Oh, intriguing. I've wanted more story for Gendry for some time now, and it's nice to know that someone at least knows who he is... not that I suspect it's going to be all that nice for him.
The Meera/Osha fight was great even without that background, so I can imagine what it must be like for someone who's read the book. "Are you going to punch the rabbits to death?"
I'm taking Melisandra a lot more seriously now than I did before. Whoever that god is, it clearly grants its followers very real power that's not limited to just her personal magic. I'm wondering if we were supposed to think she was genuinely shaken by what she saw, or if she's just playing it up to impress.
I also shocked myself at actually feeling sorry for Ros. What a bad way to go. Ughh!
Yeah, there were quite a few arrows that wouldn't have killed her outright, weren't there? Ewww. (And intriguing parallel between Joffrey and Arya.)
And I agree about Sansa, though I can't help but think that they've pulled her back a bit - she seemed on her way to becoming a lot more savvy in s2 than she is now. Ickiness notwithstanding, I'm looking forward to seeing her and Tyrion interacting more - I wouldn't expect Tyrion to forget that she's a Stark, but at least he's a not-actively-malicious person and has never shown her anything but respect, and he's not afraid of being frank. We'll see.
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Date: 2013-05-06 07:28 pm (UTC)The Meera/Osha fight was great even without that background, so I can imagine what it must be like for someone who's read the book. "Are you going to punch the rabbits to death?"
I'm taking Melisandra a lot more seriously now than I did before. Whoever that god is, it clearly grants its followers very real power that's not limited to just her personal magic. I'm wondering if we were supposed to think she was genuinely shaken by what she saw, or if she's just playing it up to impress.
I also shocked myself at actually feeling sorry for Ros. What a bad way to go. Ughh!
Yeah, there were quite a few arrows that wouldn't have killed her outright, weren't there? Ewww. (And intriguing parallel between Joffrey and Arya.)
And I agree about Sansa, though I can't help but think that they've pulled her back a bit - she seemed on her way to becoming a lot more savvy in s2 than she is now. Ickiness notwithstanding, I'm looking forward to seeing her and Tyrion interacting more - I wouldn't expect Tyrion to forget that she's a Stark, but at least he's a not-actively-malicious person and has never shown her anything but respect, and he's not afraid of being frank. We'll see.