Funny story: I always thought that the ridiculous crests described in ASoIaF were, well, ridiculous (I don't know much medieval history).  So when I started searching the internet for pictures of all these armor bits and pieces that I couldn't convincingly visualize, I had to laugh my ass off when the very first…

It was hella confusing in the book.  Tyrion sees fighting on the opposite shore and is briefly confused by it, thinking he got turned around when he didn't.  And that's it until Ser Dontos wakes Sansa up proclaiming that the city is saved and that it was Renly's shade that led the attack that broke Stannis.  It isn't…

It was hella confusing in the book.  Tyrion sees fighting on the opposite shore and is briefly confused by it, thinking he got turned around when he didn't.  And that's it until Ser Dontos wakes Sansa up proclaiming that the city is saved and that it was Renly's shade that led the attack that broke Stannis.  It isn't…

How can people in the experts thread still be confused about Stannis's status as the middle Baratheon?

How can people in the experts thread still be confused about Stannis's status as the middle Baratheon?

The chain plays no role in the victory.  If anything else besides Tywin showing up influenced the victory, it was Tyrion's decision to have men practice with wildfire "blanks" and to fill floating hulks with jars of wildfire.  On the outside, the sortie he led against the ram at the King's Gate played a role, and it…

The chain plays no role in the victory.  If anything else besides Tywin showing up influenced the victory, it was Tyrion's decision to have men practice with wildfire "blanks" and to fill floating hulks with jars of wildfire.  On the outside, the sortie he led against the ram at the King's Gate played a role, and it…

Obviously it's all circumstantial, but here are all the reasons I think Tywin and/or Roose Bolton hatched a plot to assassinate Robb before he married Jeyne (that I can remember):

Obviously it's all circumstantial, but here are all the reasons I think Tywin and/or Roose Bolton hatched a plot to assassinate Robb before he married Jeyne (that I can remember):

Yeah, I guess the Red Wedding wouldn't specifically happen if he didn't break his betrothal, but breaking his betrothal is merely an excuse to justify his murder (that's actually an assassination), and not nearly as important to the game of thrones than the decision to lure Robb into a trap to eliminate him without…

Yeah, I guess the Red Wedding wouldn't specifically happen if he didn't break his betrothal, but breaking his betrothal is merely an excuse to justify his murder (that's actually an assassination), and not nearly as important to the game of thrones than the decision to lure Robb into a trap to eliminate him without…

This goes out to the whole GoT message board, not just nhslayer:

This goes out to the whole GoT message board, not just nhslayer:

lol @avclub-07cbebc173aad442e9feb1513fb0e5d1:disqus  "I needed to know" is the same exact reason I started reading the books.

lol @avclub-07cbebc173aad442e9feb1513fb0e5d1:disqus  "I needed to know" is the same exact reason I started reading the books.

There were female knights?  In "GoT time" or is it a modern convention.  I'd be amazed if I found out that occasionally women were knighted in medieval times.  With rampant sexism, it seems tantamount to knighting a horse.

There were female knights?  In "GoT time" or is it a modern convention.  I'd be amazed if I found out that occasionally women were knighted in medieval times.  With rampant sexism, it seems tantamount to knighting a horse.

Pretty sure Bronn is illiterate in the books.  He wouldn't have given two shits on how that name was pronounced.  Illiterate Bronn is totally the kind of dude who would think words are for pussies.

Pretty sure Bronn is illiterate in the books.  He wouldn't have given two shits on how that name was pronounced.  Illiterate Bronn is totally the kind of dude who would think words are for pussies.

Um, it's not the "primary and sole reason."  The primary and sole reason for the Red Wedding is that Tywin Lannister needed a non-battlefield way to defeat Rob and Roose Bolton wanted to be rid of the Starks for good and become Warden of the North, and had no problem bending the knee to the Lannisters to get it.  In A…