Ugh, Game of Thrones Season Seven still hasn’t aired. Time to write another post about the show. I’m sorry.
Before we get started in, I’d like to take a moment to talk about something that inspired this article…
Archive for the ‘TV’ Category
Where Are My Lions?!? (In Game of Thrones)
Posted: April 11, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Lannisters, Lions, Tyrion Lannister
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Margaery Tyrell, Walking in Ned Stark’s Bootprints
Posted: April 4, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones, Margaery Tyrell, Ned Stark
April is here and April showers bring May flowers, so now seems a reasonable time to talk about the flower-themed queen from Highgarden: Margaery Tyrell.
(If not everything in the above sentence makes sense to you, then you are behind on your Game of Thrones watching and should correct that before reading this post.)
Margaery Tyrell is one of those rare Game of Thrones characters who has more depth and dimension on the television show than they do in the books.
To be fair, that’s probably because in the published books so far, the Highgarden celebrity has never had a point-of-view chapter. She’s certainly an important character in the books, but she’s clearly only a secondary character.
On Game of Thrones, she’s a player.
Team Cersei – Hear me ROAR!
Posted: March 30, 2017 by Shannon Jelle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones, Geekly Press, Hear Me Roar, Team Lannister
[This week’s post is a special bonus, a guest post authored by the lion-hearted Shannon Jelle from Geekly Press. I’m delighted to feature her observations on Cersei Lannister. — Pat ]
It’s not easy being a lone direwolf flying solo… and by that I mean it’s not easy sporting fan swag that reads “Hear Me Roar” in a family of Stark and Targaryen supporters. It’s even harder when I let loose that I’m not just a fan of house Lannister, but one specific member. No, not Tyrion, who drinks and knows things. And not Jaime, the gilded knight who’s had one of the most redemptive arcs in all of fantasy. Oh, and yeah, not Tywin the very strategic and manipulative patriarch. I’m talking about Cersei. Yeah, you read that right. All Hail Queen Cersei, Long May She Reign.
Game of Thrones: Littlefinger, Lies, and Limits
Posted: March 28, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Petyr Baelish, Ramsay Bolton, Roose Bolton, Sansa Stark
This post will be talking about Lord Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish, one of the masterminds of mischief in HBO’s Game of Thrones (and in the source material, A Song of Ice and Fire.) As usual, discussion of characters from Game of Thrones is going to involve talking about plot points, so if you’re not up to date on the story this post will spoil things for you. (Unless you don’t care about spoilers, that’s cool.)
Baelish: Let me tell you a spoiler about the Hound. How his face got spoiled.
Sansa: How discourteous!
You can trust me on that. Just don’t trust Littlefinger.
Game of Thrones: Redemption
Posted: March 21, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Jaime Lannister, Redemption, Sandor Clegane, Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy
Do I even need to warn people about spoilers? This post will be talking about Game of Thrones; it’s in the title. Therefore you’re on notice if you’re behind on the show.
High Sparrow: Next week’s episode looks like it’s going to be amazing.
Margaery: Don’t say anything! I’m way behind.
High Sparrow: Seven forbid! I’ll not spoil you on the details. Would be a terrible sin.
The topic of this post will be redemption, specifically in HBO’s television series, Game of Thrones. (I guess it’ll be applicable as well to the source material, A Song of Ice and Fire.) I’m not a literary scholar, I’m just a guy with a blog who writes way too much about this particular adaptation, so this won’t be a dense comparison of the general theme of redemption in various works of literature.
You’re welcome.
Tomorrow Night’s Watch
Posted: March 14, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Bran Stark, Game of Thrones, The Night's Watch, The Others, the Unsullied, the White Walkers, the Wildlings
This post will be talking about Game of Thrones and specifically the institution of the Night’s Watch. If you haven’t read the books or watched the show, then spoilers will be throughout.
For thousands of years the Wall has stood as a glacial barrier between the Seven Kingdoms and whatever forces lurk in the far north. For presumably an equal duration the Night’s Watch has manned the Wall, vigilantly alert against the fall of the next Long Night.
Hodor
Posted: March 7, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Bran Stark, Game of Thrones, Hodor, Three Eyed Raven, Time Travel, Warging
If you’ve wandered into this post without knowing who Hodor is, then you probably have not seen much of HBO’s Game of Thrones or read A Game of Thrones, the first novel that the show is based on. That’s cool, all are welcome. But it’d probably be best if you not read this particular post, and instead checked out the show and then came back fully informed. Because I’ll be talking some spoilery details.
Just know that Hodor is a beloved character in a series that has at least one thousand characters. (Many of them not nearly as charming and exemplary as Hodor.) Now, shoo.
Hodor!
Anyone who is still here either knows all about our gentle giant, or is willing to be spoiled.
Fair enough.
Second Looks – Melisandre
Posted: February 28, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Beric Dondarrion, Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, Melisandre, Melisandre of Asshai, R'hllor, Thoros of Myr
Fans of the HBO series Game of Thrones (or fans of the book series it’s based on) will no doubt be familiar with the character of Melisandre of Asshai. She’s pretty memorable.
I’m memorable because I’m hot. But not as hot as the people I arrange to be set on fire. That’s legit hot.
Some pretty interesting stuff happened in the most recent season involving Melisandre, and I’m going to be talking about that. So if you’re not caught up on her story, you’ve been warned.
Second Looks – Ned Stark
Posted: February 21, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Howland Reed, Jon Snow, Lyanna Stark, Ned Stark, Ser Arthur Dayne, Tywin Lannister
This post will be talking about Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark, from the HBO television show Game of Thrones (and prominent in the source material, George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.) If you don’t know who Ned Stark is, just know that he’s awesome and a big damn hero. Then go read the books and/or watch the show.
Big damn hero? I’m just an ordinary man, trying to do right by his family. And his king. And the realm. And the North. And my dead sister. And honor. And my [redacted] Jon Snow. There are probably some other competing interests that I’m forgetting.
Westeros Romance: the roses are blue, but the blood is still red.
Posted: February 14, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, Lyanna Stark, Ned Stark, Rhaegar Targaryen, Romance, Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! (If you’re into that thing.) This post will be talking about Game of Thrones and a very specific story of love and broken hearts. I’ll be tromping all over a spoilery plot detail, one that some might argue hasn’t been 100% comfirmed, so I’ll just let you decide if you want to keep reading.
“Promise me, Ned,” Lyanna’s statue whispered. She wore a garland of pale blue roses, and her eyes wept blood.
I Can't Possibly Be Wrong All the Time 