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Jayson
is 48% done
Thoughts:
(1) The sigil of house Jordayne of the Tor is a golden quill on green checks. A shout-out to Tor books, which publishes Martin's "Wild Cards" series, among others.
(2) The Martels speak with Scottish accents, which is strange as they're obviously an analogue of the Muslim Spain. The Tullys also have Scottish accents, which would make sense if the Riverlands and Dorne shared a border or had ANY similarities!
— Oct 01, 2019 12:00AM
(1) The sigil of house Jordayne of the Tor is a golden quill on green checks. A shout-out to Tor books, which publishes Martin's "Wild Cards" series, among others.
(2) The Martels speak with Scottish accents, which is strange as they're obviously an analogue of the Muslim Spain. The Tullys also have Scottish accents, which would make sense if the Riverlands and Dorne shared a border or had ANY similarities!
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is 95% done
Notes:
(1) Dolorous Edd: "I just want to say to whoever is voting for me that I would certainly make an awful Lord Commander. But so would all these others."
- I think Edd secretly enjoys getting votes, despite pretensions. Why else imply he's just as fit for command as all the others?
(2) Tywin to Tyrion: "You� you are no� no son of mine."
- Insult or confession?
(3) "Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold."
— Oct 16, 2019 12:00AM
(1) Dolorous Edd: "I just want to say to whoever is voting for me that I would certainly make an awful Lord Commander. But so would all these others."
- I think Edd secretly enjoys getting votes, despite pretensions. Why else imply he's just as fit for command as all the others?
(2) Tywin to Tyrion: "You� you are no� no son of mine."
- Insult or confession?
(3) "Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold."

Jayson
is 89% done
A few things:
(1) It's an irony that savior characters can't save themselves. Tyrion saves Kings Landing, Jon saves the Wall, Jorah saves Dany and Dontos saves Sansa. All are repaid for their efforts with at least imprisonment.
(2) Despite the incest, obviously, I'm sort of bummed that Jaime and Cersei aren't a thing anymore. They've actually had the most loving, "normal" relationship of all the couples still living.
— Oct 14, 2019 12:00AM
(1) It's an irony that savior characters can't save themselves. Tyrion saves Kings Landing, Jon saves the Wall, Jorah saves Dany and Dontos saves Sansa. All are repaid for their efforts with at least imprisonment.
(2) Despite the incest, obviously, I'm sort of bummed that Jaime and Cersei aren't a thing anymore. They've actually had the most loving, "normal" relationship of all the couples still living.

Jayson
is 85% done
A few things:
(1) Hearing Roy Dotrice very enthusiastically moan and scream lady sex sounds and dialogue is a horror I wish never to experience again!
(2) The irony of Sansa Stark is that all she ever wanted was to marry a gallant knight. Which would be likely, were she of any lesser birth. But as heir to Winterfell, she's been betrothed to a psycho sadist, a fat cripple, a disfigured dwarf, and a lackwit mama's boy.
— Oct 12, 2019 12:10AM
(1) Hearing Roy Dotrice very enthusiastically moan and scream lady sex sounds and dialogue is a horror I wish never to experience again!
(2) The irony of Sansa Stark is that all she ever wanted was to marry a gallant knight. Which would be likely, were she of any lesser birth. But as heir to Winterfell, she's been betrothed to a psycho sadist, a fat cripple, a disfigured dwarf, and a lackwit mama's boy.

Jayson
is 76% done
Notes:
(1) Littlefinger: "Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose... Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game."
"What� what game?"
"The only game. The game of thrones."
(2) The Purple Wedding left me shocked! Seventy-seven course meal and no food lists!
(3) Jaime and Cersei's sept sex scene is a lot less rapey in the books than in the show... actually, not rapey at all.
— Oct 10, 2019 12:20AM
(1) Littlefinger: "Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose... Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game."
"What� what game?"
"The only game. The game of thrones."
(2) The Purple Wedding left me shocked! Seventy-seven course meal and no food lists!
(3) Jaime and Cersei's sept sex scene is a lot less rapey in the books than in the show... actually, not rapey at all.

