GAME OF THRONES Season 4

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About a week and a half to go

Who's watching?

Some trailers to keep us going:

I'm gutted that Oberyn died. I really fancy the actor who plays him.

I only fancy him as Oberyn. It's the accent that does it for me.

Agree Mike

Trivia: Pedro Pascal was in an episode of Buffy yonks ago, playing a nerdy student who gets turned into a vampire. Series 4 episode 1 if anyone is curious

To lighten the mood / diminish the trauma...

happyplace.someecards.com/got-recap-season-4/if-game-of-thrones-took-place-entirely-on-facebook-season-4-episode-8/

OMG! I am in current name change but normally post on here. I just watched this weeks episode and had to come to speak to someone I am aghast at what I just watched - it compared with the red wedding - I think I am in shock and you were the only ladies I wanted to speak too.

Can't imagine Pedro Pascal being geeky - will have to watch that episode!

This has helped combat my post-traumatic stress a little: The Mountain vs Twitter

"Tywin clearly knows how to play the game well." Did the Jonah letter not come from pre Tywin/Joffrey though? or was it a trick by him?

I am never ever watching again. I see oberyns face now whenever I try to sleep, all mashed up and disgusting. Brutal scenes tend to stick with me, I appreciate I am a complete Nancypants about it.

Help me replace this image and restore my faith in the storyline being reasonable. I like tyrion too. I'm so depressed about it all.

immortalwife does this help?

I am burning that image of the sweet hedgehog into my head to see if it helps.

On a positive note how amazing is this show that it can do this to us????

My only gripe is I want more than 50 mins a week - 5 hours a week , week in and week out would suit me just fine.

If the hedgehog doesn't work, maybe this will.

let this run for a while as the song changes www.danbarham.com/dinklage/

for all the shopaholics out there this cheered me up anyway mashable.com/2014/03/24/game-of-thrones-etsy/

sorted out some of my b.day pressies!

That Facebook thing is brilliant.

Ahahahaha at this from QueenofThorns link:

@JoshLinnard: The relationship between Ramsey and Reek is a metaphor for the show and it’s fans

So very true!

I still haven't seen it, I have heard there is a horrible popping sound though [boak] he had such a lovely face! it really is a shame.

Hope the bunnies help.

You mentioning the popping sound made me remember a production of King Lear I saw for school. There was no stage and I was in the front row so the actors were very close.

When they blinded Gloucester it was so realistic my friend freaked. I was horrified too but managed to hold it together but she got really upset and had to be taken out. Yes, you could hear the pop and squish.

I don't know what they used. I wondered whether it was grapes but it was probably some squishy bath ball thingy filled with red dye. It was horrible.

Why why why why did he have to die?

Curse you George Martin

Curse you George Martin

Yes, but it's good though. It's like Yara and Theon/Reek. I really wanted her to kick Ramsay's arse and rescue her brother. But then I thought: 'It's GoT, she might be killed' because IRL sometimes that happens.

I found what did happen in the show entirely believable, tragic though it was.

Please don't let Tyrion die though.

Oh yes I like the raw relentless reality of it all but it was Oberyn!!!!!

I hope in the end that the White Walkers win.

I've saved that episode. I am going to rewatch tonight in all its squishy glory. With freeze-frame. And rewind.

Also, there's a bit where Ramsay tenderly puts a glove on Theon's right hand just before he rides into the castle to pretend to sue for peace. I didn't notice but did Ramsay mutilate Theon's hand and was covering it up?

I find their relationship awfully compelling.

Yes I liked the line "Come Reek, tonight I'll be needing a bath"

He did cut off his fingers didn't he?

[Joins in]

I don't think Tyrion will die for a while, because it feels like he is George R. R. Martin's favourite character - he has so much screen/page time and so often the most interesting dialogue/quotes come through him. The readers will probably be snickering behind their books at me though about how he will be murdered in some horribly gruesome way soon.

I covered my eyes when the mountain started pushing down on Oberyn's eyes so I only heard the pop and looked again to see his head looking like a squashed tomato!

I didn't find Oberyn sexy though, he creeped me out a bit blasphemy. I can't be the only one?!

Limited and ThisFence, there was that scene where Ramsey tortured Theon's finger with a knife until he begged him to cut it off while he had him tied up, remember? I don't think any more fingers got cut off, but I could be wrong.