Darth Vader and Arya Stark

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This cracks me up. I may post more Arya Stark finds as she's my favorite GoTs character. I'm glad she became the murdering little girl I remember from the books.

Valar Morghulis!

[Felix]

I feel like reading the books will spoil the series

It seems like Stannis is going to defend the realm against the White Walkers and the Mother of Dragons will clean house at Kings Landing. What can his nephew accomplish? Somehow take the throne and marry Arya...this is a fantasy tale, but that's pushing it.

Curious what Arya is going to do next, I like that she's partnered with the Hound, they make a good team.

I don't get what the crippled Stark boy is trying to do. He's just really bored not being able to walk and would rather have an adventure than sit around in bed doing nothing...even if it kills him.

Jon Snow....pick a side and commit to it dammit! Not sure what his role will be in all this, it seems important, but I'm losing interest. At least Sam has killed a White Walker and not broken his vows.

Theon Reak Greyjoy has suffered for his sins...maybe he will do something right before the end....maybe. There's not many people that could get revenge for the Starks wedding. At least he's involved in whats going on, John Snow is off in la la land. I hope getting shot with those arrows straightens him out.

Jamie Lanister seems like he's learned some hard lessons. Despite being the "King Slayer" I can't see him killing his own son....but maybe his sister/lover if she threatens the female knight (forget her name).

I'm rooting for the Tyrion to escape with his true love. But he's loyal to his family, no matter how much he despises them. I love that he's been the only one with enough balls to stand up to Jeoffry, and survive....along with the Grandfather.

Not sure what role Sanza has to play in this besides suffering...maybe she will get the upper hand on Jeoffrey at some point. She almost had him once.

Yeah, I'm ready to see the Mother of Dragons burn everything to the ground. I REALLY did like how she freed the slave army a few episodes back.

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The TV Show streamlines the books. Arya pulls that trick with the coin drop, murder much earlier for example. They held back on her murdering, but I guess they want here Robb's death to trigger her snapping.

Stannis - made it clear, leaving Dragonstone, going to answer the call. I always thought he was a decent guy, minus the religous crazy crap pushed by the Red Lady. Davos is loyal to him and that counts for something.

Hound/Arya - An inspired out-on-the-road duo. Some of my favorite chapters in the books are these two.

Bran Stark - He is looking for the three eyed raven to continue his training as a warg. Jojan Reed indicated to Sam that normal armies couldn't stop the white walkers.

Jon Snow - In fairness to Jon, I do think this undercover business in the books was just to get him laid without breaking his vows. It was frustrating reading it. If he didn't go 'play war' with Robb, there's no way he'd choose Ygritte over the Night's Watch. That's who Jon Snow is.

Theon Greyjoy - Oops, Reek. He's alive and has suffered way beyond what anyone should. The punishment did not fit the crime. Robb would have given him a clean death. I stick up for Theon and look at him in season2 as more misguided than outright evil. The show is about grey characters in many cases.

Jaime - I think he and Theon share alot in common in having an identity crisis, who they are, how they were raised, how they wish the world would see them, how the world sees them. He did save Brianne from the bear pitt. That does say something about him.

Sansa - in the books, she provides pov of King's Landing, as does the imp. It's a tough role to play, a prisoner. I do think Robb made a mistake not trading Jaime for her, he could used her for marriage alliances.

Dany - Hmmm, if she freed one slave city, if she is the breaker of chains, follow it to its logical conclusion. Conquest and liberation is a tough path, the upbeat finale notwithstanding.

In the grand scheme things, Robb the avenging son has been done to death in all sorts of stories elsewhere. That's why the Red Wedding happened. I loved King Robb and "King of the North" is inspiring, but he made plenty of mistakes and books are so much more bigger than any one Stark.

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