Isle Of Faces

Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 7

It's back to our regularly scheduled programming as we head back to both Cersei and Brienne in our first foray into the second half of AFFC. Specifically, we see Petyr Baelish destroy the Lords Declarant in a political tennis match, Cersei's well-thought out plans (HA!) are crumbling already as Tommen puffs up his chest, Brienne returns to Maidenpool before setting out again with a new squad, and Samwell Tarly swings a mean right hook over in Braavos.

 

Today's chapters are:

 

- Alayne I/Sansa II

- Cersei V

- Brienne V

- Samwell III

 

Hop aboard the Isle for chit chat on how Sansa remembers her name, Tommen's monumental decision to outlaw beets, some great but short enjoyment of the Arya-Sam pairing, and of course, pure unrestrained adoration of the Broken Man speech. All that plus curse words aimed at Randyll Tarly. A lot of them.

 

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 6

Slightly later than usual (and thank you all so much for your patience), we come to roughly HALFWAY through Feast for Crows and celebrate with our lone Cersei-less week. No Jaime either, no King's Landing. Instead we focus two on those two periphreal plots hitting the big time and changing direction forever. Today we have the Kingsmoot and the Queenmaker plot. And in between, Brienne and Oathkeeper dealing bitter, bloody justice and Arya trying, and utterly failing, to become No One

Today's chapters:

- Aeron II/ The Drowned Man

- Brienne IV

- Arianne I/ The Queenmaker

- Arya II

Jump aboard the Isle for discussions on exactly how Euron combines and beats the arguments of Asha and Victarion, how there's no such thing as a win in Brienne's world, why Myrcella is so goddamn awesome, and how its much more than just Needle's hiding that proves Arya Stark is going nowhere in terms of being No One

 

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 5

Cersei's reign is here in full swing. And it is DAMN HILARIOUS. King's Landing empties, allies and swords are all but gone, the Small Council is at its smallest, and Cersei thinks its all fantastic. Today we have Cersei's happiest chapter of the book, Jaime realising his sister is becoming like someone else he once knew, while Asha makes a much-ignored great pitch prior to the Kingsmoot and Sam makes big, terrible discoveries on his own ship

Today we have:

- Sam II

- Jaime II

- Cersei IV

- Victarion I/ The Iron Captain

Jump onto the Isle to discuss the strength of Gilly and the growth of Sam, the sheer maths of the King's Landing losses, how nothing is ever Cersei's problem, and a lot of talk about Asha even when we're in Victarion's POV

 

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 4

On today's visit to the Isle of Faces we change it up by reopening the Dorne and Iron Islands plots while also staying consistent with a Cersei and a Brienne, because it is law we must have those two in every episode from now on. We get our lone Asha, our lone Arys, a wedding where NO ONE DIES (what????), and Brienne makes it to Maidenpool to meet with one fine Dick.

Today we have:

- Asha/ The Kraken's Daughter

- Cersei III

- Arys/ The Soiled Knight

- Brienne III

Come across to the Isle for an in-depth discussion on Feast being the most female-driven ASOIAF book, why Asha (and her uncle) (and her uncle's castle) are the best of the Ironborn, Cersei-Aerys vibes, and our true intro to Arianne and the Myrcella plot

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 3

Can it be true? Are we really a quarter of a way into Feast already? Apparently so, so we'd best get down to business. Today we get our real introduction to Cersei's hilarious rule, Brienne visits Duskendale to learn about the remnants of battles, Jaime and his guilt open up to us even while he improves upon every marker, and we get one of our so-very-rare Sansa chapters as Petyr Baelish shows off his A-game (annoyingly)

Today we have:

- Cersei II

- Jaime I

- Brienne II

- Sansa I

Jump aboard the Isle for chit chat about poor, poor Tommen, Varys knowing secrets about Jaqen, what could have been upon the Trident, memories of Roose Bolton's evil, and how Sansa- somehow- maintains her sense of self even while witnessing Littlefinger's skill. Oh, and we get a truly emotional Brienne moment that proves she's the best person in Westeros. You can expect one of those per week, if I'm honest

 

