I don't know, GRRM leaves the sense of scale purposefully ambiguous in the books. At fan conventions, he gives the die hards concrete distances to sate their need for a sense of canon, but in the books, everything is blurred.

And generally, Tywin just isn't a very nice dude who made it clear to Arya that he attempts to strengthen his children by withholding affection and forcing them to endure hardship. In short, he's the ultimate detachment parent, the kind of guy who shows up and roots for his son's opponents at little league games.

And generally, Tywin just isn't a very nice dude who made it clear to Arya that he attempts to strengthen his children by withholding affection and forcing them to endure hardship. In short, he's the ultimate detachment parent, the kind of guy who shows up and roots for his son's opponents at little league games.

According to most traditional zombie mythology, after destroying the living, zombies proceed to carry on in a morbid simulacrum of living society. Typically, a given zombie will devote his remaining centuries of physical cohesion to constantly repeating some simple task related to his pre-apocalyptic occupation. For…

According to most traditional zombie mythology, after destroying the living, zombies proceed to carry on in a morbid simulacrum of living society. Typically, a given zombie will devote his remaining centuries of physical cohesion to constantly repeating some simple task related to his pre-apocalyptic occupation. For…

Here's how: it's fun and since, with the exception of maybe two or three shows ever, that and "mediocre substance" is the best you can hope for from the television offerings of any given year. The only people who look to TV for consistent intellectual gratification are the kind of people who end up writing their…

Here's how: it's fun and since, with the exception of maybe two or three shows ever, that and "mediocre substance" is the best you can hope for from the television offerings of any given year. The only people who look to TV for consistent intellectual gratification are the kind of people who end up writing their…

1) I am referring to your use of the (not-at-all-pseudo-speakish) phrase "interesting to adults" and the implication that Mad Men's characters appeal to you because they are adults like yourself doing adult things in adult ways rather than silly children doing silly children things in silly children ways that are too…

1) I am referring to your use of the (not-at-all-pseudo-speakish) phrase "interesting to adults" and the implication that Mad Men's characters appeal to you because they are adults like yourself doing adult things in adult ways rather than silly children doing silly children things in silly children ways that are too…

You're right, problems make good drama, it doesn't mean their problems are something I have to personally relate to on anything but the crudest emotional level. I enjoyed Predator despite the fact that fending off alien hunters is not something I will ever personally encounter in my life. I can also appreciate…

You're right, problems make good drama, it doesn't mean their problems are something I have to personally relate to on anything but the crudest emotional level. I enjoyed Predator despite the fact that fending off alien hunters is not something I will ever personally encounter in my life. I can also appreciate…

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus Really? I love Mad Men, but its characters are little better than overgrown adolescents obsessed with their base desires and a juvenile sense of self-image.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus Really? I love Mad Men, but its characters are little better than overgrown adolescents obsessed with their base desires and a juvenile sense of self-image.

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At this point, she is supposed to be a spoiled brat who, like her brother, expects everything to be handed to her based on birthright. The only difference is that Khal Drogo was actually willing to give her everything, but now that he's dead, she's wandering around looking for someone else to hand her everything.

At this point, she is supposed to be a spoiled brat who, like her brother, expects everything to be handed to her based on birthright. The only difference is that Khal Drogo was actually willing to give her everything, but now that he's dead, she's wandering around looking for someone else to hand her everything.

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus Yes, you think that, but here is the terrible truth:

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus Yes, you think that, but here is the terrible truth:

Well, you've posted about four [possibly unintentional] spoilers in other comments, so you're kind of the poster child for why experts need to be really, really careful about what they write on here. What you now assume to be general background information about the characters are actually reveals made in later books.