HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

lysa arryn, crazy woman from season 1, lives in castle in the sky with idiot son, sister of catelyn, former of wife of jon arryn, hand before ned. the marriage idea is a new development to secure the support of the vale, one of the big deal kingdoms - wardens of the east - that has been looking after itself and largely out of the wider political picture to this point. littlefinger was childhood friends with lysa and catelyn and uniquely well positioned to move in

It's Lysa Arryn - Catelyn Stark's sister and, more importantly, Jon Arryn's widow and thus the Lady of the Vale (Jon Arryn was the Hand of the King for Robert Baratheon before Ned Stark had the job - the old man that got murdered just prior to season 1 beginning). Lysa's the crazy lady with the horrible sickly little son that's still breastfeeding at the age of 10 or whatever. But she's also the ruler over one of the most important of the Seven Kingdoms, and she doesn't currently have a side in the war. So Tywin's offering Littlefinger the chance to become Lord of the Vale in return for him bringing in Lysa Arryn and the Vale on the side of the Lannisters in the war.

http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/images/content/Hill-Conleth--320x227.jpg.axd?maxwidth=280&maxheight=210

littlefinger is also a minor noble who's made himself rich, but doesn't have an old holding (like the vale) to really bring him the respect he wants

Oh hello who is that attractive person?

thanks guys. that's who i thought he was talking about... but it didn't make a lot of sense to me.
wasn't she furious with the Lannisters because she'd figured out they'd poisoned her husband? Why would she throw her support behind them now, even with Littlefinger up there?!

One other question I had about that episode; when Aria asked the Hound if he remembered the last time he was up there… any idea what that was about?

He killed Sansa's direwolf

No, Ned killed Sansa's direwolf. The Hound killed the butcher's boy that Arya was playing with.

thought both those things happened in Kings Landing?

oooh! that's right.

No, they happened on the kingsroad.

ah - well that may explain it then.

Yeah those things happened when the Lannisters visited Winterfell...

wasn't she furious with the Lannisters because she'd figured out they'd poisoned her husband? Why would she throw her support behind them now, even with Littlefinger up there?!

>:)

The Theon/Bolton storyline was difficult enough in the books. Finding it incomprehensible in the series.

having not read the books I'm p much lost on every aspect of that plotline -- who was torturing Theon, where they got him from, who set him free ("your sister sent me"?), who just rescued him ...

hmmm - have i just guess-spoilered somethin?! :D

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Jamie Lannister is kind of a moron, huh.

lol yes i really enjoyed him completely overplaying his HAND c what i did there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3b7fZIT0nk

wish there was a way to embed so that it played alarmingly out of nowhere, and way too loud

idk I didnt have a problem with the hold steady credits?

i guess it's just like, after an hour or so of being completely immersed in this fantasy world it's like someone hits the eject button out of nowhere and you're propelled out of your couch end-over-end into the terrible reality of 2013

watching ep 3 with helen last night, she was getting kind of mushy over jaime -- "aw, he did something nice for brienne..."
"oh no, no hand, is cersei going to still want him??"
"he's not that bad.. and he's so handsome."

had to remind her that he threw a small child out a window in the first ep.

Child, schmild, the man is foine.

No one answered my question, who is the delightful human being in the post from 6:26?

You can have Jamie Lannister, he's too pointy for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conleth_Hill

he plays varys. xp

i claim jon snow fyi

Seriously why does every man I find attractive turn out to be Irish? I'm doomed. Also wtf Varys?!

In orbit I don't want to ruin it for you but if things between you two get far enough you might be disappointed.

lol @ laurel liking maybe the most repulsive character.
also, good job varys's make-up artist!

haha varys

i didnt even recognize him! he is cute non varysed though

I have always preferred villains to heroes, it's kind of a problem.

i think that picture is like 20 years old is the thing

20 years have passed, and who will lust for poor varys now

oic. Well, clearly our love was not meant to be.

wait what's wrong with the irish

starchy

I don't know, it just never works out.

The Corrs

Priests

Andy Townsend

ok total nerd aside here but I've only seen bits and pieces of this on HBOGo with the interactive stuff but I just tried it out with the XBOX Smartglass App on my iPad and it's pretty sweet if a little ridiculous.

zuh?

does it like give you pop-up video style factoids/extra tits or something?

lol extra tits

where would you even put extra tits

on the men I guess idk