From The Maester’s Desk: Fire Made Flesh
The article contains spoilers from ASOIAF. Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor. The dragons are a big part of what makes Game of Thrones stand out from the pack. There...
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Theon Greyjoy and the Messy Road to Redemption
We all expected Theon Greyjoy to be dead by now, didn’t we? After Theon’s Darth Vader moment at the end of season 5 of Game of Thrones, in which he pushed Myran...
Glass Candle Dialogue: the Rise and Fall of Littlefinger
This week, Luka and I start down our long list of dead Game of Thrones characters we want to analyze, starting with Mr. Goatee himself, Petyr Baelish! We delve ...
From the Maester’s Desk: A Flayed Man Holds No Secrets
The article contains spoilers from ASOIAF. This isn’t happening to you for a reason. Well, one reason: I enjoy it! Ramsay Bolton (formerly Snow) was for s...
Arya Stark: Defying the Hero’s Archetype
By Randy Holt One thing that Game of Thrones thrives off of that a lot of other programs or films do not is the ambiguity of its characters from a moral perspec...
“You’ll Be Fighting Their Battles Forever”: Jon Snow and the Grey King
Jon Snow has a secret. No, not his real name. No, not his parents. No, not that his direwolf has gone missing and no one cares. And no, not that he had sex with...
The Writing On the Wall: Graves Of the Common Folk
The common people pray for rain, health, and a summer that never ends. They don’t care what games the High Lords play. -Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) One of the...
Ser Jorah Mormont: the Exile’s Return
In the Game of Thrones Season Seven finale, the Stark and Targaryen coalition leaders made their plans for transplanting the Targaryen troops from the middle of...
From the Maester’s Desk: The Princess That Was Promised
The article contains spoilers from ASOIAF. The world hadn’t seen a dragon in centuries until my children were born. The Dothraki hadn’t crossed the ...
Varys: The Realm of the Spider
By Joe Buckley Season 7 of Game of Thrones concluded, as so many of its past counterparts did, with a major death. Perhaps not quite so important as Tywin Lanni...