RFTIT Tumblr Weeklyish Roundup

Hey, folks! So my class got started, but what with the (edge of the) polar vortex, I’ve been feeling hibernaty and not really in the mood to write recently. I hope to rectify this in the coming week where I won’t be as cold or as busy.

In the mean-time, we’ve got some good stuff in the Tumblrs.

ASOIAF:

• Options for nobility dealing with an unfit monarch.
  • Part II
• The early modern military revolution and Northern manpower.
• Why is LF trying to kill Sweetrobin?
• Writing about genteel poverty.
• Was it unjust to execute Gared?
• Working class officers, re revolutions and civil wars.
• How did pre-industrial societies investigate crimes?
• Tywin’s public policies and the smallfolk.
• How do you appraise policymakers who are immoral?
• Economic growth and feudalism.
• Positive and negative paternalism.

Non-ASOIAF:

• The Parker luck.
  • Part II
• What kind of school does Miles Morales go to?
• Peter Parker as a working class hero.
• Other working class heroes.
• Good Magneto storylines.
  • Part II

 

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Guest Appearance on Boiled Leather Audio Hour!

Hey folks! In lieu of another Fire & Blood essay – I start teaching on Monday and finishing my syllabi and readings and lectures comes first – here’s a podcast I recorded with Stefan Sasse over at Boiled Leather Audio Hour:

Check it out!

RFTIT Tumblr Weeklyish Roundup

Hey folks! I’m hip-deep in preparing for a brand-new course, so it’ll take a while for me to get through the next (incredibly long) Fire & Blood chapter. After I’m done with the reign of Jaehaerys I, I think I’m going to take a bit of a break from Fire & Blood, finish off (my version of) the Hour of the Wolf, and get back into doing some ASOS chapter essays.

In the mean-time, we’ve got Tumblrs.

ASOIAF:

• Are the Valyrians a “lazy carbon copy” of the Romans?
• How are jousts scored?
• Why not conquer Beyond-the-Wall?
• Could the Freys build a canal  from the Green Fork to the sea?
• Is it realistic for Robert to be an absentee king?
• How could Ned have used institutional power in Eddard XII?
• A discussion on the Master of Laws:
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
• Why does the Master of Whisperers exist?
• How well do ordinary people know their rulers?

Non-ASOIAF:

• Book recommendation.

Book Announcement!

Hey, folks! Just wanted to let you know that the last of the Kickstarter books, Kings, Hands, and City-States, is now available in paperback.

People who ordered a copy during the Kickstarter will be getting theirs mailed out soon, but if you didn’t have a chance to back then, you can now order your own copy!

And as always, if you enjoy the book, please do leave a review.

Check it out!

Fire & Blood, Volume I: Jaehaerys and Alysanne

Happy 2019, everyone! Buckle up, this is going to be another long one…

RFTIT Tumblr Weeklyish Roundup

Grading is done, the holidays are almost done, so I finally have some time to catch up on my Tumblring. It’s a bit of a light mailbag b/c of the aforesaid grading and holidaying, but there’s some good stuff here:

ASOIAF:

• Effects of the 1% rule on medieval society.
• What’s a trailbaston?
• Names of the Seven Kingdoms.
• What was LF’s original plan before the Winterfell shenanigans?
• Who owns Harrenhal?
• What were Edmure’s orders, exactly?

Non-ASOIAF:

• Thoughts on Into the Spider-Verse.
• Why are misers depicted as moneylenders?

Fire & Blood, Volume I: Birth, Death, and Betrayal

We’re starting to head into the long, long chapters. *Gulp.* Here we go!

Fire & Blood, Volume I: A Time of Testing

This next chapter is thankfully rather short, but it’s got some interesting stuff in it.

Guest Appearance on the Notacast…Podcast

https://www.podbean.com/media/player/f7npf-a1c1a2?from=site&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=1

This week, I have a special treat for you: BryndenBFish and PoorQuentyn were kind enough to invite me onto their podcast to discuss one of my favorite chapters in A Game of Thrones, Eddard XI. Join us as we discuss medieval power politics, the posthumous reputations of Ned Stark and Tywin Lannister, and many other topics.

You can listen above or wherever you download your podcasts.

RFTIT Tumblr Weeklyish Roundup

It’s a little unclear what the long-term impact of the great de-Tumblring of 2018 will be; in the short-term, I built a backup WordPress site so that I won’t lose anything I’ve written (for whatever reason, the backup is taking a while to complete, but most of my posts have been transferred over). So as I wait to see which way the fandom will jump, I’ll keep on answering people’s asks and rounding them up here:

ASOIAF:

• Who were the she-wolves of Winterfell?
• Who officers the Redwyne fleet?
• How dangerous is the Mountain, really?
• How standardized were sigils?
• Roose Bolton is not your woobie.
• A discussion of Ned’s plan for the Night’s Watch.
• Book production technology and “A Caution for Young Girls.”

Non-ASOIAF:

• Why it matters that Steve Rogers volunteered in 1940 not 1941.
• More discussion on Robin Hood.
• My thoughts on the great de-Tumblring of 2018.
• Thoughts on “The Favourite.”