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Anonymous asked: I can't believe you post anything from anyone at Westeros. It makes me like your tumblr less. Sorry.
I came really close to trashing this but you’ve pissed me off, Anon.
Short answer: If you don’t like what I post beyond the gorgeous Stark stanning graphics and gifs, don’t follow this tumblr.
Long answer: Let me be very fucking clear here, I REFUSE to use this as a platform to slag off on other sites within this fandom -other blogs, other tumblrs, other fansites, other forums. I have, in the past, expressed disdain for Tower of the Hand’s Least Favorite Character Listing, as voted on by their forum posters, but that was because their analyses of a couple of characters was so vehemently biased it was laughable. You will NEVER see me posting or reblogging negative opinions directed at other fans -they’re all over tumblr, you know where to look for them. That’s not what I traffic in. I leave confrontation and debate to those who are able to harness their emotions and express themselves with more eloquence than I’m capable of. I realize that there are MANY deep fissures in the whole of the ASoIaF/Game of Thrones fandom and factions will never agree on the appropriate way to fan. I think there’s some poor behavior on all sides but I’ve also seen some fantastic dialogue come from polarized bases of thought. But, Anon… You dropping that here…it just makes me like Tumblr (a little bit) less. Sorry.
Talking Game of Thrones: Adaptation Versus Reimagining ›
…an interesting phenomena this season that is becoming more and more apparent as it progresses: more and more people seem to qualify their high enjoyment of the series with the caveat that they have to “separate” the novels from the TV show.
-Elio Garcia, Jr. aka Ran of WesterosOrg
Regarding this reblogged gif-set of the scene between Jaime and Brienne in the preview for next week’s finale (spoilers below)
Anonymous asked: I'm a bit confused, In the first season Osha says to Bran that the old gods are the only gods north of the wall but then in season 2 Jon is told 'the wildlings serve crueler gods than you
Having been raised within the walls of a keep -surrounded by family, educated and, to a degree, sheltered- south of the Wall, Jon’s idea of the old gods is probably a bit softer than those of the free folk. The Northern land is cruel, the climate is cruel, death is always near and the dead don’t stay dead unless their bodies are burned. And they’ve seen things…
Anonymous asked: Something's been bothering me. How did the Stark family get separated again? Sansa, Arya, and Ned went to King's Landing because he was going to be hand of the king and Sansa was going to marry Jeoffrey. But what about Rob and John and the other two boys and Catelynn?
Robb was to remain behind as heir of Winterfell with Catelyn remaining to advise him, help arrange a suitable marriage alliance, etc. until he was of age, Jon was to go to the Wall, Rickon was too young to travel to King’s Landing at that point in the novel (correct me if I’m wrong there) and Bran was intended to go to King’s Landing with Ned and the girls but…we know what happened there.
"Most girls are stupid" ›
In last week’s Game of Thrones, Arya told Tywin Lannister that “most girls are stupid.” When we heard that line, were we supposed to think, “This is why Arya is awesome”? After watching The Prince of Winterfell, I can’t help but think that the answer is “yes.” While the books series presents a huge range of dynamic and well-developed female characters, the show writers seem determined to edit the story so that all normal women seem weak and worthy of disdain. Girls, like Arya, who fight to throw off femininity and become “one of the boys,” are the only ones who are really strong or worthy of respect.
Although some of the show’s changes to the story have been positive and potentially even improve on the novel, many edits in the last few episodes have reduced the series’ selection of varied, challenging female characters into cliches and walking confirmation of the idea that “most women suck.”
Will they lay Sansa down naked beneath the Iron Throne after they have killed her? Will her skin seem as white, her blood as red? From outside came the steady wash of rain and the restless howling of a wolf.
- A Storm of Swords
(via catelyntully)
Anonymous asked: did you read the westeros recap? they make a really good point that cat and robb's scene seemed to be written to be stacked against her. i haven't read the books but I think that makes sense. I think it's the same with Sansa scenes when she's on. idgi. sorry to be anon. on phone.
Hi Anon -no worries- love hearing what unspoiled viewers think!
I’m no purist but I think Elio made a lot of solid points (Arya in Harrenhal, Talisa and Robb…yep!) in his analysis of the episode -as he often does…I’ll leave it at that- and this was one of them.
…the brief Robb and Catelyn sceen seemed stack against the Lady of Winterfell, since at no time is her fear that Jaime was going to be murdered brought up yet it was clear in the last episode that that was first and foremost in her mind when she decided to act. Karstark can hardly accuse her of treason when he was on the verge of committing that treason himself before Robb was present to be able to stop him.
