Episode 28: "Dance Party, Vol. VII: A Caution for Young Rulers"

Episode 28: “Dance Party: Vol. VII; A Caution for Young Rulers”

In this twenty-eighth episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry, Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire ask: What can the deaths of Rhaenyra and Daemon tell us about their successes and failures?

Our analysis this week includes:

Fabulous and important perspectives on revolution from Queer Alex and Dolorous RayA plea to support abortion funds in the United States.We finally get to *extremely heavy metal sounds* the BATTLE OVER THE GOD'S EYE.Everyone shits on Joffrey for posting spoilers about the end of HotD.Broad speculation on Daemon Targaryen's favorite Alkaline Trio song.Merry argues that it's probably a bad look to have to sell your crown to take a ship.Clint gets to talk about the divine right of kings AND Varys's riddle, so you know he's happy.MOONDANCER! MOONDANCER QUEEN! Alfred Broome can go fuck himself. Anyway, Rhaenyra dies when she gets eaten by Aegon II's dragon.Your Hands discuss ways that this could have been avoided, and introduce the Dany-Rhaenyra-Stannis scale. 

Supplemental reading: 

How to find and donate to your local abortion fundsLink to Queer Alex and Dolorous Ray's letters Eliana's Essay on Dany and Tragic Heroism

Bumpers by Dr. Shiloh Carroll.  Extensive audio engineering by LittleWolfBird. Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY. 

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