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Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Tyrion slaps Joffrey and tries to clean up after the mess the Lannisters have made.    This week, we:    - 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.   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Tyrion bids farewell to Myrcella and runs straight into a peasant riot.   This week, we:    - 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!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/Bryn

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Davos sails Melisandre beneath Storm’s End, where she gives birth to a beautiful baby boy with his Dad’s face   This week, we:    - 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!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subs

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, we are joined by Matt aka Joe Magician as Stannis and Davos continue their conversation from last time. We're never getting out of this chapter alive!   This week, we:    - 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! Matt's podcast: https://joemagician.podbean.com/   Matt's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmkKXQMT3SBBzmPQAbgMog   Matt's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Joemagician/posts   Matt's twitter: https://twi

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Stannis calls forth Davos to give him the truth. Much debate ensues.   This week, we:    - 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!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Stannis and his new turncloak lords would very much like to move on from Renly's death, please...but Ser Cortnay Penrose won't let him   This week, we:    - Talk D&D - Introduce (and say farewell) to Cortnay Penrose  - Loudly boo the arrogant hypocrites who have joined Stannis - Praise George's brilliantly written dialogue - Discuss how Davos' perspective changes the scene - Debate Cortnay Penrose: hero or villain?   Next week: Stannis and Davos get deep into politics, philosophy, and personal baggage in the second part of our three-part look at ACOK, Davos II!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitt

Our special Q&A episode is now available for everyone! Next week: ACOK, Davos II!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Daenerys gets rejected by the Pureborn, gets manipulated by Xaro and watches a really fun magic show. Oh, and Quaithe is there. Yay?   This week, we:    - Talk about GRRM's worldview vs Tolkien's. - Get into the Pureborn and what boredom and wealth do to the Pureborn (and people) - Demonstrate that Xaro is a total POS - Talk about the rise of magic and what that means - Roll our eyes at Quaithe and Jorah - Answer the question as to what would have happened if Dany went to Asshai   Next week: Myrcella goes to Dorne, and a minor plot-point but the city erupts in riot in ACOK, Tyrion IX!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuen

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Catelyn returns to the riverlands, Brienne swears her sword to Catelyn, Edmure announces his battle plans and Ned's bones show up at Riverrun.   This week, we:    - Analyze the Petyr Baelish backstory - Evaluate Catelyn's mental state as she returns to the Riverland - Answer whether Starks can commit war crimes too (they can) - Get deep on Brienne and how her brokenness doesn't make her unique, only more human - Do some war shit by taking a look at Edmure's plan - Take a close look at Edmure and Catelyn's relationship and their relationship to their father - Answer the question as to what happened to Ned's bones after Riverrun   Next week: we go to a magic show with Dany where Quaithe says some cryptic shit in ACOK, Daenerys III!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.face

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Tywin "the Lion Loser" Lannister marches from Harrenhal, and Arya whispers a second name to Jaqen H'ghar...only to regret it far too late.   This week, we:    - Praise George's writing of an army in motion - Talk about the transitional, small-scale nature of the second of three wishes - Frame this chapter (laden with animal imagery) as the food chain, a hierarchy driven by hunger and pain - Discuss Arya's conflicted loyalties between identities and conceptions of justice - Dig into the conundrum Arya faces regarding whether Weese was a worthy target Next week: we return to Riverrun for Catelyn V, in which Brienne swears her sword to Catelyn, Edmure prepares to give battle to Tywin at the Fords, and Ned's bones pass on through.    Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Theon Greyjoy descends through the first five layers of hell, takes a look around, and decides that the fifth layer isn’t deep enough. He’s going for the sixth layer.   This week, we:    - Praise George's in medias res structure for the chapter - Watch Theon's opposing identities come into conflict - Roll our eyes at the selfish violent ways he tries to resolve that conflict - Raise a glass for Dagmer Cleftjaw, the only person who loves Theon - Dig into the layers of folly in Theon's plan to take Winterfell Next week: we haunt Harrenhal once more in Arya VIII, in which Tywin marches west and Arya whispers a second name to Jaqen H'ghar...only to regret it far too late. We will be joined for this episode by returning guest Michal from Vassals of Kingsgrave!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, the Lannister small council absorbs the news of Renly’s death and starts finding ways they can benefit. Traitors, all of ‘em, just like Renly.   This week, we:    - Talk about how we evaluate combined reading orders of Feastdance and whether the battles should have been in ADWD - Get in depth on Varys and the small council as detectives in noir fiction - Get in on Joffrey and Littlefinger's scheme to marry that little shit to Margaery Tyrell  - Look at all the foreshadowing! - What was Littlefinger up to in ACOK. The NotACast iTeam investigates! Next week: we sail back to the North for Theon III, in which our “hero” commits a bunch of war crimes and then comes up with a crazy plan to take Winterfell with a handful of his Ironborn bros. Thank the gods this will never work, right? Right?!   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast that usually goes through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! But not this week.    This week, we present for everyone our 27th Patreon episode: "Sunflower," an analysis of Renly Baratheon, in the wake of his death in the main cast.    In this episode, we:   -Force Jeff to make the case for Renly   -Talk about what inspired Renly and what he in turn inspired: narrative function, historical parallels, background characters, etc.   -Go over what we know of his backstory and personal life   -Discuss Renly's legacy (such as it is)   -Compare and contrast Renly in the books with Renly in the show   Next week: we resume our regularly scheduled programming with a Small Council session that also deals with Renly's death in ACOK, Tyrion VIII!     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/chan

