It is a fantasy adaptation of the Kennedy family.
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It is a fantasy adaptation of the Kennedy family.
kellycandthedragons
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Chie Satonaka
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I'm quite fond of Margaery, so I'm fully expecting either Cersei or Joffery to murder her next season.
She's actually playing the game though. I could definitely see her outliving some other major characters. Like Joffrey, if we're lucky. :lol
kellycandthedragons
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Or she murders them.
I think that in the midst of the Starks having revenge stripped from them, we forgot that the Tyrells are going to be giving the Lannisters plenty of trouble. So while the Starks may not get their happy ending, at least we have hope for the Tyrells to own the Lannisters. I bet they'd be really good at it too, making things look like accidents. "Joffrey wanted to show me how awesome he is at hunting. Then he fell off a bridge and died." OR, how great would it be if Cersei's son died the way she killed Robert?! Get him nice and drunk/distracted and let a boar get him. Perfect.
ElectricBlue187
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After that massacre I don't see how any family could feel safe around the Lannisters
Chie Satonaka
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The irony.
I'm concerned for her though because Joffery is so unpredictable. All Cersei would have to do is find a way to plant it in his ear that he's being manipulated, and whoop. But I do agree with Blader in that she's playing the game. Olenna Tyrell is crafty too. Maybe it'll be the Tyrells that ruin the Lannisters.
Or soften them up for Arya. ;D
kellycandthedragons
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Yeah it will always be preferable to have the Starks get their revenge, but I'm equally happy seeing bad things happen to the Lannisters. Would it be more fitting for the Lannisters to all die, or for them to be alive but in really terrible circumstances? I feel like death would be too kind for (some of) them at this point...
Chie Satonaka
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I would say that they deserve a House Reyn type situation so we can make a jaunty little tune about their extinction as well, but All the Lannisters aren't horrid. Just this current batch. Additionally, Mycella and Tommen are good kids, and Tyrion is okay (though I'm mad at him by proxy of being a Lannister right now), so...
Yeah. Death is too good for some of them.
Liquidsnake
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And they were nuthin but nice to them.
lastplayed
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The blonde girl at the right is the actress portraying Myrcella Baratheon, aka Cersei's daughter.
I think it's about time HBO invests in some crazy anti-aging serum, because those hormones are getting out of control.
Bran reminds me of this guy.
I'm pretty sure everyone's already shit scared of Tywin anyway. I mean everyone knows The Rains of Castamere, how long until the Starks are just another song to scare other houses?
HyruleGuardian
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This is what's great about these characters. No one is forcing you to sympathize for them. If you hate them, you're perfectly justified.
I personally feel that in the case of Jaime and Theon, they have done unforgivable things, but they aren't fundamentally bad people - they just had paths that led them astray. That doesn't mean their actions are excused.
But I root for them because I see the humanity in them. If you root against them, I'm not going to argue with you.
I'm just pointing out the fact that many characters on this show have experienced loss, and that GRRM doesn't simply give characters the world.
And when characters like Theon and Jaime, who have done very bad things, experience something like losing a hand - or worse in Theon's case - I think in George RR Martin's world this makes them more, not less, likely to be real difference makers in the story.
Hot Coldman
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what the hell is dudewhoplaysBran wearing
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Golf pants?
kellycandthedragons
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Isaac looks like he's from the 70s or something. His hair has always been hilariously outdated to me, and now I see these pants. Good kid, good kid.
kellycandthedragons
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Isaac looks like he's from the 70s or something. His hair has always been hilariously outdated to me, and now I see these pants. Good kid, good kid.
I'd add that there was plenty of physical torment as well. Joffrey had the Hound beat her.
Hence 'beaten like Sansa'.
kellycandthedragons
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Isaac looks like he's from the 70s or something. His hair has always been hilariously outdated to me, and now I see these pants. Good kid, good kid.
kellycandthedragons
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His hair and his face in general just make me think of someone from the 70s or 80s. But he is a good kid lol.
neoism
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Liquidsnake
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Lol.
Rewatching season 2, and man, fuck Theon. By the time he sacked Winterfell, he was "truly lost" just as Roderick said with his head on the block.
He deserves to be a eunuch for needing to be bludgeoned with the truth who his true family was for so long before accepting it. If he had sent that letter to Robb and hopped on the next rowboat off of Pyke he could find, maybe he would still have a dick.
He deserves to be a eunuch for needing to be bludgeoned with the truth who his true family was for so long before accepting it. If he had sent that letter to Robb and hopped on the next rowboat off of Pyke he could find, maybe he would still have a dick.
He was just trying to make dad proud.
Hours Left
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#TeamMargaery&Sansa for life!
They are my endgame. They'll commission a second Iron Throne, made from the charred, smitten remains of their foes, for these BFF rulers. They will rule with a velvet fist with Olenna and Varys at their sides dispensing sage and sassy advice.
DON'T TAKE THIS FROM ME GRRM!
kellycandthedragons
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No, he would have been murdered at the Red Wedding, which happened independent of anything he did, as far as I know.
