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[HBO] Game of Thrones S2 on Sunday; spoilers abound, no tags; NO BOOKS

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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Kana wrote: »
    And btw, Shae's actress used to be "professionally sexy" before she got into acting.

    Yes yes, I'm sure Semitic Sarah Jessica Parker warmed up many a bed in the past. But this is a world where third cousins and minor nobles are just hot hot hot model hot ridiculously hot.

    You don't think it's a little weird that this actress looks like a real-life hooker in comparison, and not like a fantasy television show on HBO hooker?


    EDIT: Here's what the wiki has to say

    "After leaving school at age 16, she started and passed an education as administrative assistant at the local city government, she worked two years for the municipal waste disposal afterwards, then moved to Essen in 2002, where she worked various jobs, such as seller, doorman, cleaner, manager of a nightclub, promoter and photo model."

    I can believe all those former professions save for one.

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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Since I'm here I may as well identify my hot men of the show.

    Renly is killing it at the top of the list. Even in my fantasy dramas, the best ones are gay. Sigh. Jaime is incredibly hot when he's not covered in grime and chained to a post and when he's not fucking his sister. Drogo is like the exaggerated prime cut of manliness that I admire from afar but would not want to be embraced with. John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff. And while Theon frequently gets naked and fucks every lady he can, he just doesn't do it for me. It's his face. It screams I AM A TOOL.

    Anyway, the selection for the ladies here is pretty paltry

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    kuhlmeyekuhlmeye Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Question: If you execute a guy who claims he fled because of White Walkers, wouldn't you ask your Nightswatch brother who comes to visit if there could be any truth to it? Wouldn't you even be the least bit curious? The guy fled knowing he'd be executed because of it, it's not like he was caught in a whorehouse just getting his jollies off.

    The small council got a letter from the Lord-Captain of the Night's Watch like, two episodes ago, telling them in plain terms that the White Walkers were coming and had already attacked.

    I believe their response was "Meh."

    The real problem is that people not living in the north see the Nightswatch as a bunch of criminals, because they pretty much are. They only get people like Jon Snow every once and a while. This is coupled with the fact that things like White Walkers have been gone for so long that they are pretty much a myth.

    So then when that letter shows up in court, the Small Council is like, "Whatever, the Nightswatch is a joke, probably just some beggars getting scared over a wildling, which never get down here anyways. Now back to scheming!"

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    TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    And btw, Shae's actress used to be "professionally sexy" before she got into acting.

    Yes yes, I'm sure Semitic Sarah Jessica Parker warmed up many a bed in the past. But this is a world where third cousins and minor nobles are just hot hot hot model hot ridiculously hot.

    You don't think it's a little weird that this actress looks like a real-life hooker in comparison, and not like a fantasy television show on HBO hooker?


    EDIT: Here's what the wiki has to say

    "After leaving school at age 16, she started and passed an education as administrative assistant at the local city government, she worked two years for the municipal waste disposal afterwards, then moved to Essen in 2002, where she worked various jobs, such as seller, doorman, cleaner, manager of a nightclub, promoter and photo model."

    I can believe all those former professions save for one.

    She was a porn star.

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    TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Not enough mention of Doreah in a discussion of hot women on the show.

    (Also, as a perfectly straight male, I'd rank Jaime at the top of the hot men on the show).

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    Form of Monkey!Form of Monkey! Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    And btw, Shae's actress used to be "professionally sexy" before she got into acting.

    Yes yes, I'm sure Semitic Sarah Jessica Parker warmed up many a bed in the past. But this is a world where third cousins and minor nobles are just hot hot hot model hot ridiculously hot.

    You don't think it's a little weird that this actress looks like a real-life hooker in comparison, and not like a fantasy television show on HBO hooker?


    EDIT: Here's what the wiki has to say

    "After leaving school at age 16, she started and passed an education as administrative assistant at the local city government, she worked two years for the municipal waste disposal afterwards, then moved to Essen in 2002, where she worked various jobs, such as seller, doorman, cleaner, manager of a nightclub, promoter and photo model."

