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jlvsclrk May 22 2012, 05:48:19 UTC
This is definitely going to get good!

I share your frustration at Clara Barton blocking our view of Robb. Why oh why when HBO gives us full frontal male nudity is it Hodor and not the King of the North?

Wasn't Mama Stark spectacularly stupid (again). Her kidnapping Tyrion sparked the war, releasing him from the Eyrie threw away some key leverage when Ned's life was on the line, and now, she sets Jaime free in the forlorn hope of getting her daughter back. What an absolute dimwit. I wanted to strangle her.

BTW, King Four is Theon's dad, whatzhisname of the Iron Islands. Not much of a king but there you go. King Five??? I'm thinking they're still counting back to Renly. There's also Mance Rayner (sp?), King Beyond the Wall, who Jon should be meeting soon. But the southerners don't count him - too busy with civil war to see the real danger.

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chatchien May 22 2012, 15:11:23 UTC
Why oh why when HBO gives us full frontal male nudity is it Hodor and not the King of the North?

So true. And this is why Jon Snow's story can get a little dull at times. We know that he is not about to strip down anytime soon when it is so cold in the North.

Wasn't Mama Stark spectacularly stupid (again).

I really don't see any rational for what she did. When we left her with a drawn sword in her hand with Brienne and Jamie in the cage, I thought that Jamie was going to be missing a testicle or a foot of his intestine. Instead, Mama Stark sends the pair on a river kayaking trip. I know that Jamie needed a bath, but a cruise too?

What is Theon's dad's claim to the throne? Is he some sort of Baratheon (there is that "theon" in his son's name)? Is he claiming the Iron Throne because he is an Ironborn? Or is he just claiming the North? Why would he jump in contention for it?

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jlvsclrk May 22 2012, 15:20:29 UTC
The Iron Islanders philosophy is basically take what you can get. Might is right. They always resented having to concede to the Targs, and had scant respect for the Baratheons against whom they rebelled. With the kingdom in free-for-all, they saw their chance to resurrect their claim to kingship of the island and west coast. from their POV, Theon's mistake wasn't attacking Robb, it was going after a prize too far inland to be defended.

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