It sort of seems it was on his list of complaints, yeah. And just too much interference with the movies following Iron Man 3 and leading up to Civil War. Too much interference, much or all of it stemming from Ike Perlmutter, so Feige went to Disney.

Yep, Mya’s older than Jon, too. She was born in 279 or 280 AL, Jon in 283, Sansa in 286. So I guess he’s not significantly older, but definitely older—and Mya’s older than both.

Yes, yes they are, like Edric Storm (whose role Gendry filled on the show). But it’s still slightly confusing on just the hows and whys of what names they are given, because I come back to Brynden Rivers and some of his siblings: their mothers are Riverland nobles, Brynden specifically was born in King’s Landing…

I’m so baffled by what this thread turned into so quickly and so, so sorry for what you are being subjected to. Good God. It reads like willful ignorance on everyone else’s part, since racism is involved. I just want you to know that I had zero trouble understanding your initial point: Ike Perlmutter said something…

Gosh, there is no way to say “actually” without sounding like an asshole. But, actually, Mya Stone is Mya Stone because Stone is the bastard name for the Vale of Arryn. She’s older—though not by much—than the rebellion, and was sired by Robert while he and Ned were still fostered at the Eyrie, because Robert was…

The bastard names can be so confusing. Thinking of Brynden Rivers, he’s the bastard of a Targaryen father and a Blackwood mother, and the Blackwoods are of the Riverlands, so... Rivers. But the wiki says he was born in King’s Landing, so if it’s where you’re born, he’d have actually been Brynden Waters. But he’s not.…

Has there been some assumption that Rhaegar’s prophecy of the Prince That Was Promised and Melisandre’s prophecy of Azor Ahai are one and the same? I feel like they have been speculated as such, a lot of the time. On the flip side of that, I’ve seen and have started to strongly suspect that they’re two separate…

Yes, this in particular, re: Jon! He’s half-Stark, whereas Dany is 100% Targaryen, which may be easier to forget for show-watchers. So... it makes a lot more sense for Jon not to be immune/resistant to fire in comparison to Dany, if that’s what they’re genuinely going with.

Oh, phew. I won’t know what to do with my entire worldview if Avenue Q is ever proved wrong.

This is an extremely helpful Coles Notes version of all this... this... that stuff up there. *gestures vaguely at article*

I was very recently reminded that Troy’s screenplay was by David Benioff—one of the men behind Game of Thrones. For the first few seasons, despite some changes, Thrones was a fairly faithful adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire. But as the show decided to basically never go into the backstory or prophecies until very…

He was so damn perfect. I mean, Sean Bean is always kind of a delight on screen, but he was just so wonderful in that part. Odysseus was the smartest dude involved in that whole Trojan War debacle, so Bean rolling his eyes and talking as if he was surrounded by complete morons all the time was 100% in-character.

Okay, I can see that this is something you are very concerned about—or you’re trolling. Whichever. But in case you are really, genuinely concerned about this issue, and about seeing men in the women’s room, there’s something you need to mull over. If you say that someone has to use the facilities of the sex they were…

And say whatever anyone might like to about the quality of the shows, make fun of me for wanting to buy them, but they’ve also done bullshit like have Agents of SHIELD season 2 and Agent Carter season 1 be amazon.com exclusives.

This is really, really exciting!

Ah—and there’s the thing of it. All these boogeymen pervs who, according to these transphobic assholes, would be all like, “No, no, I’m a woman in a man’s body!” can just turn around and instead say, “Oh,I was BORN a woman” to gain access to women and girls’ locker rooms/bathrooms.

I don’t necessarily disagree that it’s annoying when it feels like there’s nothing under the sun that isn’t a reboot, sequel, prequel, remake, or adaptation. On the other hand... oh my god, people have been whining about that for long enough now that I’m starting to get to a point of needing to create a list of all…

Hey, look! :D

There are Martells a few generations back from Rhaegar, but I can’t find Daynes—doesn’t mean there’s not actually a connection between the Daynes and the Targaryens! Pretty much all of the family trees out there have been put together by fans. :)

YES! She is wonderful. Positive reinforcement all the way.