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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 Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
- Our relationship to the Final Fantasy series
- The byzantine shell-game storyline of Tactics
- The themes of power, corruption, and lies
- The incredibly dense gameplay
- How Tactics is basically ASOIAF: The Game
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
- Our relationship to the Metal Gear Solid series
- The labyrinthine plot of the series
- The major themes of the series
- How those themes factor into gameplay
- Why ASOIAF fans would love MGS
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
- Merry's origin story with law and ASOIAF
- Learned Hands, her excellent podcast with NotACast guest Clint W
- Favorite legal scenes in fiction
- How to think about storytelling as a moral speculative space
- Jon Snow: what is his deal?
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
- Discuss Tyrion's parentage (again)
- Observe with Tyrion the aftermath of the wildfire
- Lay out the shape of the battle to come and Tyrion's mentality coming into it.
- Look at Tyrion and admire his bravery, even while disparaging him for propping up the illegitimate and tyrannical reign of Joffrey
- Debate whether Tyrion's use of wildfire is justified
Next week: Sansa and Tyrion are in danger for ACOK, Sansa VI and Tyrion XIV!
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
- Talk about how Davos' background informs his perspective
- Explore the meaning of Stannis' fiery heart banner
- Lay out George's "threefold revelation" buildup to the wildfire explosion
- Praise the wonder and terror of the imagery
- Analyze the fiery demon that emerges from the explosion
Next week: Tyrion looks upon his works and blames Stannis in ACOK, Tyrion XIII!
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
- Praise the cinematic tension with which the chapter begins
- Repeatedly and mercilessly dunk on High Captain Ser Imry Florent, who is the worst
- Contrast Davos' dread for battle from his smuggler days with his sons' eagerness to prove themselves as young noblemen
- Talk through the strategic layout of the battle...
- ...and imagine how Jeff would do differently, and better
Next week: Tyrion springs the fiery trap in the second half of ACOK, Davos III!
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
- Cheer ourselves hoarse at arriving at the Battle of the Blackwater
- Watch Sansa dance her way through conversations with Tyrion and Joffrey
- Praise the beautiful imagery and prose in the sept
- Talk about Sansa's empathy, where she sets its limits, and what it can and cannot accomplish in war
- Welcome (reluctantly) Cersei, who is already drunk
Next week: we flip over to the Baratheon side of the Battle of Blackwater with ACOK, Davos III (Part 1)!
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
- Talk about all the dreams that Theon has, what the dreams mean and what prophetic dreams mean overall
- Analyze Theon's growing paranoia, the murders that he's committing and his mindstate
- Get deep into Asha and Theon's relationship and what Asha is trying to do by showing up to Theon with so few men
- Recoil as Ramsay in the guise of Reek worms his way deeper into Theon's psyche
- Realize that it's not Bran and Theon up on the walls. It's the miller's boys
- Talk about Theon as kinslayer and the potential at least one of the miller's boys is his own son
Next week: It's battle time, baby. We're in the Battle of the Blackwater with ACOK, Sansa V!
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
- Frame Aeron's descent as both physical and spiritual
- Discuss how George creates Euron as a patchwork villain made of contradictions and eerie juxtapositions
- Contextualize Aeron's first drug-induced nightmare within the psychedelic history of the United States
- Analyze the apocalyptic imagery of said nightmare
- Try and fail to warn Falia Flowers of what's coming for her
Next week: our regularly scheduled programming resumes back in Winterfell with Theon as he continues to rule justly and nobly ... or makes a botch of it while having nightmares and getting owned by his sister again. And we'll be joined by a brand new special guest: Alisha Benton!|