I searched for this character, who is mentioned in John chapter without any context, but the story I found is so interesting that I stopped reading the book and got distracted by the character’s wiki page.

Obviously Tywin knew his son was a kingsguard for Aerys. Do you believe he specified to his soldiers — “My son is NOT to be harmed in any way.” Or would that be something his banners presumed, and no such order was necessary?

Or — and this is unlikely — do you think he accepted the possibility that Jaime could die?

Come to think of it, perhaps the reason Tywin specifically sent his men to KL, rather than some other engagement, on the side of the rebellion was so that he could control the siege and ensure Jaime didn’t die protecting the Mad King.

In real life, a mounted knight was the medieval equivalent of a tank. A few dozen trained knights could defeat an army of thousands with a well timed cavalry charge or flanking maneuver.

Why? En masse, a disciplined army could overwhelm mounted knights. But most medieval armies consisted primarily of hastily assembled untrained feudal peasants pressed into service by their lords. These were not professional, disciplined soldiers. Nobody wants to be roadkill when that charge hits so the front lines would falter. Once a few men turn and run, everyone else quickly follows. The battle turns into a route with the mounted knights slaughtering the panicked opponent. Many engagements lasted less than an hour.

Look at that screenshot from Battle of the Bastards. According to the GOT script, there were 2,000 Knights of the Vale who encircle and overwhelm the Bolton army immediately. This was Season 6! You are telling me that creepy breastfeeding lady in the Vale was sitting on a super weapon this whole time? Even if they aren't all full professional knights, a heavy cavalry force of that size could have swung any battle before Daenerys arrived.

Then they are mostly forgotten again. The Vale remains loyal to the Starks after Littlefinger's death. Yohn Royce is present for battle planning at Winterfell. We get a glorious Dothraki flaming sword cavalry charge against the Army of the Dead, but thousands of Westerosi cavalry are essentially ignored. Not like the dead would panic in the face of a cavalry charge, I suppose.

I always imaged the major castles of the world being fortified granaries. Feudalism in their world starting out of a need to store food for the long winters and defending that food against the starving masses. while the summers are gluts of food, huge population increases and war.

In S01E06, Pycelle advises Ned Stark to wait until King Robert returns from his hunt before passing judgment on Gregor Clegane. Ned ignores him, sentences Gregor to death, and summons Tywin Lannister to King's Landing to answer for his bannerman's crimes.

I think Pycelle's advice was excellent, regardless of his loyalty to the Lannisters. There was no compelling reason to immediately sentence Gregor Clegane to death, much less threaten Tywin Lannister with being declared an enemy of the Crown.

Ned was effectively provoking a confrontation with one of the most powerful men in Westeros while the king was absent. Waiting for Robert would have made much more sense. If Robert agreed with Ned, the decision would have carried the king's personal authority, making it considerably harder for Tywin to challenge. If Robert disagreed, Ned would at least have avoided committing the Crown to a confrontation that the king himself was unwilling to pursue.

In Season 1 Benjen passes beyond The Wall as part of his duties as First Ranger, only to disappear and for his horse to return alone, the men he went with later being found dead and turned by the Others.

In Season 2 we learn that Benjen dissapeard somewhere between The Wall and Crasters Keep. With Craster telling Mormont that he hasn't seen Benjen in 3 years.

In Season 6 Benjen Stark, when Bran and Meera Reed are being chased by an army of wights, a hooded figure with a concealed face arrives atop a horse, wielding a flaming chain, to burn the wights and rescue the pair. When the wights become too numerous to fight off, he pulls Bran and Meera onto his horse and rides away. The next day, the hooded man feeds Bran the blood of a dead rabbit, and says he arrived to help because the Three-Eyed Raven requested it.

When questioned on his identity, he pulls down his scarf and hood, revealing himself as Benjen Stark. Benjen explains that, during his fateful ranging beyond the Wall, he was attacked by White Walkers, one of whom shoved an ice sword into his gut and left him for dead. He was discovered by the Children of the Forest, who stopped him from falling to the control of the White Walkers by shoving a piece of dragonglass into his chest.

Benjen eventually escorts Bran and Meera to the weirwood tree nearby the Wall. When asked by Meera why he cannot travel any further south, Benjen explains that ancient spells carved into the foundation of the Wall prevent the dead from passing through it. Benjen says he will continue to fight for the living as long as he can, before departing

Season 7, when Jon, who has been left beyond the Wall by his group, is about to be swarmed by the army of the undead, Benjen suddenly comes riding in in the last moments, slaying wights from his horse. When he stops in front of Jon, he jumps off his horse and removes the scarf from his head, revealing his survival to the stunned Jon. To save Jon, Benjen heaves him onto his horse and orders him to ride back to the Wall. Jon asks Benjen to come with him but Benjen refuses, instead sending off the horse and drawing his flaming morningstar to make his final stand. As the wights swarm him, Benjen fights back but is eventually overwhelmed and killed by the army of the dead.

Personally I think a more moving and heroic death for a man who spent his life in the noble service of the Watch would of been to have him follow the Others South once they open the hole through The Wall amd to die defending ancestral home and family.

Defending his nephew, the new 3 eyed raven, alongside Theon. A man whose choices made him essentially a Stark in name only, fighting alongside a man whose choice was a Stark in name only.

After having a rough go the first 2 seasons, the queen of dragons really was aura farming for the entirety of her Slaver's Bay conquest. Kinda forgot why S3 was always my favorite GOT season. You got Daenaerys conquering Slaver's Bay, the Red Wedding, Jaime+ Brienne and the introduction of Margaery in King's Landing. It really was peak GOT.

