Jul 23, 2008
Episode 12: Flash Slash
Episode 12 for the week of July 20th, in which we answer listener questions and address listener topic ideas. Also, Chris reveals his inexperience with the world of fanfiction and says some racist things.
For those of you who want to fill our 7th host spot, make sure you send your audio entry to us via email by Sunday night!
23 Comments, Comment or Ping
wormlips
chris your lack of ice and fire lore is disheartening!!! Jaime was urinating and crapping all over the place, being strapped to a donkey and mocked. Brienne was his only support!!!
Oh and I am totally a loner, withdrawn from the outside world, depressed and neurotic. Must be why I am such a Sandor fan!!!
jokes aside, good fun all around and thanks to everyone for another insightful episode.
Jul 24th, 2008
wormlips
Yeah and the dragon riding thing just makes it another cheesy fantasy series. Never ending story kinda rip off…
Ash 2’s idea is sensible. 3 dragons for 3 people makes me want to puke! The others are like a mysterious horror factor (kinda like the X-files). That is the beauty of the series. Everything seems to be normal and all medieval, but there is this creepy other world factor a.k.a weirwood trees, children of the forest, midget old lady fortune teller, the others and their zombie minions etc
dragons and magic stink!!!
Jul 24th, 2008
Rick
hey cheers, thanks for playin my audio clip again really wish I’d recorded on a proper mike rather than my phone. Anyways mimi the reason I sound ‘dreamy’ I recorded it in work were I’m usually sedated with one drug or another. I’m really glad u all want me makes me feel happy inside 🙂
Jul 24th, 2008
Mimi
haha, i hope you know i meant “dreamy” as in “hot as hell.” there’s just something about an accent in a man. the ashleys will back me up on this.
ps – sorry about the whole podcast hitting on you.
Jul 24th, 2008
Rick
No don’t worry I have Podcast hosts hitting on me all the time 🙂
Strange that I hate my own voice and like your ‘accents’.
Anyway thanks for an enjoyable day in work, you guys made that possible!
Jul 25th, 2008
Chris
Yeah Rick you a dreamy.
Jul 25th, 2008
split_negative
Totally agree with the dragon rider issue. Every time I read someone bring up Dany, Jon, and Tyrion riding on dragons to bring about some sort of childish revenge dream, I get turned off even more. I’m praying GRRM will keep the books more in the realm of realism and less in the realm of Power Rangers. I would rather see Dany achieve victory and conquest through her own toughness, determination, and intelligence rather than through the help of flying lizards, little persons, or teenage boys who may or may not be related to her.
Jul 26th, 2008
aaron
I think the one saving grace is that the Dragons really aren’t that huge… I’m (finally) rereading Game of Thrones, and Tyrion was saying how the second largest skull could swallow a horse, and the biggest an Aurochs. A single horse, in the context of really big things, isn’t that big. I have no idea how fast Martin’s dragons age and grow, but if thats about the biggest they get, then they are probably only about as large as school bus or thereabouts.
When you’ve got battallions of archers, firing hundreds of arrows, they don’t quite seem to be as big of an X factor, and as long as Martin doesn’t give them super invincible DRAGON SCALES OF AWESOMENESS +10 AC.
Jul 26th, 2008
Chase
Well, I sent in an app a couple days ago but I didn’t listen to this episode until just now. There are probably more things I could have said in the voice clip.
Great episode though, the slash thing had me rolling.
Jul 27th, 2008
aaron
LEMON CAKES ARE PEOPLE!!!!!
LEMON CAKES ARE PEOPLE!!!!!
LEMON CAKES ARE PEEEEOOOOOPPPPLLLEEEEEE!!!!!!
Jul 28th, 2008
lina
Hilarious episode! I’ve got a few remarks:
1. Tansy is an ingredient in Moon Tea, which is an abortifacient. I went back and forth with Ran about this for a while until he finally proved me wrong, as seen at this post.
2. Mimi, I am all over your Jeyne/Roslin switch theory! I never noticed before that the descriptions are the same and you are totally right on. Not all of the Freys were really gung-ho about the Red Wedding, and I agree that they could easily betray the Lannisters. If they sent Jeyne to Casterly Rock with Edmure, and claimed that the baby was his and not Robb’s, it would be safe until they decided to make their move.
