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The Monkey

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  1. Why would circumcision be practised in Westeros? No one did it in medieval Europe (or elsewhere) apart from small Jewish and Muslim minorities.
  2. No way in hell. This episode last episode will probably contain her escape from Harrenhall, and her cutting the guard's throat (which I saw a major character moment in the novel, hope they don't cut it). In the novel she gets the coin from Jaq'en before Roose arrives, but they can easily rearrange it so that she gets the coin after Roose's arrival, right before she leaves. Or the title could just, like someone said, refer to the fact that she says it right before slitting the guard's throat in her last CoK chapter.
  3. The sadistic part, certainly, but we never see how his sexual life would play out (although I'm guessing he wouldn't make it to a list of "top 100 lovers of all time"). I wanna point out that I'm not complaining at the change, they could pull it off very well (and probably will, knowing Jack Gleeson's talents), just saying that it is indeed a derivation from the novels.
  4. No, they were Tywin's soldiers, who had been asked by the Queen to find Gendry, presumably because he was out of reach from the City Watch. I thought they had just planned to kill Gendry on the spot (like they did with the other bastards), and then move on to Harrenhell. No need to bring him all the way to King's Landing.
  5. Oooh, they are gonna explore Joffrey's sexual life now? Was it ever established if he died a virgin in the books? It's not necessarily a bad change from the books, but perhaps it would be best to save the creepy sexual stuff for the Bastard of Bolton?
  6. Just rewatched the episode, and it seems like Renly's actor was trying to emulate Roberts expressions a bit. I'm specifically thinking about his walk with Catelyn. Thought it was a nice touch.
  7. I think Sophie Turner is brilliant, as all the child actors are, but I can't help to think that her acting in the next 2-3 seasons will be very boring to watch, as pretty much Sansa's only state of mind is one of concealed fear and depression.
  8. The preview for next week, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC_tKUCPCR8, clearly contains a scene involving Arya and Gendry and some kind of torture. So those names, or at least some of them, will certainly make the list.
  9. It would be foolish to cast an actor for the role already, when his story at this point is so small. If they do, they have to keep that actor's schedule clear for several years, even though he doesn't appear, just so that he can return when his story gets bigger. It's more practical not to include him until his presence holds some value. Just like they did with Jaq'en in the last episode of season 1.
  10. I don't know. Tyrion seems to very aware of Shae's motives. He says at some point something like "you stupid dwarf, she loves your money, not your cock". But I think he chose to ignore that because she was really the only comfort he had in KL.
  11. Was I the only one who cheered when Pycelle's whore WASN'T Ros? HBO actually skipped an opportunity to include her, which made me feel a little better about the future.
  12. Great episode 8/10. Loved everything in Renly's camp, at King's Landing and on Pyke (Alfie Allen's portrayal of Theon is really great). Had a bit off a problem with Yoren and Arya, and though I understand the need to speed up the story, in this case it just felt rushed. Arya's escape from the holdfast is my favourite chapter in the whole series, and one of the few times where Martin's prose reaches the highest level. Pity they couldn't translate that brilliance to the screen. I also wonder what will happen to the scene were The Mountain's men are interrogating the townpeople, that is such a heartbreaking scene, and pretty important for Arya's character growth. Brienne was brilliant and fucking massive, and I like the continued exploration of Bran's warging. That was one of the most intriguing parts of aCoK for me.
  13. I thought it was great. Most scenes were spot on, especially Cersei/Tyrion and Arya. Didn't mind the Ros scene (even though I think she's an unnecessary character as a whole), as it showed how terrible institutions brothels really are, but the cum-wipe was just disgusting and completely unnecessary. Have to say I wasn't too impressed with Balon Greyjoy. I thought he seemed a bit frail and Walder Frey-esque, whereas I always imagined him be extremely hard and fiece, like Tywin Lannister.
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