A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)

Well no Stark ever wanted to be king, so.

Cool episode, I hated seeing Pilou Asbæk as Euron, but he is kicking maximum ass in this season.

That ship battle would have been even better if when the ramp came down with Euron on it Good Ol' JR would have screamed, "Bah gawd! It's Euron Greyjoy!" And then called the rest the battle while having a stroke.

Why do you expekt me to always be right about everything?

Jon is a war time king. Really, he shouldn't be any kind of king, though. He works much better as a battle commander.

Just change the goddamn channel so your delicate constitution of being the center of the universe doesn't get traumatized, you fascist pricks. Seriously, why does social media activism reek so much of narcissism?

Reading the comments on the sites that are carrying this story is astonishing. It's amazing how much insight random jackoffs who are morally superior to every other random jackoff have on a show that doesn't yet exist, and about the creators of that non-existent show.

In a related story, mighty fine episode last night.

Last nights episode was great! I kinda get that rushed feeling you're talking about but I think that's more due to fewer POV characters this season because so many people have been killed off at this point and because you're comparing it to earlier seasons, some of which were pretty drawn out. The last 2 episodes of last season were some of the best TV I've ever seen but we had to slough through tons of filler that season to get to that point.

The Tyrells have left the game but what a way to go! The queen of thorn's indeed! The Lanisters, Greyjoys, Starks and Targaryens are the only ones that are left and considering the series is called a song of ice and fire, things don't look good for the Lanisters and Greyjoys.

I'm enjoying these episodes so far, but its moving so fast now. Almost too fast, with the writing starting to feel clumsy/cheap at certain moments.

Something I've noticed, and don't read any further if you don't want anything spoiled.....something I've noticed is that after the first book/season, it seemed like the Starks would be the first family to be wiped out. Just so many of them died. Now that we're closing in on the finale of the series, the Starks are one of the strongest houses left! There's only one Targaryen (weeell two), three Greyjoys (but one can never be king and the other two are mortal enemies), three Lanisters (but one has given up his namesake) and four, proud, non-squabbling Starks left.

I don't think Bran will remain a Stark, in body anyway. His body will die and he will warg out into a tree and we'll finally get to see why those bleeding trees are so special. I think the fact that there's a big one in Winterfell is meaningful somehow and perhaps it will protect them from the white walkers when they make their march down from the wall. Sansa could be a good leader and I think she will end up killing Littlefinger and end up ruling the North. Aryas gonna die, probably by needle and I think Jon and Danny are irreparably tied together and whatever their fates, they'll endure them together.

Shit got burnt.

Arya is gonna shank Littlefinger. Unless that's a trick set up of course. Too obvious?

The MRAs on YouTube seem to be really upset recently with Dany being a complex character with more than one personality trait.

I'd say she's just like most of the other characters and has likable and unlikable traits. The dudes on YouTube seem to be pissed at her because she . The comments on the videos for the latest episodes seem to be veering into misogyny territory just because she's a headstrong woman.

In a related story:

Well, in her defense, she is the most ppowerful person alive. She's bound to be a little high and mighty, aka, have a complex personality.

That intro scene was totally meant to show the contrast between Jon's humility and Dany's egoism. But again, if Dany had remained a perfectly positive Mary Sue her character would have gotten stale. So it's good they they're hinting that she may be going batshit Targareyan with her advisers having to rein her in, and particularly Jon having a calming effect.

Obviously in that world, 'bending the knee' means a hell of a lot, that's why Jon Snow, a generally reasonable man, didn't do it. That's, kind of the storytelling point there I reckon.