Unabashed Book Snobbery

Julia, Kylie, Caroline, and Gretchen name their dragons, define antagonists, and wonder if they're secure in trusting House of the Dragon as they discuss the first season in full. 

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 Episode Breakdown

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:15 - The adjective game & fandom engagement
• 18:45 - HOTD tops itself/the ending
• 25:20  - Missteps, favorites, and Matt Daemon
• 29:40 - Avoid and evade, typical airbender tactics
  
• 39:20 - Season structure
  
• 51:30 - What's an antagonist?
• 1:02:00 - Liberatory violence
• 1:09:20  - Babes and MMD
• 1:22:30 - The dagger of it all
• 1:32:45 - Are we getting duped again?
• 1:45:45 - Season 2 hopes and dreams
• 1:56:20 - The Aemond of it all
• 2:05:20 - Name your dragon!

 Julia, Kylie, Caroline and Bo celebrate Emma D'Arcy stealing the show, while Vhagar fulfills her own Targ destiny in the House of the Dragon season finale, "The Black Queen."

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 Episode Breakdown:

•  0:00 - Intro, asks, recap, and Florida
• 16:25 - Rhaenyra is practically perfect
• 22:25 - The babe did come :(
• 32:30 - Daemon's spousal support
• 40:20 - Sweet gaming table
• 44:30 - Fucking Otto
• 53:15 - Daemon stans and a terrible ship
• 1:04:05 - A good ship
• 1:14:30 - Ask your doctor about Vermithor
• 1:19:56 - Treat in Kamino
• 1:28:35 - Julia reads from her Kobo
• 1:33:20 - Vhagar makes Visenya proud
• 1:42:15 - Kylie wants to rage-quit
• 1:49:15 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline get out their #girlboss mugs and smash through smallfolk to celebrate the first penultimate season episode for House of the Dragons, 'The Green Council'. 

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Episode Breakdown:

0:00 - Intro & episode recap
12:05 - Struck down in his prime!
21:33 - A zany search sequence
31:42 - The princess in the tower
41:22 - Aegonball
50:10 - Defining 'closer to earth'
55:15 - Feet info exchange
1:06:25 - The plot carries Rhaenys this way!
1:12:50 - Girlbossing the smallfolk to death
1:38:30 - Highlights/lowlights & do we like this story?
 

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Introduction & recap
• 22:10 - Julia wants to spoil Fire and Blood
• 20:00 - Mullets and age-bending
• 24:00 - Marie de' Medici and wall porn
• 34:21 - The Alicent that was promised
• 40:00 - Questionable online discourse
• 57:47 - Musa hates boring Targs
• 1:04:45 - Rhaenys needs to monologue her motivations
• 1:13:00 - Stupid prophecy dagger is stupid
• 1:20:15 - Helaena is thinkin' about bugs
• 1:35:00 - Family dinner of fun
• 1:46:10 - Julia reads from her Kobo
• 1:53:53 - Dramatic irony happens!
• 2:03:03 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline strain their eyes to watch House of the Dragon episode 7, 'Driftmark' thanks to Miguel Sapochnik, and begin their own familial strife over Alicent's poo face.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Intro, asks, and recap
• 12:25 - We're struggling, guys
• 26:10 - Green burial practices
• 35:55 - Miguel Sapochnik turns off the lights
• 39:50 - Caroline ships RhaenyraxDaemon
• 46:10 - Hiccup's first flight
• 51:15 - Kid punching and kobos
• 57:21 - Alicent monologues her motivations
• 1:15:00 - Laenor shows up with Starbucks
• 1:26:55 - We travel to the Fire Nation
• 1:32:35 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline are thrust forward in time 10 years where they discuss engorgement, dig up Criston Cole's 4chan posts, and shout "polycule" repeatedly.

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Episode Breakdown: 

• 0:00 - Intro & episode recap
• 7:15 - Rhaenyra takes a lovely stroll
• 15:30 - The "we want to bang Rhaenyra" repression club
• 22:40 - How to train your dragon
• 34:30 - The Alicent in the room
• 47:15 - The babe won't come
• 1:10:55 - Criston Cole gets punched in the face
• 1:30:30 - Larys is eating her pie
• 1:40:22 - Highlighs & lowlights

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline celebrate the royal wedding by squeeing through their entire discussion

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 Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Intro & episode recap
• 7:00 - UBS corrections
• 8:45 - Lady Rhea
• 17:50 - Alicent's fun day
• 25:00 - A proposal is proposed at Driftmark
• 38:00 - Julia's Criston Cole headcanons
• 51:15 - Royal wedding time
• 1:13:00 - Julia pulls out her Kobo again
• 1:24:30 - The short, short version
• 1:32:10 - Highlights & lowlights

 Julia, Kylie, and Caroline

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Introduction & episode recap
  
• 7:17 -Some kind of chronological analysis
  
• 20:00 - Garden party
  
• 33:45 - Matt Smith talks in Valyrian
  
• 42:47 - Rhaenyra on the town
  
• 52:05 - Sex juxtaposition
  
• 1:05:00 - The Criston Cole scene
  
• 1:19:50 - Julia takes out her Kobo
• 1:43:10 - Highlights/lowlights

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 3:10 - Episode Recap
• 6:00 - CRABFEEDER
  
• 20:15 - Main plot & hairnets
  
• 32:15 - Breadtangle of politics
  
• 50:00 - Symbolic stags
  
• 58:00 - Targy traits
  
• 1:04:15 - Symbolic fingers
  
• 1:09:45 - Requisite Dornish discussion
• 1:20:10 - Highlights/lowlights

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline continue their viewing of House of the Dragon with its second episode "The Rogue Prince" and crap...are they starting to really enjoy it? Only minor Dornish rants ensue, and we learn why Rhaenys's hair is so big.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 5:20 - Episode Recap
• 8:16 - Beginning of episode discussion
• 16:15 - Yet another Criston Cole rant
• 21:00 - Some clarifications from last week
• 25:00 - Alicent the sexual manipulator
• 35:20 - Will Viserys marry this 12 year old?
• 44:09 - Daemon shenanigans
• 1:10:41 - Let's talk costumes
• 1:16:45 - Highlights/lowlights