Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150620061924/@comment-26158496-20150620074648

I was hoping a thread like this would pop up sooner or later!

How on paper could Dorne even seem decent? How did any plotlines or character arcs develop as a result? The only outcome was the death of a great character by the means of shock value. Tsk tsk. Just an appalling filler arc.

Yeah, finale episode was written rather poorly, apart from Stannis's last words, which I think are perfectly in-character especially from the novels' perspective. Myranda's "let's begin" as she's about to attack Sansa - that's the most cliche line you can give a character. It's the classic "I'm going to say something evil as to give the hero enough time to kill me". It's like Return of the Jedi but the exact opposite. She was turned from the cruel, sadistic side hoe of Ramsay into a corny classic movie villain. I just don't get it.

But yeah, time for my turn to shit on Dorne. The introduction of the Sand Snakes made me spit out my food it would so cheesy. They also made Ellaria seem weak in contrast to her character in Season 4. I think Nymeria was the only one who gave a decent performance, and I actually liked her casting. Obara's story was so much second-hand embarrassment. "Boy or girl, we must choose our battles" - Tf? Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken was the worst episode of the season (if not the series) for sure though.


 * How did Jaime/Bronn and the Sand Snakes appear in the Water Gardens at the exact same time without even at least any prior event causing them to? Just a random coincidence, one in a million? And they didn't even question it themselves...


 * Why did they plan to kidnap Myrcella in broad daylight anyway?


 * Doesn't Doran spend 24/7 staring down at the gardens?
 * Wow, the choreography is laughable; unnecessary flips and turns, Obara's derp face, Tyene screaming like a 12-year-old, and the inconsistency (Nymeria's whip magically turns into a knife in her hand, one shot someone is doing something and then the next they're in the other direction). Bronn would have cut their throats in seconds if it were really Bronn. Or he could have just been stalling because he doesn't have a fetish with mutilating little girls, and he's so great with a sword that he doesn't need to actually put in any effort.

The writing and acting (I don't blame the actors, it's just the script) is just cartoon-y. The whole playful exchanges between supposed rivalling Houses following the capture of Jaime, Bronn and the Sand Snakes really insulted the rich tone of what we've always known in the series between characters.

As for Mother's Mercy:


 * Is it some kind of Dornish custom to kiss on the mouth? It lasted for several seconds, surely Doran will realize something is up when it's discovered that Myrcella died of poisoning.
 * Speaking of having her poisoned, were D&D expecting people to be in paralyzed shock because she died in the same manner as her brother? Talk about cashing in on investments you haven't even begun on writing yet.


 * Trystane is still on the ship... these women are more short-sighted than Joffrey ever was.


 * The Sand Snakes and Ellaria will be slaughtered for sure. Welp, there you go, your goal is accomplished, you will all be executed but it's all worth it because a little girl is dead for a war she had nothing to do with.