This post will be talking about Game of Thrones, and therefore if you are not up to date on the show — spoilers abound.
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Archive for the ‘Game of Thrones’ Category
Winter Isn’t Coming, It’s Here
Posted: December 22, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Others, White Walkers, Winter Is Coming
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Kingslayers in the War of the Five Kings. Way More than Five.
Posted: December 8, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, TVTags: Brienne of Tarth, Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones, Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow, Khal Drogo, Kingslayer, Stannis Baratheon, War of the Five Kings
This post will be discussing plot points and character backgrounds from HBO’s excellent series, Game of Thrones. Therefore, if you’re not caught up on the show (or haven’t read the books) and you read this and get spoiled, you have no one to blame but yourselves. So there.
Blame, blame. Everyone’s so quick to assign blame. Like me! I do that!
Season Five wrapped up with the death of Stannis Baratheon, the last of the original royals in the War of the Five Kings.
The Living Deadites
Posted: November 29, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Evil Dead, Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Ash vs Evil Dead, Deadites, Evil Dead, Game of Thrones
Hey, spoilers for the first five episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead, and the movies that have inspired the show. You’ve been warned.
SPOILERS!
I’ve been supplementing my viewing of the Starz Network‘s excellent Ash vs Evil Dead show by listening to the entertaining Ash vs Evil Dead vs Bubba vs Catfish podcast, where Bubba and Catfish (they have real names, allegedly) recap and discuss the gonzo-gory show.
Each episode of the podcast features a special Bubba vs Catfish segment where a proposition relating to the show is debated. Each of the hosts will present their case, for or against the proposition, with the loyal listeners voting (typically via Twitter) to settle the argument.
Filling the Joffrey-Sized Hole
Posted: November 24, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Joffrey Baratheon, Ramsay Bolton, Ramsay Snow
This post will be discussing elements from HBO’s Game of Thrones. Should you not be caught up with the show, I can’t be held responsible for spoilers if you keep reading.
I Am The King! And I’ll do as I like. Including holding the blogger responsible for spoilers!
King Joffrey Baratheon, first of his name, king of the First Men, and the Andals [, and the Rhoynar -this always gets dropped on the show], a name that will live in Game of Thrones infamy.
The Lighter Side of Tywin Lannister
Posted: November 10, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Arya Stark, Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones, Shae, Tywin Lannister
This post will be talking about the patriarch of the Lannister family from HBO’s Game of Thrones. There will be plot discussions that will include the first five seasons of the show, so if you are not up to date, I’ll be spoiling things for you. SPOILING THINGS!
I once spoiled the ambitions of the Reynes. They were from Castamere, you know.
I usually confine my Game of Thrones pontificating to what’s been seen on the show, but occasionally I stray into details from the source material, A Song of Ice and Fire. This is one of those occasions.
I won’t be spoiling future book details (in general, there is less danger of that until The Winds of Winter gets published) but I’ll be bringing up some book elements omitted from the show to give a slightly different perspective to the Old Lion, the uncrowned might-as-well-be-king Tywin Lannister.
Second Looks: Fist of the First Men
Posted: October 27, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Fist of the First Men, Game of Thrones, Hardhome, Night's Watch, The Others, Walking Wights, White Walkers
Happy Halloween! (Well, we’re close to Halloween, it’s due to arrive at some point, like a shambling undead horde…)
This post will be talking about HBO’s Game of Thrones, specifically events that took place during the fifth season episode Hardhome and how it relates to previous seasons. Hardhome was an amazing episode, possibly the best of the series, and if you’re not caught up I’d hate to spoil you on that experience.
TRICK OR TREAT! Just no spoilers please! Or healthy snacks.
Still with me? Cool.
Hardhome featured a battle involving the undead army controlled by the mysterious and mystical Others. The legendary White Walkers directed their wights to attack the fortified Free Folk fishing village of Hardhome, and corpses did so en masse, tearing through the Wildling and Night’s Watch defenders. To make matters worse, the human casualties were resurrected to join Team White Walker. Spoooooky!
Daenerys Targaryen: Breaker of Chains (and Wheels)
Posted: October 13, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones, Hizdahr zo Loraq, Meereen
This post will be talking about Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, Lover of Long Ass Titles. She’s the Khaleesi on HBO’s Game of Thrones, okay? If you’re not up on the show, then expect spoilers to be contained within.
Drogon Hates Spoilers! Drogon BURNINATES Spoilers!
The last time I wrote about Daenerys specifically, she had just overtaken Yunkai, the second city along Slaver’s Bay, with her army of Unsullied, her mercenaries, and her two Westerosi knights.
Seasons 4 and 5 have had her ruling the largest city on the bay, Meereen, where her emancipation proclamations were met with resistance from the Meereenese culture, and her dragons have transitioned from wartime assets to peacetime liabilities.
Second Looks: Stannis Baratheon
Posted: September 29, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, King Arthur, Macbeth, Melisandre, Shireen Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon
This post will be talking about Stannis Baratheon, one of the many, many characters in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Therefore, if you’re not caught up with the show there’s a chance of being exposed to spoilers.
Melisandre used to tell Stannis spoilers. See how well that worked out for him?
Just under two years ago, I published a post examining Stannis Baratheon, the crabbier and less embraceable of Robert Baratheon’s two younger brothers. At the time, I presented my case that Stannis might not be that bad of a king, if he could just cut loose of the influence of his magical advisor, Melisandre.
Bronn: Lovable Rogue or Unreliable Cutthroat?
Posted: September 15, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Bronn, Game of Thrones, Han Solo, Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, Star Wars
This post will be talking about a secondary character from HBO’s Game of Thrones. In the discussion, there will no doubt be references to plot points from the first five seasons of the show, so if you’re not caught up, this is your spoiler warning.
Spoiler babies! What’s the worst that would happen? That you’ll find out I’m a secret Targaryen?
Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, the son of You-Wouldn’t-Know-Him, is one of my favorite characters on Game of Thrones. (Look, I admit that nearly every character is a favorite. It’s really hard to choose.)
I just assumed Bronn was universally liked. I mean, he’s funny, he’s a good companion to Lannisters for clever dialog, he kicks ass. What’s not to like?
The Militant Faith of the Seven in Game of Thrones
Posted: September 1, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, TVTags: Cersei Lannister, Faith of the Seven, Game of Thrones, the Faith Militant, the New Gods
This post will be discussing plot points in HBO’s Game of Thrones, specifically relating to one of the show’s major religions, the Faith of the Seven. (After my controversial pro-Olly posts last month, I thought I should talk about something safer. Like religion. By the way, this is my 100th post on Game of Thrones. Yay me.)
Sorry, your grace. This is a meeting of the NO TOMMENS club. You know how it is.
I’ll be covering details from the first five seasons of Game of Thrones, so if you’re behind in your viewing, you’ve been warned about spoilers.
(You sinner.)
I Can't Possibly Be Wrong All the Time 