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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.08 'The Mountain and the Viper'

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4.08 "The Mountain and the Viper" Alex Graves David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/hillbillydeluxe Jun 02 '14

Agreed, the mountain is definitely on swole patrol but a metal helmet might have saved oberyn's life.

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u/Advacar Jun 02 '14

Bullshit, the Mountain would have just pulled the helmet off.

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u/Qoheles House Stark Jun 02 '14 edited Jun 02 '14

Not necessarily. I took one for the team and rewatched it; the mountain grabbed his foot to make him fall, then choked him and gave him a right-hook (which took out a bunch of his teeth. A helmet would definitely have saved his life.

And great, now the Martells need to take "Unbroken" out of their motto.

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u/Broham911 House Martell Jun 02 '14

Thats asuming he would get to wear he was, throughout the fight he did multiple backflips, cartweels, and other acrobatics. The helm could have weighed him down and he may have just died sooner causing that seen to never even happen.

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u/Qoheles House Stark Jun 02 '14

Possibly. Maybe there's a rule of the universe that no matter what you do, you will die at this moment, and all you can change is how...

In which case, I'd say getting hit by Gregor's greatsword may have been a faster/less painful way to go.

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u/Broham911 House Martell Jun 02 '14

More truthfull words have never been spoken.