brave danny flint

You know what just occurred to me? Wouldn't it be awesome if the gentle, pious man, whom Sandor is POSITIVE will be "Dead come winter", ends up as the head septon on the Quiet Isle? It's in the Riverlands, but I have to see how close it is to Fairmarket. That would be such irony. I could imagine him coming in wounded, and someone feeding him rabbit stew, he recognizes it, sees the girl/man, and starts crying like a BABE :-D

After a long, hard look at this episode (I've watched it four times) I've come to the conclusion that the sexual violence portrayed in that scene was just as terrible as some of the other violence in that episode -- for instance, the despicable filth the Thenn told that poor little boy. Also disturbing was seeing Ygritte slaughter men, women and children. And of course, it was heartbreaking to see that beautiful little girl make rabbit stew for Arya and the Hound, with a kind, pious, but admittedly someone not as robust as the Hound, praying for the gods' blessing. The gods don't give a fuck. At least the gods of the Seven, it seems to me. My opinion of Show!Jaime might be beyond repair. It is just so completely out of character for him that it twists the viewer's perception of him irreparably. Before, he was on a path of redemption -- with this act of sexual violence, he has sullied his new chance to be good and honorable. Sure, the timing also made this act a possibility -- she had just asked him to kill Tyrion, whom he loves, and she was definitely giving him "yes/no" responses -- but it served no good purpose in the end, I promise everyone that. Benioff&Weiss will take a LOT of flak for this, esp from feminist groups. George himself is unhappy about it, although he phrased his response delicately. I am not sure how much of this stuff has been covered, but I'm sorry, I couldn't read 36 pages. Random: -- I liked how Ser Dontos told Sansa "you're stronger than you know" -- it was a nice echo to Jojen Reed telling Summer/Bran in COK that the grey wolf "is stronger than he knows". -- How creepy was it when Littlefinger's arms descended from the top of the ship, without being able to see the head from Sansa's angle, and she was suddenly lifted up and over into his arms? I thought that was a delightfully visually symbolic shot, rich in meaning. -- I actually thought the arrival at Meereen was REALLY cool, in no small part due to Ramin Djawadi's BRILLIANT song composition. This is a new theme - we'll probably be hearing it a lot throughout the next couple of seasons. Meereen itself looks really beautiful, actually. It looks like a city Daenerys Targaryen would rule over, from a high pyramid. What does everyone else think? -- The fight between Daario and Pahl was pretty good - since I'm not a fan of violence, I like how it was sort of quick and short, but really clever too. His wink at her was charming, too. Let's hope he gets sexier as the season goes along. But then I'm sure Emilia coupling with any man makes it high-octane sexy. -- The scene with Tywin educating Tommen was actually really thrilling to me for some reason. I have no idea why, but I really liked it. When Tommen finally got that wisdom was a king's most important quality, the way Charles Dance said "YES!" just made me squee a little :dunno: Their acting is just so great. -- I have come to love Lena Headey's acting with all my heart. She IS Cersei, now.