Is this the night the hand comes out?
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Sara/DrBlood
Matt/Varley
Kat/kitkathistory24601
Adam/drownedsnow
Michal/inkasrain
Zander/TheLordBaron
Jock/munrojock2
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Creature Chat, Philosophy, Podcast
Tagged Creature Chat, DrBlood, drownedsnow, inkasrain, kitkathistory24601, Munrojock2, Shellfish, TheLordBaron, Varley
Join Bina, Patrick, Jock, Kat, Hannah and Zach as they discuss the first book of the first book of Frank Herbert’s Dune series. The Atreides family move to Arrakis in a planet-swap with their enemies, the Harkonnens, and we get our first look at the infamous sandworms. We discuss how we came to the book; the role of the Bene Gesserit; the nature of Paul as a hero; and the various centres of power in the Dune universe.
No spoilers for later books.
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Podcast
Tagged Alias, Bina007, kitkathistory24601, Munrojock2, Ser Patrick the Tall, Shadowbaby
The Vassals review and discuss the What We Do in the Shadows series and film. Bat!
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Zander/TheLordBaron
Sara/DrBlood
Abby/daceymormont
Jock/munrojock2
Tanja/scilens
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Movies, Podcast, TV Shows
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, Munrojock2, Scilens, Shellfish, TheLordBaron
The Vassals of Kingsgrave welcome you to magic Russia, a land full of hot men, crime-friends, and places whose names will be spelled out for you on the screen! Join Michal (inkasrain), Adam (drownedsnow), David (davidhhh), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Amber (amberrocks), and Jock (Munrojock2) as we discuss Netflix’s new-ish young adult fantasy series, Shadow & Bone. Who ships Malina? Who wants to hook up with Ben Barnes? Who thinks you should read the books? And who is just here for the Crows?
Credits:
Edited by Michal
Music: Royal Archives Heist by Joseph Trapanese
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Tagged amberrocks, Blu3arm0r, davidhhh, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Munrojock2
The Vassals delve deep into devilry, and hope to escape with their souls intact. Why is it goats?
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Sara/DrBlood
Jock/munrojock2
Adam/drownedsnow
Zach/Alias
Kat/kitkathistory24601
Patrick/Ser Patrick the Tall
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Creature Chat, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, TV Shows, Video Games
Tagged Alias, DrBlood, drownedsnow, kitkathistory24601, Munrojock2, Ser Patrick the Tall, Shellfish
Beannachdan! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a new podcast series about world cinema. In this inaugral episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Jock (Munrojock2), and Bina (Bina007) travel to the country of Scotland to discuss the following films:
2:51 – Sunshine on Leith (Dexter Fletcher, 2013)
14:56 – Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002)
22:23 – Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)
37:36 – Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Absolute lunacy erupts as the Vassals come face to face with werewolves! Is the beauty of this beast more than skin-deep? Topics include the history of werewolf tales, possible inspirations, shapeshifters around the world, and general human-canine relations.
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Sara/DrBlood
Abby/daceymormont
Adam/drownedsnow
Matt/Varley
Kit/kgcanary
Jock/munrojock2
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Creature Chat, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, Video Games
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, drownedsnow, kgcanary, Munrojock2, Shellfish, Varley
The Vassals confront their fears and air their grievances about animals! Topics include insects that infest and invade your home, the true meaning of beef, penguin prostitution, and more!
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Zander/TheLordBaron
Sara/DrBlood
Jock/munrojock2
Abby/daceymormont
Amber/amberrocks
Marie/Nymeria
Adam/drownedsnow
Credits:
Edited by Peter
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Posted in Creature Chat, Podcast
Tagged amberrocks, Daceymormont, DrBlood, drownedsnow, Munrojock2, Nymeria, Shellfish, The Lord Baron
Creature chat discusses vampires!
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Zander/The Lord Baron
Sara/DrBlood
Jock/munrojock2
Abby/daceymormont
Matt/Varley
Patrick/Ser Patrick the Tall
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion and descriptions of sex and sexuality, bodily fluids, decaying corpses, murder, torture, animal distress, and very bad vampire impressions.
Credits:
Edited by Shellfish
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Creature Chat, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, Video Games
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, Munrojock2, Ser Patrick the Tall, Shellfish, The Lord Baron, Varley
Join us as we discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first fully integrated television/streaming series, WandaVision!
Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), David (davidhhh), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Amber (amberrocks), and Jock (Munrojock2)
Credits:
Edited by Adam
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Posted in Comics, Podcast, TV Shows
Tagged amberrocks, Blu3arm0r, davidhhh, drownedsnow, Munrojock2
Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Marie (Nymeria), David (davidhhh) and Jock (MunroJock2) discuss the hit show ‘It’s A Sin’ which spans a 10 year period between 1981 and 1991 about a group of five friends as they live through the AIDS crisis. #ItsASin
Credits:
Edited by Glen
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The Vassals of Kingsgrave sit down to chat about creatures. Join vassals Shellfish (Peter), Munjorock2 (Jock), Daceymormont (Abby), and DrBlood (Sara) on their expedition into the animal kingdom! Topics of discussion include pets, animal intelligence, and genetic memory.
