Game of Thrones Abridged #71: Jon IX, AGOT

[@tracyranger]

A cinch on a horses saddle is the main strap that holds the saddle onto the horse 🐴 and the noise the horse makes is their little complaint against the tightening of that strap 🐴

[@AnorhiDemarche]

Horses will often puff out their stomach in an attempt to make the strap stay loose, so you've gotta really go for it at the right time or your saddle will slip and you'll fall off like an idiot.

[@suzannesinclair2165]

In English we call it the girth.

[@smashedavo6949]

You have no idea how much I needed this right now. Thank you Alt, much love as always!

[@needycatproductions6830]

Right of the bat: Time is like Frogger. Genius and way too fitting of a comparison. I love you, Mr Alt.

[@rikkeholmberg]

Yes! I was on the edge of going to try out my gravity defying goat theory.

[@DerFrischkopf]

I'm intrigued. Tell me more

[@ManBearPig1324]

One of the few channels I never skip the ads for. Keep this series up, man

[@shieraseastar9300]

Poor emo Jon, ghosted by Ghost, miserable, pubescent and sexless....At least he's got good friends and beer for breaky! But hot damn, I've missed you!!! Marry me, evil twin of Alt Shift X!!!!! :) :D

[@jillc9727]

I'm at work, damn it! Guess I'll have to listen to this later. #schwiftysquwad

[@ritapramos]

Loved the animal subplot! oooh the possibilities ...

[@Hoochinaikwa]

I missed you. ❤️

[@benjaminf8526]

Im so happy whenever a new episode comes out. It would be awesome if you would upload them as a podcast to somewhere that podcasts go, as that is pretty much what you are producing.

[@AudrenDev]

Late to the party, but the lemon in the beer is essential to fight back scurvy.

[@ZorgNothing]

I love me some lemon in beer, it's great

[@liviavalverde1599]

We missed you, Schwifty!!

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Knitted Kraken we did

[@55bueller]

Wellity wellity wellity it's about time friendo!

[@FaeryQuiene]

So happy you're back! #schwiftislife

[@tobes1010]

Thats the waaaayyy the news goes!

[@Etalmyna]

Oh the wait is over! Yeahhhh!!!

[@CharlieZeltzer]

So glad you're back!

[@adriansuarez9523]

Just finish the goddamn book already and start a clash of kings!!! I need more schwift in my life

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Adrian Suarez congrats!

[@RadMad789]

Glad your back.

[@Ghostthegolden]

I missed these!!!!!

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Amy Bennett we all did Amy. Yaaay!

[@HelciusCabral]

Missed ya alt!

[@tracyranger]

Oh yeah, you're back! Missed you So Much!!! Thank you thank you thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@tracyranger]

I just got off work so I get to listen to you all the way home 🏡 ❤️

[@hairlessoyster3689]

It’s a beautiful thing

[@derrickwatson4597]

"The primary import if Molestown...." . Damn I missed U, welcome back

[@askrrt6666]

Re watching old stuff before bed ....started this series about this time last year, wish you would do book 2 man. I know they only get longer and more complex but everyone did book one last year and no one did 2+...commit man we will all watch and I'm sure you could even patreon or live stream to make some extra cash. Hope you see someday or more fans see and agree and help push

[@frankie9772]

Also , since gray wolves are adapted to chase prey over long distances, they have lots of adaptations to increase their stamina in order to hunt for many hours, so Ghost is probably doing okay with chasing Jon.

[@frankie9772]

Ghost’s arc: keeping up with the Targaryen

[@KlaraL-_-]

Yes, that was great! :) I would be interested to read the meta story of all the animals...

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Hell yeah !

[@Jesse-fd5bv]

Jekse reporting in from Bangladesh!

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

I was born to rule the seven kingdoms and I will 💥🔥🔥🐉🐲🐉🔥🔥💥

[@Fridgeboy87]

Thanks for the vid!!

[@s.z8223]

HES BACK

[@hairlessoyster3689]

sharon thanks the old gods and those new cunts too.

[@randombencounter263]

what up schwifties

[@55bueller]

Ben Kielar Hi Ben!

[@hairlessoyster3689]

What’s up Schwifter

[@VIktoriusviking]

#SCHWIFTYSQUWAD!!!

[@alicep1096]

Hey Schwifty, will you carry on to the next book right away or wait till next year?

[@TuyenNguyen-gm2et]

For the squwad

[@adriansuarez9523]

Have you ever seen hairless oyster and alt in the same room? Alt is hairless oyster confirmed

[@Jesse-fd5bv]

Will you do the other ASoIaF books after you finish AGOT?

[@ernesttokes527]

#Opossumfart(bark)

[@SRICU]

I don't know if you even talk with them but I need a podcast with you, preston Jacobs and Carmine from RedTeamReview

[@ernesttokes527]

#schwiftysquwad!

[@thunderclap7154]

Mr X could you alternate the Harry Potter references with Jungle book occasionally.

[@deffientllynotjalenbutler1736]

I’m smoking on internal struggle pack

[@hairlessoyster3689]

#schwiftysquwad

[@NostalgiaChubby]

alright, alright, alright

[@Marxyon]

Bruh the Neville part was in philosophers stone

[@Waakala]

maybe it is true that when a dog barks is just because a possum farted, but what does the fart means?

[@DagothDaddy]

Man I would love to hear you do abridged versions of like HP lovecraft or the Witcher series

[@sdrawkcab190]

you coming back? :(

[@brianmack2945]

YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!

[@btarczy5067]

Religion in GoT is a bit odd. Would a somewhat detached and allegorical religion akin to the Catholic church even exist in a world filled with magic? The Fire God and the old gods make miracles happen on the regular and here is this Faith of the Seven with its neat little stories. Arguably the Faith helps people get through the day more than some malevolent trees or sitting by a bonfire all night before the invention of acoustic guitars so it‘s ironically more practical for those who aren‘t magicians so there’s that. Another mildly interesting point: Where do the Crows get the money to pay for Buried Treasure? Do they have a fund for extracurricular activities or do they pay the prostitutes with stolen shit from Three-Finger‘s kitchen? I assume that the Watch doesn‘t pay wages so I am quite confounded.

[@Rebk_TineoG]

This is real! 😮😄😍

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Rebequitalindaybella as real as life can be

[@lucasadam65]

Wheres alt shift

[@paragoncumulus6636]

Oh no panic!!!! I have caught up. Where's the rest? What the hell am I going to listen to while making dinner and doing the boring-arse dishes????????

[@alexlynch8179]

I was just reading again the part when Tyrion is being imprisoned at the Erie and yet he is still threatening them with house Lannister invading them, the little guy's got neck, that's for sure. Check out this youtube series too, the coolest kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWwnYGZac-NhtE

[@Aamarubb]

OOH WEE

[@DawidKov]

I wouldn't say that the characters are atheistic, but the gods are not very talkative. The old gods, as you said, are not a church. The Seven or the Drowned God don't talk - their priests do, just like in real life. People get guidance from preachers, not from the God directly. Only R'hllor seems to talk, and even then, indirectly, often vaguely. And in real life, there are no credible examples of any higher power influencing people. So, GRRM recognizes that religion is made up of people, and the things people wrote. Whether or not written because of a real god of a fictional one, they are the words of humans, so they're only as credible as humans go in ways of spirituality. Humans can help and influence each other in the name of god, or as "representatives". The characters get as much guidance from religion as many people in the real world do - just not from the gods themselves.