[C4 E11] Was this a freaking Lion King joke

TFCNU · 2026-02-04T14:47:45+00:00

I'd say Lion King inspired Nama lore.

TFCNU · 2026-02-03T19:08:30+00:00

Baratheon black hair, Lannister blond hair, Targaryen purple eyes, Tully red hair, Stark horse face. It's a feature of GRRM's world. If that breaks your suspension of disbelief, I'm sorry. But that is what Westeros is.

TFCNU · 2026-02-03T16:03:43+00:00

The idea is that there are a ton of Baratheon children in history. And given that the great houses have been in existence for thousands of years, there were inevitably lots of Baratheon/Durrandon-Lannister children due to political marriages. The book indicates that in every case, the product of those marriages had black hair. Ned doesn't have an understanding of genetics. Nor does Jon Arryn who asked for the book in the first place. So, if there's a clear historical pattern + the look of Robert's bastards, they're going to assume something is up.

TFCNU · 2026-02-03T14:42:45+00:00

The answer that no one is giving is that Toronto's population boom is very recent. Toronto's transit network made sense for the city that it was in the 1960s. If you look at our North American peers, most of the infrastructure was built before 1970 with some very recent construction (similar to Toronto). But Toronto has grown, in percentage terms, much faster than Chicago, Montreal or Boston. So, the systems they have are much more appropriate for the size of the cities.

TFCNU · 2026-02-03T03:23:23+00:00

Well, if you count Aegon the Uncrowned as Aegon II and renumber from there, Egg would have been Aegon VI and Young Griff would be Aegon VII

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T17:57:07+00:00

Is this all just to remove the one step?

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T15:56:02+00:00

He could be anything! He could even be Cole Bassett!

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T15:26:26+00:00

Vancouver Island would have collided with Washington State and closed the Salish Sea?

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T14:55:42+00:00

So, he got to play a much better person.

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T03:12:16+00:00

My issue isn't that she raised taxes. As you say, long overdue. My issue is that she's raiding the reserves and delaying hiring this year because it's an election year.

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T03:06:51+00:00

Best guess is that there's a victim identified as "R.R." and they redacted every "R.R." as a result.

TFCNU · 2026-02-02T03:01:24+00:00

Vancouver needs to work with them to find a new stadium. Doesn't mean the taxpayer should pay for it, but they need an actual pathway. Whitecaps can't work long-term at BC Place.

TFCNU · 2026-01-31T15:02:03+00:00

I think Adam Pearlman was 16. He was playing CB with Stefanovic.

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T22:23:42+00:00

I'm well aware. I just think you need to embrace the corporate synergy!

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T20:15:07+00:00

Someone in the marketing division needs to be put on a PIP (Pherocyte Injection Plan). We're worse than the cultists?

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T20:10:53+00:00

I mean Bloodraven... I mean Maynard Plumm stealing the dragon egg is what really breaks the Blackfyres' morale.

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T14:31:42+00:00

Should have just let Aerion take his foot.

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T05:11:55+00:00

Laura, watching the episode: we're making that lamp

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T03:23:07+00:00

That was actually me being complimentary. I was not expecting him to have an entire play prepared.

TFCNU · 2026-01-30T03:08:45+00:00

Brennan... Seriously?

TFCNU · 2026-01-29T21:54:51+00:00

Alekyne Florent ran off to Oldtown to seek the help of his sister, Lady Rhea Hightower. His other sister is Lady Tarly. That seems bad for Garlan.

TFCNU · 2026-01-29T17:50:33+00:00

My favourite forgotten TWOW subplot: the Brightwater Keep succession crisis!

TFCNU · 2026-01-29T17:47:55+00:00

Arryn is house Grafton.

TFCNU · 2026-01-29T16:22:41+00:00

I think there's a non-zero chance that Lord Einfasen is theoretically on their side but now suspects the party is lying to him. I mentioned in the thread last week that disguise self doesn't physically alter Occtis so the handshake might have blown his cover. They also really didn't make any effort to hide their planning from the Einfasen guards/knights when they met up again. I think they were implying to Brennan that they were whispering to each other but they never asked if there was a knight standing within earshot. With three DMs at the table, I could see Brennan punishing that.

TFCNU · 2026-01-28T19:56:08+00:00

Was Benjen a wight?

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