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Another problem with her plan is it makes Margaery more powerful then she already is. You'd think Cersei would want to avoid that at all costs. With Loras imprisoned and Mace (presumably) headed to his death via Meryn Trant, that makes Margaery the defacto Lady of Highgarden, she'll be the actual Lady of Highgarden if Loras is executed for his crime of being gay, which is suddenly a crime now. With Mace as Lord, he could be manipulated and effected, really all it seemed to take was a little flattery and he'd acquiese to almost anything. Does she think dealing with Lady Margaery will make things easier? If Margaery was the Lady of Highgarden in the books she would've taken her forces to the Shield Islands to defend the realm when the ironborn attacked leaving King's Landing ripe and undefended. Good work Cersei, you just gave your biggest enemy sole authority over the largest army and biggest treasury in the realm. Great Queening!

In this situation yes. Dany is foolishly misusing the unsullied. They are not shock troops or knights to be dispatched to patrol the streets. They're an army. Their stength lies in fighting in the open with their brothers next to them. As a phalanx they are probably the best army there is. As small squads their effectiveness diminishes considerably. There's a reason why the Masters of Astapor only sell them in groups of 100 or 1000, beyond the worry that they will mingle with other slaves. In the confined streets of Meereen, they're not much better than any ordinary soldier who is trained in the use of arms. In fact they're probably worse since they are trained to use the spear as their primary weapon. A great weapon when facing enemy riders on horseback in open fields, which would be a common occurance in Slaver's Bay near the Dothraki Sea, but very poor in confined quarters, like the city streets, facing guerrilla warriors. Barristan on the other hand is trained in multiple different kinds of combat, including single combat and one vs many, he can adapt his tactics to improve his odds when the situation changes. The unsullied have trouble with that.

Oh I have something now! Is Finn Canadian? He wants Ketchup Chips!! And as far as I know those are only found in the Great White North cause everyone else hates them. Nice to know there's a little Canadiana in the Land of Ooo. Ok that's all I got. Seriously that was a weird one.

There's obviously some kind of magic involved in the Faceless Men transformation But as we've seen in Westeros almost every type of magic is blood magic and requires a sacrifice. Sometimes it's small, like a leech's worth of Gendry's blood, sometimes it's large, like Dany's unborn child. But there's always a sacrifice. So it's probably partly actually wearing someone's skin and partly magic.

Wow. I got nothing. Usually I have something, but for this episode nothing. That was just too weird. Chips. Ice Cream.

I'm sure they are perfectly aware that some people would have issues with that scene, the same way I'm sure they knew people would have issues with Cersei and Jaime's romance, or the rape in the sept, or Theon's prolonged mutilation and torture at the hands of Ramsay. I mean how bad is the statutory rape compared to the actual rape, or incest, or mutilation that has already taken place on the show? Is that other stuff alright to show just because those events were also in the books? Isn't that a bit of a double standard? That they are allowed to show the events that GRRM invented but not allowed to invent their own? The fact is it's an objectionable show on a subscription channel that is very earnest about the fact that it contains disturbing content. It's the double edged sword that is HBO content, the creators get to show pretty much whatever they want, but that also means they care a lot less how people will react.

It also makes sense from Margaery's manipulation point of view. Playing with kittens and being really nice is a great way to bend an 8 year old king to your will. But a 12-13 year old would obviously respond more to Margaery's sexuality. Playing the PG13 version of "come into my castle" wasn't going to cut it as soon as Tommen went through his SORAS. It's creepy, but understandable. It's creepy in the same way a story about a teacher who seduces a 9th grader is creepy.

Dany may have accepted that her dad wasn't the bees knees, but I'm not sure how eager she is to get into bed with one of the two main families who brought him and his entire family down. We may love the Starks, but Dany doesn't. Also I'm not sure how eager Tyrion is to forgive Sansa either. She did run off and leave him to his fate after Joff died. Also just speaking from GRRM knowledge, I doubt he'll end things so neat and nice, with the Starks triumphing over their enemies and Dany on the Iron Throne with Tyrion as hand. It's a little too fairytale from someone who is more a student of history.

A lot of his behaviour (IMO) can just be written off as him being babied a lot more than Robb, Jon and Theon and probably Joff. Remember that Tommen grew up pretty much without a father figure, (Robert was by all reports an absentee dad) and Cersei is very much a mother who would have trouble cutting the apron strings, especially with a boy like Tommen who was more submissive due to Joffrey's alpha male being a sadistic type of alpha. This is contrary to Jon, Robb and Theon who had a father (or father figure for Theon) like Ned who insisted upon them attending executions and learning early on how to be big strong Northmen because "Winter is Coming" Yeah this is unexplainable. Based on his enthusiasm during the consummation scene, he should've been a lot more excited to have Margaery sneak into his room. Maybe not excited enough to make a move, but definitely excited enough to not be able to fall asleep.

