To clarify, there are no more spoilers of any kind allowed in this thread. As in you literally can not post a spoiler in this thread even if it contains nothing.


If you do this:

I haven't been spoiled by anything posted itt, or if I was I forgot. Mods have done a pretty great job from the inception. Kind of amazed I had no idea the Red Wedding was coming - well, I figured something not good was coming with regards to Frey ldo from watching but not THAT lol. I mean, even after Eddard Stark that was still a shocker. I'll never underestimate GRRM again haha.

Just be careful with your witch hunts. I got spoiled by my post being deleted and a mod PM'ing me asking if I'm a book reader. Speculation is accurate sometimes. If a troll is putting in enough time to balance their range with inaccurate speculation, non bookreaders will never know the difference. So do your homework and don't just zero in on one accurate line of speculation.

I know it's quite the balancing act, but let's not be so overzealous as to commit the sin we're trying to fight against.

swag_check is still banned from this thread right?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/55...stice-1332361/

Cause after reading the new Survivor thread where everyone accuses him of ruining the last two seasons...I think it's pretty safe to say he's a spoiling sociopath who shouldn't be allowed in here.

This. Also if every accurate speculation post were to be deleted, then you know that every existing theory is incorrect. If a book reader does see an accurate post and is skeptical of the poster, best to just PM a mod and tell them to keep an eye on that poster.

Wow, I really am glad you made it more clear, because until yesterday, your revised OP only referred to spoilers in the context of "book spoilers" I doubt many people considered anything put inside [S P O I L] [/ S P O I L] tags inherently to be book spoilers. I would have thought most people understood "book spoiler" to mean actual information from the books which has not been broadcast on the show or in its related promotional material, whether or not it has been put in spoiler tags.

Banning the use of spoiler tags used for the purpose of hiding things that are not book spoilers is an interesting choice.

While you are at it, perhaps you should consider banning forward-looking speculation by self-proclaimed non-book-readers too!

This is why this thread can't have nice things.

The only thing I can think of that might go inside spoiler tags that aren't book spoilers would be production events such as casting changes (since one can infer that means said character will be appearing at some point in the season), and I'm certainly willing to give those up in the name of remaining spoiler-free. Can anyone give an example of something that would normally go inside spoiler tags that is NOT a book spoiler?

trolls

I think that happened once in 3 years. There have been many correct predictions from apparent non-bookreaders. I think it'll be okay.

Do you guys think anyone will make a claim to the iron throne other than Dany in the next season? Is Stannis going to make another run at it or has his chance past? Do people still support Stannis' claim to the throne?

I think his chance has passed, for now anyway. Based on the end of S3 I would think Stannis is going to be focused on the north. What I'm interested in seeing is who else is going to focus on the white walker threat, and who is going to say IDGAF.

he does seem to have legit magic on his side which must count for something.

What do dragons count for then?

Thought you guys might find this interesting.

http://mashable.com/2014/02/06/game-...m-fb-main-link

Fwiw I wasn't dogging on Kirby or anything like that. Just was saying that's the stuff we probably should be conscious of posting. Clearly he doesn't have malicious intentions of course.

I put a photo of Stannis once in spoiler tags and forgot that people would likely think it was an actual spoiler.

I would assume Stannis goes north given he follows Mell basically through anything and her speach at the end of 3.

"10. The horse heart Khaleesi ate is actually seven pounds of a gummy bear-like mass."

Pretty nice of them not to feed her some synthetic poison like ****.

From a narrative perspective Stannis' arc is very interesting if he goes to fight the war against the Walkers in the north, doing the right thing, but again having his efforts disregarded by his peers and forgotten by history.

Stannis still has a claim to the throne. He hasn't renounced it - he just suffered a slight military setback.

As for how effective Stannis' claim might be, and who is left to support it - that remains to be seen.

There is also the question of "claim to which throne?" Robb Stark didn't claim the throne, but he did claim a throne. There are seven kingdoms of Westeros plus beyond-the-wall, all of which notionally fall under the authority of the throne in KL, but not all of which are under KL's actual control. While the show seems to be about the struggle for the throne in KL, a unified kingdom is not the only possible eventual outcome. And the title of the show is "Game of Thrones" (plural).

Lest we forget that Pike is in open rebellion also

I keep thinking Joff can't survive the season and then he goes and does. I still think we see a change of power in King's Landing sometime soon but I just can't see who could overthrow Joff right now.

I have always found that in such circumstances it always pays to look out for the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects them.

I for one welcome our new 27o overlord.

Yeah, I agree for sure with this. Not sure if you read the article or not but Martin said something along the lines of great literature have you feel conflict with your heart. I think it could be comparable to something like The Red Wedding. Where your heart makes you hate Joffrey and love Robb but he did break a vow and made many bad decisions. Then there's the scenes with Jamie in the tub where your heart feels this conflict. Really great insight into articulating a feeling I didn't know how to describe.

Ban for book reader foreshadowing.

new policy is great, expect many jimmies to be rustled