# Game of Thrones 6.04 "Book of the Stranger" 5/15/16 \[Show discussion\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869 "2016-05-15T20:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/261 "2016-05-21T02:27:38Z")
And just for reference, I went back and checked the episode - when Daario sees the greyscale on Jorah’s wrist, Jorah’s exact line is: “Don’t worry - it didn’t touch you.” So let’s consider this matter resolved (and I apologize if I misunderstood and this wasn’t what you were implying, but just in case anyone else is still under the mistaken impression that he exposed Dany, he didn’t). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/262 "2016-05-21T02:42:40Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I guess Grayscale is pretty much beside the point if you’re an old man picking fights in Essos… > [@Rigamarole](#): > > What are you talking about? I assumed he meant that Jorah’s more likely to be killed in combat than he is to die of relatively slow-acting grayscale. (And I suspect that Jorah’s affliction will eventually make him even more reckless. He’d rather go defending his Kaleesi that turn into The Thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/263 "2016-05-21T02:48:07Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > And just for reference, I went back and checked the episode - when Daario sees the greyscale on Jorah’s wrist, Jorah’s exact line is: “Don’t worry - it didn’t touch you.” So let’s consider this matter resolved (and I apologize if I misunderstood and this wasn’t what you were implying, but just in case anyone else is still under the mistaken impression that he exposed Dany, he didn’t). Shireen got it from a doll. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/264 "2016-05-21T02:49:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I assumed he meant that Jorah’s more likely to be killed in combat than he is to die of relatively slow-acting grayscale. (And I suspect that Jorah’s affliction will eventually make him even more reckless. He’d rather go defending his Kaleesi that turn into The Thing.) OK, I thought the “stab-in-the-back-last-second-save” and reference to the arena was supposed to imply he’s exposing people, and again if I misunderstood **Mijin** ’s post I apologize. Either way, I’m glad that they resolved the matter this episode by making it clear that the disease only spreads by touching the affected tissue, which means he did **not** expose Dany, as many people weirdly believed. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/265 "2016-05-21T02:53:27Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Shireen got it from a doll. Right, but since a doll isn’t organic we can’t know how it manifests on objects like that. But if the understanding of characters in this world, who supposedly have experience with it, is that it doesn’t spread from person to person if you don’t touch the tissue, then we should accept that and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/266 "2016-05-21T05:05:06Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > …I rather like [Sam and Gilly] as representing the nerds and dweebs of the world. Everybody else is noble and heroic (or villainous), obsessed with taking the crown, or vengeance, or religion, or some other shit. Both of them are basically cowards (though capable of courage when in desperation) who are mainly concerned with staying alive in the midst of all the total lunatics hacking each other to pieces around them. Gilly in particular is the only character who represents the viewpoint of common, ordinary people, and as such I think she provides valuable contrast to everyone else. Well said. I’m still underwhelmed by their scenes together. > [@Colibri](#): > > I think she should sell all the Masters to Volantis as slaves. Win for everyone but the Masters. “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” - A. Lincoln, 1865 > [@SenorBeef](#): > > That’s just like, your opinion man. Those dragons really tied the dungeon together. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/267 "2016-05-21T06:35:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I assumed he meant that Jorah’s more likely to be killed in combat than he is to die of relatively slow-acting grayscale. (And I suspect that Jorah’s affliction will eventually make him even more reckless. He’d rather go defending his Kaleesi that turn into The Thing.) That’s right, exactly what I meant. I don’t really know what \*\* rigamarole \*\* thinks I was saying or what his rant is about. If it’s about jorah putting people at risk, then yeah I’d say he probably is… Even if it needs someone to touch the actual scales, that could easily happen accidentally at any time. What if dany tries to wake him by tapping him on the wrist? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/268 "2016-05-21T14:02:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s bound to be a tense family drama, like _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?_ What about when the baby’s brothers show up? Somehow that baby is going to figure in the fight against the White Walkers. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/269 "2016-05-21T19:15:07Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > What about when the baby’s brothers show up? Somehow that baby is going to figure in the fight against the White Walkers. How fast do White Walkers grow up? If they bring Craster’s Last Son with them he’s still going to be in a stroller.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/270 "2016-05-22T00:50:28Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > That’s right, exactly what > I meant. > > I don’t really know what \*\* rigamarole \*\* thinks I was saying or what his rant is about. > If it’s about jorah putting people at risk, then yeah I’d say he probably is… > Even if it needs someone to touch the actual scales, that could easily happen accidentally at any time. What if dany tries to wake him by tapping him on the wrist? Yeah, If I was Jorah, I’d have that arm wrapped up tight and covered in some kind of medieval looking leather arm guard thingee. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869/271 "2016-05-22T05:22:30Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Yeah, If I was Jorah, I’d have that arm wrapped up tight and covered in some kind of medieval looking leather arm guard thingee. > **[Vambrace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vambrace)** > > Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets. Vambraces may be worn with or without separate couters in a full suit of medieval armour. The term originates in the early 14th century. They were made from either boiled leather or steel. Leather vambraces were sometimes reinforced with longitudinal strips of hardened hid... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-04-book-of-the-stranger-5-15-16-show-discussion/754869.md?page=13)