tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post6779742683186542302..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Game of Thrones 4.10: The ChildrenNikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-15430399175739468802014-06-26T17:03:05.931-04:002014-06-26T17:03:05.931-04:00Great recap and love the comments! I seldom commen...Great recap and love the comments! I seldom comment, too, but visit the site regularly. You guys are S-M-R-T. I am a humble fan.<br /><br />I had a non-book reader thought: could Melisandre be Jon's mother? Perhaps she is TOO young? The Red Woman seems to prefer the kingly high borns. Maybe she loved ole Ned too? Just a silly thought.<br /><br />I'm a little sad there is no random spam on the comments yet. What happened to Sophie? Did she get her Suv? Is it driving ok? ;-)<br /><br />Can't wait until season 6!<br /><br />-Lilypad MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-89895521765711428142014-06-19T22:48:46.055-04:002014-06-19T22:48:46.055-04:00Hey, all! Like Sooze, I would always read but not ...Hey, all! Like Sooze, I would always read but not comment for two particular reasons. First of all, I have an absolute horror of bumbling and accidentally spoiling people, like so: “I thought XXXX was supposed to XXXXX when they went to the XXXXXXXXXX.” And the second reason has to do with my oft-repeated chorus of “I completely forgot that!” You’ve all heard enough of that from me. I’m currently on my second reading of the books, nearing the end of “A Clash of Kings”. I don’t know if I’ll be in a better position to weigh in on the discussions of S5 next year, but I’ll add my vote to the “Don’t Change a Thing” ticket. I’ve enjoyed the heck out of your epic discussions, and never once thought they were too long.<br /><br />And thanks, Batty, for the delicious and nutritious video link!Marebabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-11670916696216241502014-06-19T21:04:55.307-04:002014-06-19T21:04:55.307-04:00Ha!
And this is why I will forever adore you :DHa!<br /><br />And this is why I will forever adore you :DJoan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-6608322040760392022014-06-19T18:26:51.338-04:002014-06-19T18:26:51.338-04:00@Batcabbage: // You know, 'cause of patricide ...<br>@Batcabbage: <i>// You know, 'cause of patricide and hookers! //</i><br /><br />I'm just glad that the Hound never did all those things to Sansa he said he should've done when he was trying to goad Arya into ending it. Even for this show, I think the Red Bedding would've been too much.<br /><br />@Joanie: <i>// my fantasy just got a whole lot more complex... and nutritious //</i><br /><br />Thanks. I just hit the recommended daily allowance of throwing up in my mouth.<br /><br />I love that you call him "Sandor".<br /><br />@Joanie: <i>// Except he stopped writing fawning letters to them when he was a teenager... //</i><br /><br />I stopped writing letters to comics in college — when I started getting <i>paid</i> to write about comics. Don't knock it.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-67066571357805971512014-06-19T18:08:36.202-04:002014-06-19T18:08:36.202-04:00Batcabbage-
THAT'S the Hound?!?!?!? Holy cow...Batcabbage-<br /><br />THAT'S the Hound?!?!?!? Holy cow, he's quite handsome!<br /><br />Don't shorten your recaps/reviews guys, they are great just the way they are!<br /><br />I hardly comment, but always read!Soozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978234874807444924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-9042618340162413192014-06-19T09:37:53.139-04:002014-06-19T09:37:53.139-04:00@Blam - Turns out GRRM is a big comic nerd, like y...@Blam - Turns out GRRM is a big comic nerd, like you!<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/george-rr-martin-letter-to-marvel-2014-6<br /><br />Except he stopped writing fawning letters to them when he was a teenager...Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-14902941401581786652014-06-19T09:34:05.598-04:002014-06-19T09:34:05.598-04:00I was a little surprised that Arya didn't kill...I was a little surprised that Arya didn't kill Sandor, not because I thought it would fit her character at this point, but because before she had something along the lines of "I am going to push a sword through your eyeball and out the back of your skull" to him earlier. And we all know GRRM cares more about the "Aha! She said she would and by God, she did!" reaction than he does people's feelings. <br /><br />I read her robbing him and leaving him to die not as cruelty or coldness but as stone-cold compassion. Kinda like when Sandor slapped her. I think Arya learned from Sandor not to let softness nor cruelty get the best of you. Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-91702804883263086992014-06-19T08:13:05.762-04:002014-06-19T08:13:05.762-04:00@Blam - Like all children who act out, I'm jus...@Blam - Like all children who act out, I'm just happy to have attention!<br /><br />@Batcabbage - Oh man! I just want to climb him. Thanks for the link; my fantasy just got a whole lot more complex... and nutritious!Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-80020368560083018362014-06-19T07:06:56.089-04:002014-06-19T07:06:56.089-04:00@Joanie again: Matter of fact, screw googling it ...@Joanie again: Matter of fact, screw googling it - just copy and paste this link:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oCGk_k_lQm4<br /><br />I warn you, though. You may start craving porridge. Or something.Batcabbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609077644806458692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-56977275694053770742014-06-19T07:03:35.290-04:002014-06-19T07:03:35.290-04:00@ Blam: I don't watch The Mentalist, but if t...@ Blam: <i>I don't watch The Mentalist, but if the Starks' slaughter at Walder Frey's is known as the Red Wedding then I think we can refer to Tywin's privy here as the Red John.</i><br /><br />Well, I <i>do</i> watch The Mentalist and all I can say to that is HA! BRILLIANT! Also, Tyrion could be the Red John! You know, 'cause of patricide and hookers! Johns? No? Ok.<br /><br />@Joanie: If the Hound is your fantasy husband, you might want to google a vid of a porridge ad that he did several years ago. You might be.... intrigued... by it. :)Batcabbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609077644806458692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-27550714973974769652014-06-18T20:57:58.399-04:002014-06-18T20:57:58.399-04:00I meant Tywin but for some reason Google plus chan...I meant Tywin but for some reason Google plus changed it to Tyson.Cairistiona60https://www.blogger.com/profile/03576431917084121191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-82726356093459282572014-06-18T20:55:52.692-04:002014-06-18T20:55:52.692-04:00Tyson was a pretty crappy father. He treated Tyrio...Tyson was a pretty crappy father. He treated Tyrion like shit. He was an asshole. Is that enough toilet humour?Cairistiona60https://www.blogger.com/profile/03576431917084121191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-34262204133174155062014-06-18T18:07:30.316-04:002014-06-18T18:07:30.316-04:00Sorry… "Lannister" should be "Barat...Sorry… "Lannister" should be "Baratheon".Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-26359442084757173402014-06-18T18:06:37.866-04:002014-06-18T18:06:37.866-04:00It just occurred to me that the race is on in the ...<br>It just occurred to me that the race is on in the "Lannister" family for another heir since they've already had to move to the spare. Either Cersei gets knocked up by Jaime again so Tommen has a baby brother or Margaery ramps up her midnight visits to the boy king's bedchamber.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-1352590698220720342014-06-18T18:05:57.254-04:002014-06-18T18:05:57.254-04:00A few thoughts on another subject, prompted by a p...<br>A few thoughts on another subject, prompted by a post <a href="http://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2014/06/game-of-thrones-4x10-children.html" rel="nofollow">over at Teebore's</a>, where his blog-partner recaps the series:<br /><br />Y'know, I respect the whole "free folk" thing of not having a king, sharing food and drink and tents and lovers, and generally being a bunch of snowbound hippies — hippies who are really, really good at killing people — but maybe some kind of state visit by Mance Rayder to Castle Black, asking for parley with representatives of the Seven Kingdoms, might've been the way to go before slaughtering whole villages. I get that there's distrust between the "wildlings" and the "crows" that goes back generations, tales of nearly (?) mythical proportions that have them considering one another subhuman. It's just that I figure a truce in return for safe passage seems like the kind of thing you should open with before there are hostilities to end in the first place.<br /><br />People who've read Martin's books and short stories, which I gather have lots of historical and contextual information on the world of <i>Ice and Fire</i>, may well have a list of reasons why that would never have worked. As may people who have better memories of <i>Game of Thrones</i> than I; As may people who possess better memories of Game of Thrones than I; honestly, since I have yet to rewatch any of it, I know there are running threads and big-picture connections that I miss. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-20619630388291590032014-06-18T14:15:02.783-04:002014-06-18T14:15:02.783-04:00@Nikki: // wouldn't give a shit //
Ha!
