Oh, I have that one too! Sex with the Queen. I was interested to learn that, by and large, adultery in a queen consort was tolerated even when it produced bastards, providing that the queen did not make herself a political threat because it was safer to maintain the status quo and not challenge the legitimacy of royal…

Ramsay sent a skeleton crew of 20 men to raid Stannis’ camp and destroy his supplies, then sent a massive cavalry to mow down what few men he had remaining before they even had a chance to get in formation. In the Battle of the Bastards, Ramsay again sent his large cavalry in to mow down Jon who was standing alone and…

Yeah I’m pretty sure all the Reach soldiers are already pledged to either Cersei or have already been poached by Dany, and the Tyrell loyalists were all slaughtered at Highgarden when Olenna died. If there is anyone left, it won’t make much of a dent. The Reach is also south of Kings Landing, so they can’t be picked…

I seem to remember that the Reach’s armies signed on with Cersei under the command of Randyll Tarly. The ones who remained loyal to the Tyrells were defeated in battle by those who did not. Dickon made a comment about his regret having to fight against families he knew. And then the survivors of the Loot Train attack…

True. I’d hate to see this end with either one of those two on the throne, and I’m honestly hoping for some kind of democratic septumverate. 

So Aerys makes a wise wartime decision to bump an older child in precedence rather than leave the crown in the hands of Rhaegar’s infant children. In doing so, he does not remove those children from the line of succession unless additionally stipulated. All this really indicates is that Viserys would have had a valid…

YES.

I would’ve been more than willing to entertain protestations of sexism if we were still talking about Jon the bastard taking precedence over trueborn Sansa, but that’s not what we’re talking about. If Viserys had survived, Jon would still have precedence as the Targaryen heir, and thus sexism in this instance is a…

Ooh, Kelly, have you read Eleanor Herman’s Sex With Kings? It’s all about royal mistresses and juicy historical goss.

OMG stop citing sexism as the reason for his precedence! Jon is first in line because he’s Rhaegar’s kid, not because he’s a boy! Jon is Prince William, and Dany’s Prince Edward.

Even if the racism flies over their heads, I gotta feel that their knowing all these characters, and what they would or would not do, is among the least we could ask of them as writers.  

I understand, from a logistical production standpoint, why they’d want to dispatch the horses as soon as possible. It’s gotta be dangerous to shoot a nighttime battle sequence with horses in the mix. I just wish they’d come up with a solution that a) isn’t a racist trope and b) doesn’t contradict our existing…

Watching Jon constantly failing upwards has grown particularly tiresome.

Ah, so they’re coworkers, not roommates. In any case, it seems they go way back, definitely to pre-fame days for Oprah.

Oh, I forgot about the mini Ice Age that happened around that time. I think the idea that the White Walkers represent an anthropomorphized version both events is pretty likely.

Jorah’s sword is Valryian steel, so he doesn’t need a fire upgrade. 

Huh! Good to know. I will add them to my file of pre-fame celebrity roommates which already contains Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore, Connie Britton and Kirsten Gillibrand, Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand, and Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, and Jerry Hall. That last trio really makes me wish I could’ve been a fly on the…

I really enjoyed seeing the Unsullied training in battle skills finally come to the fore here because, after five seasons, we really haven’t gotten to see them in action. The Second Sons were more suited to patrolling Meereen, but they would’ve probably fared only slightly better than the Dothraki in this setting.…

Oprah went to Katherine Schwarzenegger’s bridal shower, so does that mean Chris Pratt is her favorite of the famous Chrises? Or that she’s close with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Or that she’s actually best buds with Katherine and no one told me?

So apparently when Melisandre prophesized the blue eyes that Arya would shut forever, she was talking about the Night King. I did not see that coming! I’m wondering, given the extent to which GRRM likes to draw from historical references, if the Night King’s army is intended as a metaphorical representation of the…