Unabashed Book Snobbery

Julia  and  Kylie welcome back Caroline, because the final season of Game of Thrones is here! Join them as they discuss Dave Hill's "Winterfell," catty women, casual dragon riding, and of course elephants. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes and the CAROL board. Episode Breakdown  0:00 - 11:15 - Intro and episode recap;  11:15 - Winterfell, Sansa, and logist...

Julia  and  Kylie are joined by Caroline and Jana for yet another overly litigious episode. Having just completed The Wars to Come rewatch project, the four chat about Game of Thrones season 4, spooky skeletons, thunderstorms, and cough drops. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes. Episode Breakdown 0:00 – Season impressions, acting, and directing; 23:25 - Best and worst e...

Julia  and  Kylie  close out their Season 7 retrospective series with yet another conversation about the geographically scattered plots of the year. Part 2 features all Ironborn and one Redwyne. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.  Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & Theon's arc; 35:45 - Euron the Hooligan; 58:15 - Olenna the Sour Grapes; 1:21:15 - The state...

Julia  and  Kylie  jump around in time to bring you their conversation of the many scattered plots of  Game of Thrones Season 7 that ended up comprising their final retrospective. Here in Part 1, they discuss Dorne, Sam, Jorah, Sandor, and the Brotherhood without Banners. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.  Episode Breakdown: 0:00 – Intro from the fut...

Julia  and  Kylie  are joined by their season-commenter  Caroline , and welcome Bo  back! Today’s topic: Season 3 insights from participating in the Fandomentals GoT rewatch project:  The Wars to Come . Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.  Episode Breakdown; 0:00 - Season impressions and episodes; 20:00 - Best and worst scenes and plotli...

Julia  and  Kylie finish their discussion of Game of Thrones Season 7's main plotline, with its knotty politics and breathtaking romance. Then they figure it all out. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro from the future; 5:30 - Fandom nicknames; 10:00 - "Beyond the Wall"; 47:15 - "The Dragon and the Wolf"; 1:14:45 - Analysis of the charact...

Julia  and  Kylie  discuss the main plotline of  Game of Thrones Season 7, involving two or three love triangles, two or three trips right past the North, and only one abandoned island. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro, nicknames, & 'Dragonstone' 28:15 - 'Stormborn' 51:05 - 'Queen's Justice' 1:14:20 - 'Spoils of War' 1:23...

Julia  and  Kylie  welcome back season-commenter Caroline , and welcome for the first time Danzie ! Today's topic: Season 2 insights, after having participated in the Fandomentals GoT rewatch project:  The Wars to Come . Turns out Season 2 has been on theme this whole time! Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes.  Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & ac...

Julia  and  Kylie  welcome snobby book fans Caroline and Jana to discuss Season 1 as a whole after participating in the GoT rewatch project:  The Wars to Come . This is objectively the best season, so everyone's happy, right? Right? This is what happiness feels like! Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown:  0:00 - Introduction and musing...

Julia  and  Kylie  are back with their favorite character in all of A Song of Ice and Fire. While we spent the first two books with him climbing to his character's heights, things take a turn in  A Storm of Swords . Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes.    Episode Breakdown:  6:45 - Tyrion I & II "The Praise"; 25:15 - Tyrion III & IV "T...

Julia  and  Kylie  cry into their copies of  A Feast for Crows in their attempts to finish processing the gut-wrenching break up between Cheryl and Larry. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 – Intro & fandom nicknames; 11:15 – 7x07 Recap "The Dragon and the Wolf"; 41:15 – Outside the Episodes; 51:00 – Cheryl and Larry's relations...

Julia  and  Kylie  begin to parse out the heart-wrenching breakup between  Game of Thrones OTP Larry and Cheryl, as well as their amazing political machinations in Cheryl's Landing. This half of the retrospective podcast ends...on a bomb. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & fandom nicknames; 8:10 - Recap part 1, 7x01 "D...

