A Storm of Swords - Chapter 44 - Jaime VI

[@Beepersona]

“I dreamed of you” ahhhh Jamie’s in love 🥰🥰

[@bridgetclancy6246]

The use of the echo effect in the dream sequence definitely helps emphasize how spooky it is 👍

[@bigscrap84]

That was great

[@bigscrap84]

Can't wait to hear the rest of the books. This guy is getting amazing at these

[@billybobnoname9908]

Nope

[@kingofpendragon]

“Her name is Brienne!!!”. Love this line.

[@comradestannis]

Same!

[@mocha5742]

gave me a huge smile

[@quinnlevy8996]

Just taking a moment to appreciate the incredible voices and how he can make them all distinct. When he said "Your place" at 16:14 I got very confused when he said "It was a hundred voices, a thousand," because I was thinking umm...no. That's Tywin. That was Tywin's voice. "The voices of all the Lannisters since Lann the Clever..." okay, I guess I can see it then. "But most of all, it was his father's voice" ahh there it is

[@mevrouwjoyce]

I love how you find ways to surprise me almost every chapter. If it's not the several accents and dialects you do, than it is because of a song you made up and singing whilst playing an instrument (in character!!), or because you use sound effects that seem to help with setting the vibe of the scene. I love the little and big things you put effort in. Please keep going

[@DavidReadsASoIaF]

Thank you so much! I plan to :)

[@madelinegarber7860]

Cool echo effect. I love Jamie going back for Brien. I always saw this as the beginning of his redemption arc.

[@Kasamira]

So he did. Amazing moment. This chapter only gets better!

[@dustirogers8281]

Ok. I listen to audio books ALL the time, and you, sir, are possibly the best I have ever heard. Is this something you did on your own? Because it is 10 times better than any voice actor on Amazon that I pay a fortune for. I'm just so mad that I just now found you and I could have had YOU for the first two books! But seriously, can we be best friends and you can just talk all day in my ear?? Man, I love your voice!! P.S. Your Qyburn sounds like a more sophisticated Stewie from Family Guy. Awesome!

[@DavidReadsASoIaF]

Thank you so much! This is entirely a self-produced hobby for me, and I'm so glad you're enjoying!

[@Luciana_McC_99]

Same I pay 22$ a month for audible premium plus whatever the most expensive plain is because I thought I would be able to listen to as much as I want but I got a credit for singing up and 2 each month, after that 35$ for 3 extra credits it's crazy it's like paying 20 bucks for Netflix but they only allow you to watch 2 movies a month. But yeah David is just as good if not better then many of the voice actors I heard reading on audible. I definitely prefer him over anyone else I heard reading ASOIAF. He truly does an amazing job and you can tell this was definitely a passion project for him.

[@kevinu9528]

The only audio book I can think off of the top of my head with one person doing a cast is the king killer chronicles narrated by nick podehl. Then world war Z but that was audiobook actually had a different person for each character including Mark hammil and Henry Rollins plus many others.

[@BloodyFoxDK]

For me there is no bad Jaime chapter,this may be the best. He could not let the bear to get Lady Brienne.

[@Romy-90]

"You want her? Go get her." *So he did*. ❤

[@deltanine1591]

talk about production value

[@ivanaandric5703]

Thank you for this sooo much ❤!

[@TheCbot88]

I wonder what’s gonna happen with the fretful Freys in future. Someone will inherit the twins. Roslyn Frey should be safe enough with Edmure. Olivar is a good dude too.

[@evilsimeon]

I think every male Frey will die.

[@TheCbot88]

@@evilsimeon nah. Olivar was Robb’s squire. He’s totally cool.

[@yossdne9755]

Petition for David to narrate fire and blood!

[@Seven_Leaf]

"Ahh good, I only rescue maidens."

[@Admiralmeriweather]

Qyburn is suuuch a creep. He literally has no scruples

[@comradestannis]

Same with Marwyn.

[@tinygayaliens]

I love this chapter. So much character development.

[@Luissv72]

Jaime really just deadass hit that bear with the fucking pocket-sand 😂🤣

[@guymann1660]

HBO was never worthy of how batshit insane these books are

[@comradestannis]

@@guymann1660 I love it.

[@kevinu9528]

*Shu Shu shaw*

[@GrantAlGaib]

“The wench would of told him to eat, to keep his strength up.” Idk why but I love that line

[@chazdoomy1512]

Jamie is still loyal to Cersei even though she’s out there cousin stuffing.

