Well, it appears to be the latter, though they do say it can be spread through contact. Because Dany doesn't get Greyscale.
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Game of Thrones Season 5 Discussion [SPOILERS WITHIN]
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Well, it appears to be the latter, though they do say it can be spread through contact. Because Dany doesn't get Greyscale.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson (June 9, 2015 at 4:21 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: It's pretty unclear in the show how exactly Shireen's doll infected her (skin cells all over the doll? The virus/bacteria living on the doll for a short time after being handled by infected skin?), but it's implied that the infected area is the area that transmits the disease because they keep showing that specific area of Jorah's wrist and then him covering it up, and I highly doubt he'd be so touchy with anyone if he thought he could give them greyscale.Then it's bad writing. And I'm not normally hard on the show. It's a TV show, and I enjoy it for what it is, but it should have internal consistency. It isn't implied anywhere that you have to touch the infected part of a person, quite the opposite. If he thinks he's safe just to cover it up, then he's misinformed...OR the show writers need to make it clear that you have to touch the infected part, or maybe it's not contagous in early stages or something. They have done neither. If it can be some dead skin cells on a doll, then the bracer on Jorah's arm is going to be a possible contageous object. It's possible his character doesn't realize how contagous he is, but from what the viewers know, he shouldn't be touching people!!! If they just gave him greyscale just to advance the "I have nothing to lose" story, after multiple characters going on about how contagious and deadly it is, that's just bad writing.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (June 9, 2015 at 4:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well, it appears to be the latter, though they do say it can be spread through contact. Because Dany doesn't get Greyscale. Well, they ARE departing from the books now... If you have any serious concerns, are being harassed, or just need someone to talk to, feel free to contact me via PM (June 9, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Iroscato Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 4:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well, it appears to be the latter, though they do say it can be spread through contact. Because Dany doesn't get Greyscale. Dany getting Greyscale would literally be like Jaime Lannister getting cancer. It can't even be related vaguely to any sort of point in the books at all.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson (June 9, 2015 at 4:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well, it appears to be the latter, though they do say it can be spread through contact. Because Dany doesn't get Greyscale. Right. You know this for a fact somehow? Even if she doesn't, why not? Why is Sir Jorah being so careless with the woman he loves and a deadly disease? I'll go for she's immune or something and doesn't get it (though, what if she did? Could be interesting plot development), but Jorah's behavior with his contagious arm is inexplicable to me.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (June 9, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Aroura Wrote: Right. You know this for a fact somehow? Uh..well yeah.. In the books greyscale isn't anywhere near Dany or Mereen, it's a nonexistent issue. Quote: Even if she doesn't, why not? Why is Sir Jorah being so careless with the woman he loves and a deadly disease?In the show..? No idea.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson (June 9, 2015 at 4:34 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Well, they ARE departing from the books now... I'm not trying to be difficult here, but how do we know? Perhaps her getting greyscale will be important, as she's immediately halt the infection, thus discovering a cure for it (her blood) or something. Or it mars her beauty but is cured by a maester. We can't say for sure. In the books, Dany is in a a very difficult spot right now, going nowhere fast. We have no idea how Martin intends her to get out of it or what her character arc is from this stuck point. Though in the books of course a Valaryian actually has greyscale, so I don't see immunity being it. So fine, assume she doesn't get greyscale. In that case....it's bad writing to have Jorah touching anyone at all with his bare hands, let alone Dany.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (June 9, 2015 at 4:35 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Aroura Wrote: Right. You know this for a fact somehow? Because the TV show is doing things in the same order and with the same characters as the books? (not) Greyscale exists in places Dany intends to go. Shireen was going to die eventually. Both story lines could be happening at different times than they would in the books. We don't know that martin didn't intend to give Dany Greyscale through Jon Connington, or maybe she stops off in old volantis to see the doom before heading back to westeros and gets it there. OR, again my theory, that she presents us with some sort of CURE for it, and we get that information now instead of 2 books/season from now. Point is...we don't know. We can't say what will and what will not happen in this show with much certainty at all.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (June 9, 2015 at 4:24 pm)Aroura Wrote: Ok, looking it up, the TV lore (not the books): Or they just continue with the story because 99% of viewers don't care about the minutia of Greyscale tranmission. (June 10, 2015 at 8:06 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 4:24 pm)Aroura Wrote: Ok, looking it up, the TV lore (not the books): That's completely untrue. If you look around the webz for two minutes, you'll see a ton of people talking about the problem the writers have created. http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/top...greyscale/
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