I think the Battle of the Somme, etc., disinclined Tolkien to kill off his main characters. (Well, except Boromir.) He lost quite a few friends in the Great War.
GRRM was a conscientious objector & a VISTA volunteer during Vietnam. For which I do not blame him one bit. However, he had no personal experience with violent death…
I very much understand where you’re coming from, and it’s a part of her character I dislike myself a lot of the time, but I couldn’t hold it against her here. She was desperate and hurt. I think a lot of parents would have reacted the same way. I would have. In fact, that’s a big part of what I like/hate about Cat- she embodies that maternal role that’s very esteemed in our culture, and it’s very likable. But you see the dark side of it too. I feel a lot of kinship to her, both in her heroism and her follies. I’d like to think if I was in Westeros I’d be a better person, but truthfully, I don’t know if I would be. I’d like to think if my SO brought home a bastard child I could accept it as my own. But I think I might be a lot more like Cat than I want to admit. I find that compelling.
Which I am on-board with and have sympathy for.
In the grand scheme of things her flaws… were real, relatable flaws. Parents fuck up and they fuck up royally sometimes.
I liked Kat (especially any scene between her an Ned) but the scene with Talisa and her acknowledging that she was unfair to Jon Snow really made me care for her as character.
Pshaw! Fire cannot kill a Dragon…!
I can’t wait to see the reaction videos when that happens.
Speaking of Brienne, I wonder what’s her reaction going to be.
First she has the honourable hots for Renly and pledges herself to Cat for the promise she’ll get to kill whoever did him in. Now Cat’s dead through another perfidy, is she going to be gunning for Walder Frey ? Or is it just the excuse she needed to tag team with Jaime for good in the buddy comedy of the Summer ? (“He’s a swordsman without a hand, she’s a swordswoman forced to wear a dress. They fight [del]crime[/del]Baratheons !”)
In other unrelated news, I’ve come across quite a few comments on the Interwebs along the lines of “Well, the show’s going to be boring now, the Lannisters have basically won”, and I’m both amazed and amused. Have these people been paying any attention whatsoever to the show so far ? Pretty sure their being in the lead just means it’s their turn to ride the merry-go-fuck-yourselves, big time.
Alright, so all the Red Wedding stuff has been pretty well covered. Now we can finally discuss the true revelation of the episode, that Daario Naharis is the greatest whistler in all the land.
Does Grey Worm understand the common tongue? He acts as if he does - he offered to cut out the captain’s tongue last week when he insulted Dany, although from the way the guy was acting and the way people were reacting, it’s pretty obvious he got the gist of the situation even if he didn’t understand a word. But it seemed like he understood what Daario’s plan was, and it would be hard to say that he trusts him if he didn’t understand what he said, so it seems like perhaps he understands but does not speak common.
Speaking as someone who read the fucking books: :smack: :rolleyes:
Understanding a language whilst not being able to speak it is would be believable and reasonable, I can follow a fairly technical discussion in Spanish of my working area, but shudder to think what chaos would ensue if I tried to say what I wanted in Spanish.
On the subject of Daaaario (whenever I read his name I get the picture of someone calling out his name in a high pitched voice) his constant fake looking smile is getting quite irritating, is he just high as a kite all the time?
Here it is…
Game of Thrones Facebook Recap, Season 3, Episode 9.
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Arya Stark** is listening to One of These Days (I’m Going To Stick A Sword Through Your Eye Out Through The Back Of Your Head) by Pink Floyd on Spotify.
The Million of Got Viewers who didn’t read the book have unfriended The Million of Got Viewers who read the books
Oh my god, Visually disheartening genetic menagerie! It will be my life’s goal from now on to work that phrase into as many conversations as seamlessly as possible.
That’s the one I was going to quote.
I don’t think it’s fair to blame Cat for the war. While kidnapping Tyrion did piss the Lannisters off, the event that caused the war was Ned’s beheading. That ensured that the North was never going to sign any kind of truce with the Lannisters.
Although kidnapping Tyrion was really stupid
No, the kidnapping caused the war. Tywin told Cersei he started a war over “that lecherous little imp” so what did she think he would do over Jamie. Beheading Ned ended any chance of a peace settlement, but did not start the war.
I expect there will be a chapter in one of the as-yet-unpublished books, with Demon Child as the viewpoint character. In that chapter we will come to appreciate the complexity of Demon Child’s choices, the ambiguities of his yearnings, and the difficulties of the path he has to walk, er, flow.
Hoe + Door had me in stitches. As did the unexpected koala.
“Bro, do you even braid?”
Laughed long and hard at that one (Hoe + Door). “Shut up, giant armored pig man! Leave!”
I think Martin should pull a Vonnegut and have himself as a viewpoint character.