I feel like there was certainly a strong, definitive rooting interest in the Battle of the Bastards. I haven't run into a community of Smalljon Umber lovers recently, or Karstark sympathizers.

TFW you've been maneuvering and manipulating people for years, then some teenage boy throws you off with a quote from years back

Littlefinger's character really isn't doing it for me anymore.

I know we've completely given up on geography and realistic travel time at this point, but it was still jarring seeing Olenna back in Highgarden after a single episode.

I derive great enjoyment from you giving the Flash a hard time, Alastair. I encourage you to continue doing so.

Jaqen to Waif: "Don't let her suffer."
Waif: "k"
ONE DAY LATER
Waif: "Ha, knife twist motherf*cker!"

All due respect, but I absolutely cannot agree when it comes to the perfunctory directing of the play scene. The purpose of the medium close-up shots of Arya are meant to be a callback to Ned's execution in Baelor. It's been noted that Arya is, in fact, playing herself in that scene, facing her father's death from the…

Varys distrusts Kinvara because he loathes magic in all its forms. Keep in mind, a sorcerer is responsible for his current… situation.

I knew it.

Absolutely. In season 5, he made it from Winterfell to King's Landing in the space of a single episode, and in the preview for next week's episode it seems he somehow makes it to Castle Black from… well, the Vale. Which, if you look at Westeros on a map, seems near impossible.

John and Gus, please discuss next time whether you agree with Littlefinger's choice to use his teleportation device despite the fact it's becoming increasingly obvious he has one.

They play the long game very often in this show (arguably, books). There is a purpose to many quotes which seem like throwaway lines, or events which at first appear unnecessary.
- Jaime's line in the very first season, after pushing Bran out of the tower, foreshadowed the loss of his hand: "Even if the boy lives, he'd…

"Do not get sucked in emotionally." - Jay Garrick, man who began romantic relationship on not-his-Earth.