Oh yes. Come to think of it, between his psycho behaviour and the fact that we now know (or think we know) that it wasn't his mother who ordered Tyrion killed, there's a certain Norman Bates-ness to Joffrey.
If we find out that Margaery stole a bunch of money from Renly before his death, I will be *very* afraid for her....
Hmmm. Good point. That would be the kind of thing he'd do - he's nothing if not convinced of his own cleverness.
Time to break out that "NO I INCEST" image from your last meta, I think.
Between that and Bolton shamelessly teasing Jaime about Cersei's current position in the last episode, I'm really liking Roose Bolton. If they're going to make Jaime a more sympathetic character, they're going to have to give him a good antagonist, and I think they've found him.
Agreed. Speaking of Jaime, I thought Jaime's scene with Brienne in the last episode was fantastic -- and yet on some level I couldn't help adding "...and then I pushed his kid out a window!" to the end of his monologue about how hard it is to be judged by Ned. Granted, they are not exactly about the same thing, but still. They are doing a good job over with Theon of making clear exactly how pathetic "...but people made fun of me! it's not fair!" is an argument (direct or indirect) for being willing to hurt (killing, in Theon's case) kids, so I hope with Jaime they don't forget the introduction to the character.
ETA: It is an open question whether it really was Joffrey-not-Cersei who tried to have Tyrion killed. I'm a little skeptical. I think probably it won't "turn out" to be Cersei again at this point -- it'd feel a little pointless to continue doing those reversals. But I'm not entirely certain that Joffrey really *is* the only person who could give that order; surely King's Guard people are a little more bribable than all that. Joffrey certainly wouldn't object morally to killing his uncle, but somehow I feel like that answer is just a bit too pat; and on some level I think that Joffrey would just let the matter drop after one attempted killing. On some level, I even feel like maybe someone engineered for a King's Guard to "almost" kill Tyrion and for another dude to stop him, for some reason. I haven't really thought this through at all [and I am unspoiled by the books, in case it isn't clear]. But despite Tyrion's speech about only Joffrey being stupid and unsubtle enough to have his own King's Guard try to kill Tyrion in the mids of battle, even *that* seems a little too subtle for Joffrey. Hm....
In general, I do like the show -- but there are some plots which bore me (remember, Robb spelled backward is Bbor!) right now and I am not sure if it's because I'm not paying close enough attention to catch the nuances or the show isn't meeting me halfway.
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If we find out that Margaery stole a bunch of money from Renly before his death, I will be *very* afraid for her....
Hmmm. Good point. That would be the kind of thing he'd do - he's nothing if not convinced of his own cleverness.
Time to break out that "NO I INCEST" image from your last meta, I think.
Between that and Bolton shamelessly teasing Jaime about Cersei's current position in the last episode, I'm really liking Roose Bolton. If they're going to make Jaime a more sympathetic character, they're going to have to give him a good antagonist, and I think they've found him.
Agreed. Speaking of Jaime, I thought Jaime's scene with Brienne in the last episode was fantastic -- and yet on some level I couldn't help adding "...and then I pushed his kid out a window!" to the end of his monologue about how hard it is to be judged by Ned. Granted, they are not exactly about the same thing, but still. They are doing a good job over with Theon of making clear exactly how pathetic "...but people made fun of me! it's not fair!" is an argument (direct or indirect) for being willing to hurt (killing, in Theon's case) kids, so I hope with Jaime they don't forget the introduction to the character.
ETA: It is an open question whether it really was Joffrey-not-Cersei who tried to have Tyrion killed. I'm a little skeptical. I think probably it won't "turn out" to be Cersei again at this point -- it'd feel a little pointless to continue doing those reversals. But I'm not entirely certain that Joffrey really *is* the only person who could give that order; surely King's Guard people are a little more bribable than all that. Joffrey certainly wouldn't object morally to killing his uncle, but somehow I feel like that answer is just a bit too pat; and on some level I think that Joffrey would just let the matter drop after one attempted killing. On some level, I even feel like maybe someone engineered for a King's Guard to "almost" kill Tyrion and for another dude to stop him, for some reason. I haven't really thought this through at all [and I am unspoiled by the books, in case it isn't clear]. But despite Tyrion's speech about only Joffrey being stupid and unsubtle enough to have his own King's Guard try to kill Tyrion in the mids of battle, even *that* seems a little too subtle for Joffrey. Hm....
In general, I do like the show -- but there are some plots which bore me (remember, Robb spelled backward is Bbor!) right now and I am not sure if it's because I'm not paying close enough attention to catch the nuances or the show isn't meeting me halfway.