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Category Archives: A Game of Thrones
Review: Game of Thrones, Season 3 (Contains Spoilers)
It’s hard to say that there has ever been a more hotly anticipated season of any show than the third season of HBO’s adaptation of George R R Martin’s sprawling epic fantasy, Game of Thrones. One comment I hear again … Continue reading
On Dowager Countesses and Queens of Thorns
We love them, don’t we? The old biddies carrying AK-47s of wit and scatter-bombs of scathing put-downs, but… lately, I’m getting depressed by it all. I’m depressed because of why we love these women and why we allow them to … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones
Tagged Dowager Countess, Game of Thrones, Olenna Redwyne, Queen of Thorns, Violet Crawley
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The Second Annual Serene Wombles
Two years! Woo-woo! Thanks for keeping with me. It’s been another hell of a year, and although Life Events have meant that I wasn’t able to review quite as much as I would have liked, you’ve stuck with me, and … Continue reading
Posted in A Dance With Dragons, A Game of Thrones, Awesome Things, Comics, Digital Art, Doctor Who, Dredd 3D, Game of Thrones, ISotHM's Birthday, Lee Pace, Misfits, Peter Dinklage, Prometheus, Real Life Fiction, Review, Reviewing through the Time Machine, Robocop, Romanitas, Romatically Apocalyptic, Rome Burning, Shakespeare, Sophia McDougall, Stephen King, superheroes, The Blazing World, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Tower, The Fades, The Glass Slipper, The Guild, The Hollow Crown, The Hunger Games, The Serene Wombles
Tagged Ben Whishaw, Dredd, Dredd 3D, Game of Thrones, Lee Pace, Lena Headey, Romanitas, Romantically Apocalyptic, Rome Burning, Sophia McDougall, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Drawing of the Three, The Glass Slipper, The Hollow Crown
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Review: Game of Thrones, Season 2
I really meant to review this ages ago, but it had the misfortune of airing at pretty much exactly the start of the shittiest part of my year, and I didn’t really review much of anything (or do much of … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Review
Tagged A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Brienne, Brienne and Jaime's Very Bloody Buddy Movie, Catelyn Stark, Cersei, Charles Dance, Daenerys Targaryen, feminism, Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie, Jaime Lannister, kickass ladies, Lena Headey, Maisie WIlliams, Peter Dinklage, racism, Sansa Stark, Season 2, sexism, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister
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The Serene Wombles
Today marks one year since my very first post on this here writing and review site. And what a year it has been! Me with the reviewing, you with the sometimes reading my reviews. Not to mention the occasional paid … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Awesome Things, Captain America, Game of Thrones, ISotHM's Birthday, James Stewart, Mr Smith goes to Washington, Pamela Belle, podcasts, Reviewing through the Time Machine, Steven Gould, The Serene Wombles, The Wolf Within, Torchwood, xkcd
Tagged Awards, Awesome Things, Captain America: The First Avenger, Game of Thrones, James Stewart, Jumper, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Pamela Belle, People's Choice Award, podcasts, Pushing Daisies, Steven Gould, The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, The Serene Wombles, The Wolf Within, Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day
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Peter Dinklage Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Emmy
This is a special post dedicated to the officially outstanding Peter Dinklage. Anyone with half a brain was rooting for you, man. Some of his most wonderful scenes: And because it is glorious, Tyrion hits Joffrey for 10 minutes to … Continue reading
Sorry there’s no update today, the Womble is sleepy
My mind decided to be awake to unfortunate hours last night, and now I am an Zombie. I’m actually really getting into A Dance with Dragons at last, and have read way more chapters than my usual two, but I’m … Continue reading
Why I’ll be watching HBO’s adaptation of A Game of Thrones (and why you should, too!)
This would be the trailer that finally filled me with sufficient squee for blogging: I guess there’s two questions, here: Why HBO, and why A Game of Thrones? The first is easy, but better explained with reference to the second, … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Review, Shameless Squee
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