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I fall into that category too, bluvelvet. Actually seeing him with uncle-father just confirms he's in denial even deeper than Tywin. For all his many faults, he doesn't want to be an incestuous abomination, he was born to be the one true king and fuck any indications to the contrary. The king can do as he likes! I doubt he puts much thought into his wardrobe scheme, but gold is a color of both families (and the Tyrells as well, for that matter). I took using a boar's head as target practice in 3.02 scene with Margaery as a subtle indication of Joff still trying to be Bobby B's boy. I looked for a gif of the above on tumblr but found this instead:

IA, I think it's a bit much when he's made out to be more of a Stark sympathizer than a Lannister loyalist. Tyrion clearly still craves his abusive father's acceptance/approval, even wants some gratitude from Cersei, and has shown sympathy for her. What's more, he enjoys playing the game, he's not just staying for the money. But there are his family, he does love his family, some of them anyway. I don't agree that he deserves to die for it, and doing so now wouldn't help anyone. Tywin's the one who needs to pay pronto.

Aw, it's come full curcle from when Cersei told her darling boy that he killed the dirrewolf that attacked him like a warrior, because being a king meant the truth was what he made it.

I'm betting the Hound was also once a child murderer with the hyphen. If he was always a big guy, he could have started pretty young. At least as young as Podrick. I think Arya has more in common with him than Joffrey. Not that that's a good thing either, but still, better than Joffers.

I think Lord Beric used his name during his "trial", if anyone wants to check. Looks like the Hound has chosen "Fuck the king" as his new catchphrase. He's now repeated it twice since Blackwater, the other time being when he told Arya he wasn't taking her to King's Landing.

Well, Tyrion has a duty in King's Landing, but he can still visit Casterly Rock if his wife is there in Jaime's custody, right? (Assuming Jaime's reading lessons with Tywin took place there when Tywin was Aerys's Hand. Seems like the Lannisters grew up there instead of at court.) Or they could just find another Master of Coin, Tyrion basically got the job to fill an opening and give him something to do. The point is, Jaime's not even trying to sound out the options, but he does feel confident to speak his mind to Tywin for his own interests. Agreeing to help Cat at swordpoint doesn't mean anything, but he chose to affirm the vow to Brienne before leaving Harrenhal. He's gotten back to King's Landing, almost intact, the ball's in his court now. I can only think that's why Brienne hasn't introduced herself to Sansa, she wants to know she can help her and she can't exactly insert herself into Sansa's Lannister household. And taking a page from Sandor's book and just snatching her up to go wandering isn't the best idea either.

Yeah, Loras has some political astuteness, maybe more than Mace, or maybe not. But the Queens of Thorns (it took me way too long to get the roses having thorns reference there) is the real plotter and I don't think she gives the menfolk the same trust she gives Marg. Hopefully she learned a lesson about only letting Loras know what he absolutely needs to only when he absolutely needs to know it. But then Littlefinger had to find out somehow so Sansa could marry Tyrion and the plot would move along.

I'm brand-new and defionitely haven't tried to quote spoilers yet, so sorry about that. But show-wise, LC Mormont did say the recruits at Jon's "class" at the Wall came there with names of proud houses, bastard names, or no names at all. And I don't think any of the commoner characters (Bronn, Ros or the rest of Littlefinger's "investments" etc.) have had surnames. Jerks calling Jon Ned Stark's bastard sure aren't trying to compliment him, but I always roll my eyes at Jon's line about bastardy not being a good life. Robert's bastards in King's Landing would know more about how bad a bastard's life can get. I think it's more of a classist differentiation. Highborns who'd look down on noble bastards would probably also look down on Davos for not being born noble or even Littlefinger for being lord of a pile of rocks. (The difference being courtesy means their position has get them a seat at the table.) Lowborns' problem would be bitterness about noble bastards being more priveliged even though they're not noblemen, that's how Ser Alliser motivated the recruits against Jon back when he felt better than them. Then there's also people who just like to only use the correct terms. I don't think any of the wildings really think being a bastard is any worse than any other kind of southerner, since they don't even like the concept of property rights. The exception being that "daughter-fucking, wildling bastard" Craster but he's already an odd duck for the daughter-fucking and white walker-worshipping.

Yeah, that's the irony. If Theon had actually been a hardcore ironborn asshole he'd have no interest in holding a landlocked castle, would've burned it down himself and taken hostages and other valuables back to the islands. That'd be paying the iron price, and he would have escaped whole without meeting Ramsay. Instead he was still trying to be a Stark while loyal to his family. Remember how he promised to be as just a lord as Ned if the people obeyed him, as if they'd all actually yield peacefully? Then, when his men convince him to kill Rodrik, his mate gets out his own sword. Theon only got his sword out and pushed Dagmer away because Rodrik reminded him the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

It hasn't been specified in-show but I think that is the idea,