And for a split second Jaime actually considers doing it just to see the look Tywin’s face as he dies.
The Seven Hells hath no fury like a woman scorned. BTW did anyone else think how weird Shae looked wearing that dress at the trial? It’s the most clothing any whore’s worn on the show.
Why would Tywin want Tyrion interested?
Eowyn: “Then Sansa and Arya are safe!”
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“I came here to do two things: have sex with Daario and kill masters, and I’m all out of Daario.”
If it is Robin who makes her fly, he wouldn’t care - I can’t see anyone else maneuvering into position in the next few episodes except maybe the Hound if he survives (but I’ve been wrong about this show many, many times before, and I have the Hound on my ‘dust off your resume’ list).
Any reason why Danerys doesn’t go take over Pentos? Don’t need boats to get there and with all the money in the world should could buy an entire fleet and crew to go with them.
Because if Tywin was giving Shae orders the whole time, then it benefits Tywin (and Shae) for Tyrion to remain interested, so the puppet strings remain intact.
Not everyone was saying it would be Oberyn vs. the Mountain. Even without having looked at the IMDB titles, it did seem obvious to me, but not everyone seemed to think so.
Agreed. Tyrion couldn’t argue against that.
I wasn’t sure how Bronn’s “betrayal” would work out. I really thought he’d not put Shae on the ship at all, but maybe he did. He gave excellent reasons for not fighting for Tyrion against the Mountain, making me think that maybe he would have fought for him against someone else, despite the money (or because of the money - Tyrion would be a much better bet than Cersei for long-term wages), but fighting against the Mountain just means death.
I feel sorry for Robin. He never had a chance to be normal. And he was actually trying to be nice to Sansa, in his own mad way, and she slapped him for it. He’s another excellent GoT child actor; you really can believe he’s mad.
I can see it, but only because of certain vowels that are just a little too clipped.
I think Jamie was probably protecting Tyrion from the start, or at least protecting him from Cersei. We heard Oberyn say that Jamie stopped Cersei from twisting Tyrion’s little winky off, and I’m betting that wasn’t the only time he did something similar. Perhaps he protected Tyrion from other threats too.
I wonder if perhaps Tywin’s dying wife (has she been named?) said something like “whatever happens to me, let the baby live,” and he actually did love his wife and honoured her dying words. That’s total fanwanking, but I can’t think of any other reason he’d have let his “monster” son live (he could have had him killed any time), and also never remarry.
We also see some women looking at him and giggling to one another as he walks by, I think in one of the wedding episode scenes or shortly before. It seems his reputation, deserved or otherwise, has got around.
It seemed a little out of character for Sansa to hit Robin. She’s basically survived by learning to take being beat down constantly over the last few years, to suck it up and deal with it. I guess maybe she’s reaching her last straw, she finally thought she was getting somewhere safe only to find out it’s still crazytown and she’s losing it.
The Bronn/Tyrion scene was pretty great. I had anticipated this moment and thought it would play out like a betrayal - Tyrion counting on Bronn and Bronn disappointing him. And it would be kind of heartbreaking because they’re both such a good pair. But then they played it very pragmatically.
But somehow it didn’t end up feeling like a betrayal. Bronn fighting for him would most likely result in both of their deaths, since the Mountain is probably the toughest fight there is, and Bronn seems to know his chances aren’t great. Bronn didn’t even raise the point that even if Tyrion survived, he’d probably be cut off from money from his father, and hence there’s a more limited mercenary incentive. Then again, I don’t know if Tyrion is independently wealthy or has some sort of allowance/access to family cash.
But somehow Bronn laid it out perfectly, and the question “when have you ever risked your life for me?” is perfectly relevant - both to show that dying for friendship is a lot to ask, and their relationship has always been at a great power imbalance.
That they were able to part amicably was heartwarming in a way. I also thought the guy who plays Bronn acted the hell out of that scene, with different subtle requirements. The actor hasn’t had a chance to show a lot of range, because the character is so straightforward, but he seems like he could pull it off when he needs to.
For British viewers I suspect he came across particularly well in that scene, because he used to be in a mediocre TV show (Soldier, Soldier) and recorded a couple of hit songs with another member of the cast. He never seemed like a serious actor, and he actually is.
During the scene with Lysa & Sansa at the Moon Door, I did expect the actual outcome, that Lysa would end up flying… but I also found myself saying “This is GoT, this is GRR Martin, [del]THIS IS SPARTA![/del], Sansa could be the one to go…”
So, well done; there was tension in that scene when in any other story I would have been certain that Sansa has plot armour. I still think she does, but maybe that’s what Martin wants me to think.
It was indeed an amazing scene, with a fantastic performance from both actors. They both stayed true to their character, and managed to end it on an amicable note.
You may be confusing Pentos with Bravos.
Bravos=the corporate HQ of the Iron Bank and where that cool fencing instructor came from. Also, bitchin’ harbor.
Pentos=the city where Danerys and her rotten brother were guests of that guy who had that mysterious conversation with Varys in the basement of the Red Keep during the first season.
Pentos might be rich, they’ve never said either way, but Bravos seems to be famous for it.
Not to mention that in real life people are variable, and don’t always act exactly the same. It would certainly have been in character for her to be suddenly very good at just taking all of his abuse, because we know that she’s now EXTREMELY capable of it, but it’s certainly plausible and realistic for her to snap and strike back, particularly after she’d just spent the first time in goodness knows how long feeling safe and something approaching happy.
I don’t think Dany sees herself as a conqueror/looter. She’s taking over the slave cities because she wants to right an injustice and she wants to invade Westeros because she believes it’s her birthright. She doesn’t have a similar reason to invade Pentos or Bravos.
I believe they’ve mentioned several times that Pentos is quite rich. It seems to be the hangout of choice amongst those fleeing for their lives (Viserys and Dany, Shae). Braavos would likely be a terrible city to try to conquer, as it is likely inhabited by huge amounts of mercenary armies that the Iron Bank would be able to immediately enlist for hire.
And isn’t that how people of that age often do behave? How old is she supposed to be - fourteen by now, maybe? Kids of that age can act like adults and like children, and spending time with an adult is likely to bring out the adult behaviour, while children bring out something a little more immature. How she behaved with Robin is how she was back in the first season, and since then she might have learnt how to act like an adult, but that doesn’t mean she always will.
She’s undoubtedly wanted to lash out at something for a long time - and now she’s finally in a situation where lashing out seems relatively safe. She has a lot of pent-up frustration and anger.
My exact thought was, “Well, it’s been a while since they’ve killed a Stark. It could happen.”
Agreed on both counts. Sansa was, in some small way, trying to remember happier times in Winterfell by building a snow castle, and Robin ruined it. Not too surprising she slapped him - and obviously immediately regretted it.