I'd just like to remind everyone that the table Yara is leaning on, the one Dany was caressing in the last episode, is where Stannis & Mel used to fuck.
Quick Tips For The Acolytes To Cure The Most Dangerous And Uncurable Disease in Westeros/Essos.
From the bringers of the R+L=J infografic, I give you
THE OINTMENT
It says after flaying the subject Ramsay style (Boltons have done it for thousands of years, there's nuttin' to it) you apply this:
"Exposed skin should be cleaned and soaked in a salve made from the resin of pine, the green bark of elder twig, white beeswax and oyl from the olive" Looks simple, 4 natural ingredients, not something mysterious and rare. Bonus: no dragonglass.
Also below: "Use sharpened point of the tool to enter greyscale"
I don't know. It looks pretty straightforward. I don't see why more maesters don't try it, to be honest. I will NEVER tease Sam about being Michaela Quinn, Medicine Woman and doing brain or open heart surgery in the Wild West...
“Don’t fight in the North, or the South. Fight every battle everywhere. Always, in your mind.”
Quick Tips For The Acolytes To Cure The Most Dangerous And Uncurable Disease in Westeros/Essos.
From the bringers of the R+L=J infografic, I give you
THE OINTMENT
It says after flaying the subject Ramsay style (Boltons have done it for thousands of years, there's nuttin' to it) you apply this:
"Exposed skin should be cleaned and soaked in a salve made from the resin of pine, the green bark of elder twig, white beeswax and oyl from the olive" Looks simple, 4 natural ingredients, not something mysterious and rare. Bonus: no dragonglass.
Also below: "Use sharpened point of the tool to enter greyscale"
I don't know. It looks pretty straightforward. I don't see why more maesters don't try it, to be honest. I will NEVER tease Sam about being Michaela Quinn, Medicine Woman and doing brain or open heart surgery in the Wild West...
I will enjoy the irony if Sam gets Greyscale out of this whole debacle.
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
Also, not taking one castle because it would make them 'unloved' and then taking a completely separate one and not using the same logic is silly...
I used a terrible word, conquering is hardly a business that makes one loved. Maybe "less hated" I don't know. However, Dany and Tyrion look like they think that the less blood they spill the less hated she will be to her subjects. Casterly Rock is smaller, easier to take because Tyrion knows a way inside, they do have the element of surprise, they use Unsullied who don't sack pillage and plunder once the Castle is taken and in the end Tyrion IS a Lannister that the conquered can rally behind . They definitely had me at "sewers"
Tyrion's name is mud in Westeros. He killed his father, everyone believes he killed the king, he's reviled for his time as Hand of the King, he's a dwarf. No, sorry, not floating here.
I will enjoy the irony if Sam gets Greyscale out of this whole debacle.
Poor Sam, I don't wish that on him. He has a good heart though. It could get them all killed! Release the Greyscale from the south! Then again, perhaps he can improve on Maester's Pylos method and save his own self...
Tyrion's name is mud in Westeros. He killed his father, everyone believes he killed the king, he's reviled for his time as Hand of the King, he's a dwarf. No, sorry, not floating here.
No doubt the Westeros would choose if asked for the mass murderer in charge, blower of the Sept, killer of the chosen Septon, kinslayer of Kevan and Lancel Tyrion, queenslayer of the beloved by masses Margery Tyrell, known brotherfucker, and yes not a dwarf but if you went there: a woman! When you consider the alternative perhaps Tyrion's crimes are not quite as bad.
Ok, maybe I should just take my snark back and your word for it. After all, we collectively as a nation did choose Trump. And anyway, I was only speaking of the Westerlands, because I thought we were discussing the Lannister house seat. Jaime doesn't want it. Never did. He would be much better but then again he supports and fucks Cersei, and he is a kingslayer himself.
Looks bad for the Westerlands to be honest when you put everything down.
Poor Sam, I don't wish that on him. He has a good heart though. It could get them all killed! Release the Greyscale from the south! Then again, perhaps he can improve on Maester's Pylos method and save his own self...
He knows the risk and he's doing it anyway. What a dude! I think that's all bc of Jeor. The Old Bear was the type of Father Sam needed. Firm but fair and kind.
No doubt the Westeros would choose if asked for the mass murderer in charge, blower of the Sept, killer of the chosen Septon, kinslayer of Kevan and Lancel Tyrion, queenslayer of the beloved by masses Margery Tyrell, known brotherfucker, and yes not a dwarf but if you went there: a woman! When you consider the alternative perhaps Tyrion's crimes are not quite as bad
Tough one! Who will win the support? Queen Whore or Demon Monkey? As far as bannermen backing them I think they'll back Cersei bc Tyrion killed Tywin and Kinslaying is frowned upon in this establishment. Tywin was well-respected. If it's the common people I think it'll depend on whomever has the best Public Relations manager. Honestly it'll be tough for anyone to pick between them without actually knowing them. Me, I vote Tyrion to be Lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West. Halfman! Halfman! Halfman!
