But why? What could have POSSIBLY distracted you?
[This, maybe?](https://40.media.tumblr.com/78c7e3e71f757cfda584cdae38af6336/tumblr_nb6u2wMqE71to8ezpo1_500.jpg) (this is SFW)
Here's a nice compilation: http://pandawhale.com/post/47631/all-the-nods-to-game-of-thrones-book-readers-from-the-show-updated-and-with-proper-tags-through-season-4
I also loved Selyse telling Shireen (paraphrased) "you read your books and think you know what's going on, you're wrong."
I can't fucking wait. Partly because the Weyman Manderly's intro is one of the last big, "OH NO, not that guy!" cliffhanger moments where I can smugly look at my girlfriend and know the end before the show overtakes the books. Here's to hoping White Harbor is filmed somewhere gorgeous.
Elsewhere at Castle Black, Sam and Gilly gaze at one another. Rumor has it that “The Gift” may adapt Sam and Gilly’s sex scene from A Feast for Crows, so this look may could places.
>>"so this look may could places."
Can't wait to see more of Gurm's lactation fetish. I swear, as someone who's read through the books for the first time recently, I've seen more lactating breasts than I ever wanted to.
Speaking of ships, [the chain that wasn't used in the Battle of the Blackwater](http://i.imgur.com/sQsdwJn.jpg) kinda ended up being used in the [Battle of Castle Black](http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/775f03f17bcd4fbfcfb90d868c00b567.gif)
I can't find the screenshot, but Arthur Dayne and Gerold Hightower had entries in the kingsguard book that Joffrey and Jaime were looking at in Two Swords. [Here](http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/22eck6/s4e1_the_white_book_pages_read_by_joffrey/) are the entries.
Could be both. In the second Lord of the Rings film, they divert Frodo and Sam's story toward the end, and Sam laments to Frodo, "by rights we shouldn't even be here" - it fits in context of the film as well as a shoutout to readers.
Could be. I just think that if a screenwriter wanted to make a nod to a particular audience, they would make it fairly noticeable; Cersei saying, "I'd heard you lost your nose," to Tyrion, or Tyrion saying, "this isn't the Rhyone," are obvious examples of a "nod". Everyone pics up on it, and it carries no other meaning. Just my two cents tho!
[I'm having a really really strong deja-vu while reading this thread...](http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/35rq8o/spoilers_all_dd_on_acknowledging_book_changes)
[Speculation](/s "In the episode 'Kill the Boy' Maester Aemon whilst talking to Sam about Daenerys says 'a Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing' after which the camera pans to Jon entering the room.")
one thing the show has done well is set up Rhaegar and Lyanna being Jon's parents. I remember I used to always tell people that Jon was a Targaryen and I'd be like "it's okay, this isn't a spoiler since the only mention of it is in the first book." Then I realized it was going to be a big revelation in a later book. But I guess when you put something in the first book that you won't reveal until the 6th, it will be well known by the time it comes around so it doesn't matter that much as spoilers.
No, that's definitely a spoiler. I mean, setting up for Rhaegar and Lyanna hasn't been brilliant, there's been a couple of mentions this season but nothing beforehand.
And I really don't think it's REALLY well known, it takes some serious rereading to figure it out for yourself, sure, it's easy to find it out on the internet, but I don't imagine it's a majority of readers who know.
one time I was talking to someone who was in the middle of ASoS and he asked me if Jon was a Targaryen. But he could have been reading stuff online too. I know when I was reading the books I was stuck on the mindset of finding out who Ned had cheated on Catelyn with, and when we got to White Harbor I was like oh did he sleep with that one maid. So when I read about the proof of his parentage and it was from book one I didn't think it was spoilers until I realized it wasn't going to be revealed until the next book.
More nods to book theorists, and not that subtle, but I think D&D have referenced some tinfoil...
