Exactly. Martin’s subversions were grounded in the choices the characters made, not in the necessities of the plot rushing forwards as quickly as possible. It’d be one thing if we saw Jamie wrestle with his redemption in Winterfell after he realizes what will happen to Cersei, and then see him ultimately abandon his…

The complaints have more to do with the fact that they undid his arc so sloppily and swiftly, and in a way that doesn’t make sense given what they’ve shown us of the character. It would be like if at the end of Endgame, Bucky just shot Cap in the back and then had the writer be like “What?! He’s a brainwashed Hydra…

“At this point, the characters are saying what they are doing.”

Ehhh, Martin created the themes and the characters in the first 5 seasons. The showrunners just had to make what he wrote look cool and interesting. Which, to be fair, even after they got past the books the show has LOOKED cool and interesting. But it’s been clear since that time that the showrunners and writers had…

It was gratuitous after a while. I was fine with her being the audience’s conduit into the suffering of the common folk via Dany’s death from above, but it went on for 15 minutes over multiple different scenes, all showing the exact same experience. At one point, I literally yelled at the screen “WE GET IT!!!!” when…

Can someone explain to me why he and Euron immediately got into a duel? I mean, the improbability of Euron happening to wash ashore right where next to the secret entrance to King’s Landing (when he was blasted into the water out in harbor) was insane enough, but to have him then, in the middle of Dany destroying the…

Exactly. They had him grow and learn and EXPLICITLY reject Cersei at the end of season 7, only to have him turn his back on the man he had painstakingly become (at great personal sacrifice and cost) in all of five minutes so that they could have him die with Cersei in his arms. The fact that people are celebrating…

Agreed. I agree with folks who are saying that they’ve hinted at the Mad Queen transformation for a while, but not like this. Dany was shown to be brutal to those who wouldn’t subjugate themselves to her will, or to people she deemed to have been evil and beyond redemption (slave masters for example). NOTHING about…

I don’t think he gets gassed at all. I think he chokes. He doesn’t even look involved in the action frequently when a high pressure playoff game gets close- he doesn’t seem to want the ball, turns it over via lazy passes, etc. If he was jacking up threes and driving to the hole and just didn’t seem to  have legs…

I’m with 100%. I despise this team, but for some reason last night I realized I was rooting for them to mop the floor with Houston. I haven’t rooted for them in YEARS, but without KD and going against this brutally bad to watch Rockets team (led by my probably my least favorite NBA superstar in James “Jack Up Nonsense…

Who wants to get wet, stand around soaking in the tub while it fills up (or waste an extra towel to dry off while you wait for the tub to fill up? Or, perhaps worst of all, stand soaking wet outside the tub while it fills just dripping water all over the floor?!?!) after your pre-shower? Jesus folks, you’ve spent all…

Sure. I do heavy strength training at the gym. A day or two after a particularly hard workout my muscles can be sore as hell. A hot bath can be a great way to help relieve the soreness.

I literally looked at every showing in my area. The very first showings in the morning were all sold out long before the opening friday. Literally the only seats available for any showings, at any time, in any theater within 40 miles of downtown DC were front row seats. 

If she dies before giving birth the prophecy is still true. And remember, she’s asking Euron and Jamie and Tyrion to believe something that will be very obviously not true after a few months. Despite GoT completely tossing aside any semblance of realistic timelines, it’s still absurd to make long term plans that will…

How long ago did you see it? You’re claiming the theater was empty, but every showing of Endgame I looked up (even the 3:00 AM ones) were either completely sold out or only had a few seats left in the front rows for the first week that movie was out. This story doesn’t hold up. 

What kind of nonsense is this? The shower is still dirty- do you recommend disinfecting the tub beforehand as well? And who wants to stand around wet and cold from the shower while the tub fills up? That sure as shit ain’t a great way to prepare for a relaxing soak.

4 for 4 on the nearly impossible shots on the dragon that Dany isn’t riding, then 0 for 24/36/48 on the much closer, much lower, much easier to hit dragon that is swooping directly into their lines of sight. When no main character is in danger Euron’s guys have better aim than Hawkeye, but when it’s Dany all of the…

This is just a weird thing to debate. The director SHOWED us Dany’s view of the ships after the dragon was hit. They weren’t miniscule dots waaaaayyyyy off in the distance. They were clearly visible as enemy ships bearing down on her fleet. It’d be one thing if she had seen them and lost her dragon when she swooped in…

I’m good with that argument. I think it’s a mix of all of the above, but I think a lot of people pretend like he doesn’t have a history of generally playing demonstrably worse in the playoffs, which becomes even more pronounced and obvious as the pressure mounts in the biggest games of the most challenging matchups. I…

Yeah, I’ve seen folks defending Benioff and Weiss by claiming it’s all the top brass at HBO’s fault for rushing them to the end of the series, which makes exactly zero sense to me. The savvy business minded, dollar-and-cents focused executive would bleed this cash cow forever if possible. There’s no way HBO has been…