!!!!! That is exactly it. He is cute. He has other issues too tho: grew up as a geeky, sensitive kid in a macho culture; then as a working class student in med school where a lot of the students are richies or went to the "right" school with the richies; then the weight gain. I'm condensing things but it's a torturous…

Whoaaa, that was…ummm… considerate of that staffer I guess.

I don't know why but something made me return to this thread and I'm glad I did. I missed this part of the thread because I only followed replies to my own comments via disqus. I am dealing with this exact issue in that it's so obvious that my bf think's I'm out of his league. The way this affects the relationship…

You're crazy! You're welcome.

I've got to check this actor out. From Sunday everyone's been flipping their shit about Richard E. Grant being in this episode. Does he turn water to wine or something?

Is he though? God, I am wary of that chap. He appears to be as careless with life as Joffrey except with Littlefinger at the strings instead of his own madness. Plus, he might be in the "ew, girls have cooties" stage. Let's hope Sansa can pull a Margaery.

Hmmm. Some of that is right, IMO, and some a shade off. Daenarys is no different than the Starks, or any other noble family, in thinking that bloodline gives one the right to wage war. Indeed, she's gone more old school than any of them, really, since she's using dragons and magic. *She* thinks she's breaking the…

Yes. In the previous episode Ramsay sent a letter to them filled with threats, ordering them to return Sansa, else they'll gang rape her to death, along with other signature Ramsay thrills and spills, and the joyous news of Rickon's blessed return into his careful clutches.

I don't think he is. His reaction to her "no desire" line, and the way he allowed her to question the merits of her assignment for so long before bringing her up short, shows that he's aware she's not as far along as previous moments may have indicated.

Sure, but that implies Westeros is a orderly state rather than one going through serious upheaval. The nobility are obv more interested in cannabilising each other, and players like Littlefinger provide the seasoning when it suits them.

Tbh, I hadn't seen it that way. The Sparrows are so pronouncedly homophobic that I assumed, first of all, that they had treated him worse than Cersei and Margaery. The Sparrow deliberately tried to played good cop with Cersei and Margaery with his little counselling sessions in an effort to convert them or at least…

Does she know that he commands all the Vale forces though? In concrete terms. Technically, that would depend on who controls Titty Boi, which would not have necessarily been a given from her perspective. I don't think she was at the Vale long enough. And in her position I don't know that I would trust Littlefinger if…

Is he one of the best fighters in the world? I don't know that we've seen much evidence of that, although he did well in Hardhome. I would trust Brienne just as much as Jon if it came to sword's work. (Has Sansa even ever seen Jon fight outside of practices at home? Don't think so.)

You're right. A sorcerer castrated him.

On your last point: me too! She and Theon would have a better chance of securing a proper alliance for them too. The uncle is too much of a braggart, who already underestimates Daenarys by thinking his cock is as much of an asset as his ships.

I don't think she's really "with" him — they have sex, she likes it, but I doubt it's much beyond that for her. He, on the other hand, seems to think he has some kind of hold over her, or because she's a woman she can be wooed or whatever. (Sorta like the Ironborn dude who seemed to think his cock and a fleet are…

That was my first concern too when she only showed up with Brienne — shit, what if he grabs her? On the other hand, I think she's making a deliberate push to handle some things on her own. After Littlefinger handed her over to the Boltons, whom she took on in good faith, she's likely reluctant to place all of her…

I am too, believe me. Hopefully, she'll fuck up this mission, get Needle, and get this plot moving.

If she's still getting her ass kicked by the Waif then she's likely not as good as she ought to be to carry out her kill list, if that's what's currently giving her purpose.

Perhaps that's what will force them to go to Littlefinger, cap in hand. The Vale likely has the only army which will simply do what it's told rather than its movement involving a whole host of families and such who need to be persuaded, forget pass grievances, swallow the revulsion etc.