Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[jackvance]

LOL I was too busy shaking my head to notice. For some reason, this show likes to skip some really important scenes, like Tyrion breaking the wedding news to Sansa and Shae.

I was so pissed about that! Really wanted to see how he'd handle it.

Yeah that's my prediction, but I don't know how accurate it is. So far the dire wolves don't appear to have any real meaning.

I'm confused about that. They were set up to be something super important, atleast that's what it seemed like. And now they didn't even auto-attack Jon's assailtants? Bran had to Xavier them?

I'm guessing what happens with Rickon is entirely unpredictable at this point

I like to think he's purposely being kept in the shadows to be unleashed to us later how he really is. It's always been apparent that he's kinda weird (the nut crushing at that meeting etc). Him becoming an influential bad guy would be a nice upset to how good all the Starks have been so far. Kinda like how some of the Lannisters became sympathetic, but the other way around. I could totally see the expected storyline being messed up like that.

[wufwugy]

I'm confused about that. They were set up to be something super important, atleast that's what it seemed like. And now they didn't even auto-attack Jon's assailtants? Bran had to Xavier them?

Good catch. That was quite strange.

I like to think he's purposely being kept in the shadows to be unleashed to us later how he really is. It's always been apparent that he's kinda weird (the nut crushing at that meeting etc). Him becoming an influential bad guy would be a nice upset to how good all the Starks have been so far. Kinda like how some of the Lannisters became sympathetic, but the other way around. I could totally see the expected storyline being messed up like that.

Another good catch with the Lannister contrast. The writers like showing how the bad guys aren't all so bad, but not so much how the good guys are instead bad. There's a whole lot ripe about having somebody like Rickon turn dark. Hell, Bran not being there for Rickon could be the catalyst