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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 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!|
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
- Talk about the rules of the game and how playing this game demonstrates the arrested development of these Robert's Rebellion-era characters
- Gape at Jaime for his casual admissions of truth and how Jaime is denying Catelyn catharsis with his admissions
- Talk about vows and how it displays the rotten system of Westeros
- Get our eyes opened specifically to the type of king that Jaime kingslayed
- Sympathize with Jaime (of all people) because even when he tells the truth to Catelyn, she dismisses him as a kinslayer.
- Debate about whether Catelyn was correct to release Jaime for Sansa.
Next week: We're 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!|
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
- Trace Catelyn's story from the explosion of colors at the start of ACOK to midnight at the end.
- Marinate in Catelyn's grief over Bran and Rickon
- Hold hands with Hoster Tully as Catelyn confesses she just wants an end to the bloodshed and for Robb to be safe
- Come to Jaime Lannister's cell armed with a sword.
- Analyze the structure of Robb Stark's marriage to Jeyne Westerling and talk about whether it was good (it was not)
Next week: Gollum--I mean Jaime offers some riddles in the dark.
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
- Filter the news of Bran and Rickon's "deaths" through the Lannister dynamics
- Take apart the Tyrion-Cersei relationship and how they race each other to the bottom
- Run down the checklist of Lannister problems prior to the Battle of Blackwater
- Take stock of the price paid by powerless women for Lannister dysfunction
- Delve into how Tyrion tries and fails to bury his sins with Shae
Next week: Catelyn steps into the void to face Jaime in ACOK Catelyn VII (Part 1)!
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
- Continue on the march through the Frostfangs and point out the Tolkien influence on these Jon chapters
- Examine Qhorin Halfhand, his mentorship of Jon and why Jon has to learn and also reject Qhorin's teachings about the wildlings.
- Get into the weirwoods with Jon and Ghost and try to figure out what's happening in this weird-ass scene
- Talk about Dalbridge sacrificing himself and how this example inspires Jon for the rest of his arc
- Damn Jon's Season 2 arc and talk overall about Jon's story for all the books.
Next week: We're back in King's Landing with Tyrion and Cersei. Should be a fun time. (It's not).
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