In George R.R. Martin’s perverted modern “fantasy,” you must kill the baby. Unfortunately, that was often how things went in medieval times. It was also how the communists dealt with the Romanov family less than a year after they took over Russia in 1917. But what does it mean when it is depicted by a […]
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published on the Cinematic Katzenjammer in May 2019. The Core of Ice and Fire What is Game of Thrones? You can describe it in hundreds of ways. The term itself invites worlds of thought and myriads of emotion. It’s Tolkien for adults, The Sopranos with dragons and undead, allegorical […]
I am the very model of a dragon king Targaryen. I’ve studied all the families from Mallister Jon Arryn. I’ve mastered all the magics from the fire to the facelessness, And yet I’m not so sure about that shadow-casting red priestess. I ride on dragons, reign down fire, and roar like a barbarian. I am […]
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