Fie on you, Fie!
speaking of, I thought it odd how, a few seconds before that, Jon sustained his head being smashed into that anvil with nary a scratch. Considering what would have been less force for him to plant that hammer in that dude's head. ...much less after watching that big dude smash horny prince's face in with his hands last week.
Really? That would make no sense... for one they have no idea what is going on at the wall and two he's got a tiny army which he needs to take over the iron throne with. Even if he knew about the attack on the wall he'd have to get off his island(s) and march across the entire North.
recall that Onion knight received that letter from Castle Black--at the end of season 3--and convinced Stannis, via Fire Crotch, to march on the wall to fight the zombie and wildling threat. Still, not sure what is going on with him this season, because it seems they forgot about that plan and have only been talking about getting the army to re-attack King's Landing (I suppose the death of Joffs changed their minds)
Stannis doesn't have an army to march and had to go to the Iron Bank for funds. Unless it wasn't shown, they haven't changed the plan to march north to the wall and help.
Jon is attempting to Parley with the hopes of getting close enough to Mance to kill him, thus scattering the wildlings. He seems to just not care anymore (having lost his wild women) and is being all "I don't care if I die!" mode. This is basically a last ditch effort to stop Mance, as he can continue to attack for days. Even if they lose 1000 wildings per attempt, they can outlast the Night's Watch. Mance just has to pull a Zapp Brannigan and continue to send wave after wave until they've hit their kill limit.I really do not get John Snow's plan at the end. Trudge across the snowy wasteland, through the entire army, by himself, without a weapon, hoping to find Mans and kill him so the wildlings all stop fighting? Makes no sense to me.
For some reason I keep thinking they are all going to unite against the White Walkers. Maybe Snow will somehow make that happen when he is North of the wall.
KT
Edit: I will miss Rose Leslie. She was super hot.
Yeah, I sort of got that feeling of helplessness, but it still seemed a bit strange as a "plan".
Pretty much anyone not on the Wall thinks the Wall's problems are just that of the Wall. The belief in the supernatural (white walkers, giants, etc) is something that only people who have seen it believe. Plus, the wildling threat is something they also don't care about. Getting a raven from Castle Black that says "please send help. wildling forces gather and white walkers raise the dead!" isn't going to get much of a response. Davos knows the supernatural exists (he saw the shadow baby thing), so he reports it to Stannis and the red priest confirms it is real and Stannis has to fight it.
Remember back to season 1, Tyrion kept commenting about "grumkins and snarks." He was making light of the claims that things live north of the wall that would terrify men. Nobody has seen a giant or a direwolf or a whitewalker. They're the stuff of old wives' stories. Even after he visited the wall he didn't believe in all of the stories but he did realize that the Watch was dying. He went back to King's Landing and got laughed at.
That is what I mean. Saying "an army of 100,000 plus some giants is attacking our force of 100" is going to read as "we are making shit up!" to everyone who hasn't seen a giant or a white walker or something else. People who have seen it (almost entirely those on the wall) are the only ones that believe in that stuff. Even Ned Stark wasn't convinced there were white walkers. He believed the deserter was not lying, just that he might not have seen what the believes he has seen.
I think the issue is even if you scale the wall like the raiding party, you have to still hit the castle and open the tunnel. Even if you got 1000 climbers over the top, it means nothing. You need to open the gates to let the floodwaters in.
Were the Ravens sent from the Wall all ignored? All anyone really has to do (Bolton's the closest) is send 1000 men to garrison the forts on the Wall and they should be OK, no? I suppose its too late to help at this stage. Plus, haven't the bald men and Ygritte made too much noise down south anyway? A small force should've been dispatched long ago.
Dire wolves aren't magical in nature. They are just big ass wolves. Dragons also have evidence they exist. There are skulls, and the last dragon was only a few hundred years ago. Nobody had seen a white walker for a thousand years. It is rather easy for people to simply say "never seen one nor knew anyone that had" and simply not believe in them.
People know that dragons existed, they've seen their bones. Nobody who hasn't seen Danaerys actually believes she still has dragons.
Yes, they were all ignored. Bolton wouldn't send any men: he has the ironborn to deal with, has to ensure the North doesn't rise up against him for his part in the Red Wedding, etc. The Wildlings and Thenns south of the Wall have killed everyone they encountered; nobody else even knows they're there.
The oil thing was weird. I was surprised they let so much happen before releasing the oil. Agreed on the tunnel part for sure; I thought they could do something more to make it a bit of a trap or at least close it off. I will say I loved the mini-speech to Jon Snow from the watch captain, basically admitting he was wrong, but then digging right back at snow at the end of it. Was hilarious.
There is an explanation for that but, while not a spoiler, it is verboten to speak of it.
Ya the speech was great and so was Aemons chat with Sam. I have to say the writing this season has been top notch. I may not have liked or seen some of the directions of the show but in the end thats what makes this show special. Between Tyrions best TV actor performance ever this season and the production values of this show its the best thing on TV right now since we lost motorhome of speed.
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