While true, I’ve read enough Martin to know that he amuses himself greatly with this kind of misdirection. The Seven are set up as so completely fake compared to all other gods currently mentioned, that I’m pretty much expecting them to show up in a big way by the end.

His mother was a Lannister - I believe Tywin and Joanna were cousins. So it still holds that he’s the bastard son of Aerys and Joanna by rape.

The seven are the Seven Faces of the Many Faced God, which is R’Hollor, which is dead and may never die. I think assuming that any of the many faiths in the book are patently false is probably a red herring there. I mean, we’ve seen that some have active powers so far, but this is the kind of thing that Martin loves.

Her father taught all of his children that the one who passes the sentence wields the sword - the North doesn’t use a headsman like they do in Kings Landing.

I have no idea about the show - in the book he definitely has to make the hard choice, and chooses the Watch. But, I guess we’ll find out soon, since now his watch has ended and he’s no longer bound by his oath.

No, it was the Children of the Forest who carved faces into the trees so they could “bear witness” so I don’t think the trees are actually immortal, though they are extremely old.

Dragons only ever have one rider - not really a “hop on” situation.

Would that be considered a legitimate marriage, given that he was already married? I know there’s precedent for multiple Targaryen marriages, but that was also among siblings.

I think the whole point of “greenseeing” is that time isn’t a barrier to sight. So Jojen could “see” the future accurately for the same reason.

I think it’s the doubt that made her capable. Remember, the only other person who has been shown to be able to reanimate the dead in R’hollor’s name was Thoros, and he was about as bad a priest and full of doubt as anyone, but desperate and humble when he begged for the life of Beric.

She’s only good at conquering and has never been to Westeros? But has dragons that can overwhelm the local armies?

Not unless someone was around to see Rhaegar legitimize his bastard-born son,and given that he likely never even saw the kid before he died, I’m gonna say no.

Exactly. He’s seeing through the eyes of crows and/or weirwood trees, not actually there.

He’d be a bastard, not a true-born son, so Dany would absolutely still be the heir. Same goes for Jon. He’s still a bastard, even if he’s a Targaryen bastard.

When I was dating, I refused to spend my precious evening going-out-with-friends time on something as lame and potentially awful as a first date. Those who wanted a first date got 1) one drink worth of happy hour at a place near my office or 2) meet me at the breakfast place that I’ll be going to anyway on Saturday…

Maybe it was 5 years ago. Good luck with that today, unless it’s gutted entirely. Also, any condo in a high rise is gonna have outrageous HOA fees. I looked at one place where the unit (2bed/2ba) was $160k, but the HOA fees were - no joke - $1500/month.

If he lost $10k on that, he’s an idiot for not having proper insurance coverage. I had a dishwasher in my last home that sprung a leak that spread undetected under all of the wood floors, and into the cabinets. Insurance covered re-flooring my entire home, replacing wallboard where the water had soaked up around the…

Except it’s NOT “completely false.” It’s just not absolutely true in all cases.

Other than having more empathy for the poor than I did back in college (when I didn’t realize what things actually cost in the real world, frankly) I feel like I’m in the same boat. I am still way more conservative than most of my liberal friends, but my parents have gone over to the batshit crazy side and are now…

I had the opposite problem - I wasn’t allowed to grow my thick, lovely hair out because my mom always told me I wouldn’t wash it or take care of it. Not that she’d ever let me try, mind you. Turns out, when your hair is in an awful women’s bowl cut (yes, that apparently exists) you don’t bother trying to make it look…