Game of Thrones Abridged #80: Jon I, ACOK

[@AltSchwiftX]

Thanks for listening, all! Random Article horoscopes: kzbin.info/aero/PLYCgj49Qo24JS8Mn3SNB9FxpIU-85cuPS

[@syraphian]

Holy shit 7 years since the 5th book? This is outrageous. Sure hope it doesn't take any longer than it already has!

[@treyrichards1244]

😭😭😭

[@jackhill3273]

@@treyrichards1244 yeah....🫠

[@travisboyd1968]

Nah it should be out any day now... 😅

[@LordPanela]

💀

[@canser4]

Aaaaaany daaaaaay...

[@Spoogebro]

You learn a lot about the alt shift cinematic universe’s lore in this episode

[@stevejackson3815]

I just love this contrast of delivery. It's actually comedy gold

[@brianmitchell9902]

I'm glad he streams this to keep us entertained while he works on the content I really subscribed for. Animorphs.

[@douglasstewart4790]

That's what all the later Jon chapters reminded me of, when the eagle was tracking them. Very Animorphs-esque.

[@duncangraham6219]

stream begins at 00:03

[@AltSchwiftX]

The hero we deserve

[@georgesoden]

Alt Schwift X ...but not the one we need right now

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

I feel like Renly is great at getting the support of the people. He is very charismatic and fun, although the show toned that down a bit, there he was more of a figurehead, almost a puppet of Margeary and Loras. Which is a shame, because I liked Renly in the books much more then in the show. Also Im still mad at how Loras and Renlys relationship was portrayed, i feel like in the books its much more subtle, but it feels like they were deeply in love, whereas in the show it seems much more physical. Robert was a cool dude in the beginning, and definitely a great warrior but just not meant to rule. He was a bad king and much too leniant I think. Stannis (the Mannis) is pretty cool in the books. I like his sense of justice, kind of like Ned Stark but less naive. He is pretty harsh but I think he might make a pretty good king. Better than Renly or Robert, and far better than Cercei or Joffrey But idk Im a Stannis stan so...

[@postpunk6947]

It's funny that fan favorites like Tyrion or Stannis they are not liked in the world they live in.

[@Eeb828]

So happy to see a Schwift stream Thank you for separating the Horoscope and Abridged podcasts!

[@kevinmoore4237]

I downloaded the whole GoT set and have just now finally gotten around to binge-listening - I'm on Sansa I and totally hooked - really great insights. Now of course, I'm going to catch up with you while you're still in early ACoK - then I'll be waiting for this like I'm waiting for TWoW. Drink faster!!!!!

[@eren__morwen5947]

Holy shit bro, im listening from the beginning and Alt has a breakdown over 7 years of wait 💀💀💀 bro it's 12 years now, George what are yo u doing to us

[@gathenhielm9977]

Just gonna have a few beers in the sun and enjoy this. Perfect Saturday afternoon.

[@JWHvidoes]

Buster Jostrand the goddamned best. Cheers mate.

[@JWHvidoes]

I need acok abridged like the moon needs poetry.

[@stephaniemorris1706]

ASteamyCupOfJosh so you’re indifferent but lots of people use your imagery?

[@TableTopNeverStop]

I’m glad these are still happening I’m still 2/3 through GoT but this is amazing and I would listen to you describe any book. You could be on here reading medical journals and I’d be ready to listen.

[@meemeekeykat9402]

yeah, can we get the dictionary abridged please?

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

Catelyn: ewww Jon Snow is a bastard. Robb and Arya: brother is brother.

[@beric_d]

One of the better episodes, this guy is the best

[@KlaraL-_-]

Thanks Alt, this was just wonderful :)

[@jaredbissenden6230]

Here I am watching this months later, and hear my name mid stream... then I look up at chat and see it is me... *mind blown*

[@hez859]

Samwell and Jon being 15 and 16 is wild but Henry V took an arrow to the face the same age Jon was lol

[@calikal1968]

Hello Sqwad! Missed it agin, but such nice feeling coming home a bit wasted, and listen to this!thanks Alt for this during your holidays!❤️

[@stephaniemorris1706]

Alex Kalix I just like saying hey because you’re not on the squwad Facebook so hey

[@calikal1968]

Stephanie Morris Hi Stephanie! Sorry for answering so late...I was away for a bit... thank you for saying hi 😍! I’m sorry i cant join the Squwad, but I have a deadly kind of allergy to Fb. Hugs!

[@hairlessoyster3689]

I’m gonna summarize the ass outta this chapter. Just you wait.... gonna go old school on these juicy sausage s

[@lux_inthe_dark]

Wombats cleft my mother in Twain is going to be my next dnd characters backstory

[@LordVividColours]

"*hums wombat stew agressively*" My sides

[@Ssatran]

I feel like F.P.M. doesn't so much raise more questions than it answers as it answers questions absolutely NO one was asking.

[@cowboyhank456]

It seems realistic and simple that Aemon could have considered the wall the place to be if he had knowledge of the dream of Azor Ahai, rather than risk being king and dieing sooner, considering his obsession with prophecies

[@kyleyjs]

i was surprised to hear it's only been 7 years but then i realized this came out 4 years ago hahaa

[@joshcoughx]

Jesus with a Jetpack!

