Episode 19: “Dance Party Vol. III; Dance 'til You’re Dead”

In this nineteenth episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry & Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire ask: How does the Law In Literature inform interpretations of the Dance of the Dragons? Our analysis this week includes:A blow-by-blow breakdown of the Blacks’ response to the Greens’ coup and the varying tragedies that follow.A thorough explanation of exactly why Daemon Targaryen, Criston Cole, and Aemond Targaryen all suck so much ass.Learned Hands bends the knee once again to Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was.We discuss how the varying perspectives of the narrators influence both Fire & Blood and illuminate various issues in the main ASOIAF narrative.Merry is finally won over to the idea that Fire & Blood and the Dance of the Dragons and (hopefully) HotD is Good, Actually.Clint offers his First Ever ASOIAF Theory about what Blood & Cheese means to the main narrative!Our hosts connect the Dance of the Dragons directly to the storytelling surrounding the American Civil War. Learned Hands finally touches on the Blackwood-Bracken Feud LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO.Supplemental reading: English Law before the Conquest (Chapter 1) - The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and LiteratureExtensive editing by LittleWolfBird. Bumpers by Frank. Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY. 

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