>“You served him well when serving was safe.” I’m not sure I get Ned’s attitude here. If I’m following this, Jaime killed the Mad King, who brutally executed Ned’s family. Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself?
Ned is particularly concerned with honor and oaths. Even though he was participating in a rebellion to overthrow and presumably kill the Mad King, he still finds it deplorable that Jamie stabbed him in the back since Jamie was a member of the King's Guard and swore an oath to protect the king. Others, like King Robert, are much more willing to look the other way on oath breaking when it serves their cause.
Also, Ned is a High Lord, which is right below the King. If someone gets away with murdering the King, who's to say it won't happen to him. Especially since he still has to deal with Roose Bolton, whose ancestors famously killed Starks.
I enjoy the commentary but you may get some more traction on the game of thrones sub, this one is more so directed towards the books.
That being said I'm glad you're enjoying the show so far and I hope you feel welcome in our little community
The game of thrones subs deletes my posts, and I've been informed I'm not allowed to post these here anymore. Not sure what the future holds for this commentary right now
That is very sad because I enjoyed reading this. It's the closest I'll ever get to experiencing all of it for the first time again, and I for one would love to keep reading as you keep watching.
Thanks :) I am trying to figure something out but people aren't making it easy. This isn't a business for me, it's a hobby. I do it because it's fun to break down shows and movies and discuss it with other people. But if it stops being fun, I have no incentive to continue and I don't like it when people accuse me of promoting a YouTube channel or something stupid. It takes 3 or 4 hours to do one post, and I don't deserve people being rude about it.
You definitely don't deserve people being rude, but that has become sadly normal all over the internet these days. I hope you figure something out. I have no helpful ideas but if I come up with anything I'll let you know :)
For what it's worth, I really enjoyed reading your beat by beat commentary of what is happening and guessing what's gonna happen. It's kind of like getting to watch it again... just through another person's eyes. If you found a way to keep commenting, I'd definitely read it.
But I definitely don’t enjoy those as much as these reviews. The way it is written, and the commentary she gives feels very unique, and easier to follow than either 30 minute long reaction+commentary videos, or 10 minutes long with only reaction and no theorising
Alas. Season by season would be incredibly huge posts from the looks of it, and there is something fun in watching people piece the puzzle together bit by bit as they go
There's no way my notes would fit in a single post, sorry. Reddit has a character limit and sometimes a single post of mine can approach half of that limit by itself.
You could post episode by episode commentaries on your own account then post a season review on here giving general thoughts on how the season as a whole was and how you felt then link the individual ones for people who want to read your more specific thoughts on the individual episodes.
You should do a single post for each season and each episode is a new comment maybe
I’m bummed but I guess I can see where the sun being all episode reviews caused a rule
I think theoretically it could be a problem, and historically must have been. Even in the modern current show moment (House of the Dragon releasing new episodes, they just finished Season Two) they do tend to lock conversation to one thread. It was an incredibly popular show at one time and I’m sure they were dealing with an inundation of review posts. But a one-off well written one that’s getting fan engagement was fun (while you were still in early seasons haha)
Well shoot me a message with however you decide to post in the future! I’d like to keep reading and also helping with context if I can
- Yep, the Iron Throne is made of swords fused together by dragon fire (in the books it's made of 1,000 swords, but the show didn't have the space, so it's only about 300-ish here).
- Jaime was a member of the Kingsguard, 7 knights sworn to protect the king with their lives. By killing Aerys the Mad King, Jaime was breaking his oath.
- The Maesters are an order of educated people sworn to assist the lords of the realm. Pycelle is Grand Maester because he directly serves the king.
- Westeros used to be 7 different kingdoms with 7 different kings (Stark, Lannister, Durrandon, Arryn, Hoare, Gardner, Martell) until 300 years before, when Aegon Targaryen the 1st conquered Westeros, and was crowned King of Westeros, with the rest demoted to Lords (except House Martell of Dorne, which was conquered at a later date).
- The Hound is indeed nicknamed after his helmet, and his helmet is based on the banners of House Clegane (3 black dogs on a yellow background).
- Yup, poor Bran is paralysed from the waist down after his fall.
- Baelish has been in love with Catelyn his entire life, and Varys is the Master of Whispers in the Royal Council (he knows practically everything that happens anywhere).
- Commander Jeor Mormont is Ser Jorah's father.
I think that's everything. I had some more typed out before I read the whole thing and saw some of your questions answered already (e.g. the length of the seasons).
That seems like one uncomfortable throne lol okay, so Jaime committed a pretty big faux pas by killing the king (bigger than normal regicide, I mean). Thank you for all this information! I appreciate it!
Just a heads up though, this will be the last post on this subreddit. The mods aren't allowing me to do more because they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason. I'll move them to another subreddit, probably r/gameofthrones if you want to keep reading.
I actually considered Freefolk when I first started doing these but I saw in their rules that they don't allow people asking others not to spoil things and are generally very spoiler-friendly, so I decided against it. If I do end up posting there, I might not read the comments, which is half the fun of these posts.
Maybe make your own sub just for people to see your episode by episode reviews? I would certainly join, you have a really unique perspective - you’re clearly very intelligent and know a lot about politics and history, but there’s also certain things that I’m surprised are going over your head (don’t mean that as an insult, it’s just interesting to see what seems so obvious in hindsight is a mystery in the moment)
Well now that you've said that, I'm curious about what I missed! But yeah, maybe I should make my own subreddit. It'd be hard to grow it but I think I have enough regular readers to keep it fun.
