I know I'm only in the second week of doing the weekly Game of Thrones power rankings. I shouldn't be so into it.
But I live for this.
Kind of how fantasy football makes football a trillion times better, knowing that I have to rank everyone (okay, not everyone) and back my choices up with semi-rational reasoning makes Thrones that much more intriguing. And now as I develop week-to-week trends I have to keep things in mind like "oh Daenerys wasn't in this episode but she has 3 dragons and thousands of trained and loyal soldiers". Well it sucks for her but I ran out of characters so fuggem she wasn't in the episode and she didn't make it into the power rankings! Here they are:
1. Jon Snow
This episode was very heavy on the bastard, and I don't think anyone was complaining. Especially not since he is not tied to Ygritte (the redhead, in case you weren't sure). Double especially not since he escaped death while simultaneously saving his woman. God, I can't wait for the scene where he kills the shit out of the dude that cut their rope loose. WE ARE ALL JON SNOW!
2. Tywin
3. Grandma Tyrell
The scene where they argued about the various family logistics was amazing. So much wisdom and wit and wealth and power packed into one conversation. It was like a heavyweight title fight but significantly more passive-aggressive. Tywin gets the higher spot because, well, he won. Just like he always does.
4. Ygritte
Girl knows something special when she sees it, and she locked Jon Snow down forever. She's coming back to Winterfell after Jon helps Robb win the war (or something - I have no clue because I didn't read the books).
5. Littlefinger
I can't tell if you're supposed to like him or not. Like he's such a dick but he's kind of likable but he sent his bottom bitch to get shot up with a crossbow but we didn't really care about her but he shafted Sansa but wait was that him or Tywin? He's the Severus Snape of Thrones - we'll only find out if he's good at the very end. Bold prediction: Baelish kills an old man with a beard sometime relatively soon.
6. Bran
7. Robb
Hard to not like the Stark boys, even if they haven't really done anything recently. Both show a lot of solid leadership qualities but just need someone they respect to guide them along a little more. If only their dad was still around. But at the same time, that's kind of a major plot development point. So they'll have to settle for being ranked in the middle of the pack for now.
159. Sam/Gilly
So fucking stupid! Such a waste of a scene. I would rather just watch Daenerys' army walk across the desert with no dialogue.
Dead last. Theon
I'm perplexed by his whole situation, but he's handling it really poorly. Not that I could handle it any better, but it's hard to think of a way that anyone could handle it worse.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Game of Thrones Recap - 3.5
Here's the deal: Game of Thrones is awesome. If you don't watch it, I legitimately feel bad for you. Stop reading this post (nothing will make sense anyway) and go find a friend with HBOGo.
For those of you who are already down with the least-nerdy still-really-nerdy show on television, you might have noticed that I've started a new Sunday night tradition: power rankings. They are totally arbitrary and liable to change drastically every week, but that happens to sports anyways.
Note 1: I have not read the books so I don't know anything beyond what we have seen on TV.
Note 2: Follow me @jaylike
Here are my rankings from last night with more on why each character got put where they did. (Note 3: 140 characters. Remember that.)
1. Tywin
I know a lot of people don't like him because he's a major antagonist or whatever. But he's just so powerful. He doesn't ask people what to do - he tells them. And he's always right, which is why his family is so rich and powerful. Tywin Lannister just gets it.
2. Daenerys
Jury is still out as to whether or not Dany gets it. It seems like her radical tactics could wind up blowing up in her face. But the last scene from 3.4 (you know the scene) was awesome enough to keep her near the top probably forever. Completely different leadership style from Tywin. It's a bold strategy, let's see if it pays off.
3. Eye patch guy
Bro has died six times. Does anyone else feel like he could do a lot more than live on the fringe of civilization with a ragtag band of degenerates?
4. Jon Snow
5. Redhead
They started the week at number one (after they FINALLY banged) and gradually got topped by actual plot developments. But I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't jealous of their potential life in the cave/hot spring. Also, note that Jon Snow is ranked higher than the redhead. Because he gets it.
