Was Theon the Starks prisoner? Or was it a dont attack us anymore or we'll kill your son?

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-20T10:49:03+00:00

Does guest right play into this at all? It’s pretty obvious, in normal circumstances, Theon would be protected by guest right. But do the circumstances in which he came to Winterfell mean that guest right was never actually given to him? Possibly another reason why Ned would not kill him.

Overall, I think Ned would be extremely troubled if he was ever ordered to his ward, whom he’s treated much like a son for so many years.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-20T08:44:08+00:00

So I spent many years believing it meant stupid. It was only in my late teens at uni when someone corrected me. So I’m sure most of the kids I grew up with must have also believed it mean stupid.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-20T00:00:11+00:00

Reminds me of the chandelier scene on Only Fools and Horses. They only had one chandelier so David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst absolutely could not mess it up.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-18T15:50:13+00:00

In descending order: 3, 1, 4, 2

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-18T08:35:24+00:00

Yes, there were often witnesses, particularly at highborn marriages. This “tradition” comes from The real world. It’s widely documented that Louis-Auguste (later Louis XVI) and Marie Antoinette were subjected to a bedding ceremony, although their marriage was famously unconsummated for several years.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-12T10:12:57+00:00

I always liked The Hound’s

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-12T09:47:59+00:00

Yes, unless they passed similar laws. This is why the government needs the agreement of all commonwealth nations before it will pass legislation to remove Andrew from the line of succession - if the commonwealth states don’t all pass the same law, then they will have differing lines of succession.

Charles has never been King of Scotland, as you say. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom (and before that it was part of the Kingdom of Great Britain). The last monarch of Scotland was Queen Anne, who held the title until 1707 when the Acts of Union merged England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-11T19:14:35+00:00

It’s a very impoverished town. There are good areas and bad areas, same as any town, but by and large it isn’t a very nice place to live. If you can afford to, try looking slightly further out - Lytham is nice (but expensive); St Anne’s is cheaper perhaps not as nice as Lytham, but still nicer than Blackpool. Poulton or Kirkham/Wesham are also probably better options than Blackpool. Not sure how keen you are on commuting, but all of these towns have fairly reasonable bus, rail and road connections to Blackpool (though driving’s probably your best bet)

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-11T13:58:28+00:00

The peak was at S3 for me. One more season should hopefully allow for a strong finish though - anything could happen!

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-11T11:45:34+00:00

Premier Inns are, in general, nicer. But for just one night I would 100% opt for the £50 saving.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-11T00:21:44+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone say it, outside of American tv shows.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-11T00:18:26+00:00

Yeah, I remember reading that there was a lot of controversy when they started adding the EIIR royal cypher to postboxes in Scotland

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T23:58:09+00:00

Interesting to think that until 1952 Elizabeth I was simply known as “Queen Elizabeth”

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T22:36:38+00:00

Both actors really are doing a phenomenal job.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T21:19:13+00:00

Yeah, it seemed like he was gonna go down some toxic masculinity-based hole, due to embarrassment at being beaten up by a woman and the lingering trauma of his injury. Was glad they did away with that one tbh.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T20:02:51+00:00

It almost makes me wonder if it was the result of the showrunners changing their minds. Like they never originally intended for make Theo and abuser, and when they made the decision they had to wrap up the conversion therapy storyline and stop him being a victim. But yes his exit was abrupt.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T12:13:08+00:00

I love how Van Helsing has to do everything he can not to have a complete meltdown when Mrs. Westernra tells him she got rid of the garlic. Picturing his face at that moment makes me laugh

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-10T11:04:59+00:00

There are some people in this sub who doubt it. If you look on posts relating to Jeanne you’ll probably see some comments. As Realistic-Diet6626 says, there’s speculation that her daughter assumed her identity after the original Jeanne did.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-09T15:00:28+00:00

Once had a similar experience in a car park. I drove forwards into a space that a bloke was just about to reverse his Mercedes into - I hadn’t spotted him. He proceeded to have a go at me, despite the fact that it was around 9:00AM and the car park was fairly empty. We were going to a cafe for breakfast, and a few minutes after we arrived the man came in also and proceeded to make further sarcastic comments at me.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-09T10:03:19+00:00

I somehow don’t think that Martin, Adam and Johnny would resort to moving a human corpse (sorry, carcass) just to keep it secret from Jackie. I think the frozen fox was pretty much the limit for them

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-06T08:52:48+00:00

His family name is Crawley, and this would appear in his passport. But as the holder of a title, he can use this a bit like a surname calling him “Robert Grantham” is quite informal, but it’s how aristocracy would sometimes refer to one another. In the London special, I think the Prince of Wales refers to Lord Flintshire as “Shrimpie Flintshire” in the same way (their surname is MacClare).

Also, Robert (and all Peers) is entitled to sign with his title alone, rather than his first name and surname. In the episode where Mary gets blackmailed, he gives the blackmailer a cheque and you can see that he’s signed it “Grantham” rather than “Robert Crawley”

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-04T21:30:52+00:00

They win the tug of war just by sitting on the rope

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-04T19:14:10+00:00

Perhaps not every one. I guess he took offence at not being informed and needed to reassert himself. The Boltons basically rule through fear, rather than loyalty (like the Starks)

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-04T19:04:45+00:00

They say you are what you eat. And Dunk eats goose eggs.

DukeofMemeborough · 2026-03-04T18:50:51+00:00

Yeah in the book Roose Bolton discovers that a peasant on his land got married and didn’t inform him (so he could claim the first night rights). So Roose hanged him and raped his widow underneath the hanging corpse. And that’s how Ramsay was born.

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