Also the elective surgery was apparently to correct a sunken chest, so he basically got breast augmentation to look more masculine, which is a form of gender affirming care he so vehemently opposes for others.

Not sure how much time you spend on right-wing blogs or Twitter (for your sake, I hope little), but there actually is a pretty big divide when it comes to this guy. There are quite a few conservatives - particularly religious conservatives - who have been critical of him.

The reason House of the Dragon skipped to King Viserys as its starting point is because that’s when the part that makes for a good show starts. Aegon’s story is just scene after scene after scene of “huge army is assembled, then dragons show up and effortlessly roast them all.”

Eh, it’s like what I said in my reply to Giovanni, he’s actually different than the Roy’s many ways. Even how he was raised considering Logan had his mother institutionalized and I can imagine that had an effect on him. At least he’s able to achieve self-awareness in a way none of the Roy’s seem able to and so…

i think it’s interesting seeing so many people taking connor’s ‘i don’t need love, you guys do’ monologue at face value.

Roman’s lately been—gasp!—more sympathetic, more level-headed and wiser than his siblings. So to see him waver and go back to being manipulated by his father is poignant. Even though it comes from a good desire of wanting to have a good relationship with his dad instead of burning him like his siblings want to do.

Connor just sort of proved he’s the only one of the kids who’s actually a real person deep down. That he vaguely cares about loyalty and fairness compared to his siblings, father and stepmom that take the sociopath view that caring is weakness, so it makes him seem soft. He probably would’ve done well in a normal…

For a second when Shiv heard about the divorce lawyers I thought it was about news talent and that Logan had scooped up all the talent from Pierce. That certainly would be an interesting move. As for the divorce lawyers, Shiv really should have learned from Sopranos and her own mother. Seems like a rather obvious…

It’s very good. The scenes with Bogosian and Anderson (who is amazing) really elevate the whole thing as it allows Anderson to interrogate the whole thing, including the differences between the show and the movie/book.

I felt the same way in season 2 when it was established that the couples counselor they were seeing had been treating Michelle on an individual basis beforehand. I was like ‘shouldn’t that doctor have recommended a different person for couples therapy instead of taking it on themself?’

You’re not the only one who’s wondering if Trent is gay.

Am I being stupid, but I thought Trent was gay?

Am I the only one wondering if something is going to happen to Sassy and that’s how Rebecca is going to become a mother? She’s godmother to Sassy’s daughter who’s already been introduced. I’m not sure the show would go in this direction, but it was my first thought when Sassy appeared at Sam’s restaurant.

I think last week’s episode and this week’s are two of the best the show has ever done. I loved the brisk pacing in this one, keeping all the various subplots spinning while pushing the story forward. Zava is a great wrench in the works for almost every plot the show has going. This may be the best use we’ve seen of…

OK Manuel, choosing Victor/Victoria as your favorite Julie Andrews performance has put you squarely in the category of “can do no wrong” in my book.

GRRM is married now, but lived with his current wife for a long time (I think over a decade or two) prior to getting officially hitched. I think his negative experience with a previous marriage may have turned him against them.

I know, as soon as I hit the publish button I remembered but it was too late.

Yep. We knew/know a lot of people. There’s a period in your mid-late 20's when everyone gets hitched. We went to a lot more than 17, that was just the record for a single 12 month period. We were aghast. This was back in the roaring 90's. 

I’ve been told my wedding was the most fun a lot of people had but I barely remember it.  I do remember the frantic weeks before it and the stress of the damn thing and my bank account remembers the money I spent, even 15 years later.   We should have eloped and used that money to go towards a house down payment

My wife and I went to 17 weddings in one year. I was in 6 of them, she was in 4. They were not all local.