Episode 59: A GAME OF THRONES, CATELYN IX: "The Bridge Troll"

Published: April 22, 2019, 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!\nIn this episode, Catelyn secures passage across the Green Fork for Robb and his army by negotiating a marriage pact with Walder Frey, an irascible old ass who will thankfully never turn up in the story again.\xa0\nThis week, we:\n-Discuss how the Frey army is larger than it should be, along with other examples of early installment weirdness (weir-ness? We apologize for nothing)\n-Marvel at how well this chapter's comedic tone works in isolation...\n-...and at how that tone completely changes when you re-read it knowing about the Red Wedding\n-Dig into the connections and contrasts between the Frey brood and Craster's Keep\n-Debate whether Robb should've stuck to this marriage pact or just broken it with a more powerful family\nNext week: Kim Renfro, Insider writer and author of The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, joins us to discuss Jon VIII!\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