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Could Arya have used the Mountain's face?

posted 5 years ago by spurtle467 (1498)
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Had Arya killed the zombie Mountain off could she have then used his face? Would that have been possible for her to do?

I was thinking about the idea of Arya pretending to be the Mountain to get close to Cersei, but gets killed by the Hound in the process who thinks it actually is his brother. Might not have looked very believable but could have created a great, shocking moment. I didn't feel there was enough shock value in this final season, and they missed a trick with Arya using her faces for a potential twist.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Slight size difference 🙂

[–] spurtle467 (1498) 5 years ago

So it's only those that are the same size? I don't know the rules.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

The rules have never been explained, so anything is possible. There clearly has to be some kind of magic at work for the faces to work as well as they do. Arya sounded like the serving girl who fed Walder Frey the pie before Arya cut his throat and Arya sounded like Walder Frey when toasting the Freys with poisoned wine.

[–] spurtle467 (1498) 5 years ago

So she probably could have changed into the Mountain. But yes the fact that he's probably a good foot and a half taller than her would have made it unrealistic to pull off, although I still think it would have created a decent shocking moment, if it could have been written in a plausible enough way for her to need to disguise as the Mountain in the first place.

[–] Batty67 (358) 5 years ago

And 150 lbs heavier, and he was wearing fitted, 100-lb armor. Sure magic is involved, but tremendous difference between 5'2" 110 lbs vs. 6'10" and 300 lbs. So "the rules" would need to be pretty damn liberal. On that note, if it is a size and weight issues, Arya would stink because she's much shorter than most folks.