[@simoneriksson8329]

Jaime really love Cersei but Cersei only truely love her children

[@yonirais4699]

@@simoneriksson8329 only in the tv show. book Cersei only loves herself!

[@highgrounder2012]

@@yonirais4699 I mean she fought for them everytime they were made a tool for political purposes or their safety threatened by anyone In the show she ended up letting tomen die then showed no remorse for her actions or grief

[@maddyg2320]

@@yonirais4699...Wrong! Tv & Book Cersei loves her children more than herself. There's nothing she wouldn't do for them. Catelyn, on the other hand, doesn't love her children as a mother should as she wasted no time abandoning them & always made up all kinds of excuses when Robb would tell her to go home to her abandoned toddler & adolescent. Only tv Catelyn loves her kids, book Catelyn is selfish, conniving, cruel, dimwitted & the one responsible for the Stark's deaths & thousands of other deaths. Just sharing 👍

[@DominionSorcerer]

@@maddyg2320 that is probably the single most wrong characterisation of Cersei Lannister I have ever seen. TV Cersei might have loved her children, but book Cersei loves only herself. Her love for Jaime is only because of how much the two resemble each other, that is why she seduces Lancel; he's the Dollar store Jaime. Her love for her children only goes so far as them being extensions of herself, something she _made._ As individuals she couldn't care less for them. In the meanwhile, every descriptive term you used for TV Catelyn is a perfect description for Cersei. Everything she does fucks everything up to the point of where Vaerys fully intends to let her rule without interference by capable men so she will tear the realm apart.

[@kingofpendragon]

“Peel you like an orange”. Hahaha. The Boltons are by far the scariest villains in these books. Hahaha

[@Losbil6972]

''Jaime was anxious to be gone, to put Harrenhal, the Bloody Mummers, and Brienne of Tarth all behind him.'' I'll pay her bloody ransom. Gold, sapphires, whatever you want. Pull her out of there." "You want her? Go get her." So he did. Best Jaime chapter in this book?

[@methuselahh_]

i like the chapters when he's with the blackwoods learning about why the brackens suck

[@Ankylosaurus_mangiventris]

I fucking love Jaime so much, best character with Ned

[@kevinmyers440]

I never could listen to the regular audio for the books also I have a reading disability so I was really disappointed about not being able to know the books and its differences from the show. I’m speeding through now at a fast pace. You do a great job with the different voices. Thanks for putting these out, they’re appreciated.

[@iamsheel]

Without him, I would've never experienced the books.

[@little_hunt3r]

I remember reading all the books back in high school and these have been an excellent way to relive my experience with the books. A superb reading.

[@bensonfang1868]

23:50 I love the Dornish accent you gave to lewyn martell

[@lacym9278]

That dream sequence was some next level content. Thank you for sharing your vocal gift with us. I find your narration very engaging and relaxing.

[@heatherward5826]

Thank you for reading these books absolutely brilliant ❤️

[@DavidReadsASoIaF]

Thank you! And thanks again for listening!

[@flegmatika5758]

that dream gave me chills!

[@Admiralmeriweather]

“I dreamed of you”

[@Stitchpuppy01]

One of my favorite chapters and my favorite episode in the show!

[@benjiowen8433]

BEST CHAPTER EVER

[@arshadsaleem88]

YOUR PLACE! I Shivered, was not expecting that. Very well done

[@BobbyFlay14]

Probably my favourite dream in the books! Or Jon on top the wall in an armour of ice

[@ameliabrady4870]

I like that your aerys voice is so like viserys

[@ivanaandric5703]

Oh come on Jaime. We all knew you'll go back for her. You never should of left her in the first place

[@comradestannis]

Damn, Marwyn liked Qyburn's work? Seems he has no scruples as well.

[@swayback7375]

How do you figure? He’s literally a doctor in a world that ignores science… you think surgeons have scruples? They do cut up dead bodies to learn how to save living bodies, in fact in our modern world were actually having a shortage of “bodies for science” so doctors are sharing bodies in school and training, and there’s a fake body you can bug to cut up instead for $75k, it cost $10-$25k to “refurbish” it so that it can used again.

[@madelinegarber7860]

My heart kinda melted when he said her name is Brien.

