Whoa…That’s A Lot of Stark Stanning!

The odometer just rolled over again which means it’s time to trot out this old gem for all of you new followers…

Thanks for following!

That would be, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, a really funny, frothy mini-series adaptation of Henry Fielding’s novel, featuring a great cast. Think Samantha Morton, Brian Blessed, Lindsey Duncan, Max Beesley, Kathy Burke, Celia Emry, John Sessions, Frances de la Tour, etc etc etc …definitely recommended.

If you can’t find it online, it’s a steal on Amazon.

*hint: it’s actually Georgian era and based on the gif clip, you’d rightfully anticipate a substantial amount of sass, low level aristo-hypocrisy and mischief from Michelle Fairley’s character…and others…

I really love them.  They’re striking the right tone -melancholy, wistful yet ominous and eerie as hell.  The family cameos are a perfect touch… I honestly think Bran’s dreams have been very well-handled. I enjoy them.

As far as a Sean Bean cameo in the season finale, I agree that he very well could appear there and hopefully in a superior scene to anything in the House of the Undying fustercluck sequence.

My own personal wish is for Ned to cameo during the final minutes of the ninth episode because I am a glutton for misery and heartache.

I need to watch it again. Beyond my pendulum swinging attitude towards the scene on twitter, until I watch it again I won’t say much.  It was beautifully acted and within the context of the show and only the show…I didn’t entirely hate it.

After two years, the Anon feature has been deactivated. As I value my own relative anonymity on Tumblr, I hate that it’s come to this…but there’s only so many times in one day that I can ignore being called a stupid cunt.

:( I beg your pardon, I really do, but I think there’s a difference between being mean to and disagreeing with aggressive Anons.  I can’t quite see how I’ve been mean…short, a bit snarky in response to the tone set in an ASK, firm in my resolve? Yes. But mean?

We’ve had different experiences when speaking with people about the scene then… I’d like to leave it at that, Anon. 

Peace offering? Bourbon?

I agree that Robb is in a precarious position.  And I agree that Robb and Cat’s relationship is one of the richest in the show.  I also agree that we all bring our own baggage to the story…our own understanding and our experience watching and/or reading is an individual one, influenced by any number of factors that are uniquely our own.  Please don’t tell me how I view things (whatever the coloring may be) is intentionally wrong… I’m hardly the only person who feels this way about this storyline, Anon.  Look to the responses to posts earlier today. Look to other blogs. Look to the tags.

If I were being dramatic, I would have said that he demanded the isolation and restraint of his mother in a chamber in a shithole of dragon-scorched castle in yet another scene written to leave the audience with the sense that Robb is noble and entirely in the right whereas Cat is a liability and fuck-up.

Let me re-iterate, I DO NOT HATE ROBB. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE WRITING OF ROBB and Cat and the entire Northern campaign storyline…

On the show, I don’t believe so. No. Theon killed all the ravens so word has yet to reach the south…

I mean, it is a good read!

You know what…you win, Anon.  Have a great afternoon.

As stated in the previous response, she turned herself in and Edmure held her under house arrest until Robb’s return.  And how do you know what I’ve seen and what I haven’t, Anon? *blink blink blink*

Yes, thank you!  I failed to clarify that in the last response.  Cheers!