3rd Episode of Game of Thrones: "Lord Snow"
Ok. I have learned a few more names, and am beginning to grasp some interfamily ties and follow various plot threads a bit better. Unfortunately, I no longer know what my feelings are doing. At all. This show ate my feelings.
More specific thoughts under the cut. Don't spoil me, as always! <3
Oh show. I tried to resist you. I really really did. But you were just too seductive for me. Not like that tramp Spartacus or that little Merlin girl. You. Are just too appealing. I'll always love Seeker, but she married James Potter and left me behind got canceled, and now my heart beats for you. But my Patronus will always be a doe. Always.
So we open with some Stark stuff, blah blah blah getting to the castle. I am mostly bored by Daddy Stark on his own. I find him much more interesting when he's interacting with one of the other Starks or a Lannister. I did have a moment of YOU CLEVER BITCHES when we find out that the kingdom is beggared to the house of Lannister. I mean, follow the money, amirite? You can say you're king all you want, but he who holds the purse strings holds the throne.
Also the 'Winter is Coming, but my brother isn't' joke was funny. But now, let me take a moment to talk about winter coming.
What does that mean? Is it symbolic? Is it how they measure certain ages? Do they have cycles of monster attacks that they refer to as winter? Or do they live in like... Alaska? Are there years where the sun literally doesn't shine? Are they in Canada? Is Canada what's on the other side of the wall? THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
I really hope that the Wildlings are Canadians. That would just. Be awesome. LOOK OUT. HERE THEY COME.
Now then, we go to Baby Girl Stark whose name I still don't know, and to Older Sister Stark, whose name I have learned is Sansa. And they're both having their issues and whatnot, and here comes Daddy Stark being all HERP DERP. But you know, then he has his convo with Baby Girl Stark, and I can see that he's being really good with her, and what he said to Baby Girl actually helped me to see Sansa in a better light as well. But then Sansa, I think has not quite realized that it's about more than just becoming a queen and standing by her psycho of a prince - the choices she makes now will determine what kind of queen she'll be, and I don't think she wants to be the kind that supports the king whatever he does, not just because he's a psycho, but because she deserves more than that.
But we'll see how she develops.
Now then, moving on to Mommy Lannister and Psycho Prince. Oh. My. God.
She's like. Hypnotizing him. You see these moments of doubt, of where he might have a little humanity going on, and then she just completely squashes it in this way that I just. Lsfslkd. Mama Lannister, you are like some sort of love child of Darken Rahl and Narcissa Malfoy, and I don't know if I'm aroused or horrified.
Probably both.
Yeah. Let's go with both.
You're a warrior like your father. <- Does this mean that Psycho Prince knows that Incest Brother Lannister is probably his father? I mean. She could be talking about The King. I guess he was a warrior before he became a demanding pile of chauvinistic guts determined to die. Hang with me, we'll get to The King in a minute.
Someday you'll sit on the throne, and the truth will be what you make it.
If you don't like her you don't have to see her, if you'd rather fuck painted whores, you'll fuck painted whores - you are my darling boy and the world will be exactly as you want it to be.
Everyone who isn't us in an enemy.
I have not been this incoherent about a scene in a show since the Darken/Jennsen sequences in 1x21 of S1 of LotS. And. That is saying something. What is really interesting here is that she is essentially molding her son to put his future bride in the same situation that she is in. And pretty obviously unhappy about. I mean, she's in love with her brother, ok that would probably be hard anyway, but it's plain the King doesn't love her either and it's just about the political alliance and the bbs. Which. Are probably not even his. So it's just really interesting to see her perpetuating this system through the molding of her own son to be the same way. Also, it's quite apparent that she is incredibly smart. I mean I kind of figured she was devious before, but this. Wow.
And then Psycho goes off on a Psycho tangent about how he wants the Boxes of Orden and it's like. We need The Imp to pop up and do this:
What would be really great, is if we could get something like the Bat Signal set up for the Imp, so that every time Psycho is being psycho, he can just pop up and smack some sense into him. His symbol could be a guy drinking wine while banging a hooker. What? You know it's sexy and the best idea you've heard all day.
Now, before I go on to the Imp, because I have Lots of Things To Say, let me spend a moment on The King and Incest Brother Lannister.
So. The King, I gather, loved Daddy Stark's sister, but she died in some way I don't really know about. So he's married to a woman he doesn't love, into a family he obviously can't stand, and he wenches and drinks, and eats, and is pretty much an all around bastard, and doesn't seem to be a very good king to boot. But there's a sort of desperation, an underlying depression there. I really think he wants to die. The kingdom is beggered, he's without the woman he loves, maybe some part of him knows that his 'children' are double Lannister bbs, and it turns out he's complete crap at ruling a kingdom. He can't just go quietly into that goodnight - so he's killing himself slowly, and waiting until he pisses someone off enough to kill him. He doesn't know it, but he's already dead. So Sayeth Pris. <-But I really don't care. Cause lol. Shut up, Bob.
