He reminds me more of Varys or Littlefinger, except he’s gotten to the point where he no longer has to scheme all the time. He’s been my favourite character so far. I could watch him be sad about being fired forever. I love his complete disinterest in his daughter’s life beyond what she can do for him, and him not…

Less understandable, it sounds like you missed Helena’s big panic attack funeral procession scene.

“Where was Helaena this episode? We got one teeny glimpse at her”

We’re 100% getting Sheepstealer, given how much Nettles featured in the Dance in Fire and Blood. 

I think he’s as good as Tywin, but doesn’t have the money to prop himself up. He’s got to just play the game, whereas Tywin played the game, but could also just use the brute force of his money when he needed to.

The thing about this show/book is that everyone gets theirs eventually. Usually brutally. 

Which is a very strange thing to admit publicly online

Otto is so great to watch in every scene he’s in. I like the idea that that was the final straw for him - they had a great plan, and it was pissed away. I hope we get more of him, or at least a cameo when he visits Highgarden.

You know, considering they are twins who protect royals, you’d think Team Black (or Green if roles were reversed) would have come up with some kind of code word to prevent this exact infiltration scenario. Or like, at least make him cut his hair differently.

Rhys Ifans deserves an Emmy for his work in this episode. Absolutely masterful. 

Subtitles said it was Baela

I don’t understand what you mean about where is Helaena? She had a whole conversation with her mother and then was right there beside her in the wagon for Jaehaerys’s funeral.

No, that was definitely Baela talking with Jace. Rhaena is the twin with dreadlocks.

Does the show want us to be surprised by the identity of Addam and Alyn? It’s another example of the diverse casting (which I do appreciate; these men are gorgeous) making certain ambiguities impossible on a show about incest where the limitations of screentime and viewers’ familiarity with TV shorthand means these…

Otto is a snake but he knows good PR.  He basically did the Emmett Till funeral and its a smart choice. 

Corlys doesn't seem distant, he's just being vague to make a sex joke with his wife.

To any non-book readers, no, you didn’t just forget that Alicent and Viserys had a fourth child. One of the weirder adaptation choices in Season 1 was that Daeron was never even mentioned once, and we only had a statement from the producers to let us know he hadn’t just been cut completely and was in Oldtown.

“maybe they’ll do something interesting...”

Well, to address the first half of your statement, see my comment above (below?).

At long last, I finished my playthrough of Prey (on easy, like a filthy casual). On the whole, it was a satisfying trip with a really strong character focus. For a game that has a good deal in common with the Bioshock series (and the System Shock series, I guess, but I’ve never played those), it does a far better job…

It’s exactly as good as you think it is. It’s ice cream in the form of a cake with some icing and cookie crunch.