3. I also heard “Flash Gordon” as “slash porn” that one time. Just saying.
Jul 28th, 2008
oxmix
Here’s another idea for a show: Names.
Some examples for discussion:
Lightbringer is English for Lucifer
Arya means stranger
Lanister and Stark sound like Lancaster and York (As in, “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York”)
Rhaegar Targaryen sounds alot like Uther Pendragon (who had the same coat of arms and the same bride snatching problem)
Marwyn sounds alot like Merlin
Bran is Welsh for crow
Jul 28th, 2008
JOHN91043353
Oh yay names, that is a great idea for a show.
Stark is Swedish for Strong.
Frey is the God of fertillity in Norse mythology.
Sandor is a Hungarian version of the name Alexander which means defender.
Florian means flower and Jonquil is a kind of Narcissus. Florian and Jonquil is Loras and Renly.
Jul 28th, 2008
Aaron
Finished up my reread on game of thrones yay. Impressions:
1) I hate Sansa more than I did before
2) Eddard was a retard. Wow. He had the Lannisters in checkmate, and three frickin people told him they had his back. You dumbass. Oh boo hoo your honor would have been tainted for a whole month or so while the crap with the incest kids and Bran’s attempted murder got out in the open. WAY TO FUCK IT UP.
Jul 29th, 2008
oxmix
OK, here’s another topic:
What. . . is with. . . all . . . the ellipses?
There is at least one on practically every page. WTF? If sombody knows this Martin guy, tell him to take out all the ellipses. His editor should have told him a long time ago.
I’m sure this topic would fill an hour show and bring in lots of new fans for the podcast. Or maybe not.
Jul 30th, 2008
ellie
I’m pretty impressed with oxmix and john##### and what they dug up so far on names. i know martin really packs that shit in there, but i had no idea about a lot of those name references. i think it would be really great to dig through all of them.
Aug 4th, 2008
Anonymous
“When you’ve got battallions of archers, firing hundreds of arrows, they don’t quite seem to be as big of an X factor, and as long as Martin doesn’t give them super invincible DRAGON SCALES OF AWESOMENESS +10 AC.”
LOL… I found that shit in World of Warcraft!! But boars still killed me =(
-Josh
Aug 4th, 2008
Anonymous
You could make an episode where everyone picks a character (not the one you like most or least) and you talk about them.
And I’d really like to hear more about minor houses.
Thanks for doing this podcast, I can’t wait for the next episode.
Greets from Germany!
Aug 4th, 2008
Nicholas Galvin
Liking the podcasts so far, keeping me occupied until the 5th book comes out. I did a mini-review of ASOIAF on my blog here if you’re interested in checking out:
http://godbows.blogspot.com
Aug 8th, 2008
oxmix
I would like to be on your podcast, but I am a deaf mute. Is this a problem?
On the bright side, I type with an Irish accent. Begora.
Aug 12th, 2008
jude
This one was hilarious, albeit very random indeed. I really felt compelled to jump in, if that were possible, to your discussion re: Jaime and his change of heart post-stump. He’s one of my favorite characters, and I think that he absolutely changed – he was forced to deal with matters in a different way than he was used to, and had to completely re-examine his life after he realized he could no longer fight.
And yeah, Brienne totally helped it out a lot when he was injured…there were multiple times that he passed out/got feverish and she was the one who was always dressing his wound and feeding him/bathing him. She did much more than he deserved, I thought, considering how rude he was to her beforehand. I still love him, though lol.
And Chris, wow…thanks for the laugh. “Slash fiction is the killing of characters.” I also love how, on a podcast for a fantasy book series, you claim to be proud of not be nerdy enough to know what slash is. Amazing. Oh! And you guys are awesome for playing the Flash Gordon theme song!
Oct 14th, 2008
Amy
Mimi – you are a genius! I’m convinced that the girl wasn’t really Jeyne, but I never considered who it might be. Your way makes sense. House Frey might not be willing to betray the Lannisters, but it’s made quite clear Rosalie wasn’t happy about the RW. I’m sure she could be convinced.
Great show. Funny, funny stuff…
Oct 27th, 2008
Amy
Did I call her Rosalie? I did – of course – mean Roslin.
Oct 27th, 2008
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