#and the little mentions of other houses like martell n such. i find them fun

[cressida-cowper]

i knew my decision to watch got first would pay off. and it did! going into hotd knowing the future of the great houses, and even moreso just their various temperaments and personalities that run in their families, as well as knowing how the relationship between each house and house targaryen sours, makes every little bit of information that much sweeter (i.e. knowing that house baratheon breaks faith with targaryen over a stark, knowing that house arryn winds up in the hands of an unstable tully, etc)