6. Grandma Tyrell
Kind of a lame pick (and unfortunately placed right after the nudity) but she's so awesome that I couldn't leave her out. She understands "the game" and she's as good as anyone at manipulation and flattery. Plus she has two awesome grandkids (even though Flowers is... well... you know... easily manipulated) and there's a lot of potential for some Maggie-Smith-in-Downton-Abbey quotability that comes with the territory of an old, powerful, rich matriarch.
7. Robb
He probably doesn't belong here but we're past the highly-ranked characters and into the "Only Ranked For One Small Reason And I Understand That I Left Out Some Characters Who Are Probably More Deserving" category. I thought it was very noble of Robb to cut the guy's head off after he delivered the sentence. I also liked that a flirty conversation with his smoke nurse wife led him to think of how to take down the Lannisters (maybe). These are my power rankings and I can include whoever I want!
86532. Stannis' whole plotline
I hate it. I with I had more than 140 characters so I could throw a few more digits in there. I just don't care about Stannis. Even now that The Lord of Light can bring people back to life, I just don't feel like Stannis can ever be king. So I've given up on him and every time he's on the screen I feel like my time is being wasted. His wife is weird, his mistress/priestess is weird, and his daughter is a normal daughter. Kind of. I don't really know what's up with her face. Is she part reptile? Oh my god is she a dragon? That would be the only thing to get me back on board with the Stannis movement. Because for now, he means nothing to me.
So there you have it - the first in-depth Game of Thrones power rankings. Let me know what you think, I tweet under the alias @jaylike.
For those of you who are already down with the least-nerdy still-really-nerdy show on television, you might have noticed that I've started a new Sunday night tradition: power rankings. They are totally arbitrary and liable to change drastically every week, but that happens to sports anyways.
Note 1: I have not read the books so I don't know anything beyond what we have seen on TV.
Note 2: Follow me @jaylike
Here are my rankings from last night with more on why each character got put where they did. (Note 3: 140 characters. Remember that.)
1. Tywin
I know a lot of people don't like him because he's a major antagonist or whatever. But he's just so powerful. He doesn't ask people what to do - he tells them. And he's always right, which is why his family is so rich and powerful. Tywin Lannister just gets it.
2. Daenerys
Jury is still out as to whether or not Dany gets it. It seems like her radical tactics could wind up blowing up in her face. But the last scene from 3.4 (you know the scene) was awesome enough to keep her near the top probably forever. Completely different leadership style from Tywin. It's a bold strategy, let's see if it pays off.
3. Eye patch guy
Bro has died six times. Does anyone else feel like he could do a lot more than live on the fringe of civilization with a ragtag band of degenerates?
4. Jon Snow
5. Redhead
They started the week at number one (after they FINALLY banged) and gradually got topped by actual plot developments. But I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't jealous of their potential life in the cave/hot spring. Also, note that Jon Snow is ranked higher than the redhead. Because he gets it.
6. Grandma Tyrell
Kind of a lame pick (and unfortunately placed right after the nudity) but she's so awesome that I couldn't leave her out. She understands "the game" and she's as good as anyone at manipulation and flattery. Plus she has two awesome grandkids (even though Flowers is... well... you know... easily manipulated) and there's a lot of potential for some Maggie-Smith-in-Downton-Abbey quotability that comes with the territory of an old, powerful, rich matriarch.
7. Robb
He probably doesn't belong here but we're past the highly-ranked characters and into the "Only Ranked For One Small Reason And I Understand That I Left Out Some Characters Who Are Probably More Deserving" category. I thought it was very noble of Robb to cut the guy's head off after he delivered the sentence. I also liked that a flirty conversation with his smoke nurse wife led him to think of how to take down the Lannisters (maybe). These are my power rankings and I can include whoever I want!
86532. Stannis' whole plotline
I hate it. I with I had more than 140 characters so I could throw a few more digits in there. I just don't care about Stannis. Even now that The Lord of Light can bring people back to life, I just don't feel like Stannis can ever be king. So I've given up on him and every time he's on the screen I feel like my time is being wasted. His wife is weird, his mistress/priestess is weird, and his daughter is a normal daughter. Kind of. I don't really know what's up with her face. Is she part reptile? Oh my god is she a dragon? That would be the only thing to get me back on board with the Stannis movement. Because for now, he means nothing to me.
So there you have it - the first in-depth Game of Thrones power rankings. Let me know what you think, I tweet under the alias @jaylike.
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