Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[a500lbgorilla]

Yes the incredibly vague information dranger gave can be clearly gleaned from the show. The white walkers clearly look much different and act differently as well. The zombies ravenously and recklessly attack their foes and fire kills them. The walkers stalk their foes and appear to be conscious beings, toying with their foes and decapitating them with ice swords and not only has no one ever killed one in the series, but Jon and Sam are the only living characters to have seen one. If you weren't able to make the distinction from watching then that's on you.

He should have been allowed to make that distinction in the due course of his consumption of the show.

The threads rule should be that as far as convo goes ITT, the books don't exist. It's the only line that can be capably drawn before we start arguing over what exposition from the books is reasonable to share.

Just like what Mormont said to Jon Snow before he hanged him from the wall, "Don't spoil it for me."

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He should have been allowed to make that distinction in the due course of his consumption of the show.

The threads rule should be that as far as convo goes ITT, the books don't exist. It's the only line that can be capably drawn before we start arguing over what exposition from the books is reasonable to share.

Just like what Mormont said to Jon Snow before he hanged him from the wall, "Don't spoil it for me."

I agree, the books should not exist ITT. That being said, what does the first line even mean? In my due course of consuming the show, I made the distinction, without any help from book readers. Am I, a non book reader, spoiling it for him because his comprehension is lacking?


I mean, yeah, I'd assume that there are times when the pieces are there, and as a book reader you could put them together using your spoiled knowledge, and then back track and support what you already know only with what's been on screen-- this would be wrong on the part of the book readers.

But what's nice about this thread is that it's on a small enough forum where no one is trying to be malicious, and the rules of the thread are pretty clear. There probably are some grey areas, maybe this is just a hair into the grey area... but when someone shows their work, and even a non book reader comes in and verifies that it is known, then people should probably just chalk it up to their lack of attention.

[a500lbgorilla]

I agree, the books should not exist ITT. That being said, what does the first line even mean? In my due course of consuming the show, I made the distinction, without any help from book readers. Am I, a non book reader, spoiling it for him because his comprehension is lacking?

Nope. I would consider that the due course of his consuming the show. He opens the thread; he reads it. The thread is clearly partner to the show for him.

Bringing in details of the book would be consumption outside of the show.

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But what's nice about this thread is that it's on a small enough forum where no one is trying to be malicious, and the rules of the thread are pretty clear. There probably are some grey areas, maybe this is just a hair into the grey area... but when someone shows their work, and even a non book reader comes in and verifies that it is known, then people should probably just chalk it up to their lack of attention.

You can definitely chalk me up on the lower attention spectrum I won't argue with that. I've watched every episode once, without subtitles, and s01e01 is already 2 years ago. And I wasn't the one who brought this up, Penney did, I just chimed in because Renton defended it. But there is quite a difference between say wufwugy coming here and giving his impressions and theories and thoughts, and someone who read the books giving an explanation because then you just know it is set in stone.

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You can definitely chalk me up on the lower attention spectrum I won't argue with that. I've watched every episode once, without subtitles, and s01e01 is already 2 years ago. And I wasn't the one who brought this up, Penney did, I just chimed in because Renton defended it. But there is quite a difference between say wufwugy coming here and giving his impressions and theories and thoughts, and someone who read the books giving an explanation because then you just know it is set in stone.

Yeah, I mean, speculation is one thing, but saying Wights are different from White Walkers isn't. It is something which is set in stone by the show. But yeah, I think we are more or less on the same page.. spoilers are bad, people shouldn't post them.