    I can believe all those former professions save for one.

    She was a porn star.

    That explains "cleaner" and possibly "doorman."

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    ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor changed Registered User regular
    Question: If you execute a guy who claims he fled because of White Walkers, wouldn't you ask your Nightswatch brother who comes to visit if there could be any truth to it? Wouldn't you even be the least bit curious? The guy fled knowing he'd be executed because of it, it's not like he was caught in a whorehouse just getting his jollies off.
    Did they used to exist? Yeah, but so did dragons. He's probably just making shit up to excuse his desertion. They probably all claim to have seen a Walker or a grumpkin of some kind. At best he probably just ran afoul of some wildlings and panicked. At worst he killed his brother rangers and made a break for it.

    If there really were Others out there the Watch wouldn't need to hear about it from some craven oathbreaker.

    / is probably what Ned, or anyone, might think.

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    HeisenbergHeisenberg Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Since I'm here I may as well identify my hot men of the show.

    Renly is killing it at the top of the list. Even in my fantasy dramas, the best ones are gay. Sigh. Jaime is incredibly hot when he's not covered in grime and chained to a post and when he's not fucking his sister. Drogo is like the exaggerated prime cut of manliness that I admire from afar but would not want to be embraced with. John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff. And while Theon frequently gets naked and fucks every lady he can, he just doesn't do it for me. It's his face. It screams I AM A TOOL.

    Anyway, the selection for the ladies here is pretty paltry

    Renly looks so much better this season with the beard and longer hair. And I'm also a straight man who agrees Jaime is perfect looking and pure handsomeness.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Not enough mention of Doreah in a discussion of hot women on the show.

    (Also, as a perfectly straight male, I'd rank Jaime at the top of the hot men on the show).

    Doreah's definitely under-rated.

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    KanaKana Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Yar wrote: »
    Except Tyrion only got a trial, because he tricked them into believing he was confessing which allowed him to demand trial in front of all the assembled lords. The plan seemed to be leave Tyrion in the sky cells until he goes batshit crazy and confesses, then kill him.

    I think Catelyn's plan was to get him to King's Landing, and Lysa's plan was to force him to confess, but Tyrion outsmarted them both.

    He does that a lot.

    Has Tyrion actually failed at anything yet? Because everybody else has.

    He's been arrested, got talked into leading his men into battle by his dad and almost got killed for it...

    He
    kind of failed at being born properly, though you can hardly blame him for it

    True, the arrest kind of counts as a failure. He also failed at slapping sense into Joffrey.

    So far it just seems like he's had unparalleled success compared to the utter tragedy that's enveloping everybody else.

    Well, it's sort of hard for his story so far to go anywhere but up, considering that everyone but Jaime hates him in the first season despite him not doing anything but liking the ladies a bit too much

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Heisenberg wrote: »
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Since I'm here I may as well identify my hot men of the show.

    Renly is killing it at the top of the list. Even in my fantasy dramas, the best ones are gay. Sigh. Jaime is incredibly hot when he's not covered in grime and chained to a post and when he's not fucking his sister. Drogo is like the exaggerated prime cut of manliness that I admire from afar but would not want to be embraced with. John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff. And while Theon frequently gets naked and fucks every lady he can, he just doesn't do it for me. It's his face. It screams I AM A TOOL.

    Anyway, the selection for the ladies here is pretty paltry

    Renly looks so much better this season with the beard and longer hair. And I'm also a straight man who agrees Jaime is perfect looking and pure handsomeness.

    It is really too bad. Vice is nice but incest is best.

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff.

    His lost-puppy look doesn't make me want to fuck him, it makes me want to buy him an ice cream and call his parents to see whether they know he's missing.

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    TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff.

