Does it make me a bad person that I just didn't care? No hatred, no sadness, just… nothing. Cersei crossed the moral event horizon long ago for me, to the point where I was completely uninterested in her comeuppance/humbling/beginning of a redemptive arc.

That was my read. I was waiting to hear Blue Oyster Cult any second during that scene.

well, at least that incredibly overwrought piano score is back. Can't imagine what images of "high drama" are in store to go with it this season.

I remember reading somewhere that the game series Mass Effect was inspired by (read: ripped off) something called Hyperion. As a fan of those games, would this be worth keeping an eye on?

If Martin is good at one thing, it's that he makes me appreciate the Dark Tower cycle all the more because, even if it was shoddy in spots, King actually sat his ass down and finished the last three books.

Probably because they want him locked down for a future planned arc but they don't necessarily need him right now.

"I was the one in the shop for those three days 'cause he hit it so hard, I needed a doctor."

It's really not what you're thinking. Or what it's being made to sound like.

Ehh, as icky as the train on Beverly is, I'd argue that the fictional justification for it works for the story. The kids were getting older and growing farther apart, and (at least in King's mind, this is a running theme of his), the only kind of relationship that even comes close to capturing the sense of closeness,…

Like I said; weird ass tangential chapters.

Fuck Yes read The Stand. Read it before your goddamn divorce papers if you can.

I was more or less referring to Bully getting a handjob by an empty fridge.

I'd say yeah, it's worth reading. There are some weird ass tangential chapters about halfway through the book that serve absolutely no purpose but they're easily spotted and easily skipped.

Holy fuck are you serious?

That plot sounds like Bebe's Kids.

Eh, the finale was a bit of a dud. Not offensive, or bad, just kinda decent. It has this really strong odor of "good enough".

Oh brother, you still have hope; I feel for you.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is what convinces Ramsay that he's in control. He's a simple little shit and a major weakness of his is control. If he's in control, he's lax and docile. If he's not in control, he throws shit fits and cuts off people's junk. I'm not going to say that the event wasn't brutal, but I'd be…

See, you'd have a point if this wasn't Game of Thrones. I never read more than a few chapters of the first novel (the prose kinda sucks ass), but everything in the show and indeed from what I understand, GRRM's philosophy on storytelling, is that the monsters always win. Bad guys always win. Even if Theon were to…

Because they didn't want to/couldn't show Ramsay going all Ruff Ryders on Sansa's ass?