So the first episode of season six has come and I feel like I have more questions than answers... Jon Snow has yet to come back to life (seriously...I am still convinced this is going to happen), Tyrion looks as though he is failing miserably in Meereen (I still believe in you Tyrion!), Sansa has fianlly accepted Brienne (FINALLY!), and Daenerys seems to...
This week marks the end of the re-watch project and the beginning of an exploration into the unknown. The last four episodes of this season have placed several characters in interesting positions that could spin the whole dynamic of Westeros in new directions. For this particular blog, I would like to take a look at a few of the more popular (/important?) characters...
Although I am unsure whether I have ever mentioned this in any of the House Lorch blog posts that came before this one, a couple of my larger areas of academic interests are children's and young adult literature & media and women's & girls' studies. As a result, I have found that I tend to gravitate toward explorations of the way in which...
I suppose everyone should have realized from the moment that Cersei told Sansa never to love because it makes you weak, that this show would be less than kind to anyone who loves. I mean, I am not a Cersei fan per se, but Lena Headey, as Queen Mother, has a knack for dropping some seriously uncomfortable truth bombs. I think that Amy...
Through season 4, episodes 5-8, I could not help but pay particular attention to Arya and Sansa and the very different ways in which they are learning to "play the game." In these episodes we continue to see the Stark girls' tales unfold as they are molded/mentored by their male travel companions, each of whom have vastly different techniques to maneuver through the...
