I think it remains to be seen in the books what the direwolves' significance is. They're definitely less prominent in the show. It seems as if they may get into [blackout]Jon's being a warg,[/blackout] soon. Who knows if/when they'll [blackout]show Arya having her wolf dreams.[/blackout] It's too bad, but I suspect it's a budget issue (seeing as how most direwolf shots are visual effects).
Yeah, they're definitely NOT his kids. First, the show and book explicitly states that they are orphans. Secondly, they're given only brief mention, just long enough to introduce them as corpse-doubles for Bran and Rickon. If they were to be later revealed as Theon's kids, more time would have been taken to develop their characters (and the impact of their death) so when Theon learns that he killed his own children, the truth would actually have an impact. Lastly, Theon is about 19 years old at the time he captures Winterfell. The children from the mill are Bran and Rickon's ages, so the oldest one (if we're going by Bran's age in the books) is about 7 years old. That would mean Theon first impregnated the miller's wife when he was 12...Theon is a man-****e for sure, but not THAT much of one.
The direwolves are always great in the scenes they're in, but until we start really getting into [BLACKOUT]certain characters becoming wargs[/BLACKOUT], they're not really integral to the story. Even in the books, they aren't treated as anything more significant than what the show currently does (again, until certain future story arcs).
It'd be nice if the show was able to have the direwolves be a little more visible in each episode (if only because they're so awesome), but it's an expensive aspect - I'd rather have more battles, more locations, etc than a couple more scenes of direwolves; but I think the show does a fine job...they've made it clear that direwolves are the sigil of House Stark for good reason, that they are extremely loyal to the Stark kids, and that they're massive, terrifyingly deadly and mysterious creatures that everyone is justly afraid of.
Thinking about Littlefinger, can we infer that his putting the country into deep debt with his excessive borrowing was all part of his plan to sow chaos, like he talked about at the end of the episode?
Thinking about Littlefinger, can we infer that his putting the country into deep debt with his excessive borrowing was all part of his plan to sow chaos, like he talked about at the end of the episode?
I, too, hoped Jaime would toss Locke into the pit. From the preview at the end of the episode, it looks like we'll get another Tywin/Joff scene. Tywin's more subtle putdown seemed in-character versus outright hitting Joff.
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