Littlefinger has always been a character whose motives and secret machinations are unclear to us. We know he's up to something, but we never no what, until he springs it on us by surprise.

but, but, it says in the bible that Rickon cannot be used as a plot device.

Despite what Martin has said in the past, it has been established since the very first episode that Dany is immune to fire.

There is no "deserved better" in GoT.

I don't get the writer's complaint about Littlefinger.

Yeah, Martin's explanation that it was a one time thing does not really hold (bath)water (at least not in the show. I don't remember the books). As you said, they established through several scenes that Dany is fireproof to some degree. It was never indicated that it was a single miraculous occasion.

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Yeah, after posting this I did some research, and apparently people have thought about this for a while now:

Thanks. I looked into it, and apparently this happened:

I meant that it reminded me of fights in the Star Wars prequels, and that it felt somewhat out of place in the GoT world.

It is weird, but there are very few options in this type of long form storytelling, and with a production that lasts many years. One option would be to keep recasting the kids, but that would be distracting as well. The show has to compromise on this matter, and I think they've been doing a good job. They purposefully…

The morality of the scene was inconsistent. It was chivalrous when five guys went up against two guys, but then it wasn't chivalrous when two guys went up against one guy, and wasn't Reed part of the fight to begin with?

Has Jon ever been scorched? Maybe it will be revealed that he is fireproof.

There was something very Prequelsy about that fight.

Well there is always the possibility of time travelling Bran. Why tease that Ned might be able to hear him, unless Bran will somehow influence the past (or maybe he already has!). Maybe he will even get stuck there. It could of course just be a red herring.

None of the guns shown in the first act go off in the final act. Very clever.

It's not bullshit. It's a real phenomenon which is well documented (google: college ban students, or something similar).

It wasn't an actual example. I meant the metaphorical Seinfeld. There are many instances of comedians and other people and things that have been banned on campuses, most of which are not harmful enough to warrant a ban. In a healthy democratic and pluralistic society, very few extreme things need to be banned forcibly.

I think (or hope) that pretty much every reasonable person would be against a representative of ISIS or of the Nazi party giving a talk at their local university. The problem is that people aren't complaining about members of ISIS or Nazis coming to give talks. They're complaining about Seinfeld!

If Jon is coming back, it will be for season seven (maybe the final shot of season 6).