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Episodes
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
SPOILERS: ASOIAF, F&B, KOT7K, TWOIAF, ETC
“It’s been said that Targaryens are closer to gods than men…
In my eyes, you were a god. Daemon Targaryen. The Prince of the City. The Lord of Flea Bottom.
I was an innocent. You exploited me and abandoned me. You sullied my name at court. You empowered my rivals. You tried to make my ruin.
You put me on that throne. And you love me and you hate me for it.
You created me, Daemon. Yet you are now set on destroying me.
All because your brother loved me more than he did you.
This is what you always wanted, is it not?”
In what can only be described as "an epic hour of television", the Red Dragon and the Gold surpasses our expectations as the biggest battle with dragons we've yet seen on our screens. Meet the halfway mark of the season with us in this episode.
Otto Joining the Caltrops theory by u/Beepulons: https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1dtk5vw/spoilers_extended_hotd_otto_hightower_is_being/
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Sound Effects from Pixabay
"Night Vigil" "Big Drumming" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ THANKS KEVIN!!
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Sin begets sin begets sin - and war makes monsters of us all. We chat cyclical violence within and outside of the family, parentified children, and of course, the behemoth that is Harrenhal.
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Sound Effects from Pixabay
"Night Vigil" "Big Drumming" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ THANKS KEVIN!!
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
SPOILERS: ASOIAF, F&B, KOT7K, TWOIAF, ETC
All the world's a stage in Westeros, and our favorite (and least favorite) characters must navigate that stage, whether they like it or not. Join us as we chat about spectacle, the Kingsguard, and of course, pegging.
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Sound Effects from Pixabay
"Night Vigil" "Big Drumming" & by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ THANKS KEVIN!!
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
SPOILERS: ASOIAF, F&B, KOT7K, TWOIAF, ETC
Clink clink, we're back with S2 to sling that HOT D.
Expect controversy, drama, and of course, shenanigans from your favorite girlies who are indeed going canon.
Check out our patreon where all members get early access to House of the Dragon episodes during the season @ patreon.com/girlsgonecanon
Sound Effects from Pixabay
"Night Vigil" "Big Drumming" & "Past the Edge" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ THANKS KEVIN!!
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Hannah from Game of Owns swings by to talk about the Dragon show, Dunk and Egg, and the expanded George RR Martin universe that is unfolding before us. P.S: please take us to the premiere next year.
Tune in to the MIDSEASON FINALE OF UNLEASH THE D. That's right, because after the season, we'll be back with TWO MORE EPISODES to break down the costuming of HOTD with a special guest, as well as to wrap up the season. We're re-leashing the D, baby.
Find Game of Owns at:
https://x.com/gameofowns
https://www.gameofowns.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gameofowns/?hl=en
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
We're back with UNLEASH THE D for season two of House of the Dragon.
Tune in for a very casual conversation with our friend Glidus on what to expect when you're expecting HOTD S2, what it's like to have brothers (idk), and spectacle in House of the Dragon - what does it take to adapt from pages of a history book to the screen, and just how does Ryan Condal do it?
check out Glidus' interview with Raya Golden on Tuf Voyaging
Glidus plays both the good sport and an honorable girly gone canon in this episode. you can find him online at.....
https://www.youtube.com/@Glidus
https://www.youtube.com/@glimbus
https://www.youtube.com/@MateriaYoutube
https://x.com/NotGlidus
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
We're back with UNLEASH THE D for season two of House of the Dragon.
Tune in for a very casual unserious episode with a twist: this episode is BOOK SPOILER FREE (mostly), and will be the ONLY episode we post during the season that is book spoiler free. Chika comes along for the ride to tell us her opinions on that Dragon Show as someone who has not read the books.
Chika shares her initial impressions on season one with us and reveals her alliances.
Where to find Chika on the Web -
https://twitter.com/ChikaSupreme
https://twitter.com/ShoujoSundae
https://linktr.ee/shoujosundae
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Here in the House of Canon, we're hard at work preparing the HOTD primer series that critics are calling "UNABASHEDLY GREAT" (Unleash the D S2) as well as getting ready for HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S2.
