I also thought it had been said—or at least implied—that direwolves are particularly smart. Maybe not human-smart, but definitely smarter than your run-of-the-mill wolves. But it's possible that I just made that up. I can't remember.

What? Tywin still orchestrated the Red Wedding with Roose Bolton and Walder Frey. He's still a ruthless man, even if he's not guilty of this crime or that. He still wanted to risk war to get Tyrion back because he didn't want the family to look weak - instead of, y'know, fatherly love. And let's not even get into his…

That would be my guess. That, and being cooped up and isolated in the Vale, a paranoid wreck. It still tracks, too - she's just paranoid for other reasons than we had assumed.

It kind of was. I haven't read the books, but if she purposely aborts the child, that's different from what she says to Cat in the episode (and in a conversation invented for the series): She once tried to have one of Robert's kids, but she miscarried (or he died immediately after being born, I can't remember), which…

I, for one, can't wait to see the two fat twins on motorcycles:

This… cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions… twists all our arms collectively. But! If sweetness can win—and it can—then I will still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend. Peace.

(see what i did there)

Oh, look, another guy being sarcastic and dismissive on the internet! Look at him, typing away, sharing his thoughts. If only he were as self-aware as those of us who know better, amirite?

But don't you see how this is a weird tact to take, one that ultimately deflects criticism and silences debate because the critic in question was fighting one battle instead of all battles that you deem equally or more important? 'Why are people trying to stop global warming when cancer is still such a big problem?…

And yet, he's about as insufferable as every smarter-than-thou internet atheist from places like Reddit (and I'm about as staunch an atheist as they come). Someone who is so convinced of his own logical superiority that he's blind to his own emotional outbursts. The end result is a person who sounds like a petulant,…

I've been reading far, far too many comments, but I'm also seeing far, far too many of your 'cute' (read: sarcastic, snide) meta-remarks on every discussion from your high vantage point. Repeatedly pointing out that we are indeed using the internet probably ain't as clever or aloof as you think. You are just as much…

Really? Jamie raped Cersei because being around Cersei is "poisonous"? That's probably the worst possible outcome they can strive for: Cersei is an evil minx! Jamie is the real victim!

It's really too bad that we seem to meet Stannis just as he's sacrificing his core principles, John McCain-style, for the sake of victory. It makes sense from a narrative perspective, but I think it would seem more of a tragedy had we met him when he was still as sturdy as oak, a la Ned Stark. Sure, he'd still be a…

For the record, reading your post(s) in Hank Schrader's voice is immensely satisfying: "… Jamie Lannister, who is an amoral, child-murdering piece of shit." I miss you, ASAC Schrader!

Aw, shucks. I'm glad you took my piss-giving in the spirit with which it was intended. (Wait, that didn't come out right?) (Wait, neither did that!)

This shit is just odious.

Uhm, it actually is? The former doesn't have to be remotely appetizing for the latter to be _less_ appetizing, after all, and you're smarter than to attempt to push such a false choice on us.

Everyone's got a code, after all! Jamie tried to convince the world that he's a dude who doesn't give a shit about anyone, but he's hardly the Joker. It's something of a front. Which only makes it more frustrating when folks trot out the ol' 'Well, if a person is guilty of X, they must therefore be capable of Y!'…

This'll likely be buried under a thousand new comments, but I'm surprised that more folks don't suspect Shae. Both to protect her Little Lion, but also to prove her point about not being scared of the Lannisters. Power and wealth and titles don't seem to impress her much, which makes sense given her life experiences.

Okay, but you've also just confirmed something for us that was actually being debated above. A couple of things, technically. So that's kind of ironic?