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 2

Now we're back into the swing of things we finally find some normality in this oh-so-strange book. We have our lone glimpse of the Wall with Sam, begin the most noble of quests with Brienne, make the most of a rare Arya chapter, and we begin the doozy, the fave of every ASOIAF fan: Cersei's rule in King's Landing

Today's chapters are:

- Cersei I

- Brienne I

- Sam I

- Arya I

Hop aboard the Isle for some chat on what Arya on the Wall would have looked like, Braavos in general, the many dangers of the open road, the amazing and uncelebrated strength and brilliance of Gilly, plus we get the party poppers out for our goodbye to Tywin. All that, and simple mourning at how little Arya we get in this book...

 

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Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis AFFC 1

THE ISLE RETURNETH!

After a long ole break we welcome you back to the Isle for the opening of a brand new book, with brand new themes, settings, characters, and structuring. Truly, we are in uncharted territory now. To break us in I go through a mini-review of the different POV arcs before breaking into the world of Oldtown and the Citadel, the four krakens grasping in Balon's wake, and the meeting of the Sand Snakes down on the dunes of Dorne.

Today we go through:

-Pate

- Aeron I (The Prophet)

- Areo I (The Captain of the Guards)

Jump aboard the Isle for an examination of these two new areas of focus, the possible future arcs of Areo, the patterns of the prologues, and just how much stuff we still don't have answers for...not that that's going to stop us guessing.

Welcome back, fine friends. Pull up a log, won't you?

 

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Black Lives Matter Resources

Please click and expand the description for this episode.

PLEASE NOTE: This list is copy and pasted (with permission) from the Girls Gone Canon podcast. An extreme thank you to them for compiling this list and all those who authored, created the resources within

#BlackLivesMatter

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if you have other creators, resources, articles, actions or organizations that you would like for us to add, please feel free to reach out. 

Support Black creators in our communities. 

Cast & Content Creators

• The Hype's Watch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMRMaprM4O5WzAIQJnvz9g 
• A Don of Ice & Fire aka Don Willi  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC507i_iipyO50QZFk4s8brA 
• Alicia Kingston - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFINw6LLA-4NiycBCAhxxvQ 
• Chrissy of Oldstones - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SPSiaoyBsXF0bG4Jq8veg 
• Quinn - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ & https://obsidiannightspodcast.podbean.com/
  • Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon
• I'ma Need More Wine Pod - http://morewinepod.buzzsprout.com/ 
• Tee Baby - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOlQn5fok-SSyschqNbjRA 
• Christina/the Sphinx - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuy1eNsQx0BIqLFWKhM2cw || https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLhsjfgjyvkjly8iHgrAWQ 
• Teflon TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7FuRHvd0CpH8vwKqU9Ruw 
• The Amber Spycast - https://www.theamberspycast.com/ 
• Critical Hit Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitShop 
• Drafturgy - https://www.drafturgy.com/about 
• ManaroGeek - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lo_HzhE8_5Q6gxn7h4cUA 
• Podcast Winterfell - https://podcastwinterfell.com/
• Misty aka AquaVenatus - https://mistyaquavenatus.com/

 

Support Black storytellers.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors

• Tomi Adeyemi
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Samuel R. Delaney
• N.K. Jemisin
• Nnedi Okorafor
• Tananarive Due
• Airea D. Matthews
• Walter Mosley
• Geoffrey Thorne
• Minister Faust
• Sheree R. Thomas
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Tochi Onyebuchi
• Karen Lord
• Steven Barnes
• Sofia Samatar
• David Anthony Durham
• Octavia Butler
• Maurice Broaddus
• Barry Nugent

 FURTHER LIST OF BOOKS TO READ: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT3U74lNb9KPLKA3mUmNauSPwbcK5LQv70KmBW7EwdA/edit#gid=0

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: CHECK OUT THIS LIST OF ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER AND ALYSSA KLEIN

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcqDhrCs*godMQCSHOqftXrgq3I8DGA

Sooooo many good resources already listed on here. You’ll see some overlap in the later sections but this is a great compilation that people have put a lot of great work into. 

