Going Over Jaime I, part 1 of 2

[@vondas1480]

Excited for Jaime II when black walder comes to save the day and take out stoneheart, with a catchy quip like “a Cat so nice we drowned it twice”

[@kozobrody1240]

And then saying "he's right behind me, isn't he" just to see Allar Deem

[@jokerdblackbro]

@@kozobrody1240 plz just stop

[@nont18411]

Black Walder is Azor Ahai confirmed

[@arvaakuka8568]

​@@kozobrody1240 Night king to Bran: "I came here to kill the princess that was promised... She's right behind me isn't she?" *Wolverine no scope 360 dagger trick*

[@ivandankob7112]

@@arvaakuka8568 no scope, but SCREAAAAAAAMING stealthily

[@InigoSolo]

What makes this project so especially impressive is the way that you guys had all of these wildly dispersed plotlines and plot threads and timelines to work with, given the disjointed ending of Dance, and the random spread of Winds sample chapters. It has never been more evident than in this Jaime chapter what a good job you have been doing tying everything together and making things make sense. You are all doing excellent collaborative work here, and this chapter felt like such a good bridge back to Feast, continuing those themes in the Riverlands. This project actually gives me hope of seeing this story finished in a satisfying way one day. Can't thank you all enough. Also.... Revenant Cleos Frey: CONFIRMED.

[@kyleholmes8230]

There are so many layers to the "every feast deserves a dance". It's a call back to waymar Royce and the others, Jaime and Brienne, balon and hotah, plus the obvious feast for crows/dance with dragons allusion. Top tier writing here. I don't have a single critique other than the words get blurry and my eyes itch sometimes when I'm reading the chapter.

[@maxwell_j_R]

@@kyleholmes8230 how did i miss the 'Feast'/'Dance' book title reference. I must be thicker than a castle wall.

[@kennyhudson9201]

Yeah, so ambigious you can just make it mean nothing, anything, or everything in the end. Excellent way to actually say nothing while making it seem like a lot was said. True art.

[@kyleholmes8230]

@@maxwell_j_R you're fine bud, at least you not like Kenny here lol

[@Thenumber1Lad]

Probably unintentional but also a clever critique of George's failure to simply make Feast and Dance one book like he intended which I think is funny.

[@lifeisbutadreamm]

Thank fucking god for Preston taking up the ASOIAF mantle like this, I haven't been soo excited about the series since I finished Dance for the first time lol

[@Simplypurple117]

If it was difficult to get Jaime’s voice, it doesn’t show. All you guys nailed both Jaime and Brienne in this chapter. Great job like always and thanks to everyone involved.

[@maxwell_j_R]

Mallor the Dornishman is my favourite character. Glad you are making him The Prince Who Was Promised!

[@maxwell_j_R]

Maegor the Sunbird is my new favourite historical character; I hope Mallor is his grandson.

[@anyoneattheendoftime4932]

Dahan Pedraatho is my favorite original character of Preston!Winds

[@adashofbitter]

I personally don’t think GRRM is going to kill off Stoneheart so early on… I think she’d probably make it either to the end of Winds or to Spring. She’s just too good of a spanner in the works to kill early on and I think she actually helps tie up some storylines and helps kill off a bunch of characters. Like GRRM introducing time travel, you don’t introduce a zombie Catelyn only to kill her off a couple of chapters later.

[@dancingdragon3]

Thanks for doing this, Preston! I love Jaime, but I cannot wait to see what’s in store for King Sweetrobin!

[@SerLebronOfHouseLakers]

You should make a playlist of all your “going over” videos on the chapters you’ve made!

[@scottparker6239]

These chapters continue to be excellent, as well as Preston's close reading of them in these analyses. I always find out so much more than by just listening to the chapters alone. Can't wait to see wait happens next!

[@lank5994]

Another comment about the inability to burry the dead is that the shallow graves and corpse pits that surely litter the riverland are perfect for the Others

[@MrPhbahia]

so glad to have the fanfic back PJ, you’re doing God’s work! cheers from Brasil 🇧🇷

[@thequartermaster8353]

I liked the chapter, my biggest gripe is Jaime seems to know and think about a lot of history

[@jacksliwa9447]

I think the painted shield explanation was a bit much. The symbolism didn't need to be spelled out.

[@Sisyphus-rq5ew]

@@jacksliwa9447that was purely Preston I think it was honestly word for word something he said in an older video

[@jacksliwa9447]

@@Sisyphus-rq5ew yeah i think it was his Brienne series. I think if introducing Danelle Lothston stuff as a plot point goes anywhere it's worth the inclusion but otherwise it shouldve been left as an Easter Egg.

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

Yeah he pushed it a little there lol

[@MC-el2us]

It’s for and by the fans. Embrace it

[@davidcavazos2270]

Once again, outstanding work! These chapters have been excellent and extremely enjoyable.

[@Th3_Czar]

Where did you get the idea of Meagor the sunbird?

[@Jordan-zl4pn]

I AM LOCKED IN

[@domi6026]

As am I

[@TheExtraInch]

Some of the best boxers, kickboxers, mixed martial artists and nak muays in the world still struggle with the angles offered by southpaw opponents.

[@SHARKVADERS]

PJ IS BACK FOMOS

[@KNOTTYHAIR7]

The Bard playing the music poorly is also Red Wedding vibes

[@Aezeus]

My first read I thought Tysha had been fed to a bear lol

[@joefo458]

Alex Trebek: “The clue is: ‘Was fed to a bear’.” Terrified campers: “Where do s’mores go??”

[@aislynnmari]

I enjoy "off season" content! 🙏🏻💕 (meaning, HBO off-seasons)

[@Jatc93]

HBO haven't had an "on" season since GOT S4 lmaoooo

[@MrPhbahia]

YES EXACTLY

[@alialmuhanna4938]

I recall Preston mentioned to Carmine on a podcast that potholes regarding Jaime and Barristan seemingly never speaking about Aerys will be addressed in the Jaime chapter, though I don’t recall this being mentioned in the chapter itself; perhaps I missed it. Let’s have a listen.

[@margarinedolby]

Great chapter! I'm enjoying these very very much, thanks for all the hard work!

[@margarinedolby]

and thanks to the whole team around PJ too!

[@catlord760]

Did you consider sending one of Jaime's squires with him? He had 3 or 4 of them by this point, I'd expect at least one of them would have insisted, or at least stalked Jaime & Brienne from a distance and later joined in. Would have been a parallel to Pod.

[@chrisrubin6445]

Peck WAS a hero on the Blackwater...

[@marillionbonaparte]

Aside from Jon I this is my favorite chapter so far

[@binweiss8297]

Poe Dameron: Somehow, The Inn of the Kneeling Man returned.

[@howmany6824]

New pj video on a Friday!? what a treat!

[@throwbackblackcat]

I thought that the “in the stables” answer to the question of where one could find Glory meant that Jaime was calling the idea of attaining glory “horseshit”. There’s plenty of horseshit in stables. I forgot about the horse named Glory.

[@wisdommanari6701]

PJ is back Fomos

[@jamesmoore9724]

lol I was very skeptical/standoffish at the beginning. But now as far as I am concerned, this IS WOW now lol. Keep up the great work ❤

[@davidgretzschelcommunicati1630]

I didn't really understand how they sparred. Did they have blunt or wooden swords with them? Or were they using their normal, sharp swords and fully armored? Otherwise, you can't really tell, who's better, since both have would have to pull their blows constantly, to not kill each other. Swords are dangerous.

[@alexsnewhandle]

the latter, but I don't think Brienne is actually attacking Jaime, just parrying to defend herself.

[@davidgretzschelcommunicati1630]

@@alexsnewhandle Yeah, I guess that limits what you can really do in sparring. But it's probably enough to practice some mechanics and get a measure of how good someone still is. It'd have been interesting, if the characters had thought about the problem. Like Jaime going off with "but if we had sparring swords and proper protective equipment I could have caught her here" and Brienne laughing at that being obvious cope. These people are "dancers", but we're limited in how they actually relate and bond with one another via the art. But arguably GRRM doesn't care about accurate sword play mechanics either, so... I just wish they would do better than him here.

[@alanpennie8013]

I wondered about that too. I suppose if you're a trained swordsman you can turn your blade so it doesn't do injury.

[@OOUER]

Can you please add "Sweetrobin's The Winds of Winter Fan Fiction" to the title so we can differentiate between this series and going over ASOIAF chapters series.

[@Retireddevil0]

Just what i needed, some Preston!

[@YamatoTre]

This one was really well written. Not that the others aren't, but this one captures George prose very well.

[@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp]

Yeah, but I was really frustrated with the meandering. Even if it makes sense

[@adashofbitter]

@@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp i didn’t find it meandering at all - it’s a less eventful chapter, but not every chapter needs to have a dozen crazy events crammed in… we’ve had plenty of that in the other chapters so far. It was a thematically rich chapter that ended in a way that progresses the storyline, which is more than can be said for most Brienne and Arya chapters in ASOIAF.

[@joefo458]

@@SantiagoGarza-bg9wp I always assume that if a talented writer’s chapter feels meandering, lost, or time-draggy, it’s because that’s what they want us to absorb about how the character is feeling during it. Slogging expressed in a slog. Sure, there can still be time jumps too, but I figure here Jaime feels like they are (quite literally) just meandering.

[@PhilospherDjPsychologist24]

The tyrells didnt believe sansa about joffery in the maidens vault, not because they just plain didnt believe sansa, but because they just believed all the hear say about Ned stark, and they actually thought Ned was a schemer who did all that the Lanisters accused them of, which they believed because, who would believe some one was Actually like that, he did confess (though sansa was still an obvious captive) and its also just what the tyrells would have done in that situation. then when they heard Sansa talking about "crazy" things, they just thought she was like her father, hilarious, on so many levels

[@MHF013]

Glad to see you're back.

[@Xob_Driesestig]

2:00 I think my idea to set up a rosby/farring/crakehall -frey alliance in this chapter for the future baelish/wode/vale invasion plot would have worked well, given how little happened and how we're in the right spot timing and location wise. Same for my idea to make Dunsen and the bull helmet make an appearance, since Arya has to kill him at some point and we haven't seen him in a long time. Why did you opt to not include these ideas, if I may ask?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I steered from the Frey stuff because it gets covered later in Alayne and Sam. I'm having Dunsen in Braavos.

[@kyleholmes8230]

​@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobinSPOILERS!

[@Xob_Driesestig]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin Dunsen in Braavos? Ok yes, that could work, have him interact with Arya earlier. Alayne and Sam do talk about the Freys, but not the farring freys, nor how the rosby and crakehalls have a reason to team up with the farring freys. I guess there is still time (depending on how soon we want the Vale invasion) which can then interact with the Wode brothers, but I think a mention here would've been better since then it doubles as reminder/foreshadowing/set-up of Gilbert Farring in the later Arianne chapter. Plus setup always feels better if it's setup a while before the payoff instead of immediately before. Oh well, I hope we still end up doing something with the farrings/wodes.

[@tornado4708]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobineven in reach and stormlands we gotta deal with boring riverland bs.

[@bshaddo]

Too bad Beric stopped coming back. Like Rocky II before him, he’d have a blind spot on one side that others wouldn’t.

[@tomatotamale4546]

we're here for the horse jokes

[@milesaway3422]

THANK YOU

[@TheEldenwhite]

HOT PIE LFG

[@julianprice9947]

Jamie and Brienne “dancing” reminds me on Renly and Brienne dancing

[@whyismyricewet1986]

Which pov will the next one be? And is there an estimated release date?

[@GodKingReiss]

Aeron II still needs to be finalized, that’ll probably be out within the next few months.

[@Lfsnsmo1n]

Aeron II , January 2025 🎉

[@whyismyricewet1986]

@@Lfsnsmo1n Jesus Christ why must they take so long

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

​@@whyismyricewet1986it's a hobby project they have jobs lol

[@ijmbvck]

​@@whyismyricewet1986a free hobby project. Preston has 2 kids and a fulltime job. Still faster then George...