Now then, Incest Brother. I'm not sure if I love or hate you. I definitely loled when he talked about the War for the Cunt, and then there was this sort of really compelling passion about him, as fucked up as he is. I got goosebumps when he said "Burn them all." But I just have a feeling I can't make a call on him yet. I need to see more. Story of this whole damn show, really. I feel like there's a lot of stuff going on underneath all the pretty though. I just haven't had a chance to see it yet.
Ok, and now before I forget, a sidenote for Mommy Stark. I am pretty neutral about you this episode. I was just kind of like "Oh look at her. Doing stuff. Is she gonna have an affair with that guy? Cause that would be - oh no she's not. Well fine then. Whatever. Stop being all snooty about the whores, noble women aren't much better at this point." <- But I'm not terribly annoyed about that. I guess I should be moved by her relationship with Daddy Stark, but I'm just. Not. They're so vanilla, especially compared to everyone else on the show. And as my stage combat professor always said - A good story is conflict. People don't want to watch a hero win. They want to watch him fight like hell. Right now, the Starks are very stable, and while they would be desirable in real life, they just aren't as interesting as all the other crazy incest savage midget whore horse fuckers running around. <-I dare you to say that five times fast.
OK. NOW. THE IMP.
Gratuitous Gif of the Imp
The Imp is just. Amazing in this. You would totally tap that. You know you would. Don't lie. His wit is just amazing, and he, to me at least, seems to be one of the more honorable characters, despite everything. And he completely owns what he is, and learns about those around him, and I just. *FANGIRLS*
I also love that only he is willing to be straight with so many people, especially the Bastard.
And speaking of The Bastard. Lol, whine moar.
I mean. I'm kind of over him. He's faced with all these people that have it worse than him, and he just continues his self absorbed pity party, until the Pimp Hand of Imp slaps some shit into him. Jon Snow, you are the Edward of Game of Thrones. It's a good thing Winter Is Coming. You'll sparkle less without the sun coming out. (Random sidenote to, man that nurse in Falling Boy's room tells some killer stories. More of her, pls.)
Back to Jon and the Imp though - am I the only one that kind of ships it? I mean. I'm the first to complain about everyone sexualizing friendships without just appreciating the strong friendship, but man, the way Imp is bringing Jonny boy down to Earth, and how Jonny boy is starting to realize it. And then there was that moment, you ~know the one I mean, where The Bastard starts being less of a self righteous prick and helping out his fellow Nightwatchmen, and he looks up, and the Imp is at the window and he ~smiles. I mean. That moment was basically:
And then the Imp is leaving, and he and The Bastard say goodbye and they're all I'MA MISS YOU. I mean.
I mean. The fic basically writes itself. A love so great it crosses class and size boundaries. The Imp may be a dwarf, but he has the heart of a lion (appropriate for a Lannister), and only he can melt the frost surrounding Jon Snow's poor, damaged heart. As for Jonny boy, his remaining innocence reminds the Imp of what it's like to hope and risk, to let someone behind his armor. Their pairing name would be Snonnister, or maybe Snimp, and the fic would be called Back to the Wall.
Like the innuendo there? I thought you might.
Ok. Now. Dany and Savage Horse Man.
I still mega uber ship it. I did watch for Jorah, or Joren, or whatever, I'ma call him Book Man, but he didn't really do a whole lot this episode, and certainly not anything that inspires Dany/Book Man feelings in me. I'm getting more a father/daughter vibe off of it. Sorry, Dany/Book Man fans, maybe next episode.
But OMG YES, Dany is getting fierce. And. Her brother is still a little boy pretending to be a man. If he was smart, he'd realize that he should put his sister on the throne and just hang out being her Pretty Boy Brother. Lol, though, when Dany stopped the horde, and then he flipped his shit and got all bitch whipped for disrespecting the Kahleesi (sp?), I was like THAT'S RIGHT.
And then. Dany is having a Savage Horse Man bb that will probably be a centaur, and I'm kind of squueeeiinngg about it, except I have a feeling it's going to go horribly wrong somehow, and I just.
And then SAVAGE HORSE MAN. OH SAVAGE HORSE MAN. Enough time has passed I guess, that Dany can speak some Savage Horse Manese, and he's all sweet with her, and they're cuddling, and damn he has a deep voice on him, and. SAVAGE HORSE MAN.
And then we finish up with Baby Girl and her sword lesson, and that was pretty fun actually.
In conclusion: Up is down, black is white, good is bad, and the Wildlings are from Canada. This show gives me whiplash and I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. CAPSLOCK.
