Episode 30: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD VII: "Asking Questions"
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Show Notes
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!
Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Eddard VII in which in which the Hand’s Tourney comes to a bloody close and the titular Hand has some very revealing conversations with King Robert and Varys the Spider.
This week, we:
- Answer a question about the convenience of Ned figuring out that Jaime was the father of Cersei's children
- Discuss Ser Hugh's life and death as representative of chivalry and knightly virtue
- Robert Baratheon's hatred for rule and the crown vs his love for winning and fighting for the crown
- The end of the Hand's Tourney and what Gregor represents
- Varys and his spiderwebs
- Foreshadowing Ned and Robert's death
- Who killed Ser Hugh of the Vale
Next week: AGOT, Tyrion IV!
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