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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 19, 2015 -> 08:14 AM) Let's say this is all going towards a "darker" confrontation. Who the heck is going to stand up to the White Walkers, when all is said and done? It's not going to be red witches/sorcery and wizardry. Logically, the dragons and/or Danerys have to play a role...as pointed out above, fire and ice are the two primary combatants. Not sure about the sea/water/ice part....the Greyjoys/Victarion/Iron Islanders. Dragonglass kills the Others. One of the few "good" characters happens to rule an island filled with it.

- She's left every city she's conquered in worse shape than when she arrived. - Even in the show, she's gone from emphasizing the importance of a trial to burning an innocent man alive out of frustration. - She's barren. Even if she wins the Game of Thrones, her line is dead. - Her father was the Mad King, who happened to burn Ned Stark's father and brother alive. While reading the books, I always got the sense that we're witnessing the events of a young girl slowly driven to madness. If you view the Starks as protagonists, it's hard to also view any Targaryen as a protagonist too. They're completely opposite.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 19, 2015 -> 12:21 AM) One would think that Jon Snow, Danys and the two Stark sisters are the true remaining protagonists at this point, and Theon/Tyrion/Jamie are all anti-heroes who could become heroes at some point in the not-so-distant future. To turn Danerys into another Mad Queen after so many books and building her "good" side up (ending slavery, attempts to be fair and just throughout the books) would seem to be pretty pointless from a narrative point of view. A Song of Ice and Fire = Jon Snow. He's half ice and half fire. "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 17, 2015 -> 12:57 PM) I'm interested to hear your thought process on this, it isn't something I've really thought would happen. I don't think Dany ends up as a "good" character. The scene where she burns the nobleman and seems to take pleasure in it was telling IMO. She comes from an inbred line of crazy people. Having Tyrion do it will mirror Jamie killing her father.

The Dorne stuff us so campy that's it was like it was intentionally bad;like comic relief. I don't think it was as bad as the scene when Bran finds Bloodraven and Jojen is blown up though. The Sansa scene make sense in the context of the show. I think they're using the scene as the final straw that breaks Sansa and Theon. Now they're going to take control of their lives. I think it also represents the beginning of the end for the Boltons.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 09:28 PM) Is that sarcasm because he struck out? It was dumb. No.

Trading Semien was so dumb.

I think my theory that Dany eventually becomes the Mad Queen and is taken out by Tyrion is looking better.

I love following the minor league update threads because of all the over reactions. This kid had a good week. Promote him! Where does he fit in the line up? This kid had a bad week. He's regressing! He's "toolsy." Keep it up guys. It's great entertainment.

I don't think you want to add more pressure to Micah. Moving him into the lead off spot is equivalent to changing levels in the minors. If you believe in Eaton, you keep him in his spot. Numbers have a way if evening out. Don't touch Melky. He has the best bat control on the team. He's absolutely ideal for the 2 hole.

Selfie Sundays? Jesus. That's worse than the team.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:46 PM) then who will manned the ss position. btw, the ss position is what order for the most important position on the field??? You're missing the point. The organization invested in flawed players to go from bad to mediocre. It reminds me of something the Mets would do. They should have focused on rebuilding the core. Right now, your young core is a slap hitting RF that weighs 250 pounds and is laughably bad on defense, a chronically injured slap hitting CF and a slap hitting 2nd baseman that can't hit a fastball and has poor baserunning technique to go along with bad hands.. That's not a core to build around IMO. Obviously, I'm not including Sale, Quintana and Abreu. I don't see the other players as anything worth building around or being major contributors.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) You hate a team with no defense but want to move Ramirez? I don't know, I am not ready to make any judgments over this 22 game span but it's been ugly. It can only go up from here. I do expect Hahn to answer the bell and get us some combo of power and defense at C/3B for next year. They should have moved Ramirez because they have no direction. Why keep an aging SS on a bad team?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:32 PM) Ramirez? And he should have been moved a couple years ago. I just don't understand Hahn's direction here. It's like he invested a ton of money to go from really bad to just mediocre with limited upside. I'm generally pretty optimistic, but I just can't stand to watch a team that can't play defense.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) which GM, Hahn or KW??? The GM of the team. The only plus defender on the entire team is a KW acquisition.

I can't praise a GM for building such a pathetic defensive team. It's just so flawed. It's not like their bats can compensate either. If you're going to have a ton of offensive question marks on your roster, they better be able to pick it.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 4, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) all this is hindsight, and i meant no offense. Nobody picked us to win anything, including most fans. This team isn't good on paper or the field. I thought some of the movesHahn made this off-season were head scratchers and said as much. He hasn't committed one way or the other. We aren't winning or rebuilding. We're just treading water. It was a strange off-season IMO.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 4, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) i disagree, the sox needed another pitcher. many have said that, even with the wonder kid developing. they, the sox management and fans thought he would come in and take a spot. some disagree so what did they do, went out and got penny and drabek. how much was that hahn and how much was that upper management. A team that's rebuilding really shouldn't trade one of the better prospects for a rent a pitcher. This team wasn't going to compete this year. They could have pursued Shark as a free agent and hung onto Semien.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 4, 2015 -> 12:21 PM) They specifically showed him ALMOST get his throat cut. That could mean he's still kicking. But then they also showed him looking like a corpse in the previews. So, I dunno. He's dead. There's an interview online where the actor talks about how shocked he was because he was also a book reader. Selmy in his 70's and took 14 people out with him. Not bad. I imagine Tyrion replaces Selmy as Dany's advisor.

Hahn made some big blunders building this team. It's a team whose strength is pitching, yet we have awful defense. He invested too much in a closer. Trading Semien was a mistake IMO.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) Yeah. In a racially charged case with people rioting. The specific case has nothing to do with race. It's about abusive police officers killing a guy.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2015 -> 02:11 PM) Are the 6 cops charged all white? Does it matter?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) I kind of get that with book 4, but disagree about book 5. I think he realized that introducing major characters that far into the series required more writing/background on them. Personally, book 5 had some of the more interesting storylines. I enjoyed Jon Show, Arya and Selmy's chapters in ADWD, about half the book.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 09:22 AM) Which hat? I absolutely despise the fact the show has to change so much of the story. I just love the books so much. All of them. I never believed it while reading the books. The show has to make changes because books 4 and 5 are, for the most part, bad. They're poorly paced. They read like Martin has no idea about how to get the characters to their destination. He just pointlessly writes and writes and writes.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 08:11 AM) But Dany isn't even close to invasion in the books. At present, it looks like if anything she may be recruiting herself a new khalasar, so that would still have to happen first. I know they say they want to be done in 7 seasons, but I really think they need to make it 8 to get everything that they should in. The show doesn't need to wait for the books. The contracts are signed. It's 7 years. I'll eat my hat if Aegon is actually a Targ.