Another Episode 9 has come and gone, and my essay at Salon.com tries to answer whether any “great thing has ever been accomplished without killing or cruelty.” Check it out!
And we’re back! Scott and I decided to do Episode 8 before we did Episode 7, because Episode 8 is much cooler. However, we’ll be back with Episode 7 later this week.
“When the direwolf raised his head, his eyes glowed red and baleful, and water streamed from his jaws like slaver. There was something fierce and terrible about him in that instant.”
“She thought she glimpsed movement, but when she turned her head, it was only the king’s shadow shifting against the silken walls. She heard Renly begin a jest, his shadow moving, lifting its sword, black on green, candles guttering, shivering, something was queer, wrong, and then she saw Renly’s sword was still in its scabbard, sheathed still, but the shadowsword…the steel of his gorget parted…
And we’re back, with another episode going through the World of Ice and Fire, chapter-by-chapter! This time, we examine the reign of Aerys II and Robert’s Rebellion.
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