Damn, everything with Lollys was pretty dark. Shae did end up as one of Sansa's handmaidens in SOS, didn't she? So it would just be putting her there a little earlier.

What @avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus  said. There was no reason to think he was dead.

Fairly Awesome Princess?

What, no votes for Littlefinger? I mean, not that Arya would have much reason to know, but if I were there I'd think he's got to be possibly the most dangerous guy out there.

I was pissed at Oberyn for that. He had that fucking battle wrapped up and he got himself killed and screwed Tyrion.

Good point @avclub-001d507e80c4e4d2ce4ba0a5590f8313:disqus . It reinforces the point made by King Robert in AGOT about how becoming king(/queen) is much different than actually BEING a ruler. You need a whole different set of skills. I think her time in Meereen will be a learning experience for her in terms of how to…

@drdarke:disqus  makes a good point that I hadn't thought of before. Jon's hand got burned by fire in the first book. I wouldn't say that necessarily disqualifies him as a Targaryen or Azor Ahai, but you have to wonder why he was able to get burned.

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His last decision was pretty bad from the standpoint of his duty for the Night's Watch, but it seems to me that the killing(?) had been planned in advance of all that, and even if it wasn't, there was growing resentment for his treating with the wildlings. I think it would have come to a head…

I think Melisandre's character becomes better fleshed out as the books go on. Then again, I liked her from the beginning.

@avclub-6b8aa777ed70e7f15a45947a0f0c5986:disqus Given the choice, which 3 names would you have spoken? In the books, I mean.

Okay, it seems like I'm in the minority here. I certainly think he's one of the better people in this universe, but I haven't always been a fan of his chapters. I'm definitely interested to see what happens to him in book 6, though.

the prophecy aspect is interesting. There certainly has been at least one prophecy that didn't pan out (The Stallion Who Mounts The World), unless somehow things get twisted to bear that out (I dunno, the dragons being her "children"?). So some prophecies have to be taken with a grain of salt. It kind of reflects an…

My thought was that the little brother would be Jaimie also, but I suppose it never did specify that it was *her* little brother, did it? Still, I wonder what will happen with Sandor's character. Is he renouncing violence altogether, or just his bitter former self?

Speaking of Roz, I'm wondering what's going on with her. Seems like they've decided to keep her going as a semi-major role. Are we going to see Chataya's at all, or will Roz somehow replace her? That wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to me, since Tyrion has absolutely no reason to trust Littlefinger's establishment…

@avclub-abebd9a5999004bb57c979674ee0618b:disqus The weird thing is you could sort of see it coming in the way he kept pissing off his brothers, but it still came as a surprise. It almost mirrors Ned Stark's putting himself in a deeper and deeper hole until it all comes to a head (no pun intended).

I've thought about Syrio = Jaqen, but it just doesn't add up to me. Syrio's from Braavos and all, and he mentions "The god of death" as the only god (though that might just be in the TV show), but I feel like his whole personality is different. I don't really see the First Sword or whatever being one of those…

You haven't read book 3? Dude, be careful around here.

Yeah, the creators thankfully came up with the name "Yara," which of course sounds nothing like any of the other characters' names…

@avclub-0da7b2945e9148fed0a61ba72bfb017e:disqus  They did mention screen testing purple contacts and said it didn't work at all. I would think they did the same with the eyebrows.

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