Right, but except for Ros, those characters didn't have names, and acts of violence seem only to be objectionable when they happen to "important" characters.

The lemming-zombie moment was so great. My first instinct was that they were just going to get up immediately. When that didn't happen, I thought the White Walkers were just showing off how many troops they had that this many were expendable. … And then they got up.

WIght children.

Also, who has Valyrian steel in this universe? Jon Snow, Brienne, Tommen (yeah, that's going to good use). Anybody else of note?

Truly, it is the American Express of Westeros.

Of course, both are strongly associated with Valyria.

"A very good question that doesn't get asked enough. A way out of that requires a show that is prepared to handle the AFTERMATH of such things. This show is not."

"I'll have some water."

Man, I think I must have gone for a beer or something during that scene because there are one or two other things mentioned in the thread that I did not pick up on.

Greyjoy: The heir still doesn't have a penis and identifies as something called "Reek," and Balon's got a leech with his name on it

At the very least, it seems like a bad idea to seemingly neuter the power of the crown if you want to retain the crown yourself. If one queen can get arrested with no consequences by an illegitimate police force, what's stopping that from happening to another? (Case in point…)

"You and my father had adjacent meetings in a prison cell immediately prior to his death."

That's why I prefer Frankenmountain. Although I suppose it should be Frankenmountain's Monster. …

AND: Westeros now has three songs!

It is a religious court, though, and Margaery basically lied to the gods. I suspect they will look upon that with much less leniency.

He's been pretty consistent in his pursuit of his own self-interest.

"Ramsay flays the Old Woman just in case marital rape and genital mutalation didn't have us convinced that he's an asshole"

I assume that he's been dead since around circa Joffrey's death, but it doesn't really matter so nobody bothers to mention it

Ghost turns out to be a fantastic wingman, too.

Cersei would totally be a Republican