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ceaguila84 t1_isvazp6 wrote

Can't wait.

I'm so tempted to read the book but don't want to be spoiled. Torn/

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RupsjeNooitgenoeg t1_isvbim1 wrote

Don't rewatch GoT until after the end of HotD then. There is a scene in which a character very unceremoniously recaps the end of the Dance of the Dragons.

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Astrosaurus42 t1_isvhtzu wrote

Another reason to hate Joffrey.

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spyson t1_isx92hw wrote

I hated joffrey, but man HotD has made me hate Crispin Cole much more

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_isxkh58 wrote

I kinda wish they gave a bunch of possible reasons why Cole was firmly on the Greens in the book but didn't specify why instead on making it "he's been hung up on being rejected by a girl and hasn't moved on for 10 years"

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fainas1337 t1_isxqqk7 wrote

what episode is that? And what character?

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ElectricSheep451 t1_isxv3h1 wrote

Joffrey, s3e4. If you want to skip it it's the scene where Joffrey is showing Margaery historical artifacts and she is pretending to be interested so she can manipulate him into liking her

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RupsjeNooitgenoeg t1_iszwerd wrote

>!Joffrey in the episode And Now His Watch is Ended, when he is showing Margery the Targaryen graves in the Sept of Baelor.!<

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Pirouette777 t1_isx1fjb wrote

What episode was it exactly anyone know? I wanna show it to my girl but don’t want to spoil it for her

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mike_s_6 t1_isx3voe wrote

What exactly are you planning to do? If you watch GoT first, she'll have forgotten the spoiler by the time she watches HotD. Or is she watching HotD right now?

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[deleted] t1_isxo6cm wrote

He just wanted to say “my girl” in a sentence

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ElectricSheep451 t1_isxvcg7 wrote

S3e4, about 15 minutes in when Joffrey is talking to Margaery and showing her historical artifacts.

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RupsjeNooitgenoeg t1_iszwf5j wrote

>!Joffrey in the episode And Now His Watch is Ended, when he is showing Margery the Targaryen graves in the Sept of Baelor.!<

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DortDrueben t1_isvm51s wrote

Well, the broad strokes will be "spoiled" for you reading the book. But there are plenty of events left to the show to do whatever they want. The book is not "written" but GRRM per se. It's transcribed from a text by Archmaester Gyldayn a generation or two after the Dance.

He himself is working off of conflicting sources. So there are plenty of moments where something happens, say that Criston Cole plainly hates Rhaenyra. As to why there are three conflicting stories. What's an adaptation going to do...? So even though one has read the book, there are plenty of surprises to be had.

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_isxklzc wrote

Honestly you probably won't even realize when they spoil some of it. The Dance of the Dragons is a historical event by the time of GoT so it's brought up at points.

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Donald_J_Putin t1_it0d29n wrote

I read the book after the show started and it was a good complement to the show. The story is told based on accounts as read by a Maester, so lots of conflicting events and accounts. Which makes the show fun to see what “really happened”. It helps a lot with knowing the characters, especially with how quick the first episodes felt.

Plus it’s worth it just to get up to where Jaherys has the great council to support Vesarhys. I did the audiobook so I can’t spell shit.

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