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A Thread of A Series of Books of A Song of Ice and Fire (BOOK AND TV SPOILERS HERE)
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IIRC the trailer had Joffrey going "What did you say to me?" so I'm thinking it is likely.
Nope, it's pretty dumb. What's Tyrion without House Lannister? He's ADWD Tyrion. And nobody wants that.
How so?
Foreshadowing would have been something like him putting something around her neck, or commenting on it.. or something like that.
Did Tyrion and co. ever pass through Norvos on their journey?
I think it's that it was presented in such a forgettable way that I'm suspicious of it.
Now it feels like it should be significant that "Aegon" was living on the river the runs right through his Aunt's home town, and Martin tried to slip it past us. But maybe it's just an unintended red herring.
"Who is your god?"
"Death"
Man.. foreshadowing indeed.
Kinda astonished the show thread didn't pick it up.
Tyrion and Tywin, in King's Landing. When the walls fell.
It is known.
I disagree. ADWD Tyrion would not be the same if he had TV!Shae with him. And Tyrion could easily leave with enough money for them to live happily ever after. Shae is sane in wanting to run, because, as she said, Tywin would have their children killed, and she's totally right.
and kill her
no matter where she was
meanwhile Tyrion is riding a pig to make money
come on now
So let's see, her plan is for Tyrion to screw Tywin's plan to marry the Starks to the Lannisters, steal some not-insignificant sum of Tywin's money, and then run away.
I'm sure Tywin won't come looking for them, and they can just relax on a beach in Volantis for the rest of their days. Tyrion would probably even forget who Tywin was after a few months, he'd be so relaxed.
Seriously, Tywin would be so furious he might've literally killed Tyrion with his mind.
Relevant PA Comic:
On the other hand, he might be so furious that he strokes out and dies.
In which case: Lord Tyrion, Lord of Casterly Rock, would have pulled off a succession gambit that even Lann the Clever could be proud of.
I honestly don't think Tywin would send assassins after Tyrion, as Tyrion existing is as much of an affront to Tywin as anything Tyrion could actually do.
Welcome to the world on this side.
...let me stop you right there and say you're half-right.
There's these essays analyzing politics of AGOT chapter by chapter by comparing it to real feudal politics: http://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/archive/cbc-analysis-game-of-thrones/
And these essays on Hands of the King: http://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/archive/hands-of-the-king/
And these on whether Westerosi government is a strong or weak monarchy:http://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/archive/hollow-crowns-and-deadly-thrones/ (there's a good bit on William the Conqueror = Aegon I too)
How about a defense of Robb Stark's military tactics and strategy in response to an attack by national security blogger Spencer Ackerman http://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/winning-battles-and-losing-wars-in-defense-of-robb-stark/
And here's that Ackerman article: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/robb-stark/
Ser Pounce will be Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and will defeat Shaggydog in single combat.
Wight Qyburn will bring Shaggydog back from the brink of death to become the Sept's champion.
This is awesome
I like their analysis because they give Ned Stark much more credit for his decision making than the banal "Ned was an idiot, honor sucks" analysis that I see everywhere else. That's not to say Ned didn't make mistakes, but he also made a lot of good decisions and he had very good reasons doing what he did, and if a few breaks were to go his way rather than against him he could have made it work.
NOW YOU'RE GETTIN' IT
Almost positive that's what the scene is, he stabs a knife into the table and everything. Should be an amazing moment.
Also unlike everyone else, Ned was willing to die. Like he said, he's a soldier, dying for a cause he believes in is something he's already faced many times before.
Buuut it's king's landing, so everyone was like lololol Ned you dum you lost game of thrones
That shit from last Sunday's episode wasn't even in the book.
Sure, it was heavily implied, but who the hell decided it was necessary to create the actual scene?
Theon's torture was the one thing from the books I was actually hoping they'd shy away from. Instead they're shoehorning it into every episode for no good reason.
Because it's a TV show and not a book, they have to find another way to show you just how horrible what he went through is.
And this last scene didn't even have torture, it had naked ladies and implied torture. An improvement.
I get the feeling the writers think show watchers have short memories, so they have to keep Theon doing something. It's all about the long game for him and Ramsay too. We know Theon is working on redeeming himself, we've seen how far he falls. We also know how evil Ramsay is, even more so given the stuff with Lady Hornwood in the books. It could be foreshadowing for book people even, really drive home how terrible it was for him, leading up to some heroic moment in the next book. Maybe he even kills Ramsay himself.
Alternatively - Theon's contract was too expensive to justify him doing nothing, and some intern goofed and bought a bunch of torture props so you might as well use'em.