I believe if you were seeing half your town die and you even slightly expected that you had the disease you would be overcome with dread.

So glad this has finally been covered. My boyfriend and I started this Olympics off pretty excited about this hot swimstar but now it's gotten the point that we both can't stand seeing him on-screen. Phelps has evolved from medal king goofball to adorable medal king goofball just from sheer comparison.

"Has the Viceroy's birth certificate been located?"

1) Fantasy novels take us to places we can't often experience in the present but often glamorize through history (i.e., monarchical society)

"It's more important for me to have a good relationship with your horse than your wife" - the words that every farmer's wife dreads hearing.

"I made blood out m' lady parts!" was also fairly common.

Are you saying "Your strumpet of a mother is a witch and she's pregnant with the devil's spawn; get thee to a tannery" was not high up on the list?

Me too! Although I read it more for the gay scenes than the bodice-ripping ones.

She paid the iron price.

Gives a whole new meaning to the word shrimping.

Cat fight: A disagreement between two newly divorced lesbians over ownership of a cat (also known as a 'Pussy Polemic.')

It totally does. Another part is the mysticism/religiosity associated with House of the Undying that I'm sad the viewers don't get to see. I imagine the showrunners think between dragons and white zombies they don't need any more "magick" on the show. And like I said - I thought what they did to conclude her arc was…

I know - and I understand and you're absolutely right re: the Red Wedding. I still think GRRM used the other characters and their perspective on Robb to set it up for the Red Wedding but that's far more difficult in TV.

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Oh the the horrors that poor bear has seen. Thank God it has a scarf to cover its eyes.

The lotion/tissue-box near the desk indicates this cuddling is all for naught.

Charlize could easily play an adult Daenerys Targaryen. George R. R. Martin is re-editing Book 6 with a major flashforward as we speak...

Based on all these comments - it's pretty clear that Armie should be playing Ken in the ive action Barbie movie.

Completely agree. That atrocious Mirror, Mirror didn't help things either.

Completely does not fit the depiction but there is nothing less sexual to me than Armie Hammer.