And if it is as she said that half the family are a bunch of bloodthirsty assholes and half aren't, why did she think she'd avoid the curse with Joffrey.

Well, Tommen and Myrcella seem okay, which you would think would bring her to the opposite conclusion. I think "think" might be the wrong word for Cersei in this particular instance.

I...I do wish he were written a bit subtler. He takes me out of the story.

I wonder if Joffrey would be more believable for you in the books. He's still exactly the same character, but maybe it would play better with more words? Not that I'm saying you need to read the books, just that they're presenting exactly who the readers are expecting.

Also, I checked on IMDB, and the official name of the character who cuts off Jamie's hand is "Locke", which I find amusing in that they can call him whatever the hell they want, book readers are always going to think of him as Vargo Hoat.

I, for one, am still confused by Theon calling his sister Yara.

Also, I checked on IMDB, and the official name of the character who cuts off Jamie's hand is "Locke", which I find amusing in that they can call him whatever the hell they want, book readers are always going to think of him as Vargo Hoat.

Yeah, I read somewhere "Locke, who has replaced the book's Vargo Hoat" which...ok? Maybe they don't want to deal with introducing the Bloody Mummers, but why bother changing the name of a minor character most TV watchers aren't going to remember by name anyway?

As far as Cercei's misjudgment of Joff goes, I think it mostly boils down to her not being very observant, but also she thought she had at least a few more years of him being a child she could mold into a totally awesome king. She didn't realize that putting a crown on his head at 15 would remove all her parental authority over him.

I, for one, am still confused by Theon calling his sister Yara.

Yeah, I wonder about that too. My guess is they were worried Osha and Asha would be too confusing.

Maybe they don't want to deal with introducing the Bloody Mummers, but why bother changing the name of a minor character most TV watchers aren't going to remember by name anyway?

Right? It's not like they had to worry about watchers getting him confused with that other character "Margo Stoat."

My guess is they were worried Osha and Asha would be too confusing.

That was the stated reason, but I guess nobody at that meeting remembered there's also a character named Arya.

Rewatching this morning, and man, the inside of the Great Sept of Baelor is absolutely gorgeous.

I think it's easy to forget that the only people Cersei has ever really managed to outwit were Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon. And Robert was drunk most of the time.

I think it's easy to forget that the only people Cersei has ever really managed to outwit were Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon. And Robert was drunk most of the time.

And with Ned, I think she just made a lucky bet that his sense of honor was strong enough to completely obliterate any good sense he had. I mean, it's not like Ned was stupid. He was just too damned honorable.

The thing is, Ned only had a couple of options once learning of the news. I don't think he would have survived long regardless.