I'm gonna start by stating that George R.R. Martin wrote this episode for tv, it says so in the opening credits.
"What's your name?" Ramsey Snow, bastard son of Roose Bolton yells at Theon Greyjoy who is tied to posts that served as instruments in his torture that have been occurring for several days now. Theon reels from the stinking warmth of the bastard's breath on the skin of his face as he shakes from pain and fatigue, he had been resistant up to a point but now he could feel himself breaking under the wrath of the North that he so justly deserves.
"Reek," Theon finally admits as he hoped that giving in to the name change would free him from his pain.
IT'S SO OBVIOUS, WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE? IT'S THE SCENE FROM ROOTS, HIS NEW NAME IS TOBY!
Does anyone remember season 3 of Avatar the Last Airbender when Zuko joined the group and they were hanging out on Ember Island and Zuko mentions the Ember Island Players that his mother used to take him and Azula to see when they were kids? Now do you remember the details of that episode, how the play was actually just a recap of the entire series up to that point? I always thought that was a clever way to do a recap episode, it was funny, fresh and new to have the characters watch parodies of themselves as the actors conveyed the story to refresh the audience's memories (us at home) of previous events. Recap episodes are dreadfully boring I find but Avatar found a way to make me enjoy it. I remember asking my friend why everyone couldn't do a recap episode in similar fashion and he gave me a very good reason.
Then George R.R. Martin did the same exact thing at the end of the episode when King Joffrey had the little people parody the War of The 5 Kings and I did not find it as amusing. The little parody with the little people in essence is a clever sneak in of a recap of the events of season 2. What I don't find amusing about it, is that Avatar the Last Airbender did a clever/parody/theater play recap. So my issue is, it's been done before, find another way to get that recap in the episode while insulting Sansa's family and Loras Tyrell's love for Renly. This is the second ATLA reference in the show, taking ideas from a kids show, really now? This episode was specifically written by the author for HBO in the year 2014 so Nickelodeon's got you beat with a copyright dated in 2005. Just saying.
What the fuck, Oberyn only gets one scene per episode, is that's how season 4 is going to be? These three things disappoint me and nearly ruins the entire feel of the show and the rest of the episode. Stop referencing other movies and cartoons so I can enjoy it again.
Aww Theon thought he was hardcore until he met Ramsey Snow. He does deserve it, but Bolton thinks he's hardcore? Someone has to kill him whether it be Yara, Theon himself, Bran or hell even Osha. I see Bolton sending his man to find Bran and Rickon as a pointless endeavor and I have no interest in that turn of events. Oh man, the feels between Tyrion and Shae! It's hard to push away the only person who cares for you. I don't think that is the last time we'll be seeing her though.
Now what happened to Bran, I find very interesting and it has renewed my hope and faith in his character development. I'm counting on Bran turning into Itachi Uchiha, sharingan and all once he gets to that raven. Say what you want about Stannis, but he was able to sit down to dinner with his wife and mistress Melissandre and have a pleasant conversation without hostility nor violence. Ragnar Lothbrook couldn't do that. Stannis gets a point in my book but I've always liked Stannis. Now for the actual wedding of Joffrey and Margery. A lot of pleasant threats going on. I love how Oberyn reminded Cersei and Tywin how Marcella is in his country and practically at his mercy. I knew what was coming at the end of the episode but I was still a bit surprised to see it, all I have to say is poor Tyrion and if this doesn't push Sansa into being the wolf she was born to be, then I don't know what will. I hope Jaime defends his brother against Cersei's accusation.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
The Search Part 3 SPOILERS
The Search Part 3 SPOILERS so don't read if you haven't finished or
began to read Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search DO NOT READ
So I finally found part 3 and read it. Have to say.....Azula still is the most tragic character of them all. I HATE URSA, people stop defending her, she is a terrible person!
So remember back in part 2 we meet a couple who gives them info on Ursa and Ikem? A friend of mine after reading part 2 gave a suggestion, "what if that is Ursa?" And he was absolutely right. It's sad when people can randomly predict what will happen. What happened was Ikem went to the Valley of Forgetfulness (or whatever its called) and asked the Mother of Faces to give him a new face in which he then helps Ursa to do the same thing when she returned to her hometown.
However the spirit has the ability to take away memories in which Ursa selfishly agrees to and the memories of her children or "previous life" is taken from her. When the spirit tells this to the gang, Azula runs off to confront Noriko but Zuko and Sokka reaches their home first. Azula fire bends at her mother demanding answers while telling Zuko not to be so naive. Azula is quite aware of her hallucinations of her mother in her head, HER SELF AWARENESS MEANS SHE ISN'T CRAZY!!! Ursa has one thing to say: "I'm sorry I didn't love you enough," we see tears in Azula's eyes, she fights with Zuko then runs away.
Aang shows up with the spirit who gives Ursa her memories back then she apologizes to Zuko. MY PROBLEM with this: Azula gets no closure, yes it's her own fault for running away but there's no scene depicting her coming back after calming the fuck down to talk to her mother. And Ursa's words are true, she did not love her children enough. Zuko is the favorite here like he's always been and it's unfair especially since Azula needed it more.
