Category: game of thrones: season 6

‘Game of Thrones’: The feminine mystique

by Therese Odell, posted in game of thrones: season 6

Game of Thrones
“The Winds of Winter”
June 26, 2016

The season finale was filled with everything we expected: R+L = J; the North uniting; Arya giving Walder Frey exactly what he deserved; Sam going to the Citadel; Cersei having a final showdown with the Faith Militant; Tommen fulfilling Cersei’s prophecy; Daenerys on her way to Westeros to take it back once and for all; and winter has FINALLY come, amirite, Ned Stark? And something I don’t think anyone predicted — Cersei taking the Iron Throne for herself. Girl, I need one of those black leather dresses.
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‘Game of Thrones’: Yas, Queens

by Therese Odell, posted in game of thrones: season 6

Game of Thrones
“Battle of the Bastards”
June 19, 2016

Alright, so the Battle of the Bastards was amazing, no doubt, but the real story this week is how sisters are doing it for themselves. Sansa, Daenerys and Yara: none of them are playing, y’all. Look out, Westeros, because these ladies are getting in formation and they slay. They got hot sauce in their bag, swag, indeed. DAMN.
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‘Game of Thrones:’ Face/Off

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Game of Thrones
“No One”
June 12, 2016

And as fast as The Hound could massacre a group of bandits with nothing but an axe and a bone to pick, two popular fan theories are now dead. R.I.P. Fan Theories. It was fun while it lasted.
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‘Game of Thrones’: Release The Hound

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Game of Thrones
“The Broken Man”
June 5, 2016

The season of Big Character Returns continues afoot! And alimp! Continue reading “‘Game of Thrones’: Release The Hound” →

‘Game of Thrones’: Where you Benjen?

by Therese Odell, posted in game of thrones: season 6

Game of Thrones
“Blood of My Blood”
May 29, 2016

Oh, hey, George R.R. Martin, remember how you told your editor that Coldhands — the figure that helps Sam and Gilly escape, and who, in the books, helps Bran, Meera, Jojen and Hodor make their way to The Three-Eyed Raven’s cave — was not Benjen Stark? Because I remember you telling your editor he was not Benjen Stark. And I guess, technically, they could still be two separate characters in the book. But I’m guessing they won’t be.

So…

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‘Game of Thrones’: Whatever happened, happened

by Therese Odell, posted in game of thrones: season 6

Game of Thrones
“The Door”
May 22, 2016

TIME LOOPS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

I KNEW IT. I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT. I mean, I didn’t know HODOR, but I knew it.

UGH. WHY DIDN’T I WRITE IT?
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‘Game of Thrones’: This girl is on fire

by Therese Odell, posted in game of thrones: season 6

 

Game of Thrones
“Book of the Stranger”
May 15, 2016

This episode had everything: reunions, good feels, romance, Sansa being a badass, death, FIRE!, fire boobs, dead misogynists, and hopefully the birth of what will be everyone’s new favorite ship: Torienne. Or Briemund? Which do you like better? I’m leaning toward Briemund, myself. BRIEMUND 4LYFE.

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‘Game of Thrones’: Promises, promises

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Game of Thrones
“Oathbreaker”
May 8, 2016

So, last week we were teased in the previews that Game of Thrones was going back to the past, to the Tower of Joy to finally confirm that theory — you know, THAT theory — once and for all. The Tower of Joy, “R +L = J,” you know nothing Jon Snow, THAT theory. I mean, now that Jon Snow is magically back to life, we might as well get on with it, and learn about who he is and where he came from and what makes him so special, right? RIGHT? Surely they aren’t going to take us all the way to the Tower of Joy, the most anticipated location in all of Game of Thrones history, and NOT tell us what happened there.

… They wouldn’t do that, would they?

oh-my-sweet-summer-child-game-of-thrones

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‘Game of Thrones’: What is dead may never die

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Game of Thrones
“Home”
May 1, 2016

OMG JON SNOW LIVES. THERE’S NO TIME FOR NICETIES. NO TIME!

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‘Game of Thrones’: Through a glass darkly

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Game of Thrones
“The Red Woman”
April 24, 2016

So, I guess I’m going to recap Game of Thrones, y’all? This isn’t an easy decision for me. I love this series, and have read all the books, but I’m no supernerd when it comes to the Known World of A Song of Ice and Fire. It’s part of the reason that I avoided recapping this series until now: we’ve finally come to a place where the series has outpaced the books, and I can’t be harangued for getting something wrong from the text, or misremembering something. Another reason, I love the series so much, I want to do it justice and bring something interesting to the loud conversation already taking place about it, but worry that I will disappoint. And the other reason I avoided it was that my dear friend and former Tubular colleague, Andrew Dansby, has a history with the book series, and I was hoping against hope that he would take up his blogging duties once more. Alas, like Sansa, I’m beginning to realize that there is no white knight out there to save me, and I’m just going to have to take care of myself.

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