If that's the case, that's the first change I've seen from the book other than the name of Theon's sister from Asha to Yara.

Pretty sure the book never explicitly says Stannis and Melissandre are bangin'.

I'm pretty sure that's where her "baby" came from

Wait, what? Which baby are we talking about? I haven't watched Ep2 yet, but I've read all the books and I don't recall anything about Stannis or Melissandre with a baby...

the demon baby she had to infiltrate Renly's castle

Sure it's magic. A "magic" shadow that literally comes out of her vagina and climbs up the castle walls. I suppose she needed Stannis to be the seed donor to cast this one.

One thing that still pisses me off about Robb's story is that they haven't really properly introduced all of his follower's houses. Sure the Umbers are great, but I found the Karstarks to be rather important for other things to come. Heck they didn't even glaze over the Karstarks from the skirmish prior to capturing Jaime. Now it's just going to be stupid if they introduce them before they go away.

Yes, a magic baby. Still needs to be conceived

wasnt the baby conceived via sacrafice?

I can't recall. If it was, then they changed it for the show. But either way, she gave birth on that boat, so it was conceived somehow! Thinking back I assume it was Stannis, but maybe not

It's been a while since I've read the 2nd and 3rd book, but I assumed that the baby was "conceived" via magic and the birth was just an outlet for the demon child to be released into the world. I don't think she was written to look pregnant until she was on the boat. Could be wrong though, and I can't be bothered to go back through a few dozen chapters to find that section. :lol

I always hated crossbows take to long to load!

Renly's relationship with Loras and his sister is so creepy.

and thats why you have rows of them. Having 1 crossbow in a group is never meant to be used more than once in a battle lol