It's nearly Game Of Thrones Day - the countdown starts here (with spoilers)

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Just over 57 hours to go...

I really can't wait. In fact, I'm going to nc in a bit to honour the return of Tyrion, Robb, Jon Snow, Brienne and Arya.

Anyone else practically wetting themselves in excitment?

I havn't read the books beyond the 2nd one yet - but I got the impression that Tyrion won't forget that conversation with his father. If only he wasn't a Lannister...

Love Bronn, he's so awesome. And I get more and more worried about Sansa, I actually quite like her and I think she might get a sticky end, Littlefinger is dangerous.

Speaking of dangerous, would love to see more of Melisandre. When even Varys the spider is scared of you, you must be bad

That's definitely the case in GoT; every other story you know the goodies will win. In this one you have no clue what will happen!

aye, you never know quite what's going to happen, do you?

I loved it! The little girl was sent by the warlocks - there is a little girl who is actually 35 in braavos, was it the warlocks who made her stunted?

ooh, I'd forgotten about her! isnt the Braavos girl younger because she wears that face?

I thought something had happened to her to make her stop growing, she was sold to someone? Might not have been the warlocks but it rings a bell.

Is it the same girl who Arya met in later books then? Never thought of that!

no, its a different girl

I still haven't seen it, just waiting for DP to get home. I can't believe I am this excited about it.

I've just had a look and she is shrunken and "young" due to exposure to poisons and potions.

'Arya served Roose Bolton in the books, didn't she?'

Yes, as 'Nan'. He gives her a new name and doesn't recognise her.

In The House of Black and White, she meets a so-called girl known only as 'the waif'. When the waif was a youngish girl, her mother died and her father remarried. All was well, until the stepmother had a child of her own. Braavos is apparently like Dorne in that it is the firstborn who inherits no matter what his/her gender. So this woman sought to kill the waif. She, and 2/3 of her father's fortune, were given to The House of Black and White in exchange for her stepmother's being given the gift and she is in fact in her 30s, her age stunted by her own poisoning and then working with them.

Arya can see through the eyes of other animals besides a wolf, but she does not tell the kindly man this.

I'm impressed!!

The waif tells her about it whilst they were playing the lying game. 'One truth, one lie, one exaggeration.'

I think we'll see a wiser Sansa in the last book , assuming he doesn't kill her off after she's raped in his usual fashion .

Expat your like MNs very own GOT/ASOIAF safe wiki that we can read without fear of huge spoilers.

I've read the books several times .

Valor you mentioned that you don't know if the good will win. But really don't know which good will win. Jon, stannis, dothraki e.t.c there is so many that may win! !

Or which bad: Littlefinger, Euron Greyjoy, Ramsay Bolton, the Second Sons taking Pentos, The Others . . . hence, Game of Thrones

Checking in

Only watched the opener tonight as we were on bastard holiday yesterday.

I thought it was pretty good but am realising that the stories I care about most are Tyrion and Arya's - and I really missed Arya in that ep.

I didn't see Reek either? I loved Stannis being so arsey and ungracious, it's what he does best. (I have a little bit of a pedant crush on Stannis since the 'fewer, not less' moment )

And I also love the way they are building Margaery up into such a player. Bring on the Queen of Thorns!

It can't be that long till Joffrey's wedding, can it? . He is becoming even more toadying and psychotic, I'm loving that performance.

I'm just loving it all, to be honest.

If GoT took place on Facebook

Loras Tyrell - 'Awkward.' ROFL.

Mrs J, that was so funny!