And he was sent there as kind of a hostage so that his father didn't decide to do any more rebelling. What kid would find it easy to believe he was actually wanted there or anywhere else? He was constantly under threat of death and we know he saw it as being given away. I don't think it's ridiculous that he needed to be "bludgeoned with the truth." Daddy/Mommy issues tend to be pretty difficult to get over irl. Roderick might have meant he was beyond saving or he might have meant he was truly confused. Because he was. Everything he's done up until that point has been him grabbing madly for approval and acceptance. His boasting during Bran's lesson, proclaiming Robb King in the North, etc. He went about it in shitty ways and did terrbile things, so sure, fuck Theon. But I understand why he made those decisions so I don't FULLY hate him or thing he deserves to have his dick cut off. Such a thing should be reserved for the worst of the worst men. And even then, I'd think twice about it. Just my opinion.
I've got high hopes for the Joff biting it as the big episode 9 event next season. Hell, they can spend the entire episode on a lingering, pathetic death for him, I'd be down for that.
That's all well and good, until she gets beheaded for witchcraft.
lol Anne Boleyn joke.
You never know. Robb did treat him like a brother and just may have heeded advice that Theon would have given him, and that advice may have been against him going against Robb's promise to Frey. That's not likely though because from what we've seen, his character is act first, think later so it may have never made much difference.
Still curious how Theon will react to Robb's death at the hands of Bolton and Frey especially if Bolton's men are his captors/torturers.
I see Theon becoming worse then Joffrey.
Loyalty to Robb, his brother, instead of his absentee father who disowned him could have changed the balance of Robb's next mobilization. By "bludgeoned with the truth" I mean that it took horrific torture at the hands of house Bolton for Theon to soul search and figure out who he truly loved as family his whole life.
Another thing that watching season 2 again has me questioning is peoples love of Stannis. Sure he may be "The Mannis" but his pussy-out move to assassinate his brother singlehandedly eliminated the most mutually respectful and stable outcome for the Seven Kingdoms at the time. Being a benevolent Renly on the iron throne in complete trust and partnership with Robb ruling the north. Stannis had to go fuck it all up with his voodoo. I don't think it necessarily extends to his leech trick "causing" the red wedding though.
Bend your knee or get destroyed. #TeamStannis4life
DrForester
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What he lacks in charisma, he does make up for in ambition.
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kellycandthedragons
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Ambition? No. He's doing it because he is being told he's supposed to save everyone by Melisandre and because he was next in line to Robert. Renly comes along deciding to say "screw you older brother," so he did what was necessary to preserve the rightful order. He also seemed pissed that she got him to do it after his defeat at Blackwater. "I killed my brother!"
But I don't want to go on that long about Stannis, except to say it's not about ambition. The guy does what is expected of him and thinks others should do the same. I suspect that's why he confessed his acts with Melisandre to his wife. Conscience and all that.
But I don't want to go on that long about Stannis, except to say it's not about ambition. The guy does what is expected of him and thinks others should do the same. I suspect that's why he confessed his acts with Melisandre to his wife. Conscience and all that.
Hmm, I was searching for a more accurate descriptor than ambition. Single-mindedness? In an admirable sense.
I thought about "ruthless" but thats more what I would call Balon and his pillaging.
CitizenVectron
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Stannis doesn't even want to be king, that's how badass he is. He's just doing it because it's required of him by duty and honour. He's the only one without any ambition at all, which is why I'm on TeamStannis!
It's going to be hard to go back to True Blood after this season is over with. True Blood is a fun summer show that you never take too seriously, but it can't possibly replace the feelings we all have when watching Game of Thrones. It's like going from a character-driven masterpiece to a typical summer flick that's just fun but doesn't have you counting the days until it's on again.
Can we go to kickstarter to get more episodes for season 4? Yea, I'm completely joking but I wish it was possible since a lot of the little information in this show is what counts the most. It's not all about the action but the minor moves in a game of chess where each pawn is actually important to the game but easily expendable overall. Then again, apparently rooks, bishops, knights, kings, and queens are expendable in Game of Thrones as the pawns live on.
Can we go to kickstarter to get more episodes for season 4? Yea, I'm completely joking but I wish it was possible since a lot of the little information in this show is what counts the most. It's not all about the action but the minor moves in a game of chess where each pawn is actually important to the game but easily expendable overall. Then again, apparently rooks, bishops, knights, kings, and queens are expendable in Game of Thrones as the pawns live on.
SkylineRKR
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Hardly anyone really deserves what Theon is getting lately. He would deserve a quick decapitation for his acts of treason, but not this.
And its rather obvious who toppled him. The show doesn't reveal it yet but the go ahead was given by Robb during Season 2.
EatChildren
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Stannis is a man of rules and duty. He struggles to see past that, though I suspect his character arc will force him to.
kellycandthedragons
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Or he will fail to and that will be what gets him killed
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