“Join IAFC organizer Tara, Small Council member Chloe, and Wendy (@thewendynerd) for a meaty discussion of all things cannibalistic in ASOIAF: What really goes on on Skagos? Would you eat those Flea Bottom “bowls of brown”? Was that really a “sow” that Coldhands fed the kids? And what about JOJENPASTE?”
Episode 38 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con High Fantasy track’s “Game of Tricksters” panel that aired during Virtual Dragon Con 2020.
“In George R. R. Martin’s sprawling epic, he incorporates and plays with many of the tropes of High Fantasy. Which characters embody the trickster archetype? When does GRRM play it straight and when does he subvert our expectations?”
Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con Goes Virtual, past favorite Dragon Con memories, and more! Oh, and this year we had a few special guests…and of course a lot of drinks.
Episode 36 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con High Fantasy track’s “Nailed It or Failed It: Game of Thrones Character Arcs” panel at Dragon Con 2019.
I was super excited about this panel and only regret that it was scheduled for Monday morning of Dragon Con (of all times) because it being the last day of the convention, many of us (namely me, ha!) weren’t at the top of our game. Still, it was fun to get some audience involvement on whether the show nailed it or failed it when portraying the ASOIAF characters we love, hate, or love to hate. Stay tuned for the Ice & Fire Con 2020 version of this one, that’s for sure!
Episode 35 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con High Fantasy track’s “Fire & Blood: Targaryen History” panel at Dragon Con 2019.
Episode 34 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con Apocalypse Rising track’s “Apocalyptic Psych 101: Coping with PTSD and Other Mental Illness in Literature” panel at Dragon Con 2019.
While the idea for this panel was to discuss types of trauma-related illnesses that a post-apocalyptic protagonist might deal with and how to handle these characters honestly, thanks to an AMAZING audience and some great questions, it evolved into much more.
Episode 33 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con High Fantasy track’s “Game of Thrones: The Final Season” panel from Dragon Con 2019.
Episode 32 of The Geek Saga Podcast includes live audio from the Dragon Con High Fantasy track’s “Heroic Journeys in Game of Thrones” panel at Dragon Con 2019.
Each year the High Fantasy track chooses an overall theme, and this year was “The Hero’s Journey”. This panel focused on how GRRM uses the traditional Heroes Journey to subvert reader expectations.