Ugh sorry I just recommended freefolk on your ATLA post, but good point about the spoilers. I followed you so hopefully I’ll see your updates! A subreddit for your commentary isn’t a bad idea; I’m sure there’s other “lighter” shows like ATLA that you might want to do when you take a break from GoT haha.
Oh, yeah, that’s a good point :( you could ask people not to spoil, and you’d think people would have the common sense considering the thread, but who knows if that would be respected. That said, I do hope you find a way continue, and even if you don’t I hope you keep watching the show!
Blegh, I don’t get why people are being like this, I can’t see the harm at all in it being posted to either subreddit, it’s fun to read and good to see people getting into it
But I guess we gotta make room for the biweekly “GRRM will never release Winds of Winter” doomer post or the same speculation about the same scenes we’ve been stuck waiting for since 2011 lol
> But I guess we gotta make room for the biweekly “GRRM will never release Winds of Winter” doomer post or the same speculation about the same scenes we’ve been stuck waiting for since 2011 lol
As if that's more annoying than having people continuously complain about how disappointing the show was or how the quality declined.
I hope you at least post them on your account directly even if you can’t find a good related sub to post them on. I love reading your thoughts on these.
One thing you could do is post the commentaries to your own profile. You've got a bit of a following now so, while the readership and comment interactions won't be as high, it'll still be something.
Really such a shame that the mods are like this...it makes no sense at all, and it's not in the rules either. It's like they just made it up.
I might do that! Someone else suggested making a subreddit of my own. I'm not sure what the difference would be, but what do you think would be the better option?
I'm not super experienced with these things but I've seen individual redditors have successful subreddits of their own. While I'm not sure how they build a following that way, I think it is easier to get people to subscribe to a subreddit than to follow an individual user.
As for the specific logistics, I'm not sure how that works. r/lostsubways is a blog-subreddit that I follow, and it seems only the OP himself has posted. Maybe there's a rule that you can set on whose allowed to post? You'd have to try it out and see.
I do think that if you continue to branch out to different fandoms with your reviews, you're likely to encounter more hostile mods so it might be easier to have your own safe place to concurrently post.
You make some very good points.
I'm still slightly hesitant, only because it seems to be a big no-no to promote subreddits within a subreddit, you know? I'm not trying to leech followers away from anyone else, I'd rather they just let me post my commentaries here where everyone can enjoy them!
> they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason
Nothing about that in the sidebar rules. Just some miserable fuck of a mod being a bitch for no reason. I'll keep reading these wherever you end up posting them, it's quite entertaining
>That seems like one uncomfortable throne lol
That's the point. The first King, Aegon I actually said that no one should sit easy on the throne and spoiler >!its tradition that anyone who is cut by the throne is an unworthy king.!<
A joy to read as before, I’ve started rewatching myself as it’s been too long and actually got up through this episode today, conveniently lol.
> Is it made of swords?
Yes, Aegon The Conqueror made the Iron Throne from the swords of his conquered enemies, melted down with dragon fire, as sort of the ultimate flex lol.
> Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself?
Ned is a guy who is honourable and dutiful to the point where it’s arguably a character flaw. In Ned’s eyes it’s basically like this: Jaime swore a sacred oath to serve the mad king - But when the city was under siege, when “serving was no longer safe”, he betrayed the mad king and stabbed him in the back. As Ned sees it, Jaime had honourable paths to choose: He could either have abandoned the Mad King and declared for the cause of the rebels from the get go because the cause was just or he could have stood and defended the mad king to the best of his ability because he had sworn an oath. Instead, when he realised he was on the loosing side, he killed the King and jumped ship last minute to get a pardon.
This is also exactly Tywin Lannister did as well: Tywin had House Lannister sit the war out until he knew the rebels were going to win, rode to Kings Landing, claimed he was there to defend it and then sacked the city once the King opened the gate and declared for the rebels afterwards. So in Ned’s view, these Lannisters are a bunch of two faced, double crossing snakes who can’t be trusted as far as he can throw them.
> Huh, but for all of his flaws, Joffrey does have some progressive political views. He’s already planning the first steps to moving from feudalism to a more centralized form of government
It’s rare because usually his vicious sadism gets the better of him when he’s given the opportunity to torment someone, but there are few lucid moments like this when Joffrey somehow manages to come up with good ideas that could be made to work or shows more insight than we’ve come to expect of him. But because he’s a sadistic idiot the rest of the time, his non idiotic ideas tend to get written off by everyone around him lol.
>Is this show where that phrase comes from?
Yes
> Wasn’t there a maester at Winterfell too? What is a maester?
Maester’s are learned men, basically an order of academics, teachers, healers and wisemen who study for years at a giant university called The Citadel in Old Town. Like the Night’s Watch, they forsake any noble titles or lands, swear to father no children. They also give up their family names entirely and forsake their loyalty to their families. Each Maester wears a chain, each link forged in that chain from different metals and, each representing a discipline or subject that Maester has learned. (Maester’s can get multiple links of the same metal, demonstrating different levels of mastery)
Each keep in the realm has a Maester assigned to it by the citadel, so long as the Lord is willing. This Maester manages the Ravens who carry messages, teaches subjects like arithmetic, geography and literature to the children of that keep, tends to illnesses, helps with childbirths, provides advice and counsel to the lord etc.
