Jon and Daenerys: When Villain Archetypes Become Heroes
If you’ve read any of the Glass Candle Dialogues, or indeed, have listened to me talk about Game of Thrones for any length of time, then you know that Jon Snow ...
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Glass Candle Dialogue: Early Predictions for Game of Thrones Season Eight!
Season seven is just behind us and the eighth … well, it’s very far away ahead of us, but it will arrive someday. Now, before there are any producti...
The White Walkers: Whys, Whats, and Other Thoughts on the Endgame
Where once stood the Night’s Watch fortification of Eastwatch-By-The-Sea, there now remains a huge, gaping hole in the ancient Wall that separates the Nor...
From The Maester’s Desk: Born Amidst Salt and Smoke
The article contains spoilers from ASOIAF, including a sample chapter of The Winds of Winter. Is he a ham? Stannis Baratheon was the head of the currently extin...
The Case for Aegon Targaryen
Listen up nerds, Jon Snow’s true name is Aegon Targaryen. Wipe off your glasses, tighten your suspenders, hit your inhaler, and get over it. The mystery has fi...
The Writing On the Wall: Hear Her Roar
Valar Morghulis! The tale of Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is a tragic one. Regardless of whatever fate awaits her at the conclusion of Game of Thrones, she ha...
In the Game of Adaptation, You Win or You Die
By Tyler Dean Being a fan of both Game of Thrones and the A Song of Ice and Fire novels it’s based on can be a process of constant equivocation. On the on...
Sandor Clegane: The Anti-Hero Game of Thrones Deserves
By Randy Holt When Sandor Clegane came striding up to Winterfell as part of Robert Baratheon’s company, he didn’t stand out as much more than a brutish secondar...
Glass Candle Dialogue: Game of Thrones Season 7 Overview
Today, Luka and I take a step off the well-worn path with our first post-season dialogue. We look back on some of our favorite moments from season seven and fro...
The Writing On the Wall: Krakens, Wolves, and Broken Beings
Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you. Identity means everything in societies that...