Isle Of Faces

It's back to our regularly scheduled programming as we head back to both Cersei and Brienne in our first foray into the second half of AFFC. Specifically, we see Petyr Baelish destroy the Lords Declarant in a political tennis match, Cersei's well-thought out plans (HA!) are crumbling already as Tommen puffs up his chest, Brienne returns to Maidenpool before setting out again with a new squad, and...

Slightly later than usual (and thank you all so much for your patience), we come to roughly HALFWAY through Feast for Crows and celebrate with our lone Cersei-less week. No Jaime either, no King's Landing. Instead we focus two on those two periphreal plots hitting the big time and changing direction forever. Today we have the Kingsmoot and the Queenmaker plot. And in between, Brienne and Oathkeepe...

Cersei's reign is here in full swing. And it is DAMN HILARIOUS. King's Landing empties, allies and swords are all but gone, the Small Council is at its smallest, and Cersei thinks its all fantastic. Today we have Cersei's happiest chapter of the book, Jaime realising his sister is becoming like someone else he once knew, while Asha makes a much-ignored great pitch prior to the Kingsmoot and Sam ma...

On today's visit to the Isle of Faces we change it up by reopening the Dorne and Iron Islands plots while also staying consistent with a Cersei and a Brienne, because it is law we must have those two in every episode from now on. We get our lone Asha, our lone Arys, a wedding where NO ONE DIES (what????), and Brienne makes it to Maidenpool to meet with one fine Dick. Today we have: - Asha/ The Kra...

Can it be true? Are we really a quarter of a way into Feast already? Apparently so, so we'd best get down to business. Today we get our real introduction to Cersei's hilarious rule, Brienne visits Duskendale to learn about the remnants of battles, Jaime and his guilt open up to us even while he improves upon every marker, and we get one of our so-very-rare Sansa chapters as Petyr Baelish shows off...

Now we're back into the swing of things we finally find some normality in this oh-so-strange book. We have our lone glimpse of the Wall with Sam, begin the most noble of quests with Brienne, make the most of a rare Arya chapter, and we begin the doozy, the fave of every ASOIAF fan: Cersei's rule in King's Landing Today's chapters are: - Cersei I - Brienne I - Sam I - Arya I Hop aboard the Isle for...

THE ISLE RETURNETH! After a long ole break we welcome you back to the Isle for the opening of a brand new book, with brand new themes, settings, characters, and structuring. Truly, we are in uncharted territory now. To break us in I go through a mini-review of the different POV arcs before breaking into the world of Oldtown and the Citadel, the four krakens grasping in Balon's wake, and the meetin...

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IT'S HERE!! WE'VE DONE IT! And unsurprisingly, it takes the longest Scraps and Scrolls episode EVER to get it done. Yes, we are at the end of a Storm of Swords, which a good many people will refer to as the very best part of ASOIAF. And it's pretty hard to argue with them. In today's MONSTER episode we cover Tyrion's psyche-breaking revelation, his murder of evil, and his murder of good. Sam chang...

It is quiz time once again! This time we are back with those dastardly closing sentences, this time for Clash of Kings. Will Daenerys chapters still act as gold dust? Are the Blackwater chapters going to be identifiable? How are you supposed to sort through all these Tyrions?? Even more excitedly, we've a bit of a change today as we welcome not one but two guests for a special head to head edition...

Here, in the middle of the end, we basically have two halves of today's episode. One is three chapters given over exclusively to Castle Black and the Night's Watch, while the other is us saying goodbye to two major characters with their final chapters. Perhaps the two major characters of this book. Jaime makes the largest choice of this book when he finally turns away from Cersei and breaks the cy...

The monster episodes just keep coming! Would you expect anything less for the ending of a Storm of Swords? Today we only have four chapters, and it's still nearly as long as last week. Today is a day for tough questions on the nature of betrayal, the nature of unintended evil, and how big of a fist a human skull can withstand. We get a chapter full of Littlefinger creepiness (Get used to that), Jo...

Welcome back for an on-time post! What a big week. Passed 50 total episodes, passed 20,000 total downloads, and now I can present our longest Scraps and Scrolls episode ever as we cover the highs and lows of characters both in the capital and far out on the perimeter. Davos gambles all on a heist, Jon takes command of the Wall, Arya has the most important wolf dream of the series, Tyrion's trial b...

