From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
We both looked at each other when they talked about future plans and were like, "She's so going to die."
ReplyDeleteAh, the joys of watching the show with the unspoilered.
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard to keep a straight face. And then if I don't say anything, she takes that as verification that she's right.
ReplyDeleteOr she asks me something like how the Red Woman knows about Gendry and I have to explain that I've got no idea since it was completely different in the book.
"Something awful is going to happen, isn't it?" is a solid summary of the entire series.
ReplyDeleteI am actually way behind the HBO series in reading the books. So I really don't know. But given how things play out in Westeros...
ReplyDeleteI'm behind on the TV show and ahead on the books...
ReplyDeleteAnother amusing comment from my wife:
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"Goddammit, Jamie! Why do I have to like you?"
He's a complex character. So are all the Lannisters. Except Joffrey.
ReplyDeleteThe show actually does a better job with Tywin Lannister than the books did. He's not a POV character, so I guess that isn't surprising. The scene with him and Joffrey was excellent.
ReplyDeleteBut the book Tywin had those awesome muttonchoppy sideburns, so it's a wash.
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(Also, I love the so-very-true sentiment that Joffrey is the only non-complex Lannister. Which I think is a good thing. Everyone needs somebody to hate. ;-) )
ReplyDeleteYeah he's pretty deliberately 1-dimensional.
ReplyDeleteIn the books Joffrey is complex, layered and deep... it's just that each new layer is worse than the last one.
ReplyDeleteHe's like a rotten onion!
ReplyDeleteSo Joffrey is Davos' fault!!!
ReplyDeleteJoffrey is Davos' dark mirror.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting part about Joffrey is looking at him from the point of view of "Kingslayer" Jaime, and the sacrifices and decisions Jaime went through with regard to Aerys.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting thing about Joffrey is that animated gif of Tyrion slapping him.
ReplyDeleteI could watch that all day.
EDIT: Seriously. I would subscribe to HBO if each season was just 10 hours of Tyrion slapping Joffrey.
Has somebody put that GIF to "Yakety Sax"?
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