# Game of Thrones 3.10 "Mhysa" 6/9/2013 No book discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539 "2013-06-09T11:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/221 "2013-06-13T15:38:27Z")
I figured it was just the name of the joke, like we say a double decker instead of “i took a shit in the tank”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/222 "2013-06-13T15:42:04Z")
Has Tywin ever paid any kind of compliment or approval to Tyrion on the show? Cersei has- she acknowledged, albeit privately, his role in saving King’s Landing- but I was trying to think if Tywin’s ever said anything warmer than “I could have drowned you at birth but I didn’t because… family”. Charles Dance and Jack Gleeson play off each other well, and the show’s costumers/stylists do a great job of making them look alike (which is good since Tywin is Joffrey’s maternal and paternal grandfather). ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/223 "2013-06-13T16:09:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Has Tywin ever paid any kind of compliment or approval to Tyrion on the show? There was the scene where he named Tyrion acting Hand of the King. He acknowledged that Tyrion was pretty smart. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/224 "2013-06-13T22:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus > I am starting to wonder if Dany will ever come back to Westeros at all. She seems to be doing a pretty good job of conquering “Easteros” (I have no idea what it is called). From the musical Season 4 premiere sometime in spring 2014: _Easteros is East and Westeros is West and the wrong one I have chose! Let’s go where a Dany can still be Targaryeny with dragons and eunuchs and bare breasts and slaves mercenaries and treasures and bare breasts and slaves._ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/225 "2013-06-13T22:40:29Z")
Martin drops some [“spoilers”](http://teamcoco.com/video/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-spoilers) about the upcoming season. (It’s safe to watch.) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/226 "2013-06-13T23:24:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Sansa grew up with two older brothers, a tomboy kid sister, and in a castle with dozens of soldiers and peasants. There is absolutely no way she hasn’t heard the word ‘shit’ before. She’s from the north. She didn’t realize that it’s the same word as “shite.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/227 "2013-06-14T00:33:40Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > She’s from the north. I think that’s spelled “from oop norf” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/228 "2013-06-14T11:07:57Z")
> [@Darth\_Ayebaw](#): > > Actually, I don’t know about season 3, but in 2 at least cgi was kept to a minimum. They greenscreened real wolf-like dogs then just scaled them up before putting them in the shots. > [@msmith537](#): > > They use [Northern Inuit Dog](http://dogable.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Northern-Inuit1.jpg)to play the direwolves. > > I don’t know how much scaling they need. They are pretty massive in real life. > . > [@Kobal2](#): > > It varies from shot to shot, but most of the time they’re re-scaled real dogs. > . > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > They used Northern Inuit Dogs when the direwolves were younger. Now they use real wolves scaled larger with CGI. I stand corrected, then. But was I the only one who didn’t notice the direwolves looked large (I did notice the dead one at the beginning, but for the other emples mentioned and linked too, I didn’t). Maybe they should have emphasized it, for instance with someone standing besides one in a clear shot and maybe a comment about its size being made… ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/229 "2013-06-14T11:11:26Z")
In the scene where the animal was being killed at Frey’s, they might, for example, have the executioners shooting straight ahead, or, even, up, to emphasize the size. Or, had the enclosure almost destroyed from within before the fatal bolts are fired. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/230 "2013-06-14T11:14:23Z")
Regarding the books… Yes, I know, but there’s nowhere else where I could post that. I noticed in other non-spoiled comments that a number of people had read the first book after the first season, the second book after the second one, and intend to read the third book now. I don’t know if some posters here intend to do the same, but I wanted to warn them that the third season only covered part of the third book (two thirds, maybe) and what hasn’t been covered include some important events that, I assume, will be shown at the begining of the season 4. You’ve been warned. (Besides, IMHO, the show is better than the books) ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/231 "2013-06-14T13:01:40Z")
What books? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/232 "2013-06-14T13:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=clairobscur] I don’t know if some posters here intend to do the same, but I wanted to warn them that the third season only covered part of the third book (two thirds, maybe) and what hasn’t been covered include some important events that, I assume, will be shown at the begining of the season 4. You’ve been warned. (Besides, IMHO, the show is better than the books) [/QUOTE] What’s weird is that the fourth book from the Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones series actually covers season three of AMC’s _The Walking Dead_. As you can imagine, this caused some hellacious lawsuits, resolved only when the showrunners and writers agreed to let The Governor wed one of Walder Frey’s granddaughter, Flying Wallenda, and Darryl to marry Cersei, Arya, Shae, and Loras in a new _Big Love_ spinoff. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/233 "2013-06-14T15:32:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > After Joffrey said to Tywin about hiding under Casterly Rock, you could see on his face that he knew he had gone too far. Despite his constant protestations that he is the king, I think he realizes how precarious his position is. Or perhaps he suddenly remembered what he was up to during Blackwater. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/234 "2013-06-14T15:48:22Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > From the musical Season 4 premiere sometime in spring 2014: > > _Easteros is East > and Westeros is West > and the wrong one I have chose! > Let’s go where a Dany > can still be Targaryeny > with dragons and eunuchs and bare breasts and slaves > mercenaries and treasures and bare breasts and slaves._ Pretty good, but you have to work the word incest in there somewhere, besides Dragons it’s what the Targaryens are know for. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/235 "2013-06-14T15:50:28Z")
Interesting [side by side pics of characters:actors](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/game-of-thrones-stars-in-real-life_n_3436603.html). Some look exactly the same of course (Charles Dance, Richard Madden) but it’s interesting seeing others out of the wigs and costumes and makeup (Sandor “The Hound” Clegane and Sam for instance), and Cersei is unrecognizable in street clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/236 "2013-06-14T15:57:58Z")
Emelia Clarke (Dany) is so much prettier with her natural, darker, hair color. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/237 "2013-06-14T16:22:55Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Interesting [side by side pics of characters:actors](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/game-of-thrones-stars-in-real-life_n_3436603.html). Some look exactly the same of course (Charles Dance, Richard Madden) but it’s interesting seeing others out of the wigs and costumes and makeup (Sandor “The Hound” Clegane and Sam for instance), and Cersei is unrecognizable in street clothes. The picture of Kit Harrington looks like they just took a picture of Jon Snow and photoshopped regular clothes on him. Or vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/238 "2013-06-14T18:45:42Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > The picture of Kit Harrington looks like they just took a picture of Jon Snow and photoshopped regular clothes on him. Or vice versa. “You know nothing about tie clips, Kit Harrington.” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/239 "2013-06-14T19:01:51Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Cersei is unrecognizable in street clothes. Not really, that’s just a bad picture. Lena Headey always looks just like Lena Headey, whether it’s Game of Thrones, 300, Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Imagine Me & You, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539/240 "2013-06-14T19:10:47Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Emelia Clarke (Dany) is so much prettier with her natural, darker, hair color. I agree–Dany is hot, but Emilia Clarke is gorgeous with the darker hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-10-mhysa-6-9-2013-no-book-discussion/660539.md?page=13)