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Solly Mack

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9. I figure it was for effect more than anything. The greatest fighting force snuffed out in seconds.

Reply to unblock (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 30, 2019, 04:03 PM

Apr 2019

Light their weapons and then use it to show how easily the dead snuffed light - and life - out.

Setting a tone, more or less. Like you said, impending doom.

Horrible battle tactic to send them out first. But, well...

Only one giant coming inside was for effect too. Harkens back to Wun-Wun and the Battle of the Bastards. Ramsay Bolton killed Wun-Wun and Lyanna Mormont took out the wight Giant Wun-Wun - at more or less the same spot. Wun- Wun was raised by the Night King during the Battle of Winterfell.

The rest had to die to achieve that purpose, so maybe the Dothraki or the fusillade or a combo of both took them out.

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Great tactical analysis of Season 8 - Episode 3 of Game of Thrones - Spoilers [View all] exboyfil Apr 2019 OP

well, despite it being a fantasy discussion, the real life term it would seem to me is hlthe2b Apr 2019 #1

But commanders fighting from fortified positions exboyfil Apr 2019 #2

sure.. but I guess it was meant to underscore the magnitude of the forces employed hlthe2b Apr 2019 #3

for many of us the scene from a distance, with the lack of sight and sound ... SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2019 #8

Did any of the Dothraki come back as undead to fight against the living? unblock Apr 2019 #4

I didn't see any exboyfil Apr 2019 #5

Yes. Though hard to tell, I could see several fighting as the dead against the living. Solly Mack Apr 2019 #6

thanks. i would think it had to be the case, but i didn't catch it. unblock Apr 2019 #7

I figure it was for effect more than anything. The greatest fighting force snuffed out in seconds. Solly Mack Apr 2019 #9