I thought the point of Robert being out there with just four guys is that he was being reckless, angry about losing the White Hart and dumping most of his entourage to chase after a boar while drunk as hell. But I agree that it would have been cool to see the whole hunting party. 

Impotent, yes, but also it reflects how Viserys is uncomfortably bound to the position of king. Which is what makes him interesting. He’s a good person, but not a good king. And he understands that the king has responsibilities (both actual and symbolic) which he must perform, even as he takes no pleasure in them.…

Yeah I didn’t need smug treatment from Apple when I turned on the TV. I get that from their so-called Geniuses on the too-frequent occasions that I have to go in because their shit just stops working.

“In reality, though, Nona Gaprindashvili had played against men that point. A lot of them, in fact.”
What are all these jerks pointing at?

If you actually read Tolkien, it’s clear that a major theme of his work is rejecting toxic masculinity, even if he was a few decades too early to articulate it in those terms. The downfall of Morgoth, Sauron, and those they corrupt is due to anger, jealousy, and a desire to dominate others - the cornerstones of toxic…

I completely get why GRRM would be peeved at the way the “royal hunt” was shown in “Game of Thrones.” But honestly, seeing how grand and stage-managed Viserys’ royal hunt was, I feel like the way GoT did it makes sense from a character standpoint.

I’m a Mac guy myself and didn’t get what they were going for. And in the UK, Robert Webb, who played the “cool Mac” there (with uncool PC played by David Mitchell, referencing their “Peep Show” personas) even has gone on record questioning the point of ads where you were supposed to buy the computer represented by a…

If you’re watching a Westeros show at this point expecting to not have to put a bit of work into getting the characters down, I don’t know what to tell you.

I don’t even know which male characters he’s referring to. I loved Elrond and his dwarf friend.

Elrond and Durin are both charming and engaging. What is he talking about? (Did he not make it that far?)

Gaiman (as usual) had the best response.

Best take I’ve seen summing up the “outrage”

The Venn diagram of weird creeps obsessed with Elon Musk (Musk himself is one such creep) and weird creeps incredibly mad at the Rings of Power is a near-circle.

Please stop paying attention to this attention-whore racist labor-stealing pile of shit.

He really needs to hurry up and fuck off to Mars 

“Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both”

“Will be”?

It’s a show that’s building to a civil war. You sort of need a perpetual pot to be ready to boil over, or else you can’t really justify a family killing each other over slights real and perceived.

Like many characters on this show, Criston is pretty one-note. But what he does have going for him is a sparking chemistry with Rhaenyra; and god, do I wish they would kiss already.

You were correct, it was the dragon they already had. This recapper is awful.