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Episodes
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
In Daenerys VII (A Dance with Dragons), Dany learns that the Frog and his friends have traveled an impressively long way just to crash her wedding. In this episode of Girls Gone Canon, we break down power, spectacle, and the entitlement that keeps testing Dany’s rule in Meereen.
Mentioned in the episode: Mighty Isobel's post on floppy ears
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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 Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
In which we probably spend more time talking about the poop outside IRL than the poop outside the walls of Meereen
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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 Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
A new horse comes to Meereen. Unlike the silver, this pale mare is sick—and not in the cool slang way.
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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 Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Daenerys seeks peace for Meereen through religion.
Woops forgot to add this link of /u/antisaudiaktion's Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1nvthff/spoilers_main_i_hate_essos_so_much_man/
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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 Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Who needs enemies when you have friends like these?
In this episode of Girls Gone Canon, we break down Daenerys III in A Dance with Dragons—loyalty, betrayal, and the slow realization that power often isolates more than it protects.
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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 Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
"I am the blood of the dragon, she thought. If they are monsters, so am I."
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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 Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Thank you for all your patience and support! Nobody asked for this but sometimes you just accept gifts you didn't want.
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Sacks are full of surprises, as Daenerys learns in trying to bring justice to rebuild Meereen—and as she also learns from the one this final petitioner brings to her throne room.
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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 Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
'Do all gods feel so lonely?' Daenerys wonders as she stays in Meereen for 11 years.
Background music
Silver Flame Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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 Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
In which Strong Belwas is the shit while Barristan and Jorah are in deep shit (but not as much as in next chapter)
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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 Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
In which Mother is mothering.
Links Mentioned:
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(Spoilers Everything) Rhaegar's Biblical Parallel — https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4szgaw/spoilers_everything_rhaegars_biblical_parallel/
Background music
Silver Flame Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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 Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Dracarys. Pim Wangtechawat, author of The Moon Represents My Heart, joins us to analyze the language and ambiguity that dance through this iconic Daenerys chapter. Tune in to hear us break down the connection between identity and agency as Dany crosses this Rubicon.
Where to find Pim and buy her book:
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Buy the book: https://pimwangtechawat.net/books/
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Pim's website: https://pimwangtechawat.net/
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Pim's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pim.wangtechawat/
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Pim's Substack: https://substack.com/@pimwangtechawat
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Pim's Twitter: https://x.com/PimsupaW
Background music
"Volatile Reaction" 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 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 Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
You asked (maybe), we answered (maybe)
Mostly we yap
https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/sf33ti/spoilers_main_the_grieving_sister_on_ashara/ The Grieving Sister: On Ashara Dayne's Fate by u/thegreykenzie
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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 Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Daenerys arrives in Astapor and learns the true cost of the Unsullied.
Check out Pim Wangtechawat's book, The Moon Represents My Heart: https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-gm7e
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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 Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Dany sets sail into a new book with a new arc while everyone decides to try testing boundaries.
Fairy ointment story, sent by Barbara: https://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-43.html
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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 Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Daenerys decides it's time get out of dodge aka Qarth (for now) and meets the main character of the story: Strong Belwas.
Links from Lo: https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/allegories-four-continents
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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 Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Gray Area comes to visit our house—of the Undying! She's here to ~help us show~ us the pattern behind the prophecies around chosen ones and the visions Daenerys sees.
Definitely check out: Gray's video deciphering the House of the Undying—https://youtu.be/7xjhlbyu01k?feature=shared
Where to find Gray Area
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrayArea
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Twitter: https://x.com/ThisGrayArea
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Obsidian Nights Reread Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/obsidian-nights-podcast/id1511829391
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Direwolf City YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@direwolfcity
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ThisGrayArea
Background music:
Odyssey Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Silver Flame Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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 Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Daenerys wastes a lot of money and for what.
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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 Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
In the greatest city of the world, Daenerys receives a wonderful gift.
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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 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Being a single mom isn't easy, Daenerys finds out as she tries to make ends meet for her three dragon children and hundred other adopted members of the khalasar.
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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