The thing about Cersei is that although she enjoys wielding power, she is never inherently powerful. All her power derives from her relationship with men. She's powerful because... Robert is her husband Jaime is her brother Tywin is her father Joffrey is her son Now she's powerless because all the strong men in her family are dead. Littlefinger says as much to Roose Bolton. Cersei is no longer a player or a factor due to the deaths of Robert, Tywin and Joffrey, and the maiming of Jaime. The only actually powerful woman in the series is Daenerys, and possibly soon Sansa.

There are a couple that show they are very good at reading her.

If the Faceless men are like they are in the books they won't need to have followed her because they can tell when she's lying. Arya has tells.

Jon travels? Is he going to Hardhome instead of Tormund? If he is what does that mean for the stabbing of Jon Snow "For the Watch" scene? I guess he could just come back, since the show doesn't seem to care much about how long it takes anyone to get anywhere.

Would you feel guilty if you were wearing Joff's crown, sleeping in Joff's bed, and fucking Joff's wife? All after Joff tormented you endlessly and threatened to kill your cat? I don't know if I'd feel too guilty, it would feel a little bit like karma and a nice guy finally finishing first (although I bet Marg wishes she could've finished before Tommen, ba dum ching!)

Not really In the books the High Sparrow is not elected by the Most Devout (the Seven's College of Cardinals that is usually in the crown's pocket) but is put into power when the Sparrows fight their way into the Sept of Baelor and threaten to kill the Most Devout if they do not select the High Sparrow. Book!Cersei arms the faith militant so the High Sparrow will forgive the crown the one million dragons the faith is owed. And also so the High Sparrow will not pry too deeply into issues of Tommen's legitimacy and just annoint him as the King. She never really considers the Warrior's Sons as her own militia, she just figures there is no harm in arming the faith because all they'll do is protect the faithful, and at the moment Stannis is following a false god. She does try to manipulate the faith militant, but this is no different then trying to manipulate anybody. She never issues actual orders to them though.

Maybe she fell asleep as they were going West and didn't notice until they were at Moat Cailin? It's hard to tell where youu are going from inside the carriage, and Sansa probably isn't the greatest navigator. My question is "why they didn't just sail from Runestone?" It's a coastal fortress (literally just across the peninsula from Gulltown) and LF could say they're going to the Fingers and just keep going to the North. There's a lot of problems if you think too much.

For some reason I don't think Ramsay is going to try and hurt Sansa. My thoughts definitely have Myranda going after Sansa, and then Ramsay mercilessly butchering her (or possibly hunting her for sport) for presuming to mess with his betrothed. This isn't to even say Ramsay cares about Sansa at all, but moreso that she is his to either torment or not torment as he chooses, and Myranda needs to keep her hands off. On the plus side hopefully that'll spare Sansa the pain (that rhymes with Jeyne)

Cause he wanted to. And a dragon is not a slave!

Fair enough, but it still proves that Tywin can't really judge people well. So he has no clue how receptive someone might be to a marriage. More importantly, all you can think about now is that Cersei/Bran pairing right? Their couple name could be "Brannister"

Tywin also thought he could marry Cersei to Rhaegar and Loras. Tywin's not exactly the best matchmaker. And even so he's trying to marry Cersei to just about anybody who is in a great house. He'd probably marry Cersei to Bran if he had made the trip down to King's Landing and ended up captured like Sansa.

This isn't a book talk thread, so But...

Wouldn't work.

Which in the end is getting off pretty easy. Death is not that bad a punishment. Remember the Rat Cook? He was forced to live out his days (which may or may not be unending) as a gigantic rat forced to eat only his own young. That is a divine punishment. Any jackass can be killed.

Guest right is not a law, it is a religious custom. Someone who breaks it isn't subject to the judicial punishment of man, they are subject to the cosmic punishment and damnation of the gods. The gods aren't really that concerned with the higher reasoning. They operate on simple matters of "You promised to do/not do X. So do/don't do that." Telling or coercing someone to do X does not mean you did it. Walder Frey, by offering Robb and co. salt and bread promised the gods that he would not harm Robb and would protect him under his roof. By taking the salt Robb similarly promised the gods not to harm anyone under Walder's roof. Tywin never offered or took or promised the gods anything, so by their standards he's free and clear. Also this means that if Roose Bolton and his soldiers refused guest right by not eating/drinking at the wedding, they are free to kill and slaughter whoever they want under Walder's roof, and the gods have no problem with that.

Well they'd only be important if a United Seven Kingdoms was at war with an outside force. For instance when the Dornish were hostile to Targaryen rule it was very important for the Wardens of the South (the Tyrells) to protect the Kingdoms against Dornish incursion. If Dany were to set sail against a united Westeros it would fall to the Warden of the East to repel such an attack (which is why Robert is so adamant against letting the young Robert Arryn serve in that capacity) But that isn't the case in most of the books, since Dany hasn't entered the battle yet all the wars in the Kingdoms have been civil wars.