Upvoted partially because I agree with you, and partially because of your username. ;)

Three half-men. Remember, Varys joined them too.

Plenty of show-only watchers were confused with Tyrion's decision to murder Tywin. In particular, they were confused as to why he chose to murder Tywin who even claimed that he would never allow Tyrion to be executed. They wondered why he didn't kill Cersei or even look for her, considering that she was the reason he…

I suspect that next season will open with Brienne about to kill Stannis, when Sansa and Theon come up to them. Then Brienne will decide - for whatever reason - that Stannis is more useful to them alive than dead, and the five of them (including Pod) will go off somewhere (maybe the Wall).

I know - how can any of this possibly be spoilers for TWOW, given that Stannis's story this season has practically no resemblance to his story in ADWD, beyond the basic fact that he's marching on Winterfell? In the book, his men don't desert him, he doesn't kill his daughter (and shows no inclination to do so either),…

You made the claim that it all happened in the books too. I showed that it didn't. That's not called moving the goalposts, it's called providing evidence.

Oh, so I guess all those terrorists setting off bombs aren't fanatics then.

Tywin married his cousin, so yeah, he was totally banging his cousin (for several years of marriage).

When a person burns his only child to death to please his god, he can be perfectly accurately described as a 'fanatic'. I'm not sure what possible definition there could be of fanaticism that doesn't involve the murder of innocents in the name of god.

A: It hasn't happened yet in the books, and until - and if - it happens, this is a show-only story. If it does happen in the books, there's no doubt the context will be very different.

Really? Where in the books is an innocent little girl burnt alive?

They just felt like adding pedophilia. Because they looked through the books and said, "Hey, given all the gore and sexual violence in these, you know what they don't have enough of? Pedophilia. Also, burning adorable little girls alive. We need more of that in the show, stat!"

And the worst part was that Zach still got to follow his dreams and go on tour with the band, while Lane got stuck staying at home with the kids. Such a horribly misogynistic end for an awesome character on such a feminist show.

Yup, that's him.

No one reads the ASOIAF books for their humour, for sure, but neither would anyone (well, most people) read them if they were a series of unrelenting bleakness. Tyrion Lannister - who probably comes closest to being the 'main character' in this ensemble-based series - is an extremely funny guy. His brother Jaime can…

It sure feels like that, but there was a reason behind it too. This essay does a fantastic job of analysing Quentyn's role in the story, especially how it ties into the anti-vengenance theme in the books: https://meereeneseblot.word…

He was very much a Wildling. He just wasn't interested in leaving his cozy hut and harem of daughter-wives to join Mance's army, that's all.

The subplots in the books are not padding (well, not all or even most of them). The show is simply telling a different story than the books now. There are some points of similarity, but mostly it's a completely different story, with completely different - even contradictory - themes than the books. The show, for…

On the other hand, we had a fight scene that felt like it lasted 20 hours in this episode, so no, I don't think the editing is all that great in the show either.

Yeah. Shirley, who had had a much smaller role than Dawn, got a good send-off with a memorable line, but poor Dawn just disappeared into the ether. Even if they couldn't fit in a storyline for her, at least tell us what happened to her! Did she go to McCann, or did she bail, like Shirley, because McCann was too…