 

SIMILARLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also check out PLUS1.ORG’S ANTI-RACISM TOOLKIT. 

Again, people who are more knowledgeable than us have done this great work so that we can do more to actively dismantle white supremacy. Check it out. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vMlmL9TCZJW9bDNfr_nBu8FZEc8LZQd2fi4hbD1s7dg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1GSNbcbw-KRtvhM-7OQmTt2HtuBUTcPbOMtAb-DDnXe3dBIapMpHWUmto 

 

Books About Anti-Racism, Racist Systems, Criminalization in America, etc. 

 

• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Forman, Jr. 

 

• Me and White Supremacy - Layla Saad

• How to be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi

• White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism - Robin DiAngelo

 

• Reproductive Justice - Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger

 

• So you want to talk about race  - Ijeoma Oluo

 

• How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective - edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

 

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander

 

• GO CHECK OUT THOSE LISTS WE LINKED ABOVE

Organizations You Can Donate To or Financially Support

• George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd?fbclid=IwAR342hEyNUlpvaJbtbm0qgLiXUmURvaq845KXTlvIjQtgm5207WIjwimsf0 
• Black Owned Bookstores in the United States - https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php 
• Black Visions Collective - https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ 
• Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home 
• Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In (MOODI) - https://www.givemn.org/story/Mxmjeg 
• Pimento Relief Fund - https://abepmpls.org/pimento-relief-fund 
• SANCTUARY Philadelphia - Sanctuaryphiladelphia.org 
• Philly for REAL Justice - http://phillyrealjustice.com/ 
• Philadelphia Resource Guide from REAL JUSTICE: - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c69EhaddDpb5X684S8Bk7B-XwsKg3EuYowbEoN39SRg/edit#gid=0 
• DONATE TO DOZENS OF BAIL PLACES AT ONCE - https://t.co/uscstATQLB?amp=1 
• Philly Bail Fund - OVERFLOWING - fund BLMPhilly.com - BLMPhilly.com 
• Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Project - http://www.yasproject.com/ 
• Reclaim Philadelphia / Judicial Accountability Table - reclaimphiladelphia.org 
• Movement Alliance Project - https://movementalliance.org/ 
• Black Lives Matter DC - https://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/fund-the-movement/
• Black Lives Matter DC Legal Support Fund ($800k goal, currently at $500k) - https://www.gofundme.com/f/defendblmdc?utm_source=fb_copy_link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR00qGS94DeimUwk_zrcWCIwhLfM_UUVqUeL4I84xq-exdOJL3PDMahcRg4
  • Please note: DC does not have cash bail (though money may be used for legal funds or post-and-forfeit, so do your research if someone is requesting funds for DC bail!)
• DC Black-Owned Restaurants Open During Covid-19 - https://www.feedthemalik.com/post/dc-black-owned-open-covid-19
• Black Mamas Bail Out - nationalbailout.org/black-mamas-bail-out/ 
• Brooklyn Community Bail Fund - brooklynbailfund.org
• North Star Health Collective - northstarhealthcollective.org 
• The Marsha P. Johnson Institute - https://marshap.org/donate/
• Compiled list of bail funds and legal help - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/preview?pru=AAABcorfceg*78tcFXW3vT50KJh-VthBGA&fbclid=IwAR1pEfBcMbEiGLiVtP3hLlf-6sWQiTdG61PY-qBQV3-pdWluVNrqao5HTyc
• Femme Empowerment Project - https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/ 
• Life After Release - https://lifeafterrelease.org/
• Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - Venmo: @sheabutterfemme || Cashapp: $HSHA24

 

