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She sounds like Lauren (right through the nose) but looks nothing like her.

If you read this in Tywin's voice it will be 100 times more amusing. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-game-thrones-disturbing

I still remember when DC kept saying he would be Captain America... Anyway, Elise Neal (ex-Loving) in a reality show. http://madamenoire.com/427064/hollywood-divas/

Thanks.

Says a lot about today's GOP and today's media when this is who Politico is gushing over as mainstream. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/establishment-republicans-tea-party

The worst were those magazine covers that would heavily imply actors were involved. I remember one with Emily McClaughlin and the last Phil Brewer.

I think the roasting he is still only doing out of desperation, more than because he thinks it matters, but I guess we'd have to see. In some ways I wonder if Melisandre would lose him if he did ever gain more power.

I think Stannis would be about honor and duty and always following the rules, he'd likely cut down on the pomp and circumstance, etc. Of course he has broken the rules of honor to suit himself, but I think he regrets some of this and sees it as what he had to do. I agree that Dragonstone is a means to an end for Melisandre, although I have a feeling she's tied to them for good, whether she may fully want to be or not.

http://mightygodking.com/2010/01/25/crisis-on-infinite-earths-12-the-battle-around-the-world-sequence/

When they first had sex, I felt like it was duty, almost entirely duty, anyway, to the cause. The whole thing was so detached from passion for me at that time because he felt he had to do it, and she just had sex with him to create that weird shadow demon who killed poor Renly and then went on to, I don't know, kill Supergirl and Bug-Eyed Man and Selena Kyle. When we got to season 3 I was surprised to see it had become sexual, but the way you describe it, it does make sense to me.

I do think Melisandre has powers, but I feel like her powers have limits and are bolstered by her confidence and self-belief. She was thrown off her game for most of her time with those Banner guys, because they were doing things she didn't think were possible. Stannis needs her, and I do think she's helped him immeasurably, but I think even if she'd gone with him to Blackwater, he would have lost that battle. There were just too many men. She could have helped him sniff out the wildfire, but even then, I don't know. I'm always happy when they don't pigeonhole Melisandre as the other woman, or some bored mistress. I'd like to believe she cares about everyone in Stannis' life, in some way, because he needs all of them if he's going to be the king she wants him to be. That's probably why this group is so refreshing to me, because they're all very codependent on each other. It's very true to life.

I have mixed feelings about Selyse, as she was obviously very hurt long before Melisandre arrived (the fetuses on display), and Melisandre keeps her going. I think Melisandre is also a big reason Stannis finally took the step toward claiming what was his, after Renly jumped ahead of him. The problem is Stannis expects things to happen, Melisandre tells him they will happen, and when they don't, he falls apart. I won't be shocked if the same happens with the bank. I'm glad they have toned down some of the "I want your sex" stuff with Stannis and Melisandre, because I don't feel like that he needs or wants from her. I'm sure he enjoys it (although I have never gotten the feeling he enjoys sex as much as he knows he has to have it at certain points for certain reasons), but last season I'm trying to write off as depression, instead of blue balls. I love Davos, and I love the purity of his devotion to Stannis. I could watch an entire show with the Dragonstone group. Stannis has such interesting and complex relationships with everyone there.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-director-jon-snows-701128 She directed some of my favorite TWD episodes. I always imagine GoT is a very hard show to direct, because the stories are so disparate and becoming moreso each season, but she did a great job here.

I think Littlefinger likely had plans to win Catelyn and only in the last few years did he realize that wasn't going to happen. After her final rebuff in season 2, he started moving in on Sansa. His main goal with the money manager job was probably skimming to help his own fortune, not making any big moves, as he could have been caught out. Tywin mostly seemed to stay away until Robert was gone. Even then it took him quite a while to get back to King's Landing. By the time he did, Littlefinger had everything he needed.

December 1973 TV by Day He looks kind of hot here. I can see where he would have been right in Erica's daddy issues.

TV by Day December 1973 Have people talked before about there being another Lisa recast in the 60s? I didn't know that. Or I'd forgotten it.

I think so. I never knew that.

Yes she was. One of my favorite Dark Shadows presences, by far.

It's depressing to me how often they still have to do it today.

I was reading a review of the episode and they said Jojen saw his hand on fire because he was seeing the burning of Craster's Keep. Others think this was foreshadowing his demise. What do you think? There was also some talk of whether the revelation about Jon Arryn's death was too anticlimactic. To me, it hasn't been a major issue on the show in eons, and it hasn't been a big question for fans, so I wonder if that's why it was rushed through.

I got the impression that no one knew what he was planning with the heirs. Cersei had spies and they were also left out of the loop. So were Varys and Littlefinger. If Tywin and Tyrion had been there, could they have heard about it beforehand and stopped it? I guess, but I don't know. Ultimately I put that on Joffrey. Tywin wasn't just controlling. He was abusive to all of his children. He punished them for having any thought or any feeling and he took Joanna's death out of them. As for her life in comparison to others, yes, others had it worse, but I don't think anyone is saying Cersei had the worst life around. I just think she had a pretty awful life, and a pretty terrible upbringing. I know what she's done. I'm not going to disagree. But that doesn't mean she didn't have an abusive childhood that affected who she would be. As for Tyrion, he's essentially written as a patron saint of Westeros, unnaturally so. I can't really judge other characters by him. Even then, I think you can see how his father's abuse damaged him and has made his relationships with others more limited.

February 1971 TV Dawn to Dusk. Some is missing.

February 1971 TV Dawn to Dusk

February 1971 TV Dawn to Dusk