Well Jaime tried to keep his vow until the final moments when doing so would have made him even less "honorable and good". Remember, not only was the Mad King ordering Jaime to kill his father, King Aerys was going to burn the entire of King's Landing to the ground with wildfire. Jaime saved hundreds of thousands of…

Dawn, ancestral sword of House Dayne (located in Dorne) is actually made from a meteorite and is a greatsword only wielded by those who hold the title of "Sword in the Morning".

But it worked better in the books because he has less screen time and we had other conduits through which to view the events in the Northern political climate, rather than Ramsay.

Sophie Turner's performance has been quite good as Sansa, that's why so many viewers have disliked her for those first three seasons, because Sansa acted as such.

Well beyond the dominant black hair gene in the male Baratheon line, Cersei admits as much. She had aborted the Robert babies she would've had.

It's the saying of how "madness and greatness were two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born the gods toss the coin in the air".

Seriously, though, they could've taken that scene (and dialogue thereof) straight from the books and we would've been better off for it.

I hope it isn't the only slice of Frey pie we see.

Grand Maester Pycelle even mentioned Gerold Hightower by name when he was explaining how back in Mad King days the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard was given a small council seat.

He seems to play the role of a "yes man", which is what everyone who Cersei installs must do, and he does it quite well. There's a reason Cersei likes who she likes.

While I'm sure Jon derived some joy from the experience, murdering one's superior and Lord Commander seems like justifiable grounds for a hanging; certainly well within one's rights and duty as LC.

GRRM has explained he doesn't like it when death/resurrection doesn't fundamentally change a character, I'm sure there'll be more in store here.

That's more or less what I'm thinking, that Three-Eyed Raven is either exaggerating or being metaphorical. He does live outside of time, to a degree.

I think that would've actually worked against him. At the time of ToJ, Ned is in his prime and literally just finished gaining experience fighting a war. Fast forward to King's Landing 15 years later and you have Ned who has been chilling up North, probably only maintaining his skill (if even that) versus Jaime who…

The theme of the futility of revenge permeates all of A Song of Ice and Fire so while it's been handled pretty well in most cases, Dorne is where it really shined. It's such a shame that the show botched that adaptation attempt.

Oh if Nymeria were to play a role in Ramsay's death…that would be so choice.

Absolutely, and given that the weirwoods and warg powers allow them to live outside of time (to a degree) I'm sure the "I've lived a thousand years" claim is a metaphor or exaggeration.

Exactly my thoughts as I watched the spectacle unfold. This is a scene that is already straightforward, efficient, and informative to a great degree in the books.

I'm really hoping that the Umbers are going to double-cross Ramsay. The devotion of the Northern Lords to the Starks (and revelation thereof in ADWD) is one of my favorite parts of the series and I don't see how the showrunners could see it's a good idea to set them up as otherwise.

That's probably the way the show will go, but I wonder if Three-Eyed Raven means it as he lives outside of time, through the weirwoods?