Episode 35: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD IX: "Tears in the Rain"

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 11 a.m.

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through\xa0A Song of Ice and Fire\xa0one chapter a week!\nToday, Emmett and Jeff\xa0unpack AGOT, Eddard IX\xa0in which Ned\u2019s melancholy musings on Robert and Lyanna while riding back from visiting a brothel are rudely interrupted by an attack by Jaime Lannister, which leaves Ned wounded and several of his men killed. \nThis week, we:\n-\xa0Talk about the brutal melancholy of the chapter and how GRRM tides the emotions and past experiences in and out.\n- Class structure as demonstrated by where Ned, Littlefinger and his men are in Chataya's brothel\n- Jaime, Ned and Littlefinger emoting through their confrontation on the streets of King's Landing\n- Why Janos Slynt getting killed is satisfying\n- Who tipped Jaime off about where to find Ned in King's Landing? (It's Littlefinger)\n\xa0\nNext week: AGOT, Daenerys IV!\n\xa0\nOur patreon:\xa0https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF\xa0\nOur twitter:\xa0https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF\xa0\nEmmett's tumblr:\xa0http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/\xa0\nEmmett's twitter:\xa0https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn\xa0\nJeff's twitter:\xa0https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish