The Hedge Knight read-through Part 1 - Dunk & Egg

[@writingteacher]

I realize this video is from quite a few months ago, but I’ve been listening to and watching so many of your videos and this is the first time I realized how much Cleo has the coloring of a weirwood tree! You’ve got me rereading ASOIAF -I’m noticing all the little mythological gems you’ve been talking about and all the foreshadowing. It’s making my reading even more enjoyable. I had a three hour conversation with my son the other day about the books and characters and all the references I’ve learned through your channel.

[@treacheroustiger5571]

44:20 as a carpenter I can tell you that turned wood is an object carved from a whole log. Its called turned because the log is rotated while chiselled into a shape. So, if the lance is 8-9 foot tall it was made from an entire tree trunk. Such a large would object, made with old techniques of that period, would have needed master craftmen labouring for months or years.

[@Andrew93752]

Around 1:12:00 Dunk throws a copper (star?) down between Egg’s feet. Then as he leaves the shadows grow (by the shadow) as he reaches Ashford (Ashaii). Seems like a reenactment of Azor Ahai pulling down a meteor to corrupt the land by his capitol city. May be more in the language.

[@LarisaBayaMomo]

This was such a fun live. I walked my dogs, cleaned house and did my workout whilst listening to it. Love these long lives. Goose made my day with the touch downnnn 😄🥰 Tim chin up and feel better 😊

[@DavidLightbringer]

right on! and yes, it’s a touchdown lol

[@maatthecat3966]

That was soooo good. You 2 are such a great team!!!

[@garthgreenlung420]

Really love the chemistry between David and Tim, they have fun and it makes us have fun with them 🎉

[@Duney231]

I love listening to this to go to sleep. Its so relaxing and fun

[@lowercaseT1110]

"I said I wasn't going to get lost in the symbolism, I lied, y'all shoulda known that." My dude, that is why we are here. Bit late to this read through but the discussion is top tier, keep up the great work guys.

[@sandsvendor]

Keep coming back to these read throughs of Dunk and Egg. Would love if you did it with the mainline series with Tim chapter by chapter and breaking it down and analyzing every spot of symbolism and themes

[@JJJ854]

LML: “There’s where we’ll stop. It’s been just about four hours.” Me: “Only four hours?”

[@fox2569]

“He was still able to hold the realm together.” Not to besmirch Aegon III’s name but due to PTSD and depression, he delegated governing the realm mainly to his brother, Viserys sooo...the latter should take most of the credit

[@leslieshE]

Don't feel bad for going far in your analysis and metaphors, irl we rarely get to geek about the stuff we love and you guys have your own plateform to do just this so enjoy ! 😂❤

[@Emwills]

Tim makes good point about usefulness of Egg’s perspective seeing clearly the motivations and personalities of high born characters since he was raised at court.

[@alyswesthill3562]

I adore the structure of your streams. Please never stop doing adhd tangents!

[@ramixaleandros5893]

Great stream, loved you and Tim doing the voices and talking about the foreshadowing and symbols. Really love the humor in this so can't wait for next week

[@spartan1337la]

the back and forth banter between david and tim is tip top stuff man. love it.

[@MJX21414]

Rewatching this after the casting news broke crazy it’s been a year!!

[@rachelnicole4679]

Love this live! Not sure if someone’s said it yet but with Tanselle she’s a dornish woman puppeteering a dragon which is symbolic of the ongoing criticism of Daeron the good’s rule- that the Dornish have too much power over him

[@iateabagelonce]

Such a great stream! This really adds to the feeling that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms felt more fairytale-like than most of the main series to me, even though Dunk & Egg gets pretty dark sometimes. I love these stories so much.

[@Varatil]

Had to pull over to the side of the interstate to leave this comment: Pennytree between the hills also echoes Dany's three eggs. BlackRed ash & fire world on one side, WhiteGold ice world on the other. In the middle is GreenBronze, like the copper of the pennies.

[@Goldenhanded]

There’s a severe lack of Dunk and Egg content out there.. this video is truly a treasure! I’ll probably end up watching it way too many times 😅

[@greygreensentinel]

Finally read the hedge knight and now I can enjoy these readthroughs ❤️‍🔥

[@casey9439]

Jonquils are winter flowers. They pushed up through the light snow here on the first of January to bloom. They are one of the three winter blooms of Japan.

[@JsHolgersson]

Cozy stream! Thank you good Sers for yet another awesome evening!

[@jonhauge-evaldsson783]

"The trees were bright with moonlight and the sky was cloudless and speckled with stars." Dunk doesn't turn around but he can feel the stable boy watching him. The next paragraph beginns "The shadows grew longer...". So there are white moon trees, stars and Dunk feel watched, and there are shadows. It sounds like Other's are watching with there star eyes.

