@CinemaTweets1 Thought Weapons was fantastic and Amy Madigan’s Oscar was well earned. Obsession made me realize there was another level yet to be reached
@J52409123 I’m using it as an example. I’m saying there’s a difference between Arlan intending to knight him, especially going forward with it and forgetting the words, than never intending to at all. I think that matters. You don’t seem to, because knighting is binary.
I just disagree!
@J52409123 That sounds like way less of a lie to me than Arlan never intending to knight him.
Also don’t think the show makes it obvious whatsoever and the lines from the novella are doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Regardless though, doesn’t matter for his story! Was a fun back and forth
@J52409123 If Arlan told him to kneel, put a sword to his shoulder, shrugged, and passed out, us the audience and many in Westeros if they had witnessed it would say “eh that counts.” Dunk would still consider it a monstrous lie. If Arlan never even intended to knight him, that’s different
@J52409123 Oh come on! We’re talking about a character study more than anything. The “monstrous lie” and Dunk’s imposter syndrome take on completely different meaning depending on the details.
@J52409123 I believe that Ser Arlan either meant to knight Dunk or began knighting Dunk, but was such a drunk wasn’t able to give a formal, “heroic” knighting. Dunk proceeds to call himself a knight but has to lie about the details, while feeling like a fraud.
@J52409123 Well, I’m saying the shot of Arlan is what indicates that, lol. Just my interpretation! Could absolutely be wrong and proven so when GRMM gets asked 1000 times about it in the next few months.
Absolutely agree that it doesn’t matter and that’s the point!
@J52409123 I’ve seen the novella lines. I’m saying it’s very much in character for Dunk to consider his knighthood a lie even if Ser Arlan put a sword on his shoulder, said 99% of the words, and then passed out. He holds honor to a higher standard than the entire universe.
@J52409123 Could just be remembering.
I definitely see the argument of Dunk living out a lie. However, I think it’s just as likely he wasn’t *formally* knighted, a technicality most would overlook, but he would as an honorable man would be so hung up on as to consider himself a fraud.
@J52409123 The shot of Arlan coming immediately after that shot of Lyonel? Every time we have seen Arlan it has been a memory, no? That seems like too big a coincidence to not be part of the storytelling here.
The shot of him in his armor is separate from the shot of Arlan.
@J52409123@1337hero@Templarpilled If Dunk is remembering looking up at Ser Arlan shrugging, you don’t think it’s possible that Arlan was knighting Dunk but didn’t know the words or was drunk? Dunk is so honorable, he would be one to consider his knighting fraudulent if Arlan couldn’t get the words out.
@SigmundBloom (Akin to rent-a-kicker every year. Kickers score a good chunk of fantasy points, but the positional value is so low because of how easily replaceable the production is through streaming. Would love to see if anybody has tackled that when it comes to QBs. Even in SF.)
@SigmundBloom In the spirit of this article though, don’t you think it’s easier to find QB production than it is RB1/WR1 production? I just watched Jacoby Brissett score 20+ a week. Davis Mills scored 35 for me in a spot start. Daniel Jones was an elite QB1.