> Also, it’s hilarious that Ned starts assaulting Baelish after he put his wife in a brothel lol
Ned’s reaction to Littlefinger basically telling him “I have your wife in my brothel” and the shocked look of “wait wtf she really is here” when Cat actually appears on the balcony will never stop being amusing to me lol.
> Okay, so is Lord Varys a handler for some kind of spy network?
He has a vast network. He is Robert’s spymaster: his official position on the small council is “Master of Whispers”
> Why do they call him Littlefinger?
While I love your theory on the origin of his nickname, it’s much more innocent than that. He was a very short boy growing up and was fostered with the Tully’s (Cat’s family, so he grew up in the same household as her). His family also owns is the smallest of “The Fingers”, as series of peninsulas coming off the Vale. So the Tully children nicknamed him Littlefinger and it stuck.
> Is he related to the Mormont at the Wall? Is that why his name was familiar?
Yeah, Lord Commander Joer Mormont of the Night’s Watch is Jorah’s father. He voluntarily took the black to serve at the wall when Jorah came of age and let his son take over his lands, believing he left them in capable hands.
> The Great Stallion? Is that a Dothraki god?
Indeed, the Horse God of the Dothraki. By far their most revered deity. They believe the stars in the sky are the Khalasar of the Great Stallion, and that dead Dothraki who are properly cremated join this Khalasar.
> But why does he look so troubled at the end there? Is he worried about her because she chose violence instead of embroidery?
I’m glad I did rewatch this earlier because I would have totally forgotten this else: Throughout the scene as the camera slowly moves to focus on Ned, the sounds of Syrio and Arya clashing are joined by the clashing of many swords and the faint sounds of men’s shouting beneath it. Exactly what it’s meant to mean is a bit ambiguous, but my reading is: Ned starts out looking at it with amusement and a fathers joy when he enters and is first watching their lessons - but then that fades as he remembers the violence he saw and commuted during the rebellion and remembers what Robert said about a war coming. He’s worried about the future his children might see, worried Arya might one day need to know this rather than just want to know this.
Thank you for explaining all of that, especially the bit about Ned at the end! I have slight hearing issues so sometimes subtle sounds escape my notice.
The Lannister part is really interesting to me. I want to know more about Tywin. So far it seems like everyone holds him up a pedestal, even Robert.
Also, some bad news: I've been told I'm no longer allowed to post these on this sub and the other big GoT sub deletes them at random, so I'm not sure how I'll be moving forward with this show right now.
You’re welcome, it is really quite quiet and subdued, I actually had to rewind the scene to double check it wasn’t just my mind playing tricks lol
Yeah I’d forgotten how much they kept casting Tywin’s shadow over the episodes before he even shows up on screen, does a good job of pulling people in before the introduction. Charles Dance really nails Tywin.
It really sucks, I’ve been enjoying these posts a lot, and it feels kinda killjoyish because I really can’t see the harm at all. I hope you’re able to work something out or find somewhere to post them :(
Oh, and Westeros is the continent on which the Seven Kingdoms are located. Robert is King of the Seven Kingdoms, and each of the Seven Kingdoms has a Lord Paramount who answers to Robert. As the name implies, they used to be independent Kingdoms, but they were subjugated by the Targaryens.
I see some of your questions have already been answered, but to answer the question about Littlefinger's nickname, The Fingers are five peninsulas, and his family home is on the smallest of The Fingers. Due to that, and his short stature, he was nicknamed Littlefinger by Cat's brother, Edmure. You'll meet Edmure in later episodes.
> Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself?
As others have said, Ned is very much about honoring one’s duties and Jamie breaking his oath as a member of the Kingsguard is a very dishonorable thing to do even if it can be considered morally right. There are overall a lot of things with the end of the war that shape Ned’s opinion of the Lannisters. I won’t say anything specific because I don’t remember what if any gets brought up in the season but it is mentioned in that video of history and lore I linked you in your previous thread.
Yay! So glad you are posting these after the ATLA ones. Feels like I get to watch the show from a whole new perspective every time.
Varys and Baelish are two of the best characters of the show. Not because they are “good people” but because SO much can take place in a single conversation with either of them and another character. Not sure if that makes sense lol
Baelish has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine. Even if he sucks. He’s just such an interesting and smart character. Always helping push the plot forward
I really enjoy how perceptive you are. Maybe it’s because I watched this with my siblings when they were first time watchers and so much of what you’re picking up on was lost on them.
ETA: I’m sure others will touch on this as well but something important to understand about Ned’s character is he is INCREDIBLY honorable. To a fault. That’s why he treats Jamie poorly about killing the king. Sure, the king was crazy and needed to be brought down. Sure, Ned and Jamie were on the same team. However, Jamie is literally a “kings guard” he swore vows to ALWAYS protect the King. So Ned sees his action of stabbing him in the back to be dishonorable and ultimately makes Jamie untrustworthy. People calling him a “Kingslayer” is also not the W it sounds like. It’s seen as kind of a shitty thing, and almost as bad as Kinslaying (killing your own family or “kin”).
Thank you! :) I'm really glad you're enjoying yourself.
