She's the one who's throwing me a little bit -- she's not at all the way the character was described in the first book.
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Amy - Apr 16, 2012 3:37:26 pm PDT #4350 of 7329
Because books.
Jessica - Apr 16, 2012 3:38:35 pm PDT #4351 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
No, but I'm loving this interpretation of the character all the same.
Theodosia - Apr 16, 2012 6:22:17 pm PDT #4352 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I was so worried that they'd cast Brienne with somebody that Hollywood "thinks" is ugly, which is usually somebody that you'd think is pretty if you ran into them in real life. This Brienne, I can see as a believable warrior-maid, indeed, and while I bet she actually cleans up nicely, I'm not going to have too much cognitive dissonance going forward.
And yeah, am disappointed in the Drowned God baptism. Me, I would have opened the scene with the priest and Iron Dad holding struggling Theon under the water until he drowns, then drag him back to shore and do mouth-to-mouth. Maybe an aside by Yara that the priest isn't losing nearly as many initiates as he used to.
-t - Apr 16, 2012 6:48:47 pm PDT #4353 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can see the appeal of that, but I think it would be wrong for Theon going forward to have that major a religious experience. The Damphair pouring water over his head is what happened in the book, although the order of events has been shuffled a little.
Theodosia - Apr 17, 2012 2:41:44 am PDT #4354 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I admit to quite often skimming the Theon chapters in the books on rereads. I find him such an unlovable, yet unfascinating character. He's better in the series, anyway. I thought his rebuke of his father's abandoning him was outstanding.
chrismg - Apr 17, 2012 7:56:13 pm PDT #4355 of 7329
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm just wondering who got to explain things to Cersei.
sumi - Apr 18, 2012 4:13:12 am PDT #4356 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Which things?
chrismg - Apr 18, 2012 4:25:01 am PDT #4357 of 7329
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
The part where there was never any plan to marry the Princess off? Getting the Queen emotionally distraught and then going, "Surprise! It was all a trick!" strikes me as a non-optimal strategy. Maybe there'll be fallout next episode.
Amy - Apr 18, 2012 4:26:58 am PDT #4358 of 7329
Because books.
I'm not sure Tyrion doesn't intend to barter Myrcella, actually. Cersei's freakout seems a little like a non-issue, too -- she doesn't like or trust anything Tyrion does, so it doesn't really matter what he tells her. Or, you know, has other people tell her.
sumi - Apr 18, 2012 4:39:15 am PDT #4359 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Right.
Bartering Myrcella is actually something that is likely to happen.