We’ve come to the final official Game of Threads. It’s been a great ride. I want to take a quick minute to thank everyone at Watchers for this wonderful opportunity to nerd out over the costumes and flex my writing muscles in ways I usually don’t get to, and to be able contribute this small offering […]
Continue reading →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 currently, and rightfully, only concerned with arming themselves in steel and mail and dragon glass, or disrobing for some end-of-the-world love-making, so this will be short and sweet, showing Sansa […]
Continue reading →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 one hand, the books are as close as I have to a sacred text (and the old adage that “the book is better […]
Continue reading →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 secondary character, whether in the context of A Song of Ice and Fire or Game of Thrones. Yet, seven seasons later, the death and desolation that has caused […]
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Greetings and Happy New Year! For our first post of 2015, we’d like to celebrate the work of our readers and friends who have contributed to WotW and our Features. 2014 was an excellent year for WotW, though we were only around for the back half of it. WatchersontheWall was born at the end of […]
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This guest editorial concerns a story-to-show change and thus contains major book spoilers (including A Dance with Dragons material) in its argument, so please read at your own risk. The opinions expressed below do not necessarily reflect those of WotW or its staff. By Lion of Night
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By Locke Welcome to a new recurring feature exploring popular theories from A Song of Ice and Fire! Guest contributor Locke will walk us through their context and nuances, and how changes in Game of Thrones may have impacted them. This post will focus on Bran’s future and the mysterious fate of Jojen Reed, looking at the […]
Continue reading →By Eric Scull, co-host of Game of Owns On Thursday, October 9, 2014, LakeShore Beverage Co., in association with Brewery Ommegang (Cooperstown, NY) held a public gathering to celebrate the recent release of Brewery Ommegang’s latest beer inspired by HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones. The beer, a Dubbel ale called “Valar Morghulis” after a popular […]
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