This post is part of a continuing series on the direwolves in Game of Thrones. I’ll also be discussing the books so if you’re not up on either versions, this is your spoiler warning. I’ve been discussing the various fates of the direwolves, and had planned on writing a single post about pairs of direwolves […]
Where’s Ghost? Defending Dead Direwolves Part 4.5
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Defending Dead Direwolves: Part 5 of 5
This is the final post in a series talking about the direwolves on Game of Thrones (with some references to their analogous narratives in the books of A Song of Ice and Fire.) For more info on what this post is about, you can check out Part One. I tried to constrain myself to a […]
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Double-Crossing Devils and Mocked Gods
Happy October everyone! Over on the Watchers on the Wall site, I have a new feature that hopefully is in sync thematically with this spooky, Halloween-focused month. My feature talks about haunted Harrenhal and the blood-soaked bargain forged between Arya Stark and the mysterious and mercurial Jaqen H’ghar. One of those two was getting in […]
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In Triple Aspect: Witches of Macbeth and A Song of Ice and Fire
Originally posted on Shakespeare of Thrones:
Witches. One of the most easily recognizable archetypes in literature, yet transmutable into so many varying forms. Old, young, wise, prophetic, repulsive, tempting, ugly, beautiful–for every one witch characteristic, there seems to be a corresponding opposite. Macbeth’s three Witches are old and ugly hags, endowed with the gift of…
Witches. One of the most easily recognizable archetypes in literature, yet transmutable into so many varying forms. Old, young, wise, prophetic, repulsive, tempting, ugly, beautiful–for every one witch characteristic, there seems to be a corresponding opposite. Macbeth’s three Witches are old and ugly hags, endowed with the gift of…
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October 2018 #MicroStory Collection
It’s November, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of October. As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.) Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. October […]
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A Political Post In November! (Relax. It’s about Westeros and Game of Thrones)
It’s November and the ongoing (thanks to the extended and legal counting of all the votes) Mid-Term Elections in the United States have been on my mind. But no one needs to know my thoughts on that hot mess, so I wrote a post tackling several political points in Game of Thrones for the Watchers […]
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RIP Rodney Slusher: Now His Watch Has Ended
A few days ago, I received some sad news: Dr. Rodney Slusher had died. Rodney was thirty-nine. I’d never met Rodney in person, and I can’t say that we’d had a lot of interactions over the years, but news of his death was a shock. Not just because he was young, which he was. But […]
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Pug Film Festival 2018: Baahubali the Beginning and Conclusion
Months ago, on the Fighting in the War Room podcast, one of the co-hosts (I am sure it was Da7e Gonzales) talked at length about the Indian cinematic epic Baahubali. Several weekends ago I had some free time, so I decided to treat my dog Chi Chi and Willow to a movie. (Or rather, I […]
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D-Lemma: The Hard Truth Premieres
As some of you may or may not know, my wife Lisa got involved in local acting a few years ago. It started with her responding to a call for extras on the Netflix show House of Cards. Enjoying her time pretending to be at a political gala, Lisa began to audition for more background […]
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Here Lies Melisandre…
We’re a month closer to the premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones! Since I’m trying to get something Westeros-related written every month until the show airs (when I hope to have weekly content) – this month I was inspired by the longer and longer December nights to write something about Melisandre of […]
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December 2018 #MicroStory Collection
It’s January, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of December. As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.) Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. December […]
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Tyrion Lannister: Wives, Warfare, and Witness Stands
2019 is finally here, with the final season of Game of Thrones on the horizon. I’m hoping to write feature articles for the Game of Thrones fan site Watchers on the Wall during the last months of the hiatus and then while the show is airing. (I can put out one a month until the […]
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The Role of the Golden Company in Game of Thrones
We are just under three months away from the final season of Game of Thrones! Mercifully, April 14th is just around the corner. (I’m kidding – it feels like an eternity.) Our favorite (surviving) characters will be returning, as well as new characters among the famed Golden Company sellswords that Cersei hopes will preserve her […]
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You Are Not Stones But Men: Ned Stark and Shakespeare’s Brutus
Originally posted on Shakespeare of Thrones:
One can almost see the sombre face of Eddard Stark looming up behind these lines: BRUTUS: For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. – Julius Caesar, II.ii Hailed as Shakespeare’s great political tragedy, Julius Caesar presents the…
One can almost see the sombre face of Eddard Stark looming up behind these lines: BRUTUS: For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. – Julius Caesar, II.ii Hailed as Shakespeare’s great political tragedy, Julius Caesar presents the…
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The Wicked Witch of Westeros
In just two months (more or less) we should have all seen a new episode of Game of Thrones, the start of the eighth and final season. The kind people at the Watchers on the Wall site have graciously allowed me to submit features for them, so I can work through my Game of Thrones […]
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Be Very Very Quiet. We’re Hunting Wights
Season Eight of Game of Thrones is right around the corner. But it’s not here yet. To occupy my time, I’ve been writing feature essays (if I can dignify what I write as “essays”) for the Watchers on the Wall Game of Thrones news site. My most recent feature is now up on their website, […]
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February 2019 #MicroStory Collection
It’s March, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all of the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of February. As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 269 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.) Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. February […]
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Varys, the Spider in Winterfell
In exactly one week, the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones will be airing. I am probably not ready. Sneaking in with one week left, the good people at the Watchers on the Wall site accepted a feature essay on Varys, the Master of Whisperers. It was important for me to get any […]
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Winterfell: Coming Together to Fight the Night King. Or Each Other.
Season Eight of Game of Thrones has finally started, and now our watch begins. The fine folks at the Watchers on the Wall are agreeably continuing to publish features written by yours truly, and my latest essay is on the site, talking about the events of the first episode of this final season. The Night […]
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Ten Questions to Ponder Before Watching Game of Thrones 802
Tonight is a new episode of Game of Thrones, the second episode of the eighth and final season. For fun, I’ve put together ten yes-or-no questions that will be answered tonight. (This is non-spoilery, I swear. Unless you didn’t see episode 801… I guess.) No one is required to play, or even tell me their […]
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