D & D are not good storytellers, now that they don't have the books as a template the show is awful!

Ramesh and Shah are both Persian names and made their way to South Asia via Perso-Islamic empires.

They've completely ruined a bunch of character arcs—Jaime, Sansa, Sam, etc. Not sure why the show still gets so much critical acclaim.

Daario mentioned Dany needing 1000 ships. Daario=Euron confirmed!

He mentioned adopting a child from China in the previous episode.

I dislike that theory as well. Some believe that Aerys (The Mad King) raped Joanna Lannister (Tywin's wife). I recall a Ser Barristan POV chapter in ADWD where he alludes to Aerys taking a liking to her.

I meant that he hasn't reacted to or grieved their deaths at all. He hasn't even inquired about what happened and would surely attempt to kill Melisandre if he found out she was responsible for Shireen's death.

Apparently Davos forgot about Stannis and Shireen…

RIP House Martell.

No, it is not part of South Asia. It is Central Asian.

it is not inconceivable that iran would cooperate with sunni extremists. look at its support of hamas and deobandi insurgents in afghanistan.

meh, there are a bunch of theories about secret targaryens..some claim cersei and jaime were fathered by aerys as well.

yeah, once robb, balon and joffrey were all killed stannis seemed inclined to sacrifice edric. they never mention the stone dragons of dragonstone on the show though..melisandre believed sacrificing edric would bring them to life.

ya, Nymeria (its a she) is alive but AWOL. think they made an implicit reference to her in season 2.

yeah, doesn't he end up escaping his cage and killing a few freys in the book? I forgot.

yeah, and they also show Arya watching in horror.

some hardcore iranian nationalists think so…but azeris now speak a turkic language and some groups in azerbaijan actually make irredentist claims on northern iran
persian is the official language of afghanistan and tajikistan. uzbekistan has a significant persian-speaking tajik population as well. the soviets and…

Uzbeks are Turkic. But the Tajiks concentrated in Samarqand and Bukhara are Iranian/Persian. Those terms aren't limited to the modern state.

I hope they establish Ser Barristan's badassery soon. He kills the Titan's Bastard in the books!

I thought dolorous edd was killed for a second there. has anyone rewatched the scene?