Posting this because I actually discovered it on the day of this year's Kentucky Derby and it made me happy:

@avclub-e57f718840a576abbb40a7d046c4e3b0:disqus , as another person with an overdeveloped capacity for guilt and shame who had most of their twenties eaten up by mental illness, your comment is actually a little freaky. About a thousand times a day I feel the need to find a minor incident from the past and feel bad…

The LW doesn't ever say she was "pinned down and held in place through someone else's orgasm" and that it scared her, she says that once she realized that the fully consensual body rubbing was conventionally known as dry humping and her boyfriend actually came as a result, she felt violated. After, not during. She…

@avclub-c701a997d9bef627835b036efb4eca63:disqus , she didn't get upset until after she found out that what they'd been doing had a name, and it had given her boyfriend an orgasm. It sounds like she was fine during.

Uh, if memory serves, book Tyrion actively tries to get as shitfaced as possible at his wedding.

@avclub-b7ee6f5f9aa5cd17ca1aea43ce848496:disqus Sansa is a genuine romantic, and a huge part of her characterization, more so in the books than the show, is that she really thinks there's a happy ending for her. When she blabs to Cersei, she is selling out her family without realizing it, since she's too naive to…

Actually, House Clegane is relatively low class. The Hound's grandfather or great-grandfather was a servant of some kind who did something heroic for his master - I can't remember what exactly, but it involved dogs and that's why they have that sigil - and his master rewarded him with some land. They're basically…

It's true, all of his brilliant performances completely undermine the story.

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus Doesn't Tyrion ask everyone where whores go?

@avclub-c822f9ad96f74f50b80a3863c3b9f968:disqus I assume you're replying to @avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus , but just in case you're addressing me, no, I did not. I based all my observations on your comments in this one thread.

Yes, @avclub-c822f9ad96f74f50b80a3863c3b9f968:disqus , you're right: it is entirely pointless to identify the negative cultural trends in culture. Ya got me there buddy.

Is pointing out misogyny in general lazy progressivism, or just in this case? (For the record, I don't hate Seth MacFarlane and don't find his material particularly offensive.) Douchebags of all stripes will misuse/abuse labels as it suits their purpose, but that doesn't change the fact that calling out misogyny as…

There's "really tall for her age" and then there's Sophie Turner. Shit, the Hound is the only person she shares screen time with who's actually noticeably taller than she is.

As I mentioned below, I just don't get the sense that show Sansa feels the same way book Sansa does at the wedding. She knows Tyrion a little better and knows he's not really like the other Lannisters. Given the admittedly limited interaction she's had with Tyrion during the show, it would be out of character for her…

I don't really think that crying "misogyny" is one of those things that needs to be backed up by volunteering at shelters. Half the population are female; it's not like people are advocating, if you can call it that, on behalf of a demographic they never encounter.

I got the impression that she was acting a little bit out of cluelessness more than anything else. It's her wedding, she's been to weddings and doubtless spent a shit-ton of time dreaming about her own, and in wedding-vision the bride doesn't have to kneel.

It may have been a defining moment for Sansa in the book - although I do think that she was acting against the Lannisters in general - but in the show they're portraying her as more in sympathy with Tyrion. In the show they're both aware of the marriage well in advance and both unhappy about it, and Sansa actually…

Book Sansa doesn't have any advance notice of her wedding; Cersei pretty much slaps the bride cloak on her and hauls her off to the ceremony. During the ceremony, she's much more confused and upset than show Sansa, who's had time to think about it and is less hostile towards Tyrion. Show Sansa understands perfectly…

Yeah, it appears Westerosi weddings inspire some pretty freaked out hair - Cersei's was also quite…interesting. I could see that it might have begun with good intentions, but there was some sorcerer's apprentice shit going on there when it came to finding a stopping point.

It would have been okay if they'd made it of something other than mud-colored brocade.