I don’t think Ramsay is stupid.

He’s manipulative, cunning, and he can be cruelly compulsive, yes; but he’s not stupid. Far from it. Let’s not forget, he beat Stannis Baratheon, a seasoned war commander, with his own self-conceived strategy, even going against his father Roose Bolton’s advice. And, he won…

You are not taking one important factor into the equation: Winterfell. Strategy-wise, if the Boltons and the Karstarks decided to hole up in Winterfell and tucked themselves in for a long siege, the Wildling and Umber conglomeration (Manderlys role as yet uncertain) may very well end up in the same way as Stannis’…

These are Starks children we are talking about... and “Starks don’t die easy” (- Sandor Clegane). It’s an offhand rhetorical comment by the Hound, but it also rings very true. If they Northmen AND young Rickon think the payoff for the con outweighs the risk of revealing a legitimate Stark heir to Ramsay, they will not…

har har... i so like this long-running fan theory to be proven true. XD

It was pre-Whispering Woods Jaimie Lannister that likes to wear snowy white cloak over garishly golden full plate armor, to the dismay of his brothers in the Kingsguard, especially Lord Commander Barristan Selmy.

The traditional trappings of the Kingsguard has always been white cloak over enamel white armor, with…

Maybe. Like (as I have mentioned in another comment) when Brienne’s Oathkeeper valyrian sword sliced through an Arryn steel sword last season, and shattered it like glass. But maybe, the effect depends with the manner that the sword was swung. See when Brienne was very angry, she shattered an enemy sword fairly…

Brienne’s “Oathkeeper” valyrian sword (reforged from Ice) shattered/slashed through the castle forged sword of an Arryn knight like it was made of sugarcane candy; during the fight to flee Littlefinger from the tavern.

I’m hoping that they would find a third kingsguard knight waiting at the top of the Tower of Joy, but…