Well, you explained that better than I did.

I seem to remember Calvinism held that the 144,000 (or so, not sure) were not “saved’ regardless of what they did. They were “saved” as people, in that they will do good works in their lives (as well as other things), regardless of any rewards. The rewards were all incidental. Not sure about any of this right now, but…

As a Filipino, American barbecue is just on another level; I love it all. Here are my other opinions: char siu is great, though the rest of Chinese barbecue seems mediocre, at least to my taste, especially poached birds. Best roast chickens are Thai, and best skewers are Japanese. Filipino barbecue is delicious, as…

One interesting thing to note is how Martin wrote the fate of Robb Stark, and how the showrunners decided Jon’s in the show.

I would argue that the “surprisingly rigid internal logic” some of the more vocal viewers demand from the show can be traced from the very strong emphasis placed on that logic by Martin himself in the books, which was carried over quite well in the earlier seasons. The more the show strayed from the books, the more…

I’ve only read the first book, and from then on, just watched the show because I got into the books very late. I wonder if anyone else here have watched the theories of the Order of the Green Hand on Youtube, especially on the parentage of Jon Snow? (N+A= J) Because when I watched it, as well as their other videos, I…

It’s a sad day when the best part of the AV Club isn’t even worth the endless clicking for more comments. At this point I would settle for an auto-scrolling thing, despite the loading time. It just isn’t worth it to click this much, and I feel sad that I’m missing what I’m sure are very great points in the abyss.