[@DavidLightbringer]

they're always watching through the ice-spy door

[@jonhauge-evaldsson783]

@@DavidLightbringer It was the right after you said "Don't miss any symbolism, now!".

[@sanctuary6689]

“Nissa Nissa, bear your breasts and know that I love you most…” 43:54 turned wood just means it was carved from a larger piece of wood. A turned ash wood staff means the staff is made from the center part of a branch or trunk of ash. 1:14:14 words are magic, that’s why it’s called spelling! One of my therapists told me that to summarize our discussion over the power of self talk. 2:04:33 agreed! I’ve had a simple beaker cheech for years and I adore it.

[@brianland2357]

The stream was so fun and humorous 😂 looking forward to the next chapter read ❤

[@MJX21414]

Thank you for saving my Sunday night

[@hollyrusso5476]

Absolutely enjoyed it ❤. Can’t wait for the next one

[@therunningman_]

Truly epic duo! Amazing livestream, homies.

[@joaoparga]

This was so pleasant to watch. Keep up the good chemistry! Shout out from Brazil!

[@AnnabelTheGoldsmith]

How is this already a year old 😮

[@billyalarie929]

Seriously dude thought the same thing

[@asmodeusssssssss]

@@billyalarie929

[@jonhauge-evaldsson783]

Dunk comes to an Inn, which could represent a weirwood or a weirwood cave. He meets a child, coming up from a stream, legs covered in mud. The Cranogmen who are close to the Children of the Forest are called mudmen.

[@kevinvertatschitsch3650]

Absolutely loved this stream, can’t wait for next week! And please, please, please don’t worry about your tangents and focusing on symbolism or the length of the stream, that’s why we’re all here watching and learning from you guys! I hope next weeks is another 4 hours of awesome conversation/re-reading/symbolism tangents!! Also, Goose saying touchdown was absolutely wonderful!

[@johnbuxton4484]

One of the first streams I've been able to catch and on my favourite stories in the series! Great work guys was definitely worth staying up to watch

[@antoniomolinagarcia]

I didn't remember how well reading Dunk and Egg felt like! It's a story that you cannot read it without smiling. Thank you for this stream David and Tim! You're the best ❤

[@WhoIsCalli]

So much fun guys. Haven’t read dunk and egg in ages, so was nice to have this reread. Tim was fab and cannot wait to dive into part 2

[@manmanman2000]

There is this shrine in Japan, it looks like a gate and people stick coins into the cracks in its wooden columns to wish for good fortune and all kind of things.

[@Hwill571]

Imo dunk is probably only 6’7-6’8 during the hedge knight (still huge) because there’s about a year between the tourney and him being measured and I would think he grew 3-4 inches in that time, especially when we assume he may grow that last inch to 7 ft due to hodor, so even in a sworn sword we believe him to be still growing(though slowly) so he definitely was 2 years prior

[@DavidLightbringer]

appreciate your dedication here

[@uosdwis-r-dewoh14]

Odin in American Gods is of course portrayed by Ian McShane of Deadwood fame who had a lovely cameo in the Game Of Thrones series as The Hounds warrior priest saviour! (He's best know to us Brits as antique dealing rascal Lovejoy)

[@kkfree8690]

I LOVE the DunK & eGG stories ,they are hilarious. I listen on audible. My adhd tends to trigger when I read. All types of adhd out there. 😎 I like this pairing. You work well together.

[@ziranmen]

This shit was so fuckn funny guys. Tim's stewards voice had me in stiches , LOLs

[@kurtengelhardt1751]

With how deep seemingly every sentence George writes, it’s no wonder that winds is still ongoing

[@murp0443]

I didn’t mind the length of this stream (watching after of course). Awesome stuff.

[@jordanford9320]

After the events of yesterday i really needed to come back to something that makes me happy. Dunc and Egg are my favorite ASOIAF stories. Id take all 12 before winds if it were up to me. And to get to listen to sole of my favorite KZbinrs analyze these stories better than i ever could. It is kidna therapeutic. Especially with current things as they are. This shit helps thank you 💚💙❤

[@brennanrattenni]

Great stream, and looking forward to the next one

[@saraseveryn8650]

David Lightbringer and Grey Waste Tim are magical 🔥

[@robhousehold]

I freaking lost it laughing with Dunk and Tanzell at the end. We love our lunk. I hope the show is colorful and generally lighter in tone

[@JuanThunder79]

superb.... thank you!!! Touchdown!!!!!!

[@Nefertaria]

Perfect birthday stream! 🎉

[@luaghmalone9073]

You boys popped off on this one. Wholesome intro too, Tim the black Betty reference has to be one of my favorites I’ve heard 😊

[@sunnyfrank4812]

great stream. Grey Waste Tim, you add so much. Looking forward to Part 2

[@sebastianmacken24]

It's a fun stream. I've been binging them at work.

