And even if you are of the usurper Baratheon opinion, Stannis/Robert/Renly are all Targaryen cousins through their mother or grandmother (I think)

I would've loved for him just to take the damn food after his dad called him fat. Like, really, just look him in the eye and eat what you want.

See also, Ser Arthur Dayne at the Tower of Joy.

Definitely.

This wasn't my favourite episode….it wasn't bad, but it's a step back from what was building into a great season. One of the issues I'm having is that I can see where the North stuff is leading to- taking Winterfell back and fighting White Walkers- connecting the rest of Westeros to that happens because they have…

Littlefinger having Lysa kill Jon Arryn, which sent the Lannisters/Baratheons north in the first place, as well as having Lysa send Catelyn that letter, is probably more at fault.

She's had a lot of free time, that Meera.

Kid Ned is even hugging Kid Benjen in the scene where Hodor becomes Hodor. Benjen is so coming back.

With the damn wight Summer direwolf.

I've never really got this desire to make them twins. What is so wrong with Howland Reed being her dad?

that just means they can work long hours and don't need a tutor.

I like the marrying of Sansa as she's holding her father's head. This is basically the greatest play and I love it.

Can Play-Tyrion have a hunchback? He already has a huge nose and is quite the lech.

It plays to the "Tyrion is the worst" bit of public opinion, which is probably well circulated. I'm pretty sure play-Tyrion is paying the executioner as Cersei is arguing against killing Ned. Part two of the play is Tyrion ordering the Red Wedding, killing innocent boy king Joffrey by poison and finally killing…

Visually, too.

In the book, Robb, Jon and Meera are the same age. The show aged the kids up (Robb and Jon are 14 in the first book, 17/18 or so at the start of the show) but I don't think they aged Meera up. I don't know, though.

that's in the book, too, though. But yeah, I agree.

I suspect "What the hell happened to Benjen Stark?" is going to be answered soon. As well as "Who are Jon Snow's parents?" maybe not as soon.

I think also it's been pretty well established that Bran has no patience and is a bit of a brat. Not in a terrible way, but in a middle child sort of way. "I'm bored, I wanna climb stuff. I'm bored, I don't want to talk to these lords anymore or listen to Old Nan's stories." etc etc

cold hands or "hello long lost uncle, we've been wondering what the hell happened to you."