A Game of Thrones… Every Westerosi Wedding, Ranked by Dothraki Standards 5 Mar 202326 Aug 2023 "A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair." This is one of those articles where I thought of the name of it first, and then…
Fan Theories… When a Prediction Becomes a Fan Theory 29 Sep 20191 Nov 2022 For the last several years, I’ve been banging the drum for one particular, unusual cause: pedantry regarding the definition of “fan theory”. While you can read one of several longer…
A Game of Thrones… Why Didn’t Google Know About The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug? 1 Aug 201828 Feb 2023 An investigation into a major hole in Google's knowledge (Updated) I discovered something strange yesterday. It began when, in an effort to make a stupid joke on Twitter, I tried…
A Game of Thrones… Why That Game of Thrones Fan Theory Is Not a Game of Thrones Fan Theory 26 Aug 201726 Aug 2017 The internet loves a good fan theory. The trouble is, the phrase "fan theory" has started to go the way of words like content or hipster or artisan or any…
A Game of Thrones… Ed Sheeran Didn’t Ruin Anything. Game of Thrones is Rooted in Popular Music 23 Jul 201718 Sep 2022 Game of Thrones is Not Sacred. It’s Grateful Dead Fan Fiction The first episode of the seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones sparked a multitude of reactions, but perhaps…
A Game of Thrones… Is There a Connection Between Bran Stark and “Uncle John’s Band”? 5 Jun 20167 Jul 2016 In a previous blog post, I investigated the possibility that George R.R. Martin took inspiration for Arya Stark's storyline from the song "Dire Wolf," by the Grateful Dead. I'm far…
A Game of Thrones… The Link Between George R. R. Martin and the Grateful Dead 19 Feb 201616 Mar 2025 Everything I know About the connections between the Grateful Dead, Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire Update 2022: parts of this article were originally written as…
A Song of Ice and Fire… Six Months of Search Terms: Wolverine, His Beard, and The Strange Searches That Lead People Here 2 Jul 20152 Jul 2015 A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called The Maramduke Fart Paradox, in which I discussed the strange search engine terms that lead people to this website. Among…
A Song of Ice and Fire… Dead Men of Westeros and The Stringer Bell Paradox 15 Jun 201511 Apr 2016 Note: The following contains aggressive spoilers for both the first three seasons of The Wire, and for the five existing seasons of Game of Thrones. You remember when Omar Little…
A Game of Thrones… Brief Interviews of Ice and Fire: The Sand Snake Seven 11 May 2015 The following is a conversation regarding both the A Song of Ice and Fire books and the Game of Thrones television show. It contains spoilers for the five ASOIAF books…