[@SerLebronOfHouseLakers]

Love you David and Tim!

[@comicdog5097]

Loved the stream. I hope the next one is just as long with even more weeds

[@HaldirMark]

Re: Quentyn... If it is a quintain in the form of a straw knight, well, straw's pretty damn flammable 🤣. Got me thinking though, it may be that Bloodraven as an avatar of AA/NK displayed in his ancestry, being a dragon invading a tree with his "sword". Also makes me wonder if he didn't murder Nissa Nissa, but impregnated her, and she died in childbirth. Maybe it's subsequent to her death, and his tryna resurrect her that the whole otherising process happens. Obvi not certain about it, but it is interesting to consider, since I think I've heard you say Dany has as much blackwood blood as Bloodraven, and Jon half as much as them both.

[@sophiawilson8696]

Egg marry a Blackwood Woman.

[@owlinthehole]

Oh this was great fun! Now Im hoping you do all three books like this.

[@DavidLightbringer]

we are

[@jchastai1023]

You and @Greywastetim should actually record audiobook for dunk and egg, it would be great, i can't hear eggs voice any other way now

[@Zach-sx8cm]

Enjoying pan roasted chicken with butter and dill, warm bread, and green beans with a tall mug of ale as I listen. You guys are cool. Thank you two gentlemen for helping make my life better!

[@LeonM4c]

Damn, best stream in awhile! Loved ya'll cracking jokes and going wild with the symbolism. Ya'll were having so much fun!

[@DavidLightbringer]

we did have a lot of fun, i looked up and saw we were at 3.5 hours and couldn’t believe it

[@jazzybelle2954]

Thankyou!! I'm re-reading this with ya'll ❤

[@ANKAMedien]

"lets see if we can read more than a paragraph without talking about sybolism" we all know the answer is "no" and thats why we're here 😂😂 appreciate the effort though 😁

[@kimberlyduran3949]

Such a great stream, next Sunday cannot come fast enough!

[@hinakhodiyara7883]

Simply brilliant. You guys rock :)

[@TheRyssaRave]

I can never be present during a livestream because y'all go live when I'm Gm-ing a Dungeons and Dragons game 😅 but I always try to catch up during the week. I love these re-read breakdowns, getting into the symbolism, discussing the plot etc. Thank you for putting these together guys! 🖤

[@jancecharlesaustin3733]

You guys are the best. Thanks for hanging out!

[@Hwill571]

Any connection between dunks falling star and house Dayne, I somewhat associate it with him being the only one to see the star and him being the only one who knows where egg is (even if he doesn’t know his identity) a half Dayne, slightly dunk having it on his shield potentially marking his own heritage, or on a more tinfoil line the elm is commonly referenced when people are hung from them in TWOTFK, along with dunks shield in the mystery knight of a hanged man, plus the sun setting into the night on his original, maybe references his line bringing the long night, and Hodor will become the nights king

[@Seb1066_]

Loved it fellas. Thank you both for the awesome content ❤

[@selysebaratheonsmustache973]

1. Thank you a knight of the seven kingdoms is my favorite and is my comfort audiobook. 2. Great video. 3. Is Tim from Massachusetts?!?

[@regrettablemuffin9186]

Pennytree being between the teats is also important, because the heart is between the teats making it a symbolic heart tree

[@DavidLightbringer]

🤌🤌🤌

[@Quirkus23]

Great as always and Tim is just a bonus.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I'm getting to know him a bit more since I've been looking for streams with Lightbringer and GW Tim. Good streams

[@DE_ADdied]

i randomly found this video and i had no clue that i needed this in my life.

[@Emwills]

Maybe, since Penny Tree is located “between the teats,”Penny Tree represents the HEART-possibly Nissa Nissa’s heart used to temper the sword.

[@DavidLightbringer]

100%

[@candra9373]

Something interesting about Penny Tree is that copper is used to kill trees

[@lucashunt4172]

Thanks for an amazing stream guys. We’re not worthy. I bow to you both.

[@permiebird937]

Great stream!

[@sinthoras1917]

Ah, very nice to see Dunk and Egg content too now, I love those stories. Here's wishing for Fire and Blood etc content in the future! 😁

[@m0zartwithn0.pian04]

Gods these streams are good 😊

[@Imanifesto]

Does the beginning not seem reminiscent of how the movie 🎥 “A Knights Tale “ begins?

[@michaeltavizon8333]

Love dunk and egg, love the analysis

[@Varatil]

Love Tim noting the inflation/cost of living stuff. One thing I'll tack on is that the subsequent deterioration may've been avoided if Baelor had lived. The joust *does* change the price of eggs! Also, ton of Jesus in the Arlan burial. The grail is in brown, the thing containing Christ's blood is in the earth, Arlan is buried. Odin's not the only "speared to the wood" Godguy; the lance also evokes the Lance of Longinus. (And I have a tinfoil notion that Arlan comes back as Steely Pate. Dunk calls the Smith "the old man," acts as if he already knows Pate, and Baelor dies at Pate's hands. As if Arlan/Pate is settling the score.) WHEYFaced inn woman = Waif? Blood and pennies share a smell. So Dunk's fistful of pennies = Ned's blood-covered hand

[@andrewbahlman7768]

This was fuckin awesome boys good work and keep the heavy symbolism rolling!! These are my favorite stories of all time and the symbolic analysis is amazing

[@u.v.s.5583]

- Never dunk the football egg in the basket! said the sports teacher.

[@DanCantCook]

So if I understand the scene at around 1:07:07 The first time Azor Ahai (Egg) mounts Thunder (Enters the Weirwood Network) he ends up making a childish mistake before Dunk happens to find him (which in this scene feels to me like some form of mentor figure to Azor Ahai not sure who that would be, perhaps a Child of the Forest?) It seems his first mistake is something childish and without consequence. Dunk is able to laugh it off and Egg is bucked off. Which could be Azor Ahai leaving the Weirwood Network without harm.

[@pauldaskal9510]

Huge Dunk Energy!

[@Darksun93]

A+ for the voice acting Loved all symbolism. Don't care how long the streams are! 👏👏👏

[@Carol-rw2lx]

wow such a great stream thanks for share Sending for you full support with the bell stay connect my new friend

[@DavidLightbringer]

Thanks Carol!

[@gwenstephanii2139]

read dunk and egg through multiple times bust stoked for the symbolism perspective you both bring keep this shit up praise garth

[@alyswesthill3562]

having fiiinally read The Hedge Knight, I can now watch this one! here we go :D yey

[@alyswesthill3562]

it's been a difficult few years refraining from reading the novellas. Been holding off as long as possible as they're all that lie between me and the long night. But this month I had no restraint and went for it

[@DavidLightbringer]

they're so much fun and Tim and I really got into these streams

[@GeroldGarthcia]

Three hours into Dave and Tim covering part of a short story, I chose to finish the stream live and waited to watch the Succession premier. That's pretty much the best I can sum up how much I enjoyed this. Dunk and Egg is just the best. I know it's gross heresy, but I almost want more Dunk and Egg worse than Winds.

[@korinnastricke558]

A cheeky comment for the algorithm gods. I’ll have to catch up on this one later but wanted to pop in and do my duty. ❤

[@kylemoore687]

LML if you don't know Black Betty by RamJam you need to remedy that immediately. I never made that connection before I buy that was George's intention 💯 Thanks for the stream

[@ACPritchard]

I don’t understand how I order all 3 books and then the next day you announce this video lol. Not the first strange thing to happen either, KZbin algorithms man lol

[@ACPritchard]

I will be upset if the children are Lizardfolk. That would be a lot like my own novel lol fuck 😭🤓

[@DavidLightbringer]

hey look at that!! We’ll definitely have some unique takes on the story but serendipity has spoken! can’t argue!

[@ACPritchard]

@@DavidLightbringer oh, I will be reading along my friend! Caught that lizard children video right after too lol made me feel better for sure. I appreciate the shout out to mike s miller, gonna look at him for work in the future. Cheers sir!

[@leannepowell8709]

Catching the replay..was looking forward to this so much. I love Dunk and Egg and Tim. I dont know what YT is playing at though because they've peppered this with double the amount of ads. Edit.... think they put them all at the start!! 😂 second half was much better 👌

[@THEMightyMonarch316]

Epic stream ! looking forward to every Dunk and Egg chapter especially when that suspicious Plum shows up lol

[@jonhauge-evaldsson783]

I wonder if Plummer means anything in this context? Could it be a clue that he is a Bloodraven spy? We know that the Master of the Games is a central position. He could, for example, scan for Blackfire suppoters...

[@nadiasouthiere7908]

Thank You Guys, that stream was Awesome👌🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️♥️💪🏼💪🏼🙋🏼‍♀️🇨🇦

[@DavidLightbringer]

quite welcome!

[@Matatabi6]

Sandor clegane becomes aegon (John snow) Targaryen’s giant not a knight defender in winds of winter? Logistically difficult but would be satisfying

[@Hwill571]

Hodor defending a young boy who had one day hoped to join the kingsguard

[@salomenaudet2353]

Great stream, very funny writing indeed 😂 thanks for making it alive

[@ZendikarMage42750]

Feels like forever since there's been a Goose cameo

[@mihrimahsultana1263]

Great stream thanks for doing this story it helps me not having to buy the book and still be able to enjoy the story.

[@kerrirae]

Hate that I missed the live but I've been looking forward to this one. D&E is a comfort read for me, too Graywaste Tim 😌