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This week in Essos, Arya starts her education at Murder University. It's a dreamy, abstract chapter, but it's grounded in ritual and routine, and finds catharsis when Arya refuses to sacrifice Needle (and all that goes with it) to the god of death. Our episode is up for everyone!

Lovely that @notacast.bsky.social is getting to the part of Arya’s story where she hangs out at our namesake! ⚓️

@notacast.bsky.social sold me on the awkwardness of the sam/gilly sex scene being the point

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“Needle was Jon Snow’s smile.” Arya II is split in two, on one side the deconstruction of Arya of House Stark, and on the other the creation of No One of the House of Black and White. But dissecting the chapter is Needle, a reminder that Arya’s heart is still there, if submitted under layers of pain

No new episode next week, but the week after that: we climb up to the Eyrie for AFFC, Sansa II--I'm sorry, Alayne I, in which "Littlefinger's daughter" watches him wrap the Lords of the Vale around his little finger.

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Stannis and Davos on the barricades

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We have arrived at the introduction of Euron Greyjoy, who kicks things off with the ultimate supervillain monologue: framing his lifelong commitment to violence as a mockery of every god who fails to answer prayers, allowing him to dominate the world in their place.

No new episode next week, but the week after that, it's time for "The Drowned Man," aka Aeron II, aka the kingsmoot! 👑🦑

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There's no character in the story quite like Victarion Greyjoy, whose POV is a giant joke on him. GRRM gleefully pokes holes in Vic's worldview, showing how it's made him miserable and connecting the dots to what's gone wrong with the Old Way as a whole. He's his own worst enemy!

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@notacast.bsky.social asked what happened to Jon Snow's soul, but neither host suggested he sold it to Milhouse for five bucks. Unbelievable

We were so glad to have @lothelynx.bsky.social back on the NotACast to talk through Brienne's ghost hunt (literally, a guy named Hunt shows up) in Maidenpool. Come listen to us talk about gender, knighthood, and Nimble Dick!

I joined NAC to chat Brienne, gender, violence, and how the biggest dick of this chapter isn’t the guy called Nimble Dick. Among other things!

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I got to the opportunity to guest on @notacast.bsky.social to talk about Brienne which was a blast!

It ended up pretty much being my thesis on Brienne and gender structures in Westeros. Plus some stuff about crime and punishment.

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The week after that: we return to A Song of Ice and Fire for Jaime's first chapter in A Feast for Crows, in which he stands vigil for his father and regrets every choice he's ever made. For a change.