[@tirzahgayla]

Looking at the Westeros map when I flip it round it kinda looks like England/Ireland/Scotland with Europe to the east. My imagination sees an elderly woman or Maggie the Frog with her neck right where The Neck is described in the books. With all the beheadings in the books I'm wondering if the war between the north and south ends up chopping off her head to finally separate the frozen north from the south to give each side their respective places to live.

[@stephaniemorris1706]

Oyster dumped the summary in the group chat and he better comment it soon because it’s a thing of beauty. FUCK YES BOOK CLUB PLEASE Say hey to Marten C for us

[@jessicahiggins3511]

The comment on the time between books is only more painful in 2023

[@EvelynDayless]

Pragmatism isn't someone who doesn't like fiction fyi. It's someone that puts theory into practice.

[@tirzahgayla]

Great commentary starting after your wombat hunt from minute 43 to 53. Definitely sat me down hard. You and Juanito and team should stop making me reevaluate my life, don't need more mid-life crisis sheesh my poor noggin. Kings not worth POVs by GRRM is next level - need some ointment for that burn

[@thedelacruz]

2 years is crazy!

[@hez859]

I think it's unfair to assume Jon isn't attractive. If he looks like Lyanna who presumably had a long face then no reason why he can't also be nice looking. Arya who also has a long face is described as pretty as well

[@w0ttheh3ll]

Did Tyrion visit Castle Black's library? I don't think so, but why not? Seems like a shame. Did the watch not tell him about its existence? Had George Martin not thought of its existence at that point?

[@NostalgiaChubby]

awww...missed the live stream...

[@Seelenverheizer]

prophetic how swifty rants about loss of data in the internet and now we live in a world where 2/3 off pornhub was purged in the big purge of 2021. ITs like the library cought fire.

[@coletrain3162]

Most of the leading men are way too handsome based on their book versions. There are some fugly protagonists in the books particularly after Tyrion gets half of his face cut off.

[@thatonekid6677]

yeah even arya is describe as being ungainly and kinda weird looking. to be fair, she is a little girl, and most kids look kinda weird

[@Bioguy5]

"Jeor strokes the raven without his eyes leaving Jon Snow." So it was said in Uni that pronouns stick to the previous noun. So in this case, it would be the raven looking at Jon. But I think that's stupid. In our modern vernacular, pronouns typically stick to the subject of the sentence. So it would be Jeor looking at Jon. And I think that would be more interesting too cus it infers that Jeor knows something or is thinking something that we, the audience, aren't aware of. I doubt that Jeor is aware of R + L = J, but maybe he's thinking of Jon being heir to the North, after Rob. Maybe he's thinking that Jon's a mirror of Aemon--a man of royal blood sworn instead to the Night's Watch.

[@oberstul1941]

DId he skip the Arya II chapter? No, he forgot to add it in his playlist.

[@william.mariner4230]

Sorry I missed the stream :(

[@DS-es2jt]

Where have you been? :(((((((

[@meemeekeykat9402]

miss you schwift! thanks for the livestreams

[@neymow2242]

I'm looking forward to arya 8 acok (abridged)

[@vanshpersie07]

a decade now

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

I am the rightful queen 👸 of the seven kingdoms. 🔥🐉🐉🐲🔥

[@joeyeardley4002]

Huh so Jon and Stannis both burned their hands

[@deffientllynotjalenbutler1736]

Jono the mono

[@hairlessoyster3689]

Fuckin’ hell. I missed it.

[@margaritaquiroga8712]

Can you take away the publicity after some time? I listen to you to fall sleep (because of you beautiful voice) but the publicity comes and it's some decibels louder and that doesn't work...

[@yetipotato8567]

Stannis the mantis is the best kimg

[@skullshapedbox]

I missed it 😔

[@RadMad789]

Late squad, as usual...

[@KlaraL-_-]

Who the fuck disliked this??????????????????????????????

[@shoresofpatmos]

I like A cok.

[@micaelagonzalez71]

Why have these gotten so long? I love them but I really don't have the time :'(

[@larperdixon723]

pork sausage fingers

[@kevinmoore4237]

Hey ASX: I'm loving these and desperately waiting for more-especially waiting for Books 4 & 5 and the sample chapters, but one rather big bone to pick--in GoT: Bran VI and elsewhere, you seem to take it as established fact that Bran, through proactive time travel, messed with Hodor's brain. This is of course not proven at all in the books, but I think this is also not true in the show - just incompetent and clumsy writing creating a false impression. Hodor, like Jojen, had green dreams and saw "the day that he dies". That was why he went nuts and was rendered only able to say Hodor. Jojen dutifully played out his destiny, assisting Bran and accepting his known future demise. Hodor couldn't handle it and went wacko. Period. There is some magic or unexplained science in this fantasy that allows people to see the future and past and to communicate telepathically in the present. But nobody can go back in time and change an event which in turn alters the present/future. You're presenting it as if it's settled law that Bran can and in fact has done this. You caveat R+L=J, but you present this without qualification. Bran hasn't done this in the books and I don't think he did in the show - and him doing so would utterly ruin the whole saga.

[@coletrain3162]

Most of the leading men are way too handsome based on their book versions. There are some fugly protagonists in the books particularly after Tyrion gets half of his face cut off.

[@hez859]

Jon is never described as ugly though. Lyanna presumably had a long face and she's described as beautiful. There's a good chance Jon is actually low key hamdsome