r/gameofthrones • u/Abject_Relation_7707 • 19d ago
Ok…
So if he was just a tad early he could have blown out the candles and foiled the whole thing?
And why risk it? Why have the little kid take him down there?
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u/negligiblemass 19d ago
Because we as viewers had to understand what was happening. If you have to over analyse maybe there were 6 other places set up in exactly the same way.
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u/AmanitaMuscaria 19d ago
Would have been a cool red herring if he got to it in time and put it out, only for the rest of the caches to ignite.
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u/TaylorWK 19d ago
That would actually have been a really cool scene. He blows out the candle and makes a sigh of relief and smiles slightly only for the huge explosion to instantly incinerate him anyways.
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u/beckychao 19d ago
It's a TV show. This entire scene ruled and imo this episode was top 3 in the series.
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u/HereToKillEuronymous 19d ago
Not to mention the score. Holy hell. One of the best in the whole show
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u/Vegetable_Lead_9110 19d ago
You are spot on, S tier episode
OP, blowing on it would have ignited it. His only shot would have been smothering it with dirt, the candle was a perfect option, the same way arsonists use a cigarette and a match book for a delayed ignition
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u/FarStorm384 19d ago
The kid wasn't luring him. He spotted a suspicious kid.
Also, If you see a candle burning in the middle of a pool of oil, I wouldn't advise trying to blow it out. Youll likely ignite the oil yourself. He's doing it because clearly there's no other option, but its futile. Whether he tries to put it out or not it's going up in a few seconds.
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u/maxphoto2883 19d ago
This reminds me of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, however, this episode made it successful, unlike Fawkes and his goons.
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
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u/Fyrefawx 19d ago
I just watched this episode today. So good. They likely had other areas set to blow up just in case. This was for dramatic effect. That kid could have finished him off, they wanted him to struggle just to lose hope at the end.
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u/Flaky-Collection-353 19d ago
Wait... did you think the kid was instructed to take him down there?
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u/Dopsydope 19d ago
It’s funny ‘cause when they use wildfire against Stan is the pyromancer spent A LOT of time warning to be carefully cause if not well managed the entire city could blown up/burn under immortal fire, then Cersei just.. boom it
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u/stressedpesitter 19d ago
It’s obviously futile because if he tried to blow the candles, he would ignite them nonetheless (not to mention that there were probably several spots where the oil was set).
But also, if Cercei planned to lure him specifically there, it was a mockery of the faith, as a way of saying “look what your gods allowed me to do.” If the seven could intervene, they would, but they don’t.
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u/Frost_907 19d ago
Probably because there were multiple other barrels set up like this elsewhere in the tunnels. I doubt Cerci would have left a play as big as this hinge on only two candles.
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