That...is not a thing. This must be a show theory since Tormund is like 65 years old in the books.

The Power of a good actor/actress. See also: Bronn, and I guess Tywin too.

This relationship works on so many levels that of course the showrunners missed it. The male wildlings covet strong, hard women so to Tormund she is a supermodel. For Brienne, Tormund would respect her as a warrior, which is accepting her identity something not many other men is Westeros do.

Awesome.

Who care’s whether he has any dialog, the Mountain is definitely an important character(plot device). For example, Tywin Lannister’s inability to control him has alone led to 1) A shift in relations between the Lannisters and the Martells from an alliance to a blood feud leading to the Red Viper stuff, Quentyn stuff,…

I’ve said it before, if the final shot is Tyrion and Pod sat among the smoking chaos of an almighty battle, so long as he gets to finish the joke I’ll be happy (then Gendry rows by, in the background)

I mean, shade is the monarchy’s primary means of communication.  They literally CAN’T say exactly what they think, so they’ve had to master it as a means of survival. And I love it.

I thought for sure the Queen Elizabeth shade was when she showed up to speak with the Grenfell Tower victims after Theresa May said it was too dangerous. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-16/queen-at-london-block-where-30-died-as-may-criticized-over-fire

She certainly interacts with people of color more than most white women of her age and class.

The Starks and Wildlings fought together to defeat the Night’s King back in the Age of Heroes, or so the story goes. Of course, the Starks betrayed the Wildlings after the war was over.

Ok, who am I kidding, Beth, you know what I like. From my secret stash:

I would love to see every major cause of death replaced with bananas.

“Aus gegebenem Anlass...”

The German Federal Foreign Office tweeted a reminder today that our Secretary of State had just visited Pittsburgh a few weeks ago. The linked blog article was all about Pittsburgh embracing alternative/clean technologies and research, and how much this has benefitted the city. It was...masterful!

I have gotten my 65+ cubicle buddy into reading Jezebel. Yesterday I asked her if all the candy on her desk was a gift (she’s always on a diet) she came back with a sassy “I’m taking that comment to shade court.” You need to franchise shade court, pronto.

This article should have been much much shorter. Let me give it a try....

:)

That was also a Pope thing. Francis is fluent in English but chose to speak to Trump in Spanish & through a translator.