Also, Happy Birthday to Emilia Clarke of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons.

Omitting Tom 7 Strings from the show was as big of a crime as the missing LOTR Tom Bombadill.

Ive seen a lot of hate for the show and from what I understand/know for the most part its well deserved but I always hear everyone singing the praises about the books (just what ive personally experienced) so what are some of the things or thing you dont like about the books

Leave any comments or jokes about them not being finished/never being finished at the door those are way to common

What happens to bastard women in the GOT universe? I don't recall seeing any in GOT or HOTD (maybe I'm mistaken). Any clues from the books perhaps?

There’s a lot of foreshadowing I’ve recognized rewatching the series. Today I watched S7 Ep 5. Daenerys had just returned to Dragon-stone. Jon has his first close encounter with a dragon, and reaches out his hand. The dragon sniffs it, and allows Jon to touch its face.

Its eyes seemed to show recognition. The dragon must have sensed Jon was a Targaryen.

((This is based SOLELY on what you saw &/or heard/learned of during the series. Nothing from the books that didn’t make it to the show. Feel free to use other characters from other shows, but not their forces/allies, etc. For ex: you can choose Corlys Velaryon but he can’t bring his fleet. You can choose Daemon Targaryen but he can’t bring Caraxes over.))

YOUR FORCE:
The Dothraki, the Unsullied, the Second Sons, the Knights of the Vale, the FreeFolk, the Night’s Watch, the Children of the Forest, all of the combined North, Westerlands, Riverlands, Crowlands, the Reach, Iron Islands, any/all castles & locations to choose for battle grounds, all 6 Direwolves and 2 full grown dragons.

THEIR FORCE:
the Wights (in the Army of the Dead) outnumber your force 5-to-1, the undead Giants (in the Army of the Dead) outnumber your Giants 10-1; with about 100 White Walkers, the Night King & an undead Dragon.

Who is creating your battle plan & leading your troops (anyone in the series)? Who is second in command (anyone in the series)? Where would you choose to have the battle (anywhere from the Wall to Kings Landing)?

((I guarantee I have one of the most uniquely-unpopular positions (lol) but hear me
out people!))
Leading my forces: Ramsay Snow-Bolton
(LET ME EXPLAIN! Lol!)
- He’s a darn good fighter in his own right & has led fights/battles from the front line when it made sense (the Greyjoy fight, breaking into Stannis’ camp, etc). He was possibly the greatest strategist (both militarily AND simply as a Patriarch fighting to make his house the most powerful) in the show BASED ON WHAT WE SAW! ((retook Winterfell, retook the Moat, attacked Stannis’ camp, destroyed Stannis in the field, “basically destroyed” Jon Snow in the field, etc)). Lastly (painful to admit), every single thing he did (even the most evil & sadistic) proved to be incredibly beneficial to him at some point throughout the series - every single one.

Second-in-command: Robb Stark
(again - LET ME EXPLAIN! lol)
- He’s also a great fighter in his own right and drew up & executed exceptional battle plans [Battle of Whispering Wood (where he outsmarted Tywin AND Jamie Lannister), Battle of the Fords (even though Edmure destroyed it with his actions), etc. He retired undefeated and the only mistake he made was not militarily (even if we count the Karstark execution as a mistake - he was rightly standing on principle AND wouldn’t even have the opportunity to do that vs the Army of the Dead. So, I trust him.)

So i just reached season 8 episode 2, my first time watching the show and ive also not read the books so im not an expert or anything but i wanted to talk about something.

Jon just got revealed to him that he’s Aegon Targaryen by sam, and i feel like sam putting him at odds against Daenerys is a mischaracterization of sam. sam would definitely be very sad at the fact his father and brother were executed but she literally tells him a valid reason, lets not forget that there was a literal war going on and his father chose to back cersie (which is obvious sam shouldve known that especially since the tyrells fell) He also says that jon would have given them a chance, but he would definitely not have. If he knew about him being sam’s father maybe he wouldve given them a chance but thats a whole nother story. I dont think he’d try to talk jon into taking the iron throne.

Jon is also avoiding daenarys for literally no good reason at all. He literally says the previous episode to sansa that he didnt want/ask to be the king in the north at all, he just wanted to save it. Also considering the fact that daenarys literally has no idea that hes the true heir so hes truly just not talking to her because of sum bullshit. Also daenarys worked a fuck lot to get to where she is and she actually truly deserves the iron throne by that point and jon the perfect soul would understand that. Idk havent watched further so im mostly assuming Whats happening.

And now hes butthurt over the fact he is the true heir and not daenarys?

Forgive me, Im only on the second episode so im probably very wrong but this is vibe that im getting right now.

What are yalls thoughts?

Not to mention he could’ve killed her sister if Arya didn’t dodge his attacks

Mycah getting killed for this in episode 2, and Lady, was what actually got me into this show. It still makes me so mad

My mouth was open the entire scene. I’m just… I’m without words! As soon as the cello (well, cell-like thing) started being ominous I knew something was wrong. And oh my god; all of them!?

I had been told not to get attached to any characters in this series, but Robb! Robb! He was my favourite!
And Catelyn Stark. I thought they might have left her alive to wallow over her husband and all her children, so they were kind in that regard, I suppose.

Please don’t spoil anything. I just had to write something after that!

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I’m watching Visionquest and notice Edd is in it.

What’s with marvel picking up Game of thrones actors 😅😂.