Qwiss! wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
That doesn't justify it for me. If they were there for five days and it doesn't look that way to the viewers, that's on the creators. They have the responsibility to show that. If they can't find a better way, just make someone literally say it.
How do we know how far they got before Gendry had to run back. Didn't seem very far to me. Plus they were searching, not going in a straight line.
On the trip from Dragonstone to beyond the wall I don't really have an indepth knowledge of the distances involved but I did see some maps super-imposed over a picture of Europe and it looked like the wall was at the England - Scotland border while Dragonstone was in the middle of France. Thats not a 5 day trip by air (admittedly I have no real idea how fast carrier ravens fly).
It wasn't very far, the group was trapped close to the weirwood where Jon and Sam took their nightswatch vows (the same arrow shaped mountain is visible and seems to be at a similar distance).
Dragonstone is roughly 2000 miles from Eastwatch, Ravens have an average flight speed of 50mph so it would take 40 hours of non stop travel time to reach its destination. A dragon's flight speed is obviously unknown, but it's probably faster than a raven, let's say 20 to 30 hours of flight time.
All in all it's probably a 4 to 5 day wait in total. D&D show the passage of time via Gendry's run and we see 2 (I think) day/night cycles on the little island.