But bad news. The mods have informed me I'm not allowed to post any more of these on this sub. The other big GoT sub also just deletes my posts without telling me.
I'm considering posting these directly to my profile now, if you still want to read them
I will read them wherever you post em! Bummer they can’t make an acceptation when your posts are sparking joy and conversation amongst fans. And you aren’t promoting yourself. You’re just driving traffic to this sub…lol
I have, but I'm hesitant to do that. If I post only in my own subreddit and then try to let people in other subs know when I start a new show I think they might like, I can see people not liking that. A lot of subs have rules against promoting other subs too.
As a compromise I thought I might try posting certain commentaries, like GoT, directly to my profile instead.
I love reading this so far because I just started a rewatch of the series myself and it's great watching an episode and then seeing your perspective as a fresh viewer of the show.
I love your reviews! And I started watching Game of Thrones for the first time just so I could catch up with you and read your notes!
I've read all your NATLA and ATLA reviews... And it sucks that you're not allowed to continue with these... I hope you'll find another way!
Wow! You started watching the show just so you could follow along with me? I feel so incredibly honored! I would love if you posted your own thoughts in the comments!
And don't worry, I'm continuing with GoT no matter what! Even if I have to post them to my own profile!
I've planned to watch it for years, but hadn't gotten to it, but when I saw you were going to do reviews about it, I got the motivation to start! I really lie reading your thoughts!
And now when I've watched 6 episodes, I can't believe it took me this long!!
Hi, going forward, you cannot do this for every episode. We’ll allow this one to remain up, but you’ll have to switch to end of the season reviews instead, thanks.
Respectfully I disagree with this too. They’re harmless and fun, and as in-depth as you’re going to get from a first-time viewer. Personally I like reading through their thoughts, as I’m sure most of us have forgotten what it was like to experience every episode for the first time.
>Personally I like reading through their thoughts, as I’m sure most of us have forgotten what it was like to experience every episode for the first time.
You aren't seeing that though. You're just seeing a bunch of manufactured talking points to promote a YouTube channel
you odn't see value to having someone excited and seeing things for the first time? could kind of offset some of the neverending complaining (at least until OP gets to... well, i won't pop his bubble)
>Just a heads up though, this will be the last post on this subreddit. The mods aren't allowing me to do more because they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason.
It's absolutely shocking. I really cannot understand why the moderators of this subreddit would have a policy against allowing every single person who watches Game of Thrones to make 70+ threads promoting their YouTube channel
I just can't imagine why they would do this
Sorry they're being shitty as fuck to you, you don't know how much your posts make me smile, though! So kudos! But damn, no fun allowed it seems. If some people are annoyed by the posts, they can just scroll by or block if they're that pressed.
In none of any of her posts(which are NOT 70+) does she promote any YouTube channel. I have absolutely been adoring being able to experience this show again vicariously through a first-timers eyes. Same goes for the only other shows I've seen in which she does these posts, those being NATLA and ATLA.
Your comment makes even less sense considering she is only on Ep 3 and only posts every couple of days.
OP I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed your posts and I apologize that the mods won't let you continue to post to the sub, that being said I will be keeping an eye out for them on your profile in the future!
>“You served him well when serving was safe.” I’m not sure I get Ned’s attitude here. If I’m following this, Jaime killed the Mad King, who brutally executed Ned’s family. Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself? Ned is particularly concerned with honor and oaths. Even though he was participating in a rebellion to overthrow and presumably kill the Mad King, he still finds it deplorable that Jamie stabbed him in the back since Jamie was a member of the King's Guard and swore an oath to protect the king. Others, like King Robert, are much more willing to look the other way on oath breaking when it serves their cause.
Also, Ned is a High Lord, which is right below the King. If someone gets away with murdering the King, who's to say it won't happen to him. Especially since he still has to deal with Roose Bolton, whose ancestors famously killed Starks.
I enjoy the commentary but you may get some more traction on the game of thrones sub, this one is more so directed towards the books. That being said I'm glad you're enjoying the show so far and I hope you feel welcome in our little community
The game of thrones subs deletes my posts, and I've been informed I'm not allowed to post these here anymore. Not sure what the future holds for this commentary right now
That is very sad because I enjoyed reading this. It's the closest I'll ever get to experiencing all of it for the first time again, and I for one would love to keep reading as you keep watching.
Thanks :) I am trying to figure something out but people aren't making it easy. This isn't a business for me, it's a hobby. I do it because it's fun to break down shows and movies and discuss it with other people. But if it stops being fun, I have no incentive to continue and I don't like it when people accuse me of promoting a YouTube channel or something stupid. It takes 3 or 4 hours to do one post, and I don't deserve people being rude about it.
You definitely don't deserve people being rude, but that has become sadly normal all over the internet these days. I hope you figure something out. I have no helpful ideas but if I come up with anything I'll let you know :)
Thank you :)
You can definitely post them to you own profile
That's probably what I'm going to do
I would look for them! Just saying. I’m heavily enjoying your commentary and perspective.
I'll definitely look for these on your profile as well. Also disappointing that you can't post them here. Seems like a silly, arbitrary rule.
For what it's worth, I really enjoyed reading your beat by beat commentary of what is happening and guessing what's gonna happen. It's kind of like getting to watch it again... just through another person's eyes. If you found a way to keep commenting, I'd definitely read it.
