Welcome! To my secondary brain. The first one was getting clogged with junk like birthdays and pin numbers, so I decided to store the important stuff here.
A Song of Ice and Fire has a lot of wild and crazy connections in it. There are too many to track in my head so I’m going to start writing things down on this blog and see if that helps me. Please don’t take anything on this blog as some kind of scientific fact. These are my opinions and thoughts in a constant state of edification as I clumsily attempt to zero in on something more true. For that reason, pages and posts are subject to change all the time.
The spoiler warning for the entire blog is: Everything Published + Sample Chapters
The Theory section is where I describe the methodologies I use to analyze the story.
The Themes section is where I attempt to articulate the story’s themes.
The Characters section is where I analyze specific characters.
The Chapters section is where I analyze specific chapters.
The Game of Thrones section is where I write about HBO’s TV series Game of Thrones.
The Misc section is where I write about real world history, mythology, inspirations, culture, politics, or anything that doesn’t fit into the other categories.
Essays:
ASOIAF Central Mystery Roundup [Videos] (Apr 2025) – About Robert’s Rebellion+
“Changes Will Be Made” E + L = R (May 2025) – About Elia Martell & Rhaegar
Rhaella Targaryen (Oct 2024) – About Rhaella & Aerys II
Tower of Joy, A Study in Symbolic Interpretation (Jun 2024) – About Tower of Joy, Brienne
Aegon the Unworthy: A Study in Historiography (Sep 2023) – About Aegon IV, House Targaryen
Forest Love and Forest Lass (2022) – The nearest thing to a Grand Unifying Theory that I have written.
Metatext of Arry the Boy (Aug 2022) – About meta, Arya
A Link Between Valonqar and The Prince That Was Promised (Jul 2022) – About theme and Dany
Tyrion Shows Us How To Prove Unreliable Narration (Jan 2022) – About Tyrion, Haldon and meta
Chapter Titles in AFFC & ADWD (Sep 2021) – About theme and meta
Golden Collars and Confirmation Bias (May 2021) – About Daenerys
Dany’s First Dream (Jun 2021) – About Daenerys
Dothraki Superstition (Feb 2021) – About Dothraki and Daenerys
Under The Sea (Oct 2020) – About Patchface
The Dragon in Winterfell (Oct 2019) – About a dragon seen above Winterfell
Raised By Wolves, And Other Tall Tales (Apr 2019) – About Arya and Nymeria
The Little Giant (Apr 2019) – About Bran’s, Sansa’s visions of giants
If I look back I am lost: The Corruption of a Conscience (Mar 2019) – About Daenerys
Spooky Noises (Feb 2019) – About Missandei in Meereen pyramid
Three Trials of Jon and Daenerys: Justice or Revenge? (Oct 2018) – About Jon and Daenerys
A Blacksmith’s Hands (Apr 2018) – About Arya and Gendry
Melisandre’s Seduction and the Shadow That Almost Was (Jan 2018) – About Jon and Melisandre
Who is Melisandre’s Girl in Grey? (Jun 2017) – About Melisandre’s vision
Daenerys and Her Namesakes: How She Got Her Dae and Nerys (Mar 2017) – About Daenerys
Apples and Dragons 