Haha! Sorry, I meant that GRRM probably won’t finish the books for another decade, not that the final confrontation won’t take place for another decade in the story. Although, some winters were known to last for a decade or more.

This also applies to non-romantic relationships. I had a friend ask me one time what I was doing over the weekend. I replied that I was studying, as that is what one usually does when one is in school. I later found out she had a birthday dinner, and didn’t invite me because I was studying. I told her I would have…

I just listened to the podcast this morning. I have never actually watched her on TV or read any interviews with her, my only exposure to her being second- or third-hand. So I was really wary about her being on the program. But she really surprised me with how well she did. She was very self-aware, and I think the…

Probably because we know of all this magical stuff happening in connection with him, so we hold on to hope.

Absolutely. Why would they deny is that satisfaction?

That’s a possibility I didn’t consider. It will be interesting to find out next season, whatever happened.

And Bran, but there really wasn’t much more to it. Which is probably why his story wasn’t even included in this season.

I just think there was something fishy about that scene, for two reasons: First, this show is usually quite graphic in death scenes of major characters (think Ned, the Red Wedding, Joffrey, Oberyn, etc), and this scene cut away just as Brienne’s sword was swinging. Second, Arya also made a promise to kill Ser Meryn,…

I agree. I want to see the body. This show has no problem showing the gory details of heads being cut off or smashed like melons, throats being slashed, eyeballs gouged out, faces turning purple with poison, etc. I find it highly suspect that we did not see Brienne’s sword taking off Stannis’s head.

I WON’T BELIEVE STANNIS IS DEAD UNTIL I SEE THE BODY! It was too unsatisfactory to just see the sword swing.

This! I was so convinced my life was incomplete because I had not yet found my “kindred spirit” that I threw myself into my friendship once it did come along, without establishing any healthy boundaries, or paying any attention to red flags. Once I was in that deep, the guilt I felt over wanting to put some distance…

I fell in love with Christian Slater because of that movie. I have since fallen out of love with him, but all the feelings come back everytime I see it. I’m actually due for another viewing. Gonna go watch right now.

This is so similar to my experience. I already shared my story in another post, but I just wanted to add that a really big factor in my letting go was that I was afraid my identity would be swallowed up in hers. Like your friend, mine was also brilliant and charismatic, and I felt that no one else really had, or ever…

I completely understand this. I dumped a really good friend after 10 years. I was really young when we met, and as I grew up I realized how self centered and manipulative she was. I attempted to express some boundaries in a healthy way, and it completely blew up in my face. She gave me the silent treatment for weeks,…

Apparently the Bunny Ranch brothel is a safer place for young girls than the Duggar household.

My sister-in-law got my three year old nephew on video playing in his yard, stopping to look at his hand with a disgusted expression, shaking his hand violently, looking at it again, wiping it on his shirt, and then continuing to play. It was dog poop, as my SIL found out when he came in. I didn’t know whether to be…

Thank you. I find it really ironic when men claim they can’t work with women because their sexual impulses interfere with their ability to be professional, and then they turn around and say women are not professional because they are too emotional. Excuse me, but what are sexual impulses if not feelings?!?!? Who is…

The goats belonged to the city, and they were placed next to the highway. I don’t know if the jerks were ever caught, but yeah, I imagine they would be in big trouble if they were.

There were some goats deployed in Chattanooga where my sister lives to clear out the kudzu. Some redneck assholes shot them. Yeah, they work better in theory.

I really want Brienne to deliver on her vow to kill Stannis. She can take care of Melisandre and Selyse while she’s at it. However, I don’t have much hope she will succeed. If they do meet up next week, Stannis will probably arrest her and try to execute her for supporting Renly (and for failing to protect him,…