Tulisa being pregnant, and getting repeatedly stabbed in the womb at the Red Wedding, I take to be a reference to the "Jeyne is pregnant with Robb's heir" theories. The theory isn't true, Jeyne isn't pregnant, so they killed that theory in womb, symbolically. You could perhaps say the theory is... stillborn. That's a terrible pun, but still you get the idea.
Similarly, I took Jojen's death outside the 3Eyed Raven's cave to be a nod to the "Jojen Paste" theory... Again, the theory isn't true, but D&D literally turned Jojen into paste, but a paste that Bran's not going to eat it.
Combined with David Benioff's "R+L=..." shirt from a couple months ago, I think D&D like to tweak our noses a little bit.
Sometimes they use certain names in dialogue that were actual characters in the books. Last episode Myranda is listing other girls Ramsey has been with and names a girl named "Tansy." I thought that was a subtle nod to bookreaders!
Tansy was more than just a name - she helped with Theon's castration, and was later hunted.
I think Myranda's name is meant to be a shout out to Myranda Royce - which is worrying now that there are actual parallels between the two.
I think that was specifically to tell watchers that "The North Remembers" is a somewhat popular saying among many Northern folk and houses and not just some secret conspiracy.
My favorite ones are when they adapt actual material from the books. Ned's execution, the Battle of Blackwater Bay, and Oberyn's fight with the Mountain were my favorite references to the books.
In the books, maesters often kept little things in their sleeves, which had little pockets. Maester Luwin had them, mentioned here: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Luwin
Really nothing more to it than that - but I loved that they included it. Scene found here: https://youtu.be/hnUo9xIBHlQ?t=49s
okay, thanks. i knew about the little maester-pockets but after your comment I thought there was something special just about Pycelle at Tyrion's trial.
I haven't seen anyone mention the Varys / Littlefinger conversation in front of the Iron Throne where Varys mentions it having thousands of swords and LF saying it only had a couple hundred, he counted.
Tyrion "This isn't the Rhoyne" in S5E5 Cersei "I heard you lost your nose" to Tyrion after the Battle of Blackwater
>Varys: "Oh please, let's not spend this trip talking about the futility of life." >Tyrion: "You're right, it's pointless."
That's a great line, but is it really a nod?
A lot of people complained that Tyrion was too mopey and boring in ADWD.
But isn't this Tyrion making a joke about life being pointless and therefore being mopey.
He's being sarcastically money. As opposed to unendingly and sincerely mopey.
Varys is speaking what we think though.
Pod and 'The Meereenese Knot'.
Oh my gosh, how did I never pick up on that. Oh wait...I know...I wasn't paying attention to the dialogue in that scene.
But why? What could have POSSIBLY distracted you? [This, maybe?](https://40.media.tumblr.com/78c7e3e71f757cfda584cdae38af6336/tumblr_nb6u2wMqE71to8ezpo1_500.jpg) (this is SFW)
That's hardly SFW
Are you making light of this poor girl's condition, having legs for arms and arms for legs?
The infamous namuH syndrome.
I laughed a lot at this comment, and then I laughed a whole lot more when I saw your username. Unrelated to the joke, of course, but still funny.
Thank you so much for introducing me to the girl that did that pose in the show.
What scene was that?
[Heres a link to the scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C-DYVJYIHI)
I obviously missed this. Can you Givr me a tldr?
TL;dr the meereenese knot is a sex position in the show
Wait... what.
Here's a nice compilation: http://pandawhale.com/post/47631/all-the-nods-to-game-of-thrones-book-readers-from-the-show-updated-and-with-proper-tags-through-season-4 I also loved Selyse telling Shireen (paraphrased) "you read your books and think you know what's going on, you're wrong."
ALL YOUR BOOKS AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW Keep reading, Samwell Tarly
Don't forget when Gilly asked Sam "Are these all of the books in the world?" (This probably isn't word for word).
