We, The North
I've been so tempted to peek in this thread, but was avoiding it since I couldn't catch last night's episode. Finally watched it, and, wow! Valyria!
The poem about its doom, intriguing. Wonder what happened to set that event? Maybe that will happen to Westeros?
I'm assuming he's going to become important at some point, although I'm not entirely sure how. There's some book information that I'm not sure if they're going to incorporate.
Hello, Mr. Cassowary (your avatar reminds me of the time my friend and I got chased by one of those mofos in Aussieland. They're assholes with an attitude problem!!! Stare at them wrong, and it's on like King Kong!)
So, Vulcan it is; seems less threatening.
WTF??!! Unicorns and Cannibals?? Why did you enjoy that SL so much? It seems so....random....
Speaking of Bran, and The Children (stage whisper), wasn't it mentioned in this episode, that the Children were the only ones to defeat the Whitewalkers in the past? Or something....The Children (at the tree in the cave where we last saw ran), were mentioned in this epi. Can't remember accurately, in what context. Gah, don't feel like rewatching the whole ep. to find out exactly how they were mentioned.
Maybe Bran is honing his skills and coming back as a surprising threat? I feel like Bran & Co., will eventually face off The Red Woman and the God of Light....
Btw, Stannis and his insistence on being grammatically correct. LOL. Loved those little glimpses into his personality.
Not just that, but palpable irony -- he served as the Hand of the King in Westeros, got canned because he was a dwarf and essentially run out of town, and now his wits + that experience might be used to support the invasion of Westeros by the former rulers. (A Westeros arguably ruled currently by Cersei, the sister who instigated much of this to happen because she hates Tyrion so much. It's sad when you end up biting yourself in the ass.)
That's something I hope really does happen, Tyrion returning and bringing Cersei to her knees.
Anyway, I'm waiting too for Sansa to get in a good shot one of these times... she's just biding her time. But there is potential here for a little Stark justice... please, please, please.
At least Sansa has not illusion about the psychopath she is marrying. Seeing "reek" and what Ramsey has done to him, she knows the type of man she is dealing with. But yeah, very fearful for her and her wedding night.
Like Ramsey's lover, I have also been admiring Sansa's fashion sense, this season. It's like Regal Gothic. Love it! Her necklace! With the pointy thick needle at the end, that she keeps clutching!!! I wonder if that will be a weapon for her, in some coming episodes? I think there's something to be said for the brief conversation about her making her own clothing. (1) That her mom lives on through her, she is remembering Catelyn, and (2) Sansa might be making some modifications to her wardrobe that has a functionality that's not apparent to the eye.....But my imagination can be running wild, too!
Loving Sansa's story arc! And the message she got about the candle/bat signal, from Brienne!
Yes, I think she's kind of inscrutable sometimes. From a character perspective I can understand it, but some actors still manage to convey things by minor expressions on the face and she's still a young actress. I couldn't read her there, and just assumed she assumed Littlefinger was still the safer risk.
Yes, I read it the same way.
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Jorah, your building rapport with Tyrion and getting a touch of the grayscale, and wondering if you could get him to your princess before it takes over....sigh...I might just like you yet! Fear not, apparently there is a cure for grayscale (maybe...Stannis' daughter).
Very poetic chapter for Jon Snow! Love his dual interaction - that with Maester Aemon (that old Targaryen - love him!), and with Peter (his squire?). The Boy with his innocent idealism and the Wise old Man, and there is Jon Snow, caught between the threshold.
Echoes of Ygritte, all around him. "You know nothing, Jon Snow." (Grow up, become the man).
You're starting to know something, Jon Snow. It's a pleasure to see his arc now. He was boring before...kind of. Like Danerys.
Loved the little moments of female empowerment:
- Gilly's little speech/comeback to Samwell's patronization.
- Danerys and her right-hand maid (lover of Greyworm - they're so cute!) having that conversation. Bechdel Test, kinda pass there! I don't trust Daario as far as I can throw him! Now with Selmy gone, I'm glad she is marrying that Noble, will make Daario's position less 'secure'.
- Danerys 'asking' for the noble's hand in marriage....
- Sansa's sarcasm at dinner!
- Brienne, always, all the time, 24/7, whenever she is on screen!!
Also, why has no one figured out that the Sons of Harpy's are NOT nobles? But the peasant/slave groups dressed as nobles?