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  1. 1) No, I looked around and found an image and while the body might slightly resemble a spider, it has six legs. I guess one might argue it isn't finished, but, it has little horizontal stripes on its body more like Larys' bug pin, save for any wings. I cannot quite recall what Larys' walking stick bug in that episode looked like exactly. That would still somewhat tie in to Larys and actually somewhat to Aemond (he was there with his brother when Helaena was messing around with her living spider or whatever it was at the funeral. Aemond walks in to the room when she is embroidering that image. 2. Helaena in her own way is like Larys--observing and thinking and people pay her no mind. The way Aemond and Daemon parallel each other (similar but different) I have considered that perhaps Helaena and Larys are designed to parallel each other as well. I think the character Aemond knows not to discount her in the same fashion that Aegon does.
  2. But the optics have now been created regardless--(D) voters 'cheat' therefore any election wherein an (R) candidate does not win is sketchy and must be overturned. Long term strategy: incarcerate (D) voters under charges of fraud and then when it is determined (after much paper shuffling) that they were eligible, the election will have passed. Too bad!
  3. On so many levels and so much more rep needed for this phrase ^^^^
  4. Hey, do you think I should show up at one of the upcoming rallies with a pallet of slightly modified Easy-Bake ovens and make some money?
  5. Naw; I'm House Daemon. Sometimes I just sit there smirking because I am entertained. Rest of the Houses can fight it out; I'm good either way.
  6. After winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, Sinclair Lewis wrote It Can't Happen Here. In two days it will be the anniversary of its publication date: October 21, 1935. The novel received a revival of sorts after the 2016 election and sold out online and has been on the best seller lists recently. But many have their heads filled with propaganda spouted by right wing media personalities or in the sand or just too overwhelmed with daily miseries to think beyond getting by and getting through.
  7. That is what I was thinking as well; am I missing something? Plus our urban public transportation is ass when compared to some cities so more folks drive the sprawl halls back and forth to the burbs.
  8. Between your comments and @YGIFS this is about where I am. This was heinous and awful, but his point regarding our mental health care is on point. The article mentioned this woman had multiple children, including a two year old and some folks don't think or know about this, but people with mental health issues often have a longer lasting post partum depression, one that can last for several years. The medical pros can weigh in on this, but I think the Pediatric docs recommended screening new mothers longer than they used to, obviously not two years, but the majority of mothers do not suffer as long as that and this woman seems to have a whole lot of other disorders. Perhaps that had nothing to do with her actions or her mental state, but we should be relieved that given our poor access to mental health care here, events like this are rare. I remember being devastated when I learned about Andrea Yates and her children. It was heartbreaking-those poor poor children. Mentally ill and suffering from PPD, she was permitted to live and receive treatment (such as it is) in an appropriate facility. Prevention through mental and physical healthcare is the optimal outcome, but good luck with that.
  9. Hard to tell from the trailer, be interesting to see if they use the casino.
  10. Helaena (sp?) has a dragon I believe since Aemond was supposedly the lone child of Alicent's who did not have one so that would make another one for the Greens. Hard to imagine Helaena getting worked up about flying off to battle though unless it was to "accidentally" flame her husband off of his steed and that doesn't quite fit her personality.
  11. It looks like it is set in the present, so I agree that if they try and portray it that way (small rural town) that is inaccurate. However, until the southern suburbs exploded, all the land in between say, 101st and Bixby was mostly truck farms and horse pasture. My dad had land south of where the Creek Turnpike is now, and it is all strip malls and fancy houses out there now. Most of that is likely due to them getting the river bridges built, extending Riverside Pkwy, and the above mentioned turnpike. It took a lot longer to navigate that side of the city when I was younger. At least that is in my memory, which admittedly is hazier as each day passes. To the west near Turkey Mountain where they built all the big box stores was nothing for years and years when I was growing up. One of my friends was from Turley and it was like night and day, her experience growing up and mine but we could relate because my folks were from nearby Sand Springs and we would drive over the river every weekend. Tulsa is such a weird blend of cosmopolitan and, for lack of a better word--redneck attitude, and wealth and poverty-like a lot of cities but with its own flair. @Patricio Swayze would have a field day with his camera in my hometown.
  12. History is complicated and fascinating. I really hate how it is the MO to avoid thinking critically about it.
  13. If you are looking on YouTube specifically, good luck. I loathe their excuse of a search engine. I have had the occasional luck on searches for YouTube product specifically by using Google and their quote feature along with the boolean AND feature. I don't like Google, but DuckDuckGo has search issues as well. I don't know if this is the one you seek in which case you might need to try other search terms, but I retrieved it doing just that. It looks to be an almost hour long video.
  14. I don't believe many learn about it when studying the Civil War, but a lot of adults have no clue about Judah P. Benjamin or how old Jewish settlement in the U.S. is.
  15. It's a show about fire-breathing dragons and the people who ride them so yeah. I guess it doesn't bother me when people point out specific improvements they would like to see--after all, there are supposedly four seasons planned so thinking about scenes that work (and why) and things that didn't work (for a specific viewer and why) is not something I find distracting. I do not spend too much time worrying about incongruities with respect to for example--the critiques of battle strategy--because having not read the story I don't know what is being displayed as canon vs liberties taken due to the broadcast medium. If those incongruities are an artistic decision by the producers/directors/writers then that is their sword and it doesn't interfere with my enjoyment. Others may feel differently and that is their call and fine by me. It's not like we are discussing the relative uncertainties of standard atomic weights.
