Game of Thrones begins....

[Jaron]

Pretty good. How about yourself?

[Razgovory]

Ned's best bet would have been to side with Renly. Unlike Littlefinger, he would have been unlikely to betray Ned, and with the money of Highgarden, he would stand a fair chance against the might of Casterly Rock. Plus Renly is a decent guy and would have probably been a decent King.

See, most people don't make political decisions based on whether someone is gay or not.

[jimmy olsen]

Pretty good. How about yourself?

Doing fine. Broke my foot six weeks ago though, was in a cast/splint for a month.

[Jaron]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing better now.

[JonasSalk]

What are the relative populations of the various kingdoms, their ability to field large armies, etc? They mentioned in an episode a few ago that dragons killed "millions" of people a long while back. I'm guessing that may have been similar to the Black Death, where about 1/4-1/3rd of Europe's population died out?

[jimmy olsen]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing better now.

Thanks, I'm back to normal now.

[jimmy olsen]

What are the relative populations of the various kingdoms, their ability to field large armies, etc? They mentioned in an episode a few ago that dragons killed "millions" of people a long while back. I'm guessing that may have been similar to the Black Death, where about 1/4-1/3rd of Europe's population died out?

Renly's exaggerating for effect I think.

[Valmy]

Sansa pissed me off a lot in the early books, but she provides a valuable POV after a time.  Whether she'll actually prove to be something of a protagonist or not is the real question.

I never disliked her because I felt like I was supposed to and I am kind of oppositional that way.  I sort of like the idea of the innocent immature preppy cheerleaderesque girl who is neither a love interest, somebody for the hero to rescue, nor a antagonist for the hero girl.  She is just stuck in shitty situations that prey on her natural childish tendencies (though most of the protagonists end up in situations that prey on their natural tendencies) and eventually needing to use her rather limited wits to survive.

Not sure if there is anything ultimately interesting about the character I guess it depends on how she developes I agree there but eventually I grew to enjoy her chapters.

[Valmy]

What are the relative populations of the various kingdoms, their ability to field large armies, etc?

The Reach, The West, The Stormlands, and the Riverlands seem to be the most populous.  Dorne and the North seem to be the smallest but have strong natural defenses.

[Razgovory]

What bothered me about Sansa is there are long periods where she doesn't really do anything.  Often she just sits around and sees other things happen.

[Habbaku]

What bothered me about Sansa is there are long periods where she doesn't really do anything.  Often she just sits around and sees other things happen.

Right, which is what I was alluding to and is a big part of my hatred of her "character" until late into book 2.

[The Brain]

I like Sansa for pretty much the reasons Valmy gave.

Many of the other characters are over the top (eg the little girl ninja assassin...). Sansa is not.

[Slargos]

I like Sansa for pretty much the reasons Valmy gave.

Many of the other characters are over the top (eg the little girl ninja assassin...). Sansa is not.

Concur.

Don't be a sansa hata. 

[Solmyr]

I'm waiting for Sansa to eventually turn Littlefinger's lessons against him.

[Josquius]

In the 4th book Sansa was one of the better characters.
Before hand though I hated her bits. It was all the same "Ohhh I'm trapped here, ohhh Joffrey, I wub you, no wait, you're a nasty git, I'm scared. Hound oooo. Dontos keeps talking of saving me...." and nothing happened....A bunch of her chapters should have been merged.