Also, I probably need some GoT icons, but I'm not quite ready to join comms yet, because it's still early days for me and I don't want to be spoiled. So. Rec me some icons, people! But. No images that will super spoil me.
More specific thoughts under the cut. Don't spoil me, as always! <3
Oh show. I tried to resist you. I really really did. But you were just too seductive for me. Not like that tramp Spartacus or that little Merlin girl. You. Are just too appealing. I'll always love Seeker, but she married James Potter and left me behind got canceled, and now my heart beats for you. But my Patronus will always be a doe. Always.
So we open with some Stark stuff, blah blah blah getting to the castle. I am mostly bored by Daddy Stark on his own. I find him much more interesting when he's interacting with one of the other Starks or a Lannister. I did have a moment of YOU CLEVER BITCHES when we find out that the kingdom is beggared to the house of Lannister. I mean, follow the money, amirite? You can say you're king all you want, but he who holds the purse strings holds the throne.
Also the 'Winter is Coming, but my brother isn't' joke was funny. But now, let me take a moment to talk about winter coming.
What does that mean? Is it symbolic? Is it how they measure certain ages? Do they have cycles of monster attacks that they refer to as winter? Or do they live in like... Alaska? Are there years where the sun literally doesn't shine? Are they in Canada? Is Canada what's on the other side of the wall? THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
I really hope that the Wildlings are Canadians. That would just. Be awesome. LOOK OUT. HERE THEY COME.
Now then, we go to Baby Girl Stark whose name I still don't know, and to Older Sister Stark, whose name I have learned is Sansa. And they're both having their issues and whatnot, and here comes Daddy Stark being all HERP DERP. But you know, then he has his convo with Baby Girl Stark, and I can see that he's being really good with her, and what he said to Baby Girl actually helped me to see Sansa in a better light as well. But then Sansa, I think has not quite realized that it's about more than just becoming a queen and standing by her psycho of a prince - the choices she makes now will determine what kind of queen she'll be, and I don't think she wants to be the kind that supports the king whatever he does, not just because he's a psycho, but because she deserves more than that.
But we'll see how she develops.
Now then, moving on to Mommy Lannister and Psycho Prince. Oh. My. God.
She's like. Hypnotizing him. You see these moments of doubt, of where he might have a little humanity going on, and then she just completely squashes it in this way that I just. Lsfslkd. Mama Lannister, you are like some sort of love child of Darken Rahl and Narcissa Malfoy, and I don't know if I'm aroused or horrified.
Probably both.
Yeah. Let's go with both.
You're a warrior like your father. <- Does this mean that Psycho Prince knows that Incest Brother Lannister is probably his father? I mean. She could be talking about The King. I guess he was a warrior before he became a demanding pile of chauvinistic guts determined to die. Hang with me, we'll get to The King in a minute.
Someday you'll sit on the throne, and the truth will be what you make it.
If you don't like her you don't have to see her, if you'd rather fuck painted whores, you'll fuck painted whores - you are my darling boy and the world will be exactly as you want it to be.
Everyone who isn't us in an enemy.
I have not been this incoherent about a scene in a show since the Darken/Jennsen sequences in 1x21 of S1 of LotS. And. That is saying something. What is really interesting here is that she is essentially molding her son to put his future bride in the same situation that she is in. And pretty obviously unhappy about. I mean, she's in love with her brother, ok that would probably be hard anyway, but it's plain the King doesn't love her either and it's just about the political alliance and the bbs. Which. Are probably not even his. So it's just really interesting to see her perpetuating this system through the molding of her own son to be the same way. Also, it's quite apparent that she is incredibly smart. I mean I kind of figured she was devious before, but this. Wow.
And then Psycho goes off on a Psycho tangent about how he wants the Boxes of Orden and it's like. We need The Imp to pop up and do this:
What would be really great, is if we could get something like the Bat Signal set up for the Imp, so that every time Psycho is being psycho, he can just pop up and smack some sense into him. His symbol could be a guy drinking wine while banging a hooker. What? You know it's sexy and the best idea you've heard all day.
Now, before I go on to the Imp, because I have Lots of Things To Say, let me spend a moment on The King and Incest Brother Lannister.
So. The King, I gather, loved Daddy Stark's sister, but she died in some way I don't really know about. So he's married to a woman he doesn't love, into a family he obviously can't stand, and he wenches and drinks, and eats, and is pretty much an all around bastard, and doesn't seem to be a very good king to boot. But there's a sort of desperation, an underlying depression there. I really think he wants to die. The kingdom is beggered, he's without the woman he loves, maybe some part of him knows that his 'children' are double Lannister bbs, and it turns out he's complete crap at ruling a kingdom. He can't just go quietly into that goodnight - so he's killing himself slowly, and waiting until he pisses someone off enough to kill him. He doesn't know it, but he's already dead. So Sayeth Pris. <-But I really don't care. Cause lol. Shut up, Bob.
