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Joffrey!!! ROFL


I know hahahaha, I nearly mentioned that in the description, but I trust people will get to the end all by themselves

Joffrey!!! ROFL

Caution: Spoilers galore.

I found the House of the Undying scene to have a fittingly creepy mood, even though it was changed a lot. The scene with Drogo seemed to me to be stolen directly from the Accepted tests that Aes Sedai novices go through in The Wheel of Time, but it was a powerful scene nonetheless. I think they missed an opportunity when Dany exited north of the wall to show her a glimpse of the dangers coming from the north. What I missed most compared to the book was the vision Dany has of Rhaegar playing the harp and talking to some woman about his son, which is an important scene for a certain popular fan theory.

What annoyed me most in this season was how the story of Jon Snow and Qhorin Halfhand played out. You didn't really get to see how Qhorin became an important mentor to Jon Snow. Even worse: It was not pointed out clear enough that Qhorin practically ordered Jon to kill him in order to be able to infiltrate the wildlings. Instead it looked like Jon just killed him out of self-defense.

But there were more things I liked than disliked. Theon's battle speech scene was hilarious, and they pulled off Jaqen's face-changing really well. I also liked Luwin's demise; it shocked me how he was just stabbed out of hand, even though I knew he would die. I fear it might be a bit cryptic to non-book readers why Winterfell was suddenly burned down, though. There was also some brilliant acting from Sophie Turner as Sansa when she learns she doesn't have to marry Joffrey after all.

All in all, I liked most of the changes in this season. Some of them even made the story better than in the book, at least for the TV medium.

I haven't gotten to the Joffrey's death in the book (assuming he does die) but an epic sword battle with Arya would seem to a karmic. But that might be too obvious for Martin who likes to throw in some unsuspected twists.

Pimpinating! http://videosift.com/video/Game-of-Thrones-Character-Featurette-Joffrey-Baratheon-1

The kid doing Joffrey is spot on as well

so much awesomeness. Joffrey is such a little shit, and Tyrion is so cool, I wish he would become the king somehow lol

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