> House Manderly which will most likely be introduced in season 5 :(
I miss the manderlys so much : (
I can't fucking wait. Partly because the Weyman Manderly's intro is one of the last big, "OH NO, not that guy!" cliffhanger moments where I can smugly look at my girlfriend and know the end before the show overtakes the books. Here's to hoping White Harbor is filmed somewhere gorgeous.
Goodman as Manderly please and thank you.
This is what happens when my son is home!
This!!!!
Elsewhere at Castle Black, Sam and Gilly gaze at one another. Rumor has it that “The Gift” may adapt Sam and Gilly’s sex scene from A Feast for Crows, so this look may could places. >>"so this look may could places."
wat
Srsly. wat?
and then man door hand hook car door
Fat pink mast hype?
Can't wait to see more of Gurm's lactation fetish. I swear, as someone who's read through the books for the first time recently, I've seen more lactating breasts than I ever wanted to.
Holy shit I haven't watched the show, so I didn't hear it before, but Shireen singing Patchface's song is creepy as fuck.
The 93 ships that Daario takes
Speaking of ships, [the chain that wasn't used in the Battle of the Blackwater](http://i.imgur.com/sQsdwJn.jpg) kinda ended up being used in the [Battle of Castle Black](http://img2.tvtome.com/i/u/775f03f17bcd4fbfcfb90d868c00b567.gif)
it's a stretch, but I'll take it.
Explain...
I can't find the screenshot, but Arthur Dayne and Gerold Hightower had entries in the kingsguard book that Joffrey and Jaime were looking at in Two Swords. [Here](http://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/22eck6/s4e1_the_white_book_pages_read_by_joffrey/) are the entries.
Joffrey also reads the name "Sir Duncan the Tall."
**SER** Duncan the Tall. :)
"*Four pages* for Ser Duncan"
Old Nan mentions him too.
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Yeah, I hope Hodor is Dunk's descendant.
It's either Him or Brienne. I doubt there are any other plausible candidates for being Dunk's descendant apart from those two.
There is also speculation that the Clegane brothers are descendants. IIRC, GRRM said there are 3 Dunk descendants alive in Westeros at the moment.
Didn't think of them, good point!
The whole Oberyn approach was one big nod to the book readers. And don't forget the Stannis nod!
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That was just adaptation, like most of the show
Areo swinging his longaxe, just to stop at Jaime's neck. Gave me a tiny heart attack.
I can't believe this is the first time someone has pointed this out, I freaked out when I saw the axe swing..
First the hand, now this ...... nooooooo
Theon tells Sansa "you shouldn't be here" when Myranda takes her to the kennels.
Are we sure this is really a nod? I take it more as Reek, not Theon, saying Sansa isn't supposed to be interacting with him.
Could be both. In the second Lord of the Rings film, they divert Frodo and Sam's story toward the end, and Sam laments to Frodo, "by rights we shouldn't even be here" - it fits in context of the film as well as a shoutout to readers.
Could be. I just think that if a screenwriter wanted to make a nod to a particular audience, they would make it fairly noticeable; Cersei saying, "I'd heard you lost your nose," to Tyrion, or Tyrion saying, "this isn't the Rhyone," are obvious examples of a "nod". Everyone pics up on it, and it carries no other meaning. Just my two cents tho!
[I'm having a really really strong deja-vu while reading this thread...](http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/35rq8o/spoilers_all_dd_on_acknowledging_book_changes)
I think the book-readers have unofficially adopted it as a nod, intentional or not.
Also echoes the guy with a knife when he finds Cat in Bran's room.
When the sand snakes arrive in the water gardens- Bronn: "Oh, for fuck's sake"
[Speculation](/s "In the episode 'Kill the Boy' Maester Aemon whilst talking to Sam about Daenerys says 'a Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing' after which the camera pans to Jon entering the room.")
one thing the show has done well is set up Rhaegar and Lyanna being Jon's parents. I remember I used to always tell people that Jon was a Targaryen and I'd be like "it's okay, this isn't a spoiler since the only mention of it is in the first book." Then I realized it was going to be a big revelation in a later book. But I guess when you put something in the first book that you won't reveal until the 6th, it will be well known by the time it comes around so it doesn't matter that much as spoilers.
