Mental_Giant

David Brin wrote a nice article about Ray in Salon.

Flux: crushing dreams since January 2005.

Dorne is pretty important, so I think it will come into it's own next year with the duel between the Mountain and the Viper. Then again, in the long run, the "Crispy Q" gambit didn't work out so much, so maybe they will prune that branch a little.

I agree with you on Harrenhal to a point. In the book it was massively confusing in terms of who held the castle and who didn't and who was going to betray who, but I don't think we're seeing Arya's character develop the way it should. We're not seeing her nightly littany of names (I'm glad Jaquen brought that up before faceshifting) and the rage that's building up in her. I hope next season with see that development during her time with the hound.

I'll admit it's been a long time since I read this book, so I remember very little of Qarth. I do agree that Dany gets pretty tedious as she goes through the slave cities liberating everyone and making everything worse somehow. I hope that does get steamlined. I remember dreading her chapters during that time period.

I think I'm most happy with (big shocker!) Tyrion's storyline. Dinklage does justice to the part, and the show spends enough time on him to get the main points across. I can't wait to see the reaction at the end of next season (or the season after that, if they're splitting Storm into two seasons).

Holy crap... RIP one of the greats.

Ah, I didn't know it was Linda who was really dissatisfied with the show! I need to watch their video recaps more often.

As long as GRRM still keeps writing the books, I honestly don't care what happens in the series. The books will always be the real story for me, and the show is just an attempt to capture it. It would be almost impossible for them to do it justice, and but I'll take the honest effort they're putting forth.

I'd love to do this, but I don't have all of the prerequisites. I'll work on getting them for future runs.

Don't we always have downtime on Tuesday when they roll out the new Market items?

I *totally* expected to see The Slayer in action... but as the wights (and actual Others!) piled up, I realized he couldn't be a hero then and live. Maybe he'll kill one escaping, or when he rejoins his Brothers.

Grenn and Edd once again proved that old adage: "I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun you!"

I'm re-watching parts of the episode and one of the "Previously On" scenes makes Theon's fate clear. Robb offered amnesty and safe passage to any Ironborn who surrendered... except Theon. So they just turned him over and went free! (Or died hideous deaths at Ramsay's hands in the Dreadfort)

Looks like Union got the World First on this.

Great season finale last night but some major changes to the story. The Sack of Winterfell was completely different... will Theon escape the clutches of Bolton's *******? Or will his Ironmen just be caught as they try to escape?

I knew Dany's experience inside the House of the Undying would be different, but killing Xaro Xhoan Daxos? Who's in charge of Quarth now?

Too early, but I do have a Beam/Time Corr with Hybrid unlocked if you make an attempt after 8PM.

I just think they could have made a less ridiculous Navy recruitment movie based on a board game. That's all I'm saying.

You guys didn't notice The Mountain That Rides decapitating his horse after he lost to Loras in a jousting match in Season 1?

Yeah... like that.

I almost consider him a major character, along with his brother The Hound. Between the two of them they set a lot of things in motion.