Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 2 “The Night Lands” Reaction

Anna, I love how much you are getting into this show! It's always fun watching you react 🙂

Still enjoying the heck out of these with all of the dialog and discussion Mark. Anna continues to amaze. She's a sharp one! Very intuitive. 👍

That Jon Snow Funko Pop is wearing Stark Gear, and his man bun…… would that be a spoiler??? Since he wears his curls and Night Watch blacks for over 5 seasons.

This episode is called “the night lands” not “the waste lands”

Your daughter is very smart and looks like a young Rhonda Rousey. Get that girl into some MMA training!

Mark, these are very fun to watch and Anna could not possibly be sweeter. I really enjoy the whole father/daughter bonding aspect of it along with the reactions.

Looking forward to the next one!

Noble Bastards share last names based on the land they are either born or raised in. The reason why they are dangerous to competitors (like Cersei and Joffrey) is because in the society where bloodlines are more important than merit to rule the country, they can always take that as an advantage garner support from other houses. Ruling as a monarch basically depends on how much support you can garner from other noble houses of the realm. The bastards can be legitimised by the current monarchs as well.

Also, commoners in Westeros don't seem to have last names to inherit. However, this is unclear and I am not completely sure how it works. Some of the examples are Pypar, Rast, Grenn etc. Those are the common folk in the Night's watch and they don't seem to have last names. None of the Wildlings seem to have last names as well. I happen to believe only people who share ancestry with either Kings, Lords or Knights have last names. Davos didn't have a last name either, he made his own last name and house "Seaworth" after becoming a Knight. He was a commoner before he was Knighted by Stannis.

Gotta say, love these reactions so far!

If the children of noble bastards are trueborn they don't take the bastard surname of their parent. They can make their own house name, e.g. Longwaters. They can even inherite through their bastard parent.
That's why Catelyn hates Jon so much. He is a threat to her children. As a bastard he can never get Winterfell himself, but his possible descendents could make a claim.