Game of Thrones begins....

[The Larch]

A great episode, and I had to laugh during the medieval manscaping, but really Robb?

"Sure, we can hole up in our castles, safe with our walls. But what about when the Dothraki start taking our cities?"

Really Robb? The Westerosi cities aren't walled?

He said towns.  I presume not every village is walled.

Indeed most aren't. I think King's Landing and Old Town are walled, but beyond that not sure - I remember reading definitely that the town built around Winterfell is not walled - I presume in most cases it's the same.

IIRC there are only 4 or 5 proper cities in the whole of Westeros.

Name them.

King's Landing, Oldtown, Lannisport and two others.

White Harbor

That's the one in the North, ruled by the Manderlys, right? Wasn't there some other called Gullsomething?

[Viking]

In order of size

Kings Landing (Baratheon)
Oldtown (Hightower)
Lannisport (Lannisters of Lannisport)
White Harbour (Manderley)/Gulltown (Grafton)


The big 5 certainly have city walls, other places like Duskendale do have town walls capable of resisting a siege. With Holdfasts and Castles in the coutryside for the small folk to hide in.  There are walls everywhere, the problem is that they are mostly wooden, something Ser Aemory Lorch and Ser Gregor Clegane take advantage of by burning them. With large granaries and root cellars for winter it seems that Westeros is well suited to resist a dothraki invasion.

[Solmyr]

This episode was Teh Ghey. Full frontal from Theon.

I wonder why everyone calls Arya a boy when she doesn't yet look like one.

Also liking Bronn. His fighting style really emphasizes that he isn't one for observing niceties.

[Josquius]

Under normal circumstances anyway...

[jimmy olsen]

I wonder why everyone calls Arya a boy when she doesn't yet look like one.

She's dirty and wears pants in a society where girls wear dresses. Some boys have long hair in Westeros and people see what they expect to see.

[Viking]

I wonder why everyone calls Arya a boy when she doesn't yet look like one.

She's dirty and wears pants in a society where girls wear dresses. Some boys have long hair in Westeros and people see what they expect to see.

agreed, but I think it's a plot point inside her head, she acts like a boy because she refuses to be a lady. She is annoyed both when she is called a lady and when she is called a boy. I'm surprised Marty hasn't adopted Arya as his ghey character de jour.

[Eddie Teach]

She's a bit young to be a butch dyke at this point in the story.

[Fate]

Caught tonight's episode.

I assume I was supposed to be rooting for Ned over Jaime?

Jaime, of course. 

[Viking]

She's a bit young to be a butch dyke at this point in the story.

It's never stopped him before....

[Valmy]

I must have missed Marty's love of lesbians. 

[Viking]

I must have missed Marty's love of lesbians. 

I am sort of stretching his love of pretty young boys.... I'll grant you that...

[Martinus]

I must have missed Marty's love of lesbians. 

I am sort of stretching his love of pretty young boys.... I'll grant you that...

WTF. Aren't you confusing me with someone? I have consistenly been falling in love with guys in their early to mid 20s.

You do realize that "young boys" means kids, right? Fucking idiot.

[Queequeg]

Is Littlefingers wearing a jacket with a zipper?

[Valmy]

Is Littlefingers wearing a jacket with a zipper?

Maybe.

I like the costumes they make it really seem like another world that is sorta like Medieval Euroland but not identical.  The clothes are just a little odd but plausible like Jaime's duster.

But a metal zipper might be a little much

[Valmy]

BTW I really enjoyed the gay scene not for the creepy manscaping or BJ but because it explains a bit of what led to Renly betraying his brother.  Hope for more creepy expository pillow talk from the rainbow knights later on.