That’s about how I took it. There’s more than one way to skin a cat… or to acquire (some of) the attributes of a dragon.
True, but that’s not a Stark thing - Jojen Reed can do it, so could Distrustful Hawk Wildling Guy (whom Jon killed), and evidently so can one of the cannibals introduced in this ep.
And of course Mélisandre can do some pretty fucked up things (and insinuates that she could have saved the sailors who died at the Blackwater Bay - though this being Mélisandre she could have been talking straight out of her ass) and Thoros of Myr can raise the dead - neither of which belong to a great House. Could be their fire god, could be they’re just magic. Same for Jaqen H’gar the Murder Genie, or the creepy-ass conjurers from Qarth. Obviously magic exists in the world without it being dragon-powered (least not directly) or stemming from lineage.
It is known.
I knew that. But the night watch seems pretty demanding of its new recruits. I can’t really see them being highly impressed by Janos Slynt previous experience as corrupt city watch leader when he presumably didn’t even set a foot beyond he wall. I’d rather expect them to pick some hardened and experienced ranger as officer.
Well… don’t forget that she fell for the same trick a second time last season, when she was so enamored of Loras that she became oblivious to his flaws (again) and forfeited her chance to escape the city.
Ok, then make that replay the death scene of her friend. Still extremely cold. You expect that from some embodiment of justice/karma, not from a young girl. She displays exactly zero emotion during the whole scene (and no more when she watch the hound fighting).
Lord Bolton at least is thoroughly unimpressed, and he was instrumental in the plot. Tiwyn, as someone mentioned, is counting on plausible deniability and would rather distance himself from Lord Frey. It’s certainky strongly implied that killing your guest under your roof is a really, really bad thing. Way more serious than, say, raping, torturing and pillaging.
I would disagree. It’s strongly implied that he is a very smart commander (he fools Tywin, win several battles despite being outnumbered, has a subtle plan foiled by his uncle in Riverrun, makes an unexpected move towards Casterly Rock to surprise the ennemy,…). He also has a good grasp of his men expectations. Honestly, I’m not sure why people keep saying he’s an idiot. He made in my opinion only one mistake (his marriage). It turns to be a fatal mistake, but it’s the only one I can see. And I don’t count executing Lord Karstark as a mistake. He was then in a position where there was no good option. Sparring him wouldn’t have been any better.
Well the nightswatch is mostly criminals with no other options, an actual leader of soldiers would be a perfect candidate for leadership. My guess is that they really WERE pretty impressed by his previous experience.
Huh? Who? Where? I didn’t notice that.
I would assume no. They just keep a bunch as pets.
Some Targaryans (like Dany) literally do have some magical connection with dragons in that they are immune to fire and can control them.
Rob Stark has been rumored to turn into a direwolf and tear his enemies to pieces. That’s all bullshit though. The Starks are no more part wolf than the Lannisters are part lions.
And don’t forget the fire-demon that apparently feeds on Varys balls.
And now the rains weep o’er his hall with something something Hodor.
The disfigured wildlings that met up with Ygritte & co. took the rabbits off the fire and started roasting an arm they pulled from a bag they tote around.
The other wildlings that joined up with Ygritte’s group. They had a warg with them. Ygritte implied that season that wargs aren’t that uncommon north of the wall.
Was the “warg” what they were referring to when they mentioned crows?
The redbeard guy was asking how the cannibals were able to find them. The head cannibal pointed to a guy who was a warg implying that they were able to spot him with their warg and said the fact that Ygritte & co weren’t able to see them coming meant that Ygritte & co’s warg was dead (he is).
Crows refers to the soldiers on the wall because they dress in all-black like crows. They’re good eating apparently.
I think the “crow” and variations thereof are how the wildlings refer to the Night Watch.
Sweet!
I had a question about that warg. As John Snow was killing him, he went into a hawk, then attacked Snow, scratching his face. Does the warg exist separate from his body? What happens to the warg/hawk now that his human body is dead?
I assumed he stuck in the bird.
Kind of “Being John Malkovich.” He could be in control for a bit but would eventually just be absorbed.
I don’t think that’s really comparable at all. She was faced with two possible ways to get out of the current unpleasant situation she was in:
(1) Marry Ser Loras (and there’s no reason to think that that was not a real plan with a good solid chance of success)
or
(2) Trust Littlefinger and put herself into his power
Granted, we as the audience know that Loras is a pillow-biter, and it turns out that the Lannisters were a step ahead and screwed that plan up, but we as the audience also know that trusting Littlefinger is a TERRIBLE idea.
So even if her decision-making was still somewhat influenced by how dreamy Loras is, I would hardly say that that’s at all similar to having been enamored of Joffrey way back when.
What if all the magical powers in the show stem from sacrifice and expectations? Most of the magic feats I can think of have involved some form of sacrifice -
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[li]Dany sacrificed the witch and at least symbolically sacrificed herself in the pyre. And she’s obsessed with dragons, so that’s how the power manifests. [/li][li]Melisandre’s magic always seems to have a sacrificial component, whether blood, semen/life force, or full-on human sacrifice. And she believes it’s all the Lord of Light, so her power always works through fire and shadow. [/li][li]Bran gained powers when he became a cripple. [/li][li]Jojen has powers, but therefore suffers seizures. [/li][li]Craster very specifically sacrifices all his male children for protection. [/li][li]Hell, maybe Beric Dondarrion is the one with magic, and it’s mere coincidence that Thoros mumbles over him when he gives up his life for his cause and gets reanimated. It certainly doesn’t seem to be part of the LoL (heh) catechism.[/li][/ul]
I happened to stumble upon this review of the first season, written back when it premiered in 2011:
Keep that in mind ladies - you’re watching “boy fiction”. :dubious:
The entire review is a real hoot.
Heh. I’d never heard that phrase before Sunday. Is it original to GOT?
Also, please remind me: What’s the name of the guy who chopped off Jaime’s hand, and have we seen what became of him since?