I remember that too, though I am a show-only fan, albeit with extensive internet information about the books. So, yeah, i dont know which medium had that tidbit in it, but I’m with you, I thought it was pretty cool of him to be responsible that way in a repressive society - taking equal ownership of the situation that…

YES, with a nod or even just a look dead in the eyes, this would have actually added to the movie. the “thank you” is a major misstep.

wow, that is terrible.

Thank you - I was like, “WHAHhhaaaaat? No no no no no no”

Don’t most people arrested for illegal immigration come by air though, and just overstay their visas?

I may just be in a bad mood today, but I’m predicting more like Bobbi Kristina than not. :/ #debbiedowner

I regularly grapple with the evil, white hot joy I take in how thin and lifeless her hair is. I fucking love how shitty her hair is. She’s going fucking bald. I love it. I hate myself for loving it, but I cannot help it.

He should have been named Aemon, it was a mistake to name him anything else, and I won’t hear otherwise. Done.

it implies that she will be infertile until the other things in the curse happen.

It seemed to me like he knew the dragons would come. So the only plot hole is whether he can see the future or the past/present the way Bran can.

Loads of women die in childbirth. Human women, with human children. It’s a storytelling trope, and a real-world tragedy. I’m afraid you’re inventing the significance of this, my friend.

For all the talk about Martin subverting tropes in storytelling, this is a very old one that he fell into, over and over again.

YUP. Here. For. This.

DAT BUN.

I was never worried Sansa would revert to helplessness, but I was worried she would follow in Cat’s footsteps of trusting the wrong people and acting too impulsively. Luckily that didn’t happen, but man, this storyline was botched.

It was an arranged marriage, yes, but that doesn’t mean he was opposed to the idea. He loved her. Or at least, the idea of her that he had put on a pedestal. And he wanted her to love him. People can be funny that way, wanting, expecting or even demanding love from someone they themselves don’t really love, or respect…

Please do explain the middle part there, the “got played, taken for a ride, stabbed in the back, thrown under the bus” part... that’s the part where you have to show your work, sweetheart.

Key word: “he”

The thrill of Game Of Thrones at this point is less in the terror of the unknown and more in the satisfaction of watching things fall together.

he gave them the outline for hte endgame. if he doesn’t like it, that’s literally on him.