[@feral7523]

Is it implied that the Inn of the kneeling man is the only Inn for hundreds of miles around? as they should be placed every 15-20miles(1days journey on foot) on every kings road all through out all the kingdoms! maybe in every 50miles where it's more rural.

[@dylanwagstaff2505]

Is the going over series going to make a return, was a big fan

[@nodiggity9472]

last time I was this early . . . . . . . .

[@nabeelhussain1372]

The only one I can think who fits the description of an inexperienced squire who Jaime could beat left handed...is Podrick.

[@adashofbitter]

In 5-10 years, when this project is finished and GRRM has long since died, I’m going to bind this into a hardcover for my bookshelf.

[@markusspitznagel2011]

years down the line?! dont pull a georg r. r. martin on us! xD

[@PhilHibbs]

I’d have skipped to after Stoneheart, and revealed what happened in flashbacks. That would please the fans!

[@camrn_brian]

Pause 2:20. Haven’t heard chapter. If it’s Jamie and Brienne wandering it really fits.

[@feral7523]

Did Brienne leave Pod to hang? where are Stonehearts people who would have followed her and watched Brienne and Jamie leave his camp and how did they avoid returning to Psycho Stoneheart?

[@_addison4772]

46:42 Still don’t get why the Tyrell’s would ever allow Genna to gain power - maybe a seat on the counsel but never regent - they currently have the power I don’t see them seeding it

[@alanpennie8013]

"Jaime is traditional". Well yes he's a knight. A bad knight true, but he still believes in it.

[@TheRkelly3001]

Great chapter

[@Gui101do]

Preston King!

[@domi6026]

Preston Jacobs I am in love with you.

[@IntermissionForBunny]

36:52 "Sharna and Hotbutt- Hotpie..."

[@Sannspoof]

"This little piggy's going to the market. That piggy is going to get butchered." What the hell Preston, maybe a spoiler warning next time?

[@alanpennie8013]

The assumption throughout is that Jaime is being brought to his death.

[@AlexMitchell-ct8tt]

You gonna don any more theory videos

[@kyleholmes8230]

That's kind of what the fanfic is lol

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

I liked this chapter. It was sad.

[@Verrulz]

Algorithm

[@jeffreyjbyron]

Did anyone ever refer to it as “the comet”? Do they know what a comet is?

[@memeaficionado]

Yea, the word comet was used a lot while it was still in the sky. People in Dany's group used it, pretty sure they used it in winterfell when bran mentioned old Nan being able to smell it, etc.

[@jeffreyjbyron]

@@memeaficionado That's interesting. I wonder if anything like the word comet was used in historical medieval europe. A comet is an orbiting body on an extremely long ellipse. There is clearly a moon in ASOIAF, and a sun and stars. Do they mention other planets?

[@memeaficionado]

@@jeffreyjbyron I don't recall any other planets being mentioned, and I get the impression that they use the comet more vaguely than in irl. No reason to believe they think it orbits planetos, they just call this big visible object in the sky a comet rather than a shooting star or other similar terms. If you want to go deep into the weeds of speculation, the comet isn't even a comet, it's a vulkrun (90% sure I spelled that wrong), which is a giant space faring entity from GRRMs other works. Its presence enhances psychic abilities, which would explain "magic" returning to the world

[@jeffreyjbyron]

@@memeaficionado haha. Thank you. Good to know there are bigger geeks than I!

[@memeaficionado]

@@jeffreyjbyron I think that was an original Preston theory. He has an old series on other GRRM books

[@dzeeffislive2557]

Im in

[@darkdude103]

a left handed fighter would have just as much trouble fighting a right hander. the benefit would only be that the lefty would probably have more experience training against right handers than vice versa

[@maxwell_j_R]

Possible spoilers: surely the queen of "the queen's men" is.. .. .. Arya? Robb's Will was made under the assumption she was dead, but Stoneheart knows that wasn't true. Although maybe she does think Arya might have died at Saltpans, thinking that she died when the Hound died. (How else would he have lost his helmet?) A widowed Sansa would also not go against Robb's Will, and maybe Stoneheart thinks Tyrion will surely be killed because of Cersei's offer for his head.