  16. Yes, this was along the lines I was thinking a page or so back. Cut a little of the Ser Criston/Aemond bonding time-write it a little more succinctly and flesh out the Council machinations. That might frustrate some viewers that want a little more action (although Lord Beesley getting a table facial was jarring) but you've got some character actors in that room and when written well, turn them loose and ratchet up the tension dial. Or, take that scene in the great hall where Otto calls in the Lords for loyalty oaths and rework it--I found it to be a bit ho-hum. No way those present in that room didn't understand what was at stake, but it didn't have the weight and suspense that, for example, last week's scene with the petitions did. And yet, this choice was life threatening to all present. Bend the knee or else. That being said, a lot was given in that hour--we get a little more info on the thoughts and deeds that are influencing these choices the characters make. Aemond verbalizes his in his outburst to Ser Criston about his place as a frustrated second son and when we look around the room, we see several of those in the parlor (Daemon, Larys, Otto). I am looking forward to the reaction of the other Targaryens in next week's episode.
  17. I like Santa. Lotta great lines in that movie but the one above is another one our family uses. The book upon which the screenplay is loosely based--In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepard I remember reading from our library when they had a display "You've Seen The Movie, Now Read The Book." It's been so long ago that I cannot remember but I think the book was sliiightly more adult themed than the movie, but not sure. I just recall how funny it was. When I went to look up the exact title just now, the entry says it's based on his popular radio series.
  18. Having not read the book(s) I don't know Martin's thinking but my own opinion is that he gives each of his major characters opportunities for redemption or condemnation. In Alicent's case, she and Rhaenyra for all the kerfluffle over the last decade and a half do have a history of friendship. At the council meeting it seemed Otto wanted all along to essentially murder Rhaenyra and install Aegon as rightful male heir. Back when Viserys named Rhaenyra the heir apparent, Otto told his daughter Alicent that her childrens' lives were in danger. But, that is Otto saying this. Rhaenyra gave no indication that she would make that so. Both Otto and Alicent are smart enough to know that Aegon is reluctant, truculent, immature, etc and if Otto gets to Aegon first my inclination was that Otto would install him with an attempt to control him and slaughter Rhaenyra and her family. Otto was already going through his list of killing the opposition one by one, aided and abetted by Larys who is playing both sides. Alicent, however, wanted Aegon to be king w/o the war, the killing, and so on. As she has not been successful at getting Aegon to heed her advice before, I doubt this will go well regardless. Long story short--Otto and Alicent in their hubris think that they can sway/control Aegon to their desires for power (Otto) and safety (Alicent) and that is my take on the race to locate him.
  19. The people of Georgia could use a leader and a public servant. But Herschel Walker, bless his heart, is not that person. So tired of the gamesmanship and performances. Time stops for no one and children are growing up in a world that says every life is sacred but when they look around they see it isn't so. That Tommy Tuberville can speak his nonsense from the podium at the same time Herschel Walker is stumping in the state adjacent to his is just surreal.
  20. I cannot speak for the author's intent, but how to maneuver the plot once the opposition has been incinerated would be difficult? You've killed the only other residents who have dragons and are capable of controlling them. I believe @Augustus mentioned something earlier about kinslayer being the worst epithet one could be called so Rhaenys would be raised in that culture and looking to avoid that (up to a point). Also, in the behind the scenes director's cut (YouTube), I recall they mentioned that both women being mothers and Rhaenys having lost both of her children perhaps would incline her to be sympathetic (again, to a degree). Also, Myseria (sp?) pointed out to Otto Hightower that it is the People who permit those in power to stay. Once more, that is true up to a point (dragons are going to have a lot to do with how much permission needs to be granted, amiright?) but that is something that coming into a coronation where Rhaenys has heard Otto declare that Aegon was to be king per Viserys' dying wishes (never mind that Otto was planning this all along) and knowing that tradition and culture prefers a male heir would likely make one pause before going firestarter on the monarchy standing before the People. They might resent Rhaenyra appearing and saying, well now that the BBQ is over, let us sit down and get to work on improving your lives. Even if that were in their best interest, not going to happen. So, war (plot driver, engaging, and what politicians do in the fight for control of the purse and power) it is then. My two cents.
  21. Y'all know that guy in the bar in My Cousin Vinny? The one who sticks a chicken leg in his mouth and strips it? I think this sheriff may be related only it looks like he's been doing it with the entire chicken.
  22. I did not have bring back the Spanish Inquisition on my bingo card. But here we are.
  23. It's a thing. Even without mind tricks.
  24. Rhaenyra turned down his proposal and he didn't handle it well; it's not like I haven't seen guys that leave lots of signals that while 'charming' on the surface also have outsized anger issues. After thing about it some more, and this ties in somewhat with some of the complaints about character development--we do know some of his story as it has been revealed. One of his flaws does seem to be that the Ser Criston's zealousness outpaces its situational appropriateness. He wants to follow this chivalric code and these 'rules' and will then use violence to enforce those he believes have violated them. But in many of his scenes there is unexpected violence or reaction as you state and the only motivation that we have is that he is low-born and worked his way up the ladder IIRC. For him, that may be all the motivation he needs. I work and work and am supposed to be grateful that I am honest, trustworthy, and brave and these Targaryens like Rhaenyra and Viserys throw it all in my face and expect me to be grateful. He is the violent side of Alicent's submissive nature and they align well with each other. I'm making all that up, but I suspect he is going to show out a little more in upcoming episodes due to his battle experience.
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