HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)

[MitchCumstein]

Am I the only one who thinks young Eddard Stark bares a striking resemblance to a youngish Neil Patrick Harris?

[Norah]

I thought the same thing.

[Simple Torture]

After Bran yelled to Ned and Ned responded, I am totally doubling down on my Hodor theory (which I'm going to take out of spoilers because, fuck it, it's not a spoiler): that Bran will cause Hodor to become Hodor by yelling "Hodor!" at young Willas in a vision.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[patrick]

A lot of set up in this ep.

Still not thrilled at Bran's story but I do understand its purpose. It's a mix of the sorcerer's apprentice trope (learns to do stuff but will ultimately learn a hard lesson) and giving us crucial backstory.

Danys spot seems to be where she thrives--how will she break the chains this time.

The infusion of humor, however brief, was a nice touch in the Castle Black and Meeren scenes.

I'd totally forgotten about Rickon... so I guess somehow Jon regroups with at least Sansa and possibly Rickon?

[Mecca]

I don't see Ramsay keeping Rickonroll alive as his presence only weakens his claim on the north. The only thing he may do is keep him as a bargaining chip if he thinks Jon is coming to winterfell

[Mike]

Shaggydog

[Zantac Junkie]

I'm kinda pissed that they killed off the Greatjon.

[spike]

Am I the only one who thinks young Eddard Stark bares a striking resemblance to a youngish Neil Patrick Harris?

that actor looked too young considering how old old ned looked in the show. but i get it.

[MitchCumstein]

Am I the only one who thinks young Eddard Stark bares a striking resemblance to a youngish Neil Patrick Harris?

that actor looked too young considering how old old ned looked in the show. but i get it.

I thought that too. I guess the weather in the north can really do a number on the ol' complexion.

Also, I'very seen other people bring this up online, but when they showed shaggydog's head I immediately thought it looked way too small. I get the feeling the Umbers have a plan...

[BurtReynolds]

good sword fight

[AndySlash]

good sword fight

i thought so, too. not mind-blowingly awesome or anything, but also never felt contrived or unrealistic.

[lowlight79]

Could House umber be playing the bolton's? I jsut find it hard to believe they would side with the Boltons.

[darth_vedder]

I think this season is off to a pretty good start so far. I'm more interested in s6 so far than I was with s5.

[Chris_H_2]

are there going to be 7 or 8 seasons?

[E.H. Ruddock]

are there going to be 7 or 8 seasons?

11

[Chris_H_2]

gettin' real sick of yer shit ruddo

[Simple Torture]

Could House umber be playing the bolton's? I jsut find it hard to believe they would side with the Boltons.

There are a number of theories among book readers having to do with conspiracies in the North (one is simply called "The Grand Northern Conspiracy"). But if Umber was planning to play Ramsay, I'm pretty sure he just would've bent the knee and stabbed him in the back (whether figuratively or literally) later. Handing over Rickon is getting-captured-by-Jabba-the-Hutt level convoluted.

[Norah]

Could House umber be playing the bolton's? I jsut find it hard to believe they would side with the Boltons.

There are a number of theories among book readers having to do with conspiracies in the North (one is simply called "The Grand Northern Conspiracy"). But if Umber was planning to play Ramsay, I'm pretty sure he just would've bent the knee and stabbed him in the back (whether figuratively or literally) later. Handing over Rickon is getting-captured-by-Jabba-the-Hutt level convoluted.

Also. In the books:

Spoiler: show

The Umbers are split.

[Simple Torture]

There's a theory among book readers that Bran is actually Rickon and Rickon is actually Bran, but no one has noticed.