The blade was Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.
He knows the risk and he's doing it anyway. What a dude! I think that's all bc of Jeor. The Old Bear was the type of Father Sam needed. Firm but fair and kind.
I rewatched the ep and I kind of felt proud of my man Sam. I know I'm making fun of how easy he jumps in to do this stuff, but the fact is he WOULD be the type to experiment from books. I see him a lot like a kid in the candy shop here at the Citadel. Too bad he only gets to do some shitty (literally) jobs. And yes, the moment he heard Jorah say Mormont, it was set. He felt probably like he owes it to Old Bear and it gave him a purpose, which it was kind of missing since he came here.
After all, we collectively as a nation did choose Trump
I think that should have been :thl X 65,844,954 Lol (sorry about the analogy, but at the time it seemed so on point me being wrong in what people would surely choose on that situation too)
“Don’t fight in the North, or the South. Fight every battle everywhere. Always, in your mind.”
He knows the risk and he's doing it anyway. What a dude! I think that's all bc of Jeor. The Old Bear was the type of Father Sam needed. Firm but fair and kind.
I rewatched the ep and I kind of felt proud of my man Sam. I know I'm making fun of how easy he jumps in to do this stuff, but the fact is he WOULD be the type to experiment from books. I see him a lot like a kid in the candy shop here at the Citadel. Too bad he only gets to do some shitty (literally) jobs. And yes, the moment he heard Jorah say Mormont, it was set. He felt probably like he owes it to Old Bear and it gave him a purpose, which it was kind of missing since he came here.
I think that should have been :thl X 65,844,954 Lol (sorry about the analogy, but at the time it seemed so on point me being wrong in what people would surely choose on that situation too)
Exactly. Jeor giving Sam an order to not be a coward has served him well.
Re the election I was trying to find an emoji closest to a face palm. Lol I knew what you were driving at, still stings. Lol
Seems to me that Jorah has a pretty big role to play in the wars to come.
The blade was Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.
I didn't get to see the episode until now, I don't have much to say about it.
I made sure not to read any spoilers or the news or anything, so I didn't know Nymeria and Arya were going to meet and I got so shocked and happy. Arya Stark was going home (well, whatever that place is now) of course she would find Nymeria on her way back. and then the damn wolf did not even touch Arya, WTF?! WTF? She was growling at her! I feel robbed of so much joy and I blame them personally for it
I do believe you've hit the nail on the head. This is exactly what they're doing. I just can't for the life of me figure out why they thought it would be a good idea to add a farcical element to this otherwise very serious show. First Dorne, now the Citadel - ruined.
I don't know, I find the intentional gross out humor of the Citadel to be far less bothersome than the unintentional incompetence of the way things like Dorne and Euron are presented; lets keep in mind that Tywin Lannister exited the novels on a shit joke.
Now, that wasn't just humor for the sake of humor, as Tywin dying on the toilet and his stench at his funeral are purposeful contrasts with a humorless, proud man who couldn't stand to be laughed at--and I'm going to give the show a modicum of credit here and assume that the shit/soup/shit/soup montage is meant as a contrast with the way Sam probably envisioned the Citadel as an institution within his head.
Hmm I can't argue with your last observation, but it takes a lot of good will to assume D&D were planning it that way. Sam doesn't seem unhappy or disillusioned overall, he never complains or thinks about leaving. He just breaks the rules and does what he wants...
Ironically, they chose NOT to use the shit/rotting corpse humbling of Tywin, even though they kept the death scene on the privy.
“In Qohor he is the Black Goat, in Yi Ti the Lion of Night, in Westeros the Stranger. All men must bow to him in the end, no matter if they worship the Seven or the Lord of Light, the Moon Mother or the Drowned God or the Great Shepherd. All mankind belongs to him... else somewhere in the world would be a folk who lived forever. Do you know of any folk who live forever?”
There should have been tears and hugging, no fucking lame ass growls.
And there's no fucking way Nymeria would have let Arya walk into winter alone.
POG (I believe) totally called it. It was a call back to S1. I allowed my own expectations to raise my standards thus leading to pure disappointment. But I haven't given up yet! No reason for them to show us Nym unless she's coming back. They don't exactly throw around the expensive CGI Direwolves all willy nilly. Fuck they don't even give them to us when they should!
IMO She'll curiously stalk Arya from a distance. Arya will get into some trouble and Nym will save her. It has to happen. Arya had to pretend to be a boy so it would be safer to travel. You can't tell me that it's all of the sudden safe for a girl to travel solo.
The blade was Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.