>fat ass with no combat ability kills white walker by simply stabbing him on the back
>/tv: "...."
>Bastid kills white walker literally 0.2 seconds after figuring out Valyrian steel is ice proof
>Yea Forums: "....."
>Woman who pretty much completed her training in a sect of fanatic assassins that use literal magic to blend in by shapeshifting, who knows the castle like the back of her hand and who has been shown to be able to sneak up to probably the best warrior alive AND whose steps were shown to be quieter than blood dripping into the ground
>goes to the one place where she knew the NK would be
>waits for her moment
>as the NK (who, btw, was shown to be a bit of a smug bastih ie: smirking when dragon fire did nothing to him AND allowing Theon to charge at him) is completely fixated on Bran (as are the others around him, being a hivemind and all)
>she seizes the opportunity
>kills the NK on a move that was shown before
>Yea Forums: "MUH SJWS REEEE WHY DO WYMIN HAVE TO RUIN MY REALISTIC SHOWS ABOUT DRAGONS AND MAGIC AND ZOMBIES REEEE RICHARD SPENCER SAVE ME!"
Fat ass with no combat ability kills white walker by simply stabbing him on the back
this entire episode was made solely with the purpose of youtube reaction videos
almost every aspect of the episode crumbles under scrutiny
>who pretty much completed her training
that's a fucking stretch
>probably the best warrior alive
yikes
almost all aspect of this show fall crumble under scrutiny
Arya killing the NK is completely in line with her character
I do take pleasure on seeing Yea Forums getting so fucking triggered tho lmao
>that's a fucking stretch
how? because she missed some classes last semester? lmfao, she killed another faceless woman, Jacquen pretty much told her she is no one (debatable), by all intents and purposes she is a faceless man
>probably the best warrior alive
who is it then?
inb4 muh booooks
How did Arya even know just a stab of her dagger would instantly shatter the NK who is presumably much more powerful than a regular walker?
How did she know his death was an instant auto destruction of all the others?
Logistics of her true stealth and super speed put aside, her entire plan relied on a complete gamble. This is why the scene comes off wrong even if the circumstances are different, because a clueless character is put in the position to somehow know more than the viewer.
Her character felt less like a character and more of a tool for the writers to slap the viewer in the face with a "Haha! bet you didn't see that coming!"
Please indicate to me where she received the training to become the best warrior alive, you know, as opposed to every other countless person who has used a sword in this show for 2/3rds of their life.
You can say this about every single episode that's aired since D&D ran out of source material to use
My problem isn't Arya being able to kill the Night King. She's more than capable. The problem is the Walkers have been built up as the real problem in the series since the beginning. That all the posturing for the throne was a distraction from the real problem and that Westeros would let itself be destroyed by its own infighting and arrogance. Now the Walkers are gone, and Cersei is the end boss of the show. They've effectively dropped the Azor Ahai/prince that was promised plotline from the show unless A) the prince is meant to fight Cersei which is dumb or B) the Walkers come back later. Which makes this episode a showy mess that means nothing narratively.
No matter how much of a super saiyan ninja Arya is you cannot deny that the villains hyped up for 8 seasons dying to A FUCKING KNIFE TRICK after doing LITERALLY FUCKING NOTHING OF ANY REVELANCE and killing NOBODY IMPORTANT was rather anticlimactic.
>7
For all the dumb shit that happened this episode, I really enjoyed Arya killing the Night King. I think they should have set up more Bran/Arya scenes but at least she used the dagger hand swap trick that was shown last season.
she trained (poorly) as an assassin, and extremely minimally as a jouster
please tell me how this training should logically give her the ability to teleport
Killing mooks =/= Killing the villain your show spent eight seasons building up as the most dangerous threat to the world
**not a jouster, a dueler with those gay twig swords
>How did Arya even know just a stab of her dagger would instantly shatter the NK who is presumably much more powerful than a regular walker?
because the literally knew Valyrian steel and dragon glass are the only things that harm white walkers?
>How did she know his death was an instant auto destruction of all the others?
because jon snow literally said so last episode
>Logistics of her true stealth and super speed put aside, her entire plan relied on a complete gamble. This is why the scene comes off wrong even if the circumstances are different, because a clueless character is put in the position to somehow know more than the viewer.
Her character felt less like a character and more of a tool for the writers to slap the viewer in the face with a "Haha! bet you didn't see that coming!"
Literally she is the only character whose skills, magic or bs or not, was the most logical person to kill the NK.
The Night Kin saw Jon Snow kill a White Walker, and when he came to within 50 meters of Jon, he simply arose the dead to kill Jon. No way he was going to get anywhere close
Theon died tryin'
The rest were dealing with the dead
Arya was a master assassin, able to walk silently and to use everything to her advantage, be it the dark, her knowledge of the castle,, and knowing that the NK was going to be there
The only way the fa/tv/irgins on this shitboard would've been happy was for fucking Stannis Baratheon to literally appear out of nowhere and ARRRRGH his way to the NK then kill him
>MUH GRILLS HURRRRR FCUKING WYMIN
So why didn't she stay with Bran if she knew all those things all along?
Exactly.
The show is complete shit, but this is nothing new; the show has ducked since season 6. D&D are hacks
how hard is it to understand that she couldve used a fucking zombie mask.
Battle of the Bastards was pretty dumb in many ways but people liked that anyway. In fact many things involving combat in this show are dumb and inconsistent.
Most people don't like Arya killing the NK simply because they wanted their favorite character to do the same thing, not because they genuinely care about muh writing.
She thought the dragons had it handled.
I was talking about Jon Snow you retard.
