Either Mosasaur or Liopleuradon. Probably the latter by the size

I mean, I'm not sure how far in the future 20snyevety012, but I imagine it's far enough that, statistically, it's a very real possibility.

That's sad to think, because if true, the show's about half over now.

I'm pretty sure the difference lies in agency. Catholic religion sees God as the source of all supernatural will, and so miracles can only be performed by His doing. Magic, on the other hand, introduces an element of human agency, where a specific ritual will achieve a specific purpose, with no need for a sentient…

I wasn't talking about an ideal arrangement. Just that if the world powers want a return to the status quo, Kuvira as de facto ruler wouldn't be a huge departure.

I'm thinking it'll play out sort of as a Yoda on Dagobah sort of thing. She act's kooky and difficult to test Korra's patience, and only later breaks out all the sage wisdom. The swamp location and references to being training another avatar kind of reinforce the connection (for 800 years have I trained avatars. …

Please don't fight…is it so hard to have a constitutional monarch, and Kuvira as Prime minister? I mean, a comical king with a ruthless military commander as the de facto ruler is basically what they had in ATLA

why would they revolt though? They get steady pay, they probably end up having to fight even less than before, and have the safety of Kuvira's clearly well supplied army. My question is rather how tenable Kuvira's supply base is. Can she stabalize all of these states into economically productive units before her…

To be fair, Washington and Napoleon were awful role models as well. In fact, almost any country's historical idol usually ends up being less than great. Having a flawed historical paragon doesn't really impede progress any more than other social factors. Also, Zapata was champ, I don't know what you're talking…

I don't see what was wrong with his real death. If anything, it would make for an excellent personal theme running through movie, which it lack almost entirely. Just as the battles and campaigns continually taxed Bolivar's health, the political compromises he had to make in establishing the new republics taxed his…

Did he tell you that via his incarnation as a bird?

The explanation I heard was that a computer virus was developed that allows any droid to develop human personalities. Something simply, like a battle droid, would develop little beyond the odd quirks in the movies, while something more intelligent like a protocol droid had the capacity to to the same level of…

I was going to say they could go the rout of Ed, Edd, n' Eddy and just skip ahead to the twins coming back for Christmas (Pines family gathering, where we get to explore how the mom and dad fit into this weird tribe), but I guess that wouldn't work in a show with a serialized plot as well as the largely timeless Ed,…

that's the wonder of the internet and global networking. Even if there's only one such mom in every municipality in the US, that's still several thousand

Props to Dinklage's expressions this episode. After they cut out his maniacal laughter following Oberyn's death in the book, I was wondering how they would convey how Tyrion has basically snapped at this point. Dinklage had a wonderful wide-eyed despondence that seemed to say "I've had enough"

I have to agree that Tysha was the most traumatic single influence on Tyrion prior to the events of the novels/show. Having your true love, your wife, be revealed as a whore and being forced to watch her get gangbanged by a bunch of soldiers has to be one of the most grisly mental scars I can think of.

I also thought that Varys was on the dock in that scene. It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure he disappears from King's landing anyway in the books, (SPOILERS) to be replaced by Qyburn. Maybe the show is making that clear here, so that when the time comes for Pycelle (and maybe Kevan, but I haven't seen anything…

yeah, i definitely hope to \see more of darkstar in the coming books

Dragon bones in the books were supposed to be stronger than normal bones. if that were the case, I imagine they could be thinner and lighter than bird or pterosaur bones, allowing a larger cap on a size capable of flight.

I think the difference will be that as new characters emerge and other groups diverge, there are more plots to handle at once. The show is already getting used to the idea of excluding characters from some episodes (jaime, tyrion, bronn, theon, etc this episode) this season, so they'll just have to make a transition…