I’m halfway convinced that Game of Thrones is less an epic fantasy and more a mean-spirited attempt by George R.R. Martin and his goddamn cronies to teach the virtue of patience to a world that’s grown to have none.

So while we spend the next decade grumpily waiting for book six, and while we wait until April for the forever-in-production season two, well… at least HBO knows how to market their shit. Here’s a two-minute, behind-the-scenes ad for the show’s second season, and it looks like it’s gonna be great. Also, Arya, as always, is totally badass even though she’s only in this for like two seconds, and even though she has boy hair now. VERY CLEVER, ARYA, THAT WILL TOTALLY FOOL EVERYONE

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.