Now then, Incest Brother. I'm not sure if I love or hate you. I definitely loled when he talked about the War for the Cunt, and then there was this sort of really compelling passion about him, as fucked up as he is. I got goosebumps when he said "Burn them all." But I just have a feeling I can't make a call on him yet. I need to see more. Story of this whole damn show, really. I feel like there's a lot of stuff going on underneath all the pretty though. I just haven't had a chance to see it yet.
Ok, and now before I forget, a sidenote for Mommy Stark. I am pretty neutral about you this episode. I was just kind of like "Oh look at her. Doing stuff. Is she gonna have an affair with that guy? Cause that would be - oh no she's not. Well fine then. Whatever. Stop being all snooty about the whores, noble women aren't much better at this point." <- But I'm not terribly annoyed about that. I guess I should be moved by her relationship with Daddy Stark, but I'm just. Not. They're so vanilla, especially compared to everyone else on the show. And as my stage combat professor always said - A good story is conflict. People don't want to watch a hero win. They want to watch him fight like hell. Right now, the Starks are very stable, and while they would be desirable in real life, they just aren't as interesting as all the other crazy incest savage midget whore horse fuckers running around. <-I dare you to say that five times fast.
OK. NOW. THE IMP.
Gratuitous Gif of the Imp
The Imp is just. Amazing in this. You would totally tap that. You know you would. Don't lie. His wit is just amazing, and he, to me at least, seems to be one of the more honorable characters, despite everything. And he completely owns what he is, and learns about those around him, and I just. *FANGIRLS*
I also love that only he is willing to be straight with so many people, especially the Bastard.
And speaking of The Bastard. Lol, whine moar.
I mean. I'm kind of over him. He's faced with all these people that have it worse than him, and he just continues his self absorbed pity party, until the Pimp Hand of Imp slaps some shit into him. Jon Snow, you are the Edward of Game of Thrones. It's a good thing Winter Is Coming. You'll sparkle less without the sun coming out. (Random sidenote to, man that nurse in Falling Boy's room tells some killer stories. More of her, pls.)
Back to Jon and the Imp though - am I the only one that kind of ships it? I mean. I'm the first to complain about everyone sexualizing friendships without just appreciating the strong friendship, but man, the way Imp is bringing Jonny boy down to Earth, and how Jonny boy is starting to realize it. And then there was that moment, you ~know the one I mean, where The Bastard starts being less of a self righteous prick and helping out his fellow Nightwatchmen, and he looks up, and the Imp is at the window and he ~smiles. I mean. That moment was basically:
And then the Imp is leaving, and he and The Bastard say goodbye and they're all I'MA MISS YOU. I mean.
I mean. The fic basically writes itself. A love so great it crosses class and size boundaries. The Imp may be a dwarf, but he has the heart of a lion (appropriate for a Lannister), and only he can melt the frost surrounding Jon Snow's poor, damaged heart. As for Jonny boy, his remaining innocence reminds the Imp of what it's like to hope and risk, to let someone behind his armor. Their pairing name would be Snonnister, or maybe Snimp, and the fic would be called Back to the Wall.
Like the innuendo there? I thought you might.
Ok. Now. Dany and Savage Horse Man.
I still mega uber ship it. I did watch for Jorah, or Joren, or whatever, I'ma call him Book Man, but he didn't really do a whole lot this episode, and certainly not anything that inspires Dany/Book Man feelings in me. I'm getting more a father/daughter vibe off of it. Sorry, Dany/Book Man fans, maybe next episode.
But OMG YES, Dany is getting fierce. And. Her brother is still a little boy pretending to be a man. If he was smart, he'd realize that he should put his sister on the throne and just hang out being her Pretty Boy Brother. Lol, though, when Dany stopped the horde, and then he flipped his shit and got all bitch whipped for disrespecting the Kahleesi (sp?), I was like THAT'S RIGHT.
And then. Dany is having a Savage Horse Man bb that will probably be a centaur, and I'm kind of squueeeiinngg about it, except I have a feeling it's going to go horribly wrong somehow, and I just.
And then SAVAGE HORSE MAN. OH SAVAGE HORSE MAN. Enough time has passed I guess, that Dany can speak some Savage Horse Manese, and he's all sweet with her, and they're cuddling, and damn he has a deep voice on him, and. SAVAGE HORSE MAN.
And then we finish up with Baby Girl and her sword lesson, and that was pretty fun actually.
In conclusion: Up is down, black is white, good is bad, and the Wildlings are from Canada. This show gives me whiplash and I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. CAPSLOCK.
Also, I probably need some GoT icons, but I'm not quite ready to join comms yet, because it's still early days for me and I don't want to be spoiled. So. Rec me some icons, people! But. No images that will super spoil me.