare, Michelangelo or Mozart had an after-show
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    That's a good point, Chris. So yes, as far as Jon buying into Varys betraying his pledge to Daenarys, I agree, that probably did fall more in line with the Stark way of thinking for him to let it happen and uphold his duty.
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    This was a narrative I can buy into. The problem with Daenarys last night was that she wasn't shown the same narrative favor. And it could have been corrected easily. They could have had a scene where Varys' little birds were delivering his letter throughout the 7 Kingdoms (or at least King's Landing), and shown the common people getting excited about there being a true heir to the throne from Rhaegar Targaryen, who was loved by the commoners. Then it would have been an easy leap to her burning of Varys, her anger at Jon for letting his secret out (because she had told him it would lead to this) and her reason for torching King's Landing (a combination of Cersei's actions, feeling unloved by the people she thought would cheer her return and being spurned by Jon).
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    I agree there, I can buy into his reaction because they properly built to it. Daenery's reaction and motivations lacked the nuance that was given to Grey Worm. I just have to chalk that up to their mutual hatred for each other overriding whatever programing Qyburn had given him.
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    I could buy into that if they had taken the time to build toward it more fully, but as the USA today article states, they spent so much time making Dany a hero, that they ultimately failed to address what would and could make her snap properly. It just feels like they had to get her to this point so they are throwing it all out there as quickly as possible.
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    If you have to explain your story and your story-telling decisions outside of the context of the story itself rather than just letting the story speak for itself then you failed in your narrative.
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    I wanted to love this episode, but just hated it. With the exception of the Clegane brothers and their fight to the death, along with Cersei’s stubbornness & denial in the face of utter defeat, once again it felt like the writers have forgotten who these characters are. For Jon to just stand there as Varys is burned seems like the complete opposite of what someone raised by Ned Stark would do. They’ve neutered the character since they paired him with Daenerys. She, meanwhile, has been flipped on her head. This is a woman that delayed her ascension to the throne on several occasions to protect the innocent and overthrow those holding the yoke. Yet now she just disregards the surrendering of King’s Landing to go burn innocents because of the perception that a few people may love Jon more? Screw just flying to the Red Keep to get Cersei, screw trying to preserve the city that you’ve been desperately trying to rule all these years, screw the thought of earning the people’s love. Then there’s Jaime. They just threw out his entire redemption arc to go back to Cersei, have a ridiculous fight with Euron and then just seemingly die in a pile of rubble. All the while dragging down Brienne’s arc by taking her from the first woman to be knighted to a blubbering mess. Finally, despite killing the Night King, Arya was just transformed back into Little Arya Underfoot, running from soldiers, getting literally caught “underfoot”. I’m guessing Daenerys has made her list now, but she better not have to go through Jon to do it.
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    Ryan Kelly, ladies and gents! Talk about elevating a theme! https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1548801
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    @Kevin Boyd saw a table listing for Artist's Alley on the website, but it didn't have the table numbers for "Featured, Special or Also Appearing" Comic Guests. Will that be up soon or will you be able to post it here? Thank you.
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    This also reflects when the series began to outpace the books. Left to their own plot devices, combined with HBO’s budget concerns, along with looking ahead to spin-offs, the show runners appear to be limping to the finish. Fingers crossed for a satisfactory ending (since it may be the only one we ever get) or a shocking announcement that George R.R. Martin has completed the “The Winds of Winter”.
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    I think there's a flaw in your theory
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    Yep. That's why she kind of gave the little knowing smile when he said he was going to put a prince in her belly.
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    Actually, Cersei told Jaime in Season 7 and Tyrion suspected last time he saw Cersei. So I'd have to guess it's been at least a month or so. Long enough for Jaime to travel from King's Landing to Winterfell and confirm it with Tyrion.
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    Jaime told him when he arrived at Winterfell
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    I'd like to give the writers the benefit of the doubt and say, well, there isn't much time left, so they are skipping over some exposition, but I don't think that's what's happening. The "why" certain illogical things happen just doesn't seem to be that important to them anymore. I wish that was just a Season 8 issue, but It's been ongoing for at least the last few seasons. If that episode accomplished one thing, it solved HBO's dire wolf problem, I guess.
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    My newest "Iron" Throne commission by "Jamming" Jim Towe https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1544703&GSub=196335:
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    @Rick2you2 Yeah, it happens. I sent a package out to Georgia two weeks ago. Should have taken 2 days to get there. It ended up taking 7 days to make the 6-7 hour trip. It took 3 days alone to travel 45 minutes from my office to Orlando. So fingers crossed that it's just a case of slow service by USPS. *Update - Tracking has kicked in!
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    So I heard back (after a mutual friend reached out to Paolo) and was told the piece went out the day after the shipping label was created, which would have been April 9th. Asked to keep an eye out for it, because local outgoing tracking is spotty (Maspeth, NY). I would think that even if it didn't get scanned in leaving NY, at some point along the line (shipping to FL) it would have been, but you never know. So fingers crossed that it shows up here sometime soon. Without tracking, I really have no idea. This is the piece I'm waiting for, a commission by Jim Towe:
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    @SquareChaos perfect analogy.
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    I've never had any issues in the past with Paolo. He's always been good with communication and getting pieces shipped in a timely manner . . . maybe I was due. I commissioned a piece from one of his artists January 18th. He posted the completed piece to one of the Cadence Instagram accounts on March 26th. By April 8th, I hadn't heard or received anything on when the piece would ship. I emailed Paolo and inquired that day and got an immediate response that it would be shipping out soon along with the tracking number. No complaints. So here's the rub. The package has been in pre-shipment since April 8th on the USPS website. So I emailed yesterday morning, April 16th, to find out if it had actually shipped out or not. If it hasn't that's fine, I would just like to know, so both the package and myself aren't in limbo. As of this writing, no response. And I would usually wait a few more days to hear something before making a post about it, but he committed what I consider to be the cardinal sin for any dealer yesterday: he posted on his social media accounts throughout the day. Posting on social media, whether from your phone or computer, but failing to answer a customer's email is just a huge "No No" to me.