Well, well, well. Here we are today, taking a short break from our chapter by chapter format and doing a review of Zack Snyder's JUSTICE LEAGUE! And we're doing it with drinks in our hand. It's going to go great! Our patreon: https://patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com... Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish...
Mar 29, 2021•3 hr 46 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Theon keeps on being the worst person in the world, only for someone even worse to show up and break his face. This week, we: - Praise the intimate urgency of George's writing - Shake our heads as Theon miserably fails at leadership, yet again - Put Theon's actions into context with his backstory - Shudder as the Bastard of Bolton arrives to burn it...
Mar 22, 2021•2 hr 48 min•Ep 166•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Tywin and the Tyrells congratulate each other for arriving just in time to take credit for Tyrion's work, and Sansa gets out of her betrothal to Joffrey This week, we: - Dissect the visuals on display in the royal court - Roll our eyes at Tywin with his fancy armor and large pile of horseshit - Unpack the Tyrell entry into King's Landing politics - ...
Mar 15, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Ep 165•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Arya speeds through her internship with Roose Bolton before getting the hell out of Harrenhal with her little friends. This week, we: - Theorize about how COVID might impact WINDS - Talk about Arya and Harrenhal in the wake of liberation - Shudder at Roose Bolton all the while not being able to take our eyes off his "soft, pale, hairless body." - Un...
Mar 08, 2021•2 hr 50 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Dany and her followers leave Qarth, accompanied by a nice old man who saved her life and who is totally not Barristan.. This week, we: - Give Qarth one final bronx cheer on our way out. - Shed a single tear Qartheen-style as Xaro breaks up with Dany over text - Praise the immersive feel of the Qartheen docks and damn the character development of Dan...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep 163•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Sansa flees Cersei only to run into Sandor, and then Dontos. She just can't get away from drunk adults. This week, we: - Praise Sansa for keeping the room together after Cersei flees - Watch the colors explode outside on the Blackwater - Break down the influence of both horror and romance on Sandor - Discuss the arrival of "Renly's ghost" as reporte...
Feb 22, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Ep 162•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Tyrion charges headfirst into hell, and Sansa wishes she could join him just to get away from Cersei. This week, we: - Discuss what Shae does around these parts - Get into Maegor's Holdfast with Sansa and an increasingly drunk Cersei - Talk about how Cersei fails at the basics of queenship where Sansa succeeds - Analyze Tyrion's tactics on the ...
Feb 15, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Ep 161•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Jeff is away for work (he'll be back in the saddle on 2/8), so Emmett is joined by guest host Matt aka Joe Magician to talk about Final Fantasy Tactics! This week, we discuss: - Our relationship to the Final Fantasy series - The byzantine shell-game storyline of Tactics - The themes of power, corruption, and lies - The incredibly dense gameplay - How Tactics is...
Feb 01, 2021•2 hr 59 min•Ep 160•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Jeff is away for the month, so Emmett is joined by guest host Manu of Podcast Sans Frontieres to talk Metal Gear Solid! This week, we discuss: - Our relationship to the Metal Gear Solid series - The labyrinthine plot of the series - The major themes of the series - How those themes factor into gameplay - Why ASOIAF fans would love MGS Manu's twitter: https://tw...
Jan 25, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 159•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Jeff is away for the month, so Emmett is joined by guest host Merry of Learned Hands! This week, we discuss: - Merry's origin story with law and ASOIAF - Learned Hands, her excellent podcast with NotACast guest Clint W - Favorite legal scenes in fiction - How to think about storytelling as a moral speculative space - Jon Snow: what is his deal? Merry's website:...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, it's all Stannis' fault according to Tyrion anyways. This week, we: - Discuss Tyrion's parentage (again) - Observe with Tyrion the aftermath of the wildfire - Lay out the shape of the battle to come and Tyrion's mentality coming into it. - Look at Tyrion and admire his bravery, even while disparaging him for propping up the illegitimate and tyr...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep 157•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, everything explodes. This week, we: - Talk about how Davos' background informs his perspective - Explore the meaning of Stannis' fiery heart banner - Lay out George's "threefold revelation" buildup to the wildfire explosion - Praise the wonder and terror of the imagery - Analyze the fiery demon that emerges from the explosion Next week: Tyrion ...
Jan 04, 2021•2 hr 36 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast Hi everyone and happy holiday 2020! It's been a hell of a year. Hell. Anyways, today, we're journeying back to 2012 to talk about Game of Thrones' most beloved episode: Season Two, Episode Nine's "Blackwater." Journey back as we synopsize, analyze, nostalgia-ize(?) on this George RR Martin episode. Love you all. Thanks for a great 2020 See you in 2021! Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Ou...
Dec 28, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Ep 154•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, the Baratheon fleet sails up the Blackwater Rush to their inevitable victory. This week, we: - Praise the cinematic tension with which the chapter begins - Repeatedly and mercilessly dunk on High Captain Ser Imry Florent, who is the worst - Contrast Davos' dread for battle from his smuggler days with his sons' eagerness to prove themselves as y...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 155•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Sansa joins the singers in the sept (yay) and has to talk to multiple Lannisters (boo). This week, we: - Cheer ourselves hoarse at arriving at the Battle of the Blackwater - Watch Sansa dance her way through conversations with Tyrion and Joffrey - Praise the beautiful imagery and prose in the sept - Talk about Sansa's empathy, where she sets it...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep 153•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Theon Greyjoy is introduced to the idea that his actions have consequences. He … doesn’t take it well. This week, we: - Talk about all the dreams that Theon has, what the dreams mean and what prophetic dreams mean overall - Analyze Theon's growing paranoia, the murders that he's committing and his mindstate - Get deep into Asha and Theon's rela...
