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Translating GOT's Season 4 Trailer... literally (spoof)

HBO is to air a 15 Minute Featurette on GOT in February:

Your readers may be interested to know that the 15-minute presentation GAME OF THRONES ICE AND FIRE: A FORESHADOWING will debut SUNDAY, FEB. 9 at 8:45 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Offering a look back and a look forward to the fourth season of the hit HBO series, the show features clips from upcoming episodes, behind-the-scenes-footage, interviews with talent, and cast members’ answers to questions posed by fans.

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Once Upon a Time has casting news out (in several places) that a regular cast member's character will be permanently killed this season (at the least they make it sound permanent).

Lots of speculation and no confirmation as to who that may be. Apparently the list of possibles (as stated by the producers) encompasses only the contract players, not a recurring one (so they aren't talking about the likes of Mulan, Tinkerbell, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Grumpy... The regular contract members mentioned by producers as 'on the list': Snow White, Prince Charming, Queen Regina, Emma, Henry, Rumplestilskin, Belle, Neal, and Captain Hook. Of course, several are ruled out by fans because no one thinks Emma, Regina, or Snow White (or Henry for that matter) would be written off. Charming, of course, has/had(?) a twin (since he's actually 'the Pauper'). Most fans think it'll be one of the last three candidates, though.

Again, no actual spoiler or storyline clues as to who it might be, so it's left entirely to speculation. Plus, all of the actors are currently filming so that's not a hint either. (Wouldn't put it passed them to do what BtVS did back in Season 5 and deliberately spread false rumors.)

No confirmation that I've seen whether or not Snow White will be pregnant on the show, though the actress is well into her second trimester in real life. {They could do flashbacks to Snow's pregnancy with Emma any time they wanted, I guess.}

Rose McGowen is returning for some flashback with Cora (Regina's mom/the Miller's Daughter/Queen of Hearts).

The next Big Bad (as widely advertised) is the Wicked Witch (I'm assuming 'of the West' but as I stop to think about it, I don't think there's been confirmation of that either. She could be 'of the East' or even a story-twisted Glinda for all I know.) They say that the Witch will not have a name from Wicked (Does that then rule out Glinda?) or the old Warner Brother's movie (no doubt because Disney has rights to the books not to the 1940s movie or for Wicked).

Snow!

It's snowing!

(It virtually never snows here.)

Oh My FREAKING Mother of Gawd!

So just as I was posting "snowing!" the office said to go home. That was 10:37am, and it was 19F with a wind chill of 11F.

Since I leave my dog with my parents most days (they live closer to my job than I do) I headed to their house, which is 10.6 miles from the office. It is now 3:30 PM and I just (finally!!!) arrived at my parents' home.

But wait, that doesn't explain the hell.

In FOUR+ hours in the car I had travelled only 7 miles!   I finally gave up all hope and left my car (in a parking lot) and HIKED the last 3+ miles to my parents home.

In blowing snow.  At 17F  according to my car when I got out.  Before wind chill.  All without gloves or a hat (though thankfully with boots)! I know. I know. But I didn't think it would actually snow. No one did. It was supposed to skip us, which is why offices and schools were full when the storm hit, and every major artery in the city became a grid-locked parking lot. Most schools are reporting keeping many kids over night because parents cannot reach them.

And the temps are continuing to fall (low of 8F expected) while it's still snowing into the night.

If I hadn't abandoned the car, I would STILL be sitting in traffic, because after hiking a half mile I passed an enormous ice skid with the multi-car pile up and abandoned cars on both sides of the road, to the point that it was no longer passable.  No way in hell I was ever going to make it home in a car. Seriously, while hiking I passed an abandoned police car AND fire truck!