I find Ursa's lack of remorse disturbing, she was a bitch crying over nothing who constantly made Ozai out to be the bad guy when she lived with him. Technically she and Ozai are still married unless banishment = divorce. Her immaturity and refusal of her place in reality led to her choosing favorites which gave rise to the monster inside of Azula. She said she loved her daughter but never showed it, she did nothing for Azula at all, she was a terrible wife and mother then forsakened her memories of them to marry old flame Ikem. Ursa's actions were childish. She took responsibility for nothing. I can't stand her character and people who support her really need to stop and think about what's she's done.
The most surprising in a rather predictable ending was finding out if Zuko is really a bastard or not. It's actually not the surprising part, as my friend believed since part 1, the letter Ursa wrote was indeed a lie. I love how they hinted yet avoided writing the words 'sex' and 'virgin'.
So Ursa was a virgin when she married Ozai so both royal siblings are Ozai's children. Now the scene that impressed me was the flashback at the end when Ozai asked why she would write a lie, apparently he had spies watching her a long time before they married. VIRGIN POLICE! Anyway, he took offense asking if she would have preferred Zuko (specifically) to have been fathered by another man. Her answer is of course yes because she doesn't want Zuko to be like him. Ozai then gets down on his knees promising to fulfill her request by treating Zuko as if he wasn't his son.
What I loved about that: remember when Zuko told his daddy that banishing him was the best thing he could have done for his life? This means it was always Ozai's plan to introduce Zuko to hardships in order to make him a better person. We'll never know how much this really hurt Ozai to treat his son this way but doing it as a favor to his mother shows me how sadistically sweet Ozai is. Ozai is a bit of a sadist but I feel like he really did love Ursa and if Ursa could have accepted the marriage they could have been a happy family, granted if she paid some kind of fucking attention to Azula. His sadistic devotion to his wife (notice how he never remarried) impresses me. Call me nuts but I find it romantic in an odd way.
So I finally found part 3 and read it. Have to say.....Azula still is the most tragic character of them all. I HATE URSA, people stop defending her, she is a terrible person!
So remember back in part 2 we meet a couple who gives them info on Ursa and Ikem? A friend of mine after reading part 2 gave a suggestion, "what if that is Ursa?" And he was absolutely right. It's sad when people can randomly predict what will happen. What happened was Ikem went to the Valley of Forgetfulness (or whatever its called) and asked the Mother of Faces to give him a new face in which he then helps Ursa to do the same thing when she returned to her hometown.
However the spirit has the ability to take away memories in which Ursa selfishly agrees to and the memories of her children or "previous life" is taken from her. When the spirit tells this to the gang, Azula runs off to confront Noriko but Zuko and Sokka reaches their home first. Azula fire bends at her mother demanding answers while telling Zuko not to be so naive. Azula is quite aware of her hallucinations of her mother in her head, HER SELF AWARENESS MEANS SHE ISN'T CRAZY!!! Ursa has one thing to say: "I'm sorry I didn't love you enough," we see tears in Azula's eyes, she fights with Zuko then runs away.
Aang shows up with the spirit who gives Ursa her memories back then she apologizes to Zuko. MY PROBLEM with this: Azula gets no closure, yes it's her own fault for running away but there's no scene depicting her coming back after calming the fuck down to talk to her mother. And Ursa's words are true, she did not love her children enough. Zuko is the favorite here like he's always been and it's unfair especially since Azula needed it more.
I find Ursa's lack of remorse disturbing, she was a bitch crying over nothing who constantly made Ozai out to be the bad guy when she lived with him. Technically she and Ozai are still married unless banishment = divorce. Her immaturity and refusal of her place in reality led to her choosing favorites which gave rise to the monster inside of Azula. She said she loved her daughter but never showed it, she did nothing for Azula at all, she was a terrible wife and mother then forsakened her memories of them to marry old flame Ikem. Ursa's actions were childish. She took responsibility for nothing. I can't stand her character and people who support her really need to stop and think about what's she's done.
The most surprising in a rather predictable ending was finding out if Zuko is really a bastard or not. It's actually not the surprising part, as my friend believed since part 1, the letter Ursa wrote was indeed a lie. I love how they hinted yet avoided writing the words 'sex' and 'virgin'.
So Ursa was a virgin when she married Ozai so both royal siblings are Ozai's children. Now the scene that impressed me was the flashback at the end when Ozai asked why she would write a lie, apparently he had spies watching her a long time before they married. VIRGIN POLICE! Anyway, he took offense asking if she would have preferred Zuko (specifically) to have been fathered by another man. Her answer is of course yes because she doesn't want Zuko to be like him. Ozai then gets down on his knees promising to fulfill her request by treating Zuko as if he wasn't his son.
What I loved about that: remember when Zuko told his daddy that banishing him was the best thing he could have done for his life? This means it was always Ozai's plan to introduce Zuko to hardships in order to make him a better person. We'll never know how much this really hurt Ozai to treat his son this way but doing it as a favor to his mother shows me how sadistically sweet Ozai is. Ozai is a bit of a sadist but I feel like he really did love Ursa and if Ursa could have accepted the marriage they could have been a happy family, granted if she paid some kind of fucking attention to Azula. His sadistic devotion to his wife (notice how he never remarried) impresses me. Call me nuts but I find it romantic in an odd way.
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