On His Dark Materials S1E5, Tony Makarios, and Girls Gone Canon

As 2019 comes to an end, I’m propelled forward by the sheer force of literary power – and of course, my other host, Eliana – before we ring in the new year with the end of Jon Snow in ASOIAF, the beginning of a new POV, and The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman. We’ve been rocking steady […]

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Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy; Teach us all a Kinder Way

anonymous asked: can you post your Sandor thread long form somewhere? from your twitter? it was really good Aaaah! Yes! I can! Thanks so much for the kind words. It was a little bit of a ramble, but I’ll see what I can compile! RE: Thoughts on Sandor reacting to Sansa singing the prayer of the […]

SANSA AND GOOD QUEEN ALYSANNE

Anonymous asked: so sansa and good queen alysanne am i the only that sees it? Oh man, Sansa and Good Queen Alysanne parallels are my FAVORITE. I’ve written about it here and there on twitter, but it’s right there. Well loved, beautiful, tall and elegant with high cheekbones and blue eyes. She forced the Starks to […]

SANSA’S PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPERPOWER

Throughout the main narrative and text of ASOIAF, we see Sansa Stark utilize defense mechanisms to survive being beat in front of the court (often enough that almost every member of the kingsguard had done it a few times), being touched by creepy old dudes often, and basically just suffering as a Prisoner of War. We’re not here to […]

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON DOOR

When we last left Alayne Stone in the Vale, we left her on … an almost surprising and positive note. It’s Day 0 of the Tourney she’s put together for the Lord of the Vale; noting that Sweetrobin takes solace in stories of the Winged Knight, Artys Arryn, Sansa concocts her very first “scheme” as […]

A CLASH OF DOGS AND BIRDS: SANSA AND SANDOR

Sandor Clegane is a broken man, a mad warrior dog. When Gregor put his face in the fire, his father told everyone that it was Sandor’s Bedding that had caught fire: “My father told everyone my bedding had caught fire, and our maester gave me ointments. Ointments! Gregor got his ointments too. Four years later, they anointed him with […]

A THOUSAND EYES AND ONE GREY MIST

Intro *Note – Wizz-the-Smith over on the Westeros forums has written about this similarly, and I urge you to check it out if you’re over there! Before I delve too deep into this, this little diddy relies on the very popular (and …pretty much canon) theory that in The Mystery Knight, Maynard Plumm, a hedge […]

HOUSE DAYNE’S REBELLION TIMELINE AND EDRIC’S PARENTAGE

I’m currently working away at a mega-Ashara post that I’m hoping to give you all in the next few weeks or so, but House Dayne’s timeline has always looked just a bit wonky to me, so a while back I dove into it. Check it out at the cut. House Dayne: the mystery house we […]

SNIPPET: DECONSTRUCTING THE ASHARA TROPE, OR “WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE”

Ashara exists in the story as an idea that no one has a grasp upon. She exists as a construct, as a lady in a song; famed, varied accounts, no one quite knows the truth. One of the best songs of any OST is “Why does someone have to die?” by Philip Glass from the […]

RHAEGAR AND LYANNA: LUST, LOVE, OR NEITHER?

Anonymous asked: so rhaegar and lyanna lust or love or neither? Hey there! Love or lust? That’s a hard one to answer, because as with most ASOIAF things, there’s no simple black and white answer: it was definitely both. Lust at first, stolen glances, probably small smirks and reveries at Lyanna’s fiery, wolfish tendencies, her […]