    His lost-puppy look doesn't make me want to fuck him, it makes me want to buy him an ice cream and call his parents to see whether they know he's missing.

    Well, his Dad's dead and his mom's a mystery, so...

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Yar wrote: »
    Except Tyrion only got a trial, because he tricked them into believing he was confessing which allowed him to demand trial in front of all the assembled lords. The plan seemed to be leave Tyrion in the sky cells until he goes batshit crazy and confesses, then kill him.

    I think Catelyn's plan was to get him to King's Landing, and Lysa's plan was to force him to confess, but Tyrion outsmarted them both.

    He does that a lot.

    Has Tyrion actually failed at anything yet? Because everybody else has.

    He failed fighting in the war. Of course, being unconscious to miss the battle may have saved his life so even when he loses he wins. :rotate:

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    KanaKana Registered User regular
    Well, in the end the battle turned out to be like 6 on 1 in favor of the Lannisters, so he was probably a lot safer than he thought he'd be

    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Well, in the end the battle turned out to be like 6 on 1 in favor of the Lannisters, so he was probably a lot safer than he thought he'd be

    True, but were I in his position I'd be glad to have missed it. Not that he can't defend himself when he needs to but being in a large battle between two armies is very different then a skirmish with a small band of thieves.

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    nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    No love for Peter Dinklege?

    :winky:

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    Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff.

    His lost-puppy look doesn't make me want to fuck him, it makes me want to buy him an ice cream and call his parents to see whether they know he's missing.

    I think I'm the only one who thinks Robb Stark is up there. Maybe not the handsomest of all, but he isn't bad and his mannerisms and actions show such potential.

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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    No love for Peter Dinklege?

    :winky:

    just the right height for a woman

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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Boring7 wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    John Snow is some hot ass, but his broody little bitch face can be a real turnoff.

    His lost-puppy look doesn't make me want to fuck him, it makes me want to buy him an ice cream and call his parents to see whether they know he's missing.

    I think I'm the only one who thinks Robb Stark is up there. Maybe not the handsomest of all, but he isn't bad and his mannerisms and actions show such potential.

    I wish he would stop furrowing his brow. But yes. Yes.

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    Mad King GeorgeMad King George Registered User regular


    He failed fighting in the war. Of course, being unconscious to miss the battle may have saved his life so even when he loses he wins. :rotate:

    It was also a brilliant little wink to The Hobbit.

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    MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Boring7 wrote: »
    I think I'm the only one who thinks Robb Stark is up there. Maybe not the handsomest of all, but he isn't bad and his mannerisms and actions show such potential.

    Robb Stark is 100% smokin'.

    Look, it's Robb Stark and Viserys hanging out! Jesus Christ, make out already! Do want.

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    Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    Part of me can't help but wonder what he'll look like when he goes grey. Connery or creepy?

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    KanaKana Registered User regular
    So I was curious what the non-varys Conleth Hill was like

    Good lord sooo different

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Qyvphp-6s

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    ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    Question: If you execute a guy who claims he fled because of White Walkers, wouldn't you ask your Nightswatch brother who comes to visit if there could be any truth to it? Wouldn't you even be the least bit curious? The guy fled knowing he'd be executed because of it, it's not like he was caught in a whorehouse just getting his jollies off.
    Did they used to exist? Yeah, but so did dragons. He's probably just making shit up to excuse his desertion. They probably all claim to have seen a Walker or a grumpkin of some kind. At best he probably just ran afoul of some wildlings and panicked. At worst he killed his brother rangers and made a break for it.

    If there really were Others out there the Watch wouldn't need to hear about it from some craven oathbreaker.

    / is probably what Ned, or anyone, might think.

    Also Ned does ask Benjen about it. So...