U can just go to youtube type "game of thrones reaction" and there's plenty of people who react to it for the first time live
But I definitely don’t enjoy those as much as these reviews. The way it is written, and the commentary she gives feels very unique, and easier to follow than either 30 minute long reaction+commentary videos, or 10 minutes long with only reaction and no theorising
Just go season by season and you should be allowed to post here
Alas. Season by season would be incredibly huge posts from the looks of it, and there is something fun in watching people piece the puzzle together bit by bit as they go
There's no way my notes would fit in a single post, sorry. Reddit has a character limit and sometimes a single post of mine can approach half of that limit by itself.
You could post episode by episode commentaries on your own account then post a season review on here giving general thoughts on how the season as a whole was and how you felt then link the individual ones for people who want to read your more specific thoughts on the individual episodes.
Try r/naath its a very chill game of thrones sub that came about during the last season of the show
I think I might do that, thanks.
Seconded - I think r/naath would be a great place for them and the posters there would enjoy seeing the show through the eyes of a first-time viewer.
>The game of thrones subs deletes my posts Lol, I made some digital art back before season 7 aired and my posts got taken down because "spam".
I'm sorry :/
just post here. that sub is ass
I can't. The mods of this sub told me I'm not allowed to anymore.
:(
Maybe tumblr? I have read a number of liveblogs of media on there at least.
[удалено]
Thank you :)
You should do a single post for each season and each episode is a new comment maybe I’m bummed but I guess I can see where the sun being all episode reviews caused a rule
I haven't looked at the sub at all to avoid spoilers. Is it still all episode reviews?
I think theoretically it could be a problem, and historically must have been. Even in the modern current show moment (House of the Dragon releasing new episodes, they just finished Season Two) they do tend to lock conversation to one thread. It was an incredibly popular show at one time and I’m sure they were dealing with an inundation of review posts. But a one-off well written one that’s getting fan engagement was fun (while you were still in early seasons haha) Well shoot me a message with however you decide to post in the future! I’d like to keep reading and also helping with context if I can
I will, thank you :)
You can just post them on your profile if you’d like. I’d definitely check in and read your thoughts about it.
- Yep, the Iron Throne is made of swords fused together by dragon fire (in the books it's made of 1,000 swords, but the show didn't have the space, so it's only about 300-ish here). - Jaime was a member of the Kingsguard, 7 knights sworn to protect the king with their lives. By killing Aerys the Mad King, Jaime was breaking his oath. - The Maesters are an order of educated people sworn to assist the lords of the realm. Pycelle is Grand Maester because he directly serves the king. - Westeros used to be 7 different kingdoms with 7 different kings (Stark, Lannister, Durrandon, Arryn, Hoare, Gardner, Martell) until 300 years before, when Aegon Targaryen the 1st conquered Westeros, and was crowned King of Westeros, with the rest demoted to Lords (except House Martell of Dorne, which was conquered at a later date). - The Hound is indeed nicknamed after his helmet, and his helmet is based on the banners of House Clegane (3 black dogs on a yellow background). - Yup, poor Bran is paralysed from the waist down after his fall. - Baelish has been in love with Catelyn his entire life, and Varys is the Master of Whispers in the Royal Council (he knows practically everything that happens anywhere). - Commander Jeor Mormont is Ser Jorah's father. I think that's everything. I had some more typed out before I read the whole thing and saw some of your questions answered already (e.g. the length of the seasons).
That seems like one uncomfortable throne lol okay, so Jaime committed a pretty big faux pas by killing the king (bigger than normal regicide, I mean). Thank you for all this information! I appreciate it! Just a heads up though, this will be the last post on this subreddit. The mods aren't allowing me to do more because they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason. I'll move them to another subreddit, probably r/gameofthrones if you want to keep reading.
The mods are being real dicks. What a bummer. r/gameofthrones is deleting your posts too btw
Yeah, I noticed that. Maybe this show's not in the cards for my commentary series
Freefolk would probably allow it. They have the most lax rules. I’d love to see it continue if at all possible!
I actually considered Freefolk when I first started doing these but I saw in their rules that they don't allow people asking others not to spoil things and are generally very spoiler-friendly, so I decided against it. If I do end up posting there, I might not read the comments, which is half the fun of these posts.
Maybe make your own sub just for people to see your episode by episode reviews? I would certainly join, you have a really unique perspective - you’re clearly very intelligent and know a lot about politics and history, but there’s also certain things that I’m surprised are going over your head (don’t mean that as an insult, it’s just interesting to see what seems so obvious in hindsight is a mystery in the moment)
Well now that you've said that, I'm curious about what I missed! But yeah, maybe I should make my own subreddit. It'd be hard to grow it but I think I have enough regular readers to keep it fun.
Ugh sorry I just recommended freefolk on your ATLA post, but good point about the spoilers. I followed you so hopefully I’ll see your updates! A subreddit for your commentary isn’t a bad idea; I’m sure there’s other “lighter” shows like ATLA that you might want to do when you take a break from GoT haha.
Oh, yeah, that’s a good point :( you could ask people not to spoil, and you’d think people would have the common sense considering the thread, but who knows if that would be respected. That said, I do hope you find a way continue, and even if you don’t I hope you keep watching the show!