[@markomarjanovic7643]

Why are Poor Fellows pro-Targ?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

They aren’t. They’re pro Hasty and pro free land.

[@geobee15]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin curious how hasty/poor fellows crew and brotherhood without banners will come together if they are both allied with aegon. someone in that triangle is surely going to fight/betray the other.

[@JanSarnowski-zg8nj]

Preston, I'm not quite sure whether "filling the gaps in timeline" with chapters in which almost nothing happens is a good idea. Jaime could have travelled with Brienne "offscreen", he even could have been captured "offscreen", as it was in the Whispering Wood. The genius of George RR Martin manifested at least in the first two novels by showing us mainly scenes that were adding sth to the story, avoiding infameous "fillers" that plagued Dance with Dragons. In my opinion it would be best to take inspiration from Martin from the times when he was in his best, not when he was beginning to struggle what led him spiraling down to the current creative crisis.

[@fyviane]

hell no, im here for the 'filler' where one plants a lot of seeds for future events and explores relationships.

[@alanpennie8013]

​@@fyviane Me too. What some call *filler* I call exploration of character. And it's what I read novels for.

[@raffyoliveira8320]

how do you feel knowing that none of your schizo ass theories came true? Are you still coping with the "hopefully the books will be different". Don't get me wrong, I'm huge fan and have been subbed for like 10 years almost.

[@geobee15]

what theories of preston's are disproved? only one i can think of is euron not killing balon. martin hasn't finished twow/ados yet. plus he's already theorized things that came true in sample chapters/martin (euron trying to bring the apocalypse, lemongate at least according to martin saying there is something to house with the red door) comes to mind

[@raffyoliveira8320]

@@geobee15 how about brandon stark and ashara being Jon Snow's parents, and rhaegar and lyanna being dany's parents?

[@lonemotheo1964]

Is the a reason why the fanfic posts have slowed down?!…. You’d think they’d be halfway done with the POV’s chapters by now

[@smack80]

he's busy with every side project: house of the dragon, raising his children, destabilizing southeastern nations...

[@lonemotheo1964]

@@smack80 he said he’s heading to the Dominic republic looks like he’s expanding

[@timothytzovolos153]

The world is too stable now

[@manband20]

Yeah building off of what people were saying, a lot of his time in Taiwan was considered paternity leave so he had a lot more free time to work on KZbin stuff. But now he's back to working desk jobs and organizing coups and stuff. Takes a lot out of you, you know?

[@alanpennie8013]

​@@manband20 As I understand he was effectively on unpaid leave. Or maybe he was paid a small retainer.

[@jakub_paints6775]

Very bad idea not setting the chapter in Stonehearts lair and resolving that plot, in my opinion.

[@wisdommanari6701]

Too fast

[@temi1355]

He has to emulate grrm to some degree

[@jakub_paints6775]

@@temi1355 I would say that every single sentence being an obscure reference/metaphor isn't a good way to do that

[@manband20]

Unless the idea is having Jaime stuck in the cave for multiple chapters and having multiple interactions with the woman who wants him dead, you gotta build up to it. Especially considering Brienne is seemingly betraying him. Just having him reflect on the betrayal would be cutting down on how cruel it comes across. She is doing what Jaime did countless times for Aerys: standing and watching. We gotta wait for her to actually take a stand against her evil overlord.

[@jakub_paints6775]

@@manband20 buildup is fine. But we already have the setup for the action. Everyone is expecting it. Instead he decided to do a frankly borderline incoherent mess of recollections, callbacks and references that amounted to nothing and called it a chapter.

[@camrn_brian]

4:20 can already tell I hate it. Why have to explain everything? Going to go watch original post without commentary.

[@fyviane]

because we enjoy hearing what preston's planning + it's helpful for one's creativity to see how ideas develop during the process of writing.

[@fyviane]

also yeah, it's better to be watched after hearing/reading the text on it's own

[@dylanwagstaff2505]

That was always an option dude u chose to watch this first