Posted in Creature Chat, Fandom, Podcast
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, Munrojock2, Shellfish
The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to Hogwarts to continue the fifth book in the series, The Order of the Phoenix. Join Adam (drownedsnow), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall), Marie (Nymeria), Michal (inkasrain), jock (munrojock2), and Zach (Alias) as they cover chapters 7-11.
This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series including the Fantastic Beasts films.
Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)
Harry Potter Theme (Metal)
Loved Ones and Leaving by Nicholas Hooper
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Harry Potter, Podcast
Tagged Alias, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Munrojock2, Nymeria, Ser Patrick the Tall
Drop a curtesy and grab your Ibble Dibble wine cork because it’s time for the VOK review of season 4 of Netflix’ historical drama, The Crown. Season 4 takes us from 1977 to 1990 and we cover the lesser royals, the between The Queen and Mrs Thatcher, and the marriage of Charles and Diana.
Hosts: Bina007, Maria/Nymeria, Jock/MunroJock2, Hannah/Shadowbaby, Adam/Drownedsnow and Zack/Alias.
Spoilers for The Crown passim.
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The Vassals of Kingsgrave discuss Netflix’s latest hit, The Queen’s Gambit. Join Marie (Nymeria), Jock (munrojock2), and Zach (Alias) as talk about all the things they enjoyed in this surprisingly excellent series.
This podcast contains spoilers for all episodes of The Queen’s Gambit.
Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)
Beth’s Story – Carlos Rafael Rivera
Sygrayem (Let’s Play) – Carlos Rafael Rivera
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Following on from our LOTR AltHistory discussion, the ReRead crew get together to watch the Extended Edition of The Two Towers. They ramble chat and occasionally offer insights into why Faramir is dreamy.
Hosts: Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Nadia, Matt/Varley, Marie/Nymeria, MunroJock2 and O.G of the M.E. Peter/Shellfish.
Spoilers for all things Tolkien duh.
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Posted in Movies, Podcast, The Lord of the Rings
Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, Munrojock2, Nadia, Nymeria, Shellfish, Varley
The Vassals of Kingsgrave return to Hogwarts to pick up the fourth and final part of The Goblet of Fire. Join Jock (munrojock2), Matt (Varley), Saad (saad164), Marie (Nymeria), Michal (inkasrain), and Zach (Alias) as they cover chapters 31-37 and complete the book.
This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series including the Fantastic Beasts films.
Credits:
Edited by Zach (Alias)
Harry Potter Theme (Metal)
Harry in Winter by Patrick Doyle
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Harry Potter, Podcast
Tagged Alias, inkasrain, Munrojock2, Nymeria, saad164, Varley
The Nerdywells discuss Philip Roth’s 2004 alt-history novel and the recent HBO series based on it. Spoilers for both within.
Topics:
Lindbergh baby ratings
10 mins in – the romantic idealism of Herman Levin and the tragic cynicism of Alvin Levin
27 mins in – the strength of Bess Levin and vacuity of Evelyn Finkel
36 mins in – Interlude: what really happened at the end?
46 mins in – the assimilationist politics of Rabbi Bengelsdorf
58 mins in – Sandy, Philip, Seldon and Alt history as a genre
1 hr 11 mins in – the ending again! Seriously if any of you can explain this to us please write in.
Hosts: Bina007, Matt/Varley, Greg/ClaudiusTheFool, Adam/DrownedSnow, Abby/DarceyMormont and Jock/MunroJock2.
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Posted in History, Podcast, TV Shows
Tagged Bina007, claudiusthefool, Darceymormont, drownedsnow, Munrojock2, Varley
Join the Vassals for the final episode of the reread! We begin with Bina007 delivering some nerd stats about who has hosted which episode. At 16 minutes in we move to a Dance With Dragons trivia quiz hosted by Pops88/Noah. And finally 24 minutes in we delve into a thematic discussion of Dance hosted by Khal Wadege/Michael.
The themes are:
– failing to rule the peace (24 minutes in)
– the journey to yourself (40 minutes in)
– what isn’t there – the others and the dragons (52 minutes in)
– all things prophesy (1hr 3mins in)
– Southern ambitions (1hr 10 mins in)
– Greyscale and Marwyn (1hr 19 mins in)
– The Grand Northern Conspiracy (1hr 29 mins in)
– The rising power of religion (1hr 46 mins in)
– The children of the forest (1hr 55 mins in)
– Thoros of Myr (2hrs 5 mins in)
The hosts are rounded out by Marie/Nymeria – Michael/Khal Wadege – Varley/Matt – Matt/Blu3arm0r and Jock/MunroJock2.
The podcast is dark and full of spoilers for all works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series but for Game of Thrones, the TV show.
Music credit – Alpine Universe.
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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF ReRead, Board Games & Trivia, Books & Novellas, Fandom, Podcast
Tagged Bina007, Blu3arm0r, Khal Wadege, Munrojock2, Nymeria, Pops88, Varley
Join Bina007, Matt/Blu3arm0r, Adam/DrownedSnow, Dana/Taindana and Jock/MunroJock2 as they review the first half of season 3 of HBO’s Westworld. Spoilers throughout.
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Posted in Podcast, Science Fiction, TV Shows, Westworld
Tagged Bina007, Blu3arm0r, drownedsnow, Munrojock2, Taindana
Vassals of Kingsgrave 