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[Sheb]

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Yeah, I can understand that. I actually didn't like the Dornishmen in the book that much. It just felt too much like GRRM was "Well, I killed everyone of interest, better add a new batch of characters".

Maybe too many new characters at once, maybe because it felt wrong how Dorne apparently sat out the whole war of the Five Kings to suddenly become a major plot center...

[aenri]

Nice episode, sexy blue eyes everywhere.

[zombat]

What episode was the black watch mutiny and them killing the Lord Commander?

I really can't single out from all the other back stabbing and murder in Season 3

[Yoink]

I can't remember the exact episode, but god-damn that was satisfying. The Lord Commander deserved everything he got.

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Of course, now the mutineers are somewhat less relatable, thanks to how they're treating Craster's wives... but then again Craster treated them horribly to begin with. Still, hoping Jon gets his posse over there quickly before anything too horrible happens to Bran and company... especially Meera and poor Hodor.

[Sheb]

Why do you think Mormont was that bad?

[Yoink]

He was happily throwing away the lives of his starving soldiers whilst a fat, drunken wildling mocked them, all out of some dumb sense of duty. The moment where they knifed the two of them has to be one of my favourite moments of the series- pretty sure I cheered aloud.

[Xantalos]

That was because he was their only source of food and shelter north of the Wall for miles and Craster knew it. He was forced to put up with him, otherwise they'd have been kicked out and they'd all die.

[Yoink]

...Hence the stabbing Craster part? A quite elegant solution to the problem, in my opinion.
I would have left out the whole "cruelly raping his countless inbred wives who have already suffered more than enough" part, but up until that part they had the right idea. Also now they're tormenting Hodor- the fuckers better die for that.

[Xantalos]

Guest right.

[Yoink]

Well, that's the "dumb sense of duty" part I mentioned. I guess you could describe it as honour if you wanted... *shrug*

[Willfor]

Guest Right is actually a pretty important concept in the whole world, and probably one of the only overarcing themes of justice that prevail inside the universe of ASoIaF. If you see a character betray guest right in the series, you will see that character get theirs. It's more blatant in the books, but you can see it in the TV show in a more toned down way as the series progresses. It's not a meaningless honor, even though it's extremely inconvenient at times.

[Sheb]

Also, he had used Craster for a long time and was dependent on him not only for food, but for intel too. Killing him would have deprived him of that.

[Yoink]

Well, the Guest Right concept seems incredibly stupid to me when taken to such extremes.
And I think the lives of your soldiers are a tad more important than the promise of probably-false intel from some wildling, especially when Castle Black was already so shorthanded...

[Loud Whispers]

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Stellar episode. My fears of the rape scene were allayed, the director did for all intents and purposes wish for the scene to end consensual and let's just pretend that scene was as long as the book.
Brienne and Pod are at this point minor POV characters, but I still love all of their scenes. Pod's overeagreness is just great, he really is the best squire.
Dany's ark I feel was lacking, as we had grey worm's great set up for a KILL DA MASTA BURN DA HARPY moment and all we got was a kinda underwhelming street murder. Are we to assume the slaves unilaterally joined the emancipation bandwagon? None were attached to their masters? None as ambitious as Varys? None as obediant as the Unsullied?
This just seems underwhelming AND SPOILER SPOILERS AHEAD

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I also got the impression that the sons of the harpy had popular reactionary support, as there'd be no other way they'd survive. At least show the revolting slaves open the gates for the Unsullied army.
Probably a budget thing.

Moving back to the episode

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It's about time GOT got seductio  done awesomely - Margaery never once has to uase power of tits. She just walks in and wins Tommen over like a cannon!
Poison confirmed conspired by action Granny and Goatbeard. Sansa's not a killeryet, but give her some time.
Whitewalker Satan. Pretty certain that was Whitewalker Satan.
I find it funnier than I should that Craster's keep is a human farm.

In regards to he Dornish, I know why love them. They alone stood up to the Targaeryans, you'd expect them to be more dour than Stormlanders and Northerners. Instead they're chronically obsessed with enjoying the spices of life.
They also are fond of adding peppers and chillis to food.
They have taste.
In regards to Dorne sitting our the war of five Kings, that's not really an issue. Five kings, seven Kingdoms, it makes sense that Dorne and the Vale sit it out. One is ruled by a patient leader, the other isolationist.

On the topic of guest right, it is extreme. In ancient Greece xenia was he domain of Zeus. Fuck with guest right you fuck with divine power beyond power. This sentiment carries. Remember Bran talking about the rat cook or whatever his name is?
Bran rather terrifyingly mocks the reeds for thinking the gods punished him for killing a man's kids and feeding it to him. He is punished for breaking guest right.
It is more taboo than kingslaying.

[Yoink]

So, weddings, rude/unwanted guests... anything else George R. R. Martin has an intense dislike or hatred of?