HBO Releases 23 Game of Thrones Portraits from Season 3

[Geo Da Sponge]

And they still have yet to cast Ramsay Bolton. I am a sad Panda.

Actually, they have : [link]http://winteriscoming.net/2012/07/iwan-rheon-cast-in-game-of-thrones/[/link]

Or at least, all of the evidence seems to be leaning towards it being him although no one seems ken to actually confirm anything. I'm certainly hoping it's him.

 

[Lyvric]

Amazing pictures! I love the lighting and facial expressions in them. I can't wait to start watching this again.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Oh my god.
I JUST got over the fact that "A dance with Dragons" ended with those horrendous cliffhangers and moved on to other books and stories, but i just know that when the third season airs, i am going to search google every day to look for infos if "The Winds of Winter" is coming out in 5 or 10 years. Damnit!

He said 2014 at the earliest. He's released a few chapters from the book already though if you want to get a sneak peak. Plus there's a lot of very interesting speculation about what might happen and someone's bound to be right.
Lots of interesting stuff here: http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/67929-twow-spoilers-miscon-reading-two-winds-of-winter-chapters/
I just finished A Dance with Dragons today and immediately went to the internet in search of some resolution of the massive cliffhangers. Especially to do with

Spoiler

Jon

Spoiler: A Dance With Dragons spoilers

I personally don't think he'll die. At least not right away. It'll be interesting to see how a now injured Jon deals with needing to go and kick Ramsey's ass.

Quite frankly, up until that moment I was really psyched that Jon was about to go and fuck Ramsey's shit up, so I hope it still happens. Perfect way to shut down a dickhead that's been rampant too long.

Spoiler: Spoilers for ADwD and back story stuff

I think Jon really is dead but he warged into Ghost and is now living in him. I think Melissandre will realize that she needs to bring him back so she'll use that one kiss that Thoros used on Beric. Jon will Warg back into his old body and continue on his way. Melissandre will do this either because she thinks Jon is too important or because she realizes that he might be Azor Ahai reborn instead of Stannis.

Besides all that, I really doubt GRRM would kill him off before revealing his parentage. There's a very popular (and convincing) theory going around that Ned was not actually his father but rather he found Jon with Lyanna Stark in the Tower of Joy. Lyanna and Rhaegar had been living there together because they were in love (the only one who seems to think Rhaegar was an evil man who would steal a woman away is Robbert) and he had got her pregnant with Jon. We know that some of Lyanna's last words to Ned are "promise me." Ned is constantly thinking and looking back on this promise. He thinks about it as if it damaged his marriage. He implies to Robert that Lyanna just meant that she wanted to be buried in Winterfell but that doesn't seem like the kind of secret you'd always be reflecting on. What Lyanna is wanting Ned to promise is to take Jon as his own and not tell anyone about his Targaryen blood. If Robert had found out, he most certainly would have had Jon killed because of his hatred for that house.

If the above paragraph proves to be true, then I highly doubt GRRM would build up this awesome character before he can reach (or at least glimpse) his potential.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

First thought: I really need to finish reading Storm of Swords before this starts airing.
Second thought: Thomas Sangster looks damn good as Jojen Reed...

 

[Jack_in_the_green]

Game of Thrones[/I]. Season 3 deals with the events in the book A Storm of Swords, by far my favorite part of the story. So much happens! I can't even tell you.

Keep in mind, Season Three of Game of Thrones only covers the first half of A Storm of Swords so we won't see any Freys or even Prince Oberyn Martell. Still, I'm glad they are weaving in the Reeds to correct some of the omissions from books. Now Reek missing? I'm not sure how they're going to recover from that.

But how do YOU know we won´t see any Freys...? Personally, I think ending the season during the "Red Wedding" would be phenomenal in terms of leaving a cliffhanger...

 

[Strazdas]

I love how almost half the shots are aimed at character tits (cutting the head off too in some)

 

[MopBox]

That's great... any word on when the next novel will be out?

 

[Pebblig]

Getting rather excited for it, I've only seen the first season and after that I bought the whole of A Song of Ice and Fire and I'm on a Feast For Crows now. I thought it'd be interesting to see what they did with Tyrion's injuries and missing a nose haha.

I pictured Mance Rayder not looking so rough though.