Ginger friend's name is Tormund Giantsbane.
Davos smuggled food into Dragonstone for Stannis during a siege. As punishment for the smuggling, Stannis cut off the top joints of Davos' fingers on one hand, and as reward for keeping his men alive, he made him a knight. Davos carries the bones from his finger joints around in a pouch around his neck (hence Salador Saan's crack about delivering Davos' bones to his wife so she can wear them around her neck) because he thinks Stannis is Just That Awesome.
because he thinks Stannis is Just That Awesome.
And for luck. In the book, at least, he refers to them as his Luck.
Xpost, of course.
A Wiki of Ice And Fire is pretty good for character backstories without spoilers, as long as you don't scroll past the Clash of Kings section on any given page - [link]
Oh god, that's right! The fingers were already gone! I completely forgot.
I knew I should have brushed up before the season started.
I'm in the middle of this week's House Of Lies, and my sister sent me a picture of Magic Johnson's gay son, and there was one queer black son that came first to mind: [link]
MJ's son look is complete with the fur boa.
I am addicted to this video - WHUR MY DRAGONS AT?
Re: Margaery
I always got the impression that the Tyrells were a close knit clan, who supported and empowered each other regardless of gender, much like the Starks and the Tullys seem to. But they also seem to be aware that they need every conceivable weapon in their arsenal in order to play the game of thrones, and thus empowered their women in ways the Starks and the Tullys (and especially the Lannisters) didn't.
