I think it's a pretty fantastic way to nod at us book readers who know what an awesome dude Pod is, and a very easy way to make him stick it for the non readers.

So given Melisandre's sudden jaunt away from Dragonstone, it seems like they are jockeying to use Gendry in place of Edric Storm in her spell for Stannis.

SAVE ME BARRY

I normally hate Acuna but really enjoyed this issue.

They didnt give details about what specifically about the image they felt crossed the line, but if we want to give them the benefit of the doubt and not assume its because it was a dude getting blasted in the face - then it's probably the fact that the image featured an erect, ejaculating dick which is a first for the…

Well it's a good thing you didn't need a reason because this turns out not to be one.

This is pretty much the case, the only thing apple can do is stop you from purchasing it through the in-device app. You can still get it through the comixology website and read it on your iOS device that way.

Theon is my favorite part of Dance with Dragons, I am pretty okay with more Theon.

Yeah but I don't think the show has given enough context for why one of Ned's personal guard would be in the Brotherhood.

there's also a difference between a dueling rapier weighted specifically for a young girl and castle forged sword made for a grown man, the latter would be about 10 times heavier.

the whole point of why its such a big deal that he married this girl is because it's NOT the Frey girl he's supposed to marry.

Half man, full mast

that scene only works if we know who Harwin is

It's apparently a revamped version of Vargo Hoat, they didnt feel his character would work on screen so they made him a northerner loyal to Roose as opposed to a foreign mercenary with a beard like a billy goat and a lisp who rides a zebra into battle.

they've definitely slowed her descent into a sociopath considerably from the books, but I am pretty sure I heard D&D say in interviews that a lot of that had to do with with the amount of screentime they could give her, pushing Arya as far as she goes in book 2 would have felt rushed and not believable.

yeah but that was already done last season, complaining that this change makes something invalid that was already made invalid previously seems sort of silly.

Arya was taught how to use a small rapier like sword, fighting with a shortsword (which in Arya's relatively small hands may as well be a broadsword) is a totally different thing.

Tywin only left the Mountain a small force of men when he marched back east, with the mandate to snuff out the Brotherhood. Presumably when Gregor heard Robb's huge northern army was on the way he killed all his prisoners to leave a message cause he's Gregor and then bailed, since there was no need/reason for him to…

@avclub-94d231f11cdc1fae024849f33f7a7156:disqus So then watch the show on blu-ray/dvd?

actually there are plenty of ugly characters in the books, they've just prettied them up for tv.