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Jaqen H'ghar was great in Season 2. I am relieved that his character wasn't butchered. In A Clash of Kings, he's great as a supporting character. I was like,’If they butcher him, I'll be so annoyed.’ I am pleasantly surprised, relieved, and grateful.
You get more of a sense that Jaqen isn’t like the rest of the legion of soldiers in A Clash of Kings. You’d get the idea that's he's disfigured somehow, as I remember the book. But I like this idea that he's unassuming better. He looks like one of the rest of the legion. You wouldn't think twice about him being a mage/sage of sorts (or a Faceless Man in proper GoT terminology) when seeing him.
The portrayal of Jaqen went perfectly in my opinion, both in the book and show. 'Wait, who's this guy? Who's this soldier? Is he telling Arya what we think he's saying? How does he do it?’
When he changes his face, it's great! When he meets up with Arya for the last time, he kind of just does it, it startled me too. The final conversation between Arya and Jaqen is good. It’s taken one of two ways: either they’re just saying goodbye, and no one will ever know who he is, or, it’s foreshadowing. To be continued….
This is how sinister Cersei is. Where episodes end focused on her, you realize sooner or later you can't trust a single word she says. She talks to Sansa, saying I know, being totally sympathetic and all that, especially when it comes to Joffrey. Cersei knows Joffrey is a bloodthirsty psycho, but Cersei forces Sansa to go through with her relationship with Joffrey anyway until Cersei throws out Sansa, among other things.
I honestly forgot how whacked Joffrey was until I saw this season. I thought Joffrey having a moment of reason was stunning. Yes, depraved madmen do have their moments, but they’re incredibly rare.
Tyrion scares me half to death. He's insane/reasonable/ slightly off. That's makes him very dangerous in my opinion. A brilliant strategist. But no one sees past his height, and therefore, he’s underestimated.
I feel so bad for Sansa, but even more so this season. It's kind of funny because Littlefinger and Sandor Clegane think they can talk shit and get her to let them take her home. As Jimmy Dore said in a similar scenario," Good luck with that!" But at the same time, it's stupid if you want someone to go along with your plan, fictional or reality.
Brienne’s depiction in the show is 1001% better than in A Clash of Kings. She was made out to be ugly and an average fighter, or so the message seemed to be. But in the show? She’s a lot taller and better than most of the soldiers in front of her!
When it comes to costumes and makeup, usually they're both ok. Only sometimes there's some work that's done so well, or is so believable, or makes my jaw drop. Most of these costumes were fantastic. The costumers really seemed to think these creations out, and really work at what they do, which is always perfect because if someone doesn't have a believable costume, you're not in that world, you're not along for the ride. But if someone has the right costume, you're there, you're with Tywin Lannister while he's conversating with Arya.
Several times, in terms of war tactics, I thought to myself,’ This sounds sadly American, doesn’t it? In terms of foreign policy…' #EnoughSaid
I would say, if every episode was $1.00 to see somewhere, it would be worth $9 out of $10 USD.