That’s not quite how that went down. After Season 3 did badly in the ratings, he and HBO hit an agreement to end the series in two more seasons totalling 23 episodes. When a planned spin-off series about Carcetti was cancelled, he had to expand Season 4 by one episode to fit in the election story and had to make…

That’s fine. All I care about is gratuitous HBO sex melting the ice zombies. Is that in the outline?

the show is getting incredibly predictable - just totally pandering to the most basic fanbase expectations.

With PED’s its an enhancement to the physical ability you already have. I mean you have to be at least decent to even get to the point of these high level doping guys right? Motor’s are just straight cheating, not even enhancing biology just straight mechanical advantage.

Well, it's a bike race and they're using a fucking motor. That's worse than a corked bat...at least the batter has to make contact.

If you’re going to argue that Rose was a first class heel, and that being a heel made watching him play enjoyable you can’t also get upset when someone tells the guy to eat shit. Here’s the thing, I agree with you! Heels make watching sports fun, and it’s even better when they can play the game well. Pete Rose is an…

GO GET HIM OBAMA

And for the books, his theories are ridiculous.

Oh my god not Preston Jacobs. Jesus Christ.
This is the tinfoil-hat-chemtrails guy of the fandom. He’s the poster child for looking too much into everything and half his crazy theories have been blown out of the water already this season alone.

Preston Jacobs is pretty much the Alex Jones of A Song of Ice and Fire.

Hey, you know what else is bad for small businesses? Gigantic chain like Home Depot that move into mid-sized towns and drive those small hardware shops out of business.

Massively unsatisfying

Wow. Much amazing. Very History.

I’ve been watching his videos for about six months now and never articulated what you nailed: the meditative satisfaction you get from watching them. It isn’t aspirational — I’m certainly not going to go out in the mud and build a hut — but it is somehow soothing to watch this humble guy do his thing with such…

On the show, Dragonbinder is Euron’s dick.

either that or because it’s a tv show

This current season is so meh, show has gone from a gritty medieval drama, with incredibly intense scenes to full blown weak ass fantasy. I can deal with dragons and magic here and there but these characters were my tipping point, the shark has been jumped.

Sounds like an allegory for GRRM; he claims to have pages. Everybody takes him at his word. Does he have the pages he claims to have? Does he not? Only time will tell.

Great write up, thanks. Only thing I’d point out is that Euron SAYS he has Valyrian steel armor - whether he really does or not is to be seen.

What would happen if he quit mid-campaign? I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility.