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You could say the Harrenhal guard was her first premeditated murder.

Yes her first kill was a stableboy in the fighting after Robert died

Bran isnt going anywhere.

Not invented. He got this instead of the tour of the 9 free cities when he came of age. They could still surprise us re: the chain. Marie

Supervision of the drains not invented. He got that instead of a tour of the nine free cities when he came of age. The could spring the chain on us still.

It waas true to the book. It is minuscule compared to the purported horn of joramun and worse compared to drngonbinder. Plus it cannot make noise. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar Perhaps the original Weasel will reappear with it and use it to destroy the Others.

Jaqen would have killed Tywin - but he couldnt do it in time to stop him from stoppiing Robb so Arya made the better choice.

GoT was much simpler and straightforward. A lot more going on and a set up for Blackwater and for the next book, MHO

\ one never knows if a joke has FAILED because the writer made too large of a leap, the joke wasnt funny or the reader is messing with ye

It was broken and worthless and consigned to an upcycled life as a drinking horn.

I found the deer skinning scene! It was in GoT and was actually Randall Tarly explaining Samwell's new found desire to serve the Wall. It worked for Tywin talking to Jaime too.

I like this post because you seem like the kind of guy who is going to continue to enjoy the emotional roller coasters you are going to have

If you mention rims of frost I am going to plotz

I was rather startled that they didnt find Ros under that First Men manhole. BTW we are up to at least two memes from Lost with that manhole cover.

She's the SLAVE cities chick - that's why

The Fist is not in the Frostfangs.

The Weeper managed, though it was a lot of work, and I suppose with the snow it wouldnt be necessary. Anyway, who says it is permafrost? they have crops and livestock out there.

About House of the Undying: I am pretty sure it wont live up to my expectations without mushrooms or something.

ah! Thank you. They hadnt dug up any dirt yet. I miss a lot of th dialog and may have to get out of the chair and enable CC

More thoughts: All the deviations from the book that I didnt care for were TOTALLY redeemed by Rattle shirt's helmet and armor. People seem to have problems with what appears to be the fact that the Dagmar character carries some of the Ramsey/Reek load and there is another actor in the wings which Roose has sent to Winterfell who will come off the bench, kill Dagmer, and take over the Ramsey/Reek duties. I console myself over the weasel soup scene by realizing that they probably wouldnt have met my expectations. I would love to see Arya kill her pursuers after escaping Harrenhal in the form of Nymeria. That was a killer scene in the book. Not holding my breath! It is stated in the book that giving Dragonstone to Stannis was MEANT as a slight - I think by Cersei. I wish they had shown more clearly that Cersei was the loser in the Ros/Alayaya scene - by guessing the wrong whore - and giving Tyrion (or so he thought) justification for taking revenge. In this scene she looks like the winner. OTOH they do show the pathos of Tyrion fooling himself into falling in love with Shae which has been glaringly missing. Here;s a broader question - why do the rangers wear black beyond the wall, talk about terrible camo. All the best Marie

This would be true if I could figure out why they were digging up the snow to begin with. Seemed like a Monty Python moment.

I tend to agree with whoever posted that Maester Luwin is going to be going with Bran, Osha with Rickon. Bran may have to take on the greendreaming duties. Did he not have the dream about the sea drowning Winterfell earlier in the TV series?

Res ipsa loquitor. The fact that the writers put in the volantis soliloquy means they thought it was important. not having been in the writers room, whether there was a clamor or not, I cant answer

Derp

Sword of the Morning?