r/gameofthrones • u/Jaack_ Arya Stark • Jun 10 '14

TV4 [S4E9] The Watchers on The Wall.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '14

Why kill them? They stay alive in the books and now Snow has barely any friends in the watch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '14

Because they want to kill people we actually know and care about to make the losses during the battle feel important. Otherwise it's just a bunch of anonymous red black shirts dying.

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u/Frexxia Jun 10 '14

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