[@Krushtykon]

Yo mate any chance of doing the rogue Prince in future or even blood and fire? :o

[@shawnbrooks5293]

My man really did Brianna dirty by giving her a new York cabbie accent

[@JanicePhillips]

LOL! You finally got his name right. Sir Anus was my favorite. I'mma miss him. haha

[@comradestannis]

Anus? lol

[@jammydodger5838]

Why does Brienne sound like a New Yorker 😂

[@jamiewedgeworth1300]

You put a lot of heart into this and I really appreciate that. Thank you!

[@spidercannibal]

the best chapter ever frfr

[@napoleon3026]

28:06 nice callback to the maester of mirri mazz durr, she also talked about this maester

[@ztadiaz8606]

Okay so can someone confirm, It feels like the king manipulated the tourney so he win and stay loyal to him.

[@fazediamond5671]

Yea

[@Afro1Pigeon]

Ser Anus Frey 🤣

[@shyamiyer5060]

"It was not him. It was never him." Does anybody know the meaning of this? Jaime comments on the weirwood stump after the dream and how it reminded him of winterfell and ned stark.

[@guymann1660]

I'm a bit puzzled by that too. Maybe he's reconsidering his guilt over Ned's judgment of him. Like there's more to it.

[@Reu8enofleon]

It’s him calling back to Ned Stark he thought he heard in the dream. He thought Ned was there to judge him again or attack him and he lies saying “I didn’t fear you alive, I don’t fear you dead.” So when he sees the weirwood tree when he’s not dreaming and is reminded of Ned that dream fear comes back a little and he has to calm himself.

[@evilsimeon]

The “him” Jamie refers to is Arys. Earlier, when being called “King Slayer “, Jamie repeatedly thinks, “Arys, it always comes back to Arys”. He used Arys intent to burn Kings Landing as justification for breaking his oath. In this moment, after dreaming of being harshly judged by his fellow Kings Guard and Ned, Jamie accepted their judgement, “It was not him. It was never him”. That acceptance is what spurs him to return to Herren Hall for Brienne. It sounds good anyway.

[@ivanaandric5703]

@@shyamiyer5060 "It was never you" refers to his realization (that came after the bath scene) that the "enemy" was never Ned Stark. It was not his judgment he feared. It was always his own guilt for choosing justice over honor that pleaged him. Even though he choose righ.. and it's made worste by the fact that nobody knows the truth hence all the insults he had to endure for 17 years.. but the worst thing is he disapointed everyone he looked up to and himself, all he belived and wanted to become as a young man. So he just completley gave up

[@empty4995]

5:22 The "MINE" took me off-guard 😅

[@davidthebacon1579]

What a dream to have on a mossy white tree stump

[@klickmasyu6717]

Love the chuckle at "Anus Frey" lol

[@comradestannis]

One of my favorite chapters! Thanks, David!

[@Dylion09]

All here for the extra effects. So much better than the show

[@mehlover]

I'm really like Jaime. I see how much guilt he's tormented by breaking his oath, even though it was the right choice. And I really like seeing him deal with his internal conflict via fever dream. Also love the creepy echo sound effect

[@loganneu5769]

The man King sounds like viserys when he was evil to dany

[@ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣΚΑΡΔΟΜΑΤΕΑΣ]

And the woman King?

[@tylerjohnston5845]

"Her name's Brienne"

[@hiswayservicesblog9288]

WHOA!!!!

[@AnarchoCatBoyEthan]

Jamie says in this chapter that the there is only doom under casterly rock, what if this is a reference to the whole lannisters causing the doom of valaryia thing? idk if anybody has picked up on that before.

[@hakimehamdouchi7468]

Her name is Brian

[@fadillangston9797]

*Brienne

[@lordvasuki4987]

dubiously

[@iamsheel]

This is one of the scenes that I think the show did better

[@comradestannis]

I disagree.

[@iamsheel]

Why Hightower doesn't have his southern accent when Tyrell still has his accent?

[@georgejosephk669]

Maybe because the hightowers are from the reach, who are a part of mainstream westerosi nobilitydescending from First Men and Andal Warlords. So, they have the same accent as most of the other westerosi. But, the dornish accent have been influenced by Rhoynar immigrants of Princess Nymeria. So, there is a Dornish accent for Lewyn Martell and for at least the rest of the Salty Dornish men, if not for the entire Dorne, but not any special accent for Hightowers

[@iamsheel]

@@georgejosephk669 I guess I meant the Tyrells. David read all the reach characters with southern accent.

[@TBSViral]

Jamie had the dream as he slept on Weirwood stump?