  Here it is, finally, and thank you once more for your patience with the delay. Luckily, no rest for us as after just one week away we're back for another wedding in this King's Landing-obsessed episode. Today we talk about the defence of Shae, Sansa's inner strength and skills, and Jaime's embracing of being Lord Commander. But really, we're all here for one thing: the culmination of the epic st...

You thought last week was long? Well we beat the record yet again! Yes, this is the longest Scraps and Scrolls ever, and for only FOUR chapters. But what a four chapter they are! After Davos gets his reading glasses on we get one of the very best three-chapter runs in all ASOIAF as the Triforce-Trio of Jon, Bran, and Daenerys all have major moments in some of my very favourite chapters in the seri...

Morning! We're back for another dose of fun quiz time where we can all quickly get competitive. This week we start with Clash of Kings' opening sentences, and I'm delighted to tell you our special guest for the week is Isle of Faces alumni and much-loved member of the fandom, Lauren AKA Shakesofthrones. We always love to have Lauren aboard the Isle, and it's much the same as we tackle today's POVs...

Yes. It's true. We are here. It's Red Wedding week. Uh oh. Join me above an Isle filled with black clouds as we trudge our way through one of the most major events in all ASOIAF. It is devastating, it is complex, and it's going to require all of us. Yep, there's a reason this is such a long episode. Come for reunions at the Wall, Joffrey getting owned, Sandor showing off...and some other stuff I d...

Welcome back to the second of our brand new sporcle trivia episodes. After a surprisingly successful time with the opening sentences I and my special guest Sanrixian , ASOIAF artist & designer, take on the wayyyy harder closing sentences for GoT. Will we amaze ourselves? Will we hang our heads in shame? How will you fare against us? There's only one way to find out. Try it yourself! And let us kno...

Welcome back from the halfway break! We barrel right back into A Storm of Swords with five more chapters that have a huge mix of foreshadowing, past...shadowing, and cool action. It's also a week of goodbyes. We wave goodbye to the Brotherhood without Banners, goodbye to the bear of Harrenhal, goodbye to Riverrun, and goodbye to Small Paul and Chett (again) in one of the most creepy, horror-filled...

Hello! And welcome to a brand new series here aboard the Isle of Faces! The trees, they are a-thinking as we begin delving into the first of ten new episodes based on specific quizzes from beloved trivia site Sporcle. Specifically- When randomly given a chapter's opening or closing sentence can you identify which POV it belongs to? That is the task laid before myself and special returning guest VA...

Here we are, halfway through the pure diamond that is A Storm of Swords! But isn't the eye of a storm supposed to be calm? If so, no one told George, because we get some of the biggest events of the book in this here chunk, and definitely more than one that sets up even more central storylines in the second half of the series. In fact, our status quo gets completely shattered! The Dornish enter th...

It's a big ole bumper episode! In the longest Scraps and Scrolls ever we see the great mutiny of the Night's Watch, a duel with a big fire sword wielded by a man in an eye-patch, wave goodbye to Hoster Tully, watch Davos Seaworth win the social mobility championship belt, and take a bath in Harrenhal. There is A LOT to talk about. Our chapters today: - Samwell II - Arya VI - Catelyn IV - Davos IV...

Today's episode is one of maybe a single high as Jon ascends the Wall with Ygritte, and then many, many harrowing lows. We have men in crow cages, the financial ruin of the state, the physical and mental torture of the Bloody Mummers, and one of the most difficult chapters to reread ever: Sansa's wedding. Specifically, today's chapters are: -Sansa III -Arya V - Jon IV - Jaime IV - Tyrion IV Still,...

The Isle of Faces comes to Astapor in this week's huuuuge Scraps and Scrolls, and boy howdy does that mean there's a lot to talk about. Not only do we have to discuss all of Slaver's Bay and the next step in Daenerys's legend, we also have the Knight of the Laughing Tree, our best ever look at Melisandre, and Jon finding a love cave...but most importantly...after months of waiting... I get to say...

The Isle of Faces recovers from battles against dead men by saying goodbye to a good many things: Tyrion and Cersei's ability to choose who they marry, Rickard Karstark's head, and...oh yeah...Jaime's sword hang. No biggie. We take an even deeper dive into the Brotherhood, Tywin's true cruelty, and the growth of Robb Stark as man and king. Today's chapters: - Tyrion III - Catelyn III - Jaime III -...