Littlefinger's 'creepy crush' would mean that he would keep Sansa within his control, not marry her off to someone he has no clue about and then leave her alone with them. Sorry, his behaviour in the show makes no fucking sense.

Book!Sansa is not stupid. She's no brilliant schemer, but she is capable of handling herself and staying alive by saying what the people keeping her captive want to hear. Her story is that of (mostly) passive resistance, but the important part there is 'resistance'. She doesn't give in to her enemies' plans for her…

I know - he's so forgettable in the books, but apparently some people thought he was so terrible that they have to keep reminding everyone else about him.

Sansa - who was 12 and fairly clueless - figured out by ACOK that Cersei disliked her. Cersei wasn't exactly subtle about it. Book!Margaery definitely knew Cersei's opinion of her - and didn't give a rat's ass.

Asha was such a fun character in the books. It was mildly annoying that her show counterpart was so grim and dour, but it's even more annoying that she's been written out entirely.

It's not lifted from the books at all. Sansa and Jeyne are not interchangeable. Jeyne was a nobody (in terms of political connections) who was sent to the Boltons by Littlefinger, who couldn't care less for her. She had no choice in the matter. Her story is disturbing and tragic, and she has my (and most other…

People exaggerate the Darkstar. He appeared in what, 2 scenes? There was a lot more to the Dorne story than that in the books. For one thing, it wasn't a story, it was multiple stories, about multiple people. Some were more interesting than the others, but on the whole, the introduction of Dorne and the Martells/Sands…

*Sigh* Because that would have been a vaguely interesting story. Apparently D&D's motto seems to be that any new storyline added to the show must be (a) boring, (b) not based in the characters' known personalities in any way, and (c) make no fucking sense even within the show.

The Tyrells can still claim that Cersei was fucking her brother, and that Joffrey was therefore illegitimate. But Tommen could still be legitimate (we know he isn't, but the Tyrells could claim otherwise). After all, whether Cersei fucked her brother once or constantly over a period of years doesn't matter in the eyes…

Ramsay needed no further demonization. Even if you don't count his torture of Theon (and why not?) he had already been shown hunting and murdering innocent women. I don't think there's a single viewer (apart from actual psychopaths) who didn't think that Ramsay was evil personified.

He is of the night. So he wasn't invited, because they were fighting during the day.

That would never happen. Game of Thrones is currently a worldwide phenomenon. But if they halt production for a couple of years*, there's just no way it will remain all that popular. The producers know that if they want to keep riding this gravy train, it can't afford to make any stops, no matter how out of control it…

Yeah, I know - it was way too sappy for Mad Men. Still, I do adore both Peggy and Stan, so I was happy for them. I just wish it had been a slightly less sentimental revelation - something conveyed through looks or action rather than words.

Somehow it felt like the real 'ending' happened weeks ago.

Even other references, like Newman's "The mail never stops!" rant were hilariously dated within a few years of airing.

I was surprised at the mention too. It was my understanding that Enid Blyton was practically unknown in the US.

Hmm … that incident with the twins wasn't about cruelty or an obsession with forms. It was because the twin who was held back used to dominate the other one back when they were in the same form, so now that they had been separated, the other girls were trying to get the subservient twin to stand on her own feet.

Or - horror of horrors! - your valet disapproving of your socks.

There was no indication in the books that Dany was ever planning to take Hizdahr to Westeros. It was a marriage of convenience while she was in Meereen. Hizdahr was useless outside of Slaver's Bay. There would be plenty of ways to get rid of him once she was ready to move on to Westeros. Divorce would be the simplest,…

Qarth is not the easternmost city in Essos, it's just the easternmost place shown in the books/show. Essos extends thousands of miles further east beyond Qarth.