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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 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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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
- Watch with Sansa as the smoke rises from Stannis burning the kingswood and Tyrion burning the suburbs of King's Landing
- See how Sansa is responding as a disappointed romantic to Dontos and his promises of salvation
- Get deep into Sandor Clegane's relationship to Sansa as the dark mirror to Sansa's disappointed romanticism.
- Empathize with Sansa as she menstruates for the first time and what that means for her as she's hauled in front of Cersei
- Explore Tyrion's pre-battle planning and praise Tyrion for his tactics even as Sansa remains our POV for the coming battle and has a unique POV on things to come
Next week: We're up in the Frostfangs with Jon, Qhorin & co as they strive forward to discover what the wildlings are up to, only to find out that the eagle has landed. And we'll be joined by Stefan Sasse of the Boiled Leather Audio Hour as special guest for this episode!
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
- Contrast the competence of Qhorin & Co with what we've seen of the Night's Watch so far
- Plunge into the new setting of the Frostfangs
- Break down Jon's ethical crisis with Ygritte
- Explore the layers of the Bael the Bard story
- Watch as Jon chooses mercy, unlike Theon last week
Next week: back to King's Landing as Sansa has to deal with Dontos, Sandor, Cersei, and her first period in ACOK Sansa IV!