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    PoultryGeistPoultryGeist The Ghostly Chicken Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Kana wrote: »

    Holy balls Cersei's much more attractive as a brunette and Dany skyrockets.
    Ok list revisited:
    1. Margaery
    1. Dany
    1. Cersei
    1. Melisandre
    (Ed: 1. Doreah - I've loved that girl since her Hollyoaks days)
    (Ed2: 1. Ros

    GODDAMNIT)

    There is nothing wrong with the numbering system there.

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    Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »

    Holy balls Cersei's much more attractive as a brunette and Dany skyrockets.
    Ok list revisited:
    1. Margaery
    1. Dany
    1. Cersei
    1. Melisandre

    There is nothing wrong with the numbering system there.

    Watch Sarah Connor Chronicles for a brunette Cersei. The show is great, as well.

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    KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Yar wrote: »
    Except Tyrion only got a trial, because he tricked them into believing he was confessing which allowed him to demand trial in front of all the assembled lords. The plan seemed to be leave Tyrion in the sky cells until he goes batshit crazy and confesses, then kill him.

    I think Catelyn's plan was to get him to King's Landing, and Lysa's plan was to force him to confess, but Tyrion outsmarted them both.

    He does that a lot.

    Has Tyrion actually failed at anything yet? Because everybody else has.

    He's been arrested, got talked into leading his men into battle by his dad and almost got killed for it...

    He
    kind of failed at being born properly, though you can hardly blame him for it

    True, the arrest kind of counts as a failure. He also failed at slapping sense into Joffrey.

    So far it just seems like he's had unparalleled success compared to the utter tragedy that's enveloping everybody else.

    Well, it's sort of hard for his story so far to go anywhere but up, considering that everyone but Jaime hates him in the first season despite him not doing anything but liking the ladies a bit too much

    Does Jaime actually like/love him as a brother? I'm actually a bit sad that Jaime never really got much character development. He is basically "that assholish dude who kills kids and fucks his sister".

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    YarYar Registered User regular
    Peter Dinklage is ridiculously good looking.

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    Boring7Boring7 Registered User regular
    Klyka wrote: »
    Kana wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    Taramoor wrote: »
    Yar wrote: »
    Except Tyrion only got a trial, because he tricked them into believing he was confessing which allowed him to demand trial in front of all the assembled lords. The plan seemed to be leave Tyrion in the sky cells until he goes batshit crazy and confesses, then kill him.

    I think Catelyn's plan was to get him to King's Landing, and Lysa's plan was to force him to confess, but Tyrion outsmarted them both.

    He does that a lot.

    Has Tyrion actually failed at anything yet? Because everybody else has.

    He's been arrested, got talked into leading his men into battle by his dad and almost got killed for it...

    He
    kind of failed at being born properly, though you can hardly blame him for it

    True, the arrest kind of counts as a failure. He also failed at slapping sense into Joffrey.

    So far it just seems like he's had unparalleled success compared to the utter tragedy that's enveloping everybody else.

    Well, it's sort of hard for his story so far to go anywhere but up, considering that everyone but Jaime hates him in the first season despite him not doing anything but liking the ladies a bit too much

    Does Jaime actually like/love him as a brother? I'm actually a bit sad that Jaime never really got much character development. He is basically "that assholish dude who kills kids and fucks his sister".

    Largely in scenes where other people are saying the most important, or at least most noticeable lines. He knows people think he is an asshole and a betrayer (Kingslayer!) but doesn't think it's fair that people judge him for his actions. He thinks he's ultra-hot shit because he's basically never lost a "fair" fight, but often doesn't fight fair himself. He really wants to be captain honorable honorpants but will instinctively abandon the honorable route the moment that honor could make things really difficult for him. He cares about Tyrion as a sort of Morality Pet but he's mildly neglectful because he's still madly in love with himself.

    There was that scene where they talked about him being kingslayer. There was the scene where he bitched to random sergeant-at-arms (or whatever) about Robert disrespecting his sister by banging whores. There was his immediate tantrum when dearly beloved brother was kidnapped, and the resulting fight where he punches a guy for interrupting his duel with Eddard Stark.

