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Here's an interesting article on the truly alarming Parabolani, one of the inspirations (besides the Dominicans and the 15C Florentine friar Savonarola) for the 'Sparrows'. (If you've ever seen the film Agora, despite some inaccuracies, it shows up the Parabolani and their odious master, Archbishop Cyril ( Read more... )

There have been some interesting noises in the Thrones-verse… A number of cliff-hangers re: the fates of several characters… Some people have been saying it's too depressingly nihilistic and bleak. I don't think it is. For a start, I wouldn't be so sure about writing characters off in a universe with magic, or when we didn't see a final blow ( Read more... )

So, grrm warns us to expect more deaths in Series 5. People who don't die in the books may die on screen. So…
( Some speculations… )

"There must always be a Stark at Winterfell"
"There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm"…
I can't get rid of the notion of Lady Flora Poste arriving at the castle post-war… ( Read more... )

This illustration…
This story…

While enjoying the prospects of Season 5, I'm afraid my mind is playing silly games along potential fic lines for GoT. I hope Lady Stoneheart will be with us again, but I have this delightful notion of her species-modified son also reviving as one of my favourite mediæval mythical critters… That would seriously discombobulate the Freys and

Have been bingeing on Game of Thrones boxed sets with Dad. We are both hooked. Can't help but be highly amused, given that his step-gran was a Mrs Stark, via her first marriage…