This week in Westeros, Cersei increasingly has enemies everywhere, from Bronn to the Tyrells to her own adorable son Tommen. And we haven't even gotten to the High Sparrow yet...our episode is up for everyone!

In our latest patron-only episode, we talk about what might be coming next for various characters down south, from the Tullys to the Tyrells to everyone's favorites, the Freys. Our episode is up for all our patrons on Patreon!

The week after that: we return to King's Landing for A Feast for Crows, Cersei V, in which Cersei's day is so bad that even Tommen is annoying her.

Speaking of which: our next patron-only episode "Remembering the South," in which we talk about what might be coming next in the story for various southern characters (Tyrells, Tullys, Freys, etc), will be out for patrons starting Thursday! Check out our patron eps: www.patreon.com/c/NotACastAS...

It's also up on our Patreon, where our patrons get benefits including early access to our regular episodes and exclusive episodes every four weeks: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

This week in Westeros, Sansa has to play Littlefinger's daughter "Alayne Stone" as he manipulates the Lords of the Vale into backing down, all to offer her an object lesson in the game of thrones. Our episode is up for everyone!

@poorquentyn.bsky.social @manucleardevice.bsky.social Currently on a re-read binge and just noticed how Lame Lother Frey was first introduced as athe Stranger in the series (the Hoster funeral in ASOS):

Sansa and Sandor, together at last

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Frodo wakes. ‘Where am I?’ ‘In the House of Elrond. It is ten o’clock in the morning. The morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.’ ‘Gandalf!’ ‘Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home.’

1. The Mysterious Voyage of Homer 2. Homer the Heretic 3. Marge v the Monorail 4. Kamp Krusty 5. Last Exit to Springfield

I really do think “Bart’s Comet” is the single best Simpsons episode. Some of the best gags, tremendous animation, leverages the entire Springfieldianite cast, and has a nice touching ending (except for Ned’s children who should be deeply ashamed of themselves)

Vote early, vote often!

In "Ignition (Remix)," they're listening to a song on the radio, which turns out to be "Ignition (Remix)"

Shadow Ticket is so great. Thinking it'll replace Inherent Vice/Vineland as my recommended intro to Pynchon. Streamlines all his pet themes/tones/images into their most accessible form

night one of #pff34 was WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the new Knives Out story. My ★★★★★ review of Wake Up Dead Man on Letterboxd boxd.it/bomtNf

Favorite part of Shadow Ticket so far is how it builds on all the "there's submarines hidden in the Great Lakes" rumors I was told as a wee Buffalo boy

Magellan is fantastic, it was wonderful to see a slow-cinema insta-classic and then dissect everything that was shown and not shown with my brother afterwards. What else are film festivals for? Support @phillyfilmsociety.bsky.social if you're in town

Tommy freakin Pynchon, everyone

This week in Essos, Arya starts her education at Murder University. It's a dreamy, abstract chapter, but it's grounded in ritual and routine, and finds catharsis when Arya refuses to sacrifice Needle (and all that goes with it) to the god of death. Our episode is up for everyone!

RIP Herman Melville, you would've loved Avatar: The Way of Water

I love when Dunk thinks that "the strapping handsome peasant boys who won the hearts of highborn maidens in the songs were nowhere to be seen," unaware that he is describing himself

Shadow Ticket

did you know we started daenerys in A STORM OF SWORDS last week girlsgonecanon.podbean.com/e/asoiaf-epi...

this is art

No new episode next week, but the week after that, it's time for "The Drowned Man," aka Aeron II, aka the kingsmoot! 👑🦑

Speaking of our patron-only episodes: the poll to pick the topic of our next one is live! All patrons can vote for one of four topics. The poll will close on 9/1 at 10AM EST. Check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

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We have arrived at the introduction of Euron Greyjoy, who kicks things off with the ultimate supervillain monologue: framing his lifelong commitment to violence as a mockery of every god who fails to answer prayers, allowing him to dominate the world in their place.

Vic is the most "no it's the children who are wrong" character in the whole series

There's no character in the story quite like Victarion Greyjoy, whose POV is a giant joke on him. GRRM gleefully pokes holes in Vic's worldview, showing how it's made him miserable and connecting the dots to what's gone wrong with the Old Way as a whole. He's his own worst enemy!

When it finally cools down enough to open a window for the cats

The valonqar, Jojen's fate, the unsolved prophecies of the House of the Undying...these are just some of theories @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and I discuss on our latest episode for patrons. Come join the Patreon so you can listen to exclusive episodes every four weeks!

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this is full of meaning

it would kick ass if 1% of my followers bought my new novella about climate change and monsters, available now for only $3 🫡 merrittk.itch.io/vampirocene

We were so glad to have @lothelynx.bsky.social back on the NotACast to talk through Brienne's ghost hunt (literally, a guy named Hunt shows up) in Maidenpool. Come listen to us talk about gender, knighthood, and Nimble Dick!

A lot of skinner and Sephiroth dialogue are interchangeable

“Silhouettes and shadows…” Here’s another of Masayoshi Sukita’s superb shots, taken 45 years ago during Bowie’s visits to Japan in March 1980. Sukita talks about David’s visit in the book Speed of Life, read an excerpt here: www.instagram.com/p/DHR3xG5IJ9... #SukitaSunday

Penelope in the Odyssey

Here's the first footage from Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

"It can produce art the way right wingers like it: Thomas Kinkade paintings, soulless Dreamworks 3D cartoons, depthless imagery that yields only the reading that its creator intended. And, vitally, it can do so without the need for artists." newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Belatedly catching up on @notacast.bsky.social’s episode on Brienne I, and I really appreciated all the historical and literal parallels drawn when it comes to Brienne! Made me add things to my reading list! But because I’m me, I gotta throw two more parallels in there. 🧵

@notacast.bsky.social I was listening to Ep. 233 on Brienne and one of the things I love about her arc is that it is the antithesis of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan. I’m not sure if that’s what GRRM was aiming for, but I thought I would mention it in case you were interested.

This week in Westeros, Cersei tries to take charge in (and at) her father's wake. She manages to leapfrog the Tyrells to install her own master of coin, but isn't so lucky with Uncle Kevan, who turns down the Hand position with extreme prejudice. Our episode is up for everyone!

The best adaptation ever, care of @poorquentyn.bsky.social

"I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over, and the insect is awake." boxd.it/8zepjf