Kissed By Fire

Welcome to episode seven of Kissed By Fire! As it's the seventh episode Beth and Stef do their best to honour The Seven themselves with chat about the fallout from Maegor The Cruel's dramatic end. This is a shorter chapter from Fire and Blood by GRRM, but it is packed with drama and mystery. Like: what really happened to Septon Moon? And: who in the hell was he any way? And why did he hate on Targs so much? We also deep dive into the new King of Westeros, Jaehyaerys, First of His Name. At 14 years of age he is too young to rule, so who is truly in charge of the realm? And when there are other claimants, why should HE ascend the throne? There are identity swaps, a number of not-really trials, and heads wrapped up and sent as gifts. Oh and Stef tries to make "Coolio-Boolio" happen. Let us know what you think by rating us and giving us feedback!

Maegor! Was he cruel? Or a misunderstood Zombie creation? He battles The Faith, forces many women to marry him and really enjoys a good fire started by Balerion. Beth and Stef ask if he really was mad, or simply kink-positive and against organised religion? (note: forced marriage is never just a kink, people!)

This episode is jam-packed full of whodunnits, whoisits, and whofarteds.

Let us know in the comments if you liked it, and if you have any answers to the questions posed by this huge chapter of Fire and Blood by George R R Martin.

This time, BWord and StefLyoness dissect half of the chapter, "Sons of the Dragon" from Fire And Blood by George R R Martin. It's a long chapter, so the episodes are long too. Aegon's sons (or were they?) are compared and contrasted and we wonder at the first failings of this new dynasty with a sense of foreboding. Plus Stef and B get all excited about the most amazing Queen of the LGBTQ+ Dragon Community, Rhaena. Yaaaas Queen.

Happy New Year!

There has been a wait for this episode due to flu, technical problems and the festive season taking up our time. However, we are back!

This episode, we cover not one, but two chapters of Fire and Blood, by George R R Martin. We will be dissecting the final wars Aegon The Conqueror undertook to bring the realm of Westeros together. The ones that worked, and one that really, really didn't. We also turn our heads to the governance of the Seven Kingdoms and we take a look at how the King and his sister-wives made sure the Lords, Ladies and smallfolk knew exactly who was in charge.

Editors note: Stef's microphone was on the wrong setting so it picked up every single noise in the world. She has spent a tonne of time trying to rework it and edit out as much of the background noise out as possible, but in some places it just wasn't to be. As such we can only apologise for what sounds like mad stuff going on in the background but it was just her moving in her chair slightly, or replacing a pen lid. D'oh! It will be fixed for next time, we promise!

The first episode of our read through of Fire and Blood by George R. R. Martin. We look at Aegon's Conquest of Westeros, the battles he fought, the heroes that died, the villains that hid and how amazing his sisters are. Minimal spoilers but maximum nerd. There's even a cameo from Beth's squeaky chair! And Stef's kids in the background, moaning about bedtime. Enjoy!

BWord and StefLyoness break down Season 1 of House of the Dragon. We also talk creepy stories from the book Fire and Blood and the related show, just in time for Halloween and make predictions for what might be coming up in Season 2... Spoilers at the end of the show, warnings are given so you can turn off in good time!

BWord and StefLyoness start their new podcast with The Motherload - it's all about the women and mothers in the first few House of the Dragon episodes . No (real) spoilers.