Game of Thrones *spoilers*

Everytime I see a Stark on GoT....................................I yawn.

 

Ahh yes, she plays Irene Adler/Moriarty on Elementary, too.

 

A Stark working on being "evil enough."
Game of Thrones: Red Band Clip: Season 4: Episode 1: Contains Spoilers (HBO)
(This clip contains graphic content and language and has been approved for mature audiences only.)Game of Thrones: Red Band Clip: Season 4: Episode 1: Contains Spoilers (HBO)

In watching the “Red Band” clip above you can see the drastic changes that Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) has undergone as a result of the downward spiral she’s been living since her father Ned, was beheaded by Joffery. With her mother and brother Robb, recently slaughtered and, having borne witness to the aftermath (including seeing her brother’s corpse paraded around with his direwolf’s head sewn on his shoulders) Arya Stark’s entire existence focuses on vengeance: how to prepare for it and how to exact it. Being in the company of a notorious killer is something that bothers her not. If anything, she’ll learn more of what has become her life’s obsession while in the Hound’s company.

And yet, as sad as Arya’s story is, the GIF set below attests that there is still a tiny spark of the girl left. The one that wants her own horse, bearing a smile of quiet satisfaction as her wish is granted.

 

she has one less name to say in her nightly prayers too

 

I like Arya as a character.
How old was she supposed to be in the books, and in the movies?

 

The reason I ask is, in either the 4th season opener or one of the 3rd season late episodes, someone (Tyrion?) asks Sansa her age, and if I heard right, she said 14.
Arya looks way younger, but acts more mature.

Btw, how is Arya pronounced? Are-yuh...Air-ia...Are-ia?
I can't quite make out the way they say it on my tv. (some hearing loss from too much noise in the past, plus don't have a surround sound system)

 

Both Arya and Sansa were quite young in the books relative to the actors who play the characters we see on the TV.
George R.R. Martin, who wrote the stories, says in hindsight, he wishes he wrote the children older.
Off-camera the young woman who plays Sansa (Sophie Turner) is now 18 years old. Maisie Williams, who plays Arya, recently turned 16 y.o. She is quite tiny in stature, which should serve her story well.
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Just so ya' know, I was being pithy and referring to previous posts which sort of made fun of the Stark family. I get their point--totally. They are all rather dour and haven't been the best fighters with Ned, Caitlyn, and King Robb all having their heads "at the pointy end" of swords and knives.

Arya is seeking justice with a heavy dose of vengeance. I'd be hard-pressed to blame her.

 

Pictures from Season 4, Episode 2 ‘The Lion and the Rose’ (CR: HBO)

Now, that is ornate!


Other stuff going on in the episode:

Is Stannis unhappy with Davos?



The set design is mind-blowing.

 

I thought it was very strange how the new guy Oberyn Martell basically told Tyrion that he's in King's Landing for revenge and that he held Tywin responsible for his sister's death. If you're going to get revenge, you don't warn the person first and therefore lose the element of surprise. Oberyn better have some master plan up his sleeve because the logical move by Tywin would simply be to kill him before he accomplishes his goals.