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The one true A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE Re-Read Podcast by PoorQuentyn and ManuclearBomb
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Mar 16, 2020
Mar 16, 2020
1hr 14 min
- Dig into the Fist of the First Men (though not literally like Ghost!) in terms of both its surface strengths and deeper weaknesses as a fortress
- Watch with exasperation as Watch leadership descends into mission creep and the last war's strategies
- Introduce Qhorin Halfhand, a peerless badass with a heart gray as his cloak, here to educate Jon in discipline, self-sacrifice, and knowing thine enemy
- Take note of how many plot threads are being set up in these chapters, from the Night's Watch mutiny to the wight attack on the Fist to the Horn of Winter
- Furiously debate who buried the dragonglass and horn at the Fist: Benjen or Coldhands?
Next week: we return to Winterfell, where Jojen Reed urges Bran to open his third eye. Ser Rodrik also returns to the castle, bringing with him a prisoner who goes by Reek...for now, anyway.
Mar 9, 2020
Mar 9, 2020
1hr 38 min
- Contrast the knights beating a helpless child because the king said so...
- ...with the not-knights, the cripples/bastards/broken things, standing up for her
- Take note of how Sansa is maturing and growing wiser, even under such dire circumstances
- Lay out exactly how screwed Team Lannister is after the Battle of Oxcross
- Imagine how Robb's Westerlands campaign would look through a POV's eyes
Next week: the Night's Watch arrives at the Fist of the First Men and joins forces with Qhorin Halfhand in Jon IV *and* V!
Mar 2, 2020
Mar 2, 2020
1hr 43 min
- Talk about what will befall Catelyn at the end of the story and how she'll be remembered.
- Get deep on the union of secular and mystical in the castle of Harrenhal
- Talk about the Bloody Mummers and the strategic Lannister position at this juncture in ACOK
- Analyze Jaqen H'ghar, his place in Arya's story and question whether he's the better alternative to the horrors Arya has experienced.
- Unpack the most horrific story in all of ASOIAF: Chiswyck's story of what happened after the Tourney of the Hand
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Next week: Sansa faces Joffrey and is rescued by hero? Protagonist! Tyrion Lannister!
Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24, 2020
1hr 29 min
- Talk about our favorite funny lines in ASOIAF
- Examine Tyrion's fun-yet-chilling conversation with Lancel
- Zero in on why Tyrion goes to Shae
- Analyze how Tyrion has put on masks of power, intrigue and games while forgetting about doing the justice he promised to do
- Delve into Tyrion's problematic relationship to Shae and how sex work
Next week: back to King's Landing for ACOK Arya VII as Jaqen H’ghar offers Arya three murders, wishes
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Feb 17, 2020
Feb 17, 2020
1hr 30 min
- Praise how masterfully George changes moods as this chapter goes along
- Shiver as Jojen gets creepy with Bran's dreams
- Zoom out to put the "little grandfather" in context with the other magical heralds of A Clash of Kings
- Sift through both the short-term blind spots and long-term wisdom of Maester Luwin's worldview
- Pity Bran for his bittersweet dreams of knighthood, tempting him onward to sorcery
Next week: back to King's Landing for ACOK Tyrion VII as Lannister dysfunction somehow gets even worse. And we will be joined by a new guest: Jinx Lierre!
Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020
1hr 15 min
- Discuss the "leftover" bits of ASOIAF
- Praise the trippy imagery in the Qarth storyline...
- ...and critique the shapeless plot and threadbare supporting cast
- Lay out Dany's (somewhat redundant) character beats in ACOK
- Come up with opposite ideas about how we would fix Qarth
Next week: we fly back to Winterfell for Bran IV and our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE!
Feb 3, 2020
Feb 3, 2020
1hr 8 min
- Talk about our favorite bad movies
- Analyze the smallfolk caught in the chaos and brutality of war
- Evaluate how Arya deals with her powerlessness and watching people be tortured, murdered and raped
- Let Emmett go deep on Harrenhal and why this is his favorite over-the-top castle in ASOIAF!
- Theorize on what will happen with the surviving people on Arya's list
Next week: Sigh ... it's Qarth guys. It's Qarth in ACOK, Daenerys II!
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020
1hr 13 min
- Wonder what would've happened if Tyrion had killed Cersei in this chapter
- Compare and contrast the unhappy Baratheons with the unhappy Lannisters
- Analyze how Tyrion uses the power of the Iron Throne
- Watch Tyrion take Pycelle apart
- Theorize about what Tyrion's role will be in the war against the Others
Next week: George invokes centuries’ worth of war crimes along Arya's path to Harrenhal, Emmett’s favorite place in Westeros, for some reason.
Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020
1hr 23 min
- Talk about Gerion Lannister and whether he'll turn up in TWOW or ADOS
- Get into the Esgred/Theon dynamic
- Interrogate Theon's self-conception and why the Ironborn continue to reject him
- Analyze Balon Greyjoy's great war "plan"
- Analyze the Iron Islands story in ACOK vs. S02 of the Thrones Show
Next week: Tyrion bonds with Cersei over their joy at Renly and Stannis fighting each other ... only for him to poison her in ACOK, Tyrion VI~ Gotta love all these healthy respectful sibling relationships in ACOK!
Jan 13, 2020
Jan 13, 2020
1hr 33 min
- Theorize about Val's role in the story
- Introduce Craster and his nightmarish prison factory of a Keep
- Introduce Gilly, and watch as her peril unravels the Watch's self-justifications
- Dig into the complex, opaque dialogue between Jon and LC Mormont at chapter's end
- Make explicit all that's implied about Craster's deal with the Others
Next week: we head back to the Iron Islands as Theon meets the girl of his dreams, only to find out too late that a) she's his sister b) she's the heir and c) he's a chump.