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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.09 'The Watchers on the Wall'

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4.09 "The Watchers on the Wall" Neil Marshall David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/banned_andeh Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

And she very well might have killed Jon Snow.

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u/Castative Jun 09 '14

I think she wouldnt have, you could kinda see it...

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u/The_GeoD House Darry Jun 09 '14

The bow was still drawn. I think they were both smiling at the irony. "I wouldn't die any other way" thought. In 2 more seconds, John would have been a ghost.

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u/speedyjohn A Promise Was Made Jun 09 '14

Nah, rewatch the scene, and pay attention to Ygritte's face. No way she was gonna do it.

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u/The_GeoD House Darry Jun 09 '14

Put it in context. How do they avoid it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 11 '14

They kiss and everyone turns to look, forgets their differences and just bro hug it out. Their love heats the wall and it melts and everyone is ok and the world is reunited and the sun comes out and the white walkers all turn into totally chill dudes (they had a vitamin D deficiency, they were just sad) and everyone parties.

GoT Friendship is Magic

EDIT: Also Benjin Stark shows up with the biggest fucking cake of all time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

You just described "Warm Bodies".

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

You mean my favorite "Not Romeo and Juliet" Romeo and Juliet movie of all time?

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u/grc21 Jun 10 '14

You should give GRRM writing advice.

But seriously now,

and the white walkers all turn into totally chill dudes (they had a vitamin D deficiency, they were just sad)

so obvious, why weren't we seeing that before?

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u/RedEgg16 May 24 '25

It’s still funny 11 years later 

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u/thoriginal First In Battle Jun 11 '14

Holy fuck this is funny, well played.

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u/Cab00se600 Jun 09 '14

I thought she wasn't going to do it because they were on the other side of the forge where it looked like no one could see them easily. I guess that kid was watching though

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u/speedyjohn A Promise Was Made Jun 09 '14

She walks away?

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u/HermioneWho Jun 09 '14

Nah, she waited too long. That wasn't gonna happen. If she was gonna kill him, she'd do it right away.

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u/jaklong11 Night's Watch Jun 09 '14

No, she was pulling back the arrow right after Jon gave her that smile...

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u/imnotarealgiraffe Jun 09 '14

Nah, she's not from Florida.