Curtain Call: Alfie Allen
I’ve been planning this post for years. I remember reading Axechucker’s Curtain Call for Kristian Nairn back in 2016. “Every time I sat down to write this, it f...
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Curtain Call: Iain Glen
Jorah, son of Jeor, of House Mormont lost his life fighting to protect his one true queen, Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, in the Battle of Winterfell. G...
Curtain Call: Ben Crompton
What is Edd may never die, but rises again, colder and wight-ier. This week we said goodbye (and then hello, and then goodbye again) to the Night’s Watch ...
On the Fandom Road: No Longer an Outsider
The year was 2011. A friend of mine – knowing my penchant for fantasy – had been pestering me to read a book series called A Song of Ice and Fire. “...
Curtain Call: Carice Van Houten
“The Long Night” was dark and full of terrors, but Melisandre was instrumental in burning them all away. Whatever your feelings about the mysterious red prieste...
The Writing on the Wall: An Ode to Spectacle
The spectacle of Game of Thrones is famed and infamous. We can never forget the wildfire that spread across Blackwater Bay, our wide eyes reflected in Tyrion’s ...
On the Fandom Road: How a Salesman Accidentally Became a Watcher
My journey through the Game of Thrones fandom is one of which I’m both proud, and at which I am surprised. I never expected to be so persuasive. While I&#...
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 ...
Game of Threads: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
This week on Game of Threads: two characters carry the (new) sartorial weight of the entire episode. But it is carried in stunning fashion. Our main cast is cur...
“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...