Book 3 spoilers

Book 3 spoilers

I'd think a prexisting obsessive fanbase of nerds who are much more likely to buy DVDs and merchandise than the average person who watches True Blood is a valuable thing, as far as HBO's business model goes.

I'd think a prexisting obsessive fanbase of nerds who are much more likely to buy DVDs and merchandise than the average person who watches True Blood is a valuable thing, as far as HBO's business model goes.

I sure wouldn't mind if everyone who whines about Martin dying before finishing the series would get hit my a bus tomorrow.

I sure wouldn't mind if everyone who whines about Martin dying before finishing the series would get hit my a bus tomorrow.

I think a very small Ramsay Snow would actually work. He wants to rape, hunt and flay the world in the worst case of short man's syndrome there ever was.

I think a very small Ramsay Snow would actually work. He wants to rape, hunt and flay the world in the worst case of short man's syndrome there ever was.

SPOILERS FOR 3, 4 and 5, somewhat

SPOILERS FOR 3, 4 and 5, somewhat

How do you show Aerys and Rhaegar in such a way so people who hadn't read the books understand who they were? It'd either be some clumsy exposition, or many would miss it.

How do you show Aerys and Rhaegar in such a way so people who hadn't read the books understand who they were? It'd either be some clumsy exposition, or many would miss it.

Later book spoilers

Later book spoilers

But that's what they'd say if HBO had told them "You only get 10, like it. And make up some bullshit about how it's not our fault, so the audience doesn't whine."

But that's what they'd say if HBO had told them "You only get 10, like it. And make up some bullshit about how it's not our fault, so the audience doesn't whine."

@avclub-f14314bf4d4a1bd450664f089241fe86:disqus That's how I saw them, too, based on the description we get in the prologue. Martin describes them as wearing armor that looks like it's made of ice, too.

@avclub-f14314bf4d4a1bd450664f089241fe86:disqus That's how I saw them, too, based on the description we get in the prologue. Martin describes them as wearing armor that looks like it's made of ice, too.

Maybe they'll go back to Martin's idea of saying a big jump in time. Like Season 5 will begin with "Five years later…."

Maybe they'll go back to Martin's idea of saying a big jump in time. Like Season 5 will begin with "Five years later…."