"Unisex ways to be killed" is a great point. I get annoyed that the default method of torturing a woman is rape, whereas the torture options for male characters (while gruesome) almost never go there. I hadn't considered the "only female character" aspect of the WiR trope, but you're right. I've got plenty of women in…

No problem. Good luck! (Suerte!)

Okay, I'm hoping someone pulls me out of the gray because I really want to dig into this with a bunch of extremely intelligent and well-informed peeps. (Y'all.)

"Why—do you need to borrow a tampon?"

There are generally Spanish-speaking people in most communities who are looking to improve their English; a lot of libraries offer courses taught by volunteers (or might be good resources for finding those opportunities). If you can find a native Spanish-speaker who wants to learn English, the two of you can set up an…

Nah, we see it through Catelyn, plus Dany had a prophecy about a sad king with a wolf's head. I'm willing to call that conclusive. :)

I guess I feel about Jon Snow the way you felt (and I also felt) about Brienne and Arya. My general rule in murder mysteries and SFF is that no one is truly dead unless I see a decapitated body.

It's like the lovechild of Bill the Butcher's glass eye and the Eye of Sauron.

Good grief that guy is annoying. I'm sure if you met him in real life he'd be scared shitless, hence all the keyboard posturing.

Amen. The worst part of that is that my activities aren't even a good indicator of what I want in a partner. I want personal qualities - kind, smart, loyal, even-tempered, funny. I want similar world views and life goals. I could give two shits whether we share the same taste in music, art, food, movies, bowling, or…

Human rights > American rights, because human > American.

Yeah, I gotta agree. How is this anything but a rehash of the "You've got such a pretty face!" attitude towards plus-size women?

These are actual GOPers saying actual dopey things. I lack the skills/software to turn them into art. Feel free!

I think I get the point you're trying to make, which is that there are certain areas of Texas where people have to uphold the law themselves rather than waiting for police intervention. That makes sense to me, and I can see how you can't just walk up to a nighttime robber with a copy of the law and ask them politely…

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I binge-read them too (well, the first time at least). How can you not?! I thought the Red Wedding was even more tragic on the reread - you watch Arya get SO CLOSE to reuniting with her family and it is just crushing when you know she's not going to make it in time. Although obviously she's lucky she wasn't there...

Jaime would definitely have been a great bargaining chip, but both the book and the show made it fairly clear that Robb's men were going to kill him in a murderous rage long before he could be used to bargain for anything. Then you've got a dead Jaime Lannister to explain to a very angry Tywin Lannister. If Robb had…

Ah! That's probably it. Damn my love of little luxuries...

With me it's more like, "What on earth are my grandkids going to think of me?" Seriously. It seems like every generation takes a massive step forward in acceptance & rights, but has to fight the blowback of previous generations. So what are we going to hold on to? I want to be cheeky and say "robot babies not okay,"…

Sorry, not to nitpick, but why did you include Chile here? They're the most stable country in Latin America. I lived there in 2009; now I live in Argentina, and let me tell you, the difference is palpable. Prices have gone up twice in the five months I've been here. Honestly not trying to derail, just wanted to stand…