Yeah, but the anything he's barely done has pretty exclusively been 'dudes.' I appreciate that the show made Loras and Renly's relationship explicit, but their sexualities shouldn't have completely defined their characters. Also, ain't nothing wrong with being an effete gay dude, but it's pretty obnoxious to adapt gay…

I was thinking the same thing! Well, the first part at least. I don't think it's in Littlefinger's best interest to kill Robin at this point—he'd lose his control of the Vale.

And that they turned the Brad Pitt of Westeros into a gay stereotype, but I digress.

I'm giggling to myself imagining someone getting this heated about Loras freakin' Tyrell. That's such an extreme feeling about such a minor character. He's been on screen for, what, 45 seconds so far this season?

Nah, he's gotta wait for bastardbowl. What's the point of killing little kids if you don't do it in front of their families?

Oh, I definitely suspected it might happen in a general sense from pretty much the moment the narrator told us Michael would love Jane until he died last season (though I highly, highly doubt he's actually dead rn), and then further when he proposed. But I hadn't predicted the precise moment it would happen until he…

Not sure if we ever found out who the actual 'harpies' are, but tbh, I kinda skimmed those chapters…

Touche, though I would still argue his populism in particular isn't derived by appealing to fellow elites, even if it is derived from elite 'branding.' He's still primarily targeting 'plebes,' which can't be said of the Sons of the Harpy. We don't see them playing on the anxieties of, say, a former working class now…

Can you give an example?

My respect for this AVClub article just tripled. Jesus Christ…

Also, they literally represent the elite class. Their entire purpose is to restore the status quo. That is the opposite of populism.

If anything, Hillary is probably Tyrion - little liked, willing to compromise, bit elitist…

The difference isn't that book!Ramsay was less sadistic (he was more sadistic!); the difference is that book!Ramsay (a) took up less narrative space, (b) was only included in the story through the lens of another, more interesting character (Theon Reek), and (c) didn't come across as fucking invincible.

So you just don't see a difference between 'flawed' and 'horrible.' Got it.

It's like they're not even striving for realism on this telenovela!

Kudos! I only realized he'd get shot when he grabbed the ice bucket of doom.

Poor Luisa. Just when I'd hoped they'd finally given her a healthy love interest…

Wha—why?? Like you think he's a boring character, or a bad person, or…..??

I was also thinking that this episode felt pretty similar in a lot of ways to Angel's "Awakening" from Season 4.

Other clues!
* Didn't pay for the cab
* Where is there a department store like that, with a bathroom, in NY? (I'm sure the answer is actually somewhere, but that store felt like the least NY place I've ever seen)
* All of the other customers suddenly disappear and it seems to be a different time of day
* I'm pretty sure…