WearyTraveler

Maybe they were upset with her because she accused them of murder and she left the family Dudenoff had so lovingly put together. It's like one of those family feuds

The guy said they'd left a small force to protect their newly acquired castle (Rook's Rest) and a dragon, meaning Sunfyre. He then added that Sunfyre took a long time to die. So, Rook's Rest is now being protected only by the men they left behind and Sunfyre is no more (RIP). Basically, that castle can be taken back by the Blacks in a sneak attack with a couple of young dragons, just as long as Vhagar doesn't show up. But the overall point, I think, is that such a small castle can be taken back and forth by Green/Black and it's really of no great consequence in the war. It wouldn't provide more territory, or a significant amount of men. The only reason the Greens took it, was because it was close to Dragonstone. They were trying to send the message to Rae that they were stronger and could get close to her, taking a castle right under her nose. They didn't achieve any significant advantage, lost a dragon in the process, and probably their King (I suspect given the extent and severity of Aegon's wounds, he's not long for this world). And they got a real psycho as Regent to boot. Cole knows it. He lied about what he saw because he's afraid Aemond will come for him. If Aemond could fry his own brother, what would he care about Cole? I think Allicent realised, during the Small Council, that the only reason she was Regent when Viserys was incapacitated was because her father was Hand. She understood she never had any real power because none of these men would actually follow a woman. They all believed her father was the real power behind the throne. Otto chose her as Regent because he didn't have any claim and the children were too young. If she had any introspection at all, she might have even sympathised with Rhaenyra at that moment. But who knows? At the very least, she now knows how disposable they all think she is, and how very little power she really has. I suspect she'll be in survival mode from now until the war ends, or she dies, whichever comes first.

England has at least 8 Kings Henry, remember?

I liked Mimi, so, now I have no one to root for. Of the 4 remaining, I think I like Harry best. Nat seems to be a good cook, and she has done pretty good dishes, but she's a bit off putting to me. Maybe it's her edit. I tend not to trust what reality TV presents too much because I know they cherry pick what to air. I think Pezza's cooking (autocorrect just changed that to Pizza... LOL!!!) is way too basic for the title. Sav has tried to be diverse *just once*, so I also think that's not fitting for the title. Harry does Italian and all kinds of seafood dishes. I guess that's diverse enough, but going by past history, this show likes to crown people who are into spices, more than into traditional chef cooking. If I was a betting person, I think the writing has been on the wall for Nat winning for a while, but, maybe they will surprise me. OT: Since a lot of people here also watch other Australian shows, have any of you been seen Dream Home? It's a new show where pairs of contestants remodel each others' houses. I am dying to discuss it with someone, but there's no thread for it in the forum, and I don't know if it will be worth it to create one, 'cause I don't know if there would even be one other person from this forum watching. The finale is tomorrow, if any of you want to discuss it, what should we do? Where do we go?

That was not Milk of the Poppy, it was Moon Tea. Milk of the Poppy is basically the equivalent of morphine. It's what they use as palliative when people are in pain. Moon Tea is what they use to induce a miscarriage.

I am sure every once in a while there might be an actor that chooses to not wear a prosthetic, but they are all offered the use of it, and they even bring the actors a selection to choose from. An actor might decide to be fully naked, and still wear a prosthetic on top, if they don't feel like showing the world what their real private parts look like.

You all know that full frontal male nudity isn't really that, right? Actors are fitted with a prosthetic penis for those shoots

To be fair, the apparent bad lighting is not a problem for this show only. I read somewhere, and have experienced, that many people complain about several shows being too dark. It seems the reason is that because of the high definition digital format, they have to shoot with a particular camera setup. Apparently, if you are not watching with "right" screen, everything will look darker. I'll see if I can find one if the articles I read and add it to this post. Here's one: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/why-movies-so-dark-hard-to-see-batman-1235195535/

He could have abdicated before his disease made him feeble and crowned Rhaenyra. It's not unheard off. Maester Aemon (from the Night's Watch) refused the crown when it was offered to him as the next in line, for example. Granted, that happened many years later, but Kings abdicating and people not pressing their claims was something this medieval society knew about.

It's Larys, he works for no one but himself.

Wow! Clean sweep with the jury! Congrats to the winner!! I won't say who because I know some people can't watch right away Looking forward to reading everyone's comments on the finale. IMO, the person with the best resume won

I will say this, Alex has been, bar none, the most entertaining thing to watch, for the hilarity of if all his actions being wrong 99% if the time 🤣

Go, Jaden! For a moment there, I thought Valeria might have been the one to flip, but it was Jaden all along. Quite a good move that he can claim all to himself later on, if he makes it further. He didn't discuss or plot with anyone beforehand and just took power when he saw a chance. I like that. The paranoia next week is going to be epic.

Oh, man! The diplomat got diplomated (😆), twice! First when no one followed his first attempt at getting rid of Caroline and his was the only vote cast her way and now. They didn't show anything in the edits, but Caroline seems smart enough to know that once your name is read at Tribal, something is afoot. Mark should have realised she would be suspicious after that previous vote didn't go exactly as planned. That's the problem with diplomats, politicians and lawyers (all useful occupations, in the real world) in shows like these: trying to keep all the options open and playing to several factions at the same time never works out. Other contestants are twitchy and a lot more unpredictable than what they are used to. Pity because I don't like Caroline much. And she didn't do much to endear herself to me when she got that smug look on her face when the votes were being read. I instantly dislike people who do that. It feels like gloating, and I don't like it. Meanwhile, Alex is turning into unintended comedic relief by always picking the wrong side of the vote. LOL! Players like him, who are initially secure in what they think is a strong majority alliance and then get blindsided tend to be very erratic after that. They overcompensate and scramble to try to play some big move and get in with whoever they think has power. Going to the majority alliance right after his former teammates had spoken to them and badmouthing them is not a good look. The women presented a good case: we know you have the power, we know you might want to use it to pick us off, one by one, but we want you to know that we can be numbers if you want to make a move and come merge, we have this alliance we can plug you into. That's a lot smarter and much more eloquent than: those girls are so stoooopid they are not even looking for an idol because I told them it wouldn't be any good, let me know which one of those you are voting for and I'll pile it right on (makes him look like a snake who would throw his teammates under the bus to save his ass, plus it doesn't provide any incentive for future situations, i.e. merge) I am not actively rooting for anyone just yet. Maybe one of the people who have been more in the background? The ones who take center stage this early are usually too aggressive, or too full of themselves (we are controlling the vote) to last long. I specially dislike the ones who think they are smarter than everyone else and are extremely sure they have this thing completely figured out. We'll see how it evolves. Glad to have this show back as I also think it's better than the current American version

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