re: OT : Earl Scruggs was a wizard

the score of the whole episode was perfect. but like you said, that specific piano in that spot was so powerful.

Have an up vote for any thread about pickin!

While the 50's to the 70's saw a resurgence of serious pickin lots of old time pickers were lost to time before recordings were made in the old hills of my youth. I remember as a kid hearing not only some mighty fine picker's but many who played older instruments like the dulcimer (especially those who had made their own)

I remember as a young man having Johnny Niles to Sunday lunch and hearing the old music he was the first to bring out of the hills in the time between WWI and WWII. He would tell stories of being left for dead in the no man's land of the first World War While he did not originate bluegrass, he brought it to the masses and led the the way for the haunting vocals later hear in Ralph's music. O Death

Banjo

Fiddles

Mandolin

Dobro

Dulcimer

Bass

Vocals

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If you go over to the movie/tv board, most of the posters are screaming at the sky over it because not enough people died and Jon didn't kill the Night King.

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Theres definitely some looney fans over there, but i thought somewhat similarly on first take

Not that "enough" people didnt die, entire armies were destroyed. But more to the improbability of who didnt die. Which may speak more to it being in the dna of the show to rip beloved characters away in moments like that. I fully expected to lose some combination of Sam, Sansa, Tyrion, Varys, Hound, Jamie, Gray Worm, etc

Besides that i had no problem with who actually killed the night king. I did at first hope for more of a showdown between him and Jon. Just because it was such a huge storyline between them for several seasons

But who knows what happens in these last few episodes

Regardless, the glass is only half full and there's still a long way to go.

And the next conflict sets up much better for some facemelter collision course showdowns. Where characters can earn a quality demise, instead of in the blur of a 100mph invasion. Which is much more suited for b-list deaths. Although I wonder if someone was wounded, possibly mortally, that we forgot about and/or didn't realize.

Collision course. It's on, baby


That brings up something I noticed while rewatching…..


After eye-patch fire-sword dude died protecting Arya (and the Hound), the red witch said something interesting. SHe said that Eye-Patch had finally served the purpose for which he kept being brought back from the dead for.

Which at the time didn't mean much, but now we know it meant that he was brought back to sacrifice himself in order to save the one who would slay the Night King.

Arya.


So....on the theme of predetermination…...was Arya's symmetrically pre-determined purpose just fulfilled? And is her role now complete?


I think that it is. It has to be.


For one, she got the rock-star role of the entire series taking down night king. And so, if she keeps kicking arse, Game of Thrones becomes the Arya super-tom-boy show, which it won't.

Therefore, Arya is as good as dead. And I believe it will have something to do with a mountain hound collision course melter. ONward

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And then Ayra just comes out of nowhere and does what he was supposed to.

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It was definitely a little hokie too, but I let it roll off my back.

I think the tv people were just trying to live up to the expectation of providing the unexpected and having facemelter twists. But everyone has always known Night King would never win. So to me, i don’t really care who gets the MVP.

It does make Jon Snow look a little cucked though. I agree with that.

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But everyone has always known Night King would never win.

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I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t have enjoyed seeing him win. It wouldn’t have even surprised me from an RR Martin standpoint.

It’s just odd to me that a lot more ‘mistakes’ are allowed by characters now. Making a wrong move early on in the series (back when they followed the books) basically always meant doom. It seems to be one of Martins key points. They’ve softened with that big time which is ok, just kind of odd as the stakes get even higher.

They’ve gotta get rid of Daenerys

Its pretty hilarious to watch all the aneurysms on the movie board here after every episode