How often are men in real life kidnapped, tortured, flayed and castrated?

CERIE. I've been trying to put my finger on it all week, but THAT'S who she reminds me of!

Just because you didn't see any discussion of Ros or Talisa's death certainly doesn't mean there wasn't any. On the contrary, there were posts and articles aplenty written on both. Of course, a lot of those posts were on much-derided Tumblr, and the ones that weren't were met with every bit as much scorn and "LOL GO…

Extreme misogyny isn't the only kind that exists, though. It's the subtler stuff that's really pervasive and hard to challenge, because people will deny that it exists and tell you that you're oversensitive or crazy or looking for reasons to be offended—but it's the less overt stuff that sets the entire foundation for…

Yeah, no, I see what you're saying—modern ideas of consent can't really exist in Westeros, and we can't apply ALL of them to the framework of the show. (Quite honestly, I never liked Tyrion for that very reason, but I see your point.)

This is why I'm rolling my eyes at all of the commenters who are saying that this article wasn't necessary because "everyone here knows rape is wrong, and everyone who doesn't know it's wrong is in jail."

"Rape is commonplace in Westeros" is really, reeeeeeeally no longer a thing that still needs to be "pointed out," as we got that message about three and a half seasons ago. "But but but historical accuracy!" is a lazy excuse for this kind of constant, gratuitous, explicit violence against women. After a certain point,…

I just watched Grandma's Boy on some stoner's recommendation, and I've never been more uncomfortably attracted to Joel David Moore than when he's dolled up like an eyeshadow-wearing Matrix reject. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I would sit on JP's face if requested.

I think that's why I was grateful that Walt made it clear in the phone call that Hank was dead. That's the only mercy there was to give to Marie, small as it was. At least she knows for sure.

"Shoulda read the rest of that poem, you boob." — Stan Rizzo

I got the distinct impression, though I could be wrong, that this isn't her first stint in prison, hence why she seems to be a completely different and much harder person in the current scenes than she is in the flashbacks.

Who knew schadenfreude could taste so buttery?

@avclub-6eaac84b8b1cdbb855bdad02f8faa344:disqus "It's more like something a frustrated and stupid teenage boy would say
in the desperate hope of shaming a girl into submission.  I don't think
that constitutes attempted rape, as it was not intended to be coercive."

Roger's mom also died, so really we've already got a 100% increase from the usual amount of death.

The only reason I'm not worried about Ginsberg dying is because the only narratively logical way for him to die would be suicide, and they're not going to do that two seasons in a row.

I still think that the transmission/alien stuff is just his go-to metaphor when he's having trouble explaining his feelings. Ginsberg has always been a huge drama queen, but I don't think he's a schizophrenic one. He was too coherent and lucid with everything else he was saying; his thought process was perfectly easy…

That was awesome. It reminded me of the "silent clock" that 24 used to do after especially brutal character deaths.

My favorite joke of the entire series was "Get rid of the Seaward." "I'll leave when I'm good and ready!" It didn't involve bleeping, but it was still based around cleverly circumventing profanity. Buster's thirty-second-long series of bleeps was pretty hilarious, though.

"This song is like thirty years old! It's stabbing me in the fucking heart!"

Seems kind of prescient of him, now that you think about it.