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Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

Episode 50: A GAME OF THRONES, ARYA IV, "Because That's What Heroes Do"

Not A Podcast ASOIAF Re-Read Podcast

NotACast

Arts, Books, Arts:books

4.8755 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

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 analyze Emmett's 2nd favorite ASOIAF chapter: AGOT, Arya IV: Syrio's last stand. This week, we: - Talk about why Septa Mordane remains the worst - Syrio's heroic last stand and what it means for the reader and Arya - Arya goes back into the tunnels - Some House with the Red Door clues in this chapter - The surprise, "true" identity of Syrio Forel. And is he dead? (yes) - The reason why Ned didn't reveal the truth about Cersei's children at court! If you all want to watch this episode and an ADDITIONAL 40 minutes of content where Emmett and Jeff took questions and bullshitted with everyone, check out our first-ever youtube livestream for this episode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35F2JB6LXpE  Next Week: AGOT, Sansa IV!  Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/ Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber Emmett's tumblr: poorquentyn.tumblr.com/ Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the NataCast podcast, the one true chapter by chapter podcast going through a song of ice and fire one chapter.

0:29.3

I'm what of your host, Jeff, better post, Greenfish.

0:32.0

Hey, and I'm your other host Emmett, but I'm known as poor Clinton.

0:35.1

And welcome to our 50.

0:36.8

Motherfucker, we have 50 episodes of the podcast entitled because that's what heroes do.

0:42.5

An analysis of a Game of Thrones Aria 4 in which poor Aria Stark has to run for her life.

0:47.8

But not before seeing her mentor, Cyril, go down like the badass that he is.

0:52.3

And man, is he ever the badass in this chapter?

0:55.3

Even more so than usual. Yeah, I've been hyping up this chapter for quite some time.

0:58.8

It's a favorite of mine. So I'm glad you all can be here to witness me blubber over it.

1:03.9

Oh my gosh. It's going to be such a fantastic chapter. Like I've been looking for this chapter for

1:08.3

months now. Like I remember last week you were talking about how

1:11.8

Edard 14 was the chapter that I was really excited about getting to, but ARIA 4 is a very close

1:16.5

second in terms of chapters when we started this podcast that I was very, very excited to get into

1:20.9

because this chapter is phenomenal. As we're going to talk about here. Edard 14 is the big one in terms

1:25.9

of plot, but Ariya 4 in character terms, I think, is the big climax. Yeah. Oh, man. It's going to talk about here. Edward 14 is the big one in terms of plot, but already four in character terms, I think,

1:28.5

is the big climax, yeah.

1:29.5

Oh, man.

1:30.1

It's going to be so great narrating all of Cyril Farrell's lines in this chapter.

1:33.0

I can't wait.

1:33.9

Every single one.

1:35.1

Every goddamn line of his.

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