Oh God, I don't think I have gotten through 5 minutes of Alfie Allen screen time without weeping like a child this season - and it just isn't going to let up! I think the complexity of the character is more apparent in the series than the books. The beheading scene in Winterfell was SO harrowing because a) Bran was incredible but mainly b) Theon was so obviously completely hysterically bricking it. When Ser Rodrik said "Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy, now you are truly lost" I thought YES and he knows it, just look at his face! His eyes kept getting wider and he was barely holding it together. Made me think of the later scenes in Macbeth - "I am in blood / stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more / Returning were as tedious as go o'er." Deep down (or not so deep) he knows he's totally screwed.
Daenerys is boring the crap out of me even earlier than in the books, and one really ought not to feel that way about a character with BABY DRAGONS ferchrissakes.
Jon Snow was a bit of a berk this week - just made Ygritte seem even more awesome. I can't wait til she says IT (should be a ' finish the bottle' moment in the drinking game - well, the first time at least, or things'd just get out of hand). I disapprove of her escaping rather than him letting her go though. Thought that was an important distinction. I think they wanted to play up the contrasts with Theon's attempt at beheading/following orders/ proving himself though.
I Disapprove of this Robb/lady whatsername business. Don't see what they're hoping to add, and I think the sense of duty he has toward Jeyne in the book - rather than just falling head over heels in looooooove - is important to who he is.
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Daenerys is boring the crap out of me even earlier than in the books, and one really ought not to feel that way about a character with BABY DRAGONS ferchrissakes.
Jon Snow was a bit of a berk this week - just made Ygritte seem even more awesome. I can't wait til she says IT (should be a ' finish the bottle' moment in the drinking game - well, the first time at least, or things'd just get out of hand). I disapprove of her escaping rather than him letting her go though. Thought that was an important distinction. I think they wanted to play up the contrasts with Theon's attempt at beheading/following orders/ proving himself though.
I Disapprove of this Robb/lady whatsername business. Don't see what they're hoping to add, and I think the sense of duty he has toward Jeyne in the book - rather than just falling head over heels in looooooove - is important to who he is.