Did book Loras die? I thought he was just severely injured and currently recovering?

His recent entries on NotaBlog were straight up cruel. He seems to be getting sadistic enjoyment from stringing his fans along at this point. I get he must be devastated that the show's going to spoil the series (and likely his motivation to finish it), but no need to buck off that frustration on the fans, George.

I think he was severely injured to the point of he won't really recover. I think he was basically burned to a crisp.

I wasn't going to watch the show. I was going to give Martin the chance to give us HIS vision and HIS ending.

But he's been such an antagonistic prick about the whole thing that I just said '**** it'. Dude sold out - as is his right - but I don't have to continue to wait for him and I damn sure don't have to put up with his 'deal with it' manner of speaking to his fans.

So I'll get my ending from TV and that's probably gonna have to be good enough. The guy isn't gonna finish this series.

You just solved Game of Thrones. This isn't about which high and mighty house name will reign over the lands of both Westeros and Essos, it's about a guy that started out as a low life mercenary that hadn't bathed in weeks that turns out to be the last one standing through patience and cunning. Bronn is going to out-Littlefinger Littlefinger, and he'll do it by patiently watching all the houses slaughter each other.

I'd be fine with that, I love that character.

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How can you not? After he is crowned he breaks out in song!

ROFL - Euron = Jared Let-Himself-Go

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Loras is not confirmed dead in the books. He is damaged quite a bit.

It sounded like he was grievously wounded but in Martin's world even if you are dead-dead you can come back. Either way, it's better than being put in the dungeon because you are gay and then being blowed up.

In the books he marries Lolly, the girl that was gang-raped during the riot with Joffrey. She gets pregnant and Bronn ends up naming the baby Tywin. He is the best.

I thought he named it Tyrion???

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Where did Lord Manderly go? Didn't see him in the Winterfell great hall scene.

In the books he survived, but did the Boltons kill him in the show? I'm having a hard time keeping all these characters in line....