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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
- Contrast Arya's perspective with Hot Pie's
- Praise George's careful setup work with the fake prisoners
- Explore Harrenhal further as a spooky setting
- Watch Arya and Gendry face off
- Explore the media-savvy way Arya dismantles Jaqen
Next week: Zack joins us again for the second half of ACOK, Arya IX, in which we spring the trap in multiple respects.
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Hi folks!
On most normal Mondays, we'd be releasing the our next chapter by chapter analysis, but the week we'd normally record our next analysis (ACOK, Arya IX) was a week we took off.
Not to fear though! We are releasing a patreon sample episode that you would normally get at the $5/above level over at our patreon at www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF!
And we're delighted to give the general public the first of our five part series on TWOW, The Forsaken!
So, if you like what you hear on our regular NotACast pod-cast and are interested in two monthly bonus episodes, show notes, Q&A, shout-outs and access to the NotASlack at our two highest tiers, consider becoming a patron!
In this episode, we kick off our analysis of TWOW, The Forsaken by examining the published Ironborn story: what happens in the first five published novels before we launch into our take on The Forsaken in the ensuing parts of our series.
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
- Explore Bran's longest wolf dream to date
- Talk through the changing dynamic between Theon and the Starks
- Praise Bran for doing his duty, and Ned for teaching it to him
- Boo Theon as his reign over Winterfell immediately descends into cruel absurdity
- Wonder how Winterfell might fall once more with Theon's help...
Next week: new guest Wolfman Zack joins us as Arya helps Roose Bolton take Harrenhal and says goodbye to Jaqen H'ghar in ACOK Arya IX!
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
- Examine Edmure's personal and political motivations
- Dig into Catelyn's lifelong devotion to duty
- Ponder the role songs and stories play in drumming up war
- Describe the Battle of the Fords as it unfolds in all its terrible beauty
- Watch prophetic dread coil around Catelyn's soul
Next week: new guest Stanford Fraser joins us to discuss the fall of Winterfell to Theon in ACOK, Bran VI!
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
- Unpack the conspiracy to send Tommen to Rosby
- Get a glimpse of the streets of King's Landing after the riot
- Analyze Tyrion and Shae's relationship and wince at Tyrion slapping Shae
- Talk about Varys' origin story
Next week: we're back with ACOK, Catelyn VI where Edmure Tully holds the fords of the riverlands against Tywin Lannister with zero consequence!
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
- Judge the Lannisters justly for their conduct regarding Lollys Stokeworth
- Talk extensively about Tyrion slapping Joffrey (again)
- Get into the political fallout from the riot
- Examine the root causes of the riot
- Theorize on what happened to Tyrek Lannister
Next week: we're back with ACOK, Tyrion X when Tyrion learns more information and hears Varys' backstory.
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
- Examine Myrcella as a political figure
- Peel back the layers of Tyrion's mindset RE both Stannis and the smallfolk as threats
- Contrast the potentially manufactured spark of the riot with the genuine grievances motivating it
- Praise George's exquisite pacing and ramp-up to the riot itself
- Brainstorm better directions for justice in King's Landing
Next week: we cover the aftermath of and fallout from the riot in the second half of ACOK, Tyrion IX!
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
- Discuss the metaphysics of Davos and Melisandre's morality and culpability in the act that's about to happen
- Get in on the parallels between Robert and Stannis/Ned and Davos
- Note that Melisandre's onion metaphor is wrong.
- Get spooky with the birth of shadows and the death of kings and castellans
- Answer the question: how the hell did Melisandre make a shadowbaby?
Next week: we return to King's Landing where Tyrion encounters some minor civil disturbance, nothing major in ACOK, Tyrion IX, Part 1!
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
- Talk about Stannis' tent and how well it captures the man
- Dig further into the complexities and contradictions of the Stannis-Davos dynamic
- Lay out all the many options Stannis has on the table
- Watch sadly as corruption befalls Team Dragonstone's lofty ideals
- Imagine how Storm's End might fall to Team Young Grift
Next week: the fourth and final (we swear) part of our series on ACOK, Davos II, in which Melisandre gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. Mazel tov!
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
- Talk Stannis' relationship to his turncloak lords and how it contrasts with his relationship to Davos
- Explore Davos' self-image and how it leads him to both tell Stannis the truth and shape that truth into euphemisms
- Watch as Stannis slowly realize that his conscience is calling him a hypocrite
- Praise George's complex characterization of Stannis and his worldview
- Debate the great question of our time: Did Stannis give the order for Renly's death, or did Melisandre act on her own?
Next week: we are joined by Matt aka Joe Magician for the third in our FOUR part series on ACOK, Davos II!