How does that fit with his "eat the rude" ethos, though? In season 1 when Hannibal left the not-Shrike crime scene to help Will see the Shrike, Will said the killer thought of his victim as a "pig," as something beneath him. Or was that Hannibal staging a killing as the opposite of the Shrike as opposed to Hannibal…

Yeah, let's all pity the poor bastard who winds up with Nina Arianda. [eye roll]

He's not unattractive, but he also looks like a lizard.

I read them way too young as well, and since for whatever reason everything I read around the age of 12 remains in my brain despite the ravages of time and alcohol, I still know way too much about the Dollanganger family tree (note: It doesn't branch much). The East Baton Rouge Parish Library really needed to pay more…

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Oh I definitely think Sansa has potential and am rooting for her to find her way clear to remaining a decent person yet not dying horribly. You're right, also, that Varys will never rule — but so far he's the one I trust most to pick the right side and propel it to victory.

I'd like to believe that. So I will!

I've actually come to love frowny Sand Snake, due to her fixed frown in every. fucking. scene. I want Frowny Snake just randomly scowling in the background of more scenes. I love it.

I don't know, I kind of like that Stannis's (apparent) death comes at the hand of someone avenging something he did, justified, and apparently forgot about long ago. Just because justice doesn't come quickly doesn't mean it's not coming. That gives me hope for this show.

I don't see Jon ever being down with burning people, unless he comes back wrong ("Sometimes dead is bettah").

It's really the only way it makes sense, unless Ellaria and the Sand Snakes are vindictive, short-sighted caricatures willing to commit an act that would horrify the man they purport to avenge (which is still possible, alas). Doran's plan — send away his heir and bargaining chips and hope everyone in KL is super noble…

Even Uncle Kevan didn't look all that sympathetic upon Cersei's return (telling that Qyburn is the only one who moved towards her, covered her, and spoke comforting words).

Hell, most of the likable characters are overseas now. Find a way to get Davos, Sansa, Sam, Gilly, Little Sam, and Ser Pounce out of Westeros, and I'm for it!

Well, his bought troops deserted him. The men who stayed were men who were with Stannis through the siege of Dragonstone, and when he led the Battle of Blackwater from the front. Those men respected and trusted him. I mean, they still should have left his ass, but I get why they didn't. The Stannis we met at the…

Well, when Baratheons had children with anyone the children were dark-haired (hence the proof in Robert's bastards). But it's entirely likely that the signature Targaryen colors came about largely through incest, and that a Targaryen and Stark might well have a child who favored the Stark parent. (I believe I could be…

Hey, we got closure with Hot Pie, more than with a lot of other characters.

But Mel is at the Wall and the BwB are in the Riverlands. Stannis is propped up against a tree in the middle of nowhere close to Winterfell. That doesn't rule out wight-Stannis at some point, though. That'd be awesome.

Wait, that one cannibal leader we saw earlier got killed by Jon. The cannibal leader at Hardhome was a different dude, right?

Thoros's resurrection skills seem to come from faith alone (along with the handy rise of magic with the re-emergence of the White Walkers and the birth of dragons), which doesn't bode well for Melissandre, whose only verified power has come from other sources. On the other hand, my understanding of Thoros was that he…

I think he's alive too, but I have to admit that if the end of all that R+L=J secret prince with secret destiny in his secret special royal blood crap is Jon Snow bleeding out ignominiously in the snow at the hands of a bunch of common near-extras, it would make me happy. (Note: I like Jon Snow; I just hate that…