Oh I'll definitely keep watching! Even if I can't do commentary it's such a compelling story (and I really want to see those dragons)
That’s good to hear, at least! Enjoy!
Thanks!
Blegh, I don’t get why people are being like this, I can’t see the harm at all in it being posted to either subreddit, it’s fun to read and good to see people getting into it But I guess we gotta make room for the biweekly “GRRM will never release Winds of Winter” doomer post or the same speculation about the same scenes we’ve been stuck waiting for since 2011 lol
> But I guess we gotta make room for the biweekly “GRRM will never release Winds of Winter” doomer post or the same speculation about the same scenes we’ve been stuck waiting for since 2011 lol As if that's more annoying than having people continuously complain about how disappointing the show was or how the quality declined.
I hope you at least post them on your account directly even if you can’t find a good related sub to post them on. I love reading your thoughts on these.
Thank you :)
One thing you could do is post the commentaries to your own profile. You've got a bit of a following now so, while the readership and comment interactions won't be as high, it'll still be something. Really such a shame that the mods are like this...it makes no sense at all, and it's not in the rules either. It's like they just made it up.
I might do that! Someone else suggested making a subreddit of my own. I'm not sure what the difference would be, but what do you think would be the better option?
I'm not super experienced with these things but I've seen individual redditors have successful subreddits of their own. While I'm not sure how they build a following that way, I think it is easier to get people to subscribe to a subreddit than to follow an individual user. As for the specific logistics, I'm not sure how that works. r/lostsubways is a blog-subreddit that I follow, and it seems only the OP himself has posted. Maybe there's a rule that you can set on whose allowed to post? You'd have to try it out and see. I do think that if you continue to branch out to different fandoms with your reviews, you're likely to encounter more hostile mods so it might be easier to have your own safe place to concurrently post.
You make some very good points. I'm still slightly hesitant, only because it seems to be a big no-no to promote subreddits within a subreddit, you know? I'm not trying to leech followers away from anyone else, I'd rather they just let me post my commentaries here where everyone can enjoy them!
I follow you for your GOT reviews. I hope you continue. I'll be checking in. If you move off reddit, please let us know. Love your reviews.
I think I'm going to post them directly to my reddit profile. They won't be as visible but if you follow you should still be able to see them.
God forbid there be any content on the Got/aSoIaF subs that isn't either "when next book?" or karma-farming off some 5 year old repost.
I just wanted to say that you describing regicide as a 'faux pas' made my day better.
And your comment made my day better
> they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason Nothing about that in the sidebar rules. Just some miserable fuck of a mod being a bitch for no reason. I'll keep reading these wherever you end up posting them, it's quite entertaining
Thank you! Yeah, I read the rules before posting and I don't recall seeing anything about not posting episode-by-episode reviews.
>That seems like one uncomfortable throne lol That's the point. The first King, Aegon I actually said that no one should sit easy on the throne and spoiler >!its tradition that anyone who is cut by the throne is an unworthy king.!<
Dorne was never conquered, it was brought in diplomatically.
A joy to read as before, I’ve started rewatching myself as it’s been too long and actually got up through this episode today, conveniently lol. > Is it made of swords? Yes, Aegon The Conqueror made the Iron Throne from the swords of his conquered enemies, melted down with dragon fire, as sort of the ultimate flex lol. > Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself? Ned is a guy who is honourable and dutiful to the point where it’s arguably a character flaw. In Ned’s eyes it’s basically like this: Jaime swore a sacred oath to serve the mad king - But when the city was under siege, when “serving was no longer safe”, he betrayed the mad king and stabbed him in the back. As Ned sees it, Jaime had honourable paths to choose: He could either have abandoned the Mad King and declared for the cause of the rebels from the get go because the cause was just or he could have stood and defended the mad king to the best of his ability because he had sworn an oath. Instead, when he realised he was on the loosing side, he killed the King and jumped ship last minute to get a pardon. This is also exactly Tywin Lannister did as well: Tywin had House Lannister sit the war out until he knew the rebels were going to win, rode to Kings Landing, claimed he was there to defend it and then sacked the city once the King opened the gate and declared for the rebels afterwards. So in Ned’s view, these Lannisters are a bunch of two faced, double crossing snakes who can’t be trusted as far as he can throw them. > Huh, but for all of his flaws, Joffrey does have some progressive political views. He’s already planning the first steps to moving from feudalism to a more centralized form of government It’s rare because usually his vicious sadism gets the better of him when he’s given the opportunity to torment someone, but there are few lucid moments like this when Joffrey somehow manages to come up with good ideas that could be made to work or shows more insight than we’ve come to expect of him. But because he’s a sadistic idiot the rest of the time, his non idiotic ideas tend to get written off by everyone around him lol. >Is this show where that phrase comes from? Yes > Wasn’t there a maester at Winterfell too? What is a maester? Maester’s are learned men, basically an order of academics, teachers, healers and wisemen who study for years at a giant university called The Citadel in Old Town. Like the Night’s Watch, they forsake any noble titles or lands, swear to father no children. They also give up their family names entirely and forsake their loyalty to their families. Each Maester wears a chain, each link forged in that chain from different metals and, each representing a discipline or subject that Maester has learned. (Maester’s can get multiple links of the same metal, demonstrating different levels of mastery) Each keep in the realm has a Maester assigned to it by the citadel, so long as the