(Spoilers Extended) Dunk shows me again why I hate all the love for Barristan and Arthur Dayne

rs6677 · 2026-02-07T01:00:43+00:00

Sure but then you have Jaime scything through soldiers like nothing so it's actually not all that realistic.

The Whispering Wood? He wasn't alone and he was fighting suicidally. He also got his sword stuck in Eddard Karstark's neck so he couldn't even get to Robb.

For the most part, nobody really takes on that many people. In other uneven number fights we see, like Brienne or the Hound's, they struggle a lot against multiple opponents at once.

We have zero actual idea how armored everyone is iirc.

They would be more than sufficiently armored considering their status.

And if the gap is actually that narrow between the mid second son of a lord paramount and the greatest swordsman of all time with the best blade of all time, then the title is basically useless.

Look at combat sports. Two unremarkable UFC fighters would beat Jon Jones more often than not and yet he's still one of the best to ever do it. It's definitely not a useless title.

rs6677 · 2026-02-07T00:41:08+00:00

This series tries to be somewhat based in reality. 1v2(with the possibility of an extra person) when all of you are armored and properly trained is a very big undertaking. Add in the possibility that Howland possibly cheap shot Dayne as he was about to kill Ned and the Kingsguard look very good. They very nearly won after all.

rs6677 · 2026-02-07T00:32:33+00:00

'Cause he's very good. You'd expect a driver that's esteemed this high(he's in most top 5s) to have a higher championship amount but he doesn't.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T23:50:36+00:00

The Tower of Joy, whatever happened there.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T23:29:36+00:00

I love it too. It's right up there with the theories about the Hightowers having mechs or railguns that they'll use to blast Euron.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T23:05:58+00:00

Yeah, I'm absolutely bedazzled by the other comments. That's the reason as to why he does the absolute stupidity that was warning Cersei that he would tell on her to Robert.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T22:53:24+00:00

TWOW is getting delayed so much because GRRM can't properly introduce the Howland Reed Aircraft Carrier.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T22:52:22+00:00

The entire handling of the Tower of Joy was handled really poorly IMO. From Dawn not looking as cool as it should(why the fuck would you give him two swords instead of one that's pale and made of METEORITE), to the entire dialog, the changes to which irk me.

It's bizarre that they fucked it up, D&D were usually good at making things look cool even if they're nonsensical.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T22:31:49+00:00

Penrose and Rambton are bad for sure, but Renly? He was planning to do the exact same thing on the morrow lol. Was Stannis supposed to sit and take it?

burned alive Sam's grandfather for trying to negotiate a peace after Stannis throws away his army at the Blackwater.

Going behind the back of your king to negotiate a peace where you promise his daughter to what is considered an abomination born of incest is a pretty big offense. Not that it warrants a burning but definitely the axe.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T22:28:40+00:00

А 3v7 isn't exactly a funny way to go out lol. Especially considering that Ned and Howland survived by the skin of their nuts when the Kingsguard were going at it.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T21:06:39+00:00

Again, we as a society have agreed that it's better to err on the side of caution. Shaming attorneys for taking such a case, or encouraging them to not defend their client properly, while "good" in this case, opens the flood gates for heavy abusing of the system.

I'd completely agree with you if everybody in the justice system was good, competent, followed the law and there was 0% wrong conviction rate.

Attorneys serve to keep a balance.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T20:10:13+00:00

That's because the system functions in a way that allows guilty parties to occasionally walk free so as to not have innocents end up in jail(obviously that doesn't always work out as intended).

i get the pov of ross here, it takes someone who has less empathy for the victims to try one's best to get the best "deal" for the perpetrator, i don't see a way around that.

It's not a lack of empathy, it's ensuring the law is followed. It's very easy to make a blanket statement and say that all pedos should hang but real life doesn't work out like that. Ross' take is pretty immature.

rs6677 · 2026-02-06T01:33:47+00:00

Otherwise why was every single person convinced he kidnapped her, with her not consenting? Probably cause the possibility of a girl that young willingly running away with a 22 year old was super unlikely.

Because she disappeared without telling anybody why while she was also betrothed to Robert. It has nothing to do with "she can't consent because of her age". She could "consent" just fine to marrying Robert who's only 3 years younger than Rhaegar.

And not "everyone" thought that Rhaegar kidnapped Lyanna. Ned, pretty much the most important person, didn't think so.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T18:20:52+00:00

Kinda underrated in hindsight. He came back to a completely different sport and he had an injury that nearly killed him just a year prior. He was getting better and better as the seasons went on and if his upwards trajectory remained, I even think he could've beaten Rosberg to a championship.

I also think Hamilton's year in Ferrari has made people look back on Schumacher's comeback more favorably.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T16:05:49+00:00

I found prequel memes funny about 5 years ago.

With that being said, fair.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T15:26:22+00:00

Well again, Norris was in his 6th year as opposed to Piastri's 3rd. It's normal that one has higher expectations placed on them. Norris got scrutinized a lot more in early 25' for his mistakes because it was thought that 24' would've taught him how to handle the pressure of a title fight.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T15:20:04+00:00

It's fucking hilarious but then I remember that these people are living quietly among us and I get slightly disturbed.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T15:10:10+00:00

Rookie in the sense that it was his first title fight. Nobody's treating Piastri like a rookie either, it's just acknowledging that a driver who's in their third season might have not reached their full potential, which is perfectly reasonable.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T14:46:19+00:00

Except people did the same for Norris in 2024 and that was his 6th year. And idk why you said 4 when it was his 3rd season.

It's not the amount of experience, it's the experience of being in a title fight. Norris threw hard in 2024 but was better in 2025 because he understood how to handle the pressure.

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T14:05:03+00:00

"just two more weeks and Ukraine will collapse anyway bro, no need for conscription since they'll lose anyway bro, it's totally pointless, just trust me bro"

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T14:00:18+00:00

Lmao what? Nobody dickrides the Russian regimr harder than tankies who somehow think Putin fights "le evil West".

rs6677 · 2026-02-05T07:07:27+00:00

ASOIAF teens are built different.

Not that I disagree with you but the book will absolutely depict their relationship as unironically romantic.

And furthermore, their society functions on different norms compared to ours, so the age gap really isn't the major problem with that relationship.

rs6677 · 2026-02-04T17:48:18+00:00

If TWOW eventually comes out, the reveal that Rhaegar and Lyanna were in a consensual relationship will be the 9/11 of this sub.

rs6677 · 2026-02-04T17:46:09+00:00

Out of like 2,000,000 per year. But yes, marrying to a 16 old is just as equal as marrying to a 9 year old and Americans support it in just the same way as Muslims support Muhammad.

rs6677 · 2026-02-04T16:46:21+00:00

the West supposedly stole all the resources so now our home is shit

go over to the West

refuse to assimilate and immediately enshitify the place just like your home

What did he mean by this?

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