GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

Drakurii · May 17, 2019

'Game of Thrones' finale: 10.7M Americans to skip work Monday

Absences may just be part of the problem for employers.

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An estimated 10.7 million U.S. employees say they plan to skip work on Monday, the day after the long-awaited conclusion to HBO’s hit fantasy series, according to a survey from the Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated. However, absences may just be part of the problem for employers, as about 27.2 million employees said the finale could cause them to miss work, show up late, work from home or otherwise be less productive than they would on a normal Monday.

Chukzombi · May 17, 2019

Drakurii said:
'Game of Thrones' finale: 10.7M Americans to skip work Monday

Absences may just be part of the problem for employers.

www.foxbusiness.com

An estimated 10.7 million U.S. employees say they plan to skip work on Monday, the day after the long-awaited conclusion to HBO’s hit fantasy series, according to a survey from the Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated. However, absences may just be part of the problem for employers, as about 27.2 million employees said the finale could cause them to miss work, show up late, work from home or otherwise be less productive than they would on a normal Monday.

that sounds like bullshit, anyone that cant function normally after watching a tv show is probably unemployable to begin with.

Khane · May 17, 2019

Did all these people just never watch a single episode of GoT live before this? It's not like the air time has changed...

Bondurant · May 17, 2019

Cybsled · May 17, 2019

B_Mizzle said:
I think GRRM did plan for Dany to go berserker on the city. It was just such a rush to end the show that we didn't get to see the transition and it seems random. But that twist definitely has GRRM written on it, totally unexpected, 7 seasons of "good" behavior and love only to turn into a raging evil queen at the end.

Ya, GRRM told them the main character arc endings/ideas he had planned out. Arya shanking Night King, Jaime dying with Cersei, Cleganebowl, 2 dragons dying, Dany going apeshit is 100% him.

Butthurt · May 17, 2019

spronk said:
how many fat 70 year olds do you see? none. dude's gonna keel over in the next few years for sure. i don't care, the world he built was interesting and he (and D&D to be fair) kickstarted this whole "dark, adult fantasy/scifi CAN work on TV and pull in more numbers than a Kim Kardashian sex video" so I will never be mad at GoT or him for bringing us great shit like The Expanse, Lucifer, Good Omens, Witcher, Lord of the Rings, His Dark Materials, Ringworld, Kingkiller, Shadow and Bone, etc.

Also I'm glad he got to enjoy his success in his life, so many people who make genuinely new and interesting stuff end up dying before the world recognizes their stuff. I hope he secretly is doing tons of drugs and hookers, maybe he and Stan Lee would have raging parties and they'd murder all the hookers after to keep their secrets.

Every big streaming service is now chasing Game of Thrones audience numbers and it proved it can be successful, pre Game of Thrones execs would just dismiss us all as niche fans not worth pursuing (aka The SyFy network, Fox)

He did not bring us lord of the rings

Zapatta · May 17, 2019

Szlia · May 17, 2019

As someone who did not read the books (I did read the spin-off novellas though), it is important to note that book Euron sounds completely idiotic. Like, 'over the top Dungeon & Dragons character in a campaign run by a 13 year old' idiotic. Not that the poor man's Jack Sparrow is much better, but heh.

LiquidDeath · May 17, 2019

Szlia said:
As someone who did not read the books (I did read the spin-off novellas though), it is important to note that book Euron sounds completely idiotic. Like, 'over the top Dungeon & Dragons character in a campaign run by a 13 year old' idiotic. Not that the poor man's Jack Sparrow is much better, but heh.

Oh, so your opinion is worthless since you never read about the real Euron? Thanks?

Denamian · May 17, 2019

Zapatta · May 17, 2019

Drinsic · May 18, 2019

Szlia said:
As someone who did not read the books (I did read the spin-off novellas though), it is important to note that book Euron sounds completely idiotic. Like, 'over the top Dungeon & Dragons character in a campaign run by a 13 year old' idiotic. Not that the poor man's Jack Sparrow is much better, but heh.

Euron Greyjoy

Euron Greyjoy, known as Crow's Eye[1] and Euron Crow's Eye,[3] is a member of House Greyjoy and is the eldest of Lord Balon Greyjoy's younger brothers. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is portrayed by Pilou Asbæk.

awoiaf.westeros.org

He's a bit D&D in that he appears to bridging the gap between the human and the fantastic as far as major black and white villains go, but I'm not sure what 13 year olds are coming up with that guy. Could just be that it's lost in translation between books and forums.

Quineloe · May 18, 2019

I thought D&D literally stated Dany did it because of Jon's rejection? Someone posted this here a hundred pages ago. Is that not true?

Szlia · May 18, 2019

Drinsic said:
He's a bit D&D in that he appears to bridging the gap between the human and the fantastic as far as major black and white villains go, but I'm not sure what 13 year olds are coming up with that guy. Could just be that it's lost in translation between books and forums.

It probably is because the only thing people say about him is that he went dungeon crawling in Myth Drannor and found some gear. "Euron is so cool! He has a magic horn and a plate armor +3!'

Lejina · May 18, 2019

Quineloe said:
I thought D&D literally stated Dany did it because of Jon's rejection? Someone posted this here a hundred pages ago. Is that not true?

She always had that blood thirst but her advisors mostly kept her in line throughout the story. Then she gradually lose advisors, as she conquers new lands she isn't seen as a savior like in the past but as a conqueror. She still clings to her teenage romance ways with Jon but that falls through too. So all she sees she has left is fire and blood to look for. The old fuck would have made the transition just fine I'm sure but instead we got writers who think it's surprising for an unmarried noble woman to be a virgin, so morons give you moronic writing and the whole thing look like it's coming out the left field even tho that was always the path Dany would end on.

a_skeleton_05 · May 18, 2019

Szlia said:
It probably is because the only thing people say about him is that he went dungeon crawling in Myth Drannor and found some gear. "Euron is so cool! He has a magic horn and a plate armor +3!'

You're missing out on context provided in the book. He disappeared after the Iron Islands fell, and nobody knew where he went. Years later, he shows up right after his brother (the "king") dies and he brings with him artifacts of unimaginable power, and he did this because he sailed to the ruins of Old Valyria, an area nobody else would sail to because it was essentially a "you go, you die" no-go zone. Not only does he come back with artifacts of power, he comes back with a horn that literally burns the throat of anyone that sounds it, and is a horn that can control dragons...

He embodies the true essence of what it means to be Ironborn. He not only paid the iron price, he paid the impossible iron price and was rewarded beyond any imaginable dreams. He's a walking set of giant iron balls.

Goatface · May 18, 2019

ver_21 · May 18, 2019

Bondurant said:
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You just don't lead em so much!

Leon · May 18, 2019

Wakandans have you heard about book victarion?

Bubbles · May 18, 2019

ver_21 said:
You just don't lead em so much!

that was a damn good movie.

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