Esoteria: Brotherhood Without Banners actor teases fans on Twitter, and more

Two weeks ago, a minor subset of Game of Thrones fans known colloquially as “Stoneheart Truthers” got very excited when the Walder Frey mentioned the Brotherhood Without Banners in “Blood of My Blood.” This past week, that excitement doubled when members of the Brotherhood showed up onscreen, and one of them was even wearing a yellow cloak.

Why a yellow cloak? This was a nod to book fans who know that one of the Brotherhood is a character named “Lem Lemoncloak.” No, Martin isn’t naming characters after Rainbow Bright figures—the guy’s name is Lem, he happens to wear a yellow cloak, some guys made fun of him (Lem-moncloak), and the name stuck. And then those characters came back and hanged Ian McShane’s character.

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Hanging, for the record, is Lady Stoneheart’s favorite method of disposing of her enemies in the novels, where she takes over management of the Brotherhood Without Banners and directs it toward one purpose: revenge. Stoneheart, for those who don’t know, is the reanimated corpse of Catelyn Stark, who has rather a lot to be vengeful about following her death at the Red Wedding.

The actor playing Lem is named Jóhannes Haukur. He is an active user on Twitter, and he’s been having a little bit of fun since Sunday’s episode aired…

Some of his tweets have been useful—for instance, he confirmed that he will be in “No One,” this week’s episode.

That means the Brotherhood is back for another week. (Most likely to meet with the Hound’s axe.) But Stoneheart Truthers are hoping that their leader might be with them too. And knowing that, Jaukur tweeted the following:

If she’s not there, they’re going to be so disappointed, something Haukur seems to have figured out.

Let’s move on to characters we’re sure will be appearing in “No One.” Take Qyburn, who’s behind Cersei in the promotional images. Qyburn, as we all know, was kicked out of the Citadel, and not considered a real “maester.” (If you’re unclear on this point, feel free to ask Pycelle about it. Chances are he’ll hold forth on the topic from now until the episode airs.)

But Qyburn has been made official in one sense, and I’m sure that if you told Pycelle, it would set his teeth on edge. In his concurring opinion in the case of Flores vs City of San Gabriel, Judge John B. Owens of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals coined the word “qyburnian” to describe what he saw as the majority opinion’s resurrection of an outmoded legal standard. That, of course, is a reference to the fact that Qyburn resurrected Gregor “the Mountain” Clegane from the point of death, and with that, Qyburn has entered the language of US law.

Next, some judge can invent the word “pyecellian,” meaning “to pretend to be utterly useless while annoying everyone.”

And finally, for those who were sad that the original “Broken Man” speech from A Feast for Crows did not make it into “The Broken Man,” and wanted to hear a veteran of HBO’s Deadwood recite it, here is David Milch, the creator of the HBO drama, reading the passage after fans sent it to him.

h/t ArsTechnica