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Why Jon Snow Should Have Remained Dead on Game of Thrones

Maybe George RR Martin has a personal dislike for Jon Snow, which the writers of Game of Thrones inherited. It’s the only explanation I can think of to justify how many times the plot has swerved Jon, who can never retire his sulking expression for too long.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 8, 2016

Pop Culture

Bad Sansa to Rule Them All

It looks like the showrunners of Game of Thrones are investing a lot of time and energy into making Sansa Stark badass, and they don’t do that without good reason.

Deborah Grey July 3, 2016

Pop Culture

The Stark Knight Rises

Fantasy is meant to be inspirational and uplifting. But after this season of Game of Thrones, I found myself questioning why exactly I was cheering for these characters.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 30, 2016

Pop Culture

A Song of Ice and Fire and Global Warming

Game of Thrones, this rollercoaster of tits and dragons that we’ve been riding for the last few years, is a veiled allegory about the threat of climate change.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 22, 2016

Pop Culture

Who Takes Home “The Spoils of War”?

It’s never easy to pick this game’s winner, and it’s even harder when you don’t know who you’re rooting for.

Parthshri Arora May 25, 2016

Pop Culture

How to Spot a Serial Faker, the Dude Who Lies About Watching GoT

With an influx of shows, a new breed of mutants have arrived – the serial fakers. These are people who rely on listicles and AV Club recaps to force themselves into water-cooler conversations at work.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 19, 2016

Pop Culture

To the Millennials Mocking Ramayan & Mahabharat… Here’s Why They Were Truly Epic

YouTube’s “pause-and-find-flaws” generation is calling out bloopers from Ramayan and Mahabharat. They’ll never know the extent to which these TV shows were, literally, epic. Back then, Doordarshan assumed the role of absentee grandparents; Sunday morning television was a proxy temple visit.

Hari Krishnan May 17, 2016

Pop Culture

It’s Not the Night King or Cersei, But Ambition That is Game of Thrones’ Greatest Threat

Season Eight’s fourth episode, “The Last of the Starks”, reveals that the greatest threat to humankind wasn’t external. Rather, we’re more than capable of tearing ourselves apart in our pursuit of power, even without the threat of an impending apocalypse.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 17, 2016

Pop Culture

Game of Thrones: Are We Ready to Let Go of Jaime Lannister?

When Game of Thrones began, nobody could have predicted that the person to best embody why second chances matter would be Jaime Lannister. If Jaime is to fall in the next episode’s battle, he will be the most sociopathic, twisted, and occasionally inhuman character for whose death I’ll shed a tear.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 30, 2016

Pop Culture

Game of Thrones is Dead, Long Live Lord of the Rings

Nearly 20 years after the first film, and half a century after the book’s release, JRR Tolkien’s LoTR is returning to Amazon. It proves that tits, blood, and swear words do not a fantasy epic make.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 13, 2016