Ha, first truly evil act? She has regularly murdered people who don’t pledge eternal loyalty to her. She randomly murdered over a hundred people in Mereen because some slavers made her mad. She’s been talked out of several atrocities in the past by her advisers as well. 

It wasn’t wildly out of character. It was very much in character. She’s had all kinds of people killed for dubious reasons, and has had to be talked out of committing mass murder many times over the years. She lost her moral anchors in recent battles, felt like being feared was her only remaining source of power, and…

She didn’t indiscriminately kill civilians for no reason, she did it for a very specific and clearly stated reason — she felt she needed to be feared to be powerful. Emotion certainly played a large role in her actions as well, but she didn’t go mad — that massacre was tactical, and a revelation of her true character…

The last two books show that GRRM had no idea where his story is headed either. I suspect he’s having trouble finishing up the next book because he wrote himself into so many corners and kept introducing new characters instead of focusing on the sizable ensemble his narrative was already following.

The thing about LOST is that most of the show was garbage. It had a great first season, but midway through the second season the writers were already leaning hard on the “Character X runs into the jungle, Character Y chases them” trope to advance the plot. The inflection point from good to garbage was when they found…

Last night’s episode was better than both of the previous two episodes. It definitely still had its flaws, and some of its plot turns didn’t feel entirely earned, but overall it was a good episode. Most of the loudest complainers are simply pissy because their bae Dany finally showed her true character and killed a…

True, but Dany felt that being loved was no longer a possibility, so she doubled down on being feared. Mix in some emotion as a result of recent losses of loved ones, and you get Medieval Dresden.

Yeah, I think a lot of people are misinterpreting Dany’s decision to slaughter King’s Landing as madness. It was certainly emotional, but it was also very tactical — she wanted to inspire fear, since that’s the only tool she felt she had left.

Dany only showed mercy when she thought it would advance her goals or she was persuaded by an adviser.

Do people honestly think it was the bells that made Dany snap? 

I think that’s at least part of the point — Jon telling his closest family something extremely important about himself could only be interpreted as “betrayal” by someone with deeply compromised values and ethics. Dany had become so consumed by her hunger for power that any denial of complete subjugation to her will,…

I feel like the reasons for Sansa’s hatred and distrust of Dany is pretty straightforward and clear.

I agree that it felt like a jump, but I do feel that the rationale was at least partially given after Jon’s rejection, when she decided that she could only rule through fear.

Felt like they were just racing through a list of plot points without showing any of their work at all.

It was Dresden. The Allies firebombed Dresden and killed tens of thousands of civilians, even though it was clear by then that the Germans were defeated and just running out the string. 

Religion is like a penis: no one cares if you have one or even if you are very proud of it, but nobody wants you to whip it out in public and smack strangers in the face with it.

You mean the guy that hand-delivered a letter from our kompromised president to Vladimir Putin?

“Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who is facing a primary challenge by a more conservative challenger next year, was facing serious pressure to oppose the subpoena. Trump allies told the Times that the president may endorse Tillis’ opponent if he doesn’t get in line.”

That tactic is intentional. The American right, among their own, has effectively established labeling someone as a “leftist” or variations thereof as inherently discrediting. As with all things conservative, it is also projection. It enables them to both dodge questions they don’t like and discredit their critics with…

Ha, this nails it. He also runs into trouble when he tries to trot out his bullshit style of “debate,” which relies entirely on fallacies (particularly the Gish Gallop and “kill the messenger” ad hominems), aggressive interruptions and attempts to “flip the script” by questioning the questioner, in the real world with…