Faith militants are obviously not like snakes but this was a really bad example. The problem with the Sparrows is that the show did not flesh out the reasons the Tommen regime would submit to their show of authority and allow them to capture Cersei and the Queen to begin with. 100 undertrained men? Big fucking deal.
In the books it is more like 1000's of people not 100. I think the main problem is the show has just done a poor job of capturing the magnitude of the Sparrow infestation in King's Landing.
It's also not really touching on already poor popular support, a weakened army, and an empty treasury with a 7 year old king. The Lannister claim to the throne is tenuous, which is why Cersei enabled the Faith Militant in the first place
Something that doesn't get mentioned in the show is that the Wall was meant to stop the White Walkers, not the Wildlings. The Watch always caught up on the Wildlings, they forgot their true purpose...
Oh man was the 3rd episode one of the best in my mind. The scene at the "Tower of Joy" was awesome. So much food for thought in the episode. Was amazed how bad ass "The Sword of the Morning" was. Though, the young Ned Stark character was totally miscast. Please, with all the money they have to throw around, they couldn't a better fit for the role? Not buying that the Karstarks and more specifically the Umbers are going to join forces with Ramsey and the faggotty Boltons. am hoping the Umbers have a more fitting present to follow the last one.
Ummmm they're the fucking gatekeepers of the north? But I get what you're saying. Good luck finding their floating mansion
Noticed the possible Dornishman too. He was the last one to die of Ned's posse. The Dornish could have issues with the Raegar's Kings Guard since Raegar rejected Elia (sp?) Martell to kidnap/ run off with Lyanna. How else did Ned and his group know where to look for Lyanna? Think they were all of the mind Lyanna was kidnapped and raped by Raegar. Only Ned would find out the truth in the TOJ. I buy the common R+L= J hypothesis given the information. Also, not sure Ned would have had time to sire a bastard and ultimately go back to get him before returning to Winterfell. Goes against Ned's honor. However the fact he claimed Howland Reed's back stab kill as a single combat win over Ser Arthur, makes one wonder how honorable Ned truly is.
Wouldn't it have been better for his buddy Howland Reed for them to claim it as a single combat win rather than having everyone know Reed stabbed the greatest knight in the world in the back? Jaime constantly gets shit for stabbing the mad king in the back.
Not sure Robert would have given two shits if it got out that Howland Reed back stabbed Ser Arthur. Robert didnt give a fuck about the Mountain killing all the Targaryan children and raping Elya Martel before splitting her with his great sword. In simple facts, Ned did kill Ser Arthur by slicing his head after the dagger to the back of the neck. All that's ever really been said on the show is that Howland Reed saved Ned's life during the rebellion and Ned killed Ser Arthur Dayne during the combat at the TOJ. If you think about it, Ser Arthur had 4 to 5 guys slicing at him from all directions after Ned killed the other kings Guard. I'm sure any of them would have stabbed Ser arthur wherever necessary to kill him. Dude was wielding two swords with equal proficiency and either arm better than every single sword combatant in Westeros. I actually think I was wrong to call it single combat because it was an all out free for all at first and developed to a minute of combat between Ned and Ser Arthur until Howland wounded the knight saving Ned who ended it all with a final decapitation. That's kinda like a battle in the trenches where you slug it out until one side wins while the other dies. Hit them in anyway you can. Just win and live to fight "in the wars to come". So far on the TV version single combat have been arranged fights through out the show. Ser gregor against Oberyn Martel or Jaime Lannister challenging Robb Stark to end the war decisively in the first season. Not forgetting Bronn making short work of Ser Vardis in a way that "lacked honor" but defeated the knight who fought "honorably" .
I found it interesting that in the fight at the ToJ a stab to the back saved Ned's life, but then when you think back to season 1 when he was fighting Jaime in the streets of King's Landing he was stabbed from behind in the leg when it seemed he was getting the better of one of the best knights in Westeros. So, a stab to the back saved his life and then later caused him to lose in single combat
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Sure enough. Bronn is in some Westorosi Lords castle making sure his next arranged marriage doesn't get pissed away like the one before Jaime hauled him off to Dorne. Bronn is way too big a can of 'Whip-ass" for Cersai or Jayme to let his talents go. I can see Bronn going back to the seasnakes in Dorne so he can knock the bottom out of the one that told him he needs a bad pussy so he doesnt get bored flattening the side of his goody-two-shoe wife's head against the bed post