I don...<br>@Nikki: <i>// wouldn't give a shit //</i><br /><br />Ha!<br /><br />I don't watch <i>The Mentalist</i>, but if the Starks' slaughter at Walder Frey's is known as the Red Wedding then I think we can refer to Tywin's privy here as the Red John.<br /><br />@Christopher: <i>// the elderly tutor, he avows, has grown to love the children he teaches and the family that owned him. //</i><br /><br />I'm not sure I'd consider that Stockholm syndrome. From what he said he had a genuine bond with the children and was doing something to better them as well as drawing a sense of purpose or self-worth in doing it. Of course there are parallels to the limited options freed slaves had after emancipation in the United States, and yes the issue overall is a thorny one to say the absolute least, but if part of the problem of this new paradigm is what is to be done with or by the former slaves it doesn't make sense to entirely rule out renegotiating "owner/owned" into "employer/employee" on a situational basis.<br /><br />@Nikki: <i>// Was anyone else thinking Ray Harryhausen in that moment? //</i><br /><br />You couldn't <i>not</i>. It's always fun — and something of a surprise — when <i>Thrones</i> indulges in all-out fantasy, since the supernatural is rather kept in the background most of the time or made very earthily physical, like the dragons and giants and mammoths, rather than spellcasting and whatnot.<br /><br />@Nikki: <i>// I loved last week’s battle, but frankly I think the throw-down this week between the Hound and Brienne was FAR more fun to watch. //</i><br /><br />Totally... In fact, I had virtually that same thought jotted down in my notes, except that it was so visceral, felt so real, that I'd probably consider it more exciting or heart-pounding than flat-out fun.<br /><br />Arya not going with Brienne was utterly disappointing from our perspective, because we know the complicated truth behind the blunt facts that the Hound elicited and how awesome a pairing they would make. Her playing the coin and getting passage on a ship to Braavos, however, was quite an awesome little consolation prize. I've been wanting to see more of the place and it looks like with a few different characters headed there we'll get just that next season. <br /><br />@Joan: <i>// It was all very emotionally tiring. //</i><br /><br />Now you know how we feel about you.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-73707489613122791362014-06-18T10:02:33.812-04:002014-06-18T10:02:33.812-04:00I agree that the length of the posts do not bother...I agree that the length of the posts do not bother me. Heck, I read GRRM books, so lots of words don't scare me! I love the watcher and reader perspectives. Chris does a wonderful job of pulling in the info and loved his "accounting" about where all the characters are in the books. I am planning on reading Dragons this summer.<br /><br />For me, watching Arya with the wounded Hound, I felt she was more detached, not cruel. I think she was considering the Hounds request but didn't want that action to haunt her. And she didn't fall for his trick of trying to make her angry and do it. I felt like it was her inner conflict between all the terrible things he had done along with her scratching a name off her prayer list and her not wanting this blood on her hands. I was thinking about every thing he taught her about survival on the road and, even though it was for money, trying to reunite her with her family. After they found out Lysa was dead, he could have killed her and been done with her. But they did form a bond. And it was up to Arya about how she wanted to break it and move on. She is no longer the young, naive girl that was in Kings Landing before all the kerfuffle.<br /><br />Thanks again for the great recaps!Kikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-19854081087560503612014-06-18T09:00:19.397-04:002014-06-18T09:00:19.397-04:00Nikki and Chris,
I sure hope you two don't fe...Nikki and Chris,<br /><br />I sure hope you two don't feel like you need to write shorter posts next season. I love yours the way they are! This site is by far my favorite when it comes to reading about Game of Thrones each week.<br /><br />I thought the finale was great and can't wait until next season. I fear that Tyrion won't be the man we have all come to love after this, though. Murdering Shae in particular, had to change him a lot. Maybe he and Arya will meet up and be able to "heal" each other in some way. They both need something positive in their lives.<br /><br />Loved your potty jokes!Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-87521472429261268352014-06-18T08:24:37.239-04:002014-06-18T08:24:37.239-04:00During the fight between my fantasy husband and fa...During the fight between my fantasy husband and fantasy wife, my real life husband kept saying "Pick a side! You must pick a side!". It was all very emotionally tiring. <br /><br />Thanks for these recaps, guys! I will be back later!Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-52802753479230255932014-06-18T00:48:12.604-04:002014-06-18T00:48:12.604-04:00Tim: Tim the Enchanter, hahahahahaha!! "Some ...Tim: Tim the Enchanter, hahahahahaha!! "Some people call me.... Tim?" <br /><br />And oh dammit, you just reminded me of one question I meant to ask Chris in the post. If you're reading this, Chris, without any spoilers obviously, should we have noticed that strange look between Melisandre and Jon? I found it unsettling, too. <br /><br />kkindler: Agreed on Dany chaining the two dragons and what will happen should they ever get free. Like cats, I don't think dragons forgive very easily. ;) Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-25683724992479196342014-06-17T23:26:42.388-04:002014-06-17T23:26:42.388-04:00I so agree with you, Jazzygirl! Despite how horri...I so agree with you, Jazzygirl! Despite how horribly Tyrion was treated by his father, Cersei, most people in Westeros, and even his brother at times, he takes so much pride in being a Lannister. If only Tyrion had left with Shae when she asked him to run away with her. Tyrion refused, "I'm a Lannister, I don't have a choice in the matter"he said. Now that Tyrion no longer has the positional authority associated the Lannister name, I hope he doesn't end up performing for children as some sort of jester, as he feared.<br /><br />Another thing: What good is it for Dany to chain the two dragons? If past behavior is any indication, the dragons can burn/fire breathe through those chains. Then they'll really express their displeasure!<br /><br />Thank you Nikki and Chris for all of your wonderful comments!kkindlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-82687909221843643632014-06-17T22:20:34.547-04:002014-06-17T22:20:34.547-04:00Damn phone! I've noticed they serve as reminde...Damn phone! I've noticed they serve as reminder of certain things because it will crop up in this new episode. They showed Stannis then so I knew he'd show up somewhere. I think in the future I'm going to try to not watch those. How, I'm not sure...but they are almost spoilers. <br />And lastly, Tyrion...wow...I kept saying "THIS is what it looks like when someone truly snaps" I feel so bad for him. Now what? Where will he go? Without the power of his family name and money, what will happen? Jazzygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451286913250300082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-48864634150393113602014-06-17T22:15:16.358-04:002014-06-17T22:15:16.358-04:00Argh my comment posted before I was done. Anyway, ...Argh my comment posted before I was done. Anyway, the way she was looking at him almost lends itself to the fan rumors that Jon is a Targaryen and therefore the rightful King. <br />Very confused by the Bran story...and if that's at the end of what's been written in the books, hopefully they don't do book spoilers next season. <br />I have to say, because I can't trust GRRM at ALL, in every scene, I found myself saying "OMG is ___ going to die?!" I was so afraid for Brienne. But that was definitely a cheering scene if ever there was one. Yeeaahhh!! Go, go, go!!! Lol<br />So was I surprised by Stannis? Yes...and no. And the n is due to the "previously on GoT" at the beginning. I've noticed that they will Jazzygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451286913250300082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-36816731723363800422014-06-17T22:09:26.825-04:002014-06-17T22:09:26.825-04:00Thank you, Nikki and Chris, for all your hard work...Thank you, Nikki and Chris, for all your hard work. Please don't make the posts shorter!! Lol<br />I wanted to second the above comment about MelisandreJazzygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451286913250300082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-28160901216705286952014-06-17T20:48:08.332-04:002014-06-17T20:48:08.332-04:00What a great finale - thanks for doing these revie...What a great finale - thanks for doing these reviews for us all season! <br /><br />First off I totally didn't expect Bran to be saved by the mini-Tim the Enchanter there and his fire tricks. I had to wonder where the death-rabbit (with big pointy teeth) and Brother Maynard with the Holy Hand-Grenade of Antioch were. At least the showrunners were smart enough to severely condense his story. I hope the same happens with Arya next season.<br /><br />I can't wait to see Cersei and Margery try and run Westeros. Should be great fun.<br /><br />Also - was Melisandre already thinking of burning Jon Snow? She works fast.<br /><br />On a side note - damn Nikki you take a lot of sweet vacations! Much more than we can afford on our teacher & fireman salaries! We're officially jealous! :)<br /><br /> -Tim AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com