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VoK 70: Frozen [2013] (Review)

Posted on March 9, 2014 by bina007 | 4 comments

Join our (whatever the collective noun is for snowmen) of Vassals and special guest host Amin from A Podcast of Ice and Fire, to discuss Disney’s super-hit, the Oscar winning Frozen. We take a semi-serious look at the issues of feminism, LGBT rights and depictions of race in Disney. We also take a not very serious look at whether Hans is gay, whether A Song of Ice and Fire could have a happy fairytale ending, and what kind of protection one might need in dating Elsa.

Naturally this is full of spoilers for Frozen, but also Mulan, Pocahontas, Brave and assorted other Disney princess movies.

Podcasters: Amin; Nadia; Bina; Duncan (Valkyrist); Julia (No True Lady); Michal (Inkasrain); Saad (Saad164); Zach (Alias) and Elena (Lady Grey).

Edited by Bina007 using excerpts of music from the wonderful, and now Oscar-winning, original soundtrack to the movie.

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Tagged Alias, Amin, Bina007, inkasrain, Lady_Grey, Nadia, No True Lady, saad164, Valkyrist

VoK 63: Writer’s Workshop

Posted on February 7, 2014 by vokadmin | 1 comment

Five Vassals sit down to discuss the craft of writing and share some of their own work. Join Steven (SJLee), Michal (inkasrain), Zach (Alias), Duncan (Valkyrist), and Ace (SomeNewGuy), as they share their insights into writing, offer feedback to one another, and discuss their latest projects.

Ace shares an inspired-by-real-life comedy of life overseas in the Peace Corps. Zach and Duncan discuss their early foray into fantasy fiction. Michal’s unique cop drama, set in a world of drug-addicted dragons, captures the interest of her fellow hosts. And Steven describes his post-apocalyptic novel, which is nearing completion. The conversation covers many areas of writing:

1:55 – Part 1: General Discussion on Writing
23:15 – Part 2: Roundtable Conversation on Work [Gardeners vs. Architects; Breaking down the Fantasy Genre; Plot vs. Character; Female Characters and “Unlikeable” Protagonists; World-building; Writing Post-Apocalyptic Fiction; Publishing your Work]
1:58:10 – Part 3: Advice to Fellow Writers [including a defense for Fan Fiction]

Credits:
Edited by SJLee

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The Anxiety of Writers
Year of the Dragon by inkasrain (extract)
Quincy’s Tale by SomeNewGuy
The Knight of Leafport by Valkyrist (extract)
A Shattered World by SJLee (extract)

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Posted in Books & Novellas, Podcast, Science Fiction

Tagged Alias, inkasrain, SJLee, SomeNewGuy, Valkyrist

VoK 59: Full Cast(le) Recording #1 – We Need to Talk About Kevan

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Valkyrist | 3 comments

In the inaugural episode of the “Full Cast(le) Recording” series, the Vassals of Kingsgrave don their mummer’s masks to perform a dramatic reading of the Epilogue from A Dance with Dragons.

And don’t forget to hang around backstage, as the vassals discuss the chapter, debate the morality of Kevan Lannister, and agree that Varys is hella creepy.

1:40 – Chapter Reading
39:53 – Aftershow Discussion

The Cast:
Michal (inkasrain) – Narrator
Leigh (LordManderBlee) – Ronnet Connington / Randyll Tarly
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Kevan Lannister / Tywin Lannister
Peter (Shellfish) – Mace Tyrell
Steven (SJ Lee) – Maester Pycelle
Paul (Pod’s Plight) – Harys Swyft
Brooke (Asha Greatjoy) – Cersei Lannister
Elena (Lady_Grey) – Novice / Varys
Chloe (Lady_Grey’s daughter) – Tommen Baratheon

The Crew:
Michal (inkasrain) – Host
Duncan (Valkyrist) – Editor

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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, Books & Novellas, Full Cast(le) Recording, Podcast

Tagged Asha Greatjoy, inkasrain, Lady_Grey, LordManderBlee, Pod's Plight, Shellfish, SJLee, Valkyrist

VoK 57: Theories of Ice and Fire (Vol.1)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Valkyrist | Leave a comment

The Vassals gather around the fabled roundtable of Kingsgrave, this time to discuss theories both serious and crackpot. Join Michal (inkasrain), Nadia, Duncan (Valkyrist), Peter (Shellfish), and Dan (witless chum) for a fiery debate over what is really going on in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. This is hopefully the first of many episodes on House Manwoody’s “Theories of Ice and Fire”.

Because of the episode’s length, each segment has been time-stamped with a short musical cue:

2:25 – Stannis is the Third Head of the Dragon [concerning Stannis Baratheon’s destiny, and why he doesn’t even get to be the star of his own theory]
19:08 – Arya is Batman [concerning the character development of Arya Stark, and the true function of the Faceless Men]
47:38 – Brandon + Ashara [concerning the relationship between Brandon Stark and Ashara Dayne, and the child who never was]
1:16:32 – House Stark is descendent from the Others [concerning the arcane origins of the Kings of Winter, and their knowledge of ice magic]
1:54:54 – I(lyrio)+S(erra)=A(egon)B(lackfyre) [concerning the ancestry of Aegon-called-Targaryen, and the source of Ilyrio Mopatis’ “western ambitions”]

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published works in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Various tracks owned by Song Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group.

