I agree on the defenestration. I think I swore then and there as a reader that I wasn't going to like Jaime Lannister, and had no idea how much I was playing into GRRM's hands by declaring so. And then had another paradigm shift when I realized in Book 3 that I'd changed my mind. A Song of Ice and Fire was a formative experience.
And thanks, re. the commentary, I'm actually kind of self-conscious about posting as much as I do reviewing things! I like keeping a log of my reactions to media, partly so I can remember when I can read or watched it, partly so I can look back later and see what I was thinking at the time. I think after ep 10 I'm actually going to write a big review post of the season in general in terms of how I think the characters and plotlines were all handled now that I can look back on the whole thing -- and God knows who will even read that, but at least I'll have it jotted down.
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And thanks, re. the commentary, I'm actually kind of self-conscious about posting as much as I do reviewing things! I like keeping a log of my reactions to media, partly so I can remember when I can read or watched it, partly so I can look back later and see what I was thinking at the time. I think after ep 10 I'm actually going to write a big review post of the season in general in terms of how I think the characters and plotlines were all handled now that I can look back on the whole thing -- and God knows who will even read that, but at least I'll have it jotted down.