Ser Snowflake

1 minute ago, Alphonzo said:

"fewer"

I see that you attended the Stannis Baratheon school of grammar. 

I, Ser Snowflake of the Social Justice Warriors nominate you for post of the day.

2 minutes ago, xjlxking said:

AHHH

Okay, that part escaped me when I read the books. 

So it''s definitely more possible. Still, I hope they are not good. You'd think if they were that good, Tywin would use them to kill her

 

The thing with the Faceless Men is that they are VERY expensive. It's said in the books that the costs of hiring one faceless man is equal to the amount it would take to hire an army. 

Tywin would have to sacrifice a huge part of his wealth to kill one person. The Faceless Men are the elite assassins of Planetos and to hire one of them, one has to part with the greatest part of what they find valuable and most people aren't willing to do that. It's easier to hire cheaper, less talented assassins. 

Regarding Tywin......I forget about how it went down in the show, but in the books......Tywin didn't really believed the hype about the Dragon Queen beyond the Narrow Sea. Most people simply think she is a rumor, spread by drunken sailors.

2 hours ago, xjlxking said:

Interesting episode

 

They clearly gave us a hint about the dagger from season 1. There was a good 2-3 second where it was almost focused on. I wonder why? it's probably some sort of key

Clearly, the show writers decided to merge Arya's story line with Ladystone hearts and Manderly's when it came to dealing with the Frey's. I don't think GRRM will give that much "power" to Arya. Mostly because she is not a full faceless assassin, nor are they that good. Let's not forget, if they were that good, Dany would have died in Season 2 or book 2.

I don't know about everyone else, but I HATE the Sansa-Jon tension/rivalry; It does not feel authentic, nor genuine. Sansa's character has taken a huge change; she was never this confrontational. What changed? It's too sudden. Jon's character is also very weird. He suddenly does want to take advice... What changed? She confronts him and then she says, "he is really good leader". She does not offer. She pretends she is smart yet has never made a smart decision.    Does anyone else agree?

 

 

 

The Faceless Men are that good. If they had sent one of the Faceless Men after Dany she would have been as dead as Ned.

What you are referring to in book 2, was when the Sorrowful Man failed to kill Dany with a Manticore. That is an entirely different order of assassin, based out of Qarth. The Faceless Men are based out of Braavos.