How meta of D & D to stack everything against Cat! Fate (GRRM) does it. Fandom does it. Reviewers do it. Ignorant asshats do it in 140 characters on Twitter. We still have a couple of episodes, though. Sansa will have a role to play in the hell inside the Red Keep during Blackwater and from a recent interview with Madden (check the GoT cast spam tag for a link) there is another Robb and Cat scene that may prove to provide a tentative re-balance to their relationship and give them more of the trope-defying edges that make the characters sing…
Anonymous asked: I can see that reaction, I immediately went into defending Cat's choice when everyone I was watching it with seemed displeased. I don't necessarily see it as a failure of the show's depiction (though the episode did seem to care more about how Robb was feeling, maybe that's because we've already gotten a sense of her motivation in the previous episode), just a lack of sympathy on the part of viewers for what Cat's going through. Then again, there could have been more effort to drum up sympathy.
I can only respond with, Yes. Good.
Anonymous asked: I haven't read the novels yet (just bought them today), but I don't think everyone is necessarily going to see Cat's action as stupid. I mean, as I saw it, as they seemed to set it up, the Northerners want Jamie dead, they might just kill him themselves, regardless of orders, and he's no good to them dead. It seemed like the only way to use him, politically, and ensure her daughters' safety. But maybe there's more, so I'm curious, what extra insight do readers have into Cat's decision?
I’m thrilled to see this!! And perhaps I was too quick to judge that non-readers would see the act as stupid but I’d just come from reading countless tweets from general watchers, decrying Cat’s actions…saying Robb should have sent her home…wanting to punch her in the face…saying she’s the worst mother on television outside of whatserface on The Walking Dead…the usual, basically… (catelynstarksideeye.gif)
To say as little as possible, in the books, there is no firm deal offered for any exchange. Robb and Cat are in separate locations when word of Bran and Rickon’s “deaths” come and Cat takes it upon herself -in her grief, desperation and hope against hope that it might work- to release Jaime, under Brienne’s guard, and have him swear an oath to return her daughters. The goal is the same, the motivation is tweaked…
Enjoy reading!!
Anonymous asked: Go on....
…with? My thoughts on this episode?
Outside of livetweets, I try to curb my reactionary tendencies. Adding fatigue and wine to the mix leads to a general hot-mess of I HATE EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR SOME THINGS AND FUCK THE WORLD AND WHO THE HELL IS WRITING THIS SHIT ANYWAY AND WHY WON’T BENIOFF AND WEISS JUST GIVE US NICER THINGS THAN THE ALREADY NICE THINGS THEY’VE GIVEN US BECAUSE DAMMIT WHY FIX SOMETHING THAT AIN’T BROKEN THE LILY DOESN’T NEED GILDING BECAUSE SOMETIMES GILDING IS JUST FUCKING UGLY LOOK AT THE TRUMP BUILDINGS… See what I mean. It’s probably for the best if I’m on the taciturn side this morning.
I wanted more from the Arya/Jaqen relationship and her throwing his name into the equation. I wanted Weasel Soup. I wanted to see Robb struggle with his feelings for Talisa and his sense of honor over the course of more than a scene. I think the framework provided on-screen for Cat to release Jaime made absolute sense but the audience who hasn’t read is only going to see her as doing something incredibly stupid so compounding Littlefinger/Tyrion’s deal with the Karstark brouhaha -Why was he bringing The Father up? He worships the old gods like an old god fearing Northerner. I’m calling you out on this, Cogman ;) - with the news of Bran and Rickon would have given so much more dramatic meat for the Starks to chew in the South. Where was Sansa? We could have waited to see Bran and Rickon again…all the more tension…
Tumblr I love you but you’re bringing me down.
Regarding the total isolation and amplification of the “She’s not a strategist,” quote from the TVGuide interview with Michelle Fairley, as a self-professed Cat stan, I just ask you to look at it in the context of the question posed and the full answer given…
Do I really stand alone on Tumblr in seeing more of “book!Cat” in the series (lately, at least) than the rest of this corner of the fandom?
I think I’d like to have all of the Lannisters’ heads on spikes. I think that’s what it would be. Starting with Jaime at the top and then [Cersei], and then Tyrion I think. With a big X through them. Blooded, very blooded.
ASOIAF is a series where the absence of mothers is a big deal. That’s it that’s the point.
So stop being basic about moms, fandom :(
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