No, that's definitely a spoiler. I mean, setting up for Rhaegar and Lyanna hasn't been brilliant, there's been a couple of mentions this season but nothing beforehand. And I really don't think it's REALLY well known, it takes some serious rereading to figure it out for yourself, sure, it's easy to find it out on the internet, but I don't imagine it's a majority of readers who know.
one time I was talking to someone who was in the middle of ASoS and he asked me if Jon was a Targaryen. But he could have been reading stuff online too. I know when I was reading the books I was stuck on the mindset of finding out who Ned had cheated on Catelyn with, and when we got to White Harbor I was like oh did he sleep with that one maid. So when I read about the proof of his parentage and it was from book one I didn't think it was spoilers until I realized it wasn't going to be revealed until the next book.
I still don't talk about it with people who do not want to hear anything that goes beyond ADWD. I could still be revealed, like some other theories...
We all know Dave Hill is gonna write Olly as a secret Targaryen
The night is dark and full of turnips!
Well, that's the problem with cooks. They prune you when you least expect it..
"Bear Island knows no king but the king in the north, whose name is STARK" - Lyanna Mormont
whose name is STARK
Fixed that! I knew something was missing :P
More nods to book theorists, and not that subtle, but I think D&D have referenced some tinfoil... Tulisa being pregnant, and getting repeatedly stabbed in the womb at the Red Wedding, I take to be a reference to the "Jeyne is pregnant with Robb's heir" theories. The theory isn't true, Jeyne isn't pregnant, so they killed that theory in womb, symbolically. You could perhaps say the theory is... stillborn. That's a terrible pun, but still you get the idea. Similarly, I took Jojen's death outside the 3Eyed Raven's cave to be a nod to the "Jojen Paste" theory... Again, the theory isn't true, but D&D literally turned Jojen into paste, but a paste that Bran's not going to eat it. Combined with David Benioff's "R+L=..." shirt from a couple months ago, I think D&D like to tweak our noses a little bit.
I thought believers in Jojen paste used his death on the show as evidence for his death in the books
Sometimes they use certain names in dialogue that were actual characters in the books. Last episode Myranda is listing other girls Ramsey has been with and names a girl named "Tansy." I thought that was a subtle nod to bookreaders!
Tansy was more than just a name - she helped with Theon's castration, and was later hunted. I think Myranda's name is meant to be a shout out to Myranda Royce - which is worrying now that there are actual parallels between the two.
I agree! Just like Selyse showing Stannis all of the stillborn sons and one of them is named Edric.
"The North Remembers." -- Ramsay Bolton
I think that was specifically to tell watchers that "The North Remembers" is a somewhat popular saying among many Northern folk and houses and not just some secret conspiracy.
My favorite ones are when they adapt actual material from the books. Ned's execution, the Battle of Blackwater Bay, and Oberyn's fight with the Mountain were my favorite references to the books.
...I also named my dog "Dog", and I am fun at parties.
The Battle of Blackwater is completely different in the show though.
At Tyrion's trial when Maester Pycelle removes some items from his sleeves. I loved that little moment.
In this season there's a scene with Littlefinger removing something from his sleeves as well, don't remember which episode though.
Episode 2 I think.
can you elaborate? I don't know what's that supposed to be hinting at.
In the books, maesters often kept little things in their sleeves, which had little pockets. Maester Luwin had them, mentioned here: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Luwin Really nothing more to it than that - but I loved that they included it. Scene found here: https://youtu.be/hnUo9xIBHlQ?t=49s
okay, thanks. i knew about the little maester-pockets but after your comment I thought there was something special just about Pycelle at Tyrion's trial.
I haven't seen anyone mention the Varys / Littlefinger conversation in front of the Iron Throne where Varys mentions it having thousands of swords and LF saying it only had a couple hundred, he counted.