"But at this point a vote for Stein is effectively a vote for Trump."

While I agree voters need to be a lot more concerned about reshaping congress than they are, the presidential administration still has an enormous impact on the way laws are enforced, has a great deal of discretion in designing regulations, and is pivotal in shaping the judiciary. The president doesn't just slavishly…

Yes, I've seen it. But how does that change how that information was or wasn't conveyed in the show? I'm not arguing that Rhaegar isn't the father. I'm arguing that the show hasn't explicitly said so, and that this choice appears to be deliberate. The network posting a spoiler on its blog doesn't retroactively…

I get that the genetics of hair color in our world are more complex than dark hair aleles always dominating light. It's just weird for the show to make this link with one set of potential heirs to the throne and completely ignore it with another.

I wouldn't expect Jon to have silver hair, but given a mother with brown hair and a father who is basically an albino, how do you get nearly black hair? And I wouldn't care about any of this if they hadn't already established this as an important thing.

Well, it makes more sense than the idea that show-Jon could be the son of a silver-haired Targaryen and a medium-brown-haired Stark after such a big deal was made about Lannister vs. Baratheon hair color.

Also, there's this chart from HBO.

If I had to put money on it at this point, I'd say Rhaegar, though I still think Jon looks a lot more like a Barratheon than a Targaryen. But if the writers wanted us to know for sure, why did they make her whisper inaudible?

Oh, and there are other candidates for father, though they are seeming less likely now.

It wasn't even audibly whispered. You do know what "infer" and "imply" mean, right? I get and respect that you think your inference is true (and I definitely think that's the conclusion we are meant to draw), but your conviction of your rightness doesn't somehow change that knowledge from implicit to explicit.

You are inferring that Rhaegar was protecting her because the baby was his. The identity of the father was deliberately withheld.

Only the L is confirmed yet. R(haegar) is only implied.

It was the most shocking moment of the episode for me.

I just don't see how you can make this movie both faithful to the game and compelling visually. You can create some really impressive vistas in Minecraft, but once you get up close to the characters…

But then why did the "little bird" lead him there? The candles were already lit. Kid should have been running away.

What was the point of luring Lancel to the wildfire cache? In-world, I mean, as the point from a storytelling standpoint is pretty obvious.

"And the portions are so small!"

The rules for the faces are really confusing to me. Jaqen had access to them in Westeros, so it seemed like it was a spell. But then in the House of Black and White it seemed like you had to physically take the face, at least until it didn't. Is this all just sloppy writing?

Oh, I agree with your theory. I suspect he's Robert's. I'm just saying there are multiple possible reasons to hide the truth.

Why doesn't the Shaggydog prophecy have an ed. note at this point? That's clearly not happening.