Jayson
is 68% done
Thoughts:
(1) Davos learning to read only proves that it's never too late for higher education... higher than zero in this case, but still.
(2) "The Rat Cook had cooked the son of the Andal king in a big pie with onions, carrots, mushrooms, lots of pepper and salt, a rasher of bacon, and a dark red Dornish wine."
- Again with the food lists!
(3) Talking doors? This is getting very Harry Potter, the Fat Lady and such.
— Oct 08, 2019 12:15AM
(1) Davos learning to read only proves that it's never too late for higher education... higher than zero in this case, but still.
(2) "The Rat Cook had cooked the son of the Andal king in a big pie with onions, carrots, mushrooms, lots of pepper and salt, a rasher of bacon, and a dark red Dornish wine."
- Again with the food lists!
(3) Talking doors? This is getting very Harry Potter, the Fat Lady and such.

Jayson
is 66% done
Notes:
(1) Tywin: "I can see the king is tired. Please see him safely back to his bedchamber. Pycelle, perhaps some gentle potion to help His Grace sleep restfully?"
- In other words, Joffrey's cranky and needs a nap and some warm milk.
(2) Patchface prophesy: "Under the sea the old fish eat the young fish."
- Kingsmoot! Wait, do krakens count as fish? Alternatively, the Blackfish could kill or usurp Edmure, I guess.
— Oct 06, 2019 12:10AM
(1) Tywin: "I can see the king is tired. Please see him safely back to his bedchamber. Pycelle, perhaps some gentle potion to help His Grace sleep restfully?"
- In other words, Joffrey's cranky and needs a nap and some warm milk.
(2) Patchface prophesy: "Under the sea the old fish eat the young fish."
- Kingsmoot! Wait, do krakens count as fish? Alternatively, the Blackfish could kill or usurp Edmure, I guess.

Jayson
is 63% done
I just finished the Red Wedding chapter, and I must say as hit and miss as Dotrice's narration's been, the reading of it was simply brilliant. It's hard to compare to when I read it in the books because I'd gone in blind then, and had to take a long break afterwards to recover and compose myself. Knowing the outcome obviously took away the shock and surprise of it all, but this was a riveting experience all the same.
— Oct 04, 2019 12:15AM

Jayson
is 59% done
Prophesies:
(1) “A wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief... drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells.�
- Grey Wind, Rains of Castamere, Red Wedding and Jinglebell the fool.
(2) “A maid at a feast, with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.�
- Purple Wedding!
(3) “That maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.�
- ??????
— Oct 03, 2019 12:05AM
(1) “A wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief... drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells.�
- Grey Wind, Rains of Castamere, Red Wedding and Jinglebell the fool.
(2) “A maid at a feast, with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.�
- Purple Wedding!
(3) “That maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.�
- ??????

Jayson
is 42% done
Two things:
(1) Vargo Hoat: "Thee’th not to be touched... Thee hath to be a maid, you foolth! Thee’th worth a bag of thapphireth!"
- Hoat's a hoot! Or rather, hooth!
- Jaime saving Brienne from gang rape is step one in this enemies tolovers besties trope.
(2) Jaime: "A good thing for you I’m such a liar. An honorable man would have told the truth about the Sapphire Isle."
- As I always say, lying saves lives.
— Sep 29, 2019 12:00AM
(1) Vargo Hoat: "Thee’th not to be touched... Thee hath to be a maid, you foolth! Thee’th worth a bag of thapphireth!"
- Hoat's a hoot! Or rather, hooth!
- Jaime saving Brienne from gang rape is step one in this enemies to
(2) Jaime: "A good thing for you I’m such a liar. An honorable man would have told the truth about the Sapphire Isle."
- As I always say, lying saves lives.

Jayson
is 39% done
Notes:
(1) The problem with being one of King Robert's bastards is that there's a lot of them. Gendry doesn't know he's Robert's son, and as such may have slept with his half-sister Bella. Poor bastard. He should play it safe and only bed blondes.
(2) “My sweet sister has arranged the [wedding] feast... Seven kingdoms, seven vows, seven challenges, seventy-seven dishes."
- Seventy-seven dishes? I fear the food lists!
— Sep 27, 2019 12:10AM
(1) The problem with being one of King Robert's bastards is that there's a lot of them. Gendry doesn't know he's Robert's son, and as such may have slept with his half-sister Bella. Poor bastard. He should play it safe and only bed blondes.
(2) “My sweet sister has arranged the [wedding] feast... Seven kingdoms, seven vows, seven challenges, seventy-seven dishes."
- Seventy-seven dishes? I fear the food lists!