Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?

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Sean K - May 21, 2012 6:42:08 am PDT #4483 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I like this one:

Speaking of Arya, Maisie Williams simply must get an Emmy nomination at some point for her work in the series. We might cheer for Arya regardless, but this is a prime example of the difference that the right actress reading the lines can make: Her “A man can go kill himself” gave me chills.

I am a HUGE Maisie Williams fan. She possibly the single best child actor I've ever seen.


§ ita § - May 21, 2012 6:54:34 am PDT #4484 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Sean, is what you spoiler-fonted about this episode, or is it spoilery for upcoming events? I don't want to highlight it if it's the latter.


Sean K - May 21, 2012 7:10:59 am PDT #4485 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

ita, it's not really spoilery for anything specific, and no actual upcoming events are mentioned. It's more of an overall comment, and should be safe for highlighting. In general, I try to avoid too much about specific future events, and I will never utter a peep about full-on HSQ moments, even in spoiler-font. It's a little amazing how this story makes those who know *want* to keep the unspoiled unspoiled. How could you ever rob someone of that much HSQ?


Sean K - May 21, 2012 7:24:05 am PDT #4486 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Mostly, I point out that one seemingly insignificant scene is much more significant than it appeared on the surface.


Sean K - May 21, 2012 8:54:04 am PDT #4487 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Poor Hot Pie. It must be a terrible burden going through life that thoroughly ignorant. Love the actor, though. He's bringing enough honesty to the role to make the character more sympathetic (not that he's unlikable in the books, just not as affable, I guess)


§ ita § - May 21, 2012 9:00:28 am PDT #4488 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It gets very confusing with GoT to know what's safe and what's not. People might be spoilerfonting TV spoilers, or book spoilers, and then who knows if the show will follow the book in those respects anyway?

Conversation makes me dizzy.


Sean K - May 21, 2012 9:47:20 am PDT #4489 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

It's a bit of a trick trying to talk about the show. The desire to not spoil people is there, but the desire to talk about the show and how out relates to the books is also strong, so those of us who've read them occasionally find ourselves making conversational contortions, our just refraining altogether.


Theodosia - May 21, 2012 5:58:54 pm PDT #4490 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"

Maisie Williams really is bringing it home.


-t - May 21, 2012 7:25:02 pm PDT #4491 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ha to Bronn's "No capes!" speech. He is a delight.

And whatsername moving from WInterfell to King's Landing actually paid off. Um, narratively, that is. Perhaps not for her,

I guess no weasel soup. I can see why, but still a bit of a bummer. It's "A girl will obey" that gets to me, though it did when I read it, too.

Next episode looks to be packed to the brim with awesome.


Jessica - May 22, 2012 3:32:02 am PDT #4492 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Also, did they skip Arya getting the coin? Maybe they get recaptured and THEN weasel soup?

Um, narratively, that is. Perhaps not for her,

Heh, yeah.