Stannis Baratheon: the Prototype for King Bran Stark
Game of Thrones the TV show is over, but the book series A Song of Ice and Fire remains unfinished, and there’s no reason not to speculate on what might h...
Author: Patrick Sponaugle
Daenerys Targaryen: For the Throne
In the fictional history of Game of Thrones, King’s Landing has seen some rough times. During Robert’s Rebellion, the dynasty-breaking conflict that...
Curtain Call: Pilou Asbæk
The King of the Iron Islands is no more, succumbing to injuries after a brutal knock-down fight with Ser Jaime Lannister. Danish actor Pilou Asbæk brought a cer...
Judging Jaime: Reconsidering the Kingslayer
In Game of Thrones season eight’s fourth episode, “The Last of the Starks,” rakish cad Jaime Lannister broke more hearts than just Brienne of ...
What Comes After the Long Night: We’re in the Endgame now. And Summer is Coming.
When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. Yes, Cersei. We know. In the season seven finale of Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf,̶...
On the Fandom Road: Making Connections
My journey with Game of Thrones literally started with a journey. In 1999, I was at LAX waiting to fly back home from SIGGRAPH 99, the graphics conference that ...
“He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory” — the Night King’s goal analyzed
Bran: He’ll come for me. He’s tried before. Many times, with many Three-Eyed Ravens. Sam: Why? What does he want? Bran: An endless night. He wants t...
Fighting the Night King will be hard; coming together to do so might be harder
“The northmen are loyal to Jon Snow. Not to her. They don’t know her. The Free Folk don’t know her. I’ve been up here awhile and I’...
“A Spider in Winterfell” — A surprising role for Varys in Game of Thrones Season 8
It is not a secret the upcoming eighth season of Game of Thrones there will begin calling back to the initial grand political moment seen in the show’s fi...
Heisting Wights: Why the Season 7 setpiece may not have been such a bad idea after all
In every season of Game of Thrones, there are important events that set the tone. Ned’s beheading. The Red Wedding. Anytime Daenerys says “dracarys....