Actually, no. Viserys was promised to Arianne of Dorne, though neither Viserys nor Daenerys are aware of that. Idr if Dany was promised to anyone or not - she was born 9 months after they left King’s Landing so the Mad King might not have known she was even alive.

Y’all don’t own country music. Just because they play country music doesn’t mean their “main fans” are Bush-loving Republicans.

Aw poor Joshua Malina! He came in at a weird time - his character was wonderful when he appeared and we desperately needed someone without an “outside” moral compass. He just happened to show up right as the writing really started slipping, and then you know, seasons 5-7....

Where did the person you are responding to indicate that she had given in to anything? This is what has worked for them, to get the best sleep. It’s so funny how in an article that seems to be about not judging parents for choosing to let their babies cry it out, so many assholes seem to have become empowered to do…

I mean it’s a thing that’s true of many orphanages in many countries. It’s just not a fair comparison at all when you interact with and soothe and bond with your baby all day and just train them not to cry for attention at night.

Fucking Dan.

Don’t you dare compare Stitch to Steve!

I had to pay for an airport bathroom in France in like....2009. So they’re still around I believe.

I know I thought about it after I wrote it but I was like nah, someone will giggle and that’ll be nice for them.

Thanks! That’s what I thought but this is all completely foreign to me!

Thanks! I’m not a legal person at all so I wasn’t sure.

Yeah, me too. If I died suddenly without a will (and with some assets besides the bag of Sour Patch Kids I’m currently inhaling), I feel like this is what I’d want. I’d want it out of the hands of my grieving family and into the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing.

Is she filing for his assets, as TMZ claimed, or is she filing to get a lawyer on this stat so it doesn’t become a circus? Since there’s no will and she named all his siblings plus “potential” heirs, it doesn’t seem like she’s trying to do anything shady...

I agree with that. I mean, I think Dorne is still patriarchal (Arianne was going to have power through marriage, while Quentyn was going to rule in Doran’s original plan, as you’ve pointed out the Sand Snakes seem to be the only women fighters, etc.) but it’s definitely less so than Westeros. But again, if the whole…

I had no idea that was his explicit motivation. Fuck.

Yeah exactly! Dorne is different. That’s the point. And maybe it’s not SO different (Ariane and the Sand Snakes are still under the control of the men, etc.) but it’s better. AND Doran is supposed to have a longstanding plan to screw the Lannisters, even if it’s clearly not working out because his son is a moron. It…

Mhm YEP. Fucking thank you. The whole point of the Sand Snakes (and Oberyn, and the Dornish in general) is that they’re NOT child murderers and shit. I mean, that very ethos is what gives us one of the best exchanges in the show:

Anytime!

It was in the book, and they did bring it up in the book when Khal Drogo died. It was a big deal. My guess is they didn’t know that Dany would be running back into the Dothraki (we’re past the books in this storyline) and so didn’t realize they needed to make it a thing in that first season.

No, she is absolutely at fault for taking the role. We’re not talking about a struggling young actress here. We’re talking about fucking ScarJo. One of the things people with privilege can do is say no to things that other people can’t, and they have a responsibility to do so.