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He had to behead him because he was a deserter.

Indeed. That the girl was the daughter of the captain, in whose cabin they were fucking, and that she was not a prostitute and in fact was going to be in a shitload of trouble with her Dad for giving it up to Theon was established right there in the dialogue.

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Thanks for clarifying that. I'd been wondering how so many reviewers seemed to miss the sound effects!

If I fucked men for money, I wouldn't want to kiss them either. I know it seems weird, given all the other bodily fluid exchange going on, but it would just seem gross to be swapping spit with all those johns, gross in a way that other sex acts wouldn't be. That's a purely emotional response, and one that's hard for…

That's an approach that's worked well on TWOP's "Unspoiled Speculation Thread," on which people who have read the books are not allowed to post at *all.* Ever. If they do, they are banned.

Huh. I assumed that they DID eat the horse. They established last year that dried horse meat is a chief staple of the Dothraki diet, so I doubt it would be considered disrespectful. I just took it as read that right after the scene we saw ended, the next thing that probably happened was everyone hunkering down and…

In a time of civil unrest, when there are already several pretenders to the throne who have declared themselves, and when doubt has been cast (via Stannis's letter) on the true legitimacy of the old King's "trueborn" children, it's possible that someone might try to rally behind one of the old King's bastard children.…

Watch the show, then read the books. Otherwise, you'll be spending all your time comparing the scenes in the show to the movie that played in your head when you read the books, complaining when characters don't look like you imagined them, and generally just enjoying yourself less.