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WTF?? Emmy noms and snubs (self.freefolk)

submitted by Briccone1979Fuck the king!

Ok so this piece of shit show got TWENTY-THREE Emmy nominations and NOT ONE OF THEM goes to Liam Cunningham, Iain Glen, Alexis Booth, OR Laurence Tenney. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to shit on Katenka Wolsky, Simone Bouvier, Maisie Williams, OR Peter Dinklage, they are all fabulous actors, but they didn't get half the material that Davos, Jaime, and Sansa got this season. I mean hell!! Tyrion basically spent this entire season ~drinking and knowing things~ (FUCK THAT LINE OH MY GOD) and flirting with Greyworm and Missandei for no apparent reason nor to move to plot forward. Daenerys is stuck in her steely-eyed ~I'm tough & Queenly~ rut because the writers don't give her anything else to do. Cersei is batshit but she got like...no lines???? With which to explore that batshitness??

Meanwhile Sansa goes through the most meaningful season of her entire character, matures in ways we never could've imagined, takes the lead from Jon when he fucks it up, LOSES ANOTHER BROTHER and is creeped on by Littlefinger (who she ARTFULLY turns down btw) and gets...nothing for all that? Really? No Emmy for Sansa? No Emmy after staring down her rapist & watching DOGS EAT HIM?

And no Emmy for the fucking Kingslayer? That scene with the Blackfish was kind of heartbreaking, and now his sister is basically Aerys Targaryen part 2. I resent them for giving his clothes more talking than the man himself but you can SEE on his face the realization when he steps into that throne room and Cersei's on the damn throne.

AND DAVOS?? Shaking with anger at Melisandre, Liam Cunningham was better than everyone. Even if you didn't remember who Shireen was you would've been hella pissed on his behalf! There was actual real emotion! THAT'S GOOD ACTING. THAT'S EMMY WORTHY. GODDAMNIT!

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[–]CheruthCutestory 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Not sure if Laurence Tenney would agree about deserving an Emmy, esp if that blind item is true about him (probably him, let's be real) being pissed at Jaime Lannister's character assassination. I've been rolling my eyes at D&D ever since that funereal rape scene. Sorry 'bout it but that would never happen - Jaime's not a rapist and it was a totally unneccessary scene that basically undid all the character development he'd made while on his shit-tour of Westeros with Brienne.

[–]Briccone1979Fuck the king![S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit I did not see that blind item. The only thing worse than writing Jaime Lannister super poorly would be to recast him for the last two seasons. I hope Tenney keeps his pretty mouth shut about it. That said, he's not wrong (if that BI is true). Jaime's arc has been my favorite since he was guaranteed hatred in season 1 and is now one of the few sane people left in Westeros.

[–]RifleGun 5 points6 points  (1 child)

This show should've been exempt from Emmys due to the Sand Snakes.

[–]asskisser69 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh god get over the Sand Snakes already! They weren't that bad & they were hot. Now that King's Landing's brothel is out of business we have to get our titty quota somewhere.

[–]ChaosZeroXThe White Wolf 2 points3 points  (1 child)

K but remember that Battle of the Bastards got a nom for special effects when you can clearly see Jon's sword wobbling like the plastic model it is.

[–]Shanepain00 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DAE Saving Private Ryan feels tho?? /s

[–]Alsss41Ghost, to me! 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's one of the issues with this whole tv series. D&D fundementally don't understand the characters. And that could be anyone's fault - them for not reading well enough, GRRM for taking so damn long and not letting anyone know the actual final trajectory of the story (thereby not allowing character arcs to be fully explored), I honestly think they wanted to make a much different series and got stuck with such a character-dense one that they didn't know what to do with it all. They don't know how to juggle the transition from hero to villain or from villain to hero. It's why Ramsay was so fucking OP and unnecessary. Ser Shirtless Fighter of House Twenty Goodmen, I mean come ON.

[–]HaruCrystalHype dore odrikatas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mark my words, without an actual published book to work off, these last two seasons are gonna be dismally written. But I'm a messy bitch who lives for drama so bring it on - Laurence, call your agent if you still have one, figure out your life, then tell D&D to suck ya dick. It's more than they deserve and might provide some much-needed inspiration.

[–]JuanDeLasNieves_The Wun True King 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are the emmys like oscars? do you have to go nude or play disabled for a nom? maybe that's alexis's problem. not enough tits. more tits from sansa in season seven, thanks!