koalathebear: I can probably rationalise her reasons for not telling Jon Snow about the Knights of the Vale but I don’t understand why she would be feeling ‘jealous’ of Jon in the finale.  She is not a leader - she never has been and I don’t think she wants to be.  I’m not sure what sort of credit or acknowledgment she expects - is she going to be ( Read more... )

In an earlier post raincitygirl was speaking of Catelyn Stark's rather poor treatment of Jon Snow.  She actually is pretty appalling to him but I thought that this scene was quite moving:

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I am not sure Catelyn is the 'good' person people often think she is, but she was certainly very layered and complex - and strong.

I saw this post on tumblr that said:

HONESTLY, why is there so much excitement over Lyanna Mormont? It spread in so little time after her first appearance. I don’t understand it. She tickles me too, but all she has is a loud and fierce voice. We don’t know much more about her. In my opinion, among the minor children characters in GOT, Shireen was ( Read more... )

I've watched the 'King in the North' sequence from the Game of Thrones season six finale "The Winds of Winter" many, many times now. At first it was because of Lady Lyanna Mormant ( my new favourite character in the show) alone, but now I realise that I also love it because it's the first time in the series that I actually find myself liking the ( Read more... )