What will Sea Smoke get up to? Should the actors read the book? Is King Jimhaerys working through some issues in real time while reviewing this show? Cease the Alicent support, he won’t entertain it! He will unleash his Kingsguard on you. But wait! Ser A.Ron in his dark green cloak remains leal to partiality. Listen in for the HOTD and Bald Move drama.
In what could be the best episode of television of the year, several key characters reveal their true nature. Also, is it possible to hit the griddy too hard?
We knew you were going to ask about the five dragons, so A.Ron has the details for you. When true-born heirs seem to be in short supply, tensions rise and knives come out. How many bodies can you pile up in the ocean before they start to poke out? Global warming and rising waters could solve that problem. Would you trade an eye for your own dragon?
A.ronduin and Jimgoth have gazed into a Palantír and saw your feedback. Tune in for a geologist’s review of those pesky pyroclastic flows. Which begs the question, what level of “doomed” do you need to be to NOT survive a natural disaster? Find out how Harfoots become the Hobbits. And the baby smack-down of the age is here, Baby Gandalf is coming for Baby Yoda.
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Believe it or not, the Dance of Dragons hasn’t started, but the music is growing steadily louder. Would the psychic bond of a dragon expose their rider if they’re in hiding? How strict is the succession to the throne? And find out how “taboo” incestuous marriage is to Rhaenyra and Daemon. The answer will not shock you.
‘Tis an ill portent when Jimfiel deems another episode of TROP as a “Walking Dead” episode. But don’t worry, there are good things too! Galadriel is doing some bad guy stuff and Isildur seems like he’s vying for the role of Numenorean f-boi. A.Ronbrimbor ponders the questions, “Are the Numenoreans nearsighted? And which horse is Berek?” And yes, the show is still gorgeous.
The feedbag is overflowing. Do you like the changes that the showrunners have made for the adaptation? Is Daemon pure chaos? How stinky is he? Apparently he reeks. Is Larys’ service leal? Did A.Ron and Jim misrepresent Alicent? Which party is confused about genes? Hear Jim and A.Ron discuss your questions and theories in this episode of feedback along with another installment of The Maester’s Corner!
The new Aegon is many things, but he’s not boring. Alicent has come into her own as the Head of State and Larys goes full psycho. Kavita Mudan Finn talks about childhood and education in medieval Europe. And Nessa is back to give her knee-jerk reaction of Harwin’s death.
Hello Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke! Make the 10 year jump with us into a Red Keep where there is a new batch of royal kids aka war-fodder. The Alicent and the Ser Crispy clique spells trouble as Rhaenyra (such a badass) wakes up to the dangers at court and takes a play from Daemon’s book. And did you watch the intro? Did you?? It’s different.
Should epic fantasy shows have required homework? Well, not homework exactly, but should you need to do research to understand what’s going on? Is TROP suffering from the kind of writing that is coming for straight-to-streaming? Are we sure that there was only ONE meteor? And get an impromptu Age of Sail lesson from A.Ron.