You might think only three chapters would mean less to talk about. And you'd be wrong. Today we reach MAJOR plot turning points for three different povs and for three different areas of Westeros. Jaime leaves King's Landing to bring justice to the Riverlands as Mr Goldenhand. Cersei meets the infamous High Sparrow and makes the decision that is easily her worst yet, essentially kicking off her own doom. And speaking of doom, we wave goodbye to the ironborn in Feast as Euron's campaign truly begins, and Victarion sets his sights across the world.

Today's chapters are:

- Jaime III

- Cersei VI

- Victarion II/ The Reaver

Hop aboard the Isle not only for a slightly different recording location, but some chat on other series', a whole bunch of Ilyn Payne talk (even comparing him to an Other!), the magnificence of the High Sparrow's control over the queen, and how smart Euron is politically with his rewards and punishments, if still really creepy. Oh, and we have what might be our most content Jaime ever. Back on the road, sharing blackberries, cracking jaws in the name of Brienne the Beauty. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 

• Tadhya, Quinn’s upcoming graphic novel: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tadhya-graphic-novel/coming_soon

Support Black storytellers.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors

• Tomi Adeyemi

 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 

• 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!)

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/

• More resources and guidance: instagram.com/avahmann

• 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

• Here’s a scripted email about no-knock warrants if you don’t know what to write: 

• [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

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)

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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