Direct Actions You Can Take

• • Click this link with a fully written email and placeholders with your name and city to demand the Minneapolis Police Department take all four of George Floyd’s killers and take them into custody - www.tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/
  • Click this link to write an email demanding justice for Breonna Taylor - www.tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu
  • If you are in the DC area: 
    • More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann
    • If you want to call your DC council member and don’t know how, send us a DM!
    • Submit a testimony to urge the DC council to divest from the DC Metropolitan Police Department - read this document about the issue, why this is important, and what actually works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2l7bdg6QeqtqVWDr5HFzVzieiT0vg6jZASN6syBNyY/preview?link_id=2&can_id=77140cfd7b3097e48a6e6fdd19b2f451&source=email-make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&email_referrer=email_819293&email_subject=make-your-voices-heard-divestfrommpd-now&pru=AAABcpn9JGM*i99REKSEQVFf7imV8Riqog
    • Email/call the DC Council Committee on the judiciary and public affairs and demand they redirect the money into programs that help Black communities! (Dept of Health, Dept of Health Care Finance, Dept of Behavioral Health) - judiciary@dccouncil.us  -  202-350-1362
  • For everyone: Write your state representative! 
    • Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write: 
    • Hi [State Rep],
      
      My name is [YOUR NAME], and I live in your district. I’ve been moved by the protests against police brutality across the nation. One situation that breaks my heart is the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. She was killed in her own home when officers executed a no-knock warrant at the wrong home.
      
      Nothing can make up for her tragic loss of life. But no-knock warrants aren’t just a problem in Louisville. Police use no-knock warrants in our district! I’m writing to you in hopes that you will file legislation to ban no-knock warrants.
      
      Please see this 2014 ACLU report on police execution of warrants for more info: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf 

 

• [Please note that this email may not apply to your district if you live in Oregon or Florida.]

 

 

Some other articles and resources for non-black people of color regarding anti-blackness in non-white communities: 

• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now - https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e
• Letters for Black lives - on talking to your family about why #BlackLivesMatter (with Tagalog translation) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5vzQopEiU/?igshid=qo3lluto6ncj 

 

This list was only possible because of the countless efforts and hours of many people paving the way. Credit to: @trishalvaro (IG), @Stanfordfraser (Twitter), @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y (IG), @ericachidi (IG), @mireillecharper (IG), @dciwoc (IG), @law4blacklivesdc (IG), @brige0x (IG), @soft_masc_shawty (IG) (I lost the account that drafted the instant email link demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in direct actions, and am working on recovering that)

Scraps and Scrolls- Valar Rereadis SoS 17

IT'S HERE!! WE'VE DONE IT! And unsurprisingly, it takes the longest Scraps and Scrolls episode EVER to get it done. Yes, we are at the end of a Storm of Swords, which a good many people will refer to as the very best part of ASOIAF. And it's pretty hard to argue with them. In today's MONSTER episode we cover Tyrion's psyche-breaking revelation, his murder of evil, and his murder of good. Sam changes the future of the Night's Watch with some smart and sneaky lies. Jon Snow experiences the greatest reunion in the series before ascending to a new role. Sansa beautifully recreates her home before nearly being thrown through the Moon Door. And Merrett Frey's luck gets worse and worse as I get more and more excited for a return

Today's chapters are

- Tyrion XI

- Sam V

- Jon XII

- Sansa VII

- Merrett

Step aboard the Isle this week so I can firstly thank you for the amazing journey through this book, but also to discuss the many influences of Tywin's death, the Cotter vs Denys comparisons, I say bad things about Catelyn (WHAAA??),  we get a look at Sansa's snow strength, and then I say a good many more things about Catelyn.

What. A. Damn. Book.

 

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Sporcle Spectacular! Clash of Kings Closing Sentences w/ Brotherhood Without Manners

It is quiz time once again! This time we are back with those dastardly closing sentences, this time for Clash of Kings. Will Daenerys chapters still act as gold dust? Are the Blackwater chapters going to be identifiable? How are you supposed to sort through all these Tyrions??

Even more excitedly, we've a bit of a change today as we welcome not one but two guests for a special head to head edition as Nate as Zach from the Brotherhood Without Manners podcast hop on to the Isle to do battle. We're very lucky to have the fellas join in the fun, and I am sure they, like I, would love to hear your scores too.

You can find the quiz here:  https://www.sporcle.com/games/Cowboy777/asoiaf-a-clash-of-kings-chapters-by-last-sentence 

And the guys here: http://brotherhoodwithout.com/ &  https://twitter.com/MannersWithout 

 

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