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The one true A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE Re-Read Podcast by PoorQuentyn and ManuclearBomb
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Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter (though not in this case) podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!
In this episode, Good King Robb makes his peace with the Lannisters, and all is well in Westeros forevermore.
This week, we:
- Discuss our favorite and least favorite themes in ASOIAF
- Praise the Young Wolf, our shining son and the best of the clashing kings (in this book, anyway)
- Dig into the possibilities and impossibilities of Robb's peace deal
- Analyze Catelyn's strengths and weaknesses as a political observer
- Argue that while Robb sending Theon to Balon Greyjoy was a mistake, it wasn't a major one
Next week, we return to King's Landing to bear witness as Tyrion fires and exiles Janos Slynt. And we’ll be joined by a new guest: our very own High Lord Clint Esq, one of the finest legal minds in the fandom!
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Okay one more last thing, Ned made one mistake that I can point out, talking to Rob and saying one line only "hey Robb, our northmen history goes wayyyyyyy back, but if I were to give you one piece of advice, NEVER trust the Boltons" boom war won lol
Friday Nov 22, 2019
One last thing, it seems to me that Grrm loves to hide the fact that the characteristics that we think attribute to making a strong leader or strong person and completely turns it on its side to show how they are weak emotionally and fundamentally weak people as well. I really believe that stone heart is who she truly is when the facade of her "strong woman" appearance is wiped away. She blames what she thinks is Neds infidelity on Jon and treats him as if he were vermin his whole life. This is a classic archetype that I constantly see in real life as well, some women ( and men too) irrationally blame everyone but their spouse for infidelity when they are cheated on, when if thought about for more than a second, it's the spouses fault and they are enabling the spouses to do it again. One more thing, i keep hearing about how eddard is stupid, but he was actually very smart, he knew he couldn't beat Lannisters politically and had Catelyn not made the worst decision of all time by kidnapping tyrion, he absolutely could have won on the battlefield. In a previous episode you mentioned that Tywin is not a good battle commander, I absolutely agree with this after hearing your input on rooses treachery in the battle. Tywin was not a good battle commander but a political genius. Ned was right to take the fight to the battlefield and out of the political field, he would have won! Ok rant over, my bad guys, love your commentaries tho! You both are very strong in literary analysis, I think if you got into theories you would knock it out of the park! Check out Preston Jacobs or The order of the green hand, they have some very compelling theories, for one, Shae is Sarrella and alleras is just a red herring, yup blew my mind!
Friday Nov 22, 2019
You guys are great but I have to completely disagree on treating Catelyn as a smart political player, she understands ramifications of actions but makes all the wrong moves while acting as if she knows everything. She directly goes against Neds commenting on how the north isn't prepared for war and seizes Tyrion as if this were her lucky chance to win, when in reality that single action started the war. Furthermore had she not advised Rob to send roose Bolton to take on Tywin, Umber would have won that battle. If I were to relate her mentality to anyone I would say she's Cersei with moderate political tact, or Cersei that thinks 2 moves ahead rather than as she goes, but still amazingly self absorbed. She embarrassed Rob right after she thinks to herself she shouldn't embarrass Rob I front of his Bannerman. I'm debating on if she was any good at haggling because had Anyone else had treated with Lord frey, they might have gotten a better deal, instead she self appoints herself as cheif emissary of Rob's army and goes in before discussing the idea to anyone. I'll admit her thoughts and rationale are very convincing however her actions constantly prove she is a worse political mind than Robert baratheon.
Friday Nov 22, 2019
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