Why not both?

I need some more Varys vs. Littlefinger style verbal combat

There is no conceivable scenerio where Howland doesn’t know about Jon. Howland: “So what was in the tower?”

So now can we say “The North remembers, but doesn’t really give shit."

It must be so miserable being you.

Devin Faraci of Birth Movies Death reported that the standalone film could feature appearances by almost every major member of Batman’s gigantic rogue’s gallery of villains.

Jesus Christ. The book readers of this series are insufferable.

DUDE I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT! And not just because my dog looks like a mini-Ghost.

Blech. Sarandon. Rich, white woman wanting revolution that she can watch from another country while she sips on her martini.

The issue is that it proves what a lot of us thought about the books, it was a lot of fluff that doesn't affect the big picture.

This is just...so dumb.

GoT had no more “boobs and blood” than a lot of premium HBO TV, from Deadwood to Rome.

GOT has always got by on the stellar acting from its core cast and a story that keeps people tuning in next week to see what happens to people they’re invested in.

The only people who care about the boobs are…

Really? You’re going all Tea Party?

There’s no way he succinctly communicated an idea in a single paragraph.

Perhaps a more accurate, less hyperbolic title should have been :

Next week, she presents Jonathan Swift’s cooking tips as evidence of his canibalism…

God, io9 has gone downhill. This whole dumb article, like almost everything on Gawker these days, is just narcissistic virtue signaling. You know these idiot writers get giddy every time an opportunity arises to indicate to their mass audience how not-racist, not-sexist, not-homophobic, anti-imperialist and…

I think if you’re going to lead with something as vulgar as “Rudyard Kipling was a racist fuck and Jungle Book is imperialist garbage” you have to balance it out with a more intellectually robust analysis. You might have a sound point but without a substantial argument, it just comes across like empty trolling.

Kipling was no starry eyed white supremacist. He was keenly aware of the injustices of the colonial system he lived within. He also was arguably in love with Indian, its culture and its people.

I thought the criticism was that season 5 was dull compared to the set pieces of previous seasons, like the Battle of the Blackwater, the Red Wedding, or Oberon’s duel with the Mountain, as well as the fact that major characters like Tyrion don’t have as many scenes. I know Hardhome was added to give this season a…