Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Liebster Awards! 11 More Blogs You Should Checkout!

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Recently, The Movie Montage honored Sidekick Reviews with the Liebster Award nomination. It’s always nice to be kindly acknowledged and warmly welcomed into the blogging community. Thank you!

The Liebster Award is given to a blogger who has less than two hundred followers. Based on a quick google search, Liebster is a German word that translates to “beloved, favorite, dearest”. The goal of the Liebster Award is to help new or growing blogs connect with other bloggers and is a good way for readers to discover your blog.

So what are the rules for the Liebster award recipients?

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Game Of Thrones: House Stark’s Ten Biggest Mistakes

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HBO’s Game Of Thrones: House Stark’s Ten Biggest Mistakes

Spoiler Alert: This article discusses major plot points in HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Season One to Three.

The long grueling wait in between seasons offer fans plenty of time to reflect upon the intricate plotting and fascinating characters that populate HBO’s Game Of Thrones. Of the major houses vying for the Iron Throne, many fans championed House Stark Of Winterfell above all by virtue of the Stark’s deeply rooted values of honor, love, family and loyalty.

An ongoing theme of Game Of Thrones is how good, well-meaning leaders make poor choices as best exemplified by House Stark. Years of bad decision-making culminated in their tragic, shocking demise at the end of Season 3. What makes the Stark’s downfall compelling is that as a viewer, we always understand the context of why characters make the decisions that they do. Some decisions are only mistakes in hindsight, others are terribly misguided, a few are better described as a turning point than as a mistake, while many set off a chain reaction of unforeseeable events.

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