Soooo... at what point do the long lines themselves create a bigger security threat? I mean - God forbid - if someone set off a bomb in line, they’d kill hundreds of people, and they don’t even have to buy a plane ticket or figure out how to get it through the checkpoint. They could literally just walk up and stand in…

Better negotiation (“You think this for that is a fair trade? Not at all. We want gold, gold per turn, strategic resources, and your last copy of all your other luxuries to boot.”)

The new Lord Umber is not playing a long con, his motivations were spelled out pretty plainly. He wants help against the army of wildlings that’s suddenly appeared near his lands. Right now Bolton looks like his best bet and that made Rickon a bargaining chip. But note too that he didn’t offer to bend the knee to…

There is no scenario really in which he’d be “one of the good guys.” He’s a silvertongue with an army of rabid maniacs, and he’s jailed sympathetic characters, and he’s a homophobe. Many folks are nervous about the prospect of a theocratic ascension in real life, so his scenes hit a few buttons on that panel as well.

there’s not even been a sword duel on the show that I can remember as really standing out.

Superheroes have an extra burden to remain in control all the time, but this movie asks repeatedly, what happens when they don’t? It’s not just the real human cost of ‘collateral damage’ - Vision suggests, in a conversation that really should have gotten more attention, that the existence of strength seems to…

Given this choice, businesses are going to choose the young dollars every time. Young people may have less money while they’re young, but they have more years of future patronage to offer.

Well... it’s not like you need your arm to watch a movie, right?

Oh, right, *that*’s why we didn’t go to the French Quarter for NYE.

They could find some volunteers, though, perhaps? There are a lot of enthusiasts around.

Thoros of Myr didn’t need blood to revive Beric (I’m not sure how it is in the books, I haven’t gotten there yet, but on the show at least he explains that he just says some words that came to his tongue). Perhaps Melisandre can do the same.

hinting that not only will Snow survive in the sixth season, but perhaps even turn his back on the Night’s Watch to fight Ramsay Bolton.

This line is the ring seen head-on, right?

There are few trans roles, but, you know,actors who are trans need not be restricted only to roles that are trans. #justsayin

I don’t know about “worst,” but among the strongest disappointments I would count this. The trilogy this follows was mindblowing, starting with the amazing Gateway. This fourth novel felt very tacked-on, and the Heechee were far too ‘precious.’

they need a biblical disaster to really care about winning.

Aspartame is the one with the bad rap, but sucralose makes my heart race and flutter, so screw that.

Season 5 had a lot of really awesome, essential stuff that was originally meant to be part of the main story arc. JMS wasn’t sure he’d get 5 full seasons to finish telling his story, so he pared down the material so the main arc was done by season 4. A lot of the material that was cut from the main arc ended up in…

Doctor Who. There, I said it.

You know what I hate? Jerks on the internet who fabricate straw man slippery-slope arguments to ridicule a suggestion instead of discussing the idea on its merits.