Ok, I somehow missed that. I heard howling in the distance when Tyrion woke with the dogs, but I didn’t catch Catelyn complaining about it.
You might be right. From HBO’s website: “She’s always manipulative, but I do believe she was distraught over the death of her son.” Was Cersei’s grief over her lost child sincere? Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discuss."
Distraught? Nuh-uh. I didn’t watch the discussion but it does look like they’re trying to make Cersei more sympathetic. Blech.
I don’t remember Cat finding that long blonde hair.
Nor do I. Not many blondes at Winterfell, in any event.
Who was the goggle-eyed guy standing behind Robb in the godswood when Cat said she intended to go to King’s Landing?
Fairly certain you’re talking about Theon Greyjoy.
Looking ahead a bit… If GRRM doesn’t understand the love for Syrio in the books, if he’s as awesome on the show, what’s he going to think?
I’m really looking forward to seeing Littlefinger and Varys. I think reaching King’s Landing is where this show can really start shining.
Theon is ugly. I always imagined him looking sort of handsome in a dark and emo way.
I want MORE WOLVES!
The blond hair scene wasn’t in the book. In the book Cat just makes the link in her head.
In the books I imagined Theon as something of a ladykiller as well. I also pictured Catelyn as attractive. On the show she appears average. At best. I’m sure that’s more realistic, if Cersei is supposed to be the ‘raging beauty’ on the show they can’t have a more attractive person fill the other roles. IMO. 
ETA: Not the the actor playing Cersei is much better. 
I think they downplayed how much it hurt Arya to drive away Nymeria.
I feel like they’ve been downplaying the wolves in general. In the book they have a strong presence - they’re always in the background somewhere. I suppose it remains to be seen how they play out Bran/Summer and Jon/Ghost. And Robb/Grey Wind.
In the book I think there’s a scene where Arya talks about how sad she is about Nymeria with her father. I suppose they’re trying to rush things along here.
I thought she looked 80 years old when she was sitting by Bran’s bed. I kind of admire an actress willing to look that bad.
Ironically, the woman who was first cast as Cat, Jennifer Ehle, was IMO much more attractive than the actress playing her sister, supposedly the family beauty, in the “Pride and Prejudice” miniseries. Not even close.
I didn’t even see Ghost when Jon left for the wall!
If you look really closely, you can see a white blur lurking in the background in one of the scenes. If you blink you’ll miss it.
As for Cat, I don’t know what they were thinking when they cast that actress. Maybe I’m wrong, but I was under the impression that she and Cersei are of a similar age, with Cat being a few years older. In the show she looks AGES older than Cersei.
Sword. Needle and thread. Ugh.
She does, doesn’t she? It makes sense though. She’s gonna look a bit haggard at Bran’s bedside. Plus, she probably doesn’t spend as much time in front of a mirror as Cersei.
Sansa time!
Ok, so through Game of Thrones, is Sansa PC, stupid, or evil. From the weekly thread we have these three opinions, and claims that they are mutually exclusive.
I find her incredily naive and intentionally blind. She watchs Joffrey try to kill her sister, then lies for him. Cersei kills her pet, and she adores Cersei. She watches the Lannisters be horrible people for months and betray her father, resulting in his death.
Now, she does all of this because she has a fantasy of valor and beauty. In my mind she’s not evil, just very stupid and very selfish.
Is she realistic? Do real people stay in abusive relationships? Yes… but how is that a defense? Real people rape, steal, and murder, but that doesn’t make those actions good things. (I’m not saying Sansa’s actions are equivalent in any way, so don’t even go there.)
So, ASOIAF fans, what do you think of Sansa?
Note, I’m genrally talking about her in the first book. Her character changes quite a bit after Ned’s death.
I hated her in Game. HA. TED. She was immature, willfully blind, and actively stupid (Really, you little twit?! Narcing on your family when they’re running for their lives? REALLY?!).
First book only? Painfully, hopelessly naive. Not evil, not necessarily stupid, but naive to a very extreme level.
There was no evil to what she did, she was genuinely trying to get the best result for everyone involved.
No. She was trying to get the best result for herself.
When Joffrey is trying to kill Arya what does she say? “You’re spoiling it!” She was concerned about her perfect day, not whether or not her sister would be hurt.
I think she probably said “You’re spoiling it!” to both Joffrey and Arya. Neither of them were doing what she really, really wanted them to do in order to eventually give her a fairytale wedding.
Sure. However, the point isn’t who she was scolding, it was what she was scolding about. She didn’t want her day ruined. It wasn’t about someone else getting hurt, it was about how it affects her.