>They've effectively dropped the Azor Ahai/prince that was promised plotline from the show unless A) the prince is meant to fight Cersei which is dumb or B) the Walkers come back later. Which makes this episode a showy mess that means nothing narratively.
what's Yea Forums's obsession with Azor Ahai? Hasn't GRRM said himself that prophecies are silly?
she didn't teleport, as I said in the OP, they were all fixated on Bran since the NK was. It's a hivemind. They did notice her when it was too late. They literally showed her moving so silently blood drops were louder than her steps
>white walkers disintegrate upon death
>why didn’t she use a zombie mask hurr durr
>let me tell you why you shouldn't feel disappointed
I'm sorry sweatie but I do feel disappointed. Maybe make your art so that i don't feel that way. If you have to explain, you've already failed
>So why didn't she stay with Bran
what makes you think she didn't? she left the hall after the Red Woman told her the "blue eyes" line, she disappears from view until she kills the NK. Was she supposed to pointlessly charge the NK head on like Theon did?
>dagger hand swap trick that was shown last season
Isn't that trick just an action movie cliche? I mean remember when Rey did it in TLJ? Can't be a good thing if Rey did it in TLJ
Yeah that would have been neat.
If it had been established.
if a WW had lunged at NK, got its throat grabbed, and then a face reveal concurrent with the knife-drop, THAT would have been better.
You absolute retard
What was the point of the 10 minute metal gear in the library scene?
the normal "zombies" do not disintegrate upon death
oh she didn't know before or maybe she did but the red woman's words really helped her power up and bypass plot continuity, got it
the NK could've simply waited for Winterfellas to starve to death
the NK could've simply sent his army of zombies to kill everyone, then once that was done, raise the newly dead, then make his way into the Godswood once the coast was clear
so she spent precious time taking the mask off before the kill... why exactly?
stop trying to defend shitty writing
plausibility aside, it is a waste of 5 books who talk extensively about r'hllor and the reasons of why that world might be the way it is.
Then why the fuck wouldn't they show it to the viewer? Are we supposed to assume what did and didn't happen?
Do you actually believe the actual zombies rely on sight to detect the living and would be fooled by a visual disguise?
or maybe she, as an assassin, knew that charging Vanilla Ice head on was a stupid idea, and instead, chose to hide. And since the castle was being overrun, maybe she chose to stay and fight since the ironborn and the dragons were supposed to defend Bran
>they were all fixated on Bran since the NK was. It's a hivemind.
this means they are completely oblivious to someone moving through their shoulder-to shoulder ranks straight into their fucking line of sight? them being a hivemind should make sneaking up on the leader magnitudes harder since as soon as an white walker notices something he can communicate it telepathically to the leader instantly
which is presumably what happened with his quick turn-around, but far too fucking late
?
I would have had no problem with her killing the night king if her plot revolves around the night king in any way whatsoever. Like, if she had been beyond the wall with Jon snow and seen one, spent some seasons thinking about it, etc. but she was JUST introduced to them recently and had never even seen one until this episode. It makes no sense that within the span of one episode she learns about them and tricks the night king and kills him. It would be as weird if grey worm killed the night king. It just makes no sense thematically. Reminds me of all those women getting together in end game somehow they all know each other and happen to be there at the same time. This is forced feminist trash being injected into popular tv shows at the last minute when you’ve already made your investment in it. It’s some SJW Hollywood judo bullshit.
This. I believe Jamie getting the kill would've been more thematically fitting, but Arya killing the NK made logical sense. She's a hyper assassin with magical powers. Her abilities weren't even an ass pull; they've been set up for several seasons. The only reason TV is freaking out is b/c they hate the actress.
Why?
What's the point of risking her life offing a few pointless wights and getting damn near killed if all she had to do was bide her time and sneak up on the NK to destroy all 100k of them?
Unless she's hiding in the tree the whole time, how does she get to NK without EVERYONE seeing her?
No, the reason people are freaking out is because she teleported behind the NK and stole the spotlight and ended 8 years and 8 seasons of build-up in one retarded and nonsensical moment.
>She's a hyper assassin with magical powers. Her abilities weren't even an ass pull; they've been set up for several seasons. The only reason TV is freaking out is b/c they hate the actress.
And Yea Forums has been (rightfully) complaining about the ridiculous extent of her magic assassin powers for several seasons.
I don't think you understand how much this breaks any tension of the show, let me ask you, what's stopping Arya from going south right now and assassinating Cersei and Euron without any trouble?
>this means they are completely oblivious to someone moving through their shoulder-to shoulder ranks straight into their fucking line of sight?
it is plausible if the NK was literally in front of the key to wipe out humanity
the NK isn't a dumb, emotionless machine. It's a shame we might never know anything about exactly what his motives were other than BRRAAAAINSS, but there are hints that he isn't a cold calculating machine a la Matrix. He allows Theon to charge him, for no specific reason. He allows Dany to try to roast him, he could've thrown a dagger, but instead he decided to show her that he was immune to fire while being a smug bastard about it. He could've known Arya was coming, and allowed it, but like I said, they fixated on Bran + Arya's elf runnin = a little bit too slow, a little bit too late
I hate the actress because she looks like a semi-disabled goblin instead of an all powerful assassin. Not exactly my fault she can't sell the character.
>the NK isn't a dumb, emotionless machine
that's exactly how he was introduced before this episode piled on every hollywood villain cliche they could think of
not completely, at Hardhome he raised the dead in front of Jon just to prove a point and gloat
he didn't have to do that right then, it served no real benefit outside of psychological warfare, which he shouldn't 'get' as an emotionless undead
I think him smiling after resisting the dragon fire was a bit too much though