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| View Poll Results: Did you know before the latest episode?? | |||
| I hadnt a clue. |     | 6 | 16.22% |
| I caught the subtle references in the books. |    | 31 | 83.78% |
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17th May 2011, 02:01 AM
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| Time for beer  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: California
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| Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Seems to be about half and half in my opinion. I hadnt a clue what private prayer meetings were all about, guess I'm glad to not be religous. |
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17th May 2011, 02:03 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: California
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? 1) This thread should be a poll. 2) I did. 3) ???? 4) Profit. Last edited by Lofwyr; 17th May 2011 at 02:04 AM. Reason: The record shall show that this post predates the poll. |
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17th May 2011, 02:04 AM
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| Thicker than water  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? I picked it up, took me a while though. Quote:
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17th May 2011, 02:05 AM
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| Time for beer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: California
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Quote:
 Just going for some humour is all. | |
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17th May 2011, 02:14 AM
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| Thicker than water Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Faaaaiiiir enough! The show definitely opted for a less subtle approach than the books. For me I think it would have been enough to see their little glances at the tournament, but then I guess we wouldn't have gotten the little backstory about Renly's popularity and the power of House Tyrell. |
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17th May 2011, 02:35 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? We've seen a lot of inventive ways of having the characters dialogue to reveal backstory.  In my sheltered life, I must confess, that I've never, in my wildest dreams, ever imagined male on male body shaving. |
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17th May 2011, 03:51 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Massachusetts
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Conor I guess it wasn't totally common knowledge that Renly and Loras were/are an item, but I suspect that the poll will show at least 80% did. At least on this board |
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17th May 2011, 04:08 AM
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| Time for beer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: California
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Quote:
It does make sense that his marriage to Loras sister was never consumated and Renly most likely left Kings Landing with Loras when the S hit the fan. Imp, I take my hat off to you guys.Looks like I may be in the minority. | |
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17th May 2011, 05:22 AM
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| Fool  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? I also didn't pick up on it in the books. I found out in discussions in this board. I do think it's kind of funny in retrospect, what with the rainbow guard and all, that I didn't pick it up. As for your question Cul: I assumed it was because they were great friends and Loras was Renly's brother-in-law. |
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17th May 2011, 05:50 AM
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| Thicker than water Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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17th May 2011, 06:16 AM
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| Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Quote:
Now, being reminded of the Rainbow Gueard and remembering how Brienne loved Renly so...how could I have not known??  | |
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17th May 2011, 08:09 AM
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| <3D~  | Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? There should be an option for 'knew before the series, but didn't have a clue when reading the books' and that would be me. We're just too innocent, me and you, Conor. As for Loras's rampage... I don't actually remember it. But at the time of reading I'm sure I thought same as HJ and Conor. They were good friends: Who isn't grief stricken when a friend dies? |
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17th May 2011, 08:57 AM
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| Comment Giver  | Re: Ok so who knew about Loras and Renly before the series? Me, I'm just weird. I never really take things there like that when I'm reading (when it's done subtle like, if there's a few pages of graphic description or some one actually says it outright I might just get an inkling.) but I absorb everything, it's all there so when the penny does drop I'm not shocked, surprised, I just carry on with an of course they are. In this case when we had all the little glances at the tournament I just accepted it, and Mrs P. asked me about it, I just said yes, because I just knew... Of course a few minutes later I was able to say "I think that answers your question..." |
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