Mothers Day Going Medieval: Cat and Cersei

Posted: May 10, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Uncategorized
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I’m still on GoT blogging hiatus, but here’s a Game of Thrones Mother’s Day article I wrote for Dave and Holly of Comparative Geeks. (They’re the best, by the way.)

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Happy Mother’s Day to two mothers of kings: Catelyn Stark (née Tully) and Cersei Baratheon (née Lannister.)

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It would be relatively easy to compare these two powerfully political women by pointing out the similarities in Robb Stark and Joffrey Baratheon (and there are many) but this is a post about mothers, not sons.

The pair do share many similarities separate from whom their royal sons were.

  • Both were the eldest in their family, and both suffered the tragedy of their respective mothers dying during childbirth.
  • Both were married off as part of political alliances, and neither married the man they originally expected to.
  • Both of those marriages were initiated by Robert Baratheon’s rebellion (just one was at the start of the conflict, and one at the end.)
  • Both had to suffer the indignity of an acknowledged unfaithful husband. Ned Stark only claimed one illegitimate child, but he kept bastard Jon Snow close at…

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That Time I Got Spoiled About Game of Thrones

Posted: May 5, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TV
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This post will specifically be mentioning plot points for the third and fourth episodes of the fifth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. The reasons for talking plot points will be obvious. If you’re not caught up on the series, I recommend that you do so, since the show is great, and there’s no need to read my tale of woe.

(In fact, I won’t be dropping any future spoilers from the books, not of any book events that haven’t happened yet on the show, but I’ll be mentioning some differences which the spoilery-very-sensitive might not want to know… you know who you are, it’s your call to keep reading.)

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A few weeks ago, I posted an article talking about the screener leaks of the first four episodes of this season’s Game of Thrones. That post was only vaguely related to the show, I was focusing on how people viewing the illegal material were describing their activities in show-related terms.

As I mentioned in that post, while I was developing that article one of the Game of Thrones reporters I follow on Twitter announced that someone was spamming out details from the leaked episodes. And shortly after, I was the lucky recipient of one of those tweets.

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April 2015 #MicroStory Collection

Posted: May 1, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Flash Fiction, Writing
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It’s May, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of April.

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As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 129 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)

Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. April was pretty much no exception.

For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time.

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Game of Thrones Screener Leaks: Paying the Iron Price (or the Ironic Price)

Posted: April 21, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TV
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This post will be talking about Game of Thrones, and will be lightly referencing plot points from the first four seasons. That’s as spoilery as it will get, nothing that hasn’t been aired on the actual show.

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Look at this cable bill! You expect me to pay for this? The GOLD PRICE?

As season five of Game of Thrones approached, it was clear that it would be a controversial collection of episodes. Rumors of deviations, characters omitted from the season, non-canonical deaths, and the airing of scenes from the unpublished books fired up the fanbase.

Then the first four episodes of the new season were leaked and made available on torrent sites, days before the premiere on HBO. The Internet went crazy.

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Daredevil – An Old (and Influential) Friend in a New Series

Posted: April 12, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Martial Arts, TV
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Trust me when I say that some intense fighting is about to happen.

My wife and I just finished watching the second episode of Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix. Yay Netflix!

I’ll probably write something more in-depth and specific to the new series later on (after I’ve seen it all,) but I wanted to talk a little bit now about the handicapable hero.

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And Now My (Season Five) Watch Begins…

Posted: April 10, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Blogging, Game of Thrones, Writing
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Or it will in a few days, on Sunday April 12th. Season Five Game of Thrones!

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Watch it on a Giant TV!

Wanted to thank everyone who visited my blog and checked out my various Game of Thrones related posts.

I’m relieved that the season is about to start up, not only because I want to enjoy another ten hours of A Song of Ice and Fire adaptation, but I can ease off on writing about the show.

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Show of Hands; Hands Up, Hands Down

Posted: April 7, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TV
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This post will be dealing with plot points in Game of Thrones, you know, that awesome TV show on HBO. (Which is starting up again this weekend. FINALLY!)

Anyway, if you’re not caught up with the show, then

  • You smell.
  • This is your only spoiler warning.

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Four years ago (in “our” time, not TV time), Lord Eddard “while Cat’s away, Ned will play” Stark got some bad news. Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, had died.

It wasn’t revealed at the time, but the Hand of the King had been killed by a family member, who then quickly fled the capital.

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March 2015 #MicroStory Collection

Posted: April 1, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Flash Fiction, Writing
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It’s April, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all the MicroStories I’d tweeted during the month of March.

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As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed using no more than 129 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)

Usually, I only tweet Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. March was pretty much no exception.

For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the Twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time.

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Watching the Watchers that are Watching the Watchers on the Wall

Posted: March 31, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TV
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This post will be talking about plot points that have been revealed on HBO’s Game of Thrones, the excellent televised adaptation of George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series. So, this will be spoilery to some degree, so unless you’re up to date on the show or just love being spoiled, consider this your warning.

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One horn blast for Rangers returning. Two for Wildlings. Three for the Others. Four blasts for Spoilers!

Talking about spoilers is particularly relevant at this time, since recently the Game of Thrones showrunners Benioff and Weiss have announced that the next 3 seasons of the show (with the seventh season anticipated to be the last one) will be revealing things that have not yet been published. And there will be differences.

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i was an adult then: a guest post by pat sponaugle

Posted: March 24, 2015 by patricksponaugle in Uncategorized
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My friend over at Inertial Confinement solicited posts about songs relevant to the transition from youth to adulthood. I submitted a post, and it was accepted!

(Even if I wasn’t a guest poster, their blog is worth checking out, you. Yes you!)

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Hello, Awesome Readers!

Today I have a special treat for you. The one and only Pat Sponaugle of I Can’t Possibly Be Wrong All the Time will be taking the proverbial reins today, continuing the discussion of what it means to cross over into adulthood. His blog is a favorite of mine, centering around A Game of Thrones. Go for the in-depth analysis of the TV show and the books. Go for the talks of war strategy, economics, and in-depth defenses of each character. Stay for the hilarious picture captions.

 

And now, without further ado, I present to you: Patrick Sponaugle! *applause*

 

 

 

I WAS AN ADULT THEN

Recently, the engaging host of Inertial Confinement posted an article featuring the talented Sarah McLachlann and her song Wait.

That post was about the transition from childhood to adulthood and about the kind of emotional…

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