she's mad he put the life of her son in danger, who she later aborted.

wat

the motto of the Martells is "unbowed, unbent, unbroken". They don't see themselves to be submitted

Luke's the sword, Han is the lance.

for the war of the 5 kings, ok (although after it's revealed Joffrey is a bastard, the logical step for Dorne was to ally with Stannis). But for Robert's Rebellion? Everytime the crown raises an army you have to assume it's made up of recruits from the Crownlands and Dorne, if the Targeryans fall it's only logical to…

I get this is what Martin was going for (imho), the misdirection of having him in a short burst and present him as a hero, only to get him killed very prematurely. This is the main similarity he had with Ned but he was "destined" to be the main character, which Oberyn could never be

he was in too few episodes, none of which he's the central piece or expand on his character and he didn't have any effect on the main plot. He may have been likable, but he was just a redshirt. I would have expected some narrative weight behind the character and frankly some more depth.

Selmy doesn't like Jorah because slavery is taboo in Westeros and Jorah was convicted on charges of being a slaver. He might also see him as an opportunistic upstart.

Ok, can anyone tell me why is Oberyn getting such high praise? The character I mean, as far as most people go Pascal did a fine job, so let's get that out of the way. But Oberyn as a character only just showed up this season, ranted for a while and didn't upset the status quo in any significant way before dying. He…

The Iron Bank gave him the money

It worked for the Romans

the amount he gets paid may be different, maybe it's a contractual thing or perhaps he's about to be written out of the show so he doesn't count as part of the regular cast for this season

yeah, that's true. The whole exchange comes off more like she was trying to build up banter with him though. In the end it's just sloppy writing because they wanted to use that phrase at all costs. At least that's the impression I got.

dat confabulatory look she gave him @24'23"

does anyone know if there's some sort of prophecy regarding them? if so then the Mountain is definitely not dead. Going back to season 1, the Hound and the Mountain haven't done anything to resolve their rivalry and by narrative necessity, that thread needs to be resolved at some point.

Thoros is still around in Westeros but it's an outlaw so it's pretty farfetched. But it's not unlikely that he gets "miracle cured" without him having to die but still retaining the Mountain and thus Oberyn's effort becoming futile.

Kelly C.

I'll concede the performances and of course, the fact that we get to see the amazing production values of the series. The direction can be a bit dodgy at times, although it's remarkable they experiment so much. But the writing is generally just as bad as the book, they did botch Yara's subplot for no reason and the…

Dorne is culturally and ethnically different from the rest of Westeros, it's logical most social norms wouldn't apply exactly the same way there.

it was also a baseless allegation