Game of Thrones Tag

Ok, so like the majority of the population, I am a HUGE Game of Thrones fan. I have the books yet I haven't managed to read them all as they're pretty hard to get into but I am a huge fan of the series and have rewatched them too many times. I can't wait for series 7, I'm getting so impatient waiting for it!

As I was browsing for blog post ideas, I came across this tag and thought I'd give it a go..

 

 1. How did you discover the series/books?
I think it was originally my parents that told me they'd found a new TV series that was really good, sat down as a family to watch it and boom, I was hooked. I bought the books just after series 4 came out but they're a hard set to get into but I plan to read them in the next few months.

2. Who is your favourite house, other than the Starks and the Lannisters?
Well for a start, I'm not a fan of the Lannisters except Tyrion. My favourite house would have to be Targaryen I think, I love their history of dragons and Daenerys is deffo Queen B!

3. Who is your favourite character from House Stark?
Arya, she's just so sassy.

4. Who is your favourite character from House Lannister?
Tyrion!! He is the comedian clearly but definitely makes the less exciting episodes worth watching. "I am the God of tits and wine". Although, recently Jaime has been picking up and he is definitely in love with Brienne, he's just in denial like he is with his morals.

5. Who is your favourite character?
Really, how can you pick a favourite?!

6. Who is your least favourite character?
This is also hard, its a cross between Littlefinger who is just creepy as, Joffrey where it was quite fun but creepy to watch him die and Cersei, I just really really hate her.

7. What are your thoughts on the series/books?
I love that its like historic but then it has magic and dragons involved. It is kind of frustrating when it flits from one area to another and that it always seems to take 5/6 episodes in a series for anything decent to happen and then they leave the finale on a massive cliffhanger, it's heartbreaking and frustrating to be so patient!

8. If you could be one of the characters, who would you be and why?
This is a hard choice but I do reckon Daenyerys would be a good one to be, she's just an absolute boss, she rides dragons and pretty much every loves her and she's totally badass.

9. What is your favourite episode or season?
Season 6 was definitely my favourite season even though they killed so many great characters off, the graphics and content was amazing, and the white walkers finally made a proper appearance, just so much happened. However, my favourite episode will always be after Khal Drogo died and Daenyerys sets the witch on fire with him and her dragon eggs and when the fire all goes, she just stands up naked with three dragons, power just radiated from her, it was awesome.

10. Who is your GoT crush?
I know he's dead but Robb Stark was an absolute babe.

11. What are you looking forward to in the upcoming season?
The upcoming season is season 7 and I literally can't wait for the huge battle between literally everyone. Who's going to win and will Jon and Daenyerys meet and discover they're related then join forces and totally kick butt?! (That's my theory anyway)

 

Army Girlfriend

As I've said in previous blog posts, my boyfriend is in the Army and let me tell you one thing, it is hard.

He's currently posted 197 miles away from me at his unit, (yes I google mapped it to check), and this lasts for two years. It gets hard only seeing him most weekends especially when I work most weekends as well. It means long drives every weekend to see each other but it's definitely worth it.

Compared to previous relationships, it's easier to miss him, to think of different ideas for us to do things together when we do see each other. I look forward to seeing/speaking to him a lot more because I don't get to spend every single day with him. Although, if you've had a bad day, every thing has gone wrong or you just feel crappy, you can't go home to a cuddle, you have to make do with a phone call if you're lucky which sucks.

It definitely sucks that because I'm just a girlfriend, not a wife, the military seem to disregard me, I'm not important because they see me as just another one so if he gets deployed or anything like that, I would be the last to know EVERYTHING.

Speaking of deployment, that's ridiculous. He's going on a deployment exercise for 10 weeks in April and then 4 weeks in July where they've been told they're not aloud their phones with them, that they'll be taken off them and I literally can't do a thing about it.. Even if we can have contact, he is 5 hours behind us. He misses my 21st birthday, his brother's and mum's birthdays, he even may miss his own birthday which sucks. I guess I'm lucky because I have a holiday booked for my 21st with my best friend and I have university to concentrate on in the first 5 weeks but until I get into a graduate job, I have nothing to keep me occupied. It's going to be so hard for both of us, especially him as he's the one that has to walk away and get onto that plane with hardly anyone he knows to spend the 14 weeks with where I have my family and friends with me. This will be the longest we've been apart, he's only had to do a 3 day exercise with no contact before.

It's nerve wrecking though, sitting and waiting for a message, a phone call, anything just to hear from them to make sure they're okay. A "Hi, I love you, I'm okay" is everything in this type of relationship. We do have ideas to help us through it, and I may have acquired some additions to my wardrobe of his and I have a huge teddy he got me for valentines day to cuddle which will help.


At the end of the day, it does suck, the basic things that people take for granted in relationships are the things that we have difficulty doing but when we are together, it is so worth the wait and the distance. You learn to grow together, closer and quickly, you get more chance to travel, you appreciate each other way more and learn not to take each other for granted too. You learn to be more understanding and end up being a strong and supportive team while you're together and apart. You fall in love deeply, a lot quicker but it always means more when you're finally back together.