You May Survive Us, Yet

[netgirl_y2k]

You know, I could not watch this show, and just spend an hour wibbling behind a cushion with a glass of wine to much the same effect.


-You know, I kind of hate to say it, but I wonder if the show is starting to spread itself too thin? It's starting to feel like you spend five minutes with a group of characters, then are told to come back in a fortnight for the next five minutes. And I know it was the same in S1 but there it felt like there was the main thread of Ned in King's Landing with the various subplots running around it, now it feels much more like five separate main plots that we're following in five minute increments each.

-I suspect there wasn't a way to film the Melisandre giving birth to the shadow that wasn't lulzy, but, still.

-Okay, enough of that.

-Dany! Okay, I am on Team Dragon Queen till the end, and I while I find Dany making threats that she has no way to carry out oddly arousing, and I adored her affronted look when the Thirteen asked to see her dragons (Do you have any idea how much CGI costs? We've already had a direwolf in this episode!) and while, yes, when her dragons are grown she will indeed be able to burn kingdoms down, they're not grown yet. Maybe play nicely now and kill people later?

-Speaking of killing people later, Arya. I loved the origin of her prayer/death list. And how fucking gorgeous is the Harrenhal set? I may actually like it more than the Eyrie. And, bloody hell, did my mind gloss over exactly how the Mountain's men were torturing people in the books because what an awful, awful way to die. You know you're surrounded by lunatics when Tywin Lannister rocks up and you go, Oh, thank god, someone sane. I did love him instantly knowing Arya was a girl.

-Sansa. Can't talk. Dead of feelings. "Lady Stark, you may survive us yet." Damn straight, she will! Also, I am choosing to view that line as foreshadowing.

-Also, curse you show for casting Peter Dinklage as Tyrion, I foresee me having many confusing feelings about the Sansa/Tyrion stuff.

-Shipping Dany and Sansa forever though. Queen of Fire, meet Lady Ice.

-Totally onboard with whoever it was first came up with the theory of Dany, Sansa & Tyrion as the three heads of the dragon, yes.

Comments

[karatam]

I need fic where Dany is the Queen in the South and Sansa is the Queen in the North and Tyrion and Arya are the Hand of the Queens and the General of their armies. Or something.

Why does Tyrion have to be Peter Dinklage, he makes me want to forgive some of the douchier things Tyrion does because of his awesome.

(also Sophie Turner and Emilia Clarke's faces)

[miarrow]

Also, curse you show for casting Peter Dinklage as Tyrion, I foresee me having many confusing feelings about the Sansa/Tyrion stuff.

I feel that way most of the time with everything involving Tyrion, but I'm really dreading where this is going. I don't know if I want them to handle it better than the books so I'm not as creeped out or if I don't, because the age difference/power dynamic is SO WRONG (also Tyrion could have just SAID NO THANKS about the marriage).

I don't even know what to do with myself. You mentioned the things I loved (I actually ADORED the Shadow scene, tbh, Carice is doing an amazing job of Melisandre) and none of the things I wanted to beat with a stick, so yes, once again lots of nodding.

I, too, managed to forget the Harrenhal torture. Thank you, show, so much for reminding me. I shall go vomit now.

[fly_to_dawn]

Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm completely onboard with the format of the show (although I can't really come up with anything that might work better) - it kind of makes me feel like we're not getting a lot of content for some of the characters, esp the ones who have POV chapters in the books. (...I might have a Catelyn bias though).

You know you're surrounded by lunatics when Tywin Lannister rocks up and you go, Oh, thank god, someone sane.

So true, so true. Intentional or not, I also liked the Sansa-Tyrion/Arya-Tywin parallels. The Stark girls continue to give me too many feelings; the Harrenhal set is amazing, I'm going to be clutching my heart when the Ghost of Harrenhal-ing stuff comes up.