Episode 175: A STORM OF SWORDS, DAVOS III: ”Shadow and Flame”

English - February 21, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 59 MB - ★★★★★ - 663 ratings
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Hello and welcome to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!

In this episode, Davos cools his heels in jail before chatting with his jailor Melisandre and his fellow prisoner Alester Florent.

This week, we:

- Frame this chapter as a crucible pivot point within Davos' ASOS arc

- Explore the ambiguous duality in his dynamic with Melisandre

- Deconstruct Melisandre's rigid binary worldview

- Poke fun at Alester Florent

- Set up Davos' quandary going forward: how does he further Stannis' cause as anything but a suicide mission?

Next week: Jon Snow explores several cave systems.

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