    Jaime is probably the most "real" depiction of a spoiled rich boy. He's not psychotically dissociative like Joffrey but he *is* an entitled prick. He doesn't want to see himself as a bad guy but he'll still do lots of bad guy things. He dreams of being the honorable knight who can lay low a thousand men with his mighty shining sword, but every time he does something counter to that ideal he comes up with an actual rationalization for why it didn't count when he "sinned." He makes me think of the hypocritical political and religious actors we see in the real world, like the "only moral abortion is my abortion," people. He murdered a king, but it was okay because that king was evil. Sure he still served the king loyally for a long time until the rebels were at the gates but whatever, killed evil king crazypants, so it's okay to have A: stabbed him in the back and B: betrayed his oath so C: everyone who's judgmental about it is a hater and can go to hell. And when he gets caught fucking a man in a public restroom his sister it's okay because of *indecipherable mumbling* and besides Robert Baratheon is such a jerk banging whores and being so mean to Cersei. Both sides are the same, so vote Lannister!

    Sorry, was that over the top? I can never tell.

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    burboburbo Registered User regular
    I change my mind to Doreah. She is my favorite. I forgot about her.

    Honorable mention to boat girl from S02E02.

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    Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Captain's Daughter was weirdly attractive. I think she wasn't supposed to be, like Brienne. Theon's sister too.

    Conversely, Cersei and Margaery do nothing for me.

    Also Tyrion is legit hot. Seriously:
    GOT-Season2-Tyrion-Lannister1.jpg

    Never really thought of Jaime as a spoiled brat so much as a guy who feels super unappreciated. Dude did some heinous shit for the good of the realm, everyone hates him for it.

    Oh brilliant
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    valiancevaliance Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Kana wrote: »

    Holy balls Cersei's much more attractive as a brunette and Dany skyrockets.

    Ok list revisited:
    1. Margaery
    1. Dany
    1. Cersei

    1. Melisandre

    There is nothing wrong with the numbering system there.

    yeah those two as brunettes somehow become way hotter. which shouldn't be possible.
    Dany's accent + her natural dark brown hair is just... there are no words
    Watch Sarah Connor Chronicles for a brunette Cersei. The show is great, as well.

    :^: good show

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    ThirithThirith Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    On the whole looks thing: I'm finding it somewhat disconcerting that Jon Snow has this "Shane from The Walking Dead" thing going on in S2. In the first two episodes, his mouth curls down at the sides in a way that makes me think he'll shave his head and start rubbing it like a psychopath. Next he'll probably sacrifice Sam to escape the White Walkers.

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    TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    Won't happen. He's north of the wall, he'll need that hair to help keep him warm.

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    NeliNeli Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    And he'd never sacrifice Sam. He needs the warm thick folds of Sam's body to keep himself warm at night

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    TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    He has Ghost, he doesn't need Sam.

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    ThirithThirith Registered User regular
    Neli wrote: »
    And he'd never sacrifice Sam. He needs the warm thick folds of Sam's body to keep himself warm at night
    You make Sam sound like a Tauntaun...

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    CreamstoutCreamstout What you think I program for, to push a fuckin' quad-core? Registered User regular
    Forget the Drogo love, the true alpha is Mr. Mountain, Gregor Clegane.

    Also Ros is the hottest female character. The Queen is a distant second, followed closely by Sansa who comes in third. Putting Sansa next to Shae really puts things into perspective.

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    mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    Creamstout wrote: »
    Forget the Drogo love, the true alpha is Mr. Mountain, Gregor Clegane.

    Also Ros is the hottest female character. The Queen is a distant second, followed closely by Sansa who comes in third. Putting Sansa next to Shae really puts things into perspective.

    In Drogo versus Clegane, my money's still on Drogo.


    Also, yes Peter Dinklage is a ridiculously hot dude. Just saw him last night watching an old episode of Entourage, it was fun seeing him in a more "normal" context.

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