Pounding The Keyboard

We were at the airport the other day, waiting for someone to arrive from Lion City when the lady beside me whipped her cell phone out, and as I, mindlessly, glanced at it, I thought I saw Jon Snow in her wallpaper. Okay, it might just be her boyfriend or another celebrity but too late, it already spurred me to think of another blog entry about Game of Thrones. Here’s what I think are 12 of the best moments(there are lots of astounding moments in the show, I assure you) in five seasons of Game of Thrones that either made its viewers smile, astonish, upset or angered them or plainly shocked them:  12. Daenerys walking into the fire unscathed and the birth of the three dragons. 11. The bonding between Jamie Lannister and Brienne of Tarth. 10. The relationship between brothers Jaime and Tyrion. 9. Tyrion killing his father, Tywin, and Shae. 8. Ned Stark’s execution. 7. The ultra-bloody Red Wedding. 6. The Purple Wedding. 5. The brutal combat between P

"We don’t choose whom we love…”                                                 Jaime Lannister        Season 5 finale of Game of Thrones aired last night and true to its excellent but vicious form, deaths and tragedies abound in it. A major character, a gentle and principled one, thoroughly loved by the show’s fans, was brutally killed. And then, one, despised by many, did a walk of shame, walking stark naked (which was graphically shot) in the streets while being watched and berated by the public. Another beloved character, a highborn young girl,   seemed to have gone blind after stabbing and hacking a pervert to death while another character, a pursuant to the Iron Throne, who had a penchant for correct grammar and whose young, adorable daughter was burned alive for sacrifice, was also killed (this is a spoiler, hah!) and while all these lovely things were going, a young princess was poisoned while another highborn girl was seen jumping from a tower to escape a cr