Julia  and  Kylie bring you part 2 of part 1 of the Tyrion Lannister Reread Extravaganza. They close out discussing his Clash chapters before diving into some ~~analysis~~. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Introduction; 10:00 - ACOK Tyrion recap from Tyrion V; 1:05:00 - Tyrion's arc and character in A Game of Kings

Julia  and  Kylie  do yet another straight character reread for Kylie's absolute favorite: Tyrion Lannister. However, they decide to actually be somewhat reasonable and only tackle the first two books, and then proceed to get through just half of that in this episode. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full notes. Episode Breakdown:  0:00 - Introduction and Tyrion I & II...

Julia  and  Kylie  set aside their treasonous letters to finish their discussion of the Winterfell plotline in  Game of Thrones Season 7. The results are shocking...positively shocking. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Time traveling intro & thoughts on this retrospective; 15:40 - Back to it with "Eastwatch"; 23:00 - "Beyond...

Julia  and  Kylie  plop down their messenger bags full of faces and get comfortable as they discuss why no one will hug Sansa this year! It's difficult to explain. They get through four episodes before having to go count their grain stores. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown : 0:00 - Intro & fandom nicknames; 7:40 - "Dragonstone"; 27:24 -...

Julia  and  Kylie  deliver an immaculately planned question and answer session. Questions include  Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire content, along with a very long game of "wed, bed, behead." Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Long introduction & the first wed, bed, behead 9:00 - Our feelings on GRRM's writing speed...

Kylie, Julia, and Caroline MC the most prestigious award show in all of television: The Carol Awards! Celebrating the best in dramatic satisfaction, they take you through Game of Thrones Season 7's greatest hits in over 40 categories. The full Carol Awards Ceremony post can be found on TheFandomentals.com. Nomination presentations begin around 8 minutes in.

Julia  and  Kylie  tackle the problems of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, and make a definitive call on whether author George R.R. Martin should be run out of town. DISCLAIMER: After posting this episode we received a lot of feedback that we sounded quite dismissive of issues, particularly racial representation. We want to be clear all problems discussed ARE problems, and th...

Julia  and  Kylie  celebrate the ending of  Game of Thrones Season 7 by...answering a bunch of asks all about it! Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Introduction & which character is the most screwed over? 9:45 - How would you have done R+L=J? 15:25 - GoT's Season 7 reception & fandom dialogue; 25:15 - Karen Smith sends an ask &am...

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline say goodbye to  Game of Thrones season 7 with tears in their eyes. Tears of what, we're not sure exactly, but between Littlefinger's mistrial, tepid boat sex, and a battle cardigan, there was plenty to dissect. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full show notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & recap;  8:50 - Dragon Pit Meeting of Meaning; 27:55 - Dragon...

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline are joined by Michael to enjoy a fresh pot of gumbo, while they discuss Halloween masks, Twix bars, and the horror-show that was "Beyond the Wall." Game of Thrones  really out- Game of Thrones 'd itself this week! Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode breakdown: 0:00 - Introduction & recap; 9:45 - Winterhell; 21:00 - A literal bag of f...

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline chat about soup, belts, and marriage following Dave Hill's  Game of Thrones episode "Eastwatch." It certainly was "go, go, go," but that might not be a good thing. Also we didn't order this gumbo. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 – Intro & recap; 7:45 - Loot Crate Field; 19:25 - The Island of Sexual Tension; 29:10...

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline welcome Matt to discuss the 4th episode of  Game Of Thrones  Season 7, as well as Kylie's niece. Guess which topic is more interesting? Well, "Spoils of War" has been cited by many as the best episode yet, and we're sure these four will have the same reaction. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode notes. Episode Breakdown: 0:00 - Intro & re...

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline are joined across the pond by Jana, who stayed up until 4am her time just to discuss the brilliance that was "The Queen's Justice." This 3rd episode of Game of Thrones Season 7 broke all pretenses of even caring about silly things like location, to deliver us some heart-pounding, narrated battles...off-screen, of course. Please visit TheFandomentals.com for full episode...