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There's legal and then there's an agreed pretense. I personally don't care that they are Harwin's children because their claim goes through Rhaenyra, not through Harwin. No matter who fathered them, they were born in wedlock to her, the Princess and the claimant and the acknowledged heir.

It depends on the laws of Westeros but IRL bastards have been legitimized and given titles before. Prince Albert's grandmother, Princess Charlotte, was one such.

That's a good laugh emoji reaction, I'm not mocking you :)

Alicent is a total Pick Me girl.

So, so, so many dudes complain about Arya's killing the NK. "It was supposed to be Jon!" I like to point out that she had been training for eight seasons, all the way back to her water dancing. I saw it too. I think he's fascinated by her. I have to say--I love me a good dream sequence (I'm writing a novel right now and scaring myself with various nightmares my MC is having) and it's a great story-telling device but Daemon's visions have been happening for three episodes now and it's starting to bore me. He needs to do something. Boy, the PTB in King's Landing sure do like staging decapitation parades! (That said, I threw up my hands so I wouldn't have to see poor Meleys. She did not deserve that treatment, and calling her a traitor is patently ridiculous.)

Right, the point I'm making is that the thread title was incorrect from the start. (Have no idea why. But something similar happened with the thread for episode 2.)

Look at the top of the page--the title given is "A Dance of Dragons."

A principle of military tactics is that (nearly) every overwhelming strength can be turned into a weakness. Vhagar is indeed huge but she likely can't maneuver or change direction as quickly. There weren't as many names to choose from in the middle ages. This is why you have so many different nicknames for names such as Richard (Dick, Rick, Rich), Robert (Rob, Bob, Bert) or Margaret (Margie, Meg, Peg). Also GRRM was unusual in naming his characters the same or very similar names--most fantasy writers have unique names for all their characters. But GRRM wanted some verisimilitude. I'm starting to feel the way I felt after The Rains of Castamere (when I walked away seriously reconsidering my commitment to watching GoT--I just didn't know if I still was up for a show where men stabbed pregnant women in their bellies or where men do...that...to Robb and Grey Wind). I just hate any kind of violence to animals, especially intelligent animals.

She was caressing his cheek--which said to me that maybe he had blond stubble and she saw it and the gig was up. The Scottish diaspora to the US in the wake of Culloden had a big influence on the Southern accent, especially in Virginia. You can hear the Scots sound especially in the vowels--how-oose (house) and abow-oot (about). The Virginia accent loves it some diphthongs.

I hatehateHATE animals being treated badly. I absolutely sobbed when the Night King murdered Visarion. I was inconsolable all that night. That was hilarious. I was thinking that as well. She could've stopped this in its tracks. And as amusing as it was seeing her dismiss Daemon so effortlessly, she probably should've gone with him.

You have to love the rather sour expression with which he regarded Ser Cripy when they first met in the courtyard. The subtext: "That's the a**h*** who's doing my sister." He clearly had Crispy's number! I'm a little surprised in the "Previously..." montage they didn't include the little Bracken lord who went full ham on Lord Blackwood at court in front of Rhaenyra. It was great seeing Milly again. The scene where Daemon's sword-locked door was rattling was spooky as hell.

OMG I have to see that. Can you post a link? (I don't know how to navigate IG.)

YES. I cannot stand that crap, especially when they qualify well and always, always falls apart in the finals. Love how diverse this women's team is! I was hoping for Jocelyn for the fifth spot (mainly because I loved her beam set) but Hezly's gymnastics are gorgeous as well. So much joy this time, as opposed to the fear-laden Covid Games! I can't wait for Paris!

What a great ad! So funny. I loved the bear.

Ugh. People used to buttonhole David Schwimmer and harangue him for Ross's latest Rachel drama. Grow up, people. (Although my favorite anecdote like that is in the late summer/early fall of 1990, people would recognize Patrick Stewart on the street and yell from their cars "You ruined my summer!" in response to the cliffhanger ending of Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Best of Both Worlds" when Picard is assimilated as a Borg. "Mr. Worf...fire!")

Which has always seemed weird to me. Part of swordsmanship is judging distances, which is hard to do if you're missing an eye.

I think that's exactly what Crispy was doing. He was bullying Arryk into a suicidal mission. "Hide-the dragon" 😆😆😆

It's certainly possible, and probably the best explanation. Just saying that I noticed it when Otto called Jaehaerys his "grandson."

Did they say/imply last season that he essentially r*ped her? Yuuuuup. I detest Otto, not least because he created this whole mess to begin with, but he was lobbing truthbombs left, right and center. When he was giving Arryk crap and implying that he was responsible for Jaehaerys's murder, I was shouting at my laptop screen. What. an. asshole. Yes. I caught that as well.

The main thing that enrages me about all of this is that--the entire situation was created by OTTO. Otto was the one who urged Viserys to name Rhaenyra as heir, because he didn't think Daemon should've been heir. Otto was the one who pushed pimped Alicent to Viserys. Otto was the one who pushed Aegon as New heir. Otto who continually undermined R's position as Heir. And worst of all--Otto who continually warned Alicent that Team Black will murder your children. Only because you said so! Had you used your position as Hand and helped Westeros accept the idea of a female heir, there never would've been any tension. Or at least a lot less tension. Team Green--every accusation is a confession. Can someone explain to me Aegon's glowup? Last season he was raping servant girls and fathering bastards in the fighting pit, now he's all "The queen is an endless mystery" bonhomie and encouraging Jaehaerys's antics at the Small Council and the Behind the Scenes commentary thinks it's cute.

Daenerys did.

"At the age of eight and ten" means they were 18. They're twins, so they're the same age. Poor Helaena, and poor baby Jaeherys. Just awful.

You could do your laundry on those abs. Uhura really should've come out with her own exercise tape. Astral Abs in 30 Days!

I could be wrong but I think that Star Trek actually established the Mirror universe trope. I think they were the first ones. Such a great episode. Watching Uhura toy with Sulu on the bridge looking like a total smokeshow never gets old.

So when The People v. OJ Simpson aired, I posted about my ex-BF who knew Nicole rather well and knew Oj casually. Here is what I posted back in 2016: Well, one thing he said was that he and his then-wife, plus another couple, plus Nicole and OJ, plus a fourth couple (Sandy Duncan and her husband--ex worked with the guy) all had a dinner party one evening. Apparently a LOT of vodka was drunk by OJ (and others). Afterward they played charades and my ex bonded quite a bit with him. (Vomit) OJ, as everyone has said, was huge ("his hand could crush my head with one squeeze") and very charismatic. And he bragged to ex about Nicole's breast job, said that he made her get them. (VOMIT) X saw Nicole every Sunday, and his kids knew Sydney and Justin. Said she was "CRAZY beautiful." When the news was heard on the radio that two bodies were found on South Bundy, X knew it was Nicole, and 10 minutes later SD's husband called X and said "did you hear? OJ killed Nicole." I just finished watching this miniseries last night. The raw agony of her sisters is still so incredibly manifest. G****** OJ. I just cannot get over how much those two sweet kids must have suffered. Their mother died young, died way too violently and worst, their father did it. And dumped her there like so much trash as they were sleeping upstairs. What a sociopath.