My problem with the series is that GRRM has always been right on the edge with killing characters for shock instead of resolving character arcs and plot lines. I feel like he’s started to tip over it, and Jon’s death would be a straight up plunge.

I disagree.

Well I don’t agree with his Jon killing policy. But I do approve of his Thenns killing policy.

Tread lightly, she is near

Drogon is the fucking “man.” And something tells me that the Dany who left Mereen is going to return full-on Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen, Mother of Dragons. And she’s going to show Mereen no mercy.

How could you fail to mention the best visual pun of the episode?

Okay so, last night was so god damn epic and is top 5. While I could give you guys a Cool_Breeze style rundown, I’m not. I’m just going to give you what I need to say as a book reader.

Hardhome bear obvious paralelisms with the retreat at Dunkirk where no only did the the British troops had to flee a superior enemy but all left behind tons of unused weapons for the enemy to collect. Just like The Night’s King did with all the fresh dead...

Ahem. Regency drama, thank you. ;) And you should try again! Maybe skip to when Jonathan Strange finally appears and then backtrack.

stinker

Hey, you know what?

So it’s worse than beating your wife, but not as bad as beating your wife but being caught on tape.

“Long, sullen silences, and an occasional punch in the face... the Mormont way!" Favourite quote of the season so far.

“a Targaryen alone in the world” is “a terrible thing.” and Jon Snow enters

Awwwwww. This is a great story.

It’s pretty clear by now that Maisie Williams needs to play a superhero. My pitch: An orphaned teenage girl fights crime on the mean streets of Albuquerque with the help of her wolf companion and a mysterious older man who provides financial support and martial arts training. (Their HQ is hidden in a revival movie…

And the first look at Pod as the Squiretrooper.

You’d be mistaken. In the books it is specified that the Unsullied are only good at being soldiers, and nothing else. They’re trained to fight in larger regiments with unwavering discipline and total obedience to their commanding officers. On the streets of Meereen they are split into small groups and the tactics…

The scene with the Sparrows going all ISIS on King’s Landing is eeriely reminescent of the time Gioriliano Savonarola and his Weepers took control of Florence in a tornado of religious furor. All brothels were burned down and 1000s of works of art were destroyed in the infamous Bonfires of the Vanities.