No episode today - instead, enjoy a reveal of our first three UNLEASH THE D guests, as well as when you can look forward to hearing the episodes hit your streams.
Buckle up - it's going to be a crazy (dragon) ride.
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Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
Now available for the public!
Chloe and Eliana read another GRRM short story from the Thousand Worlds universe: Butterbumps—wait, no, Bitterblooms. A girl lost during deepwinter gets swept away by a magical woman to journey among the stars... or does she?
Don't forget to check out "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen, the song that inspired this story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76OOON5QYr0
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Intro by Kevin MacLeod, "Fairytale Waltz"
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Top regrets of my life: Not splitting these Jon chapters to make more than two episodes, because WOW. What a ride. Griff decided to add an extra syllable to make himself a "griffin," once more. That's right, Jon Connington is back, and he's taking prisoners (it's his family). Welcome home, how's it feel to be back, strolling down memory lane? Well, Jon Con's got thoughts on that.
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
We have waited six years to finally get to this POV... but that's only half as much time as Jon Connington has been pretending to be dead. A lost lord finds himself as his hand count down his time left in the story.
Link mentioned — AR Blackfyre with Lo the Lynx: ASOIAF Collab: "The Beautiful Spymaster: Lysono Maar, Orientalism, and Liminality" & Discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I38Ue0dwVyA
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Check us out on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/girlsgonecanon.bsky.social
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Ugh. Can't believe it's over. Join us as we cover the final published Arya chapter, "The Ugly (Crying As We Say Goodbye To Our) Little Girl."
A girl gets her first assignment, echoing other chapters and mentors, taking on a new face—as do we, with a new POV to follow.
Check us out on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/girlsgonecanon.bsky.social
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
New POV: Blind Beth. Join us as we follow a day in the life of a girl at the House of Black and White with weird dreams and who gets along really, really well with cats.
Check us out on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/girlsgonecanon.bsky.social
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
New POV: Cat—but not that Cat. It's Cat of the Canals, and she's got a temp job. There's also some girl named Arya who kills a guy and takes his boots.
Check us out on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/girlsgonecanon.bsky.social
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Thanks to our Patrons @ patreon.com/girlsgonecanon, this bonus episode has been released for the public. This episode was originally recorded and published February 2023—and wraps up our coverage of the Dunk and Egg novellas... for now.
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Chloe and Eliana head back to their roots with the final Drunk and Egg—er, Dunk and Egg novella, "The Mystery Knight."
Tune in for the last novella (so far) and the reveal of Bloodraven as Dunk also revisits some of his roots.
Intro by Kevin MacLeod, "Fairytale Waltz"
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Arya finds out that she's not on a full-ride scholarship to her magical (assassin) boarding school.
"Tempting Secrets" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Check us out on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/girlsgonecanon.bsky.social
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Arya gets shipped off to magical boarding school in a new (free) city.
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Episode update: In editing some of the music, the timing of the tracks got messed up. Reuploading a fixed file for you all to enjoy!
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We brought on Arya's biggest fan, THE #1 Aryaholic, The Hedge Knight himself, WARREN to help us break down this huge turning point in Arya's chapter. Warren joins us to celebrate Arya being reunited with Needle and then to bid farewell to one of Arya's most important mentors, Sandor Clegane—as he himself bids farewell to the Hound.
WHERE TO FIND WARREN, THE HEDGE KNIGHT:
- Twitter — https://twitter.com/DudsonWarren
- Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/hedgeknight.bsky.social
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Background credits
"Witch Hunt" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Lost Time" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
free sound effects from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Arya and Nymeria go fishing.
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Background music credit:
"Cryptic Sorrow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
In which Arya tries to literally gatecrash her uncle's bloody wedding so Sandor clouts her on the ear.
Art by DR3ADlady
- https://x.com/DR3ADlady/status/1757315916004569281?s=20
- https://x.com/DR3ADlady/status/1755601978376552494?s=20
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Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric
Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl
Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/
Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor
Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com
Intro by Anton Langhage