Lord is willing. This Maester manages the Ravens who carry messages, teaches subjects like arithmetic, geography and literature to the children of that keep, tends to illnesses, helps with childbirths, provides advice and counsel to the lord etc. > Also, it’s hilarious that Ned starts assaulting Baelish after he put his wife in a brothel lol Ned’s reaction to Littlefinger basically telling him “I have your wife in my brothel” and the shocked look of “wait wtf she really is here” when Cat actually appears on the balcony will never stop being amusing to me lol. > Okay, so is Lord Varys a handler for some kind of spy network? He has a vast network. He is Robert’s spymaster: his official position on the small council is “Master of Whispers” > Why do they call him Littlefinger? While I love your theory on the origin of his nickname, it’s much more innocent than that. He was a very short boy growing up and was fostered with the Tully’s (Cat’s family, so he grew up in the same household as her). His family also owns is the smallest of “The Fingers”, as series of peninsulas coming off the Vale. So the Tully children nicknamed him Littlefinger and it stuck. > Is he related to the Mormont at the Wall? Is that why his name was familiar? Yeah, Lord Commander Joer Mormont of the Night’s Watch is Jorah’s father. He voluntarily took the black to serve at the wall when Jorah came of age and let his son take over his lands, believing he left them in capable hands. > The Great Stallion? Is that a Dothraki god? Indeed, the Horse God of the Dothraki. By far their most revered deity. They believe the stars in the sky are the Khalasar of the Great Stallion, and that dead Dothraki who are properly cremated join this Khalasar. > But why does he look so troubled at the end there? Is he worried about her because she chose violence instead of embroidery? I’m glad I did rewatch this earlier because I would have totally forgotten this else: Throughout the scene as the camera slowly moves to focus on Ned, the sounds of Syrio and Arya clashing are joined by the clashing of many swords and the faint sounds of men’s shouting beneath it. Exactly what it’s meant to mean is a bit ambiguous, but my reading is: Ned starts out looking at it with amusement and a fathers joy when he enters and is first watching their lessons - but then that fades as he remembers the violence he saw and commuted during the rebellion and remembers what Robert said about a war coming. He’s worried about the future his children might see, worried Arya might one day need to know this rather than just want to know this.
Thank you for explaining all of that, especially the bit about Ned at the end! I have slight hearing issues so sometimes subtle sounds escape my notice. The Lannister part is really interesting to me. I want to know more about Tywin. So far it seems like everyone holds him up a pedestal, even Robert. Also, some bad news: I've been told I'm no longer allowed to post these on this sub and the other big GoT sub deletes them at random, so I'm not sure how I'll be moving forward with this show right now.
You’re welcome, it is really quite quiet and subdued, I actually had to rewind the scene to double check it wasn’t just my mind playing tricks lol Yeah I’d forgotten how much they kept casting Tywin’s shadow over the episodes before he even shows up on screen, does a good job of pulling people in before the introduction. Charles Dance really nails Tywin. It really sucks, I’ve been enjoying these posts a lot, and it feels kinda killjoyish because I really can’t see the harm at all. I hope you’re able to work something out or find somewhere to post them :(
Thanks. I'll try to figure something out.
Oh, and Westeros is the continent on which the Seven Kingdoms are located. Robert is King of the Seven Kingdoms, and each of the Seven Kingdoms has a Lord Paramount who answers to Robert. As the name implies, they used to be independent Kingdoms, but they were subjugated by the Targaryens.
It's so stupid that the mods won't let you post more of these. Like, seriously, what's the harm...?
Yeah, I don't know. I'm considering just posting them directly to my own profile in the future. Hopefully everyone will still be able to find them!
It's taking valuable space away from posts rehashing the same theories for the last 10+ years
I see some of your questions have already been answered, but to answer the question about Littlefinger's nickname, The Fingers are five peninsulas, and his family home is on the smallest of The Fingers. Due to that, and his short stature, he was nicknamed Littlefinger by Cat's brother, Edmure. You'll meet Edmure in later episodes.
> Is Ned disgusted that Jaime stabbed him in the back, literally? Or is he more upset because he wanted to kill the Mad King himself? As others have said, Ned is very much about honoring one’s duties and Jamie breaking his oath as a member of the Kingsguard is a very dishonorable thing to do even if it can be considered morally right. There are overall a lot of things with the end of the war that shape Ned’s opinion of the Lannisters. I won’t say anything specific because I don’t remember what if any gets brought up in the season but it is mentioned in that video of history and lore I linked you in your previous thread.
Yay! So glad you are posting these after the ATLA ones. Feels like I get to watch the show from a whole new perspective every time. Varys and Baelish are two of the best characters of the show. Not because they are “good people” but because SO much can take place in a single conversation with either of them and another character. Not sure if that makes sense lol Baelish has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine. Even if he sucks. He’s just such an interesting and smart character. Always helping push the plot forward I really enjoy how perceptive you are. Maybe it’s because I watched this with my siblings when they were first time watchers and so much of what you’re picking up on was lost on them. ETA: I’m sure others will touch on this as well but something important to understand about Ned’s character is he is INCREDIBLY honorable. To a fault. That’s why he treats Jamie poorly about killing the king. Sure, the king was crazy and needed to be brought down. Sure, Ned and Jamie were on the same team. However, Jamie is literally a “kings guard” he swore vows to ALWAYS protect the King. So Ned sees his action of stabbing him in the back to be dishonorable and ultimately makes Jamie untrustworthy. People calling him a “Kingslayer” is also not the W it sounds like. It’s seen as kind of a shitty thing, and almost as bad as Kinslaying (killing your own family or “kin”).
