Is he the main source behind the White Walkers? I've always more thought of him as a symptom of a larger power at play, like a Deity or something.

It doesn't take many people inside to break the defenses. In fact, one could suffice. See siege of Antioch in the First Crusade:

Yeah, somehow that seems like an event a spymaster would find out about, especially a spymaster who is probably keeping tabs on Dany already as he has a special interest in her. A dwarf suddenly popping up in Dany's entourage doesn't really seem like an event that would go unnoticed.
We shall see I suppose. I'm…

In another comment I saw it put roughly like this:

The "maternal instincts == irrational woman" trope is certainly well-trodden, yes. For some reason the trope which is more strongly anchored in my head is just more along the lines of "adult should kill kid (or what looks like a kid)-> doesn't -> bad shit happens" than "motherly instincts prevent woman from doing…

One of the more interesting fan theories I've come across about the Others and what their purpose and goals might be:

I'm not sure how gender-specific that really was. Aren't there men in the zombie genre who've failed to kill a zombified kid and then something bad happened due to that? Or men in war movies who spared some kid's life and then paid dearly for that (or somebody else did)?
I'm not really into the zombie genre, and I…

Who'd have thunk it? Not me, that's who!

There is still Kevan, who
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Cersei screwing things up for the Lannisters is actually part of something larger in the books, you are indeed on to something here. I shan't spoil the details though, wouldn't want to be impolite.

I wonder what the interest rate is for all the shit she's done…

Yeah, I think it's not a guaranteed family trait. Dany getting into the scolding water bath in the premiere was an early indicator that she had it I think, but not all Targs are fireproof (I think the predecessor of the Mad King got burned when trying to hatch some dragon eggs, or his pre-predecessor, I forget).

Not all of them, anyway.

Now that is an equally depressing and beautiful way to put it, nice job, dear sir/madam. I shall remember that one.

I find it very curious. Religios fundamentalism is probably one of the most revolting things to me. Well, extremism of any kind, actually. But still, going by that, I really shouldn't be as sympathetic to Stannis as I am, but I just can't help but root for the guy, and he's burned people at the stake FFS! Which of…

Indeed. Filtering that scene through our modern sensibilities I get (or at least I think so) that it's really supposed to make the viewer squirm. As you say, when considering humanity's history, it's really only a comparatively small subset of women who've ever lived for whom it is a reasonable assumption to make that…

I saw Guardians a few months after release and had been reading the enthusiastic ravings online. I must admit I was a bit underwhelmed. I don't hate the movie, I just sort of… acknowledge its existence I suppose. It really didn't click with me as it seemed to have done with so many other people.

I love The Rock and am rather fond of the first Bad Boys, The Island and, despite the hilariously ridiculous basic premise, Armageddon.

"I'll just quickly look this up on tvtropes… Holy fuck where have the past six hours gone?!"

Oh totally, I would have blown that guy's face away at the first opportunity. Then again, I have the benefit of tvtropes.