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, King Terrorist Renly Baratheon is righteously vaporized by the magical equivalent of a drone strike.   This week, we:    - Talk about why Robert didn't have sworn men around him - Get into the philosophy and metaphysics of the shadowbaby and its impact on the narrative - Talk about how the shadowbaby attack didn't just kill Renly. It nearly got Brienne killed and very much got Robar Royce and Emmon Cuy killed  - The impact of Renly's death on the characters surrounding him: Catelyn, Margaery, Loras, Stannis - Will Brienne kill Stannis? - Was Renly's death justified? Next week: we interrupt our regular chapter-by-chapter flow to bring you an episode all about *sigh* Renly Baratheon. This will be our Patreon episode for the month, but we’ll also be doing it live for all to see on Monday 4/20 at 830 PM EST!  Check out our friends we referenced at the

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Catelyn Stark gives herself over to her gods before making a final plea for peace...which Renly Baratheon promptly shoots down.   This week, we:    - Trace Catelyn's changing relationship to the Seven - Dig deep into all the gorgeous imagery in this chapter - Talk about how gods (and stories) are fluid vessels needing an audience to be complete - Praise Catelyn for sticking up for the truth - Boo Renly for rejecting her plea for peace Next week: Renly is killed by a shadow with his brother's face in the second half of ACOK, Catelyn IV!     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Stannis and Renly chase each other down the drain as the kingdom burns in the background and Catelyn threatens to send them both to bed without dinner. Everything's going just peachy.   This week, we:    - Indulge in one of Emmett's favorite tinfoil theories: Renly as Robert's bastard son - Discuss how the political is always personal and vice versa with Stannis v. Renly - Marvel at how George builds up Stannis with one hand while cutting him down with the other - Take a big ol' juicy bite out of Renly's peach - Set up the battle between the Baratheon bros...which will, of course, not actually happen Next week: Catelyn bares her soul before her gods in (the first half of) ACOK, Catelyn IV!     Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our yo

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Catelyn Stark arrives at Storm's End and has an encounter with the one true king on the one true podcast.   This week, we:    - Talk about why Renly didn't back Stannis - Get into the type of castle Storm's End is and why it works as archetype for Stannis and Renly - Stannis and Catelyn dance. More accurately, Stannis huffs, Catelyn tries to smooth things over. It doesn't work - Does Stannis have a point? Is he right? Is he wrong? The Amen Brothers throw some elbows - Stannis: the true sad boy of ASOIAF - Is Storm's End a spaceship? We discuss Next week: Stannis, Catelyn, Renly and a peach! And we were joined by Chloe, AKA liesandarbor from the Girls Gone Canon podcast for this episode for her voice work as Lady Catelyn Stark! Find her stuff and listen to GGC! Chloe's podcast: https://girlsgonecanon.podbean.com/   Chloe's website: https://liesan

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Jojen Reed further instructs Bran on prophecy and skinchanging, as well as foreshadowing his grisly death at the hands of a new character: "Reek."   This week, we:    - Talk about the news Bran, Rickon and those little monstrous Freys receive from Oxcross - Analyze Jojen's green dreams and how everyone takes it so damn literally! - Witness House Bolton entering the Northern game and get introduced to "Reek" - All the foreshadowing of things to come! - Who killed Stevron Frey? (It was Black Walder) Next week: Catelyn, Stannis, Renly and the parlay at Storm's End! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twit

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, the Night's Watch arrives at the Fist of the First Men, where Jon Snow acquires yet another father figure: Qhorin Halfhand.    This week, we:    - 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

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   In this episode, Robb Stark wins a glorious victory...and Joffrey punishes poor Sansa for it. Sigh.   This week, we:    - 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! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's