@avclub-8f2e905e5f7e519e0f98e843d9e5870c:disqus I assume 'transvestite' refers to the faceless man that appears in the prologue and epilogue of affc.

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True enough, @avclub-eb70e805387fd94edd03a9fb68dbce6d:disqus … In the same way Jamie's explanation of the sack of kings landing/death of Aegon tends to redefine what readers/viewers understand about both him and Eddard Stark, there are A LOT of bits of history and backstory told through exposition in the books that…

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Thanks for the tip.  :D

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It passed in something of a blur, but in the passage in AFFC where Jamie encounters Sybell Westerling (nee spicer) in Riverrun, isnt it implied (or at least suspected by Jaime based on what he is told) that Jeyne was reticent to rid herself of any potential heirs after the Red Wedding?

Isnt that the big knock on Frey (beyond being petty and vindictive) even before Robb's army got there in the 2nd Book?  He always managed to show up once the victory was assured.  In the show it seemed like Robb still had some arrows in his quiver and was going to take the fight to an undermanned Casterly Rock.  In…

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No, I get that… He 'said the words,' abandoned the watch and his life was forfeit, whether or not he took the black in lieu of prison/execution or because he represented one too many mouths to feed back on the farm.  And there was a valuable lesson to…

K. Thrace I tend to agree with you. By ASOS (and more so in the later books) Ned (and by extension most of House Stark) begins to seem more and more like some kindof fundamentalist who's world view only really plays in the North. The rest of Westeros, I'm pretty sure, would just as soon see Ned and his line stay…