I think the iron throne will be destroyed in the war against the Others. The children of the forest will come out and help the men beat them, but then the world will reset and a new form of government will arise, hopefully one in which the children and the men can coexist in harmony.

Written by Samwell Tarly

Gotta start watching this again

Look at those assholes over there. Ordinary fuckin people. I hate em.

Yeah, I have yet to care about the characters in Dorne or the Iron Islands, and I would have preferred getting closure in Meereen or Winterfell.

Probably my favorite thing Hannibal has said. It was the only direct advice he has ever given, but he said it with such madness. I laughed out loud.

I'm gonna miss that drum theme for Mr. Numbers and Mr. Wrench.

I'm way more rustled over the absence of the singer who Petyr blames for her murder. Who the hell is he gonna blame now?

Is there anything Oberyn can't do? Dude nearly made me cry.

What was up with Jojen's fiery hand? Was that just a last attempt at convincing us he's magical: "And if you don't believe me, check this shit out. My hand is burning. Explain that. You can't."

For fans interested in more source material than just ASOIAF, there is a great graphic novel called The Hedge Knight, about Dunk and Egg, a famed hedge knight-squire team which I believe is currently being channeled through Brienne and Pod.

I'm saying that arguing one is "unambiguously bad" whereas the other is not is fallacious. I'm also saying that the moral comparison misses the point: Regardless of whether or not Jaime's raping Cersei changes their relationship, the show has veered drastically from the books in handling nudity, sex, rape, and…

Re-read the article. Saraiya was concerned about adding a rape for shock value, changing source material, and Jaime's actions not turning the world on its head. Apart from the fact that I disagree that Jaime would never rape Cersei, I was not addressing that aspect of her article. I was talking about the first two,…

I think you're confused. Who thinks the show portrayed Jaime raping Cersei as good or even ambiguous? The article was about shock factor, and about "making sure" AV club readers know it was rape and not source material. The rapes in this episode just happened to be both more exploitative, more unnecessary, and even…

Not to mention several on-camera rapes in this episode. Sometimes people just need an issue to go nuts over.

Yeah, something is off. It's like they suddenly realized millions watch this show and have to make everything more on-the-nose. Littlefinger and Tyrion are both "acting" a lot more than usual. And the first time Dany had a ton of former slaves call her "mother" I was barely moved. The second time I could care less.…

I guess there won't be an AV article about the explicit nude-rape scene by the mutineers. Somehow that is less offensive and exploitative than a named character raping another named character?

I fell asleep instead of seeing it :(

Based on the recap, I was really hoping for Dr. Du Maurier to show up. Now that Will is out and has started making an army of those-creeped-out-by-Hannibal, Bedelia has a good reason to come back.

Seeing this tomorrow