Weirdly enough, I think waiting the week in between Game of Thrones episodes is worse than waiting the months before a season begins. Now that we have a taste of what’s going to happen—spoiler alert: so much glaring—how can HBO possibly expect us to wait seven grueling days for another episode? Before the season started,…
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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season eight. The return of Game of Thrones brought joy to millions last night. And while it was great to see Arya Stark back together with what’s left of her family, an even more intriguing plot line emerged around a mysterious new weapon she commissioned. Here’s…
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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season eight. Game of Thrones is back, and with it comes a new slew of new fan theories. A major one that emerged after last night’s season premiere is that Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) isn’t actually pregnant—or if she once was, she isn’t anymore. Remember, in…
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Game of Thrones returned last night for its season eight premiere, and so much went down: a long-awaited reunion between Jon Snow and Arya. And Sansa and Tyrion. And Yara and Theon. The list drags on. But, overwhelmingly, last night’s episode was about women. More specifically, women and their fatal glances and savage quips. If…
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When the final season of Game of Thrones debuts this Sunday, winter will have officially arrived in the Seven Kingdoms. From the trailers, it’s obvious that the series will have a nail-biting conclusion. But watch again and you may catch on to a subtle but symbolic change in the way the women of Westeros are…
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Warning: This post contains Game of Thrones spoilers. The last time Game of Thrones fans saw Cersei Lannister, she had—finally—crowned herself Queen and came face-to-face with her rival for the Iron Throne, Daenerys Targaryen, who asked her to join forces in an upcoming war against an undead army of White Walkers. The meeting of Westeros’…
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