"success"

"success"

They do, although they seem to worship a different set of Old Gods to the Starks.  Then again we don't really know much about the Old Gods of the Starks except that it's a fairly blatant expy for real-world Celtic paganism.

They do, although they seem to worship a different set of Old Gods to the Starks.  Then again we don't really know much about the Old Gods of the Starks except that it's a fairly blatant expy for real-world Celtic paganism.

Yeah, I'm sure after fifty years of shitty, asinine zombie movies with half-arsed aspirations to incredibly obvious social commentary, somebody will finally make one that doesn't suck.

Yeah, I'm sure after fifty years of shitty, asinine zombie movies with half-arsed aspirations to incredibly obvious social commentary, somebody will finally make one that doesn't suck.

Robb - good at fighting wars, bad at politics.

Robb - good at fighting wars, bad at politics.

This is a medieval feudal society.  You can't just "get rid of" vassals because you think they're dicks, let alone because you don't want to keep an oath to them that you freely swore.  It really is a society of equals in a lot of ways, even if one lord is formally set above another.  If Robb was to do that, his own…

This is a medieval feudal society.  You can't just "get rid of" vassals because you think they're dicks, let alone because you don't want to keep an oath to them that you freely swore.  It really is a society of equals in a lot of ways, even if one lord is formally set above another.  If Robb was to do that, his own…

@olivececile:disqus It seems likely to me that Varys is the kind of guy you'd have heard of but never seen unless you were either very high ranking in the Kingdom's administration or his network of spies.

@olivececile:disqus It seems likely to me that Varys is the kind of guy you'd have heard of but never seen unless you were either very high ranking in the Kingdom's administration or his network of spies.

There aren't enough Airplane! jokes in these Game of Thrones reviews

There aren't enough Airplane! jokes in these Game of Thrones reviews

Then who was phone?

Then who was phone?

"It really reminds me of In the Loop."

"It really reminds me of In the Loop."

I think people are still afraid of him in the third series - the looks on their faces when Terry is taken to speak with him in private are definitely fearful, and when he returns post-firing Nicola and Ollie both look like they've just seen the grim reaper.  But I think by series three they were less afraid that he'd…

I think people are still afraid of him in the third series - the looks on their faces when Terry is taken to speak with him in private are definitely fearful, and when he returns post-firing Nicola and Ollie both look like they've just seen the grim reaper.  But I think by series three they were less afraid that he'd…