Yes, even if I didn't like the show on its own merits, I would still be glad of it for making the fandom big enough that it's now possible to find fic about Sansa that doesn't ship her with Sandor, and don't even get me started on how fluffy a lot of it is.

Yeah, in the books Melisande sort of faded into the background, didn't she? Although, I did like her pov chapter in ADwD, but show!Melisande... perfect casting is perfect.

I mean, I won't be weeping into my beer over Joffrey or anything... but this season, with his infatuation with Margaery who's pulling all his strings... oh, you poor terrible little psychopath, you are not going to see this coming.