Episode 112: A CLASH OF KINGS, ARYA VIII: "The Second Wish" ft. Michal

Published: May 18, 2020, 11 a.m.

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through\xa0A\xa0Song\xa0of\xa0Ice\xa0and\xa0Fire\xa0one chapter a week!\n\xa0\nIn this episode, Tywin "the Lion Loser" Lannister marches from Harrenhal, and Arya whispers a second name to Jaqen H'ghar...only to regret it far too late.\n\xa0\nThis week, we:\xa0\n\xa0\n\n- Praise George's writing of an army in motion\n- Talk about the transitional, small-scale nature of the second of three wishes\n- Frame this chapter (laden with animal imagery) as the food chain, a hierarchy driven by hunger and pain\n- Discuss Arya's conflicted loyalties between identities and conceptions of justice\n- Dig into the conundrum Arya faces regarding whether Weese was a worthy target\nNext week: we return to Riverrun for Catelyn V, in which Brienne swears her sword to Catelyn, Edmure prepares to give battle to Tywin at the Fords, and Ned's bones pass on through.\xa0\n\xa0\n\nOur patreon:\xa0www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF\n\n\n\xa0\nOur twitter:\xa0twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF\n\n\n\xa0\nOur facebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/\n\n\n\xa0\nOur youtube page:\xa0www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG\u2026iew_as=subscriber\n\n\n\xa0\nEmmett's twitter:\xa0twitter.com/PoorQuentyn\n\n\n\xa0\nJeff's twitter:\xa0twitter.com/BryndenBFish