I actually find her to be a boring and vacant character. She doesn't have any really interesting qualities. She isn't smart. She isn't funny. She isn't proactive. She's just kind of bouncing around in an endless sequence of victimization while her kin are off on their adventures. I see her as pretty expendable as far…

Bend the knee or he will destroy you. 

Well Jon is with the walkers and Dany is with the dragons. On a long term collision course maybe?

Thoros of Myr is one of the best fighters in the realm and Arya is still just a little girl. She might have taken a few lessons, but she would still get owned by people like Thoros, Kingslayer, Loras, or even Jon Snow.

I wonder if Margaery/Cersei might turn into a Gus Fring/Walter White situation. I don't think Cersei will give up her influence without a fight, and she may yet have a few tricks up her sleeve despite slipping recently.

Then I fully expect to witness soon a naked Ros riding atop a dire wolf with a flaming axe in hand and an army of mummies in tow, lopping the heads off Lannister soldiers as her undead forces ransack King's Landing and claim the Iron Throne in the name of House Whore and its esteemed spread eagle sigil.

Certainly possible. I think the end game will involve Stark and Targaryn. The Fire and Ice name points towards that. Maybe Jon will even end up with Dany? In her dream, she finds Drogo (her husband) and their child beyond the wall in the snow. Though that could mean any number of things.

Ser Loras Tyrell is my favorite flaming sword.

Hodor, hodor hodor. Hodor hodor hodor hodor. Hodor? Hodor hodor.

I miss Stannis and his fire witch. Or maybe I really just miss Davos. The poor sap. He's quickly become one of the most sympathetic characters on the show. 

Yea, that's what I thought. I remember Tywin having his thong in bunches over The Brotherhood. I'm sure this will lead to a Hound vs. Mountain battle eventually. 100 golden dragons on the dog.

My recollection is that he banged some floozy in one of his first episodes, but ultimately turned down his campaign manager. I think it was meant to show his personal growth over the series.

I'm sure he only wants her as leverage in some kind of political maneuver.

I haven't read the books beyond half of the first one so this isn't a spoiler at all, but my sense is that Jon Snow is the "real" heir to the Stark name. He has made some poor decisions in his own right, but remember how well he handled the bullies at the Wall and now how smoothly he has integrated into the Wildling…

I think it's fair to say that the Starks are not the most politically adept lot. One blunder after another.

Is that two weeks in a row with no on-screen deaths?

Is the Brotherhood a pro-Lannister faction or some kind of nWo vs. WCW thing? Don't answer if that requires a spoiler. I'm just not quite sure about that. I know Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane is (was?) a Lannister ally, but I'm not sure if Thoros is fighting with Clegane or against. I'm sure it will become clear…

The show is a victim of its own scope in the sense that the episodes aren't long enough to consistently accommodate all of the storylines. I'm sure most of this stuff will pay off at some point down the line, but in isolation a lot of the scenes feel insignificant.

Hodor is the hodor.

I'll offer a third possibility: