Jon Flow

"I think Loras will absolutely demand a trial by combat. Unless Brienne is coming back to King's Landing, the Faith doesn't have a champion that can defeat him. He might even just double as Margaery's champion as well." Well this depends really. D&D seem to be setting up the Faith as a bit less nuanced than they are in the books. If that is the case and they end up as stooges for Cersei then Qwyborg could get called up to represent the seven. Otherwise we could have a brutal fight between Loras and Lancel. If Lancel's massive pythons are any indication, the seven have a hell of a gym back at the Sept.

Well... If your Aidan Gillen then your pronunciation changes with every passing moment. (I love the actor but his accent is right out of a junior high production of Brigadoon.) .... wait... Holy crap I want to see if anyone has ever done a Mashup of Brigadoon and the Frank Herbert Sci-Fi opus? Briga-dune....

Well, if that's the case, anything goes, suspension of disbelief doesn't matter and Troll 2 had remarkably good dialogue and acting. Here is a scene from Troll 2: "Stop peeing on my hospitality!"

"I'm actually not bashing the books. I am pointing out that the books are just as contrived as the show." Just a thought on contrivance; six assassins make six failed attempts on a target. Then... after all that, later that evening one of the assassins happens to run into the target at a deli during an unscheduled stop and shoots the target dead... sparking WWI. Real life is full of weird coincidences... In fiction coincidence is too often seen as contrivances.

"You'd think the Mad King would be fully erect at the notion of a fire god." I don't know about that because it would mean it wasn't him.

StepStark, Let me try to make sense of it. The show has made a point of showing that LF doesn't know about Ramsay's sadistic streak. I think he looked at the situation and made the calculation that the Lannisters are heading for a fall and whoever rules in the north will be in an excellent position to take the whole ball of wax. I think he figures that he is making a win-win proposition in which he is only putting Sansa's life in jeopardy. If Stannis beats the Boltons he can count on the king's honor and need for allies in the north to assure an alliance. If the Boltons prevail, then he has supported them from the beginning and all he has to do is off Roose and I think he feels confident that he can control the psycho Ramsay with the help of Sansa. So that is the logic behind the play. The other part of the equation is, what other plays does LF have available to him? He could take Sansa to the Wall, but what would that get him? The appreciation of a LC that took an oath not to involve himself in the wars of men. No Thanks! Also anyplace he takes Sansa, he is putting himself at risk. If Cersei finds out Sansa is alive and being hidden by LF I'm sure LF would be thrown in the black cells or worse. Lastly... and this part is based on my theory that LF=PR Piotr Reigns. If my theory is correct, LF has been playing a long game to screw the Lannisters as hard and deep as possible. If that is the case, there are few families strong enough to do the Lannisters in.

One thing I absolutely loved was the fact that Sweetrobin got dropped off with the ultimate badass Yohn Royce. So in my head cannon now, Stannis and Jon come south only to be beaten by the Boltons... then when all seems lost and on the eve of Ramsay's wedding to Sansa, Sweetrobin single handedly storms the castle... Kicking ass, taking names, and sucking on some titties... (cuz you know he can't completely change.)

"Yeah I know. But that still doesn't compare. Showing a naked man every once in a while (and not completely) doesn't change the fact that we see naked woman walking around in almost every episode now." - Really? It's way better than season one's cringeworthy sexposition.