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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

In this episode, Arya Stark strikes back against her oppressors in the happiest place in Westeros.   This week, we:  - 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 -  Next week: Sansa faces Joffrey and is rescued by hero? Protagonist! Tyrion Lannister! 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.co

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, all the Lannister dysfunction we talked about in Tyrion VI somehow gets even worse.   This week, we:  - 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 Jinx's twitter: https://twitter.com/JinxLierre Jinx's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jinxlierre/ 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…ie

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! Happy 100th episode, and thank you so much to everyone who's listened and supported us so far!   In this episode, Bran is caught between magic and politics, Winged Wolf and Prince of Winterfell, as embodied by his two mentors: Jojen Reed and Maester Luwin.   This week, we:  - 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! Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASO

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 arrives at our VERY FAVORITE setting in the series: the city of Qarth. Hooray.   This week, we:    - 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!  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, Arya bears witness to war crimes before being enslaved and force marched to Harrenhal. What a cheerful read.   This week, we:  - 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! 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

  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 brings Cersei good news: Renly and Stannis are fighting each other! Oh, and Tyrion also poisons her, strips her of her protectors, and throws Pycelle in jail without her permission...but for Tyrion and Cersei, this counts as getting along.   This week, we:  - 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.  Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/28988

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, with friends like these, the Night's Watch doesn't need enemies.    This week, we:    - 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!  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/Po

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, with friends like these, the Night's Watch doesn't need enemies.    This week, we:  - 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. 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/Poo

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 arrives at the traveling court of the rightful(?) king(?) of Westeros, Renly Baratheon the First of His Name, who makes her a reasonable(?) proposal before Stannis ruins(?) everything, as usual, just because he’s jealous(?) This week, we: - talk about the literary influences on GRRM and ASOIAF - Get in on Catelyn's mental state just prior to her rendezvous with a terrorist king - Zero in on the Reach, what they stand for and why they suck just as bad as the Lannisters - Spend hours shitting on Renly - Why Daemon Blackfyre to Renly to Young Griff is excellent paralleling on George's part Next week: ACOK, Jon III for Jon III, as LC Mormont’s Great Ranging arrives at Craster’s Keep, the happiest(?) place in Westeros.   Radio Westeros: https://radiowesteros.com/    Lady Gwyn's website: https://ladygwynhyfvar.com/   Lady Gwyn's twitter: https:/

Hi everyone and happy holidays this year! Today, we're releasing our holiday special episode all about Winterfell, its history, its architecture, its future and what the castle means And we were thrilled to be joined by Joe Buckley, author of the book The Great Castles of Westeros: An Unofficial Guide as well as the host of the Isle of Faces podcast!    Thanks for listening and blessing us in our sophomore year of podcasting! Much love to each and every one of you!   Buy Joe's book! https://www.amazon.com/Great-Castles-Westeros-Unofficial-Guide/dp/1712072579   Joe's blog:  http://thegrindstone.co.uk/   Joe's Podcast:  https://isleoffaces.podbean.com/   Joe's Twitter:  https://twitter.com/SerBuckley   Our Patreon: https://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, friends and family come together to celebrate community and chow down. But Jeff can’t call it Christmas. Thanks Obama. This week, we: - Discuss cannibalism v. sacrifice - Bathe in the warm glow of friends and family at the harvest feast... - ...while analyzing all the little sad moments that show Bran's frustration with his life - Introduce Jojen and Meera Reed, our homeschooled kids - Talk about who their mother might really be... No regular episode next week, but we will be releasing our latest Patreon episode (talking Winterfell with Joe Buckley, author of Great Castles of Westeros) for the general public on Monday, December 30! So join us in two weeks’ time for Catelyn II, as we *sigh* finally arrive at the camp of King Terrorist himself, Renly Baratheon. And we will be joined by yet another great guest: Lady Gwyn from Radio Westeros!   Chloe

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 street preachers ranting about the apocalypse overtaking King’s Landing don’t even know how right they are. This week, we: - Ponder if Euron was Quellon's favorite son - Cringe at the Alchemists and their dreadful "substance" - Lament the fate of Cleos Frey, a pawn to be moved - Dig into the layers of dysfunction and missed opportunities in the Tyrion-Cersei dynamic - Talk the past, present, and future of wildfire Next week, we return to Winterfell for Bran III, in which the Northmen dig into the harvest feast promised to us in Bran II. And we will be joined by our favorite Stark-loyalist dinner guest, Chloe aka liesandarbor from Girls Gone Canon!   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/UCmmD