I mean, I get that the scorpio is an actual weapon and the giant ballistae are as well, but I don’t think that categorically shuts down the option that the bolt was treated with poison. I’m in the camp that it probably WASN’T as well, but we’ll just have to wait and see...

I’m guessing (1) “scorpion” implies more than just a stabby machine and (2) Qyburn is basically the LeBron of weird experimental alchemical poisonings.

You literally wrote “over the top” in your post. Stallone. Over the Top.

I owe every professional illustration/animation job I’ve ever had to How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way, and seeing the cover illustration on the front of this post kicked my sense memory straight in the chest. I really feel like this should be required reading in every elementary school art class.

I dunno if we’re SUPPOSED to be mad, but my biggest gripe is that CBS is going to air the first episode and then bury this thing on CBS All-Access, where I won’t be able to gauge whether it’s good or bad because they’ll have drop a Ceti eel in my ear before I pay for CBS.

I like how Sam is like, “Well, I’m the only person in living memory to kill a White Walker. What’s next? Oh, maybe I’ll cure greyscale.” Next up: Sam successfully robs the Iron Bank of Braavos.

Came here for this and was not disappointed.

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no we do not need this no.

This. I was really hoping the movie would do the book justice, and it gave it a fair shot, but at the end of the day I think the experience of figuring out what was happening as the book unfolded just worked infinitely better.

That’s fair, but I would point out that those are all spears of royalty and royal guards, so they’re pretty elaborate and decorated. In the trailer, we might be seeing the spear of a Dornish footsoldier prepping to march northward to war. But I have absolutely zero evidence for this, so it might also be Sting and…

Surprised by the amount of people dumping on this in the comments. I mean sure, it’s not gonna win the Hugo for story or anything, but where exactly is the competent sci-fi short that YOU produced this year? This was clearly a passion project for the people who made it, and they DID make is, so I say good on ‘em.

“Enemies to the south” is probably a Dornish spear being sharpened, right?

Looks kinda like a burnt drumstick. Which does not lessen my interest in eating him...

Is there a way to forecast when PlayStation Plus subscriptions are typically discounted? I keep holding off on purchasing a 1-year because I know that if I do, the next day the price will drop to like $30...

Is that Mr. Potato Head Xenomorph or Mr. Potato Head The Gimp From Pulp Fiction?

So thanks to this article, I wound up going down an all-afternoon rabbit hole about ThatPoppy yesterday. For the curious, I will say this: ThatPoppy is absolutely Lovecraftian in scope and depth. Existential horror, unseen overlords, Baphomet, the Illuminati - like a Lovecraft story, it all sounds silly and…

You know, I was just thinking “What’s that one ingredient that’s missing from all of my nightmares?” Thank you for finding it.

It’ll be interesting to see Albus when he was youngledore, dumbledore, and full of cumbledore.