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!\nIn this episode,\xa0Sansa Stark begs the newly-crowned King Joffrey for mercy for her father Eddard, and\xa0Joffrey agrees! We love a happy ending here at the NotACast...\nThis week, we:\n-Wonder how Sansa would have fared as the Tyrells' hostage rather than the Lannisters'\n-Discuss Robert's controversial tapestries, both as metaphor and political tool\n-Say goodbye (for now) to Barristan Selmy--I'm sorry, "Arstan Whitebeard"\n-Dig into Barry's role in the Varys/Illyrio Conspiracy\n-Cheer on our courageous daughter, Sansa Stark, as she sticks her neck out to save her dad (her non-us dad, that is)\nNext week: Lauren aka Shakespeare of Thrones joins us to discuss Eddard XV, Ned's sorrowful final chapter down in the black cells.\xa0\nOur patreon:\xa0www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF\nOur twitter:\xa0twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF\nOur facebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/\nOur youtube page:\xa0www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG\u2026iew_as=subscriber\nEmmett's twitter:\xa0twitter.com/PoorQuentyn\nJeff's twitter:\xa0twitter.com/BryndenBFish