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.
Hopefully, anyone not familiar with my man Ned will be gone now, so I can begin to talk plot details.Posts Tagged ‘Tywin Lannister’
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
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 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.
Show of Hands; Hands Up, Hands Down
Posted: April 7, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Hand of the King, Jon Arryn, Ned Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister
This post will be dealing with plot points in Game of Thrones, you know, that awesome TV show on HBO. (Which is starting up again this weekend. FINALLY!)
Anyway, if you’re not caught up with the show, then
- You smell.
- This is your only spoiler warning.
Four years ago (in “our” time, not TV time), Lord Eddard “while Cat’s away, Ned will play” Stark got some bad news. Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, had died.
It wasn’t revealed at the time, but the Hand of the King had been killed by a family member, who then quickly fled the capital.
In Defense of Tyrion Lannister
Posted: February 17, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, Jaime Lannister, Shae, Tyrion Lannister, Tysha, Tywin Lannister
This post will be talking some spoilery details about the first four seasons of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Especially the final episode of Season Four, so if you’re not up on all the episodes, don’t read this post. Go watch the show. Season Five is starting in a few months, and you can get caught up!
Tyrion Lannister is a compelling figure on Game of Thrones. The black sheep of the Lannister clan, Tyrion is not popular in Westeros (being called a demon monkey by the King’s Landing citizenry that he more or less saved) but is wildly popular among book readers and show watchers. (Anyone who doesn’t like him can tell me about it in the comments section; we can have a respectful discourse.)
So, why am I having an In Defense of Tyrion Lannister if he’s so popular? It’s not like he pushed a kid out a window, arranged a massacre in defiance of religious and social conventions, or is a thuggish goon.
In Defense of Arya Stark (She Needs Defending?)
Posted: January 15, 2014 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Arya, Arya Stark, Beric Dondarrion, Game of Thrones, Jaqen H'Ghar, Melisandre, Thoros of Myr, Tywin Lannister
Arya Stark might be the most popular of Catelyn and Ned Stark’s kids. She’s great.
But bizarre as it sounds, occasionally I hear people complaining about Arya. Oh, they don’t complain about Arya the way they do about Sansa. No one seems to find Arya annoying or her story boring. So why am I defending her? What is there to defend?
(This post will be talking Game of Thrones. Mostly in reference to the television show on HBO, up through Season Three. I’m steering clear of any spoilers for the books, please respect that in the comments.)