The Halloween costume implications of a Hand of the King pin are staggering.

Delightful “bar” graph (get it?) of the beverages consumed in A Game of Thrones. Funny, I thought milk of the poppy would factor more heavily.

Illustrations by L. Nichols for Gilt Taste.

Courtesy of Kevin, a must-read, hilarious, and thought-provoking essay on female characters in A Song of Ice and Fire (obviously, SPOILERS.) Excerpt:

George R. R. Martin is creepy. He is creepy because he writes racist shit. He is creepy because he writes sexist shit. He is creepy, primarily, because of his TWENTY THOUSAND MILLION GRATUITOUS RAPE AND/OR MOLESTATION AND/OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCENES. And I could write a post about those, to be sure. But you know what would be easier? I could just count them. One by one by one.

by Sady Doyle at Tiger Beatdown.

YES, reblogging myself is lame. YES, it was awesome to meet George R. R. Martin.

loveallthisphotography: My freshly-signed copy of A Dance with Dragons.

Amazing violin interpretation of the Game of Thrones theme by Jason Yang.