I find myself wondering if Melisandre’s “Lord of Light” is the same as the Brotherhood’s “Lord of Light.” Honestly, shadow-babies do not scream “Lord of Light” to me.
It’s kind of like Southern Baptist vs. Missionary Baptist.
Shadows are created by light.
It’s definitely the same religion. Same terminology, same prayers, same emphasis on fire. Of course, Thoros and Melisandre might interpret the religion very differently.
Seriously. I feel like every time Tyrion gets handed something everyone acts as if it’s a personal affront.
He’s been made the Kings Hand.
He’s the lord comptroller of Kings Landing (or whatever the title is called).
Now he’s been directed to marry a not unattractive girl and inherit the North.
But given that Tyrion should be rightful heir to Casterly Rock and the Lannister fortune, he probably views everything else as a “fuck you” prize.
Maybe if he didn’t also inherent the Stark and Tully idiot genes.
Like one’s orthodox and the other is reformed?
No, he was a member of the Kingsguard, until Joffrey dismissed him shortly after taking the throne. So he definitely did not sit on the Small Council, though it’s possible he was at or near some of the meetings in his capacity as Kingsguard.
I seem to remember him throwing down his sword and resigning when Joffrey came to power. Or was that someone else?
He didn’t resign, he was forced out for being “too old.”
Up until that point a member of the kingsguard traditionally served for life.
Yes, Jeffrey “retired” him for being too old so that he could replace him with Sandor Clegane. He offered Selmy some kind of sinecure, but Selmy rejected it and stomped out. Later, he killed a bunch of people while fleeing the city.
Real in what sense? Sure, the Red Priests can do magic and raise the dead. But they’re not the only ones, we’ve seen the warlocks of Qarth do magic, a witch who did something to Dany(who performed a miracle herself when she jumped on the pyre and lived) and Drogo, and there’s quite a few zombies north of the Wall.
Good question.
I spend a bit of time on the HBO website because they have a pretty good map that stays current up to the latest episode and that helps keep things in perspective of who the hell is where. On that map there are two more cities that are described as sister cities to the one Dany just cooked, and both say they are cities that specialize in slave trade. Dany appears to be pissed at people who engage in slave trade. On the other hand a lot of Dothraki upped and left her, and some other Dothraki tribes sent some of her guards back to her in pieces when they were lost in the desert back in season 2 which probably pissed her off a bit as well. From what I have learned , pissing off Dany does not end well and tends to lead to something awesome happening.
Glad to see Robb has finally decided to do something. It seamed like most of this season he was aimlessly milling arround not getting much done, so he has a plan at last which hopefully will move his story along a bit.
I felt the same way. I kept thinking “okay, let him talk but at least hand him the soap and scrub brush”. Then when he passed out I thought “now you can wash his hair!”.
But still, that was a great scene. “My name is Jamie”.
Since people always say that the last episode was sooo great, I didn’t expect it to be any better than usual. But in this case, I was wrong. Except for two scènes (Jon Snow and Dany, but I tend to not be very interested in these two characters/actors), everything was indeed in my opinion, great (grandma Tyrell, the events in Riverun, the final marriage scene, Stannis family,etc…and most of all the scenes with Arya and the companions). I’ve a hard time understanding how one could find this episode 'boring". To each his own, I guess.
I didn’t find him cruel. Though a bit obssesed with his legacy, he’s just telling them to do what every other noble is doing. Not marrying who you want comes with the job (and being a powerful noble isn’t exactly the worst position). The only person who picked his choice of a spouse so far is Robb, and it doesn’t look like it was the brightest move he did. And honestly, those opportunities are to good to pass, and it would be absurdly dangerous to let the Tyrell succeed in their plans (basically, having one of their family members sitting on each of three different thrones)
Also, it seems that being married to someone doesn’t exactly preclude having a love/sex affair on the side. We’ve seen numerous examples of that. In fact, nobody apart from Sansa seems to care much about whom they’re married to.
Finally, as cruelty goes, “You’ll marry the attractive heir of of a powerful family, despite not having any interest in each other” hardly registers in this show.
The only one with a truly raw deal is Sansa (losing her new romantic dreams yet again), and even then, she probably would be better off with the Imp than with the other alternatives offered (marrying the gay knight or leaving with Littlefinger).
He replaced him as captain of the guard with his uncle Jaime, in fact. I can’t remember which one is Sandor, but none of the two Cleganes is member of the King’s guard.
Jaime replaced Selmy as the commander, but Clegane (the Hound) took the open slot.
I guess he isn’t now but Sandor “the Hound” Clegane was in the Kingsguard after Selmy got retired.
Well, plenty of people are doing magic, but until now, the Lord of Light seems to have been the only god who has been of any use to his worshipers. Old gods, new gods, gods of the sheep people, gods of the Dothrakis,etc…haven’t been very active, I think. The only ones who have been busy are the dance master’s (Death) and Craster’s (the White Walkers) and I’ll give a pass to those.
So, count me too amongst the converts to the Lord of Light if I get transported to Westeros.
I just rewatched some last épisodes of the first season last night, precisely stopping at the episode where Selmy is kicked out. I’m 99% certain Jaime is named the new captain of the King’s guard.
The hound acted as Joffrey’s bodyguard and personal killer, but wasn’t part of the King’s guard. He even mentions not even being a knight at all (contrarily to his brother) during Robert’s tournament.
That doesn’t mean that there is an actual god behind it, it is possible that the religion was started by a magician or that the worshipers picked it up along the way. Just because Red Priests claim that their power comes from the Lord of Light doesn’t make it true, in particular when there are other magic users out there.
But I’ll agree that it would look very convincing to the average inhabitant of Westeros since magic in general appears to be rare and isn’t performed in public.
When Sandor tells Tyrion to fuck off during the battle of blackwater Tyrion specifically tells him “You can’t leave, you are Kingsguard”. Here, around 2:25. Jamie replaces Selmy as commander of the Kingsguard, but they would still be one member down since Jamie was already part of it.
Where have I seen this before? Oh, yes…
Yes, Daddy Dearest…
Come on dude, don’t quote me out of context like that. Right after the one sentence you quoted, I posted this:
Which is basically exactly what you said. I was referencing past cruel things Tywin has done, especially to Tyrion. Frankly, Tyrion and Cersei ought to listen to their dad on this one, they both make terrible decisions when it comes to their romantic lives.
Sandor Clegane is the Hound, and he was a member of the King’s guard until he fled during the Battle of Blackwater. The Hound takes Barristan’s place in season one, but Jaime is made the new Lord Commander.