I think the ambiguity creates some nice dramatic tension, since it's not immediately clear whom to root for at Riverrun. Jaime is bound by duty to his house, but I wonder if this might all be heading toward a place where Jaime realizes how morally repugnant the actions of Tywin Lannister had been.

/killed for cheap revenge plotline

That’s some good that guying, that guy.

Wouldn’t make a lot of sense. Likely a negotiating tactic for the striker AW actually wants to sign.

I’d initially said 1999 because it was our last best chance, but you’re so much more correct.

The 1999 NBA Finals. It’s all I’ve ever wanted.

But our demand for cattle itself is a significant problem for the environment. Feeding cattle cheap food that (western) humans may not want is all well and good, but the point is to replace cows, not figure out better ways to feed more of them.

inexplicable costume-change into a schoolgirl outfit

Does HBO’s investment come with an equity stake

Most of the spicy action has been in the east

I tried to organize a group once with me as DM. I think I have a lot of the skills you've mentioned, but I'm faced with the somewhat critical problem of not having friends who want to play D&D.

That’s a pretty minor record in the grand scheme of things, but his players seem really happy for him.

There’s no reason to believe that success in a sport should correlate with aesthetic appeal.

Albatrosses... Has inspired the best poetry

Yeah, I don’t understand what he’s complaining about. He made the bet (apropos of nothing, so far as I can tell), allowed York to change the terms of the bet after winning, then went and honored his commitment (presumably without complaining to York).

poor Anthony Mason

Not only are those not the conditions for a character to be a Mary Sue, but you've ignored the fact that she is presented as a heavily flawed character, whose actions have consequences she can't control. A Mary Sue is a seemingly normal person inserted into a pre-existing narrative, who turns out to be a flawless…

But Daenery's standing demand is immediate abolition. Tyrion unilaterally walked that back to abolition after seven years in exchange for the masters pulling support for the Sons of the Harpy (which they denied the power to do). I suppose they're trying to play up the differences between Dany and Tyrion, but I don't…

but because if he didn't make some sort of aggressive demands

It's interesting to me how polarizing the Dany stuff is, particularly how many people are rolling their eyes about last night's final scene. She played the khals perfectly, using their own brutal customs to trap them, demonstrating once again that she's at her best as a character and as a ruler when she goes full…