My friends and I were discussing Game of Thrones (books and TV show).

For some reason, I find the series – books and TV show – a lot funnier than I think they’re meant to be. So much of it is so deadpan, I just laugh.

My friend was complaining about the Starks who, while being the only “good guys” in the series, are too dumb to survive. “Honor before reason,” as he said.

So I started coming up with alternate house mottoes.

House Stark: Honor Before Reason (not entirely my idea)
House Baratheon: Sibling Rivalry Gone Awry
House Targaryen: Incest – Bad For Dogs, Worse For People
House Lannister: We Barely Like Each Other…Except Jaime. We All Like Him
House Greyjoy: Our Last Male Heir Got Himself Castrated
House Tyrell: Pretty And Prickly (alternate alternate motto: Every Rose Has Its Thorns)
House Bolton: We’re Sadists
House Tully: Just Edmure And A Zombie
House Frey: We Lack Originality And Foresight

Fun stuff. I can’t stop giggling, but I don’t know if it’s because these are actually funny of it’s because it’s the middle of the night, I’m tired, and I just think they’re funny.

On one more ‘Song of Ice and Fire’ note: popuptee.com is selling some pretty awesome shirts of various houses – Stark, Baratheon, Greyjoy, Lannister, and Targaryen – for only $12.99 + free shipping. Other shirts include a White Walkers shirt, a Night’s Watch shirt, and a “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die” Cersei quote shirt. Hurry though! There’s only about 38 hours left before the sale is over and they won’t be available anymore!

I bought a Stark shirt and a Baratheon shirt for myself, as well as a Lannister shirt as a gift for a friend of mine. I like them a lot. I sort of want to see if when I put on the Stark shirt I am killed instantly (just struck by lightning or hit by a truck), and I like the Baratheons a lot for no reason I can actually give you. Robert was one of my favorite characters, but I have no idea why. He just seemed so cuddly when he wasn’t raging at Cersei or talking about killing Targaryens.

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