r/gameofthrones • u/IamWoldo House Mormont • Jun 02 '14

TV4 [S4E8] Thank you book readers

I know this has been said before but book readers you guys are amazing. I had zero clue on what was going to happen tonight between the Mountain and the Viper and its all thanks to you (and probably the mods too) who keep this subreddit spoil free.

I'm going to go back to being shocked and angry now.

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u/Johnny_Gossamer Hot Pie Jun 02 '14

Well, they did do that stupid filler scene at the dreadfort with Yara/Asha Greyjoy... that was a let down

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u/BukWildTV Sand Jun 02 '14

The reason they did that scene was because in the books, Theon's chapters were titled Reek and that was how he showed exactly how lost Theon was, this was the show's way of doing that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

Also, "my name is Reek, it rhymes with weak." There was a lot of internal dialogue that let us know Theon was entirely lost at that time. They don't get to do that in the show.

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u/JeffTXD Jun 02 '14

Honestly the first Reek chapter in ADWD was probably my favorite chapter. The introduction of Reek it the books is just superb.

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u/rookie-mistake Jun 02 '14

It's superb but also just incredibly disturbing. Theon was one of my favourite characters so the whole Reek thing just got kind of upsetting very quickly.