Dec 07, 2020•3 hr 40 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast that usually goes through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! But not here, oh no, not here. In this episode (previously available only to our $5+ patrons and now available for everyone), we take a deep dive into "The Forsaken," Aeron Damphair's released chapter from TWOW. If you like what you hear, check out our Patreon for many more bonus episodes and benefits! This week, we: - Frame Aeron's descent as both ...
Nov 30, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Ep 151•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Catelyn riddles in the dark with Gollum/Jaime and discovers the horrible truth behind the backstory. This week, we: - Talk about the rules of the game and how playing this game demonstrates the arrested development of these Robert's Rebellion-era characters - Gape at Jaime for his casual admissions of truth and how Jaime is denying Catelyn cath...
Nov 23, 2020•2 hr 57 min•Ep 150•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Catelyn deals with the apparent deaths of her younger sons by talking to a sympathetic friend: Jaime Lannister? Do I have that right…? This week, we: - Trace Catelyn's story from the explosion of colors at the start of ACOK to midnight at the end. - Marinate in Catelyn's grief over Bran and Rickon - Hold hands with Hoster Tully as Catelyn confe...
Nov 16, 2020•2 hr 48 min•Ep 149•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Tyrion faces his most frightening challenge yet: dinner with his big sister Cersei. This week, we: - Filter the news of Bran and Rickon's "deaths" through the Lannister dynamics - Take apart the Tyrion-Cersei relationship and how they race each other to the bottom - Run down the checklist of Lannister problems prior to the Battle of Blackwater ...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Jon Snow gets some practical education from Qhorin Halfhand and some … weird education from his brother Bran. This week, we: - Continue on the march through the Frostfangs and point out the Tolkien influence on these Jon chapters - Examine Qhorin Halfhand, his mentorship of Jon and why Jon has to learn and also reject Qhorin's teachings about t...
Nov 02, 2020•2 hr 38 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, everything is on fire and all Sansa wants is someone trustworthy to talk to, but instead she has Dontos, Sandor, and Cersei. Oh, and in case all that wasn’t enough, she just got her first period. This week, we: - Watch with Sansa as the smoke rises from Stannis burning the kingswood and Tyrion burning the suburbs of King's Landing - See how San...
Oct 26, 2020•2 hr 47 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Jon joins Qhorin Halfhand and his A-Team as they go after wildling spies...only for Jon to immediately get a crush on one. This week, we: - Contrast the competence of Qhorin & Co with what we've seen of the Night's Watch so far - Plunge into the new setting of the Frostfangs - Break down Jon's ethical crisis with Ygritte - Explore the layers of...
Oct 19, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Theon decides to make up for all his bad decisions with even worse ones. This week, we: - Wake Theon up from his power fantasies into his new nightmare - Watch as he unravels himself in front of the people of Winterfell - Break down the traps he faces from within and without on the manhunt - Praise Maester Luwin for trying to save as many lives...
Oct 12, 2020•2 hr 41 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Tyrion is working 28 hours a day, nine days a week just to get a warm welcome ready for Stannis. This week, we: - Talk about whether Tysha will return to the story - Do that war shit by talking about the clansmen's deployment into the kingswood. - Criticize Tyrion and the Lannisters for being a) bad b) bad politicians c) short-sightedly bad. - ...
Oct 05, 2020•2 hr 31 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Dany wanders through the House of the Undying and soaks in some visions of wonder and terror. This week, we: - Talk about the monster coming for Daenerys, mythology, the Others, Dany herself - Analyze how the warlocks and Undying are appeals to authority to keep Dany in the HoTU - Unpack and theorize on what the different visions means (treason...
Sep 28, 2020•2 hr 57 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Dany wanders through the House of the Undying and soaks in some visions of wonder and terror. This week, we: - Break down the act of looking and reading through Dany's eyes - Take note of how George weaves in Red Wedding foreshadowing - Dissect HOTU as a projected labyrinth of fantasies - Compare George's work to Nabokov and Kubrick - Lock eyes...
Sep 21, 2020•2 hr 46 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, Dany gets way too high. Stay in school, kids. This week, we: - Discuss how we see HOTU as metafiction - Put it in context with Qarth as a setting - Explore the visual presentation of HOTU - Go through Pyat Pree's absurd rules - Introduce shade-of-the-evening, GRRM's catch-all psychedelic drug Next week: Part 2 of our trip through the House of t...
Sep 14, 2020•2 hr 41 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, new guest Wolfman Zack returns to find out what happens after Arya gives Jaqen the final name. Oh, and the hero Roose Bolton shows up. No need for alarm, people! This week, we: - See how Jaqen the extraordinary has an ordinary plan - Explore how GRRM subverts an act of triumph by having the worst people live on - Examine Jaqen's face change and...
Sep 07, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! In this episode, new guest Wolfman Zack joins us to discuss Arya kicking off her prison break despite sooooo many warning signs. This week, we: - Contrast Arya's perspective with Hot Pie's - Praise George's careful setup work with the fake prisoners - Explore Harrenhal further as a spooky setting - Watch Arya and Gendry face off - Explore the media-savvy way Ar...
Aug 31, 2020•2 hr 48 min•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast 
