GAME OF THRONES #6:-A Golden Crown ACT 6 Chapter 1-2011

[Truth Seeker]

A Golden Crown

While King Robert goes hunting, Ned has to deal with new problems. At the Eyrie, Tyrion faces judgment for his crimes. In Vaes Dothrak, Viserys finally gets his payment for giving his sister's hand in marriage to Khal Drogo.


'Fire cannot kill a Dragon'
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[Remus Lupin]

Alas poor Viserys, we hardly knew ye!

I was curious though, how precisely would having molten gold poured over your head kill you? In my reading of the novel, I had always assumed it had encased his face or gone down his throat or something, but that didn't seem to be the case here. Would it just be shock? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Starman]

Alas poor Viserys, we hardly knew ye!

I was curious though, how precisely would having molten gold poured over your head kill you? In my reading of the novel, I had always assumed it had encased his face or gone down his throat or something, but that didn't seem to be the case here. Would it just be shock? Inquiring minds want to know!

I had the same thought you did when I read the book and my impression here that it was shock. The melting point of gold is nearly 2000 degrees F, so it's not hard imagining that bringing on some shock. I'm more curious how they got the fire that hot.

Great episode, though. I loved the fight at the Eyrie. "But he did."

 

[Kzach]

I had the same thought you did when I read the book and my impression here that it was shock. The melting point of gold is nearly 2000 degrees F, so it's not hard imagining that bringing on some shock. I'm more curious how they got the fire that hot.

2,000 sounds like a lot but when you consider that just a regular oven with nothing but a couple of small gas flames can get up to around 600 F, an open fire with an already smoking hot cauldron could probably get pretty high.

As for his death... I can't believe anyone could think someone could survive having molten gold poured over your head, regardless of whether or not it cut off airways. It would've cooked his brain, for one thing.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Well, I don't think he could have survived, I'm just curious about the proximate cause of death. "Cooked the brain" works for me.

 

[Krug]

Mmm... gilded brains..

 

[Kaodi]

There is no way in the real world they could have melted gold like that.

From Wikipedia:

When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at temperatures from 700 °C to 1,200 °C (1,300 °F to 2,200 °F).

 

[Remus Lupin]

I have to admit, in spite of myself, I felt some compassion for Viserys there at the end. i felt it in the novel too, when he says, "That's all I wanted, what was promised" it's hard not to feel a sense of pity for him.

In other news, Tyrion is still awesome, and isn't there some big enormous Wall of Ice in this story? When will we be seeing that again?

 

[Starman]

In other news, Tyrion is still awesome, and isn't there some big enormous Wall of Ice in this story? When will we be seeing that again?

And aren't there some dire wolves or something? I was surprised to see Bran's rescue go down with nary a sign of them.

 

[LightPhoenix]

...isn't there some big enormous Wall of Ice in this story? When will we be seeing that again?

While it would be cool to get some more of Jon's growing pains at the Wall, his arc in the first book is (mostly) superfluous, especially compared to everything else going on. It isn't until Clash of Kings where we start to see his story become more linked to the rest. It's not that it's a bad story, or boring to read/watch, but with such limited time to tell the main story, it's the obvious place to skimp.

Personally, as I see it there are only four more important scenes that really need to be shown:

Spoiler

Jon becoming the Lord Commander's squire, Jon attacking Allister, Jon fighting the wights, and possibly Jon's desertion

. Of those, the first three are probably in the same episode, since they happen in relatively quick succession.