HBO's Game of Thrones

[Gully Foyle]

I can't remember where I read it, or if it's even "official" but I read that the Narrow Sea is akin to the English Channel.

Braavos is across the Narrow Sea. Meereen is leagues farther.

Arya's trip back is considerably shorter than that of Dany's fleet:

Meanwhie Sam and Gilly take four episodes to get from Horn Hill to Oldtown, two towns which are on the same side of the continent:

The most obvious answer is not always the first one considered.

And in your case, it's not the correct one.

The most obvious answer is that the showrunners are cheating with time & space to collapse plotlines and speed up the final confrontations in Westeros.
If the show moved at Martin's pace, the finale would occur in 2035!

And of course some amount of cheating must take place in a story of this scope.
The way the show has been edited together is what makes these spatial and temporal leaps questionable and hard to believe.

At the end of season five, the four ladies of Dorne watch from the shore of Sunspear as the doomed Myrcella sails away with Jamie and Trystane.
But Obara and Nymeria somehow catch up with that boat as soon as it gets to King’s Landing.
This is so that we could hear the Sand Snakes make jokes about killing their cousin, but it makes no sense within the realm of medieval travel times.

You guys are killing me with the time stuff. Do you really wants weeks of filler shows just so Vary's can travel from one place to another?

Hyperbole much? No one has said anything about filler shows full of travel except you.

Attentive viewers notice these things and may <gasp> dare to comment on them from time to time.

The show can still be enjoyed even if its plotting isn't airtight.
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[greygoose]

When people start to question the editing of the travel times in a show that has dragons and people coming back from the dead, maybe it's time for them to stop watching.

 

[YoNoSe]

I guess it's worth noting but even GRRM has stated that the timelines do not match up in the books. So if you're gonna worry about it, that's your problem.

 

[jedijim3002]

A friend sent me this after he admitted he was wrong about Jon's lineage.

 

[YoNoSe]

Who did he think were Jon's parents?

 

[GasparZizou]

Anybody remembers that Robert Baratheon ******* who was a blacksmith played by the dude from Skins? Gendry?

What's up with him? Any theories about him?

And yeah the time discrepancias between trips of certain characters are easily noticeable.

 

[karamazov80]

I think back on him every once in awhile. Seemed like he could be important in the grand scheme of things, and we haven't seen him in forever. BUT, now that Cersei has basically tossed the book on lines of succession out the window, and Dany is swooping into Westeros with a pre-Baratheon claim to the throne, I'm not sure Robert's ******* means much to anyone anymore. Plus, I'm not sure how it could be proven that he is who he is. Of all the stuff we've seen on GOT thus far, the idea that Ned could prove someone's legitimacy or illegitimacy based on hair and eye color is pretty ridiculous, and flies in the face of science, given that these children weren't clones of Robert, and recessive genes could always rear their head.

 

[GasparZizou]

I always thought they'd use him to forge Valyrian steel stuff or something for when the white walkers came, I've thought that for ages, but yeah we haven't seen him in a while.

And you make a good point, how things are going, they can probably just skip his arc altogether

 

[Devil_666]

Last episode of the series: almost every major character, including all the dragons and white walkers die in an epic battle. Then Triple B (Baratheon Blacksmith *******) is crowned king of what's left. Raisin Bran becomes his all-seeing adviser. Fat Sam with the Derpy-Derp chick becomes his Maester. Arya Eyebrows becomes his queen. One land, one king. No more "Game of Thrones".

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I decided awhile ago that Gendry is gone for good. There's no point to his succession story now (and it hasn't mattered for awhile). There isn't anyone besides Arya who would give a **** if he came back anyway.

 

[YoNoSe]

They did show some chemistry between him and Arya, though. It would be nice if - after she murdered everyone that needs murderin' and the dust settles - he came rowing up to the shore and they walked off into the clockwork sunset.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

They did show some chemistry between him and Arya, though. It would be nice if - after she murdered everyone that needs murderin' and the dust settles - he came rowing up to the shore and they walked off into the clockwork sunset.

It's not that I don't want to see him, but with so few episodes left in the series I don't think I want them to devote any time to his character. I'm really interested to see what GRRM does with his character in the books though--if he ever gets the damn things written. Every time I see something about him at a convention or whatever I wish he'd just lock himself away and ****ing write. I honestly think he's going to die before he gets the remaining books written.

 

[YoNoSe]

It's not that I don't want to see him, but with so few episodes left in the series I don't think I want them to devote any time to his character. I'm really interested to see what GRRM does with his character in the books though--if he ever gets the damn things written. Every time I see something about him at a convention or whatever I wish he'd just lock himself away and ****ing write. I honestly think he's going to die before he gets the remaining books written.

Yeah, I was thinking more of Gendry as an element of Arya's "epilogue."

I imagine GRRM will get the next book out. But unless he's also doing heavy work on the last one (which is possible since you probably need to figure out the endgame in order to write the penultimate book) I would be more worried about that one. I started out as a TV show fan so Im not as worried as the poor souls who have been waiting 20 years.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Yeah, I was thinking more of Gendry as an element of Arya's "epilogue."

I imagine GRRM will get the next book out. But unless he's also doing heavy work on the last one (which is possible since you probably need to figure out the endgame in order to write the penultimate book) I would be more worried about that one. I started out as a TV show fan so Im not as worried as the poor souls who have been waiting 20 years.

You're one of the lucky ones. It's was a ***** waiting years between books. If I remember right it was a 4-5 year wait for the 4th book and a 6-year wait for the 5th. I think it's already been 5 years since the 5th book and it'll probably be another year until it's out. At the rate he's going, I wouldn't be surprised if the show ends before the 6th book is out. I was so thankful that the tv show started so I could get my GoT fix on a yearly basis.

 

[Darth Waller]

Wow.

A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
A Dance with Dragons (2011)

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Yeah, it's been a long and difficult road sticking with the series before the show started.

 

[Shawpaw]

I just don't see him finishing his books in time. I also hope there are more seasons than just 2 left. I can't get enough of this show.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

It's a show I'll hate to see go but wouldn't want them to do any spin-offs unless they would keep the same quality as this one.

 

[Shawpaw]

Truth. But I'm sure they can make it well. Just give it like a 5 year break and start with new story and characters (some reprisals). That show is worth so much money, I can't imagine them just letting go of it after 2 more seasons.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

I'd love to see them do a prequel series. Getting a tease here and there isn't enough. Some of the characters in the past are bad *** and it'd be cool to tell the stories of some of the characters we know when they were in their prime.