VoK 46: The Princess and the Queen (by George R. R. Martin)

Posted on December 15, 2013 by vokadmin | 4 comments

Vikram (fortytwo) is joined by Bina (Bina007), Nadia, Michal (inkasrain), Thomas (FTWard), Leigh (LordManderBlee), and Duncan (Valkyrist) to review and discuss George R. R. Martin’s latest novella “The Princess and the Queen”.

Beware of Spoilers: This podcast discusses the novella in detail.

Credits:
Edited by Fortytwo

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King Stephen and Matilda of Boulogne

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Tagged Bina007, fortytwo, FTWard, inkasrain, LordManderBlee, Nadia, Valkyrist

VoK 42: The Legend of Korra (Season 2 Finale Review)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | Leave a comment

Katie (Lady Griffin) is joined by Stephanie (gsgd), Michal (inkasrain) and Leigh (LordManderblee) to review Legend of Korra’s Final 4 episodes Night of a Thousand Stars, Harmonic Convergence, Darkness Falls and Light in the Dark.

Editing Credits: Katie

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VoK 37: Legend of Korra S2E10 Review
VoK 34: Legend of Korra S2E09 Review

VoK 38: Thor – The Dark World [2013] (Review)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

It’s a super-sized Thor The Dark World review with easttexasdirewolf, Erinyes, fortytwo, inkasrain( Michal), No True Lady, Shellfish, Teddard and Tori. Prepare to hear about a movie that all the hosts claim they enjoyed…yet have massive issues with. Also, there will be fangirling.

Editing Credits: No True lady

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Skype Chatlog during the recording

VoK 37: Legend of Korra (S2E10 Review)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 1 comment

Katie (Lady Griffin) is joined by Stephanie (gsgd), , Michal (inkasrain) and Leigh (LordManderblee) to review Legend of Korra Episode S2E10 “A New Spiritual Age”.

Editing Credits: Katie

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VoK 30: Legend of Korra S2E07-08 Review
VoK 34: Legend of Korra S2E09 Review

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Tagged gsdg, inkasrain, Lady Griffin, LordManderBlee

VoK 34: Legend of Korra (S2E09 Review)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 2 comments

Katie (Lady Griffin) is joined by Stephanie (gsgd), , Michal (inkasrain) and Leigh (LordManderblee) to review Legend of Korra Episode S2E09 “The Guide”.

Editing Credits: Katie

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BoK 19: Legend of Korra S2E01-02 Review
BoK 20: Legend of Korra S2E03 Review
VoK 26: Legend of Korra S2E04 Review
VoK 27: Legend of Korra S2E05 Review
VoK 29: Legend of Korra S2E06 Review
VoK 30: Legend of Korra S2E07-08 Review

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Tagged gsdg, inkasrain, Lady Griffin, LordManderBlee

VoK 30: Legend of Korra (S2E07-08 Review)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 2 comments

Exiled Warden of the forums LordManderblee joins Legend of the Haram Katie, Michal and Stephanie (aka gsdg) to review Legend of Korra Episode S2E07-08 “Beginnings”.

Editing Credits: Katie

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BoK 19: Legend of Korra S2E01-02 Review
BoK 20: Legend of Korra S2E03 Review
VoK 26: Legend of Korra S2E04 Review
VoK 27: Legend of Korra S2E05 Review
VoK 29: Legend of Korra S2E06 Review

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VoK 29: Legend of Korra (S2E06 Review)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 2 comments

Vassals of Korra returns with Bastards of Aang featuring Katie, Michal and Stephanie (aka gsdg) to review Legend of Korra Episode S2E06 “The Sting”. The Harem also reviewed S2E01-02, S2E03 ,S2E04 and S2E05 in BoK 19, BoK 20 ,VoK 26 and VoK 27 respectively.

Editing Credits: Katie

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PabuCast: A Legend of Korra Podcast
BoK 19: Legend of Korra S2E01-02 Review
BoK 20: Legend of Korra S2E03 Review
VoK 26: Legend of Korra S2E04 Review
VoK 27: Legend of Korra S2E05 Review

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VoK 27: Legend of Korra (S2E05 Review)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 3 comments

Vassals of Korra returns with Legend of the Harem featuring Katie, Michal and Stephanie (aka gsdg) to review Legend of Korra Episode S2E05 Peacekeepers. The Harem + Amin also reviewed S2E01-02, S2E03 and S2E04 in BoK 19, BoK 20 and VoK 26 respectively.

Editing Credits: Katie

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BoK 19: Legend of Korra S2E01-02 Review
BoK 20: Legend of Korra S2E03 Review
VoK 26: Legend of Korra S2E04 Review

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VoK 26: Legend of Korra (S2E04 Review)

Posted on October 12, 2013 by kcrumpton2013 | 4 comments

Katie, Michal and Stephanie (aka gsdg) make their very first Vassals of Korra appearance. The Harem reviews Legend of Korra Episode S2E04 Civil Wars Part 2.Harem + Amin also reviewed S2E01-02 and S2E03 in BoK 19 and BoK 20 respectively.

Editing Credits: Katie

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BoK 19: Legend of Korra S2E01-02 Review
BoK 20: Legend of Korra S2E03 Review

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Tagged gsdg, inkasrain, Lady Griffin