Ballsy… she is learning from “chaos hoodie” Daemon.

Things I liked

• Intro updated! Jaehaerys and Rat-catchers shown. Luke’s death no longer shown 😔
• Braken v Blackwood!
• Rhaenys keep speaking truths.
• “It’s a big chair, made of swords” - Daemon cracks me up.
• Ulf is growing on me.
• I love how we were shown a gruesome after-battle in the Riverlands, and everyone is basically saying “That was a cheeky skirmish between the Brackens and Blackwoods”
• Loved seeing “little” Moondancer.
• It seems we’re walking towards evil stepmother and Maegor with Teats after all/

Weird Things / Random Thoughts

• That was Bloody Ben, right ?
• Hull is everyone’s favorite shit-talking uncle.
• That was Alys Rivers over a Harrenhal, right ?
• Did… they make Aegon’s posse from the previous episodes the new KG ?
• It’s been a while since I read F&B, but I don’t recall Daemon getting prophetic/dragon dreams.
• Wait… is the show implying that the curse of Harrenhall could be tied to the weirwoods ?
• The premise of the secret Sept meeting is ridiculous, but the scene itself was great.
• I am not buying “Seasmoke is acting out because it’s bored” - I think this might be a sign that something happened to Laenor.
• I appreciate that the “misunderstanding” angle in HotD is being sidelined. While misunderstandings did play a role in the events leading up to this point, the conversation at the Sept makes it clear that Alicent knows Viserys didn’t truly want Aegon to be king. At this stage, Alicent’s actions are more about ignorance, greed, ambition, and other emotions that have entangled her and the rest of the characters deeply…

I loved Otto in this episode.

Slowly realizing that VizzyT was great.

Also Peak Otto:

“Daughter, as long as we are together we can work through any issue”

“I have sinned, dad”

“OMG y’all are the worst - that does it - leavin’ right now for Oldtown to hang with Daeron”

Things I liked

• New intro still rules. I may have to re-watch it, afaict it didn’t change from a week ago.
• Laughin’ out loud at Daemon smirking in his own corner while the Black Council was trying to figure out Blood & Cheese.
• The scene between Daemon and Rhaenyra was incredible.
• Seasmoke Sighting!
• Daeron Mentioned!
• The brother’s duel

Weird Things / Random Thoughts

• The cut at Rhaenyra with Viserys/Aegon was odd… I thought that was a flashback of Aegon with Jaehaerys/Jaehaera.
• The Seasmoke scene… for a second there I thought that was John Macmillan (Laenor’s actor)
• Tom Glynn-Carney is the early MVP and IMHO most improved actor of this season. I really hope they update all imagery of HotD to feature him vs Rhaenyra for S3 and beyond.
• Phia Saban (Helaena) is a masterclass at saying so much without words (or as few of them as possible).
• Shoutout to the twins, once the Cargyll duel started - I was on the edge of my seat - and unable to tell them apart.

… you work in offensive security and… game development

Are you … Thor ? 😁

Cousin, I wear unstable molecule suits now.

Mine is a spoon that is different from all the other… and it is specifically for cat food.

That’s the supplemental one. Main one’s offscreen.

Merry Christmas! Deep Rock Galactic.

Kang the Convicted

He has been tapped, but AFAICT not confirmed yet.

Something that I find interesting is that he is a superb parent/father character actor (I.e.: Joel and Mando), so a possible older Reed with Valeria and Franklin is a very interesting take.

Great LastWeekTonight episode. Very clearly the F in FDA is silent….

This is great!

As you hinted, this is really nice for game frameworks, where you can leverage testing utilities from a language or runtime environment.

Curious about how this translates to game engines.

Hey,

My story is a bit similar to yours. Originally from developing country, went to the US for a post grad degree program in gamedev, and then started working for a few game startups upon eventually doing app development.

My recommendation? You already have a ton of experience compared to people who don’t have any. You may even know more than I do now! You also are probably more aware of the realities of the gaming industry in Europe, than me!

What I’m saying is don’t sell yourself short. I’m sure there are a lot of people who “envy” where you are.