A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Guynemer]

LF openly outs Renly at the tournament.

This is hardly a secret.

He micro-manages his brothels.

Fail to see the relevence.

He tries to woo Cat after betraying her husband.

She is his one true weakness. And money. And power. One of his true weaknesses.

He gets into ****ing contests with Varys

Again, relevence?

[Flubber]

I will be curious how they handle the Bran storyline from here on. I actually see him being de-emphasized in favor of the KIngs Landing and Qarth storylines

Sansa they seem to be going true to the book and that will probably continue.

Arya . . . it seems they are mostly true to the books-- they skipped some stuff and changed it a bit but she should end up in exactly the same place

I really like Tyrion-- such a fun little guy

Robb--- just like they did with Margaree, they seem to be giving backstory that did not exist in the book

Favorite moment -- The Hounds first strike!!!

[Flubber]

I never understood this part either. What could they accomplish by all going out that a small scouting group could not accomplish better?

They have a huge magical wall, and they decide to go freeze their ass in a wilderness that their enemies know better with possibly some weird evil magical creatures lurking around. As far as I know,they don't even know where they are going.

Some of the rangers spend most of their time north of the wall so its not completely unknown territory.

I always thouight it was a case where they were too few to guard the entire miles and miles of the wall if the wildlings could choose the place and show up in their thousands. Instead 500 guys in the right place could disrupt the plans, perhaps.

[Hauldren Collider]

Littlefinger really is a political genius in the books. He's the character thinking 5 moves ahead.

(Of course Varys is thinking 6 moves ahead)

In the show, Tyrion manages to pwn both of them.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

I never understood this part either. What could they accomplish by all going out that a small scouting group could not accomplish better?

Potentially come back alive, unlike the last small scouting group they sent out?

[Lul Thyme]

However, sometimes he allows large groups to be pretty dumb. The 'Night Watch' and their little jaunt beyond 'The Wall' suggests a complete failure of intelligence.

I never understood this part either. What could they accomplish by all going out that a small scouting group could not accomplish better?

They have a huge magical wall, and they decide to go freeze their ass in a wilderness that their enemies know better with possibly some weird evil magical creatures lurking around. As far as I know,they don't even know where they are going.

[Imran Siddiqui]

haha, he has been dumbed down? Yikes, I'd hate to see the book version of him.

Littlefinger really is a political genius in the books. He's the character thinking 5 moves ahead.

(Of course Varys is thinking 6 moves ahead)

[Supr49er]

LF openly outs Renly at the tournament.
He micro-manages his brothels.
He tries to woo Cat after betraying her husband.
He gets into ****ing contests with Varys

[OzzyKP]

This is a raging debate among my fiends - readers and non-readers both.
I think LF recognizes her and files that knowledge away as a chip for later.
But given how they have dumbed down LF from the books, maybe not.

haha, he has been dumbed down? Yikes, I'd hate to see the book version of him.

[Guynemer]

Other than his pushing-Cersei-too-far scene, how has LF been dumbed down?

[Supr49er]

So... I'm guessing Littlefinger did in fact see Arya, but is keeping it under his hat for now.

This is a raging debate among my fiends - readers and non-readers both.
I think LF recognizes her and files that knowledge away as a chip for later.
But given how they have dumbed down LF from the books, maybe not.

[Hauldren Collider]

To be fair, in the book, Twyin is at Harrenhal while Arya is there, but they never interact; she's stuck working the kitchens.

I decided to read that section of the book--I think that the way the show is doing things is just so much more straightforward and better. They've taken a lot of liberties with Arya's journey but I think the changes are for the best.

<< has been reading all Arya chapters and skipping all of the rest

[Hauldren Collider]

That would be adorable. The whole "as m'lady commands" thing reminded me of A Princess Bride. "As you wish!"

[OzzyKP]

Saw that episode today on a friend's computer. Anyone else getting the sense that Arya is the child Tywin wishes he had? He actually seems to like her.

I also wonder, long term, if Arya will marry that black smith bastard heir and end up queen.

[Hauldren Collider]

I think she was afraid she would be killed like her dad or that the trade wouldn't pan out.