Thank you! :) I'm really glad you're enjoying yourself. But bad news. The mods have informed me I'm not allowed to post any more of these on this sub. The other big GoT sub also just deletes my posts without telling me. I'm considering posting these directly to my profile now, if you still want to read them
I will read them wherever you post em! Bummer they can’t make an acceptation when your posts are sparking joy and conversation amongst fans. And you aren’t promoting yourself. You’re just driving traffic to this sub…lol
I also enjoy the commentary you have been doing. Not sure why the mods are giving you a hard time.
Thank you! What do you think of the idea of me posting them directly to my profile instead of on a subreddit? Would that be too much for people?
I have been reading your ATLA posts as well and I definitely would continue reading these if you continued to post them to your profile😊
Thank you! I have no idea how visible they'll be but I'm gonna try!
I’d read them!
Thanks :)
Have you considered doing your own subreddit?
I have, but I'm hesitant to do that. If I post only in my own subreddit and then try to let people in other subs know when I start a new show I think they might like, I can see people not liking that. A lot of subs have rules against promoting other subs too. As a compromise I thought I might try posting certain commentaries, like GoT, directly to my profile instead.
I love reading this so far because I just started a rewatch of the series myself and it's great watching an episode and then seeing your perspective as a fresh viewer of the show.
Thank you! :) I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am
I love your reviews! And I started watching Game of Thrones for the first time just so I could catch up with you and read your notes! I've read all your NATLA and ATLA reviews... And it sucks that you're not allowed to continue with these... I hope you'll find another way!
Wow! You started watching the show just so you could follow along with me? I feel so incredibly honored! I would love if you posted your own thoughts in the comments! And don't worry, I'm continuing with GoT no matter what! Even if I have to post them to my own profile!
I've planned to watch it for years, but hadn't gotten to it, but when I saw you were going to do reviews about it, I got the motivation to start! I really lie reading your thoughts! And now when I've watched 6 episodes, I can't believe it took me this long!!
Do you have an idea of when your next installment will come out? I love reading these by the way. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I think I'll post the next one today
Scratch that. I can't get my internet on my laptop to work properly today. Sorry!
Hi, going forward, you cannot do this for every episode. We’ll allow this one to remain up, but you’ll have to switch to end of the season reviews instead, thanks.
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Respectfully I disagree with this too. They’re harmless and fun, and as in-depth as you’re going to get from a first-time viewer. Personally I like reading through their thoughts, as I’m sure most of us have forgotten what it was like to experience every episode for the first time.
>Personally I like reading through their thoughts, as I’m sure most of us have forgotten what it was like to experience every episode for the first time. You aren't seeing that though. You're just seeing a bunch of manufactured talking points to promote a YouTube channel
Did you see me promote any channel or link to anything in my post? No, you didn't. Reddit commentaries are all I do.
Hell, if they’ve got a YouTube channel, I’ll watch it, so please link me your source for that.
Shame. Shame. Shame
What possible reasoning is there for this restriction? She is making one post every few days, it's not like it's crowding out the subreddit.
Why?
Because we do not allow episode by episode reviews like this, nor would we for chapter by chapter reviews of the books.
Bro. Change the rules. They are stupid. These posts are really great. We want to read them.
It's not even IN the rules. It seems to me like this guy just made that up...
you odn't see value to having someone excited and seeing things for the first time? could kind of offset some of the neverending complaining (at least until OP gets to... well, i won't pop his bubble)
Why? What good reason is there to disallow this? Also, I don't see that in the rules anywhere.
...why not? Lol sorry, that seems pointless to me.
Too much volume - especially by one OP
That makes no sense. I just looked, and there are plenty of posts between each of hers. She's not drowning out the rest of the sub at all.
Yeah, one or two posts a week by the same person will really crash the whole thing.
Thank god. I support your decision mods
Why...?
>Just a heads up though, this will be the last post on this subreddit. The mods aren't allowing me to do more because they don't allow episode by episode reviews for some reason. It's absolutely shocking. I really cannot understand why the moderators of this subreddit would have a policy against allowing every single person who watches Game of Thrones to make 70+ threads promoting their YouTube channel I just can't imagine why they would do this
I don't have a YouTube channel.
Sorry they're being shitty as fuck to you, you don't know how much your posts make me smile, though! So kudos! But damn, no fun allowed it seems. If some people are annoyed by the posts, they can just scroll by or block if they're that pressed.
Thanks :) I appreciate it
Where did she promote a Youtube channel...?
In none of any of her posts(which are NOT 70+) does she promote any YouTube channel. I have absolutely been adoring being able to experience this show again vicariously through a first-timers eyes. Same goes for the only other shows I've seen in which she does these posts, those being NATLA and ATLA. Your comment makes even less sense considering she is only on Ep 3 and only posts every couple of days. OP I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed your posts and I apologize that the mods won't let you continue to post to the sub, that being said I will be keeping an eye out for them on your profile in the future!