But Kinja is the worstttttttt

Yeah, as much as I like and am willing to buy Cranch's theory, it's still a let down after years of build-up.

Eh, not really. The Kingpin didn't really out think or out plan anyone in DD season 1. He had minions to do all that for him. Once he didn't have Wesley, Gao, Nobu, etc. to do the thinking and work for him, he basically just threw temper tantrums.

That would be LOVELY. The lords of the Vale have no reason to respect Littlefinger and every reason to turn on him, and Sansa knows alllll of Littlefinger's secrets. Please please please let him go one step too far with her, and she unleashes all of it.

Yeah, the impression I got was that Sansa had asked for help but didn't actually know whether Littlefinger would bring it. Littlefinger has failed and even betrayed her before, after all.

I don't think it was stupid or immature to argue with him. That other lord did exactly what she did—disagree with one of Jon's pronouncements, then back down when Jon made it clear that he was sticking by his decision.

Just because the farm only had a dad and his daughter at the time they didn't, doesn't mean the farm only ever had those two occupants. Assumedly the dad had a wife, and probably parents before that. Any of those people could've used another shovel. Heck, in more prosperous times they might've hired on fieldhands.

And Jon seriously needs to tell his closest allies his plans before bringing them to a group. He really lucked out that Lady Mormant made his case for him about arming women, and that Sansa articulated the need to reward loyalty (which a bunch of other men in that room seemed to agree with), but then agreed to back…

The purpose of her plan was to publicly reward loyalty and punish disloyalty (that got their brother Rickon killed, I might add). That would then serve to avert other disloyal acts, and encourage more loyal ones.
Both Sansa and Jon's positions are reasonable ones, both have been used in actual feudal history, and both…

A and B aren't the showrunners misunderstanding inheritance, those are instances of people taking a throne through force. This is wartime. A whole lot of dynastic shakeups occur during war (which also explains away D).
C is delightful streamlining. Yes, there should be tons of cadet branches of Lannisters, etc. But…

I'm usually a proponent of being polite and creating allies when and where one can, but I don't think treating Littlefinger nicely is any protection against him. Littlefinger screws *everyone* over. He even screwed over Cat, repeatedly, despite avowedly loving her. Same to Sansa. He'll lie about anything to anyone to…

I don't think it's fair to characterize Sansa's very reasoned points as "his little sister when she throws a tantrum." She gave her counsel, argued her point (just as that other lord did when he disagreed about training girls and women) and then stopped arguing after he made it clear he was sticking with his decision.

I agree, but then, it seems like Cersei only dispatched a group of like seven Lannister guards to investigate/take back the Frey's holding. Given how wildly important that location was and how much sturm and drang there was over taking the Crossing, you'd think she'd send more people there if she could. I'm gonna…

Yeah, my impression was that the Hound was describing the location of the White Walkers: a castle by the sea, near a mountain shaped like an arrow.

I assumed the giant White Walkers were giants who'd died long before we ever saw them. Wun Wun is supposed to be one of the last giants, so clearly the rest of them died north of the Wall before we even meet Wun Wun.

That makes sense, but also…seems boring. Dany and her dragons and horde would easily overtake whatever minor resistance they could muster. I'm fine with just handwaving that easy win so we can have more money&time for big important battles later on.

I expect servants—especially for such a cruel and miserly man as Walder Frey—learn early and hard not to filch the master's special wine.

Yeah, she brought out such great qualities in each character.

It's definitely the same woman she was flirting with in the disco, who she then follows on a plane to Hollywood, and then watches die of AIDS in the hospital bed. I assumed that Bilquis had more difficulty getting sex partners after AIDS became a worry, especially the kind of casual, joyous, abandoned sex that she was…

I definitely noticed the airbrushing effect, but I felt like it was used intentionally in only certain scenes. Like when Easter is talking to Laura, I didn't notice it, but when she's charming Shadow, she looks totally poreless. Or when Bilquis is being worshiped, she looked flawless, and when she lost her…