(April 25, 2016 at 12:27 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: Well, yeah, sure. I love Pod as much as the next guy, but I prefer him being more of a wimp, because it emphasizes his value as a squire and friend, if people like Tyrion and Brienne want to keep him around, despite him not being very useful in combat.
FAF makes some good points that play into why I don't personally find it totally unbelievable that Pod might be able to kick some ass. I guess this is one of those cases that I don't have a big issue with inventing a bit of backstory as to why Pod might miraculously be good in a fight.
Maybe the guy he was fighting was injured in some way so not in top form? Has Pod been training with Brienne? She's a good enough swords(wo)man
to go against Jaime Lannister and hold her own (granted, a tied up, weakened Jaime), the only barrier in the way of that situation would be Pod getting up the nerve to ask to be trained - or, showing what a crap swordsman he is that Brienne herself decides he needs lessons.FAF points out that Pod did survive the battle of Blackwater so maybe he's just a guy who can deliver in a bind?
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
